Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Carlos Ferrater: Projects 1979-2004The first complete monograph on the career of Carlos Ferrater. Carlos Ferrater's early buildings showed how the expression of modern architecture -- with its abstraction, repetition, transparency and use of industrial materials -- could be brought into line with Mediterranean classicism, with the rigor...
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Architect of Letters: Reading HilberseimerNews on Ludwig Hilberseimer! Ludwig Hilberseimer (1885-1967) is regarded as one of the leading theorists of the Neues Bauen movement in pre-War Germany, and of modern, functional urbanism. This set of accomplishments still dominates the public image of the architect, urban planner, teacher and...
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Tombs in Early Modern Rome (1400-1600): Monuments of Mourning, Memory and MeditationIn Tombs in Early Modern Rome (1400-1600), Jan L. de Jong reveals how funerary monuments, far from simply marking a grave, offered an image of the deceased that was carefully crafted to generate a laudable memory and prompt meditative reflections on life, death, and...
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Amidaji: Emperor Antoku's Mortuary Temple and Its CultureHow do you reconstruct a tradition of religious art wiped out by another religion? Naoko Gunji takes up this challenging question in Amidaji. Amidaji was a Buddhist temple in western Japan that, from the twelfth century onwards, overlooked the strait of Dannoura and commemorated...
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Emscher 20 21+: Die Neue Emscher Kommt: Sozial-Ökologischer Umbau Einer Regionalen StadtlandschaftFor a long time, the Emscher was Germany's dirtiest river. Now, however, it runs clear again. This volume documents the social and ecological restoration of the Emscher, which flows through the northern Ruhr area for 81 km. Used as a mining wastewater system during...
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A+u 22:01, 616: Feature: Dwelling Studies and Japan's Women Architectsa+u's January issue traces the extraordinary achievements by women architects in Japan and examines dwelling studies as a unique approach to the design of environments, centered upon living and relationship among people. The field began as a curriculum on "clothing, food, and housing" established...
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D'Arcy Jones Architects: 12 BuildingsD'Arcy Jones Architects: 12 Buildings presents the work and methods of this highly-regarded Vancouver firm. These buildings emerge from a dialogue between concept and situation, material and function. Each project develops "from the inside out," through an iterative design process centered around human comfort...
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THink: Pen Zen DiariesThe book is the recording of the interactive genesis of the poetic and the factual in architecture, generated by targeted intuition, so the tangible, materially manifestable result would be really the testimony of its opposite, the ephemeral, infinite space. This genesis is easily readable...
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Il Percorso Museale Dell'ospedale Santa Maria Nuova Di FirenzeThe ancient Florentine hospital of Santa Maria Nuova is a multi-faceted structure, within which the medical activities comes to merge with the religious, economic-political, and cultural roles. This guide to the new museum itinerary, inaugurated in 2019, is the overview of a treasure of...
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Architectural Documentation: Built Environment, Modernization, and Turkish NationalismAgainst the backdrop of building a new country, this study explores and evaluates the documentation culture in early republican Turkey. Having fought the Turkish War of Independence (1919-22) against the Allied Powers, the revolutionaries led by legendary leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938) came to...
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Making a House a Home: Designing Your Interiors from the Floor UpSusanna Salk's latest book is a passionate primer on how to transform an empty space, whether it's an apartment or a house, into a home. Full of beautiful interiors and pro tips from star designers, Making a House a Home is an inspiring and...
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One California Architect, Irving J. GillOne California Architect, Irving J. Gill, is an update and republication of Esther McCoy's groundbreaking chapter on Gill in her seminal 1960 work Five California Architects. It gives a comprehensive look at Gill's life from his youth in Syracuse, New York, to his apprenticeship...
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Portland's Good Life: Sustainability and Hope in an American CityIconic urbanist Lewis Mumford stressed the role of a well-constructed city in the development of the good life, championing pedestrian-scaled, sustainable cities. In Portland's Good Life, R. Bruce Stephenson examines how Portland, the one city in America that adopted Mumford's vision, became a model...
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Great English InteriorsThis special edition revives an acclaimed work. Exquisite photographs showcase England's finest buildings, guiding the reader through five centuries of English architecture and interior design. In this new, special edition of a cult classic work, photographer Derry Moore and interior designer David Mlinaric take...
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HOW TO DESIGN YOUR DREAM HOME (In 25 Years or Less!)BUYING PROPERTY?BUILDING YOUR DREAM HOME?READ THIS FIRST!Learn how to save time and money, avoid common mistakes and make better decisions.REVIEWSOffer amateur designers cheerful, intimate opinions on creating an ideal living space...endearing enthusiasm... very useful... informal [and] occasionally amusing work." -Kirkus/Indie Reviews"For anyone who wants...
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Home Inspection and Mold Testing BusinessAuthor: D. Rod LloydPublisher: D. Rod LloydPublished: 01/13/2023Pages: 188Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.40dISBN: 9798215331484This title is not returnable
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Exercises in Building ConstructionThe companion student exercise guide to the classic book on building construction Fundamentals of Building Construction, Seventh Edition, involves students in the types of everyday issues faced by professional building architects. Exercises in Building Construction, Seventh Edition, offers students a hands-on way to apply...
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FreeHand Drawing and Discovery: Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for DesignersFeatures access to video tutorials!Designed to help architects, planners, and landscape architects use freehand sketching to quickly and creatively generate design concepts, Freehand Drawing and Discovery uses an array of cross-disciplinary examples to help readers develop their drawing skills. Taking a "both/and" approach, this...
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Sketchup for Interior Design: 3D Visualizing, Designing, and Space PlanningPractical guide addressing the specific needs of interior designers and explaining the latest features of the professional, subscription-based version of SketchUp. SketchUp for Interior Design, Second Edition shows interior designers, interior architects, and students how to design and model with this software. How to...
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Designing Memory: The Architecture of Commemoration in Europe, 1914 to the PresentAuthor: Sabina TanovicPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 09/29/2022Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.60dISBN: 9781108707824
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