Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Fairy Tale ArchitectureFairy Tale Architecture is a ground-breaking book, the first study to bring architects in conversation with fairy tales in breathtaking designs. Little Red Riding Hood, Baba Yaga, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Snow Queen: these and more than fifteen other stories designed by...
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Assembled in Light: The Houses of Barnes Coy ArchitectsThe first monograph illustrating the high-end contemporary residential design of Barnes Coy Architects. Throughout their twenty-five-year commitment to modern design, Barnes Coy Architects have specialized in one-of-a-kind dream houses designed for those who prefer to live in highly spatial and modern ways. Assembled in...
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Atlantis: A Journey in Search of BeautyRenowned architect Renzo Piano (the New Whitney Museum, the Pompidou Center, Potsdamer Platz, Cite Internationale, New York Times Building, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, etc.) and his son Carlo, a well-regarded journalist, set sail from Genoa one late Summer day to search for...
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Timber Decay in Buildings and Its TreatmentThis is a book about the insects and fungi that may appear in building timbers if unnoticed or unavoidable maintenance problems allow them to remain damp.Author: Brian RidoutPublisher: Historic England in Association with LiverpooPublished: 05/31/2019Pages: 104Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.52h x 6.79w x 0.32dISBN:...
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Detour Iowa: Historic DestinationsIowa history ranges from the natural to what's been made by humans over many centuries. Find and hold the fossilized remains of sea creatures that lived 375 million years ago. Walk through a small-town home where one of the nation's most infamous--and unsolved--murders occurred...
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Draw in Order to See: A Cognitive History of Architectural DesignDraw In Order to See is the first book to survey the history of architectural design using the latest research in cognitive science and embodied cognition. Beginning with a primer on visual perception, cognitive science, design thinking, and modes of conception used by groups...
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Historic Real Estate: Market Morality and the Politics of Preservation in the Early United StatesA detailed study of early historical preservation efforts between the 1780s and the 1850s In Historic Real Estate, Whitney Martinko shows how Americans in the fledgling United States pointed to evidence of the past in the world around them and debated whether, and how,...
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The Architect: Four Countries Four FacesAgainst a backdrop of international intrigue and intense spiritual warfare, architect Marga Jann takes us on a seat-gripping journey through a quartet of academic assignments -- with much more at stake than her professorial mission. Based at Cambridge, she unwittingly finds herself embroiled in...
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Ethiopia: The Living Churches of an Ancient KingdomA lavishly illustrated photographic journey through the history and traditions of the ancient churches of Ethiopia. The ancient Aksumite Kingdom, now a part of Ethiopia, was among the first in the world to adopt Christianity as the official state religion. In AD 340 King...
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Weather in the City: How Design Shapes the Urban ClimateThere is plenty of urban architecture whose design fails to take the urban climate properly into account: a beautifully laid-out square where you are nearly blown off your feet, or a modern city apartment that is too hot to sleep in during the summer....
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Handbook of European History 1400-1600: Late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation: Volume I: Structures and AssertionsThis work presents the state of our knowledge about the grand themes of European history in this era. It brings together the best scholarship into an array of topical chapters that present our current knowledge and thinking in ways useful to the specialist and...
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Mario Bellini: Italian Beauty: Architecture, Design, and MorePublished to accompany the eponymous retrospective at the Milan Triennial, and spanning almost 60 years of design, architecture, exhibition design and more, this volume on the acclaimed Italian architect Mario Bellini (born 1935) appears exactly 30 years after his exhibition at The Museum of...
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Vivienda Total: Alternativas a la Dispersión UrbanaAuthor: Albert FerrePublisher: ActarPublished: 07/01/2010Pages: 396Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.50lbsSize: 9.40h x 6.80w x 1.30dISBN: 9788496954052Language: Spanish
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The Life of Anne Boleyn Colouring BookClaire Ridgway, author of The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown and owner of The Anne Boleyn Files website, and artist Dmitry Yakhovsky have come together to create this beautiful colouring book which will be enjoyed by young and old alike.The Life of Anne...
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A+u 19:01, 580: RE: Swiss - Emerging Architects Under 45 in Switzerland-a+u 19:01 describes the projects and design strategies of an emerging generation of architects under 45 in Switzerland The January issue of a+u 19:01 describes the projects and design philosophy of an emerging generation of architects in Switzerland. This issue is presented in collaboration...
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Fernando BoteroThis publication is comprised of more than 20 new pieces by Colombian painter, draftsman and sculptor Fernando Botero (born 1932), probably the best-known Latin American artist working today. The book, handsomely bound in linen with a tip-on reproduction of the painting The Street, revisits...
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Petite Places: Clever Interiors for Humble HomesGreat inspiration for small spaces Petite Places presents clever solutions for compact living. From living rooms and kitchens to bedrooms and bathrooms, small spaces can offer immense possibilities, if only the interior is well considered. By showing a variety of projects in different styles...
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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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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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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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