Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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The Language of War MonumentsThis book analyses war monuments by developing a multimodal social-semiotic approach to understand how they communicate as three-dimensional objects. The book provides a practical tool-kit approach to how critical multimodal social semiotics should be done through visual, textual and material analysis. It ties this...
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New York City's Hart Island: A Cemetery of StrangersJust off the coast of the Bronx in Long Island Sound sits Hart Island, where more than one million bodies are buried in unmarked graves.Beginning as a Civil War prison and training site and later a psychiatric hospital, the location became the repository for...
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Southern Maryland's Historic LandmarksSouthern Maryland is made up of a collection of peninsulas covered in low rolling hills, fields, forests, swamps, and waterways leading to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. As such, this area enjoyed relative isolation and small population for over three centuries despite...
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Vastu Architecture: Design Theory and Application for Everyday LifeThis book about the science of Vastu was written as a simple and clear, yet detailed exposition on the knowledge and basic technical applications for the design of secular Vastu buildings - such as homes and offices. 'Vastu Architecture' provides the reader with a...
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Sirius: Growth in Community through the Power of SpiritNestled in the foothills of Massachusetts, Sirius Community celebrates 40 years this year as one of the longest-standing Intentional Communities in the United States. Last fall, Sirius lost its co-founding face of the community Bruce Davidson. A charismatic leader since day one, Bruce interacted...
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Atomic Ranch: Midcentury InteriorsAtomic Ranch Midcentury Interiors showcases the virtues of the popular and ubiquitous ranch houses that sprang up across the country following World War II. It features the exceptional interiors of eight houses, discusses successes and challenges, and shows how to live stylishly. Tips are...
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Patterns: Patterned Home Inspiration- The latest interior design trends in the accustomed teNeues quality - Written by a highly respected interior design expert - Beautifully designed book spine, with a continuous pattern across the whole series, to bring added style to your bookshelf - The debut publication...
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Modern Glam: Glamorous Home Inspiration- The latest interior design trends in the accustomed teNeues quality - Written by a highly respected interior design expert - Beautifully designed book spine, with a continuous pattern across the whole series, to bring added style to your bookshelf - The second publication...
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Wonderful Wallcoverings- Inspiring and inventive wallcoverings from projects by esteemed architects worldwide - The perfect gift for both architects and people interested in design and decoration Wallcoverings have moved far beyond the classic floral wallpaper. New designs and new techniques are opening up a whole...
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A Cultural Encyclopedia of Lost Cities and CivilizationsThe accelerating threat of climate change challenges us to analyze our own communities' relationships with the wider world and to contemplate their very existence. This single-volume cultural encyclopedia examines lost cities and civilizations from every region of the globe and dated throughout human history....
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Weiter Nutzen: Landwirtschaftliche Gebäude Im AllgäuBauernhäuser prägen die Identität der Allgäuer Kulturlandschaft seit Jahrhunderten. Die Zukunft bäuerlicher Hofstellen ist jedoch durch den Strukturwandel der Landwirtschaft bedroht, mit den Bauten droht die Kulturlandschaft zu verschwinden. Die Publikation WeiterNutzen zeigt rund zwanzig besonders interessante Projekte, in denen die Altbausubstanz landwirtschaftlicher Gebäude...
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Daoism and Environmental Philosophy: Nourishing LifeDaoism and Environmental Philosophy explores ethics and the philosophy of nature in the Daodejing, the Zhuangzi, and related texts to elucidate their potential significance in our contemporary environmental crisis. This book traces early Daoist depictions of practices of embodied emptying and forgetting and communicative...
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Building Better - Less - Different: Circular Construction and Circular EconomySustainability has advanced to become an overarching concern of daily life. At the same time, its ways and means are far from clear. As a holistic praxis, sustainability must combine technical and material as well as social, economic and ecological strategies that all too...
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Journey in His Shadow: A poetic Journey of FaithJourney in His Shadow is inspirational poetry that has been inspired over years. Ellen truly believes that even before she came to know and understand Christ's amazing hope and salvation, she was living beneath His shadow. So many times she was rescued and brought...
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Think Like a Decorator: To Create a Comfortable, Original, and Stylish HomeA reassuring, idea-filled guide to decorating by interior designer Leslie Banker, enriched by advice and contributions from other prominent decorators. Interior designer Leslie Banker grew up learning the trade by her decorator mother's side. The most important thing her mother taught her was that...
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Suzanne Rheinstein: A Welcoming EleganceOver the past decade, celebrated style maker Suzanne Rheinstein has achieved an unprecedented level of refinement and clarity. Her love of objects from the past remains a touchstone, but in her newest rooms, stylish modernity and an elegant simplicity hold sway. Presented are beautifully...
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BridgesExplore bridges around the world--and how they unite us--in this gorgeously illustrated nonfiction picture book Bridges can be high or low, long or short, straight or curvy. Some are designed to blend in, while others stand out. But each one tells a story: a...
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Hotel Palace Lucerne: Refurbishment of a Listed BuildingIn 1906, the Hotel Palace was built along Lucerne's prominent Quai Promenade according to plans by Heinrich Meili-Wapf - one of the most important Lucerne architects of the time. The mighty building, which appears as if it were developed out of a single block,...
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Recycling BeautyDocumenting the Salvatore Settis-curated exhibition on the legacy and reuse of Greek and Roman art from the Middle Ages to the BaroqueFondazione Prada's exhibition Recycling Beauty, designed by Rem Koolhaas, is an unprecedented study of the reuse of Greek and Roman antiquities within post-antiquity--the...
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Typographic Design: Form and CommunicationThe bestselling introduction to designing the written word Typographic Design: Form & Communication is the definitive reference for graphic designers, providing a comprehensive introduction to the visual word. Done well, typopgraphy can communicate so much more than the words themselves. Typographic design determines how...
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