Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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AI Sapien: Variations on Architecture and the FutureAI Sapien unveils a paradigm-shifting vision of the future where artificial intelligence (AI) transforms architecture into thinking machines. This experimental book features an alchemy of 128 original AI-generated artworks along with insightful dialogues and evocative poetry created in collaboration with AI, all set to...
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A Difficult Heritage: Fascist-Era Art and Architecture Out of Its TimeOn the critical preservation and ongoing legacy of material artefacts from Fascist ItalyAs part of Italy's national cultural heritage, its fascist-era architecture is protected by preservation laws--as are many artworks and monuments from that period. However, in the country's more recent reappraisal of its...
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Understanding Syria Through 40 Monuments: A Story of SurvivalHow can a nation's archaeological treasures help explain its history, especially one as richly complex as Syria's? Ross Burns chooses 40 among Syria's outstanding range of sites, accompanied by over 200 colour illustrations, to take the reader through the tangled paths of this crossroads...
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The Monument's End: Public Art and the Modern RepublicHow today's questions surrounding monuments and the ways we commemorate our past first arose in Rembrandt's time Monuments occupy a controversial place in nations founded on principles of freedom and self-governance. It is no accident that when we think of monuments, we think of...
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The Green Dip: Covering the City with a ForestData-driven research inputting green spaces into hyper-developed urban environmentsIn its newest book, the research group Why Factory produced a series of visualizations and data analyses of various "greened" cities, including Hong Kong, São Paulo, Dubai and more. The research provides an innovative method to...
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Tasteful: New Interiors for Restaurants and Caf?sDining out is so much more than just what you can order off the menu. Tasteful serves up a selection of restaurant interiors that add an eye-catching element to the dining experience.The ever-evolving landscape of the gastronomic industry never fails to surprise with new...
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St Stephen's Chapel and the Palace of WestminsterTraces the history of a magnificent landmark in the history of late medieval art and architecture. As the principal royal chapel in the medieval Palace of Westminster, St Stephen's was at the centre of worship for the Plantagenets, a major collegiate foundation of a...
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Shelter CookbookAn inspiring guide to the history and legacy of Lloyd Kahn's 1970s countercultural self-build manualsDIY architect, publisher and pioneer of the self-build movement, Lloyd Kahn (born 1935) is a legend of the American counterculture. Influenced by Buckminster Fuller, in 1968 Kahn started building geodesic...
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Shaping the World as a Home: The Houses and Gardens of Erik EvensThe first book on the precisely detailed, sumptuous architecture of one of the finest firms working in traditional styles in California. Evens has long been considered one of the country's leading contemporary architects who aspires to create the complete living environment, in the same...
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Reading Visual InvestigationsReading Visual Investigations delves into a new discipline--visual investigations--in which architecture intersects with advocacy, journalism, and law in the pursuit of justice and accountability. This publication presents insights into the current discourse within the emergent field, illustrated by intriguing case studies from around the...
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Pandemic ObjectsA publication based on Pandemic Objects, an editorial project that compiles and reflects on objects that have taken on new meaning and purpose during the Covid-19 pandemic. During times of pandemic, a host of everyday often-overlooked 'objects' are suddenly charged with new urgency. Toilet...
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Olmsted's Riverside: Stewardship Meets Innovation in a Landmark VillageThe challenge to preserve Chicagoland's unique haven Just outside the bustling metropolis of Chicago lies the unlikely green oasis of Riverside, Illinois, a small village that has continued to directly influence American landscapes and suburbs since the 1870s. Once farmland, the location provided a...
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Making Your Church Sustainable: A practical guide to getting to net zeroWith pressure on budgets and soaring energy costs, this small book will be worth its weight in gold to every local church. It offers expert advice that will equip non-professionals to make informed decisions on making their church buildings more sustainable, understand sustainability technologies,...
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Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects: Building in PlaceModern urban architecture by the renowned and multi-award-winning firm praised for structures that respond to often-challenging contexts, and with a self-imposed mandate to build in a way that furthers the social good. A desire to redefine the ways architecture can contribute to truly progressive...
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Living in a Dream: Dreamscapes, Imagined Architecture, and InteriorsThis collection is an inspiring celebration of boundless imagination and the transformative power of design.Artificial architecture has developed considerably in recent years, giving studios, professionals, students, and passionate enthusiasts the tools to create striking interior and exterior scenes. The limitless ability of the human...
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Introduction to Lockpicking"Introduction to Lockpicking" by Black Hat Kathy is a comprehensive guide that explores the art of non-destructive entry, providing historical context, essential tools, techniques, and advanced applications. It delves into the legal and ethical perspectives of lockpicking, offers insights into locksmithing as a profession,...
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I Love SuburbiaSuburbia. Even the word conjures drab sameness. Long boring roads of the same semi-detached houses, same tidy lawns, same practical cars, everyone living the same mundane lives. But, what if you looked harder, and took some time to appreciate all the beauty that abounds...
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Houses in Forest ClearingsOne hundred photographs of houses in clearings by Luis Callejas. These photos are accompanied by drawings and three parallel conversations between Luis Callejas and Matteo Ghidoni, Elisa Cattaneo, and J rgen Tandberg. The photographs were taken during three trips between Norway and Colombia. Most...
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Flux: Architecture in a Parametric LandscapeFLUX: Architecture in a Parametric Landscape focuses on the radical evolution of computational and material technologies that, during the last 25 years, have catalyzed one of the most creative and prolific periods in architecture since the early 20th century. The widespread uptake of computational...
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Dutch Landscape: An OverviewThe ultimate introduction to the history and development of the Dutch landscapeThis volume surveys all facets of the Dutch landscape, from dunes to peat clearings, from sandy soils to polders. In addition to the geological composition of the land, Dutch Landscape discusses spatial planning,...
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