Theory of architecture books

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Mental Life of the Architectural Historian: Re-Opening the Early Historiography of Modern Architecture

Mental Life of the Architectural Historian: Re-Opening...

Author: Gevork Hartoonian (University of Canberra, Australia)
ISBN: 9781283141932
Format: Electronic book text
$190.50

Starting with the question concerning the discursive formation of architectural history, the chapters compiled in...  Read More >>

Architectus: Between Order and Opportunity

Architectus: Between Order and Opportunity

Author: Haig Beck
ISBN: 9780981462868
Format: Hardback
$171.60

This monograph on the Australian and New Zealand architects, Architectus  Read More >>

Rural and Urban: Architecture Between Two Cultures

Rural and Urban: Architecture Between Two Cultures

Author: Andrew Ballantyne (Newcastle University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415552134
Format: Paperback
$70.00

Original essays in this book written by an international range of recognised theorists investigate how the cultures...  Read More >>

Rural and Urban: Architecture Between Two Cultures

Rural and Urban: Architecture Between Two Cultures

Author: Andrew Ballantyne (Newcastle University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415552127
Format: Hardback
$266.00

Original essays in this book written by an international range of recognised theorists investigate how the cultures...  Read More >>

Why Architecture Matters

Why Architecture Matters

Author: Paul Goldberger
ISBN: 9780300144307
Format: Hardback
$68.64

Deals with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well...  Read More >>

Walter Benjamin and Architecture

Walter Benjamin and Architecture

Author: Gevork Hartoonian (University of Canberra, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415482929
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Drawing from Walter Benjamin’s ideas, the essays compiled in this book contribute to a critical understanding of...  Read More >>

The Dynamics of Architectural Form, 30th Anniversary Edition

The Dynamics of Architectural Form, 30th Anniversary...

Author: Rudolf Arnheim
ISBN: 9780520261259
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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Chroma: Design, Architecture and Art in Color

Chroma: Design, Architecture and Art in Color

Author: Barbara Glasner ,  Petra Schmidt
ISBN: 9783034600927
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Color is central to creative work. This illustrated book embraces the sensuous experience of color, inspiring and...  Read More >>

Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture

Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age...

Author: Paul Goldberger
ISBN: 9781580932646
Format: Hardback
$92.40

This collection of Paul Goldberger's writings covers a broad range of architectural and urban issues, buildings,...  Read More >>

Edvard Ravnikar

Edvard Ravnikar

Author: Ales Vodopivec ,  Rok Znidarsic
ISBN: 9783211992036
Format: Hardback
$237.47

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Inclusive Buildings, Products & Services: Challenges in Universal Design

Inclusive Buildings, Products & Services: Challenges...

Author: Tom Vavik
ISBN: 9788251923446
Format: Paperback
$314.16

Intends to gather knowledge and experiences about strategies and processes that are based on Universal Design philosophy...  Read More >>

Home Cultures: The Journal of Architecture, Design and Domestic Space

Home Cultures: The Journal of Architecture, Design and...

Author: Alison Clarke ,  Setha M. Low
ISBN: 9781847885173
Format: Paperback
$158.27

Kitsch has been described in various ways - as a vehicle for fascist demagogues, a serious critique of high art,...  Read More >>

Unbuildable Tatlin?

Unbuildable Tatlin?

Author: Wolf D. Prix
ISBN: 9783211992012
Format: Paperback
$49.95

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From Autos to Architecture: Fordism and Architectural Aesthetics in the Twentieth Century

From Autos to Architecture: Fordism and Architectural...

Author: David Gartman
ISBN: 9781568988139
Format: Hardback
$158.40

One of the most interesting questions in architectural history is why modern architecture emerged from the war-ravaged...  Read More >>

TV-Towers – Fernsehtürme: 8,559 Meters Politics and Architecture - 8.559 Meter Politik und Architektur

TV-Towers – Fernsehtürme: 8,559 Meters Politics and...

Author: Friedrich von Borries ,  Matthias Böttger
ISBN: 9783868590241
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Offers insights into the classic architectural and structural battle that has been raging between TV Towers over...  Read More >>

Cedric Price/Hans Ulrich Obrist

Cedric Price/Hans Ulrich Obrist

Author: Cedric Price ,  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
ISBN: 9783865600936
Format: Paperback
$92.40

The British architect Cedric Price (1934-2003) completed relatively few buildings, but through his drawings, proposals,...  Read More >>

Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?: Experiencing Aural Architecture

Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?: Experiencing Aural...

Author: Barry Blesser (Consultant in audio technology) ,  Linda-Ruth Salter
ISBN: 9780262513173
Format: Paperback
$79.99

How we experience space by listening: the concepts of aural architecture, with examples ranging from Gothic cathedrals...  Read More >>

Art and Architecture: Strategies in Collaboration

Art and Architecture: Strategies in Collaboration

Author: Christian Bjone
ISBN: 9783764399436
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Since the beginning of the 20th century, artists and architects have often been in collaboration. This book explores...  Read More >>

The Politics of Space

The Politics of Space

Author: Neil Leach
ISBN: 9780415469272
Format: Paperback
$131.87

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The Politics of Space

The Politics of Space

Author: Neil Leach
ISBN: 9780415469265
Format: Hardback
$396.00

Offers a theoretical overview of the relationship between architecture and politics. Spanning the period from the...  Read More >>

Architecture, Participation and Society

Architecture, Participation and Society

Author: Paul Jenkins (Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK) ,  Leslie Forsyth (Edinburgh College of Art, UK)
ISBN: 9780415547246
Format: Paperback
$84.00

For the first time, this book defines how social participation can be incorporated into architecture in a successful...  Read More >>

Embracing Complexity in Design

Embracing Complexity in Design

Author: Katerina Alexiou ,  Jeffrey Johnson
ISBN: 9780415497008
Format: Hardback
$170.00

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