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Architecture Beyond Criticism: Expert Judgment and Performance Evaluation by Wolfgang F. E. Preiser
RRP: $105.28$92.18For the first time, this book demonstrates that the two paradigms of architectural criticism and performance evaluation can not only co-exist but complement each other in the assessment of built works. As architecture takes more principled stances... -
The EcoEdge: Urgent Design Challenges in Building Sustainable Cities by Esther Charlesworth
RRP: $93.58$81.53Presenting diverse case studies of contemporary sustainable urban practice from Europe, Africa, India, South America, the USA and Australia, this book offers the reader a fantastic wealth of practical material from a range of internationally renowned... -
Fundamentals of Sound and Vibration Frank Fahy 9780415562102
RRP: $185.23$161.36A Solid Introduction to Sound and Vibration: No Formal Background NeededThis Second Edition of Fundamentals of Sound and Vibration covers the physical, mathematical and technical foundations of sound and vibration at audio frequencies. It presents... -
Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World: The Urban Impact of Religion, State and Society Amira K. Bennison 9780415553810
RRP: $85.78$74.96This volume is an inter-disciplinary endeavour which brings together recent research on aspects of urban life and structure by architectural and textual historians and archaeologists, engendering exciting new perspectives on urban life in the pre-modern... -
The Florentine Villa: Architecture History Society Grazia Gobbi Sica (University of Florence, Italy) 9780415543170
RRP: $89.68$79.03Scholarly and innovative with visually stunning line drawings and photographs, this volume provides readers with a compelling record of the unbroken pattern of reciprocal use and exchange between the countryside and the walled city of Florence, from the... -
Colour and Light: Spatial Experience Karin Fridell Anter (Architect, Sweden) 9781472482792
RRP: $150.13$131.53Colour and Light: Spatial Experience describes the coherent interaction of light and colour in the spatial context. It explains the nature of light to colour specialists, and the nature of colour to light specialists, simultaneously conveying an... -
Participatory Culture and the Social Value of an Architectural Icon: Sydney Opera House Cristina Garduno Freeman (University of Melbourne, Australia) 9781472469892
RRP: $263.25$229.48This book develops new and innovative methods for understanding the cultural significance of places such as the World Heritage listed Sydney Opera House. By connecting participatory media, visual culture and social value, Cristina Garduno Freeman... -
People and Buildings by Robert Gutman
RRP: $97.48$85.61There is at the present time a continuing interest in relating the behavioral sciences to design disciplines. Sociologists and social psychologists have been added to faculties of architecture schools, where they off er seminars and participate as... -
Architecture of Regionalism in the Age of Globalization: Peaks and Valleys in the Flat World by Liane Lefaivre
RRP: $70.18$61.80This book remains the definitive introductory text on the theory and history of regionalist architecture in the context of globalization. It addresses issues of identity, diversity, community, inequality, geopolitics, and sustainability. From the authors... -
Visual Discoveries: A Collection of Sections by Allen Keith Yee
RRP: $54.50$37.38There are three standard methods to visually represent a building: the plan, elevation, and section. The section drawing is a vertical slice of a building, depicting the relationships between interior and exterior as well as any level changes... -
Andy Senn: De aedibus 89 by Heinz Wirz
RRP: $68.15$43.68The new agricultural school in Salez, in the St. Gallen Rhine valley region, has a slender, airy and light appearance. It is an extremely intelligently conceived low-tech construction made of timber. The design is by Andy Senn, who has led his ... -
Heritage Shops of Singapore by Steve Golden
RRP: $25.33$23.30After nearly a year of research, including interviews with local neighbors, shopkeepers, and heritage experts, he photographed over 70 shops and the families that have run them for generations. shops and the families that have run them for generations... -
Distributed Urbanism: Cities After Google Earth Gretchen Wilkins (RMIT University, School of Architecture and Design, Australia) 9780415562324
RRP: $97.48$84.83What form of housing will emerge in Dubai, where the majority of the population are non-citizens and the average length of stay is three days? How will depopulating cities reclaim vacant space, reorganize infrastructure and redefine their economic... -
Street-Level Architecture: The Past, Present and Future of Interactive Frontages Conrad Kickert 9780367486105
RRP: $64.33$56.86This book provides the tools to maintain and rebuild the interaction between architecture and public space. Despite the best intentions of designers and planners, interactive frontages have dwindled over the past century in Europe and North America. This... -
The Women Who Professionalized Interior Design by Peter Dedek
RRP: $72.13$64.21The Women Who Professionalized Interior Design explores the history of interior decorating and design from the late nineteenth century to the present, highlighting the careers and contributions of significant American female interior designers who were... -
Validity and Reliability in Built Environment Research: A Selection of Case Studies Vian Ahmed 9780367197803
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book aims to guide researchers who are engaged in social science and built environment research through the process of testing the reliability and validity of their research outputs following the application of different methods of data collection... -
House 1 Catalogue - All About Space - Volume 2 Dieter Dietz 9783038600381
RRP: $68.25$44.52The Atelier de la Conception de l'Espace (ALICE), affiliated with the School of Architecture at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, is an educational facility focusing on preparing students for the practice of architecture. To cultivate the... -
Post-Petroleum Design George Elvin 9781138853904
RRP: $74.08$65.87Despite the growing demand for design strategies to reduce our petroleum use, no one has yet brought together the lessons of the world's leading post-petroleum designers into a single resource. Post-Petroleum Design brings them together for the first... -
Designing Post-Virtual Architectures: Wicked Tactics and World-Building by Heather Renee Barker
RRP: $263.25$228.70Designing Post-Virtual Architectures: Wicked Tactics and World-Building explores, describes, and demonstrates theories and strategies for design in a post-virtual world. This book reveals affinities among social, mathematical, philosophical, and language... -
Frank Lloyd Wright : The Early Years : Progressivism : Aesthetics : Cities Donald Johnson (Adjunct Professor, University of South Australia) 9781138601628
RRP: $85.78$75.74Frank Lloyd Wright : The Early Years : Progressivism : Aesthetics : Cities examines Wright's belief that all aspects of human life must embrace and celebrate an aesthetic experience that would thereby lead to necessary social reforms. Inherent in the... -
Women Architects in India: Histories of Practice in Mumbai and Delhi by Mary N. Woods
RRP: $85.78$75.74As the first inclusive study of how women have shaped the modern Indian built environment from the independence struggle until today, this book reveals a history that is largely unknown, not only in the West, but also in India. Educated in the 1930s and... -
The Production Sites of Architecture Sophia Psarra (University College London, UK) 9781138559448
RRP: $74.08$65.09The Production Sites of Architecture examines the intimate link between material sites and meaning. It explores questions such as: how do spatial configurations produce meaning? What are alternative modes of knowledge production? How do these change our... -
Professional Practice 101: A Compendium of Effective Business Strategies in Architecture Andrew Pressman (University of New Mexico, USA) 9781138506886
$78.18Professional practice courses often suffer from a boring reputation, but there's nothing dull about this updated, cornerstone edition of Professional Practice 101, which renders accessible the art and science of contemporary architectural practice. With... -
Space Unveiled: Invisible Cultures in the Design Studio by Carla Jackson Bell
RRP: $105.28$91.40Since the early 1800s, African Americans have designed signature buildings; however, in the mainstream marketplace, African American architects, especially women, have remained invisible in architecture history, theory and practice. Traditional... -
Catalytic Formations: Architecture and Digital Design by Ali Rahim
RRP: $169.63$147.30At the dawn of the twenty-first century, digital technologies have enabled new techniques for the development of architecture. In Catalytic Formations, Ali Rahim suggests that these digital design techniques have the potential to affect the wider... -
Iteration: Episodes in the Mediation of Art and Architecture by Robin Schuldenfrei
RRP: $263.25$228.70This 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... -
Architecture in a Climate of Change by Peter F. Smith
RRP: $263.25$229.48Revised 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... -
Building Services, Technology and Design by Roger Greeno
RRP: $234.00$202.04Building Services, Technology and Design provides a concise guide to the installation and design of principal services in domestic and commercial buildings. It covers the level 2 module of The CIOB's Education Framework and is officially sanctioned by... -
Design and the Economics of Building by David Jaggar
RRP: $263.25$229.48A textbook on design economics for students of architecture, building and quantity surveying, it examines the links between design and the costs of building as well as more general economic issues and their significance for designers and builders.Book... -
Finding San Carlino: Collected Perspectives on the Geometry of the Baroque by Adil Mansure
RRP: $81.88$71.66The church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, also called San Carlino, is an architectural artefact that continues to attract numerous hypotheses and geometric analyses attempting to explain its form and meaning. Numerous investigations have attempted to... -
Handmade Houses Steven P. Whitsitt 9780764332036
RRP: $54.58$36.31Visit a dozen exciting homes where the owners have ignored standard building practices in favor of creative alternatives. These homes, found from Massachusetts to California, are expressive of individuality as well as artistry, and you'll be inspired to... -
Marketing Green Building Services by Jerry Yudelson
RRP: $97.48$85.61Marketing Green Building Services: Strategies for Success presents all the information key decision-makers need to respond to the fast-growing market for green buildings, design and construction services and products. Completely updated, revised and... -
Sustainability at the Cutting Edge Peter Smith 9780750683005
RRP: $93.58$81.53Sustainability at the Cutting Edge is an essential guide to understanding the future direction of sustainable technology. This fully updated new edition deals not only with current best practice and state of the art case studies, but with the very latest... -
Assessing Building Performance by Wolfgang Preiser
RRP: $115.03$99.61The building performance evaluation (BPE) framework emphasizes an evaluative stance throughout the six phases of the building delivery and life cycle: (1) strategic planning/needs analysis; (2) program review; (3) design review; (4) post-construction... -
Eco-resorts Zbigniew Bromberek 9780750657938
RRP: $126.73$110.25Eco-Resorts is a design guide for low impact, environmentally friendly tourist resorts in the tropics. The book is the first to offer architects practical, detailed guidance in developing resort buildings that work with a tropical climate and meet the... -
Law and Practice for Architects by Robert Greenstreet
RRP: $97.48$84.83Provides a framework for understanding of the legal, contractual and procedural implication of architectural practice. The book acts as a useful aide-memoire for students and practitioners based on the premise that smooth legal administration will... -
Architectural Model as Machine by Albert Smith
RRP: $115.03$99.61This book offers an explanation of why scale models are important to the design process. Albert Smith takes the reader through the history and significance of models in architecture from the magic of the Egyptian scale model to the present day.Through... -
Bio-Architecture Javier Senosiain 9780750656047
RRP: $140.38$121.78Bio-Architecture studies the natural principles of animal and human constructions from several different perspectives, and presents a great part of the knowledge that gives origin and shape to built form. Organic architecture offers a design approach... -
Lit Interior by Frederick H. Jones
RRP: $54.58$47.35Presents an organised, comprehensive and easy to understand overview of the lighting design process. It covers every topic from the nature of light itself, through selecting the correct equipment, to preparing project plans and the finished design... -
Architecture, Technology and Process by Chris Abel
RRP: $81.88$72.44This new selection of essays follows Chris Abel's previous best selling collection, Architecture and Identity. Drawing upon a wide range of knowledge and disciplines, the author argues that, underlying technological changes in the process of...