Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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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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Best Designed Affordable HotelFor a long time, a stay in a well-designed hotel was a costly business. Architectural treats tended to be restricted to the luxury category. In recent years, however, some of these hotels have adjusted to meet the needs of a younger generation of travelers....
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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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Mass Housing in the Socialist City: Heritage, Values, and PerspectivesMass housing in Germany, Russia, and Ukraine represents an enormous volume of housing today and therefore a huge resource for the future development of cities. But transformation of these districts is needed due to the functional, societal, and technical problems and challenges they face....
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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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Cohousing Inclusive: Self-Organized, Community-Led Housing for AllExperimental dwelling forms and cultures of cohabitation are entering the mainstream--but to what extent are they accessible and affordable for all, including those with lower income, refugee status or with disabilities? CoHousing Inclusive reviews model projects.Author: Michael LaFondPublisher: Jovis VerlagPublished: 10/24/2017Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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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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HoffmannBefore aesthete, designer, and architect Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) came along, Austrian architecture and design was suffocating under a surfeit of opulent ornamentation and bombastic flourish. With his radical new approach and a band of like-minded figures, Hoffmann was a founding father of the Viennese...
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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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LautnerAvec ses bâtiments géométriques nichés à flanc de montagne, sur les plages et les déserts de la Californie, John Lautner (1911-1994) a signé bon nombre des architectures les plus impressionnantes et les plus innovantes du milieu du XXe siècle en Amérique.Cette introduction réunit les...
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Bauhaus 100: Sites of ModernismThe Bauhaus is not to be found only in Berlin, Dessau, or Weimar; there are outstanding Bauhaus and modernist sites all over Germany--trailblazing architecture that has left a lasting mark on our understanding of life, work, education and living. Through more than 100 structures,...
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Eames: Furniture 1941-1978Pioneers of the 1950s and of the optimistic American way of life, Charles and Ray Eames created the greatest modern furniture classics between 1941 and 1978. They designed more than 20 chair models, mostly unique pieces, and developed know-how in the art of sitting....
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Building Marble RunsWhat does it take to make a marble run? Gather some supplies and try it out for yourself Discover tips and ideas on how to build the best marble run aroundAuthor: Marne VenturaPublisher: Pebble BooksPublished: 01/01/2020Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 10.80w x...
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Operative Mapping: The Use of Maps as a Design ToolOperative Mapping investigates the use of maps as a design tool, providing insight with the potential to benefit education and practice in the design disciplines. The book's fundamental aim is to offer a methodological contribution to the design disciplines, both in conceptual and instrumental...
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