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Eastern Blocks: Concrete Landscapes of the Former Eastern Bloc by Zupagrafika 9788395057434
RRP: $46.78$33.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788395057434Author ZupagrafikaFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint ZupagrafikaPublisher ZupagrafikaWeight(grams) 533g -
Eric Lyons and Span by Barbara Simms
RRP: $68.25$58.15Due to popular demand we are delighted to offer this new paperback edition of Eric Lyons and Span.Lavishly illustrated and deeply researched, this book celebrates the work of the architect Eric Lyons OBE (1912-1980), whose famous post-war housing - that... -
Architect's Guide to Feng Shui by Cate Bramble
RRP: $64.33$56.86Cate Bramble has devoted her career to highlighting the differences between 'feng shui-lite' as a fashionable pursuit in contrast to the original intentions of the Chinese masters. Here she presents the authentic principles in a technical, no-nonsense... -
The Interior Architecture Theory Reader by Gregory Marinic
RRP: $72.13$65.38The Interior Architecture Theory Reader presents a global compilation that collectively and specifically defines interior architecture. Diverse views and comparative resources for interior architecture students, educators, scholars, and practitioners are... -
Living by the Ocean: Contemporary Houses by the Sea by Phaidon Editors
RRP: $58.40$46.68An exhilarating collection of today's most remarkable homes built in awe-inspiring coastal locations around the worldWhite-sand beaches, jaw-droppingly sheer cliff faces, and secret coves are just some of the stunning sites of the architect-designed... -
The Arcades Project by Walter Benjamin
RRP: $66.20$55.56"To great writers," Walter Benjamin once wrote, "finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they labor their entire lives." Conceived in Paris in 1927 and still in progress when Benjamin fled the Occupation in 1940, The Arcades Project... -
Living in Provence. 40th Ed. by Barbara & René Stoeltie
RRP: $48.75$36.31Nestled in the south of France, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, is a land renowned for its lavender fields, fine cuisine, golden sun, and dreamy landscapes. The region of Provence has inspired such masters as Alphonse Daudet and Vincent van Gogh. So... -
Aeropolis – Queering Air in Toxicpolluted Worlds by Nerea Calvillo 9781941332788
RRP: $33.13$26.79How do we get to know air? Aeropolis: Queering Air in Toxicpolluted Worlds offers a speculative and interdisciplinary framework to reorient common understandings of air and air pollution as matter "out there." Aeropolis contests regimes of managing air... -
Horror in Architecture: The Reanimated Edition by Joshua Comaroff 9781517914844
RRP: $42.88$32.80A new edition of this extensive visual analysis of horror tropes and their architectural analogues Horror in Architecture presents an unflinching look at how horror genre tropes manifest in the built environment. Spanning the realms of art, design,... -
Never Modern by Irenee Scalbert
RRP: $39.00$26.03In this exceptional book on the London based studio 6a architects, architecture critic Irenee Scalbert looks at the role of narrative, history, appropriation and craft in the work of Tom Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald. The book traces an architectural... -
Liverpool in 50 Buildings by Ian Collard
RRP: $31.18$21.16From its humble thirteenth-century origins, Liverpool grew rapidly to become the greatest port in the British Empire outside London, but by 1980 the city was seemingly in terminal decline: its population had more than halved, its infrastructure and... -
Building Structures: understanding the basics by Malcolm Millais
RRP: $97.48$86.78This is a one-stop book for knowing everything important about building structures. Self-contained and with no prerequisites needed, it is suitable for both general readers and building professionals. follow the history of structural understanding; ... -
Postmodern Architecture in Socialist Poland: Transformation, Symbolic Form and National Identity by Florian Urban 9780367860721
RRP: $263.25$229.48Garish churches, gabled panel blocks, neo-historical tenements-this book is about these and other architectural oddities that emerged in Poland between 1975 and 1989, a period characterised by the decline of the authoritarian socialist regime and waves... -
Presenting Difficult Pasts Through Architecture: Converting Nazi Perpetrators' Sites to Documentation Centers by Rumiko Handa 9780367217617
RRP: $263.25$228.70Architectural design can play a role in helping make the past present in meaningful ways when applied to preexisting buildings and places that carry notable and troubling pasts. In this comparative analysis, Rumiko Handa establishes the critical role... -
Norfolk 2: North-West and South by Nikolaus Pevsner 9780300096576
RRP: $117.00$97.71This second volume on Norfolk provides a comprehensive survey from prehistoric times to the present day. The 17th- and 18th-century treasures of King's Lynn are explored, as well as the market towns of Swaffham and Wymondham. Castle remains and medieval... -
Britain's New Towns: Garden Cities to Sustainable Communities by Anthony Alexander
RRP: $93.58$82.31The New Towns Programme of 1946 to 1970 was one of the most substantial periods of urban development in Britain. The New Towns have often been described as a social experiment; so what has this experiment proved?This book covers the story of how these... -
Castles of the Marches by John Kinross
RRP: $31.18$21.16In this stunning, full-colour book, John Kinross explores the fascinating history behind the castles of Herefordshire, Shropshire and the Welsh border. Areas characterised by their rural beauty and agricultural charm, it is no surprise that they are home... -
Googie Modern: Architectural Drawings of Armet Davis Newlove by Michael Murphy 9781626401099
RRP: $81.90$55.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626401099Author Michael MurphyFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Angel City Press,U.S.Publisher Angel City Press,U.S. -
Working It Out: The most unforgettable and funny romance of the year by Jo Platt
RRP: $17.53$11.35Her new colleague is about to shake things up...When her love life crashed down around her, Edie found solace in work. But her job rapidly goes from uplifting to unbearable, with the departure of her work wife, Ruby, and the arrival in the office of new... -
Emerging Practices in Architectural Pedagogy: Accommodating an Uncertain Future by Laura Sanderson 9781032004204
RRP: $35.08$31.28Emerging Practices in Architectural Pedagogy explores the emergent techniques in architectural education that are helping to bridge the gap between the institutional setting and working practice. It demonstrates how teaching and learning can, and should,... -
Suzanne Kasler: Edited Style by Suzanne Kasler
RRP: $82.88$58.70Best-selling Rizzoli author Suzanne Kasler is renowned for designing elegant, serene, and stylish interiors that are always comfortable and welcoming. Referred to as a designer s designer, her approachable interiors appeal to both connoisseurs and... -
Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History by Iain Borden
RRP: $64.33$48.91Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions - a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, counter-cultural heart. Skateboarding and the... -
Ecominimalism: The Antidote to Eco-bling by Howard Liddell 9781859464953
RRP: $64.35$53.10Eco-minimalism: the antidote to eco-bling reminds us that to build energy-efficient, ecologically benign and sustainable buildings is complex, comprising a set of interdependent factors influenced by little-understood science. The headline technologies,... -
Are you an inclusive designer? by Julie Fleck
RRP: $87.75$73.61Despite improvements in the last 30 years we still have a long way to go before all of our buildings are easy and comfortable for all of us to use. This book puts forward a powerful case for a totally new attitude towards inclusivity and accessibility. ... -
Japanese Architecture: An Exploration of Elements and Forms by Mira Locher 9784805313282
RRP: $48.73$32.72Thick thatched roofs and rough mud plaster walls. An intricately carved wood transom and a precisely woven tatami mat-each element of traditional Japanese architecture tells a story.In Japanese Architecture, author Mira Locher explores how each of these... -
Unbuilt: Radical visions of an architectural future that never arrived by Christopher Beanland
RRP: $48.75$34.65Unbuilt tells the stories of the plans, drawings and proposals that emerged during the 20th century in an unparalleled era of optimism in architecture. Many of these grand projects stayed on the drawing board, some were flights of fancy that couldn't be... -
Biomimicry in Architecture by Michael Pawlyn
RRP: $72.15$60.06When searching for genuinely sustainable building design and technology - designs that go beyond conventional sustainability to be truly restorative - we often find that nature got there first. Over 3.5 billion years of natural history have evolved... -
The Architect in Practice by David Chappell 9781118907733
RRP: $91.55$80.61Throughout its many editions, The Architect in Practice has remained a leading textbook used in the education of architects. While the content of the book has developed, the message and philosophy has remained constant: to provide students of... -
Brutal Outer London by Simon Phipps
RRP: $39.00$26.25The first photographic exploration of the post-war modernist architecture of Greater London, from Barking and Brent to Sutton and Waltham Forest. Simon Phipps' photographs of the modernist architecture of Greater London explores the form and beauty of... -
Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete by Jean-Louis Cohen
RRP: $47.78$46.02Since the large-scale use of concrete prefabricated parts in the 1960s and 1970s, this material has developed new applications in recent years and also become more aesthetically refined. Extremely light and thin varieties of concrete like the newly... -
The Secret Lives Of Buildings: From The Parthenon To The Vegas Strip In Thirteen Stories by Edward Hollis
RRP: $25.33$16.69The plans are drawn up, a site is chosen, foundations are dug: a building comes into being with the expectation that it will stay put and stay for ever. But a building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of... -
Children as Place-Makers: the innate architect in all of us by Simon Unwin 9781138046016
RRP: $44.83$39.31Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They can be thought of as addenda to the foundation volume Analysing Architecture, which first appeared in 1997... -
Disney World at 50: The Stories of How Walt's Kingdom Became Magic in Orlando by Orlando Sentinel
RRP: $60.35$45.12Celebrating 50 years of The Most Magical Place on Earth Since its opening in October 1971, Walt Disney World has continued to expand and evolve as the most visited vacation resort in the world. What hasn't changed over five decades is the incomparable... -
Basics Technical Drawing by Bert Bielefeld 9783034613262
RRP: $38.03$34.63Technical Drawing deals with the representation of plans throughout all phases of a project. For students, the primary focus is on the development and methodical construction of a technical drawing. Themes: Types of plan (from site plan and... -
Studio Craft & Technique for Architects Second Edition by Miriam Delaney
RRP: $48.73$35.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913947712Author Anne GormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Theme Park Design & the Art of Themed Entertainment by David Younger 9780993578908
RRP: $116.98$116.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993578908Author David YoungerFormat HardbackPage Count 572Imprint Inklingwood PressPublisher Inklingwood Press -
Atmospheres: Architectural Environments. Surrounding Objects by Peter Zumthor
RRP: $59.48$54.27What "really constitutes an architectural atmosphere"? Peter Zumthor says, is "this singular density and mood, this feeling of presence, well-being, harmony, beauty ... under whose spell I experience what I otherwise would not experience in precisely... -
Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road, with the Phoenix Park by Christine Casey 9780300109238
RRP: $117.00$97.71In this uniquely comprehensive guide to the buildings of central Dublin, the city's churches, public buildings, and streets are described for every district in lively detail. The entire area within the canals is covered as well, along with the Phoenix... -
Houses of the National Trust: New Edition by Lydia Greeves
RRP: $58.50$42.76Fully revised and updated edition of the classic, stunningly illustrated guide to the country houses in the care of the National Trust, encompassing both interior and exterior design. The National Trust cares for a wealth of houses and... -
Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures. A Handbook by Andrea Deplazes 9783035626667
RRP: $115.05$93.27The 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...