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Experimental Architecture: Designing the Unknown by Rachel Armstrong
RRP: £37.99£33.38In this ground-breaking book, the first to provide an overview of the theory and practice of experimental architecture, Rachel Armstrong explores how interdisciplinary, design-led research practices are beginning to redefine the possibilities of... -
Intersections: Architectural Histories and Critical Theories by Iain Borden
RRP: £54.99£48.12Over the last decade, critical theories of different kinds have had an enormous impact on many different disciplines and practices. Intersections is the first book to survey comprehensively this impact on Architecture, providing sixteen essays that... -
Cladding of Buildings by Alan J. Brookes
RRP: £64.99£56.54This key text addresses the topic of lightweight claddings in buildings and is a useful guide and reference resource. Written by well-known specialists in the field, this fourth edition of an established text has been revised throughout to incorporate... -
Cistercian Art and Architecture in the British Isles by Christopher Norton
RRP: £37.99£35.43From their introduction in the early twelfth century the Cistercians were one of the leading monastic orders in Britain. Many of the finest monastic remains - Fountains, Rievaulx and Tintern - are Cistercian. This 1986 book is a comprehensive survey of... -
Bang Your Head by David Konow
RRP: £14.99£10.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859653374Author David KonowFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd -
Homes Fit For Heroes: The Politics and Architecture of Early State Housing in Britain by Mark Swenarton
RRP: £32.99£29.16Homes fit for Heroes looks at the pledge made 100 years ago by the Lloyd George government to build half a million 'homes fit for heroes' - the pledge which made council housing a major part of the housing system in the UK. Originally published in 1981,... -
Modern Country Homes in England: The Arts and Crafts Architecture of Barry Parker by Dean Hawkes 9780521136822
RRP: £30.99£21.89Barry Parker (1867-1944) was a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement in England. In partnership with Raymond Unwin he planned the world's first 'Garden City', at Letchworth, and London's Hampstead Garden Suburb. They also designed many... -
Italomodern - Architecture in Northern Italy 1946-1976: Part 1 by Martin Feiersinger
RRP: £32.00£21.01Martin Feiersinger, Vienna-based architect, and his brother Werner Feiersinger, artist and photographer, have travelled extensively around Northern Italy to document the region's modern architecture from the three decades immediately following World War... -
Praxis by Agustín Hernández
RRP: £28.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788409182671Author Agustin HernandezFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint Elemental Music RecordsPublisher Elemental Music RecordsWeight(grams) 478g -
Value in the View: Conserving Historic Urban Views by Tom Brigden
RRP: £35.00£28.82All over the world, cities are facing growing pressure to develop upwards with tall buildings that have a direct impact upon their visual character. In reaction, systems of view protection have been developed to conserve the familiar visual experience... -
Sustainable Urban Planning: Vibrant Neighbourhoods - Smart Cities - Resilience by Helmut Bott
RRP: £61.00£55.29Life in the city is popular and creating liveable urban space is undoubtedly a priority for planners. Yet what makes a city worth living in? How do we define sustainable neighbourhoods that will function properly and continue to attract people in the... -
Atlas of Vernacular Architecture of the World by Paul Oliver
RRP: £84.99£74.25The first world atlas ever compiled on vernacular architecture, this comprehensive work illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the world's vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over... -
Practiceopolis: Stories from the Architectural Profession: Stories from the Architectural Profession by Yasser Megahed
RRP: £28.99£25.49This is a graphic novel about the contemporary architectural profession, in which it acts as the protagonist in the form of an imaginary city called Practiceopolis. The novel narrates quasi-realistic stories that exaggerate the architectural everyday and... -
The Social (Re)Production of Architecture: Politics, Values and Actions in Contemporary Practice by Doina Petrescu
RRP: £43.99£38.44The Social (Re)Production of Architecture brings the debates of the 'right to the city' into today's context of ecological, economic and social crises. Building on the 1970s' discussions about the 'production of space', which French sociologist Henri... -
A Vision of a Living World: The Nature of Order, Book 3: An Essay of the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe by Christopher Alexander 9780972652933
£72.47In Book Three of this four-volume work, Alexander presents hundreds of his own buildings and those of his contemporaries who have used methods consistent with the theory of living process.Containing nearly seven hundred pages of projects which have been... -
Husserl and Spatiality: A Phenomenological Ethnography of Space by Tao DuFour 9781032103099
RRP: £39.99£35.06Husserl and Spatiality is an exploration of the phenomenology of space and embodiment, based on the work of Edmund Husserl. Little known in architecture, Husserl's phenomenology of embodied spatiality established the foundations for the works of later... -
Urban Form and Life in Tripoli, Libya: Maintaining Cultural Heritage by Adel Remali 9780367568818
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book charts the city of Tripoli’s rapid economic, environmental, and physical transformation, investigating how these new developments have failed to incorporate the cultural and historic values of the urban fabric. As a result, the city is... -
Nature and Space: Aalto and Le Corbusier by Sarah Menin
RRP: £66.99£58.23This book is a unique comparative study of two of the very greatest figures in modern architecture - Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto. In assessing the historical, personal and intellectual influences of their attitudes to nature and the creative direction... -
Housing+: On Thresholds, Transitions, and Transparencies by Ulrike Wietzorrek
RRP: £61.00£56.69High-quality residential structures are much more than merely a series of different floor plans. First and foremost, the urban apartment house mediates between the private refuge and the public space of the city. In the process, boundaries between... -
The Picturesque: Architecture, Disgust and Other Irregularities by John MacArthur 9781844720118
RRP: £53.99£46.87In this fresh and authoritative account John Macarthur presents the eighteenth century idea of the picturesque - when it was a risky term concerned with a refined taste for everyday things, such as the hovels of the labouring poor - in the light of its... -
Architecture: An Introduction by Geoffrey Makstutis
RRP: £30.00£20.40This book offers a thorough introduction to the entire field of architecture, outlining the steps that are normally taken in becoming a qualified architect, from initial education right through to professional practice, as well as how to apply this... -
Italomodern - Architecture in Northern Italy 1946-1976: Part 2 by Martin Feiersinger
RRP: £35.00£23.43Martin Feiersinger, Vienna-based architect, and his brother Werner Feiersinger, artist and photographer, have travelled extensively around Northern Italy to document the region's modern architecture from the three decades immediately following World War... -
Green Building Handbook: Volume 1: A Guide to Building Products and their Impact on the Environment by Tom Woolley
RRP: £84.99£74.25Environmentally responsible building involves resolving many conflicting issues and requirements. Each stage in the design process from the fundamental decisions about what, where and even whether to build has implications for the environment. Evolving... -
Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures. A Handbook by Andrea Deplazes 9783035626650
RRP: £85.00£75.99The English 5th Edition of the Handbook Systematically structured and didactically prepared, the book conveys in one volume the necessary basic technical and constructive building knowledge to enable readers to implement a wide range of designs. or... -
Archetypes: David K. Ross by Reto Geiser
RRP: £45.00£35.50Archetypes features a recent series by Canadian artist David K. Ross, who works at the interface of photography, film, and installation. His images of architectural mock-ups, staged at night with dramatic lighting that isolates structures from their... -
Basic Design Principles of Architecture by Hijun Yu 9781460992371
RRP: £58.00£45.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781460992371Author Hijun YuFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Future Healthcare Design by Sumita Singha
RRP: £47.00£39.33This book describes how architects can design better healthcare buildings for a rapidly changing context and climate. Innovation in the design of healthcare estates is essential to the sustainability of our health services. Design thinking in this field... -
Components and Connections: Principles of Construction by Maarten Meijs 9783764386696
RRP: £30.50£28.23Every building is composed of parts, or components, that may be organized in various ways. For example, there are different ways to configure walls so that they perform their primary functions - bearing, dividing, and sheltering - in an optimal manner... -
Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology by Michael Stratton
RRP: £79.99£70.00This book examines the industrial monuments of twentieth- century Britain. Each chapter takes a specific theme and examines it in the context of the buildings and structure of the twentieth century. The authors are both leading experts in the field,... -
Basics Facade Apertures by Roland Krippner 9783764384661
RRP: £19.50£17.76Facade apertures represent the realm of the exterior wall or facade, which establishes the connection between inside and out and makes it possible to illuminate and ventilate the spaces behind it. This volume deals with the various forms of openings,... -
Architecture and Participation by Peter Blundell Jones
RRP: £54.99£48.12Bringing together leading international practitioners and theorists in the field, ranging from the 1960s pioneers of participation to some of the major contemporary figures in the field, Architecture and Participation opens up the social and political... -
Small Houses of the Twenties: The Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog by Sears, Roebuck and Company
RRP: £14.99£13.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486267098Author Sears, Roebuck And Co.Format PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
e-topia: "Urban Life, Jim -- But Not As We Know It" by William J. Mitchell 9780262632058
£35.64The global digital network is not just a delivery system for email, Web pages, and digital television. It is a whole new urban infrastructure -- one that will change the forms of our cities as dramatically as railroads, highways, electric power supply,... -
Research for Architectural Practice by Katharine Martindale
RRP: £32.99£29.16This book provides a clear guide for practitioners looking to establish or already conducting research projects in a practice context and graduate students looking to support their studies and role within practice. The book is divided into three key... -
The Autopoiesis of Architecture, Volume I: A New Framework for Architecture by Patrik Schumacher
RRP: £41.95£37.73Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture's conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary... -
Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis of American Urbanism by Rebecca Solnit 9781788731348
RRP: £20.99£18.11Surveying the transformation of San Francisco in the early millenium by Silicon Valley, critically acclaimed writer Rebecca Solnit and photographer Susan Schwartzenberg describe the complex interactions that make up a living, creative, diverse city.One... -
Ruined Skylines: Aesthetics, Politics and London's Towering Cityscape by Gunter Gassner
RRP: £41.99£36.75This book examines the skyline as a space for radical urban politics. Focusing on the relationship between aesthetics and politics in London's tall-building boom, it develops a critique of the construction of more and more speculative towers as well as a... -
The Stones of Venice - Volume III: The Fall by John Ruskin 9781602067035
£25.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602067035Author John RuskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 907gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *... -
Lighting Design: A Perception-Based Approach by Christopher Cuttle
RRP: £58.99£51.08By reading this book, you will develop the skills to perceive a space and its contents in light, and be able to devise a layout of luminaires that will provide that lit appearance.Written by renowned lighting expert Christopher (Kit) Cuttle, the book: ... -
Peter Hubner: Building as a Social Process by Peter Blundell Jones 9783932565021
RRP: £49.00£36.34Text in English and German. Peter Hubner began his career as an orthopaedic shoemaker and moved on to cabinet-making before studying architecture. In the 1960s he became a successful designer of prefabricated buildings and sanitary units. This expertise...