Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Floor Plan Manual HousingAuthor: Oliver HeckmannPublisher: BirkhauserPublished: 01/01/2018Pages: 368Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 6.05lbsSize: 13.10h x 9.70w x 1.40dISBN: 9783035611434About the AuthorProf. Oliver Heckmann, architect, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Friederike Schneider, architect, stage designer, Berlin
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The Design Lab: Galerie KreoThis panorama of the best of international contemporary design features emblematic works by the iconic designers of the Galerie kreo. A retrospective of groundbreaking creativity, this volume offers an overview of contemporary design from the innovative Galerie kreo where, for the past twenty years,...
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A Short Biography of Pablo Picasso: A Short BiographyArguably one of the most influential artists in the world, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) led a life with epic appetites for art, experiences, and women. His art reads like a storyboard of his life - each period expressing responsiveness and exploration. Picasso came from an...
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Look Up!: New York CityLOOK UP New York is the first volume of an exciting new series of architecture and design books inspiring architects of all ages. This book is an architecture book, an activity book, a history book and an art book all rolled into one--it explores...
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Geometric Patterns from Islamic Art and Architecture: And How to Draw ThemPatterns from Islamic architecture and art that are a rich and wonderful source for those wanting to explore the boundaries of art and mathematics. The patterns in this book are from some of the world's great mosques, as well as mosaics, doors and windows...
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A Place for All People: Life, Architecture and the Fair SocietyRichard Rogers, founder of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, is a pre-eminent architect of his generation, whose approach to buildings is infused with his enthusiasm for modernism, love of life and strong sense of social justice.From the Pompidou Centre in Paris to the Lloyds...
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How to Read Scottish BuildingsScotland has a huge and diverse amount of built heritage. Yet most writing about this fascinating subject is overly technical - an alphabet soup of L-plans, Z-plans and bartizans. How to Read Scottish Buildings is a unique, informative and refreshing companion to Scottish architecture...
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Roller CoastersIn Roller Coasters, early fluent readers will learn how roller coasters are engineered to keep thrill seekers safe while giving them an exciting ride. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they explore the built world around them. An...
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Tom Kundig: Houses 2 (Contemporary Homes Designed by Tom Kundig)Our 2006 monograph Tom Kundig: Houses was an instant critical and commercial success. Over the past five years, Seattle-based Kundig has continued his meteoric rise, collecting numerous awards, including the 2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture Design. Tom Kundig: Houses 2 features seventeen...
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More Not So Big Solutions for Your HomeReaders simply cannot get enough of Sarah Susanka. Homeowners are certain to embrace this new collection of articles by the best-selling author and visionary residential architect who sparked a movement toward "better, not bigger" homes. Practical solutions abound in this creative reference - everything...
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Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-75The first survey of the classic twentieth-century houses that defined American Midwestern modernism. Famed as the birthplace of that icon of twentieth-century architecture, the skyscraper, Chicago also cultivated a more humble but no less consequential form of modernism - the private residence. Modern in...
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Big Book of Small House Designs: 75 Award-Winning Plans for Your Dream House, 1,250 Square Feet or Less75 unique designs for attractive, efficient, environmentally friendly homes. Now available in paperback, this collection of 75 plans for small homes offers more than 500 usable blueprints and other illustrations for a variety of living spaces suitable for every environment and style, from a...
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City of Light: The Making of Modern ParisA sparkling account of the nineteenth-century reinvention of Paris as the most beautiful, exciting city in the world In 1853, French emperor Louis Napoleon inaugurated a vast and ambitious program of public works in Paris, directed by Georges-Eugè Haussmann, the prefect of the Seine....
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The Archisutra: The handbook's final chapterThe Archisutra is a design manual giving you the necessary data for a selection of sex positions, using annotated scale drawings and informative descriptions. The perfect gift for an architect or designer.Swiss architect Le Corbusier coined the phrase 'machines for living', within his book,...
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Shipping Container Homes: The Ultimate Beginners Guide To Designing, Building & Investing In Shipping Container Homes (Prefab, Shipping ContaineYour Ultimate Guide To Shipping Container Living Are You Ready To Learn All There Is About Shipping Container Homes? If So You've Come To The Right Place Here's A Preview Of What I'm About To Teach You In Shipping Container Homes For Beginners... What...
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Cabin Living: Discovering the Simple American GetawayA tour through America's favorite cabins -Created in partnership with Cabin Living magazine. -An inspirational celebration of one of America's icons. -Handsomely designed with more than 300 color photographs. Cabin Living is a collection of twenty-five of the best stories covering legacy cabins, dream...
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Architecture and Theology: The Art of PlaceThe dynamic relationship between art and theology continues to fascinate and to challenge, especially when theology addresses art in all of its variety. In Architecture and Theology: The Art of Place, author Murray Rae turns to the spatial arts, especially architecture, to investigate how...
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Building the Italian Renaissance: Brunelleschi's Dome and the Florence CathedralBuilding the Italian Renaissance focuses on the competition to select a team to execute the final architectural challenge of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore--the erection of its dome. Although the model for the dome was widely known, the question of how this...
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The History of the Peloponnesian War (Translated by Richard Crawley)Commonly acknowledged as one of the earliest first-hand written accounts of history, this classic work chronicles the war between Athens and Sparta during the fifth century B.C. Its author, Thucydides, dispassionately and accurately describes the events of this ancient Greek war in a strict...
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Construction Law for Managers, Architects, and EngineersThe construction industry now has a clear, targeted resource for learning pertinent legal principles. Traditional books focus on general legal principles or general construction practices, while this book focuses on that critical place where the law and construction practices intersect. From labor law to...
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