Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Dutch Dwellings: The Architecture of HousingDocuments the designs of Dutch architect Dick van Gameren through images, plans, and illuminating texts. Dick van Gameren, a partner with the renowned Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo, has engaged in housing design for the past twenty-five years through his work as an architect as...
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Akteur «Wasser» Betrachtungen Aus Den Rechts-, Geo-, Kunst-, Musik- Und LiteraturwissenschaftenIn diesem interdisziplinären Sammelband wird nicht nur eine Motivgeschichte des Themas Wasser vorgelegt. Vielmehr eint die Beiträge der Ansatz, Wasser als ein mit vielfältigen kulturellen Bedeutungen aufgeladenes Phänomen und als Akteur zu verstehen. Alle Aufsätze befassen sich mit der Repräsentation der grundlegenden Eigenschaft von...
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Old Buildings, New Forms: New Directions in Architectural TransformationsGiven the reality that working with historic structures is both more environmentally sustainable and cost effective than new construction, this survey of contemporary additions to older buildings is an essential addition to the architectural literature.It is clear that working with historic structures is both...
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Lime: Quarrying and Limemaking in the San Juan IslandsFormed through eons of geologic time and sculpted by glaciers, the limestone deposits along the islands' shores provided the essential ingredient for the block and mortar that built and rebuilt the West Coast's major cities. Read all about the islands' economic booms and busts,...
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Blood sugar logbook: Large print diabetic diary for glucose level monitoring & TrackingBlood sugar logbook: Large print diabetic diary for glucose level monitoring & TrackingBook Features Matte-finished cover 8.5*11 page-size High-quality print! Look inside "sample" Perfect as a gift to your family members! Scroll Up and Grab Your Copy Today!Author: Emma CharlesPublisher: Emma CharlesPublished: 07/04/2022Pages: 102Binding...
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Modernization Stress due to AttitudeThe present study aimed at determines the impact of attitude towards modernization on stress newlineamong college students: an interventional approach. Modernization improves the lives of people in newlinemany tangible ways wherein higher standards of life, freedom, security and social justice are newlineaccepted goals of...
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Developments in Design Research and Practice: Best Papers from 10th Senses and Sensibility 2019: Lost in (G)LocalizationAuthor: Emilia DuartePublisher: SpringerPublished: 01/15/2023Pages: 525Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.09dISBN: 9783030865986
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Energy Poverty Alleviation: New Approaches and ContextsAuthor: Carlos Rubio-BellidoPublisher: SpringerPublished: 01/16/2023Pages: 284Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.62dISBN: 9783030910860
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Idealistic Thoughts of Swami VivekanandaAuthor: TatajiPublisher: LaeeqahmadPublished: 01/12/2023Pages: 238Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9781805455202
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Part-Architecture: The Maison de Verre, Duchamp, Domesticity and Desire in 1930s ParisPart-Architecture presents a detailed and original study of Pierre Chareau's Maison de Verre through another seminal modernist artwork, Marcel Duchamp's Large Glass. Aligning the two works materially, historically and conceptually, the book challenges the accepted architectural descriptions of the Maison de Verre, makes original...
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Building Performance Simulation for Design and OperationWhen used appropriately, building performance simulation has the potential to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment, to improve indoor quality and productivity, as well as to facilitate future innovation and technological progress in construction. Since publication of the first edition of Building...
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Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering BeautyDiscover the techniques behind beautiful design by deconstructing designs to understand them The term 'hacker' has been redefined to consist of anyone who has an insatiable curiosity as to how things work--and how they can try to make them better. This book is aimed...
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SketchUp for BuildersThe only comprehensive SketchUp guide written for builders and contractors SketchUp is a 3D modeling application used in areas ranging from civil and mechanical engineering to motion picture and video game design. Three-dimensional modeling is of obvious value to the building industry--yet resources for...
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Lighting Design BasicsA visual, real-world guide to professional lighting design Lighting Design Basics is the essential guide to this basic, but difficult-to-master aspect of interior design. Offering fundamental concepts and prescriptive techniques in a highly visual format, this book provides clear, practical guidance on utilizing the...
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Clodagh: Life-Enhancing DesignTo be inside the innovative and holistic interiors of a Clodagh designed space is an experience that invokes feelings of tranquility and harmony. The mastermind behind Clodagh Design, her projects and products have been recognized with international accolades and awards, catapulting her to the...
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An Architect's Guide to Construction: Tales from the Trenches Book 1After more than 35 years "in the trenches" as an architect, specialist consultant and now quality director for a large North American construction company, Brian Palmquist has written An Architect's Guide to Construction in order to share a balanced wealth of knowledge and experience...
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Holidays in Soviet SanatoriumsArchitecturally diverse and ideologically staunch, Soviet sanatoriums were intended to edify and invigorateVisiting a Soviet sanatorium is like stepping back in time. Originally built in the 1920s, they afforded workers a place to holiday, courtesy of a state-funded voucher system. At their peak they...
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Philosophy of ArchitectureThis little handbook acts as a brief introduction to philosophical ideas and how they intersect with architecture: its reception and appreciation as well as its practice. It suggests that since design is the core human discipline, being the only activity that involves the imaginative...
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Fantastic ArchitectureCompiled by Fluxus artists Wolf Vostell and Dick Higgins, and first published by Higgins' legendary Something Else Press in 1970, Fantastic Architecture anticipated the critiques launched by a new generation of visionary architects in the 1970s. In his introduction, Higgins argued that architects ......
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Dingbat 2.0: The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a MetropolisThe first critical study of the ubiquitous and mundane Los Angeles dingbat apartment, featuring critical essays, photography, and international competition winners re-envisioning the dingbat for the 21st century. Often dismissed as ugly and unremarkable, dingbat apartments have qualities that arguably make them innovative, iconoclastic,...
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