Theory of architecture books

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Precisions: Architektur zwischen Wissenschaft und Kunst Architecture between Sciences and the Arts

Precisions: Architektur zwischen Wissenschaft und Kunst...

Author: Àkos Moravánszky ,  Ole W Fischer
ISBN: 9783939633426
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Where is the place of architecture? Closer to the arts or to the sciences? And has there been a shift of this position...  Read More >>

Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life

Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science and Practice of...

Author: Stephen R. Kellert ,  Judith Heerwagen
ISBN: 9780470163344
Format: Hardback
$167.95

""When nature inspires our architecture-not just how it looks but how buildings and communities actually function-we...  Read More >>

Built upon Love: Architectural Longing after Ethics and Aesthetics

Built upon Love: Architectural Longing after Ethics...

Author: Alberto Pérez-Gómez (Saidye Rosner BronfmanProfessor Director of the History and Theory of Architecture Program, McGill University)
ISBN: 9780262662055
Format: Paperback
$79.99

A vision of architecture that transcends concerns of form and function and finds the connections between the architect's...  Read More >>

Architecture Between Spectacle and Use

Architecture Between Spectacle and Use

Author: Anthony Vidler ,  Mario Carpo
ISBN: 9780300125542
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Postcolonial African Cities: Imperial Legacies and Postcolonial Predicament

Postcolonial African Cities: Imperial Legacies and Postcolonial...

Author: Fassil Demissie (DePaul University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415454483
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book offers a range of scholarly interpretations of the new forms of urbanity in contemporary African cities,...  Read More >>

Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form

Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form

Author: Kim Dovey (Melbourne University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415416344
Format: Hardback
$368.00

Explored through a range of theories and case studies, this account shows how our lives are 'framed' within the...  Read More >>

Programming, Planning & Practice: ARE Sample Problems and Practice Exam

Programming, Planning & Practice: ARE Sample Problems...

Author: Holly Williams Leppo ,  David Kent Ballast
ISBN: 9781591261247
Format: Undefined
$295.68

<p>Get the realistic practice you need to successfully prepare for the Programming, Planning & Practice division...  Read More >>

Structural Systems: ARE Sample Problems and Practice Exam

Structural Systems: ARE Sample Problems and Practice...

Author: Rima Taher
ISBN: 9781591261278
Format: Undefined
$295.68

<p>Updated to the 2009 International Building Code <br> Get the realistic practice you need to successfully prepare...  Read More >>

The Architecture of Light: Architectural Lighting Design Concepts and Techniques

The Architecture of Light: Architectural Lighting Design...

Author: Sage Russell
ISBN: 9780980061703
Format: Paperback
$179.52

The Architecture of Light makes lighting design approachable. This vivid, image packed text of lighting concepts...  Read More >>

Biographies & Space: Placing the Subject in Art and Architecture

Biographies & Space: Placing the Subject in Art and...

Author: Dana Arnold (University of Southampton, UK) ,  Joanna Sofaer Derevenski (University of Southampton, UK)
ISBN: 9780415365512
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Highly original and thought provoking essays by a group of internationally recognized scholars consider issues of...  Read More >>

Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form

Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form

Author: Kim Dovey (Melbourne University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415416351
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Explored through a range of theories and case studies, this account shows how our lives are 'framed' within the...  Read More >>

Designing the Reclaimed Landscape

Designing the Reclaimed Landscape

Author: Alan Berger (Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA)
ISBN: 9780415773034
Format: Hardback
$112.00

The first practical yet in-depth exploration of how to reclaim the post-industrial landscape, this volume includes...  Read More >>

Architectural Principles in the Age of Cybernetics

Architectural Principles in the Age of Cybernetics

Author: Christopher Hight (Rice University, Texas, USA)
ISBN: 9780415384827
Format: Paperback
$98.00

A theoretical history of anthropomorphism and proportion in modern architecture, challenging the concepts and categories...  Read More >>

Structures as Argument: The Visual Persuasiveness of Museums and Places of Worship

Structures as Argument: The Visual Persuasiveness of...

Author: J. Donald Ragsdale
ISBN: 9781847183866
Format: Hardback
$103.47

Structures as Argument assesses museums, places of worship, monuments, and cemetery stones as means of visual persuasion....  Read More >>

In the Place of Sound: Architecture | Music | Acoustics

In the Place of Sound: Architecture | Music | Acoustics...

Author: Marco Polo ,  Colin Ripley
ISBN: 9781847183750
Format: Hardback
$90.54

In early June 2006, a group of over one hundred artists and researchers met for a three-day conference in the Architecture...  Read More >>

The New Architectural Pragmatism: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader

The New Architectural Pragmatism: A Harvard Design Magazine...

Author: William S. Saunders ,  William S. Saunders
ISBN: 9780816652631
Format: Hardback
$82.99

In response to the contentious process surrounding the selection of a design for the World Trade Center site, the...  Read More >>

Entre Muros Y Palabras

Entre Muros Y Palabras

Author: Federico Martinez Reyes
ISBN: 9789689470007
Format: Paperback
$23.73

Libro de cuento corto y minificcion que aborda, entre otros, el tema de los lugares e imaginarios arquitectonicos....  Read More >>

Building Design & Construction Systems: ARE Sample Problems and Practice Exam

Building Design & Construction Systems: ARE Sample Problems...

Author: David Kent Ballast ,  Holly Williams Leppo
ISBN: 9781591261216
Format: Undefined
$295.68

<p>Get the realistic practice you need to successfully prepare for the Building Design & Construction Systems division...  Read More >>

Building Systems: ARE Sample Problems and Practice Exam

Building Systems: ARE Sample Problems and Practice Exam...

Author: Holly Williams Leppo ,  David Kent Ballast
ISBN: 9781591261223
Format: Undefined
$295.68

<p>Updated to the 2009 International Building Code <br> Get the realistic practice you need to successfully prepare...  Read More >>

Construction Documents & Services: ARE Sample Problems and Practice Exam

Construction Documents & Services: ARE Sample Problems...

Author: Holly Williams Leppo ,  David Kent Ballast
ISBN: 9781591261230
Format: Undefined
$295.68

<p>Get the realistic practice you need to successfully prepare for the Construction Documents & Services division...  Read More >>

The New Architectural Pragmatism: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader

The New Architectural Pragmatism: A Harvard Design Magazine...

Author: William S. Saunders ,  William S. Saunders
ISBN: 9780816652648
Format: Paperback
$27.99

In response to the contentious process surrounding the selection of a design for the World Trade Center site, the...  Read More >>

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