Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Building to Heal: New Architecture for Hospitals"Building to Heal: New Architecture for Hospitals" examines the hardships and major challenges faced by the hospital system today and presents innovative models and solutions in healthcare architecture. Through critical, scientifically based discourse, a variety of authors examine healthcare systems and hospital architecture, what...
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Building Time: Architecture, Event, and ExperienceWhile most books on architecture concentrate on spatial themes, this book explores architecture's temporal dimensions. Through a series of close readings of buildings, both contemporary and classic, it demonstrates the centrality of time in modern architecture, and shows why an understanding of time is...
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Brooklyn Storefronts: Illustrations of the Iconic NYC Borough's Best-Loved SpotsFrom the authors of NYC Storefronts comes a sprawling collection of intimately rendered shops that line the streets and sidewalks of the Big Apple's most populous borough Nowadays, Brooklyn is both destination and home to so many New Yorkers that shopping, eating out, doing...
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British Architecture: A Very Short IntroductionVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring British Architecture: A Very Short Introduction presents an original and engaging overview of the architecture of the British Isles, from medieval times to the present day. Avoiding the traditional approach of a chronological survey of architects and architectural...
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Blenheim: 300 Years of Life in a PalaceThe most important, most visited, and most renowned of all of Britain's stately homes, Blenheim has been home to the Churchill family for more than 300 years. Regarded as perhaps the greatest of the stately homes and the finest example of baroque architecture in...
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Bangkok Utopia: Modern Architecture and Buddhist Felicities, 1910-1973"Utopia" is a word not often associated with the city of Bangkok, which is better known for its disorderly sprawl, overburdened roads, and stifling levels of pollution. Yet as early as 1782, when the city was officially founded on the banks of the Chao...
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Atlas of Mid-Century Modern MasterpiecesAn innovative and original survey of the best Mid-Century Modern architecture from around the world Featuring 450 of the very best works of Mid-Century Modern architecture from every continent, the Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces showcases how the architects of the time harnessed the...
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A Short History of GreenvilleA concise and engaging history that traces Greenville's development from backcountry settlement to one of America's best small citiesToday, Greenville, South Carolina, is regularly included on lists of the best cities and places to live in the United States. The present-day site of technological...
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A Book of Monsters: Promethean Horror in Modern Literature and CultureThis books traces the rise to prominence in the twentieth-century of a sub-genre of gothic fiction that is, emphatically, a horror of enlightenment rationality rather than gothic darkness, examining post-modern revisions of Modernist "Promethean" tropes in an eclectic range of gothic, fantasy and SF...
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Urban Inequality in Finland: Land, Housing and the Nordic Welfare StateTaking on Finland as its main case study, Urban Inequality in a Nordic Welfare State investigates urban governance, land and housing policies and the uneven development of the built environment. It analyses city strategies, policy documents and interviews with urban authorities to show how...
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Tuning Architecture with Humans: Neuroscience Applied to Architectural DesignThrough thousands of years of evolution, features of the natural environment helped to mold human behavior. As social beings, early humans also found resonance with each other in relation to their surroundings, and even developed emotional templates for certain situations, such as climbing a...
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Timber!: How Wood Can Help Save the World from Climate BreakdownThe carbon emissions generated by concrete and steel construction are well-known. Why then are we not using more carbon-friendly building materials? In a passionate and compelling argument Paul Brannen advocates the use of timber in buildings wherever possible. His controversial and counterintuitive argument is...
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The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public HistoryBased on her extensive experience in the urban communities of Los Angeles, historian and architect Dolores Hayden proposes new perspectives on gender, race, and ethnicity to broaden the practice of public history and public art, enlarge urban preservation, and reorient the writing of urban...
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The KeeperAuthor: Joan VincentPublisher: North Street PublishingPublished: 07/01/2024Pages: 404Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.56lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94dISBN: 9798868951985This title is not returnable
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Relaxed Maximalism: Curating a Maximalist Home with Soul (Design Styles for Your Home)Say Hello to Home Decor Tips Filled with Color, Pattern, and Soul.In Relaxed Maximalism, we invite you to break free from the constraints of minimalist design and embrace the joy of a life well-lived through maximalist decor.From minimalist to maximalist home decor. In this...
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On Architecture, Volume II: Books 6-10The Renaissance man avant la lettre. Vitruvius (Marcus V. Pollio), Roman architect and engineer, studied Greek philosophy and science and gained experience in the course of professional work. He was one of those appointed to be overseers of imperial artillery or military engines, and...
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Louis Sullivan: An American ArchitectA gorgeous color depiction of every remaining structure designed by Louis Sullivan Louis Henry Sullivan (1856-1924) is a foundational figure in American architecture. Long considered the father of the skyscraper, he first came to wide attention in 1889 with the completion of the Auditorium...
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Lost Danish TreasureGrowing up, almost every kid dreams of finding buried treasure. That dream slowly fades with age as they realize that Blackbeard never visited their backyard. For some, the search for treasure continues in their adult lives in other ways. Metal detectors and shovels may...
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Inventing Future CitiesHow we can invent--but not predict--the future of cities.Author: Michael BattyPublisher: MIT PressPublished: 06/18/2024Pages: 304Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.87dISBN: 9780262548656About the AuthorMichael Batty is Bartlett Professor of Planning at University College London and the author of Cities and Complexity and...
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Inside the Homes of Artists: For Art's SakeA stunning volume showcasing the interiors of the homes of some of the world's most prestigious artists. Author Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian and photographer Jean-Fran?ois Jaussaud return and take readers to discover the interiors of the private residences of the greatest international artists around the...
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