Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Daoism and Environmental Philosophy: Nourishing LifeDaoism and Environmental Philosophy explores ethics and the philosophy of nature in the Daodejing, the Zhuangzi, and related texts to elucidate their potential significance in our contemporary environmental crisis. This book traces early Daoist depictions of practices of embodied emptying and forgetting and communicative...
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Building Better - Less - Different: Circular Construction and Circular EconomySustainability has advanced to become an overarching concern of daily life. At the same time, its ways and means are far from clear. As a holistic praxis, sustainability must combine technical and material as well as social, economic and ecological strategies that all too...
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Journey in His Shadow: A poetic Journey of FaithJourney in His Shadow is inspirational poetry that has been inspired over years. Ellen truly believes that even before she came to know and understand Christ's amazing hope and salvation, she was living beneath His shadow. So many times she was rescued and brought...
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Think Like a Decorator: To Create a Comfortable, Original, and Stylish HomeA reassuring, idea-filled guide to decorating by interior designer Leslie Banker, enriched by advice and contributions from other prominent decorators. Interior designer Leslie Banker grew up learning the trade by her decorator mother's side. The most important thing her mother taught her was that...
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Suzanne Rheinstein: A Welcoming EleganceOver the past decade, celebrated style maker Suzanne Rheinstein has achieved an unprecedented level of refinement and clarity. Her love of objects from the past remains a touchstone, but in her newest rooms, stylish modernity and an elegant simplicity hold sway. Presented are beautifully...
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BridgesExplore bridges around the world--and how they unite us--in this gorgeously illustrated nonfiction picture book Bridges can be high or low, long or short, straight or curvy. Some are designed to blend in, while others stand out. But each one tells a story: a...
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Hotel Palace Lucerne: Refurbishment of a Listed BuildingIn 1906, the Hotel Palace was built along Lucerne's prominent Quai Promenade according to plans by Heinrich Meili-Wapf - one of the most important Lucerne architects of the time. The mighty building, which appears as if it were developed out of a single block,...
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Recycling BeautyDocumenting the Salvatore Settis-curated exhibition on the legacy and reuse of Greek and Roman art from the Middle Ages to the BaroqueFondazione Prada's exhibition Recycling Beauty, designed by Rem Koolhaas, is an unprecedented study of the reuse of Greek and Roman antiquities within post-antiquity--the...
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Typographic Design: Form and CommunicationThe bestselling introduction to designing the written word Typographic Design: Form & Communication is the definitive reference for graphic designers, providing a comprehensive introduction to the visual word. Done well, typopgraphy can communicate so much more than the words themselves. Typographic design determines how...
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Urban Planning for DummiesHow to create the world's new urban future With the majority of the world's population shifting to urban centres, urban planning--the practice of land-use and transportation planning to help shape cities structurally, economically, and socially--has become an increasingly vital profession. In Urban Planning For...
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The Gothic Screen: Space, Sculpture, and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany, Ca.1200-1400At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure of special complexity, grandeur, and beauty. At once a canopy for altars, a stage for performance, a pedestal for crucifixes and reliquaries, and...
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The Complete Guide To Maine's Lighthouses: From Kittery to CalaisIn this book, each of Maine's 65 existing lighthouses are scrutinized, using information obtained from the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Register of Historic Places, from the current caretakers of these structures, and, finally, from personal observation. Whether you are a casual fan of...
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Roland E. Coate: Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940As part of a larger series on "Master Architects of Southern California: 1920-1940", this book highlights the work of Roland E. Coate, using vintage photographs.In the second volume in its series, ROLAND E. COATE, the authors focus on one of the most admired and...
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Steven Holl: Making ArchitectureExamines Steven Holl's intricate and distinctive process of making architecture through approximately one hundred models, related sketches and other studies created for nine recent projects.Author: Kerry Dean Carso, Steven Holl, Nina Stritzler-LevinePublisher: Distribution PartnersPublished: 07/31/2018Pages: 90Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.20w x 0.30dISBN:...
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Urs Fischer: Sculptures 2013-2018Featuring over 100 works and documentation of forty exhibitions and installations both public and private, New York-based artist Urs Fischer (born 1973) presents six years of work in this substantial volume. Arranged chronologically, this book allows the reader to follow Fischer's developments in form...
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Feels Better. Flows Better. Feng Shui for Inspired LivingFeels Better. Flows Better. Feng Shui for Inspired Living provides a deeper understanding of the impact that the outside environment has on all areas of your life. Learn to apply simplified Feng Shui principles to any space, increase awareness of the energy of "stuff"...
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Outside the Box: An Interior Designer's Innovative ApproachA behind-the-scenes look at the inspiration for Scott's most impressive interiors Features dazzling images of Scott's chic never-before-seen homes by photographer Antoine Bootz The first monograph on New York-based interior designer David Scott's work, Outside the Box: An Interior Designer's Innovative Approach to Creating...
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A Modern Garden: The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Modern ArtIn the Fall of 2004, The Museum of Modern Art completed a major expansion and renovation of its famous midtown Manhattan building, doubling the Museum's size and introducing dynamic new galleries and public spaces. At the core of the remodeled Museum, designed by architect...
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Power from the Wind - 2nd Edition: A Practical Guide to Small Scale Energy ProductionSkyrocketing energy costs and constant reminders of the impacts of conventional energy sources are making homeowners and businesses look at different ways to use energy more efficiently and to generate their own electricity to reduce fuel bills and their carbon footprint. Power From the...
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Timber Framing for the Rest of Us: A Guide to Contemporary Post and Beam ConstructionAll those of us without traditional skills need to know to build with timber framingMany natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then in-filled with straw, cob, cordwood, or more conventional wall materials. But traditional timber...
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