Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy CityThis delightful chronicle of contemporary building and planning in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, makes a compelling case for the importance of architecture on a local scale.Author: Witold RybczynskiPublisher: Yale University PressPublished: 11/17/2020Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.25lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.60dISBN: 9780300256963About...
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Shipping Container Homes: The Step-By-Step Guide to Shipping Container Homes and Tiny house living, Including Examples of Plans and DesignsDiscover How Shipping Containers Can Become HomesThe trend to make shipping containers into fantastic homes has been a concept that's been used for almost two decades now. They are a convenient design concept that works well with the tiny home movement. The idea of...
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Homework: New Houses Changed Houses Not Houses- A beautifully illustrated volume showcasing residential and commercial/institutional designs across North America, with a special focus on artful interiors, the craftmanship and the dynamics at play within each space- Spectacularly presented throughout with stunning full-colour photographs, detailed plans and diagrams, and thoughtful commentary...
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Gentrification Down the ShoreMakris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrification and the experiences of longtime residents in this beach-community city. They demonstrate how the racial inequality in the founding of Asbury Park...
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Bahrain History: The Politics, Governance, National Economy, Population, TourismBahrain History. The Politics, Governance, National Economy, Population, Tourism. The gulf has been an important waterway since ancient times, bringing the people who live on its shores into early contact with other civilizations. In the ancient world, the gulf peoples established trade connections with...
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For Art's Sake: Inside the Homes of Art DealersA unique look inside a world of design sophistication, this volume showcases the interiors of the world's most prestigious art dealers. From New York to London, Paris to Monaco, the private residences of the greatest and most illustrious names in the art world boast...
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Peter Marino: Art ArchitectureA profile of architect Peter Marino's extensive, collaborative process of commissioning art for luxury brand spaces and private clients worldwide.Dubbed 'The Leather Daddy of Luxury' by New York Magazine, Peter Marino is the go-to architect for the highest echelons of luxury design worldwide, perhaps...
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Capture the Moment: An Architect's Guide to Travel SketchingWith sketches form around the world, this book takes you on a journey starting with the definition of sketching from observation and an introduction to right-brain drawing. You get a discussion of black and white and color sketching with a focus on colored pencil...
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KØbenhavn. Urban Architecture and Public SpacesThis book reveals Copenhagen's quality of life using the example of built spaces. It leads its readers on a tour of exploration, visiting exciting architecture projects and surprising districts between restadt and Nordhavn. A total of over 25 exceptional buildings, urban squares and public...
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The Museum: From Its Origins to the 21st CenturyThis beautiful and visually immersive book charts the fascinating story of the institution of the Museum, from its origins to the present. Visited by millions around the world every year, museums are one of mankind's most essential creations. They tell stories, shape cultural identities...
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Minding the City: Field Notes on Neuroscience and the Poetics of Sustainable Public SpaceThis book calls attention to the public space of cities. It proposes that the environmental performance of public space is underdeveloped, and is primed to play a more integrated role in combatting the urgency of climate change, while also creating a more meaningful experience...
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The United Nations and New York City: A Home for the WorldCoinciding with the 75th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations charter, this visually driven book tells the story of the special relationship between the UN and New York City through the interrelated lenses of architecture, real estate, and urban planning. The book...
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Eugene the ArchitectA fussy architect learns to bend his own rules in this delightful book about the imperfect perfection of nature. Eugene the architect designs buildings that are incredibly straight and orderly. He is very proud of his latest work--an enormous house with perfectly perpendicular walls...
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Fundamental Concepts of Architecture: The Vocabulary of Spatial SituationsWörterbuch der architektonischen Erfahrung - Wie wir Räume erleben Architektur wird erlebt - mit Intellekt und mit allen Sinnen, in der Bewegung und im Gebrauch. Doch um darüber tatsächlich zutreffend zu reden und zu urteilen, ist eine Klärung der Begriffe nötig, wenn die Schwammigkeit...
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Ruins of the Palace of Emperor Diocletian: The Ancient Roman Palace at Spalatro in Dalmatia - Modern-day Split, Croatia - Illustrated in the 1760sEmperor Diocletian's palace is a historic marvel - this book and its sketches, published by architect Robert Adam in the 1760s, aided the rediscovery of this Ancient Roman treasure.Illustrative of late-Roman architecture, Diocletian's palace was comprised of a military garrison; two temples; flower and...
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Castles, Palaces & Stately Homes: The Illustrated Guide to the Architectural, Cultural and Historical Heritage of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThis sumptuously illustrated history presents, in an updated new edition, an in-depth account of Britain's most important buildings.Author: Charles PhillipsPublisher: Lorenz BooksPublished: 11/16/2020Pages: 256Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.90lbsSize: 11.10h x 8.70w x 0.80dISBN: 9780754834960
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The Architecture of Bathing: Body, Landscape, ArtA celebration of communal bathing--swimming pools, saunas, beaches, ritual baths, sweat lodges, and more--viewed through the lens of architecture and landscape.We enter the public pool, the sauna, or the beach with a heightened awareness of our bodies and the bodies of others. The phenomenology...
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Happy Inside'I love this book. Strong, clever, intelligent advice with soul.'Mary Portas 'A wonderful look at how to transform our homes to be more mindfully aligned with our true nature and a reflection of who we are.'Fearne Cotton 'A happy home is a fundamental building...
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London Explored: Secret, Surprising and Unusual Places to Discover in the CapitalThis visually stunning guide takes you on a journey to some of London's most interesting, surprising and unique places. London is packed with little-known treasures: remarkably preserved historical houses, fascinating museums and galleries, unusual commercial and industrial buildings and sumptuous interiors that are glimpsed...
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Maravillas de la ArquitecturaDiscover the most incredible man-made wonders, from Stonehenge to Burj Khalifa, with this unparalleled catalog of the most famous and intriguing buildings and monuments created by humans. Man-Made Wonders of the World features a range of structures from buildings to monuments, statues, and bridges,...
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