Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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13 Architects Children Should KnowThis lively and engaging volume in Prestel's successful Children Should Know series opens a door into the fascinating world of architecture. Buildings of every shape and size, and from all corners of the world, populate this colorful and beautifully produced book that introduces children...
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Kandinsky, Marc, and Der Blaue ReiterA reappraisal of the Blue Rider group in the context of their legendary almanacFor just a few years at the beginning of the 20th century, Munich was the hot spot of Germany's artistic avant-garde. Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc's initiative as founding...
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Hanne Darboven: BoundlessCompiling columns of numbers on typewriter paper, Hanne Darboven (1941-2009) catalogued time. Probably the most important German Conceptual artist, Darboven added, cross-totaled, wrote down, recorded. In her hands, notated moments in time coalesced into works of art. This collage-like biography focuses on a fascinatingly...
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Switzerland - An Urban Portrait: Vol. 1: Introduction; Vol. 2: Borders, Communes - A Brief History of the Territory; Vol. 3: MaterialsAuthor: Roger Diener, Jacques Herzog, Marcel MeiliPublisher: BirkhauserPublished: 11/25/2005Pages: 1015Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.58h x 6.52w x 2.92dISBN: 9783764372842
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Wood HousesWood Houses documents wood as a building material in residential houses and includes both supplemental architects' plans and more than 100 interior and exterior photos.Author: Simone SchleiferPublisher: KoenemannPublished: 07/01/2019Pages: 360Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.75lbsSize: 7.30h x 7.40w x 1.00dISBN: 9783741920561About the AuthorDuring her time working...
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Santiago Calatrava: BridgesSantiago Calatrava is among the most important and influential architects of our times. The trademark projects of the Spanish-Swiss designer are sensational bridge designs embodying the symbiosis of elegant architectural expression and engineering mastery. Influenced by his passion and experience in sculpture, his creations...
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Dense + Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban ArchitectureAuthor: Thomas SchröpferPublisher: BirkhauserPublished: 12/14/2015Pages: 304Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.75lbsSize: 12.00h x 9.20w x 1.20dISBN: 9783038215790About the AuthorProf. Dr. Thomas Schröpfer, Stellvertretender Leiter Architecture and Sustainable Design an der SUTD, Singapur.
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Atmosphere Anatomies: On Design, Weather, and SensationAtmosphere Anatomies illustrates the relationship between landscape architecture and urbanism with atmosphere as a design medium for sensory and physiological welfare. The essays examine the design techniques and contexts of projects in which atmosphere is brought to the fore. Throughout, photo-essays by Iwan Baan...
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I Have a Weakness for a Touch of Red: Essays on Architecture and PortugalI Have a Weakness for a Touch of Red is a selection of essays on the art and architecture of Portugal by Yehuda Safran, who has been a professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University and Pratt Institute,...
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Tumult and Order: La Malcontenta 1924 - 1939In the 1920s and 1930s, the Villa Foscari in Venice, better known as La Malcontenta, became a meeting place for intellectuals, artists, and members of the nobility such as Sergei Diaghilev, Boris Kochno, Serge Lifar, Winston Churchill, Robert Byron, Diana Cooper, Bruce Chatwin, and...
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Future Cities LaboratoryFuture Cities Laboratory reports on the same named research program and its mission to shape sustainable future cities through science, by design, in place. It offers a global perspective on cities from the vantage point of the world's most populous and rapidly urbanizing continent:...
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Miniature and Panorama: Vogt Landscape Architects, Projects 2000-2012Using a typological structure (landscape, park, square, garden, promenade, etc.), G nther Vogt describes the theoretical foundation on which the successful projects of Vogt Landscape Architects are based. In recent years the office has realized international projects in Europe and the United States, including...
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A Genealogy of Modern Architecture: Comparative Critical Analysis of Built FormAn essential reference work on modern architecture from 1924 to 2000A Genealogy of Modern Architecture is a reference work on modern architecture by Kenneth Frampton, one of today's leading architectural theorists. Conceived as a genealogy of 20th-century architecture from 1924 to 2000, it compiles...
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Food Urbanism: Typologies, Strategies, Case StudiesAuthor: Craig VerzonePublisher: BirkhauserPublished: 03/07/2021Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.65lbsISBN: 9783035615999About the AuthorCraig Verzone and Cristina Woods, landscape architects and managing partners of VWA Verzone Woods Architectes, Vevey, Switzerland.
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9 X 9 - A Method of Design: From City to House ContinuedAuthor: Dietmar EberlePublisher: BirkhauserPublished: 07/09/2018Pages: 544Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 4.40lbsSize: 11.00h x 7.70w x 1.80dISBN: 9783035606331About the AuthorDietmar Eberle, Professor of Architectural Design, ETH Zurich
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Thirty Years for Contemporary Art - Volume 2In 2014, for its 30th anniversary, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain published a box set of two lavishly illustrated books recounting its history through the lens of the values it has espoused and embodied: boldness, avid curiosity and commitment to the artists.The second...
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In the Spirit of VeniceAn inside view of Venice from bon vivant, art historian, author, musician, and world traveler Alexis Gregory, evoking the great palaces of Venice, legendary friends including Peggy Guggenheim, Lily Volpi, and Arrigo Cipriani, and great Venetian figures of the past such as the mad...
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Forgotten HeritageRediscovering our forgotten heritage 'No Entry'; 'Dangerous Site Keep Out'; 'Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted': common sights on walls or perimeter fences around many of the world's abandoned sites. These warnings allude to potential dangers and prove an ineffective deterrent against thieves and vandals. To...
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Lights and Shadows: Shading techniques in practice (Drawing book for beginners)Get Free Bonus Book Welcome to the book all about Shadow's and Shading You are probably wondering about the title, so allow me to explain what it means. When we say Shadow's and Shading we are of course referring to the thing you do...
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Italian Villas and Their GardensFans of Edith Wharton simply must read Italian Villas and Their Gardens, which is considered the novelist's first published work. Century Magazine commissioned Wharton to write a series of articles on Italian villas and gardens. She then went on a four-month tour of Italy,...
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