Theory of architecture books

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Biophilic and Bioclimatic Architecture: Analytical Therapy for the Next Generation of Passive Sustainable Architecture

Biophilic and Bioclimatic Architecture: Analytical Therapy...

Author: Amjad Almusaed
ISBN: 9781447157267
Format: Paperback
$659.97

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Ornament and Order: Graffiti, Street Art and the Parergon

Ornament and Order: Graffiti, Street Art and the Parergon...

Author: Rafael Schacter
ISBN: 9781472409980
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Based on an in-depth ethnographic study working with some of the world's most influential Independent Public Artists,...  Read More >>

Isaac Newton's Temple of Solomon and his Reconstruction of Sacred Architecture

Isaac Newton's Temple of Solomon and his Reconstruction...

Author: Tessa Morrison
ISBN: 9783034807395
Format: Paperback
$215.95

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Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art: Essays by David Speiser, vol. II

Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art: Essays...

Author: Kim Williams
ISBN: 9783034807432
Format: Paperback
$179.95

A follow-up to the volume ""Discovering the Principles of Mechanics 1600-1800. Essays by David Speiser"" (Birkhäuser...  Read More >>

Italo Calvino's Architecture of Lightness: The Utopian Imagination in An Age of Urban Crisis

Italo Calvino's Architecture of Lightness: The Utopian...

Author: Letizia Modena (Villanova University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138847231
Format: Paperback
$101.00

This study recovers Italo Calvino's central place in a lost history of interdisciplinary thought, politics, and...  Read More >>

Alive: Advancements in Adaptive Architecture

Alive: Advancements in Adaptive Architecture

Author: Manuel Kretzer ,  Ludger Hovestadt
ISBN: 9783990436691
Format: Mixed media product
$221.76

In times where the very concept of 'nature' is questioned not only in its philosophical dimension, but in the core...  Read More >>

Charles Robert Cockerell, Architect in Time: Reflections around Anachronistic Drawings

Charles Robert Cockerell, Architect in Time: Reflections...

Author: Anne Bordeleau ,  Dr. Eamonn Canniffe
ISBN: 9781409453697
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Focusing on how an important nineteenth-century architect addressed the already shifting relation between architecture,...  Read More >>

Philosophy of Architecture

Philosophy of Architecture

Author: Christian Illies ,  Nicholas Ray
ISBN: 9780993053009
Format: Paperback
$81.81

This beautifully compact book - the combined discourse of a moral philosopher and an architect - provides us with...  Read More >>

Architecture and the Welfare State

Architecture and the Welfare State

Author: Mark Swenarton (University of Liverpool, UK) ,  Tom Avermaete (TU Delft, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9780415725408
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Exploring the impact on architecture of the demands of the welfare state and, equally, of the role played by architecture...  Read More >>

Architecture and the Welfare State

Architecture and the Welfare State

Author: Mark Swenarton (University of Liverpool, UK) ,  Tom Avermaete (TU Delft, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9780415725392
Format: Hardback
$368.00

Exploring the impact on architecture of the demands of the welfare state and, equally, of the role played by architecture...  Read More >>

Researching Architecture

Researching Architecture

Author: Andri Gerber ,  Tina Unruh
ISBN: 9783037610237
Format: Paperback
$59.38

The second volume of the Laboratory series takes a stance in the widespread discussion on research and the creative...  Read More >>

The Death of Drawing: Architecture in the Age of Simulation

The Death of Drawing: Architecture in the Age of Simulation...

Author: David Scheer
ISBN: 9780415834964
Format: Paperback
$101.00

The Death of Drawing explains how the shift from drawing by to hand to using building information models (BIM) is...  Read More >>

The Death of Drawing: Architecture in the Age of Simulation

The Death of Drawing: Architecture in the Age of Simulation...

Author: David Scheer
ISBN: 9780415834957
Format: Hardback
$368.00

The Death of Drawing explains how the shift from drawing by to hand to using building information models (BIM) is...  Read More >>

Geometrical Objects: Architecture and the Mathematical Sciences 1400-1800

Geometrical Objects: Architecture and the Mathematical...

Author: Anthony Gerbino
ISBN: 9783319059976
Format: Hardback
$336.35

As a contribution to architectural history, the volume contextualizes design and construction in terms of contemporary...  Read More >>

Architecture and National Identity: The Centennial Projects 50 Years On

Architecture and National Identity: The Centennial Projects...

Author: Marco Polo ,  Colin Ripley
ISBN: 9780929112664
Format: Paperback
$121.31

With the approach of Canada's Centennial in 1967, the Canadian government initiated dozens of architectural projects...  Read More >>

Space Unveiled: Invisible Cultures in the Design Studio

Space Unveiled: Invisible Cultures in the Design Studio...

Author: Carla Jackson Bell (Director of Multicultural Affairs and faculty member, College of Architecture, Design and Construction, Auburn University)
ISBN: 9780415724418
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Space Unveiled is a significant contribution to the study of architecture education, and the extent to which it...  Read More >>

Wein und Raum: Architektonische Konzepte zum Präsentieren, Probieren und Genießen

Wein und Raum: Architektonische Konzepte zum Präsentieren,...

Author: Denis Duhme ,  Katrin Friederichs
ISBN: 9783955532260
Format: Hardback
$137.28

Setzen wir uns mit Wein auseinander, so sind unsere Sinne angesprochen: Geruch, Geschmack, Textur und Struktur gilt...  Read More >>

Architecture and Armed Conflict: The Politics of Destruction

Architecture and Armed Conflict: The Politics of Destruction...

Author: JoAnne Mancini ,  Keith Bresnahan
ISBN: 9780415702492
Format: Hardback
$368.00

The first multi-authored scholarly book to address architectural destruction from a comparative, interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Diagramming the Big Idea: Methods for Architectural Composition

Diagramming the Big Idea: Methods for Architectural...

Author: Jeffrey Balmer (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA) ,  Michael T Swisher (,both at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
ISBN: 9781322093567
Format: Electronic book text
$570.24

As a beginning design student, you need to learn to think like a designer, to visualize ideas and concepts, as well...  Read More >>

The Language of Architecture: 26 Principles Every Architect Should Know

The Language of Architecture: 26 Principles Every Architect...

Author: Andrea Simitch ,  Val Warke
ISBN: 9781592538584
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Examine the basic elements and principles of architectural design in this comprehensive reference that defines each...  Read More >>

Architecture and Armed Conflict: The Politics of Destruction

Architecture and Armed Conflict: The Politics of Destruction...

Author: JoAnne Mancini ,  Keith Bresnahan
ISBN: 9780415702508
Format: Paperback
$101.00

The first multi-authored scholarly book to address architectural destruction from a comparative, interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

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