Architecture - Methods & Materials
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A Moratorium on New ConstructionA massive value shift for existing buildings, infrastructure, materials, unbuilt land, earth, and the labor that holds our world together. To build is to destroy, writes Charlotte Malterre-Barthes. From steel bolts to concrete blocks to wood flooring to polyester insulation panels, every single component...
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Aalto in Detail: A Catalogue of ComponentsFor the Aalto Moment in Your Projects This carefully curated catalog celebrates the rich detail in the work of Aino, Elissa, and Alvar Aalto. Every support, railing, and handle is the result of intensive formal and functional research. The authors document 50 Aalto buildings...
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African Fabbers Atlas: Manual of Synthetic Vernacular ArchitectureA compendium of essays, conversations and paradigmatic projects conceived as an adaptive platform on synthetic-vernacular architecture in Africa and its potential role as cultural driver for global scenarios. Based on almost ten years of applied research of Paolo Cascone and his CODESIGNLAB practice in...
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Architectural Fantasies: Artist-Built Environments"Profiles more than 60 dwellings and monuments built by artists." --Publishers Weekly From Miami's Coral Castle to LA's Watts Towers, Architectural Fantasies explores over 60 dwellings across more than 30 states. These artist-built spaces allow one to step directly into the artwork, and range...
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Building Construction IllustratedThe leading introduction to the principles and processes of building construction returns Building construction covers the entire process of creating residential, commercial, and industrial structures, from planning to execution. It's an evolving field, with new technologies continuously being brought to bear and new sustainable...
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Carpentry and Construction, Sixth EditionPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Fully updated home carpentry, construction, and remodeling instructionThis thoroughly revised, DIY guide takes you through every step of...
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Cathedrals: Masterpieces of Architecture, Feats of Engineering, Icons of FaithThe acclaimed best-selling author and popular historian explores the history of Europe via its cathedrals. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of the history of Western civilization showcases the cathedral's central role in the European imagination. A masterful writer, Jenkins tells...
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Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures. a HandbookThe 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 this reason, over the last 18 years,...
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Earthen Floors, Second Edition: A Modern Approach to an Ancient PracticeThe essential guide to making, installing and living with beautiful, all-natural earthen floors - now fully revised and updated This full-color guide includes complete step-by-step instructions for installing your own earthen floors as well as the history, use, and maintenance of this beautiful, durable,...
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Forest First: Timber BuildingThis book puts the forest first and offers a detailed immersion into forest history, forest stand dynamics, forest ecology, forest-building carbon dynamics, and possible future forest trajectories as the pretext for thinking about timber building technics. The specificity of regional forests suggests much about...
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Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & AvoidSick of McMansions? Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, is a champion of traditional architectural principles: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and sustainability. She presents the definitive guide to what makes houses look and feel right, revealing...
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Hand Hewn: The Traditions, Tools, and Enduring Beauty of Timber FramingCelebrate the artistry of timber-frame building with this fascinating look at how the natural, organic forms of trees become the framework for a home. Hand Hewn is a gorgeous exploration of the traditions of timber-frame building, a 7,000-year-old craft that holds an enduring attraction...
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Kengo Kuma: SubstanceKengo Kuma: Substance explores the work of the acclaimed Japanese architect through six materials--wood, bamboo, metal, paper, textile, and stone--and presents the ideas behind each work. Kengo Kuma's work masterfully engages experimentation, traditional Japanese design, and advanced technology. This results in highly innovative yet...
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Lessons for Students in ArchitectureLessons for Students in Architecture, written by Dutch architect and educator Herman Hertzberger (born 1932), was first published in 1991 as an elaborated version of lectures Hertzberger had given since 1973 at Delft University of Technology. Since its first edition, the book has become...
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Manual of Biogenic House SectionsRecognizing that buildings are a major contributor to global warming and the critical role of embodied versus operational carbon, the book focuses on houses built from materials that either sequester carbon (plants), use materials with very low embodied carbon (earth and stone) or reuse...
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Measure and Construction of the Japanese House: 250 Plans and Sketches Plus Illustrations of JoineryA remarkable classic work on traditional Japanese architecture, and how the style and features can serve as a model for contemporary residential buildings. With incredible detail (as well as numerous architectural plans and drawings), author and architect Heino Engel describes everything from room functions...
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Operative Design: A Catalogue of Spatial VerbsThe core idea for this book is the use of operative verbs as tools for designing space. These operative verbs abstract the idea of spatial formation to its most basic terms, allowing for an objective approach to create the foundation for subjective spatial design....
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Rendering in Pen and Ink: The Classic Book on Pen and Ink Techniques for Artists, Illustrators, Architects, and DesignersArthur L. Guptill's classic Rendering in Pen and Ink has long been regarded as the most comprehensive book ever published on the subject of ink drawing. This is a book designed to delight and instruct anyone who draws with pen and ink, from the...
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Shelter CookbookAn inspiring guide to the history and legacy of Lloyd Kahn's 1970s countercultural self-build manualsDIY architect, publisher and pioneer of the self-build movement, Lloyd Kahn (born 1935) is a legend of the American counterculture. Influenced by Buckminster Fuller, in 1968 Kahn started building geodesic...
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Stone: Ancient Craft to Modern MasteryIn this perceptive and illustrative look at the expressive and practical use of stone throughout history, Richard Rhodes unlocks the underlying principles of this ancient material--and explains the closely guarded "Sacred Rules" of the Freemasons guild for the first time ever. The relationship between...
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