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Precision in Architecture: Certainty, Ambiguity and Deviation by Mhairi McVicar
RRP: £37.99£33.78This book offers a detailed insight into the desire for, and consequences of, precise communications in the daily life of contemporary architectural practice through close readings of constructed architectural details by Sigurd Lewerentz, Caruso St John... -
City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn by William J. Mitchell 9780262631761
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City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn by William J. Mitchell 9780262631761 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£1.99Entertaining, concise, and relentlessly probing, City of Bits is a comprehensive introduction to a new type of city, an increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the information superhighway. William Mitchell makes extensive use... -
Robin Boyd: Spatial Continuity by Mauro Baracco
RRP: £43.99£38.44Australian architect Robin Boyd (1919-1971) advocated tirelessly for the voice of Australian architects so that there could be an architecture that might speak to Australian conditions and sensibilities.His legacy continues in the work of contemporary... -
Architectural Acoustics by Ana M. Jaramillo
RRP: £36.99£32.53The application of good acoustic design can seem daunting to designers when trying to understand the often-complex physics of sound control. The ever-increasing number of standards and performance criteria that can be requested on new developments... -
Architectural Acoustics: A guide to integrated thinking by Raj Patel
RRP: £52.00£43.30This book is an authoritative but uniquely accessible and highly illustrated guide to good acoustic design practice for architects, interior designers and acoustic professionals. It provides a user-friendly introduction to architectural acoustics ... -
A Gendered Profession by James Benedict Brown
RRP: £37.00£30.80The issue of gender inequality in architecture has been part of the profession's discourse for many years, yet the continuing gender imbalance in architectural education and practice remains a difficult subject. This book seeks to change that. It... -
Modern Housing Prototypes by Roger Sherwood 9780674579422
RRP: £65.95£53.16The design of housing has commanded the attention of the greatest architects of the twentieth century. In this stunning volume, Roger Sherwood presents thirty-two notable examples of multi-family housing from many countries and four continents, selected... -
Le Corbusier - An Analysis of Form by Geoffrey Baker
RRP: £71.99£63.05This unique appraisal of the famous Swiss architect's major works have now been expanded to include two more buildings. The Villa Shodhan and the Pavilion Suisse round out the coverage of Le Corbusier's significant works. The author critically examines... -
Wewelsburg Castle: A Historical and Architectural Overview by Wulff Brebeck
RRP: £6.50£6.26With its triangular floor plan, Wewelsburg Castle occupies an extraordinary position in German architectural history. The castle, which was completed in 1609, incorporates a medieval tower structure. An inscription above the main portal indicates the... -
Architecture and Climate: An Environmental History of British Architecture 1600-2000 by Dean Hawkes 9780415561877
RRP: £47.99£42.21This book traces the evolving relationship between the architecture and climate of Britain from the late sixteenth to the twentieth century. Through detailed studies of buildings by major architects it explores how the unique character of the climate of... -
Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization by Sigrid Adriaenssens 9780415840606
RRP: £56.99£50.41*** Featuring a foreword by Pritzker Prize Winner Shigeru Ban ***Bringing together experts from research and practice, Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell... -
Ornament: The Politics of Architecture and Subjectivity by Antoine Picon
RRP: £31.95£28.29Once condemned by Modernism and compared to a 'crime' by Adolf Loos, ornament has made a spectacular return in contemporary architecture. This is typified by the works of well-known architects such as Herzog & de Meuron, Sauerbruch Hutton, Farshid... -
Council Housing and Culture: The History of a Social Experiment by Alison Ravetz
RRP: £49.99£43.50Named one of the Top 10 books about council housing - the Guardian onlineBorn of idealism, and once an icon of the Labour movement and pillar of the Welfare State, council housing is now nearing its end. But do its many failings outweigh its positive... -
The Architecture of Paris by Andrew Ayers 9783930698967
RRP: £28.00£25.93When not directly shaping the fabric of Paris themselves, its rulers have always kept tight control over the activities of others, with the result that Paris has developed under some of the strictest building regulations of any major city. Despite... -
Earth Moves: The Furnishing of Territories by Bernard Cache 9780262531306
£27.00Earth Moves, Bernard Cache's first major work, conceptualizes a series of architectural images as vehicles for two important developments. First, he offers a new understanding of the architectural image itself. Following Gilles Deleuze and Henri Bergson,... -
Basics Building Construction by Andreas Achilles
RRP: £47.00£42.55Each type of construction has its special characteristics which cannot be compared with those of other building materials. The first building construction designs in the architectural curriculum are planned as masonry or timber buildings. On the basis of... -
The Plot: Designing Diversity in the Built Environment: a Manual for Architects and Urban Designers by Jonathan Tarblatt
RRP: £48.00£39.53The perceived failure of late Twentieth Century place-making led to a rethink among urban designers that today puts sustainability at the heart of contemporary policy. In this book, Tarbatt explains his practical plot-based urbanism solution to this... -
The Sustainable Tall Building: A Design Primer by Philip Oldfield 9781138905948
RRP: £39.99£36.06The Sustainable Tall Building: A Design Primer is an accessible and highly illustrated guide, which primes those involved in the design and research of tall buildings to dramatically improve their performance. Using a mixture of original research and... -
Baudrillard for Architects by Francesco Proto
RRP: £25.99£22.63Marginalized due to the deployment of both a highly specialized jargon and a novel stylistic approach meant to upset established norms and conventions, Baudrillard's thought has suffered from the lack of an accessible, consistent and comprehensive... -
Entering Architectural Practice by James Tait
RRP: £28.99£25.09Featuring exclusive interviews with the internationally renowned architects: Kengo Kuma; Alberto Campo Baeza; Spela Videcnik (OFIS); Fernanda Canales; Jonathan Sergison (Sergison Bates); and Jane Hall (Assemble) Entering Architectural Practice is a... -
The Future of Modular Architecture by David Wallance 9780367467227
RRP: £33.99£30.00The Future of Modular Architecture presents an unprecedented proposal for mass-customized mid- and high-rise modular housing that can be manufactured and distributed on a global scale. Advocating for the adoption of open-source design based on a new... -
Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas by Kenneth Williamson 9780415486446
RRP: £45.99£40.13This is the first book to provide readers with the skills to assess development potential from a holistic standpoint. Until now, architectural books on conservation matters have focused on preservation at a strategic level and restoration at a technical... -
Sustainable by Design: Explorations in Theory and Practice by Stuart Walker
RRP: £37.99£33.38To advance the subject of design one has to engage in the activity of designing. Sustainable by Design offers a compelling and innovative, design-centred approach that explores both the meaning and practice of sustainable design. Walker explores the... -
Creating Winning Bids by Basil Sawczuk
RRP: £32.00£26.44'Creating Winning Bids' sets out the key stages in the production of a winning bid. Based on tried and tested methods, and using a simple step-by-step process, it will improve your chances of success in what can otherwise seem a daunting and complex... -
Architecture in a Climate of Change by Peter F. Smith 9780750665445
RRP: £41.99£37.15Revised to incorporate and reflect changes and advances since it was first published the new edition of Architecture in a Climate of Change provides the latest basic principals of sustainability and the future of sustainable technology. Including new... -
Tall: the design and construction of high-rise architecture by Guy Marriage
RRP: £35.99£32.09This is a guide to both the basics and the details of tall building design, delving into the rudimentary aspects of design that an architect of a tall office building must consider, as well as looking at the rationale for why and how a building must be... -
Steven Holl by Steven Holl
RRP: £59.95£46.49Comprehensive monograph on one of America's greatest living architects by award-winning author and architecture critic Robert McCarter.This in-depth monograph is devoted to one of the leading United States architects on the contemporary scene: Steven... -
Adaptable Architecture: Theory and practice by Robert Schmidt
RRP: £53.99£47.27Adaptable Architecture provides thought-provoking and inquisitive insights into how we can prolong the useful life of buildings by designing them to be more adaptable, and hence create a more sustainable built environment. The book provides a theoretical... -
Forms of Constraint: A HISTORY OF PRISON ARCHITECTURE by Norman Johnston
RRP: £23.99£20.84How social pressures have shaped prisons through historyHow social pressures have shaped prisons through historyAbout the AuthorNorman Johnston, professor emeritus of sociology at Arcadia University, is the author of The Human Cage: A Brief History of... -
Prefabricated Systems: Principles of Construction by Ulrich Knaack
RRP: £30.50£28.23For a number of years, modular construction - the use of prefabricated elements in architecture - has once again become a subject of lively discussion and debate. Long written off as monotonous, today's building components are actually highly... -
Enclose Build: Walls, Facade, Roof by Eva Maria Herrmann
RRP: £17.50£16.48The building shell is the interface with the outside world, it offers protection and at the same time represents its owners or occupants. But what are the criteria for choosing a specific shell? Why is a particular material used on a particular... -
This is Temporary: How transient projects are redefining architecture by St. Cate Hill
RRP: £37.00£30.80Temporary architecture is flourishing in our urban public spaces. Branded 'pop-ups' and follies to provide a moment of light entertainment they are in fact borne of a long history of more holistic architecture that is subtly suggesting how we could live,... -
Central Cambridge: A Guide to the University and Colleges by Kevin Taylor 9780521717182
RRP: £19.99£15.97The fully revised and updated second edition of this best-selling guidebook is intended for all visitors to Cambridge, and for anyone with an interest in the University. Combining an accessible style with accuracy of fact and a wealth of historical... -
Becoming Places: Urbanism / Architecture / Identity / Power by Kim Dovey
RRP: £45.99£40.13About the practices and politics of place and identity formation - the slippery ways in which who we are becomes wrapped up with where we are - this book exposes the relations of place to power. It links everyday aspects of place experience to the social... -
Buildings and Power: Freedom and Control in the Origin of Modern Building Types by Thomas A. Markus 9780415076654
RRP: £79.99£70.60The material and cultural world in which we now live perhaps represents the end of a process created out of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. The battles fought over class, ideology and language are represented most clearly in the... -
The Aesthetics of Equity: Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music by Craig L. Wilkins
RRP: £21.99£19.19Architecture is often thought to be a diary of a society, filled with symbolic representations of specific cultural moments. However, as Craig L. Wilkins observes, that diary includes far too few narratives of the diverse cultures in U.S. society... -
Digital Analysis of Vaults in English Medieval Architecture by Alexandrina Buchanan
RRP: £36.99£32.53Medieval churches are one of the most remarkable creative and technical achievements in architectural history. The complex vaults spanning their vast interiors have fascinated both visitors and worshippers alike for over 900 years, prompting many to ask:... -
Architectural Theory: Volume II - An Anthology from 1871 to 2005 by Harry Francis Mallgrave
RRP: £39.95£36.04This second volume of the landmark Architectural Theory anthology surveys the development of architectural theory from the Franco-Prussian war of 1871 until the end of the twentieth century. The entire two volume anthology follows the full range of... -
Glasgow: High-Rise Homes, Estates and Communities in the Post-War Period by Lynn Abrams 9780367501655
RRP: £19.99£17.69In the wake of an unparalleled housing crisis at the end of the Second World War, Glasgow Corporation rehoused the tens of thousands of private tenants who were living in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in unimproved Victorian slums. Adopting the...