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STATISTA: Towards a Statecraft of the Future by KW Institute for Contemporary Art and ZK/U Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik
RRP: $52.50$34.40The fate of Berlin's Haus der Statistik (HdS) seemed to have been decided. Built by a collective of architects in the 1960s to house the former communist German Democratic Republic's (GDR) office of statistics at Alexanderplatz, the heart of ... -
Demo:Polis - The Right to Public Space by Barbara Hoidn
RRP: $73.50$49.20DEMO:POLIS is a sociological and urbanist research undertaking comprehensively examining what 'public space' means today. After two decades of appropriation of the internet's anonymous, virtual public space, people are once again taking to streets and... -
Hans Dieter Schaal. Festung Koenigstein. Ausstellungsdesign/ Exhibition Design by Hans Dieter Schaal
RRP: $75.60$51.49The Koenigstein Fortress, located not far from Dresden on a rocky plateau high above the Elbe River, is considered one of the most interesting and best preserved fortifications in Europe. It has a long eventful history dating back to the Bronze Age... -
Reification and Representation: Architecture in the Politico-Media-Complex by Graham Cairns
RRP: $283.50$246.29The relationship between politics and the public relations industry is controversial and, at times, polemic. However, one component of this relationship that has yet to be investigated is the role of architecture. Arguing for a fundamental... -
The Ethics of a Potential Urbanism RPD: Critical encounters between Giorgio Agamben and architecture by Camillo Boano
RRP: $92.38$80.72The Ethics of a Potential Urbanism explores the possible and potential relevance of Giorgio Agamben's political thoughts and writings for the theory and the practice of architecture and urban design. It sketches out the potentiality of Agamben's... -
Take One Building : Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives of the Seattle Central Library by Ruth Conroy Dalton
RRP: $92.38$80.72This book evaluates how we experience and understand buildings in different ways depending upon our academic and professional background. With reference to Rem Koolhaas' Seattle Central Library, the book illustrates a range of different methods available... -
Creating Emotionally Intelligent Workspaces: A Design Guide to Office Chemistry by Edward Finch
RRP: $283.50$246.29Emotions in the workplace have until recently been seen simply as a distraction. We often think of work as rational, logical and non-emotional. But organisations are waking up to the key role of emotions and affect at work. Emotions influence how we make... -
Revival: Town Planning and Town Development (1923) by S. D. Adshead
RRP: $104.98$91.35Since the passing of the Housing, Town Planning, etc, Act, 1909, there have been published a considerable number of books and a vast number of pamphlets and magazine articles dealing with the subject of Town Planning. There has, however, been produced... -
Managing Quality in Architecture: Integrating BIM, Risk and Design Process by Charles E. Nelson
RRP: $115.48$101.05Completely revised throughout for this second edition, Managing Quality in Architecture addresses the new ISO 9001 standards after the significant 2015 revision. ISO 9001 is the global standard for quality, and firms certified under the 2008 edition have... -
Design for Life: Creating Meaning in a Distracted World by Stuart Walker
RRP: $283.50$247.13Stuart Walker's design work has been described as life-changing, inspiring, disturbing and ferocious. Drawing on an extraordinarily diverse range of sources and informed by creative practice, Design for Life penetrates to the heart of modern... -
Interiors Beyond Architecture by Amy Campos
RRP: $96.58$84.27***Winner of the 2019 IDEC Book Award***Interiors Beyond Architecture proposes an expanded impact for interior design that transcends the inside of buildings, analysing significant interiors that engage space outside of the disciplinary boundaries of... -
Architecture on the Borderline: Boundary Politics and Built Space by Anoma Pieris
RRP: $83.98$73.63Architecture on the Borderline interrogates space and territory in a turbulent present where nation-state borders are porous to a few but impermeable to many. It asks how these uneven and conflicted social realities are embodied in the physical and... -
Architecture and Resilience: Interdisciplinary Dialogues by Kim Trogal
RRP: $88.18$77.18Resilience will be a defining quality of the twenty-first century. As we witness the increasingly turbulent effects of climate change, the multiple challenges of resource depletion and wage stagnation, we know that our current ways of living are not... -
Modernism and American Mid-20th Century Sacred Architecture by Anat Geva
RRP: $88.18$78.02Mid-20th century sacred architecture in America sought to bridge modernism with religion by abstracting cultural and faith traditions and pushing the envelope in the design of houses of worship. Modern architects embraced the challenges of creating... -
The Routledge Companion to Paradigms of Performativity in Design and Architecture: Using Time to Craft an Enduring, Resilient and Relevant Architecture by Mitra Kanaani
RRP: $92.38$80.72Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Little White Houses: How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America by Dianne Harris
RRP: $65.10$59.56A rare exploration of the racial and class politics of architecture, Little White Houses examines how postwar media representations associated the ordinary single-family house with middle-class whites to the exclusion of others, creating a powerful and... -
Early Domestic Architecture of Pennsylvania by Eleanor Raymond
RRP: $58.78$37.84A ground-breaking work when first published in 1931, this classic book is now released in soft cover. A visionary, Eleanor Raymond, A.I.A. explored what she called the, "unstudied directness in fitting form to function." The book was one of the... -
Architectural Details 2003 by "DETAIL Magazine"
RRP: $182.68$159.47This is a compilation of the full year's information, including: the "Discussion" section, where well-known architects and critics as well as specialist authors and architectural historians articulate their views; the "Documentation" section containing... -
Reinventing the Workplace by John Worthington
RRP: $123.88$108.11Incorporating a diversity of practices, cultural and organization change, and new building forms, this book provides ideas, inspiration and analysis of the multitude of ways in which an office space can be designed and utilized. Updated to cope with... -
Introduction to Urban Housing Design by Graham Towers
RRP: $88.18$78.02This clear and concise guide is the ideal introduction to contemporary housing design for students and professionals of architecture, urban design and planning. With the increasing commitment to sustainable design and with an ever-increasing demand for... -
Solar House by Terry Galloway
RRP: $115.48$101.05Covering the full life span of the project, from siting issues through specific design features to maintenance of the property and equipment, this is a comprehensive guide to designing, planning and building a solar house. The author uses his... -
Introduction to Natural and Man-made Disasters and Their Effects on Buildings by Roxanna McDonald
RRP: $104.98$92.19This is a comprehensive guide to all types of natural and man made disasters and their effect on buildings. It gives overall guidance and a basic technical understanding of prevention, mitigation and management of disaster, and outlines a checklist of... -
Front to Back by Sally Lewis
RRP: $100.78$87.80FRONT TO BACK sees urban housing as places to live rather than individual buildings. Using a unique design agenda it provides a step by step approach to achieving quality urban living.Book InformationISBN 9780750651790Author Sally LewisFormat... -
Briefing Your Architect by Frank Salisbury
RRP: $115.48$100.21This book sets out the essential activities and inter-relationships involving the client organization and multi-disciplinary design team as they progress through each phase of the job. It guides the client through the preliminary steps needed to start up... -
Barrier-Free Design by James Holmes-Seidle
RRP: $167.98$146.16This book for architects, interior designers, building managers, students, conference organisers looks at first principles to provide the user with the 'tools' to make their own decisions rather than a 'cookbook' approach. It is intended that designs and... -
Communication in the Design Process by Stephen A. Brown
RRP: $161.68$140.81The Design and Construction industry is in a state of attempted change. Improvement is a key word for employer, consultant and contractor. Real steps forward are slow, and most damning is the continuous repetition of the same mistakes. Communication in... -
Dimensions of Sustainability by Andrew Scott
RRP: $178.48$155.93This illustrated book gives a comprehensive view of _ contemporary ideas, innovations and emerging attitudes to sustainability that emanated from the MIT symposium. 16 leading contributors with demonstrable track records in architectural practice,... -
Construction - Craft to Industry by Gyula Sebestyen
RRP: $178.48$155.09This book provides a unique and comprehensive survey of changes and trends in the construction industry focusing on the post-war years and emphasizing their contemporary and future relevance.Book InformationISBN 9780419209201Author Gyula SebestyenFormat... -
Mies van der Rohe by Jean-Louis Cohen
RRP: $167.98$146.16The career and built works of this enigmatic and fascinating architect are carefully charted from his early work on housing design and high-rise offices in Berlin to his later and most famous work in Chicago, Detroit, Montreal and New York. Original... -
Sustainable Housing Reconstruction: Designing resilient housing after natural disasters by Esther Charlesworth
RRP: $79.78$70.10Through 12 case studies from Australia, Bangladesh, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and the USA, this book focuses on the housing reconstruction process after an earthquake, tsunami, cyclone, flood or fire. Design of post-disaster housing is not simply... -
Space Meets Status: Designing Workplace Performance by Jacqueline C. Vischer
RRP: $77.68$68.31Showing how worker productivity and stress levels are affected by factors such as lighting, ventilation, temperature, noise and layout, this book demonstrates how the technical aspects of human comfort do not always tally with users' perceptions and... -
Peripheries by Ruth Morrow
RRP: $104.98$92.19Architects are now more than ever part of an interdisciplinary context. The emergence of creative art-based practices, film making, post-disaster designs and slum management, as part of the architecture discourse and curriculum, is an indication of how... -
Goodman for Architects by Remei Capdevila-Werning
RRP: $283.50$246.29American philosopher Nelson Goodman (1906-1998) was one of the foremost analytical thinkers of the twentieth century, with groundbreaking contributions in the fields of logic, philosophy of science, epistemology, and aesthetics. This book is an... -
Architecture and Energy: Performance and Style by William W. Braham
RRP: $100.78$87.80Does energy consumption influence architectural style? Should more energy-efficient buildings look different? Can that "look" be used to explain or enhance their performance? Architecture and Energy provides architects and architectural theorists with... -
Glorious Visions: John Soane's Spectacular Theater by Helene Furjan
RRP: $104.98$91.35Focusing on the house and museum and its considerable collections of architectural fragments, models, drawings folios and publications, this book is about thirteen Lincoln's Inn Fields in London, England, built in the early 1800s by the renowned... -
The Possibility of (an) Architecture: Collected Essays by Mark Goulthorpe, dECOi Architects by Mark Goulthorpe
RRP: $62.98$55.94Articulating a radical agenda for the rethinking of the basic precepts of the construction industry in light of digital technologies, this book explores the profound shift that is underway in all aspects of architectural process. Essays and lectures from... -
Exploring Post-Development: Theory and Practice, Problems and Perspectives by Aram Ziai
RRP: $96.58$84.27Tackling issues surrounding post-development which is arguably one of the most significant debates in the field of north-south relations at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Contributors explore the possibilities and limitations of... -
Agency: Working With Uncertain Architectures by Florrian Kossak
RRP: $115.48$100.21While the potential of agency is most frequently taken to be the power and freedom to act for oneself, for the architectural community this also involves the power and responsibility to act as intermediaries on behalf of others. Presenting current... -
Will Alsop: The Noise by Tom Porter
RRP: $100.78$87.80The design process of Will Alsop acts as a conduit for the dreams and aspirations of others. Moving from public consultation to the privacy of his painting studio - here ideas are born in the liquidity of paint, the serendipity of collage and the... -
Hotel Lobbies and Lounges: The Architecture of Professional Hospitality by Tom Avermaete
RRP: $113.38$98.43This series investigates the historical, theoretical and practical aspects of interiors. The volumes in the Interior Architecture series can be used as handbooks for the practitioner and as a critical introduction to the history of material culture and...