Theory of architecture books

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Effective Press Relations for the Built Environment

Effective Press Relations for the Built Environment...

Author: Helen Elias (Atelier Communications, UK)
ISBN: 9781280648359
Format: Electronic book text
$435.60

This practical guide explains to architects, engineers, designers and other consultants how to establish press plans...  Read More >>

The Dissertation

The Dissertation

Author: Iain Borden (The Barlett, UCL University College London, UK The Barlett, UCL The Barlett, UCL The Barlett, UCL University College London, UK The Barlett, UCL)
ISBN: 9781280639289
Format: Electronic book text
$351.49

The Dissertation is one of the most demanding yet potentially most stimulating components of an architectural course....  Read More >>

Introduction to Social Housing

Introduction to Social Housing

Author: Paul Reeves (University of Westminster (UK))
ISBN: 9781280639029
Format: Electronic book text
$530.51

The provision and management of social housing for those who are unable to access the housing market is essential...  Read More >>

The Singular Objects of Architecture

The Singular Objects of Architecture

Author: Jean Baudrillard ,  Robert Bonnono
ISBN: 9780816639137
Format: Paperback
$33.95

This exhilarating dialogue between two of the most interesting thinkers working in philosophy and architecture today...  Read More >>

The Dissertation: An Architecture Student's Handbook

The Dissertation: An Architecture Student's Handbook...

Author: Iain Borden ,  Katerina Redi
ISBN: 9786610639281
Format: Electronic book text
$168.70

The Dissertation is one of the most demanding yet potentially most stimulating components of an architectural course....  Read More >>

Holding Your Square: Masculinities, Streetlife and Violence

Holding Your Square: Masculinities, Streetlife and Violence...

Author:
ISBN: 9781282090125
Format: Electronic book text
$238.66

This book is about the meanings of masculinities within the social networks of the streets of an American city (St...  Read More >>

How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified

How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified...

Author: Bryan Lawson
ISBN: 9780080454979
Format: Electronic book text
$118.67

Including a series of case studies on notable designers, the author presents this discussion, trying to understand...  Read More >>

"Perspecta 37 ""Famous""": The Yale Architectural Journal

"Perspecta 37 ""Famous""": The Yale Architectural Journal...

Author: Brendan Lee ,  DaeWha Kang
ISBN: 9780262612050
Format: Paperback
$52.80

This issue of Perspecta discusses whether fame empowers architecture by giving architects leverage to produce ambitious...  Read More >>

Commodification and Spectacle in Architecture: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader

Commodification and Spectacle in Architecture: A Harvard...

Author: William S. Saunders ,  Kenneth Frampton
ISBN: 9780816647521
Format: Hardback
$131.00

Presents diverse points of view on the relationship between design and capitalism. The contributions to this book...  Read More >>

Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas

Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas

Author: Nicholas Ray (Cambridge University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415348690
Format: Paperback
$112.00

Ethical issues, both practical and philosophical, are constantly arising in architectural work. This volume relates...  Read More >>

Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas

Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas

Author: Nicholas Ray (Cambridge University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415348683
Format: Hardback
$266.00

Ethical issues, both practical and philosophical, are constantly arising in architectural work. This volume relates...  Read More >>

306090 08: Autonomous Urbanism

306090 08: Autonomous Urbanism

Author: Kjersti Monson ,  Alex Duval
ISBN: 9781568985220
Format: Paperback
$31.55

Now in its fourth year, this biannual journal gains more and more momentum with each passing issue. Dedicated to...  Read More >>

Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes

Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the...

Author: Thomas Carter ,  Elizabeth Cromley
ISBN: 9781572333314
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes, is a manual for...  Read More >>

How Designers Think

How Designers Think

Author: Bryan Lawson
ISBN: 9780750660778
Format: Paperback
$54.95

Including a series of case studies on notable designers, the author presents this discussion, trying to understand...  Read More >>

Palladio's Children: Essays on Everyday Environment and the Architect

Palladio's Children: Essays on Everyday Environment...

Author: N.J. Habraken (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) ,  Jonathan Teicher (Architect and freelance editor, USA)
ISBN: 9780415357845
Format: Hardback
$266.00

This new work from a recognized authority comprises a series of essays involving the persona of the architect, the...  Read More >>

How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture

How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture...

Author: Edward Allen (Architect and Lecturer, Architect and Lecturer, Yale School of Architecture)
ISBN: 9780195161984
Format: Hardback
$70.95

Illustrated with many line drawings, this guide provides information on a building's function: how it stands up,...  Read More >>

Tower and Office: From Modernist Theory to Contemporary Practice

Tower and Office: From Modernist Theory to Contemporary...

Author: Iñaki Ábalos ( Harvard University Graduate School of Design) ,  Juan Herreros
ISBN: 9780262511902
Format: Paperback
$97.68

A study of the complex relationship between technological development and the conceptual basis of architectural...  Read More >>

Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and Environmental Knowing

Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and...

Author: Malcolm McCullough (University of Michigan)
ISBN: 9780262633277
Format: Paperback
$52.80

A theory of place for interaction design.  Read More >>

The Organizational Complex: Architecture, Media, and Corporate Space

The Organizational Complex: Architecture, Media, and...

Author: Reinhold Martin
ISBN: 9780262633260
Format: Paperback
$110.00

A historical and theoretical analysis of corporate architecture in the United States after the Second World War....  Read More >>

Palladio's Children: Essays on Everyday Environment and the Architect

Palladio's Children: Essays on Everyday Environment...

Author: N.J. Habraken (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) ,  Jonathan Teicher (Architect and freelance editor, USA)
ISBN: 9780415357913
Format: Paperback
$70.00

This new work from a recognized authority comprises a series of essays involving the persona of the architect, the...  Read More >>

Garrett Eckbo: Modern Landscapes for Living

Garrett Eckbo: Modern Landscapes for Living

Author: Marc Treib ,  Dorothée Imbert
ISBN: 9780520246829
Format: Paperback
$73.79

One of the central figures in modern landscape architecture, Garrett Eckbo (1910-2000) was a major influence in...  Read More >>

Disappearing Architecture: From Real to Virtual to Quantum

Disappearing Architecture: From Real to Virtual to Quantum...

Author: Georg Flachbart ,  Peter Weibel
ISBN: 9783764372750
Format: Paperback
$145.20

For architects, the challenge of the future will increasingly lie in creatively coming to terms with hybrid environments,...  Read More >>

Kunst des Städtebaus: Neue Perspektiven auf Camillo Sitte

Kunst des Städtebaus: Neue Perspektiven auf Camillo...

Author: Bernhard Langer ,  Klaus Semsroth
ISBN: 9783205774303
Format: Paperback
$87.95

"Mit seinem Buch ""Der Städtebau nach seinen kÃ""nstlerischen Grundsätzen"" (1889) revolutionierte Camillo Sitte...  Read More >>

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