Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Affective Spaces: Architecture and the Living BodyThis book explores the notion of affective space in relation to architecture. It helps to clarify the first-person, direct experience of the environment and how it impacts a person's emotional states, influencing their perception of the world around them.Affective space has become a central...
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Jørn's Magnificent ImaginationCelebrating new ideas that can make a world of difference, J rn's Magnificent Imagination is the true story of J rn Utzon, the architect of the world-renowned Sydney Opera House. In this gorgeously illustrated book, we follow J rn through his life as he...
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Detroit Tiki: A History of Polynesian Palaces & Tropical CocktailsA fun-filled and nostalgic exploration of Polynesian Pop in the Motor CityWhen the South Sea craze swept over the nation in the mid-twentieth century, the wave of island-themed décor and tropical cocktails did not pass by Detroit. The Tropics and Club Bali offered a...
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Rangeley's Historic LegacyDiscover the history of Rangeley through historic photographs and how the town continues to draw thousands of visitors annually. Rangeley, Maine, was settled in 1817 when Luther Hoar brought his family from Madrid to a log cabin he had built on the shore of...
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Taos - Santa Fe: José Gelabert-Navia - Clamshell Box- 20 original drawings - The beauty of Taos and Santa Fe captured with exquisite mastery - Exhibition quality production - An homage to a great painter - A remarkable artistic feat by a leading architect Between 1915 and 1917 the Russian composer, Sergei...
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Key West Cottages and Gardens: Inspiration from America's Special Tropical IslandBright colors, floral patterns, and cottage styles are all design choices associated with the Florida Keys. Key West, one of the most famous tropical islands in the world, embodies the ideas of the Florida Keys while also presenting its own style and culture. In...
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YakimaArising from sagebrush in 1884, Yakima, Washington, became an instant city within its first year of existence. With the initial placement of more than 100 moved structures and rapid construction of new ones, the city's downtown vicinity expanded rapidly in its first few decades....
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The Semiotics of Architecture in Video GamesVideo games are among the most popular media on the planet, and billions of people inhabit these virtual worlds on a daily basis. This book investigates the architecture of video games, the buildings, roads and cities in which gamers play out their roles. Examining...
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Up and Running with AutoCAD 2023: 2D and 3D Drawing, Design and ModelingUp and Running with AutoCAD 2023: 2D and 3D Drawing, Design and Modeling presents a combination of step-by-step instruction, examples and insightful explanations. The book emphasizes core concepts and practical applications of AutoCAD in engineering, architecture and design. Equally useful in instructor-led classroom training,...
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Home Smart Home: How We Want to LiveWelcome to the hybrid home, in which the bathroom has become a temple of wellness, the living room an online couch, and the kitchen a lounge. Everything appears tidy and chic, perfect for social media. In the Instagram Age, even micro-apartments are mutating into...
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Southeast Asian Modern: From Roots to Contemporary TurnsPeter Rowe and Yun Fu's second volume on the modernization of architecture in the Far East deals with Southeast Asia and Austronesia, including the 12 nation states of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, East Timor, Philippines and Taiwan, as well...
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Vedic World and Ancient SciencePradeep Parihar, MD has devoted his medical career to family medicine, with a subspecialty in sports medicine, to help patients at Express Family Clinic in Allen, Texas, lead long and active lives. With a relationship-first approach, Dr. Parihar works with his patients, both young...
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A Modern Way to Live: 5 Design Principles from the Modern HouseBeautifully designed and featuring breathtaking photography, find happiness at home with five guiding principles from cultural phenomenon THE MODERN HOUSE. 'A source of fascination, inspiration and fantasy' Guardian In 2005, childhood friends Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill set out to convince people of the...
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Space Tessellations: Experimenting with Parquet DeformationsDesign and geometry Tackling a topic that has particular appeal in the age of digital design, this well-founded introduction to the subject of parquet deformation fills a gap. These subtle, intricate geometric transformations, best known through the "Metamorphosis" series by M. C. Escher, were...
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Hazard Mitigation Training for Vulnerable Communities: A K.A.P.S. (Knowledge, Attitude, Preparedness, Skills) ApproachThis book is designed to educate vulnerable communities, emergency practitioners, and disaster researchers to increase the social and physical capacity of communities to mitigate and adapt to disaster impacts. With climate change escalating the intensity and range of disasters, we have entered an unprecedented...
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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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Becoming Human by DesignThe last in Tony Fry's celebrated trilogy of books continues his radical rethinking of design. Becoming Human by Design's provocative argument presents a revised reading of human 'evolution' centred on ontological design. Examining the relation of design to the nature of the human species...
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Weston Park: The House, the Families and the InfluenceConsidering its territorial and social influence and the superlative nature of its furnishings and collections, Weston Park is not as well known as one might expect. The house and contents, with its thousand acre landscape park, was gifted to the nation in 1986 by...
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Barn Club: A Tale of Forgotten ELM Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit"In today's ego-techno-centred world, Robert Somerville's . . . Barn Club approach is a way forward that utilizes local traditions, local materials, and local hands to create a built environment that is more harmonious with the natural world and of course more beautiful."--Jack A....
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The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter: An Introduction and GuideBirmingham Jewellery Quarter is one of the most notable and best preserved areas of the city with its striking Victorian and 20th century buildings. This architectural survey describes the places and buildings, as well as the people and the industries in which they worked.Author:...
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