Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Shipping Container Homes: A Guide on How to Build and Move into Shipping Container Homes with Examples of Plans and DesignsTake the first step to realizing your dream of building and living in your very own Shipping Container Home The purpose of this guide is to provide a detailed walk-through of each step of the process of shipping container selection, transport, foundation, utilities, modification,...
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Building Reuse: Sustainability, Preservation, and the Value of DesignThe construction and operation of buildings is responsible for 41 percent of all primary energy use and 48 percent of all carbon emissions, and the impact of the demolition and removal of an older building can greatly diminish the advantages of adding green technologies...
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Houses: Robert A.M. Stern ArchitectsIn Houses: Robert A.M. Stern Architects, RAMSA's residential Partners - Roger H. Seifter, Randy M. Correll, Grant F. Marani, and Gary L. Brewer - offer an intimate look at RAMSA houses from the last ten years and explore how these residences embody the spirit...
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The City Creative: The Rise of Urban Placemaking in Contemporary AmericaIn the wake of the Great Recession, American cities from Philadelphia to San Diego saw an upsurge in hyperlocal placemaking--small-scale interventions aimed at encouraging greater equity and community engagement in growth and renewal. But the projects that were the most successful at achieving these...
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Dynamic GeographiesLandscapes are forged by many forces and are dynamic, not static. Yet most landscape designs are designed as static; that is, they are designed not to change substantially for 20-50 years. As cities become the dominant living space for humans, allowing non-human forces to...
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Cleveland's Millionaires' RowThe incredible affluence and extravagance of Euclid Avenue's Millionaires' Row have fascinated Clevelanders for more than a century. Within these stately mansions, US presidents enjoyed dinners and discussions with powerful politicians and influential industrial and banking leaders. Through photographs and meticulously researched captions, Cleveland's...
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City Hall: Masterpieces of American Civic ArchitectureCity Hall is the first book to feature striking contemporary images of the most architecturally significant city halls in the United States. This diverse collection includes New York, the oldest; Philadelphia, once the tallest building in the world; and Boston, the first major brutalist...
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A History of the Church Through Its BuildingsA History of the Church through its Buildings takes the reader to meet people who lived through momentous religious changes in the very spaces where the story of the Church took shape. Buildings are about people, the people who conceived, designed, financed, and used...
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Egyptian Places: An Illustrated TravelogueEgyptian Places: An Illustrated Travelogue is a rich and multi-faceted account of an architect's visits to 12 of Ancient Egypt's most spectacular sites, a journey that transports the reader from the urban metropolis of Cairo and the Great Pyramid of Giza to the remote...
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Big, Beautiful Buildings and Where to Find ThemDiscover some big, beautiful buildings and learn about how and why they were built in this in-depth title. Incorporating architecture and geography elements, this cross-subject book will take readers on a trip around the globe to discover unique and interesting facts about the presented...
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Notre-Dame de Paris: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Famous Catholic Cathedrals of Medieval EuropeIf you want to discover the captivating history of Notre-Dame de Paris, then keep reading...It was with horror and sadness that the people of the world opened their social media or switched on their televisions on April 15th, 2019, only to see terrifying pictures...
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The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way: With a New Preface by the Author and a New Foreword by Neil Degrasse TysonTells the story of the building of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium, a story of history, politics, science, and exploration, including the roles of American presidents, New York power brokers, museum presidents, planetarium directors, polar and African explorers, and German...
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Drawing for Landscape Architects 2: Perspective Views in History, Theory, and PracticeIn recent years, perspective views have swept into the foreground in the field of landscape architecture. They have become the showpiece of any new design project, frequently overshadowing the plan as the principal graphic mediator of ideas. This manual examines the history of these...
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Jean Prouvé His House in Nancy, 1954Jean Prouvé's avant-garde experimental personal family homeAuthor: Jean ProuvePublisher: Galerie Patrick SeguinPublished: 03/10/2020Pages: 80Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.70h x 8.10w x 0.60dISBN: 9782909187273
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Buffalo at the Crossroads: The Past, Present, and Future of American UrbanismBuffalo at the Crossroads is a diverse set of cutting-edge essays. Twelve authors highlight the outsized importance of Buffalo, New York, within the story of American urbanism. Across the collection, they consider the history of Buffalo's built environment in light of contemporary developments and...
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Middle Ages: A Captivating Guide to the Dark Ages and Black DeathIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Middle Ages, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Dark Ages: A Captivating Guide to the Period Between the Fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance The Black Death: A Captivating...
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Alejandro de la Sota: An Architecture of ImperfectionAuthor: Alejandro de la SotaPublisher: AA PublicationsPublished: 01/01/1997Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 12.60h x 9.60w x 0.30dISBN: 9781870890748
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St Elizabeths in Washington, D.C.: Architecture of an AsylumSt. Elizabeths has been a mental health hospital in Washington, D.C., since 1852, when it was established by the United States Congress as the Government Hospital for the Insane. St. Elizabeths, along with other hospitals, experienced rapid expansion in its first century, hitting a...
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Lonely Planet Kids Cities - Then & Now 1Take a journey back in time to see what twelve mighty metropolises actually looked like during an important moment in their history. In this interactive and fact-filled tour, kids will discover intriguing facts about each historic city, what it looked like in the past,...
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500 Various Sizes of House Plans As Per Vastu Shastra: (Choose Your Dream House Plan Inside)This book is all about House Plans as per Vastu Shastra. In this book, you get 500 Various sizes of house plans as per Vastu Shastra principles. In this book, you will get the best ideas to make your dream house. You can easily...
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