Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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The Cannibal's Cookbook: Mining Myths of Cyclopean ConstructionsThe Cannibal's Cookbook fiercely consumes the body of past cyclopean constructions. It assembles, re-packages, and offers this latent knowledge for your contemporary consumption. It is a manual for the hungry, for those who are not satiated by the careless building practices of the present....
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Forgotten Nova ScotiaA collection of photographs showing the legacy of Nova Scotia. The stunning images found in Forgotten Nova Scotia offer a window into our past, showing life as it was then, and stirring in us the emotions of wonder and curiosity about those who have...
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Notes on Decor, Etc.Interior design legend Paul Fortune opens his design portfolio and shares his inimitable worldview in this monograph-cum-memoir. Arriving in Los Angeles from London during the 1970s, Paul Fortune gradually made his way as a graphic artist, art director of music videos, and even nightclub...
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Le Corbusier Public Buildings- Includes detailed technical drawings of 80 architectural projects by Le Corbusier- Offers a new insight into the master architect, Le Corbusier, and his work- Provides a firm basis for the understanding of modernist architecture in the 20th century- Characteristics and design details of...
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A House in a Week: Prefab HousesAs the need for affordable, eco-friendly housing continues to rise, so does the bar for attractive, easy-to-construct designs from today's architects. In A House in a Week: Prefab Houses we've gathered the most innovative and thoughtfully planned homes, prefabricated to perfection. From a desert...
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The Guide to Being a Good Human for the Earth: How to Live SustainablyThis is a guide to being a good human for the earth. How can we live on this planet sustainably so we can have a good quality of life for many generations to come? This book provides quick and practical information on how to...
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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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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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