Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Design Resilience in Asia: Thinking the Unpredictable, Designing with UncertaintyThe book is organized according to 'seven inspirations' - seven ideas - and presents a collection of theoretical essays and a set of provocative and innovative solutions to design, plan and build urban resilience in uncertain and unpredictable scenarios. Led by the National University...
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Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works. Volume 4: 1968-1999Charlotte Perriand is one of the foremost figures in twentieth-century interior design. Together with her contemporaries and collaborators, such as Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, and Jean Prouv --she created many pieces of furniture we now consider classics, including the instantly recognizable LC4 chaise. Her...
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The Miralles Projection: Thinking and Representation in the Architecture of Enric MirallesIt is impossible to dissociate the evolution of Enric Miralles' architecture from the development of his own system of representation. Founded on an initial position inherited from his training at the Barcelona School of Architecture and his practice at the office of Viaplana-Pi n,...
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Double or Nothing: 51n4e51N4E is a Brussels-based architectural practice led by Johan Anrys, Freek Persyn and Peter Swinnen. Founded in 1998, it has drawn increasing attention and renown through projects for the C-mine cultural centre in Genk, the Groeningemuseum and the TID Tower and Skanderbeg Square both...
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Louisiana's Sacred Places: Churches, Cemeteries and VoodooLouisiana's Sacred Places blurs the lines between the sacred and the profane. Author Deborah Burst combines her love for art, history and architecture into a poetic trail of churches, cemeteries and Voodoo ceremonies.Explore Louisiana's most solemn and revered locals, from New Orleans' most telling...
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Amazing Animal HomesHere are some of the most amazIng animal architects in the world. These animals have been building intricate structures since long before humans began constructing complex dwellings: - The log cabin bagworm larva builds a tiny log cabin out of twigs. - Snails make...
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Olmsted's Elmwood: The Rise, Decline and Renewal of Buffalo's Parkway Neighborhood, a Model for America's CitiesThe fascinating story of the historic Elmwood District, named one of America's top ten neighborhoods, is told for the first time. From Joseph Ellicott's arrival in Buffalo, New York and his radical radial street grid, through the role played by Fredrick Law Olmsted and...
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Space and the Architect: Lessons for Students in Architecture 2The work of Herman Hertzberger is internationally esteemed. His Lessons for Students in Architecture was first published in 1991, and has gone through many reprints, with translations into Japanese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Taiwanese, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Iranian, Korean and Chinese. Space and the Architect...
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Not the Classical Ideal: Athens and the Construction of the Other in Greek ArtA vision of reality in which a pre-eminent human type was defined in opposition to non-ideal 'Others' characterized ancient Greece. In democratic Athens the social structure privileged male citizens, and women, resident aliens, and slaves were marginalized. The Persian Wars polarized the opposition of...
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La Galleria Dei Falsi: Dal Vasaio Al Mercato d'AntiquariatoSeven true stories of fake vases and unwary buyers, a catalogue of more than 100 entries of pottery that was the product of imitation, a panorama of the authentic archaeological finds that could have constituted the source of the forger's inspiration: these are the...
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Magnificent MilanThe first pop-up book on Milan, a 3D guide for children and adults. Milan revealed by the spectacular paper architecture of Dario Cestaro, in a pop-up book that recounts the city's history in simple texts and curious anecdotes. A fascinating journey through colorful pages...
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Philippe Weisbecker: Works in ProgressAn exploration of the beauty of simplicity in our everyday life. The collected works of a master. Philippe Weisbecker is an artist and illustrator who currently divides his time between Paris and Barcelona, but who has spent most of his career in New York...
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GaudíAntoni Gaud 's architecture is unique and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Impressive forms, rich colors, and ingenious structural solutions create syntheses of natural inspiration and technical innovation, of styles both historic and contemporary, and of Gaud 's own original genius.Author:...
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Cork: In Architecture, Design, Fashion, ArtWith sustainability at the forefront of every designer's mind, the need for versatility in green product materials is more important than ever. Unwilling to sacrifice form for function, artists and architects alike are turning to unexpected resources to create the products and structures of...
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Moon: Architectural GuideIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first man on the moon, this book for the first time ever looks at the artifacts left behind on the moon from the perspective of architecture. The book looks at every single mission - manned and...
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Walt Disney's DisneylandPendant des dizaines d'années, Walt Disney a rêvé d'ouvrir le lieu de divertissement ultime, et ce n'est qu'au début des années 1950 qu'il chargea une équipe triée sur le volet de transformer sa désir en réalité. Ensemble, artistes, architectes et ingénieurs transformèrent un terrain...
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Mid-Century AdsGleaned from thousands of images, this book offers the best of American print advertising in the age of the "Big Idea." From the height of American consumerism, bold and colorful campaigns paint a fascinating portrait of the 1950s and '60s, as concerns about the...
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Adolf LoosAdolf Loos (1870-1933) was a flamboyant character whose presence in the cultural hotbed of early 1900s Vienna galvanized the country's architectural landscape. An early, impassioned advocate of modernism, he all-out rejected the grand Secessionist aesthetic prevalent at the time, as well as any hallmarks...
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Prefabricated Systems: Principles of ConstructionAuthor: Ulrich Knaack, Sharon Chung-Klatte, Reinhard HasselbachPublisher: BirkhauserPublished: 11/15/2010Pages: 133Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 10.60h x 8.20w x 0.50dISBN: 9783764387471About the AuthorSharon Chung-Klatte, Akademie van Bouwkunst Maastricht; Reinhard Hasselbach, Architekt in Berlin; Ulrich Knaack, TU Delft.
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Basics StadtanalyseAuthor: Gerrit SchwalbachPublisher: BirkhauserPublished: 05/06/2019Pages: 80Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.60h x 6.10w x 0.30dISBN: 9783035620139Language: German
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