Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Islamic Architecture: Form, Function, and MeaningThis beautifully conceived and produced survey of Islamic architecture explores the glorious world of the caravansarai, mausoleum, palace, and mosque. Focusing on the multifaceted relation of architecture to society, Robert Hillenbrand covers public architecture in the Middle East and North Africa from the medieval...
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Spectral Mansions: The Making of a Dublin Tenement, 1800-1914Author: Timothy MurtaghPublisher: Four Courts PressPublished: 09/22/2023Pages: 240Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781846828676About the AuthorTimothy Murtagh completed his PhD at Trinity College Dublin in 2015. Since 2015, he has acted as a historical consultant to the 14 Henrietta Street museum, as well as being a committee...
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Herzog & de Meuron Transforming Park Avenue Armory New YorkAuthor: Gerhard MackPublisher: BirkhauserPublished: 05/26/2014Pages: 344Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 5.30lbsSize: 13.20h x 9.50w x 1.40dISBN: 9783038215462About the AuthorGerhard Mack is editor for art, architecture, and design for Neue Zürcher Zeitung and NZZ am Sonntag
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Materiology: L'Essentiel Sur Les Matériaux Et Technologies À l'Usage Des CréateursAuthor: Daniel Kula, Élodie TernauxPublisher: BirkhauserPublished: 10/29/2012Pages: 376Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 3.25lbsSize: 11.60h x 7.90w x 0.90dISBN: 9783034608190Language: FrenchAbout the AuthorElodie Ternaux, Quentin Hirsinger, Vorsitzende von matériO Paris; Daniel Kula, Experte im Bereich Material und Technologie.
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How to Think Like Da VinciFamed for creating some of the most iconic images in European art--including "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper"--Leonardo da Vinci has influenced generations of artists and thinkers, and continues to do so after more than 500 years. While we cannot hope to emulate his...
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Journey to a Straw Bale House: The Long Road to Santa Rita in an Old Hispano Neighborhood on the Northern Edge of New MexicoThis tale is the author's life ramble that led to the adventure of building a cabin in the northern New Mexico wilderness. The place, called Santa Rita by its founders, was the site of a tiny settlement built by Hispano homesteaders a century earlier....
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Arts and Crafts Architecture: History and Heritage in New EnglandThis book offers the first full-scale examination of the architecture associated with the Arts and Crafts movement that spread throughout New England at the turn of the twentieth century. Although interest in the Arts and Crafts movement has grown since the 1970s, the literature...
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Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design- Uses a special icon in page margin to identify topics addressing needs of persons with disabilities.- IRCD includes all contents of Instructor's Resource Binder, plus G-W Test Creation Software, and Architecture student/instructor software.Author: Goodheart-WilcoxPublisher: Goodheart-Wilcox PublisherPublished: 01/01/2004Binding Type: OtherWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 5.20h x 6.14w...
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People Behind the Disney Parks: Stories of Those Honored with a Window on Main Street, U.S.A.Meet the people who created Disney theme parks around the world! Through rare Disney theme park concept art and photographs, this must-have collector's book showcases more than 280 biographies and features more than 50 pages on the evolution and behind-the-scenes of the Main Street,...
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Shipping Container Homes: How to Build a Homemade and Eco-friendly Living (Avoid Daily Stress and Live in Your Dream Home With Your Family)Design your dream home and discover the benefits of low-cost building with the wonders of shipping container houses!Are you searching for a cheap, eco-friendly alternative to traditional housing?Have you always wanted to get stuck in and build a shipping container home, but you never...
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The Sustainable Urban Development ReaderThis thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition of The Sustainable Urban Development Reader combines classic and contemporary readings to provide a broad introduction to the topic that is accessible to general and undergraduate audiences.The Reader begins by tracing the roots of the sustainable development...
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Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean: Diversity and Pluralism, Past and PresentThis book examines the role of Muslim communities in the emergence of connections and mobilities across the Indian Ocean World from a longue durée perspective. Spanning the 7th century through the medieval period until the present day, this book aims to move beyond the...
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Design Legacy of John Marsh Davis: Early Career: Wood Expressionism 1961-1979Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men's blood. In his homes and on jobsites, designer John Marsh Davis, Jr. displayed a framed transcription of Daniel Burnham's directive. The epigraph describes what Davis' legacy impressively embodies in tactile sensuality and visionary...
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Johann Bernhard Fischer Von Erlach (1656-1723): Und Die Baukunst Des Europäischen BarockMit keiner anderen Stadt ist der Name Fischers von Erlach so eng verknüpft wie mit Wien. Bauten wie die Karlskirche oder Schloss Schönbrunn tragen bis heute zum Ruhm der Metropole bei. Aber auch in Salzburg, Prag und Mähren schuf der Architekt wegweisende Bauten wie...
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Supertall: How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our LivesWe are living in a new urban age, and its most tangible expression is the "supertall" megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history.Cities around the world are racing to build the first mile-high building, stretching the limits of...
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Classical Edinburgh: A City DividedThis work is both a family history and a social history of Scotland with a focus on Edinburgh. Author: Alan H. BalfourPublisher: First Hill BooksPublished: 03/14/2023Pages: 364Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13dISBN: 9781839987892About the AuthorAlan Balfour is an author and architect....
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100 Twentieth Century HousesAuthor: Twentieth Century SocietyPublisher: BatsfordPublished: 03/07/2023Pages: 296Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.40lbsSize: 8.66h x 8.58w x 1.10dISBN: 9781849947862About the AuthorThe Twentieth Century Society is a British charity that campaigns for the preservation of architectural heritage from 1914 onward. They provide support and advice to architects and...
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Summers in France: Beautiful & Inspirational French HomesIn Summers in France, Caroline Clifton-Mogg celebrates classic French country interiors, with their sense of timeless comfort, simplicity, and elegance. Think of summers in France and what comes to mind? Hot sunlight on a stone-flagged terrace. Bees buzzing amidst a sea of lavender. Wandering...
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The Freedom of the City"Congestion is the life of the city . . . it is what we came for, what we stay for, what we hunger for", wrote Charles Downing Lay, prominent American landscape architect and planner of the early 1920s. These words are relevant today as...
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Placer CountyPlacer is the Spanish word for gravel deposits containing gold. Placer County was formed in 1851 from portions of Sutter and Yuba Counties and was aptly named for its rich gold deposits. A decade later, new railroad lines accelerated the county's growth. Today, Placer...
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