Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Gio Ponti in the American WestThe only book devoted to the sole building ever built in the United States by the mid-century Italian master architect and designer, whose brand has a cult following and ever-growing popularity. Opened in 1971, Denver Art Museum's north building, a seven-story structure--with its distinctive...
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Goya: A Portrait of the ArtistThe first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y Lucientes, who ushered in the modern era The life of Francisco Goya (1746-1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history that brought upheavals in the country's politics and at the court which Goya...
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Ecological Buildings: New Strategies for Sustainable ArchitectureIn contrast to a decade ago, when ecological architecture was considered a luxury, it has now become essentially impossible to build without considering sustainability issues. Aspects of ecological balance have become an important part in the planning and construction process. In recent years, a...
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Seeking Urban Transformation: Alternative Urban Futures in ZimbabweSeeking Urban Transformation. Alternative Urban Futures in Zimbabwe tells the stories of ordinary people's struggles to remake urban centres. It interrogates and highlights the principle conditions in which urban transformation takes place. The main catalysts of the transformation are social movements and planning institutions....
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An Accidental Masterpiece: Mies Van Der Rohe's Barcelona PavilionMies van der Rohe entwarf mit dem temporären Ausstellungspavillon des Deutschen Reichs auf der Weltausstellung 1929 in Barcelona eine Ikone der Architektur, aber auch ein umstrittenes Monument der Selbstdarstellung der Weimarer Republik. Das Gebäude gehört zu den ungewöhnlichsten Erfolgsgeschichten in der Architektur: Trotz seiner...
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Poolside: The World's Most Extraordinary Hotel PoolsRetreat Magazine presents POOLSIDE: The Word's Most Extraordinary Hotel Pools, a hardcover book showcasing the world's most spectacular pools. From iconic infinity-edge pools to private plunge pools with a view, this book is designed in celebration of the best poolside experiences. Travel's ultimate amenity,...
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Wabi Sabi - Learning the ancient japanese art of imperfection with thoughtfulness and peacefulness. Conceptual art and MinimalismWould you like to be at peace with your imperfections and to find happiness in the tranquility life has to offer? Wabi-sabi is for you With Japanese and Buddhist roots dating back hundreds of years, wabi-sabi is a worldview that centers on the acceptance...
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Petra: The History of Jordan's Rose CityWhile Petra's fame might often come second to things like the Egyptian pyramids at Giza, ancient Greece, or the Great Wall of China, you can now see that the Rose City certainly deserves its place under the Sun as one of the most precious...
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Great Architects Redrawn: Louis I. Kahn- By revisiting Louis I. Kahn's drawings, this study provides a new awareness of Kahn and his design variation- Provides a valuable reference for students studying Kahn and his works- With over 1,000 drawings, this book forms an important source of material- User-friendly and...
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Taste: A Cultural History of the Home Interior 1800 to the Present DayDemocratic in intention and approach, the book will argue that the home interior, as independently created by the 'amateur' householder, offers a continuous informal critique of shifting architectural styles (most notably with the advent of Modernism) and the design mainstream. Indeed, it will suggest...
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The LightFoot Companion to the via Francigena Canterbury to the Great Saint Bernard Pass,LightFoot Guides are written for Walkers and Cyclists, helping them to find the route, places to stay and meet their personal goals.The LightFoot Companion is an optional partner to the Lightfoot Guide.A step-by-step guide to the history and culture of the via Francigena in...
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Responsive Environments: Defining Our Technologically-Mediated Relationship with SpaceThe entanglement of physical contexts with digital environments is constantly changing our relationship with the surrounding space and creating new hybrid experiences. These transformations pose complex design challenges and yet offer novel opportunities for the understanding and development of human-centered built environments. Drawing from...
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Making Houston Modern: The Life and Architecture of Howard BarnstoneComplex, controversial, and prolific, Howard Barnstone was a central figure in the world of twentieth-century modern architecture. Recognized as Houston's foremost modern architect in the 1950s, Barnstone came to prominence for his designs with partner Preston M. Bolton, which transposed the rigorous and austere...
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Baroque PragueA lavishly illustrated guide to Baroque Prague. Lushly illustrated with more than two hundred color plates, including both historical images and contemporary photographs of architectural exteriors, Baroque Prague is an excursion through Prague from the defeat of Czech Protestants at the Battle of White...
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Space as MembraneWhat if architecture was no longer 3D or 2D, mass or surface, object or space? And what if the architectural environment was envisioned not as an abstract continuum, but as a material envelope that grows organically from the human body, uniting its skin with...
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Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, OxfordThe Ashmolean Museum's collection of Japanese export porcelain is perhaps the most comprehensive collection in the West. The present catalogue includes only the export wares, the Arita, Ko-Imari and Kakiemon porcelains of the years between about 1660 and 1740, the peak period of the...
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Living in Asia, Vol. 1Zen, soothing, mystical, meditative--words cannot do justice to Asia's most beautiful interiors. Whether it's a gilded Tibetan monastery, a plantation in Sri Lanka, or a private villa in Thailand, each of the havens featured in this book are remarkable not only in aesthetic, but...
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Studio Olafur Eliasson. an EncyclopediaHe's the man who brought the sun to London, waterfalls to New York, and a rainbow to Aarhus. Danish-born Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967) is a globally acclaimed multimedia artist, whose work engages profoundly with its environment, transforming man-made and natural elements into mind-melting slabs...
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MackintoshArchitecte, designer et peintre écossais, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) fut l'un des premiers pionniers de l'architecture moderne et du design. Bien qu'il n'ait reçu aucune reconnaissance officielle de sa ville natale de Glasgow, son mélange audacieux et nouveau de simplicité et de détails poétiques...
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Wiener WerkstätteThe Wiener Werkst tte ("Vienna Workshop") bears many hallmarks of a modern creative movement. Founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Fritz Waerndorfer, this progressive alliance of artists and designers was particularly interested in challenging industrialised society with individual handcraftsmanship, and in...
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