Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Internal: Developing Informed Architectural LanguagesAs the number and distinctiveness of design directions in contemporary architecture expands, an outcome has emerged of a contradictory nature. While many of these directions hold great intrigue, a troubling aspect arises in that in their realization an "incompleteness" is often exhibited, one expressing...
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A Solution to Homelessness in Your Town: Valley View Senior Housing, Napa County, CaliforniaHomelessness is one of the monsters that haunts our society. Thousands of people are trying to address the challenge but fail to come up with a solution. Valley View Senior Housing, built in 2019 in Napa County, CA, is a VERY affordable community of...
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Ashridge EstateA diverse estate, including Ivinghoe Beacon and Hills: an important habitat for orchids and butterflies, as well as a historic Iron Age hill fort. Ashridge woods contain many species of bird and insect, as well as fungi and deer, and Pitstone Hill and Windmill...
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Atelier Deshaus 2001-2020: Architecture 2001-2020Shanghai-based Atelier Deshaus stays away from China's commerce-driven mainstream architectural culture to focus on utterly independent designs that receive widespread international recognition. Shanghai-based Atelier Deshaus, founded in 2001 as one of the first private architectural firms in China, is also one of the country's...
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Mad RhapsodyA seductive vision of the future from the most promising firm in China led by Ma Yansong, an important voice in the new generation of architects. Conceived and designed by Ma Yansong, founder of MAD Architects, MAD Rhapsody documents the buildings of this avant-garde...
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The Decoration of HousesEdith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the...
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Vermont Firsts and Other Claims to FameVermont may be small in population, but it looms large with innovation. The state constitution was the first in America to ban slavery, provide for universal male suffrage and establish a system for publicly funded education. Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticonderoga for America's First...
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Oase 105: Practices of DrawingHow drawings impact architectural practice: case studies from antiquity to todayThis issue of OASE examines both the role of drawing in architectural thinking and the evolution of drawing practices and technology, gathering case studies from antiquity to today--including George Aitchison, John Ruskin, Heinrich Tessenow,...
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Omar Gandhi: AdaptationA ten-year survey of Omar Gandhi Architect--one of Canada's most influential young firmsCelebrating the Canadian architecture firm Omar Gandhi Architect, this publication chronicles the firm's history through texts, interviews and reproductions of its most important projects. Selected works emphasize Gandhi's commitment to traditional Canadian...
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Barclay & Crousse: Landscapes of IntimacyA look at a leading Peruvian architectural firm through 12 exemplary projectsFrom their Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize-winning design for the University of Piura educational facilities to their design for the Place of Remembrance in Lima, Barclay & Crousse's work binds together the most...
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Decorative Art 60sPublished annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and ceramics. Since the publications went out of print, the now hard-to-find yearbooks have become highly prized by collectors...
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Antarctic ResolutionA master plan for AntarcticaNamed one of the best art books of 2021 by the New York Times Accounting for approximately 10% of the land mass of Planet Earth, the Antarctic is a global commons we collectively neglect. Far from being a pristine natural...
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Living with Palladio in the Sixteenth CenturyHierarchies of the household: how Palladio composed his iconic villas for collective livingVisiting the villas of Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-80), one inevitably asks oneself how people actually occupied them. Palladio conceived his villas as "small towns" (piccole citt ) that formed a single...
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Sverre Fehn: Nordic Pavilion, Venice: Voices from the ArchivesA gem of midcentury architecture examined with previously unpublished archival material Sverre Fehn's Nordic Pavilion in Venice is a masterpiece of postwar architecture. The young Norwegian architect won the competition in 1958; the building was inaugurated in 1962. In minute detail, this book presents...
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German Architecture Annual 2020: Deutsches Architektur Jahrbuch 2020The German Architecture Annual, edited by the German Architecture Museum (DAM), has been documenting contemporary architectural projects in Germany for almost 40 years. This year's edition of the annual, with contributions by renowned authors, presents the shortlist of 26 buildings selected by a jury...
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Saqsaywaman Mystery SolvedIn his book; Saqsaywaman Mystery Solved, the author takes you on a journey into the centuries old mystery of Saqsaywaman. You will be taken on a step by step photographic documentary through the surprising discovery of how the stones were made to fit so...
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Vaux-Le-Vicomte: A Private InvitationThis comprehensive monograph is an exclusive look inside the ch teau that inspired the design of Versailles and today continues to enchant visitors and film directors alike. Vaux-le-Vicomte's rich history began in 1641 when infamous French finance minister Nicolas Fouquet, the original owner, surrounded...
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Eileen GrayIrish-born designer Eileen Gray (1878-1976) was an extremely private figure and has remained an elusive subject despite her long-lasting influence. Known primarily for her highly original furniture and interior design, Gray realized nine buildings in her lifetime and recorded more than 45 architectural projects...
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Jen Alkema: Works & ProjectsIf we see minimalism as a derivative of modernism in art, architecture and music, Jen Alkema is not a minimalist. If, however, minimalism is regarded as a way of thinking shared by numerous cultures throughout the ages, Jen Alkema is a minimalist pur sang....
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The Grandest Madison Square Garden: Art, Scandal, and Architecture in Gilded Age New YorkAuthor: Suzanne HinmanPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublished: 06/24/2020Pages: 472Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.90h x 7.60w x 1.00dISBN: 9780815611219About the AuthorSuzanne Hinman holds a PhD in American art history. She has taught courses in art history at a number of colleges and universities, served as director...
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