Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Shipping Container Homes: The Step-by-step Guide to Shipping Container Homes (The Complete Guide to Understanding Shipping Container Homes)Many people agree that traditional housing options are bad for the environment, and see shipping container homes as the perfect alternative home solution to our climate problem. Plus, there's a unique satisfaction that one gets from building their own home.As with any endeavor, building...
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Interpreting Engineering DrawingsINTERPRETING ENGINEERING DRAWINGS, 8th EDITION offers comprehensive, state-of-the-art training that shows readers how to create professional-quality engineering drawings that can be interpreted with precision in today's technology-based industries. This flexible, user-friendly textbook offers unsurpassed coverage of the theory and practical applications that you'll need...
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Independence Bells of PhiladelphiaThe bells rung all day, and almost all night... John Adams wrote this timeless observation when the Declaration of Independence was signed and publicly proclaimed in early July of 1776 to a jubilant crowd in Philadelphia. This is the story of those bells -...
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Programming 101: Learn to Code with the Processing Language Using a Visual ApproachProgramming permeates almost all aspects of our lives. This includes being active on social media, shopping online, and participating in virtual courses. It also includes driving a car and using many devices. This book will teach you the basics of programming using the Processing...
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Brutalist London MapProduced in collaboration with Henrietta Billings and Simon Phipps, Brutalist London Map is a two-sided folding map features over fifty leading examples of Brutalist architecture in London, from the Alexandra Road Estate to World's End Housing. Celebrated Brutalist buildings such as the Trellick Tower,...
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Visualizing Architecture Volume 5: Architecture PortfolioCreated by professional architectural visualizer, Alex Hogrefe, Volume 05 explores graphics and illustrative techniques as they relate to architectural visualization. This book sets up a broad range of graphical approaches to more effectively craft an engaging portfolio. Four architectural projects are used as a...
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The Splendor of Roman Wall PaintingVisitors to the former residences of wealthy ancient Romans cannot help but be astonished by their grand architecture and enchanting wall paintings, still vibrant with cinnabar reds, golden yellows, and deep greens. The beauty and intricacy of these ancient frescoes are showcased in the...
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Kengo Kuma: Portland Japanese GardenA detailed examination of the beautiful and sensitively realized addition to the famed Portland Japanese Garden by contemporary Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. Kengo Kuma: Portland Japanese Garden introduces the star Japanese architect's first public project in the United States. Kuma won the Portland Japanese...
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Splash: The Art of the Swimming PoolSplash provides the inspiration for anyone designing, or dreaming about, their own pool. This celebration of the style, design, and joy that pools bring to us brims with over 200 glamorous photographs. It is organized by swimming pool design--from glimmering infinity pools with a...
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Archival and Special Collections Facilities: Guidelines for Archivists, Librarians, Architects, and EngineersAuthor: Michele F. PacificoPublisher: Society of American ArchivistsPublished: 01/01/2010Pages: 200Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.42dISBN: 9780838910627
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Garden History of Georgia, 1733-1933With the growth of the garden club movement in the South during the early years of the twentieth century, interest also developed in identifying and recording the region's important gardens and landscapes. In 1933 Atlanta's Peachtree Garden Club produced Garden History of Georgia, 1733-1933...
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Oglethorpe Plan: Enlightenment Design in Savannah and BeyondThis is a fascinating book that shifts perception of Oglethorpe's Savannah plan dramatically from that of a beautiful but essentially limited example of utopian design to an urban model fully representative of mainstream eighteenth-century intellectual thought. -Jack Williams, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, author of...
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The University & Urban Revival: Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the StreetsIn the last quarter of the twentieth century, urban colleges and universities found themselves enveloped by the poverty, crime, and physical decline that afflicted American cities. Some institutions turned inward, trying to insulate themselves rather than address the problems in their own backyards. Others...
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Simple Shelters: Tents, Tipis, Yurts, Domes and Other Ancient HomesThe need for shelter is one of mankind's most basic, and mankind has been inventive in creating homes to fill this need. This book looks at the principal types of wooden and stick frame structures built around the world, and examines how their shape...
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RAISE Your ValueRAISE Your Value is the ultimate guide to elevating your A&E firm out of the trap of commoditization.Your staff are navigating difficult conversations around fees and pricing every day. Pressures from existing and potential new clients to lower fees often force your team to...
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John Pawson WorksJohn Pawson is one of the foremost proponents of Minimalism in architecture and design. Already known to designers for his austere yet luxurious interiors, he has attained immense public acclaim for his high-profile retail projects such as the Calvin Klein flagship store in New...
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The Secrets of Architectural CompositionWell arranged, logical, and aptly illustrated, this classic survey covers every aspect of the design process. It addresses architectural principles as well as their practical application, examining general questions of scale, balance, proportion, and symmetry and presenting detailed treatments of doors, windows, walls, stairways,...
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Understanding Frank Lloyd Wright's ArchitectureMay be the best book on Wright ever written, with the exception of the master's own incomparable autobiography. -- New York Times Book ReviewDespite the vast literature about Frank Lloyd Wright, noted Wright scholar Donald Hoffmann contends that observations about Wright commonly fail to...
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Horse-Drawn Commercial Vehicles: 255 Illustrations of Nineteenth-Century Stagecoaches, Delivery Wagons, Fire Engines, Etc.Over 250 authentic royalty-free depictions of lunch wagons, ice wagons, freight wagons, fire engines, stagecoaches, hearses, and many other vintage vehicles, shown in detailed engravings and photographs, culled from rare trade periodicals in the Smithsonian Institution. Detailed captions. Introduction.Author: Donald H. BerkebilePublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished:...
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Christian and Oriental Philosophy of ArtNine of the most famous essays by the preeminent philosopher and art historian, exploring such subjects as the true function of aesthetics in art and the importance of symbolism.Author: Ananda K. CoomaraswamyPublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished: 02/17/2011Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50dISBN:...
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