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Architecture and Urbanism in Viceregal Mexico: Puebla de los Angeles, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries Juan Luis Burke (University of Maryland, USA) 9780367531614
RRP: $74.08$65.09Architecture and Urbanism in Viceregal Mexico presents a fascinating survey of urban history between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. It chronicles the creation and development of Puebla de los Angeles, a city located in central-south Mexico,... -
Le Corbusier's Practical Aesthetic of the City: The treatise 'La Construction des villes' of 1910/11 by Christoph Schnoor 9780367528355
RRP: $74.08$65.09Set within an insightful analysis, this book describes the genesis, ideas and ideologies which influenced La Construction des Villes by Le Corbusier. This volume makes the important theoretical work available for the first time in English, offering an... -
Kenosis Creativity Architecture: Appearance through Emptying by Randall S. Lindstrom 9780367522209
RRP: $74.08$65.09Kenosis Creativity Architecture locates and explores creativity's grounding in the ancient concept of kenosis, the "emptying" that allows creativity to happen; that makes appearance possible. It concretises that grounding through... -
Urban Environments and Health in the Philippines: A Retrospective on Women Street Vendors and their Spaces by Mary Anne Alabanza Akers 9780367441661
RRP: $74.08$65.09Urban Environments and Health in the Philippines offers a retrospective view of women street vendors and their urban environments in Baguio City, designed by American architect and planner Daniel Burnham in the early twentieth century, and established by... -
Understanding Site in Design Pedagogy by Sean Burns 9781032345420
RRP: $97.48$84.83This book examines diverse ways of questioning, critiquing, and communicating site in the creative process of architecture, interior design, urban planning, and historical and cultural studies. The authors use the term site to connote a series of... -
Design for Fragility: 13 Stories of Humanitarian Architects by Esther Charlesworth 9780367555375
RRP: $62.38$55.24The demand is now urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding cities and landscapes being destroyed by civil conflict, (un)natural disasters, political instability, and poverty. The number of people fleeing their... -
Tehran: From Sacred to Radical by Asma Mehan 9780367691905
RRP: $97.48$84.83This book is an interdisciplinary research work designed to be of interest to a broad range of academics. The book examines the relationship between democracy and the (trans)formations of urban spaces in Iran. It engages with the ideas of 'modernity' in... -
Soane Medal Lecture 2023 by Sir John Soane's Museum 9781999693299
RRP: $19.50$13.26The Soane Medal was established by Sir John Soane’s Museum in 2017 and continues the mission of the Museum’s founder, the celebrated Regency architect Sir John Soane, to encourage a better understanding of the central importance of architecture in... -
Experiential Learning in Architectural Education: Design-build and Live Projects by Burak Pak 9781032212913
RRP: $97.48$84.83This book is designed to be of interest to many different audiences due to its cross-sectoral and transdisciplinary content. It will appeal to those within architectural higher education as well as to spatial practitioners, students, civic and... -
Spatial Transparency in Architecture: Light, Layering and Porosity by Camilo Rosales 9781032121659
RRP: $72.13$63.43This volume explores the concept of 'spatial transparency'; a form of spatial continuity that articulates depth through permeable, layered or porous three-dimensional organizations where interstitial light is present. Although transparency is a concept... -
Architectural Factors for Infection and Disease Control by AnnaMarie Bliss 9781032102672
RRP: $72.13$59.26This edited collection explores disease transmission and the ways that the designed environment has promoted or limited its spread. It discusses the many design factors that can be used for infection and disease control through lenses of history, public... -
Model Workshop: Building as a Common Process Carmen Rist-Stadelmann 9783038602361
RRP: $48.75$31.94The Institute of Architecture and Planning at University of Liechtenstein in Vaduz pursues highly innovative approaches in architectural education. A focus on practice and bringing students together with craftsmen and their businesses are a key part of... -
Architecture and Urbanism in a Contact Zone: Histories of Difference, Migrancy and Dwelling in Kolkata by Mark Mukherjee Campbell 9781138328020
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book explores how histories of migration, cultural encounter and transculturation have shaped formations of urban space, domestic architecture and cultural modernity in Kolkata from the early colonial period to the beginning of the era of India’s... -
German Concrete, 1819-1877: The science of cement from Trass to Portland Salvatore Aprea 9782940222964
RRP: $195.00$186.73This book describes for the first time ever, the rise of the modern art of building with concrete in the different German territories stretching from Friesland to Pomerania and southwards from Bavaria to Baden during the first three quarters of the 19th... -
The Bauhaus Ideal Then and Now: An Illustrated Guide to Modern Design by William Smock 9780897335904
RRP: $38.90$27.83This is an enormously readable history of modernist design, enhanced by the author's black and white drawings that both illustrate and elucidate the text. It is a book meant for lay readers and examines its subject with the kind of wit and insight found... -
The Unfinished Modern Project at the End of Modernity: Tectonic Form and the Space of Public Appearance - Soane Medal Lecture 2019 Kenneth Frampton 9781999693220
RRP: $19.50$13.26British architect, critic, historian and educator Kenneth Frampton is the third recipient of the Soane Medal, which is awarded annually in recognition of architects and critics who have made a major contribution to their field through practice,... -
Housing for Hope and Wellbeing by Flora Samuel 9780367469023
RRP: $243.75$210.33Housing and neighbourhoods have an important contribution to make to our wellbeing and our sense of our place in the world. This book, written for a lay audience (with policy makers firmly in mind) offers a useful and intelligible overview of our housing... -
Best of Austria: Architecture 2016-17 by Architekturzentrum Wien 9783038601234
RRP: $68.25$43.74The new sixth edition of Best of Austria again offers an impressive survey of Austria's contemporary architectural culture. It features some 170 buildings in Austria and designed by Austrian architects abroad that have been awarded national and... -
Fawad Kazi KSSG-OKS: Volume II: Haus 10 by Marko Sauer 9783038602033
RRP: $87.75$57.04In 2011, Zurich-based architect Fawad Kazi, together with the KSSG-OKS planning consortium, won the competition for the rebuilding and extension of St Gallen's cantonal hospital (KSSG) and the new regional children's hospital for eastern Switzerland... -
Iteration: Episodes in the Mediation of Art and Architecture Robin Schuldenfrei 9781138392489
RRP: $74.08$65.09This edited volume considers the ways in which multiple stages, phases, or periods in an artistic or design process have served to arrive at the final artifact, with a focus on the meaning and use of the iteration. To contextualize iteration within... -
Dunga Manzi/Stirring Waters: The Art and Culture of the Tsonga and Shangaan by Nessa Leibhammer 9781868144495
$162.34This full-colour book showcases some of South Africa's most treasured heritage, aiming to make readers aware of the high degree of artistic skill that exists in South Africa.""Dungamanzi/Stirring Waters"" features Tsonga and Shangaan art, culture and... -
Building Cultures Valparaiso: Pedagogy, practice and poetry at the Valparaiso School of Architecture and Design Sony Devabhaktuni 9782940222902
RRP: $124.80$118.70Building Cultures Valparaiso takes a critical look at how pedagogy, practice and poetry are brought together at one of the most influential schools of architecture of the past 50 years: the School of Architecture and Design of the Pontifical Catholic... -
Universal Design: Creating Inclusive Environments Edward Steinfeld 9780470399132
RRP: $140.30$122.89A much-needed reference to the latest thinking in universal designUniversal Design: Creating Inclusive Environments offers a comprehensive survey of best practices and innovative solutions in universal design. Written by top thinkers at the Center for... -
Miracle on Cary Street: Restoring Virginia's Grandest Movie Palace by Duane K Nelson
RRP: $29.23$25.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735887203Author Duane K NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Little StarPublisher Little StarWeight(grams) 133g -
Lucius Burckhardt Writings. Rethinking Man-made Environments: Politics, Landscape & Design by Jesko Fezer
RRP: $76.05$67.02Design for a democratic society was a matter of urgency in bombed-out postwar Europe. Swiss sociologist, journalist, professor and founding father of strollology Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) pioneered the interdisciplinary analysis of man-made... -
Luigi Moretti. Fencing Academy in the Mussolini's Forum, Rome 1933-1937 Mario Ferrari 9788890802447
RRP: $19.48$15.93Set in the widest urban neighbourhood of the fascist Rome, the "casa delle armi" building show the deep and sophisticated typological research around the "balilla houses". Born as an advanced typological experiment it is the most modern of the "National... -
Modernism and the Making of the Soviet New Man by Tijana Vujosevic
RRP: $165.75$117.33The creation of Soviet culture in the 1920s and the 1930s was the most radical of modernist projects, both in aesthetic and in political terms. Modernism and the Making of the New Man explores the architecture of this period as the nexus between... -
Plastics: in Architecture and Construction Stephan Engelsmann 9783034603225
RRP: $50.70$47.33Plastics are high-performance materials of wide use in the built environment. Their versatile technical properties are particularly fascinating. A broad range of form-giving and finishing processes makes plastic especially interesting for complex... -
Nowness Files: 2012-2018: IIT Architecture Chicago by Wiel Arets
RRP: $35.10$33.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948765305Author Wiel AretsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar Publishers -
Historic Log Cabins: Past to Present by Tina Skinner
RRP: $62.38$46.29An incredible collection of imagery takes you on a tour of old and new log homes, offering restorers and new homebuilders alike a chance to recreate architectural traditions in a home for today's family. There's inspiration for every room inside, as well... -
Future Visions of Urban Public Housing: An International Forum, November 17-20, 1994 by Wolfgang F. E. Preiser
RRP: $105.28$93.35First published in 1994, this book brings together the papers presented at the International Forum on 'Future Visions of Urban Public Housing' held on November 17-20, 1994 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Participants included public housing officials, academics,... -
Competing Modernisms: Toronto's New City Hall and Square by George Thomas Kapelos
RRP: $79.95$61.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929112688Author George Thomas KapelosFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dalhousie Architectural PressPublisher Dalhousie Architectural Press -
Forms of Education: About a Botanical Garden Gian Marco Chiri 9788898774739
RRP: $42.90$35.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788898774739Author Gian Marco ChiriFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint ListLabPublisher ListLab -
A Conservation and Adaptive Reuse Study for Menelik II Palace, Holeta by Rahel Lemma
RRP: $88.86$88.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786200092793Author Rahel LemmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Migropolis: Venice / Atlas of a Global Situation by IUAV Class on Politics of Representation
RRP: $165.75$123.84Since its publication, the four-year study on the globalized city conducted by the philosopher Wolfgang Scheppe at the Universita Iuav de Venizia has achieved the status of being a standard reference. The intricately structured two-volume book, in which... -
Best of Austria: Architecture 2018_19 by Architekturzentrum Wien
RRP: $97.50$63.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783038602170Author Architekturzentrum WienFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Park BooksPublisher Park BooksWeight(grams) 222g -
Reconstruction and Restoration of Architectural Heritage by Sergey Sementsov
RRP: $253.50$219.39Reconstruction and Restoration of Architectural Heritage 2020 includes contributions on the protection, and restoration of architectural monuments and the reconstruction of major historical urban development sites, as well as various complex issues and... -
Architecture in Digital Culture: Machines, Networks and Computation by Socrates Yiannoudes
RRP: $243.75$210.33This book examines the manifestations of architecture, cities, and design processes within digital culture.Adopting a comparative and critical method, the author looks at past and present encounters of the digital with architectural discourse and... -
Urban Form and Life in Tripoli, Libya: Maintaining Cultural Heritage by Adel Remali
RRP: $243.75$210.33This 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... -
Component Design by Michael Stacey
RRP: $93.58$81.53Technological development of materials has left a designer spoilt for choice. Component Design helps you to cope with this amount of choice by viewing it as an opportunity for innovative and unique design. This comprehensive guide explores the history of...