Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures: The Step-By-Step Way to Draw Castles and Cathedrals, Skyscrapers and Bridges, and So Much More...Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Celebrated author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw famous structures from all over the world, as well as an igloo, a barn and...
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A View from the River: The Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise Aboard Chicago's First Lady Cruises"This revised third edition of A View From the River is a companion to the architectural river cruises run by the Chicago Architecture Foundation. It presents the principal buildings along the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, from schools to high-rises, and contains updated photography...
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Dumfries & Galloway CuriositiesAlong with its rich history and spectacular scenery, Dumfries and Galloway is home to a great many curious and unusual buildings, objects, and landscape features that have survived the centuries. This well-illustrated book is a guide to 100 of these remarkable sights, including Scotland's...
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Le CorbusierLe Corbusier is probably the most famous and certainly the most controversial architect of the twentieth century. His impact on the urban fabric around us and on the way we live has been gigantic because of the richness and variety of his work and...
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The Landscape of Man: Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present DayThis volume looks at the landscape of 28 cultures, ranging from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, and shows how the environment is conditioned by the philosophy and religion of each civilization. A selection from Geoffrey Jellicoe's The Atlanta Historical Garden is included.Author: Geoffrey...
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Creative Haven Rose Windows Coloring Book: Create Illuminated Stained Glass Special EffectsBased on designs of stained glass rose windows, these 31 images are specially shaded so that they will simulate the luminescence of actual stained glass when colored with wax crayons. Translucent colors work best to achieve this sparkling special effect. Pages are perforated and...
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Pretty Small: Grand Living with Limited SpaceSmart interior design makes the most of your home. The book reveals how design can deliver big comforts even in smaller spaces. As the world's largest cities are growing denser, many people live in ever smaller flats and fully embrace the limits of a...
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Shigeru Ban: Timber in ArchitectureWhy wood? Though it is one of the world's oldest building materials, wood is still revolutionizing the way buildings are designed and constructed today. It is imperative that everyone considers how construction practices impact climate change. Timber buildings are not only environmentally responsible--they also...
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Architects of the Southwest: Grounded in the Mountains and the DesertBuilding in the Desert: Architects of the Southwest includes a stunning showcase of residential architecture and landscape design from Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. All of the projects selected highlight the Southwest as an unparalleled region with a rich variety of...
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Be Bold with Colour and PatternBring joy into your home using playful patterns, bold prints and vivid colors with Emily Henson's Be Bold with Color and Pattern. "Everything in Life Unstyled is achievable but still totally inspiring. It's a gorgeous book, the sort that belongs on your coffee table...
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Pattern Magic Vol, 3Author: Tomoko NakamichiPublisher: Editorial GgPublished: 02/01/2016Pages: 100Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9788425229282Language: SpanishAbout the AuthorTomoko Nakamichi ha dedicado gran parte de su trayectoria profesional a la docencia en el Bunka Fashion College de Tokio. Actualmente imparte cursos y conferencias sobre patronaje en su Japón natal, así...
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The Architecture of Health: Hospital Design and the Construction of DignityA story about the design and life of hospitals--how they are born and evolve, the forces that shape them and the shifts that conspire to incapacitate them--from Michael Murphy of MASS DesignReading architecture through the history of hospitals offers a tool for unlocking the...
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Climax Change!: How Architecture Must Transform in the Age of Ecological EmergencyClimax Change represents the much-needed overview of how climate change and the current environmental emergency will affect the practice of architecture, both in terms of its design philosophy and rising opportunities to innovate and radically transform the current tenet of architecture's aesthetic, ethical and...
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Home for the Soul: Sustainable and Thoughtful Decorating and DesignHome for the Soul is about creating a considerate and sustainable home that sparks happiness and reflects the spirits, passions, and tastes of its inhabitants. A shift in awareness means that we are increasingly thoughtful about the materials we use, the scarcity of the...
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Missing Middle Housing: Thinking Big and Building Small to Respond to Today's Housing CrisisToday, there is a tremendous mismatch between the available housing stock in the US and the housing options that people want and need. The post-WWII, auto-centric, single-family-development model no longer meets the needs of residents. Urban areas in the US are experiencing dramatically shifting...
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Becoming Philadelphia: How an Old American City Made Itself New AgainOnce dismissed as a rusting industrial has-been--the "Next Detroit"--Philadelphia has enjoyed an astonishing comeback in the 21st century. Over the past two decades, Inga Saffron has served as the premier chronicler of the city's physical transformation as it emerged from a half century of...
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Homes for Our Time. Contemporary Houses Around the WorldAcross small cottages and lavish villas, beach houses and forest refuges, discover the world's finest crop of new homes. This cutting-edge global digest features such talents as Shigeru Ban, MVRDV, and Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-coming names like Aires Mateus, Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia,...
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Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World- A sweeping overview of Charlotte Perriand's career, exploring the interrelation of art, architecture, and design in the work of this legendary 20th century modernist- Includes essays by her daughter, Pernette Perriand, and by Jacques Barsac, author of the Charlotte Perriand Catalogue Raisonn -...
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Ivan Panin's Bible Chronology RestoredPanin's Bible Chronology is a classic work of scholarship on Biblical chronology. Ivan Panin's Bible Chronology Restored is a word-for-word transcription of the 1939 edition of his 1923 printing. The formatting is duplicated as well as the exact (often archaic) spelling and expressions. Unlike...
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Tower Bridge Operations Manual: 1894 to Date - Insights Into the History, Design, Construction and Operation of This London IconTower Bridge is one of London's most recognizable landmarks. Visited by some 830,000 sightseers every year, it is famous the world over as an icon of England's capital city. In 2019 the bridge celebrates its 125th anniversary. John M. Smith describes its genesis and...
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