Theory of architecture books

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Skyscraper

Skyscraper

Author: HOWELER
ISBN: 9780789310057
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The author presents persuasive evidence that the future of tall buildings are as secure today as they were over...  Read More >>

Architecture for Survival/Afs

Architecture for Survival/Afs

Author: Leonard H Weeder
ISBN: 9780741413543
Format: Paperback
$44.75

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Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture

Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture

Author: Indra Kagis McEwen
ISBN: 9780262134156
Format: Hardback
$110.88

"A historical study of Vitruvius's De architectura, showing that his purpose in writing ""the whole body of architecture""...  Read More >>

The End of Tradition?

The End of Tradition?

Author: Nezar Alsayyad
ISBN: 9780415290401
Format: Hardback
$280.00

"Rooted in real-world observations, this book questions the concept of tradition. In his introduction, Nezar AlSayyad...  Read More >>

refabricating ARCHITECTURE

refabricating ARCHITECTURE

Author: Stephen Kieran ,  James Timberlake
ISBN: 9780071433211
Format: Paperback
$51.95

An approach that integrates technology, materials, and production methods to improve quality while saving time and...  Read More >>

The End of Tradition?

The End of Tradition?

Author: Nezar Alsayyad
ISBN: 9780415290418
Format: Paperback
$112.00

"Rooted in real-world observations, this book questions the concept of tradition. In his introduction, Nezar AlSayyad...  Read More >>

Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban Design

Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban...

Author: Rodolphe El-Khoury ,  Edwards Robbins
ISBN: 9780415261883
Format: Hardback
$435.60

This text looks at the history of the city by focusing on a series of critical issues in urban design that are...  Read More >>

Places of the Soul

Places of the Soul

Author: Christopher Day (Architect, Design Consultant, Self-Builder and Sculptor, UK) ,  Christopher Day
ISBN: 9780750659017
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Presents buildings as environment, intrinsic to their surroundings, and offers design principles, useful for the...  Read More >>

The Perfect House: A Journey with the Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio

The Perfect House: A Journey with the Renaissance Master...

Author: Witold Rybczynski
ISBN: 9780743205870
Format: Paperback
$38.79

The award-winning author of A Clearing in the Distance focuses on the designs, constructions, and writings of the...  Read More >>

Huts in the Victorian Alps: And the People Who Built and Care for Them

Huts in the Victorian Alps: And the People Who Built...

Author: Klaus Hueneke
ISBN: 9780958704984
Format: Hardback
$39.95

Here are some grand examples of Australia's pioneer architecture - 120 of the best known huts of the Victorian Alps....  Read More >>

Dimensional Color

Dimensional Color

Author: Lois Swirnoff
ISBN: 9780393731026
Format: Paperback
$65.95

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Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban Design

Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban...

Author: Rodolphe El-Khoury ,  Edwards Robbins
ISBN: 9780415261890
Format: Paperback
$147.71

This text looks at the history of the city by focusing on a series of critical issues in urban design that are exemplified...  Read More >>

Drifting - Architecture and Migrancy

Drifting - Architecture and Migrancy

Author: Stephen Cairns
ISBN: 9780415283618
Format: Paperback
$112.00

This book is an exploration of the often complex and unorthodox modes of dwelling that are emerging precisely from...  Read More >>

Drifting - Architecture and Migrancy

Drifting - Architecture and Migrancy

Author: Stephen Cairns
ISBN: 9780415283601
Format: Hardback
$280.00

This book is an exploration of the often complex and unorthodox modes of dwelling that are emerging precisely from...  Read More >>

Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design

Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design

Author: Clois E Kicklighter, Ed D
ISBN: 9781590701973
Format: Paperback
$158.40

This newly revised text provides instruction for preparing architectural drawings using traditional and computer-based...  Read More >>

Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the Modern in Architecture and the City

Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the Modern in Architecture...

Author: Mari Hvattum (Universitetet i Oslo) ,  Professor Christian Hermansen
ISBN: 9781280077746
Format: Electronic book text
$448.80

From the seventeenth century until today, the 'modern' has served as a key category by which to understand an ever-changing...  Read More >>

Architecture

Architecture

Author: Clois E Kicklighter, Ed D
ISBN: 9781590701980
Format: Hardback
$422.40

- Uses a special icon in page margin to identify topics addressing needs of persons with disabilities.- IRCD includes...  Read More >>

The Details of Modern Architecture: 1928 to 1988

The Details of Modern Architecture: 1928 to 1988

Author: Edward R Ford
ISBN: 9780262562027
Format: Paperback
$121.44

This second volume continues the study of the relationships of the ideals of design and the realities of construction...  Read More >>

Architecture: An Introductory Reader

Architecture: An Introductory Reader

Author: Rudolf Steiner ,  M. Barton
ISBN: 9781855841239
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Rudolf Steiner, the often undervalued, multifaceted genius of modern times, contributed much to the regeneration...  Read More >>

Louis Kahn: Essential Texts

Louis Kahn: Essential Texts

Author: Louis I. Kahn ,  Robert Twombly
ISBN: 9780393731132
Format: Paperback
$40.95

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Advanced Building Simulation

Advanced Building Simulation

Author: Ali Malkawi (University of Pennsylvania, USA) ,  Fried Aubenbroe
ISBN: 9781280048548
Format: Electronic book text
$665.28

This book introduces recent advances in building simulation and outlines its historic development. Two important...  Read More >>

Building Structures

Building Structures

Author: Malcom Millais
ISBN: 9781280224904
Format: Electronic book text
$435.60

A thorough introduction to building for the non-expert, this book is a one-stop book reference source for knowing...  Read More >>

Principles of Roman Architecture

Principles of Roman Architecture

Author: Mark Wilson Jones
ISBN: 9780300102024
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Draws on both new archaeological discoveries and analyses of the monuments to reveal how Roman architects went about...  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: 9780262011914
Format: Hardback
$145.20

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

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