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Architecture and Health: Guiding Principles for Practice by Dina Battisto 9780367075224
RRP: $96.58$87.63Architecture and Health recognizes the built environment and health as inextricable encouraging a new mind-set for the profession. Over 40 international award-winning projects are included to explore innovative design principles linked to health outcomes... -
Design for the Changing Educational Landscape: Space, Place and the Future of Learning by Andrew Harrison
RRP: $161.68$142.91The whole landscape of space use is undergoing a radical transformation. In the workplace a period of unprecedented change has created a mix of responses with one overriding outcome observable worldwide: the rise of distributed space. In the learning... -
Architecture Live Projects: Pedagogy into Practice by Ms Harriet Harriss 9780415733526
RRP: $113.38$98.43Architecture Live Projects provides a persuasive, evidence-based advocacy for moving a particular kind of architectural learning, known as Live Projects, towards a holistic integration into current and future architectural curricula. Live Projects are... -
Cine-scapes: Cinematic Spaces in Architecture and Cities by Richard Koeck
RRP: $104.98$91.35Cine-scapes explores the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. While an impressive amount of research has been done with regards to the way in which architecture is portrayed in film, this book offers a new perspective...... -
Energy Manual: Sustainable Architecture by Matthias Fuchs 9783764388300
RRP: $173.25$157.08While the efficiency and sustainability offensive is in full swing in most sectors of the economy, in the construction sector it is still in its very beginnings - economically as well as ecologically. However, politicians and policymakers at the global,... -
Road that Is Not a Road and the Open City, Ritoque, Chile by Ann M.Pendleton- Jullian 9780262660990
$74.84Foreword by Joseph Rykwert Several thousand miles south of the equator along the Pacific coast of South America, is the site of the Open City Amereida. It is a laboratory for thought and work, conceived and built by the faculty of architecture of the... -
Access Audit Handbook by Alison Grant
RRP: $120.75$98.85The Access Audit Handbook is an invaluable tool for auditing the accessibility of buildings and services, and for writing reports in appropriate formats in the content of current legislation, funding requirements and best practice in building management... -
Scrap Cities: Joyful Modern Architecture-Inspired Quilts by Cathy J Perlmutter 9780979993251
RRP: $48.28$34.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979993251Author Cathy J PerlmutterFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Cathy PerlmutterPublisher Cathy PerlmutterWeight(grams) 327g -
Occupying Architecture: Between the Architect and the User by Professor Jonathan Hill
RRP: $123.88$108.11Occupying Architecture focuses on the importance of the user of architecture. It emphasises the cross-currents between design, theory and use, and the need for a wider cross-cultural approach to architecture. Beginning with the architect, the book... -
Allies & Morrison: Buildings and Projects by Ian Latham 9780953284832
RRP: $73.50$62.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953284832Author Ian LathamFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Right Angle Publishing LtdPublisher Right Angle Publishing Ltd -
Mass Customization and Design Democratization by Branko Kolarevic
RRP: $92.38$80.72Parametric design and digital fabrication are enabling non-designers to mass produce non-standard, highly differentiated products - from shoes and tableware to furniture and even houses. The result of these newly available mass customization tools has... -
Building to Suit the Climate: A Handbook by Petra Liedl
RRP: $54.60$50.97In future, buildings that make sense from a bioclimatic perspective will not be the exception; planners will simply be expected to design them. With its wealth of facts, this book serves as a concrete aid to planning and design. With the planning process... -
Retrofit for Purpose: Low Energy Renewal of Non-Domestic Buildings by Greg Penoyre
RRP: $102.90$84.67Retrofit for Purpose explores the art and science of bringing energy efficiency to existing buildings; one of the biggest challenges facing the industry today. The essays and case studies included here explore the main issues, offer practical solutions... -
Before the Bauhaus: Architecture, Politics, and the German State, 1890-1920 by John V. Maciuika 9780521728225
RRP: $81.88$70.98Before the Bauhaus re-evaluates the political, architectural, and artistic cultures of pre-World War I Germany. As contradictory and conflict-ridden as the German Second Reich itself, the world of architects, craftsmen and applied-arts 'artists' were not... -
Journey to the East by Le Corbusier
RRP: $56.70$39.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Winning entry, General Trade Cover/Jacket Category, in the 2008 New England Book Show sponsored by Bookbuilders of Boston 2008.Book InformationISBN... -
Provisional Cities: Cautionary Tales for the Anthropocene by Renata Tyszczuk
RRP: $92.38$81.56This book considers the provisional nature of cities in relation to the Anthropocene - the proposed geological epoch of human-induced changes to the Earth system. It charts an environmental history of curfews, admonitions and alarms about dwelling on... -
The Stones of Venice - Volume I: The Foundations by John Ruskin 9781602066991
RRP: $52.48$49.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602066991Author John RuskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 798gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *... -
The Sociology of Architecture: Constructing Identities by Paul Jones 9781846310775
$55.04States have long been active in commissioning architecture, which affords one way to embed political projects within socially meaningful cultural forms. Such state-led architecture is often designed not only to house the activities of government, but... -
Speculative Coolness: Architecture, Media, the Real, and the Virtual by Bryan Cantley 9781032318882
RRP: $262.50$226.51Cantley's work offers a unique and critical insight into the emergence of a liminal territory that exists between the real and the virtual that mainstream architecture has yet to exploit. Speculative Coolness surveys and collects a highly experimental... -
Accessible Housing: Quality, Disability and Design by Rob Imrie
RRP: $151.18$130.31Considering the interrelationships between disability and housing design with a focus on the role of policy in addressing the housing needs of disabled people, this book sets out some of the broader debates about the nature of housing, quality and design... -
ABC of Architecture by James F. O'Gorman 9780812216318
RRP: $41.98$36.83ABC of Architecture is an accessible, nontechnical introduction to architectural structure, history, and criticism. Author James F. O'Gormon moves seamlessly from a discussion of the most basic inspiration for architecture (the need for shelter from the... -
Old St. Paul's Cathedral by William Benham 9781016268097
RRP: $50.30$43.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781016268097Author William BenhamFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 376g -
After Belonging: Architecture, Nation, Difference by Samir Pandya
RRP: $262.50$226.51This book breaks new ground in demystifying the relationship between architecture, nationhood, and other forms of collective identity. It attempts to extricate the oppressive ideology of national identity entrenched within the very idea of architecture... -
The Modern Period Room: The Construction of the Exhibited Interior 1870-1950 by Trevor Keeble
RRP: $136.48$117.89With contributors drawn from a broad range of disciplines, The Modern Period Room brings together a carefully selected collection of essays to consider the interiors of the modern era and their more recent reconstructions from a variety of different... -
Architecture, Festival and the City by Jemma Browne
RRP: $88.18$77.18Historically the urban festival served as an occasion for affirming shared convictions and identities in the life of the city. Whether religious or civic in nature, these events provided tangible expressions of social, cultural, political, and religious... -
Manor Lessons: Commons Revisited. Teaching and Research in Architecture by Harry Gugger
RRP: $94.50$63.53Our contemporary condition, governed by the abstract apparatus of the capitalist market, demands a critical reading of the distribution, ownership, and use of common resources such as land. This is especially true in Britain with its long history of... -
Building Materials, Health and Indoor Air Quality: Volume 2 by Tom Woolley 9780367646691
RRP: $92.38$80.72In Building Materials, Health and Indoor Air Quality: Volume 2 Tom Woolley uses new research to continue to advocate for limiting the use of hazardous materials in construction and raise awareness of the links between pollutants found in building... -
Research Methods for the Architectural Profession by Ajla Aksamija
RRP: $58.78$50.99Research Methods for the Architectural Profession introduces research as a systematic process, describes how to formulate research questions, provides an in-depth explanation of different research methods (qualitative, quantitative, and experimental),... -
Form Follows Energy: Using natural forces to maximize performance by Brian Cody
RRP: $91.35$90.30Architecture is energy. Lines drawn on paper to represent architectural intentions also imply decades and sometimes centuries of associated energy and material flows. Form Follows Energy is about the relationship between energy and the form of our built... -
Choice Architecture: A new approach to behavior, design, and wellness by Prashant Parikh
RRP: $46.18$40.61***WINNER OF A NAUTILUS 2018 SILVER MEDAL BOOK AWARD***From Vitruvius in the 1st century BCE on, there has been an attempt to understand how architecture works, especially in its poetic aspect but also in its basic functions. Design can encourage us to... -
The Post-Modern Reader by Charles Jencks 9780470748664
RRP: $67.10$60.25Post-Modernism has been debated, attacked and defended for over three decades. It is, however, not just a fashion or style but part of a greater movement in all areas of culture, and one which stubbornly persists like its parent, Modernism. The... -
Portable Architecture: Design and Technology by Robert Kronenburg
RRP: $36.75$34.61Since the earliest people lived as nomads, their buildings were portable, constructed in a way that allowed them to be rebuilt as they moved to new locations for better living conditions as the seasons changed. This book discusses the forerunners,... -
Architectures of Display: Department Stores and Modern Retail by Anca I. Lasc
RRP: $83.98$73.63Through an international range of case studies from the 1870s to the present, this volume analyzes strategies of display in department stores and modern retail spaces. Established scholars and emerging researchers working within a range of disciplinary... -
The Rise of Academic Architectural Education: The origins and enduring influence of the Academie d'Architecture by Alexander Griffin
RRP: $88.18$77.18Academic architectural education started with the inauguration of the Academie d'Architecture on 3 December 1671 in France. It was the first institution to be devoted solely to the study of architecture, and its school was the first dedicated to the... -
Subtropic: The Architecture of [STRANG] by Max Strang
RRP: $210.00$147.42The work of [STRANG] is beautifully explored in this comprehensive monograph which highlights the firm's site-specific and climate-driven designs. The ability to create stunning architectural designs while maintaining an acute awareness of the... -
Contemporary Museum Architecture and Design: Theory and Practice of Place by Georgia Lindsay 9780367075248
RRP: $92.38$82.82Contemporary Museum Architecture and Design showcases 18 diverse essays written by people who design, work in, and study museums, offering a variety of perspectives on this complex building type. Throughout, the authors emphasize new kinds of experiences... -
Cinematic Urbanism: A History of the Modern from Reel to Real by Nezar AlSayyad 9780415700498
RRP: $130.18$112.58The city and the cinema have become inextricably intertwined over the last century, with the identities of places becoming bound up in their cinematic portrayals. We have seen the landmarks of New York, London and Tokyo turn into iconic symbols of... -
The Constructed Other: Japanese Architecture in the Western Mind by Kevin Nute
RRP: $75.58$66.55The Constructed Other argues that the assumed otherness of Japanese architecture has made it both a testbed for Western architectural theories and a source of inspiration for Western designers. The book traces three recurring themes in Western accounts... -
Louis I. Kahn: Exposed Concrete and Hollow Stones, 1949-1959 by Roberto Gargiani 9782940222766
$193.22Through sheer determination and courage, Kahn has researched the nature of concrete in the form of precast, cast in place or blocks. Each of his renowned works in exposed concrete, such as the Yale Art Gallery, the Richards Laboratories, the Bath House,... -
A Landscape of Architecture, History and Fiction by Jonathan Hill
RRP: $104.98$92.19Architecture can be analogous to a history, a fiction, and a landscape. We expect a history or a novel to be written in words, but they can also be cast in concrete or seeded in soil. The catalyst to this tradition was the simultaneous and interdependent...