Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Black and White - Updated: The Singapore House 1898-1941Author: Julian DavisonPublisher: Talisman PublishingPublished: 01/15/2023Pages: 176Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9789810903282
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The House of El Shaddai: God's Dwelling Place Reconsidered"And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." - Exodus 25:8How was God's house created? At Mount Sinai, God gave Israel plans to build a special "Tabernacle" so that he might dwell among his people. Although the Exodus Tabernacle...
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Mosques: Splendors of IslamFOREWORD INDIES Book of the Year Awards -- 2017 GOLD Winner for Architecture One of the most important and authoritative books to celebrate mosque architecture and Islamic design, featuring many exquisite newly commissioned photographs. This visually striking volume illustrates over sixty of the most...
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Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple ProfessionA Financial Times Best Book of the YearA Guardian Best Architecture Book of the Year "Sharp, revealing, funny."--The Guardian "An original and even occasionally hilarious book about losing ideals and finding them again... [De Graaf] deftly shows that architecture cannot be better or more...
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Creative Haven Circular Cities Coloring BookTake a trip around the world with this unique coloring book and its stunning cityscapes Thirty-one intriguing illustrations range from the ancient allure of Cairo's pyramids to the modern skyscrapers of Hong Kong, Dubai, Madrid, Miami, and other exciting cities. Includes identifying captions. Pages...
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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary ArtWhy would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock's drip painting No. 5, 1948 sell for $140 million? Intriguing and entertaining, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark is a...
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Palazzo Medici Riccardi- Lot of images take the reader step by step through all the wonders of the palace - Boxes on important and specific topics to complement the reading This book provides an insight into the history and beauty of Palazzo Medici Riccardi, one of...
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Amazing LibrariesIn this book, early fluent readers will learn about the technology behind the world's coolest libraries, covering how they are planned, designed, and constructed by architects and engineers. Crisp, fullcolor photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more. An...
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Great Houses of LondonDiscover the stories of some of the most breathaking and historic great houses of London, along with their secrets, in this lavishly illustrated compedium. London has a wealth of truly stunning great houses, seen by many as one of the marvels of English architecture,...
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Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes: A History of Murder and MisfortuneThe author of Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses shares tales of disaster and misfortune on the Great Lakes. Losing one's life while tending to a Great Lakes lighthouse sadly wasn't such an unusual occurrence. Death by murder, suicide or other tragic causes--while rare--were not unheard of....
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Living in Morocco. 40th Ed.Though it lies just across the Mediterranean from Europe, barely a stone's throw from Spain's southernmost tip, Morocco couldn't possibly be farther away.With its mountainous and desert landscapes, labyrinthine souks, delectable cuisine, exquisite rugs and textiles, vibrant mosaics, fragrant odors, mesmerizing music, and welcoming...
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Lost Chicago Department StoresWithin thirty years of the Great Chicago Fire, the revitalized city was boasting some of America's grandest department stores. The retail corridor on State Street was a crowded canyon of innovation and inventory where you could buy anything from a paper clip to an...
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Creating Coromandel: Marco Zanuso in South AfricaGreat buildings are those that ignite the imagination and elevate us beyond reality, and - by those standards - Coromandel House in South Africa is truly a masterpiece. This unique farmhouse, which sits in a spectacular valley in Lydenburg, 275kms north-east of Pretoria, was...
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A+u 21:03, 606: Alvar Aalto Houses - Materials and Detailsa+u March issue features Alvar Aalto's houses. 12 works from the 1920s to 1970s are presented with photographs taken by photographer Jari Jetsonen, and texts by architectural historian Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen. In this issue, we approach Aalto's design from the perspective of "materials and details"...
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Nicolas Schuybroek: Selected Works Volume OneA decade of warm minimalism from an emerging Belgian architectNicolas Schuybroek (born 1981) started his own practice in 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. This is the first monograph on the architect's practice, showing projects from 2011 to 2021. Author: Nicolas SchuybroekPublisher: Hatje CantzPublished: 02/08/2022Pages: 380Binding...
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Edificios de Hormigón ContemporáneosConcrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of building substances, and, when properly handled, is one of the noble materials of contemporary architecture. A...
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Studio Craft & Technique for Architects Second EditionThis one-stop handbook for architecture students provides step-by-step techniques for perfecting the vital skills of drawing, model making and surveying. It is a primer on the conventions of architectural representation and the use of materials. It also explains the primary elements of construction and...
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Wassily Kandinsky: Point and Line to Plane: Bauhausbücher 9A facsimile edition of the Russian abstractionist's legendary text on form and its emotional effects on the viewerIn 1911, Russian painter and theorist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) published his seminal treatise Concerning the Spiritual in Art; over a decade later, in 1926, he debuted the...
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The Poor Side of Town: And Why We Need ItThis book combines a critique of more than a century of housing reform policies, including public and other subsidized housing as well as exclusionary zoning, with the idea that simple low-cost housing--a poor side of town--helps those of modest means build financial assets and...
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Off Grid: Nature Powered HomesInterest in living off the grid, i.e. self-sufficiently without relying on public services such as the municipal water supply, electricity, or local sewage and gas systems, has come on the scene as a greener, cheaper, and more independent way of life. Homes that are...
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