Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Mass Housing in the Socialist City: Heritage, Values, and PerspectivesMass housing in Germany, Russia, and Ukraine represents an enormous volume of housing today and therefore a huge resource for the future development of cities. But transformation of these districts is needed due to the functional, societal, and technical problems and challenges they face....
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The New Nomads: Temporary Spaces and a Life on the MoveThe life of urban nomads places new demands on cities, buildings, residences, and working spaces. This book presents temporary architecture and flexible room and furniture concepts, as well as the fitting tools and fashion, for a generation that feels at home in every corner...
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Cohousing Inclusive: Self-Organized, Community-Led Housing for AllExperimental dwelling forms and cultures of cohabitation are entering the mainstream--but to what extent are they accessible and affordable for all, including those with lower income, refugee status or with disabilities? CoHousing Inclusive reviews model projects.Author: Michael LaFondPublisher: Jovis VerlagPublished: 10/24/2017Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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Inside North KoreaErased by bombing during the Korean War, North Korea's trophy capital of Pyongyang was entirely rebuilt from scratch from 1953, in line with the vision of the nation's founder, Kim Il Sung. Designed as an imposing stage set, it is a place of grand...
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HoffmannBefore aesthete, designer, and architect Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) came along, Austrian architecture and design was suffocating under a surfeit of opulent ornamentation and bombastic flourish. With his radical new approach and a band of like-minded figures, Hoffmann was a founding father of the Viennese...
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Architecture Now! Vol. 10Into the future: A special anniversary edition of our go-to architectural digest From Frank O. Gehry's shining Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris to Zaha Hadid's curving Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, take a global tour through the architectural practice emerging today, and defining tomorrow....
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LautnerAvec ses bâtiments géométriques nichés à flanc de montagne, sur les plages et les déserts de la Californie, John Lautner (1911-1994) a signé bon nombre des architectures les plus impressionnantes et les plus innovantes du milieu du XXe siècle en Amérique.Cette introduction réunit les...
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Bosch. Poster SetBring a fantastical vision to your wall with these 16 ready-to-frame prints from the Renaissance rebel genius, Hieronymus Bosch, including spectacular details from The Garden of Earthly Delights.Included artworks: Ecce Homo (Christ presented to the People), c. 1490Temptation of St Anthony, c. 1501Garden of...
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BotticelliPar la protection de la puissante famille des Médicis, grâce à une multitude d'oeuvres profanes et religieuses et à ses contributions à la célèbre chapelle Sixtine, Sandro Botticelli (1444/1445-1510) était bien placé pour devenir célèbre. Pourtant, après sa mort, son oeuvre tomba pendant près...
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Blut Und Tranen: Albrecht Bouts Und Das Antlitz Der PassionDer reich illustrierte Begleitband zur Ausstellung wurdigt die Bedeutung von Albrecht Bouts (um 1451/55-1549), der in der Malerei der Sudlichen Niederlande des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts eine besondere Stellung innehatte. 1475 ubernahm er die bedeutende, auf Darstellungen Christi spezialisierte Werkstatt seines Vaters Dirk Bouts...
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Bauhaus 100: Sites of ModernismThe Bauhaus is not to be found only in Berlin, Dessau, or Weimar; there are outstanding Bauhaus and modernist sites all over Germany--trailblazing architecture that has left a lasting mark on our understanding of life, work, education and living. Through more than 100 structures,...
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Eames: Furniture 1941-1978Pioneers of the 1950s and of the optimistic American way of life, Charles and Ray Eames created the greatest modern furniture classics between 1941 and 1978. They designed more than 20 chair models, mostly unique pieces, and developed know-how in the art of sitting....
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Building Marble RunsWhat does it take to make a marble run? Gather some supplies and try it out for yourself Discover tips and ideas on how to build the best marble run aroundAuthor: Marne VenturaPublisher: Pebble BooksPublished: 01/01/2020Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 10.80w x...
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Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz: Bilingual EditionThis bilingual edition of Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz has the original Persian verses facing the English translations. The three Shirazi poets whose work is featured here, Hafez, Jahan Malek Khatun, and Obayd-e Zakani, lived at the same time (the...
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Operative Mapping: The Use of Maps as a Design ToolOperative Mapping investigates the use of maps as a design tool, providing insight with the potential to benefit education and practice in the design disciplines. The book's fundamental aim is to offer a methodological contribution to the design disciplines, both in conceptual and instrumental...
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The Crusades: The World's DebateHilaire Belloc (1870-1953)--one of the most prominent Catholic authors of his time--gives a common sense explanation of why the Crusades were necessary, and why they ultimately failed. He argues that the personal and strategic failings of the First Crusade's leaders led to the establishment...
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The Lost CountryTen years after it was first announced, Dzanc is proud to deliver the lost novel from a master of the Southern Gothic--the work William Gay fans have anticipated for a decade. Billy Edgewater is a harbinger of doom. Estranged from his family, discharged from...
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Discourse on Voluntary Servitude: Why People Enslave Themselves to AuthorityWhile short in words, Discourse on Voluntary Servitude speaks volumes to all those who value liberty on all levels, but who are currently trapped in the yoke of oppression by the many tyrants in every government and institution. This book may be considered the...
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Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo BuonarrotiFinalist for INDIES Book of the Year In 1534, Michelangelo is no longer safe in Florence. Pope Clement VII, his childhood friend, summons him to Rome not only to protect him from his enemies but also to demand he paint a masterpiece that will...
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Sidroc the Dane: A Circle of Ceridwen Saga StoryThe origin story of Sidroc the Dane, a new standalone entry point into The Circle of Ceridwen Saga. Read first, read last, read between any of the Saga novels. But read it and learn how Sidroc became Sidroc.A discarded child Fated to become a...
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