Theory of architecture books

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Spirit and Place

Spirit and Place

Author: Christopher Day
ISBN: 9780750653596
Format: Paperback
$74.95

Shows how to work towards a sustainable environment through socially inclusive processes of placemaking, and how...  Read More >>

Sustaining Architecture in the Anti-Machine Age

Sustaining Architecture in the Anti-Machine Age

Author: Ian Abley ,  James Heartfield
ISBN: 9780471486602
Format: Paperback
$80.95

In this age of ever--increasing environmental awareness, the issue of sustainability is set to become the dominant...  Read More >>

Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design

Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design

Author: Bob Giddings ,  Margaret Horne
ISBN: 9780419262008
Format: Hardback
$266.00

"""Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design"" analyzes the ways in which architects have presented their designs...  Read More >>

Celebrating Chandigarh

Celebrating Chandigarh

Author: Jaspreet Takhar
ISBN: 9781890206383
Format: Paperback
$120.00

Documents an event that was organised to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the conception of Chandigarh, one of...  Read More >>

Planung in der Krise?: Theoretische Orientierungen für Architektur, Stadt- und Raumplanung

Planung in der Krise?: Theoretische Orientierungen für...

Author: Walter Schönwandt ,  Walter Schonwandt
ISBN: 9783834816351
Format: Paperback
$59.49

"Folgende Thesen liegen dem Text zugrunde: Erstens: Was die Konstrukte zur Beschreibung von Planung - ""constructs...  Read More >>

Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design

Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design

Author: Bob Giddings ,  Margaret Horne
ISBN: 9780419236009
Format: Paperback
$140.00

Understanding how buildings are envisioned is central to people's conception of architectural design. This book...  Read More >>

Daring the Gap

Daring the Gap

Author: Martin Reudel ,  Martin Rendel
ISBN: 9783932565229
Format: Hardback
$29.99

A gap yawns between two buildings constructed in the 1960s.Nothing unusual.A gap 2.56m wide and around 33m long...  Read More >>

Towards Universality: Le Corbusier, Mies and De Stijl

Towards Universality: Le Corbusier, Mies and De Stijl...

Author: Richard Padovan
ISBN: 9780415259620
Format: Hardback
$266.00

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Spirit and Place: Healing Our Environment, Healing Environment

Spirit and Place: Healing Our Environment, Healing Environment...

Author: Christopher Day (Architect Design Consultant Self-Builder and Sculptor UK)
ISBN: 9780080498201
Format: Electronic book text
$160.91

Built environment surrounds us for 90% of our lives but only now are we realising its influence on the environment,...  Read More >>

Towards Universality: Le Corbusier, Mies and De Stijl

Towards Universality: Le Corbusier, Mies and De Stijl...

Author: Richard Padovan
ISBN: 9780419240303
Format: Paperback
$140.00

This volume does not treat Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe or De Stijl as separate subjects but, rather, sees them...  Read More >>

Victorian Houses and Their Details

Victorian Houses and Their Details

Author: Helen Long
ISBN: 9780080492414
Format: Electronic book text
$116.03

Pattern books played a vital role in the dissemination of taste between architect, builder and client in the nineteenth...  Read More >>

The Pursuit of Pleasure: Gender, Space and Architecture in Regency London

The Pursuit of Pleasure: Gender, Space and Architecture...

Author: Professor Jane Rendell
ISBN: 9780485006384
Format: Paperback
$98.00

Drawing on critical theory, geography and philosophy, this text extends and critiques the discipline of architectural...  Read More >>

Expressionist Utopias: Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural Fantasy

Expressionist Utopias: Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural...

Author: Timothy O. Benson ,  Edward Dimendberg
ISBN: 9780520230033
Format: Paperback
$112.20

"Published to accompany the exhibition ""Expressionist Utopias"" mounted at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1993,...  Read More >>

Stepparenting: Creating and Recreating Families in America Today

Stepparenting: Creating and Recreating Families in America...

Author: Stanley H. Cath ,  Moisy Shopper
ISBN: 9780881631760
Format: Hardback
$112.00

Editors Stanley Cath and Moisy Shopper have taken pains to offer a balanced purview that includes both successful...  Read More >>

The New Eco-Architecture: Alternatives from the Modern Movement

The New Eco-Architecture: Alternatives from the Modern...

Author: Colin Porteous
ISBN: 9780415256247
Format: Hardback
$280.00

"""The New Eco-Architecture"" builds a historical bridge between architectural science and theory/design. The book...  Read More >>

Victorian Houses and Their Details: The Role of Publications in Their Building and Decoration

Victorian Houses and Their Details: The Role of Publications...

Author: Helen Long
ISBN: 9786611006020
Format: Electronic book text
$232.06

'Victorian Houses' presents the architectural detailing of the time in the context of the era - providing a comprehensive...  Read More >>

The Hieroglyphics of Space: Reading and Experiencing the Modern Metropolis

The Hieroglyphics of Space: Reading and Experiencing...

Author: Neil Leach
ISBN: 9780415198929
Format: Paperback
$112.00

An edited volume containing contributions from eminent theorists across visual culture, architecture, sociology,...  Read More >>

The New Eco-Architecture: Alternatives from the Modern Movement

The New Eco-Architecture: Alternatives from the Modern...

Author: Colin Porteous
ISBN: 9780415256254
Format: Paperback
$126.00

This book builds a historical bridge between architectural science and theory/design. It seeks to address neglected...  Read More >>

The Hieroglyphics of Space: Reading and Experiencing the Modern Metropolis

The Hieroglyphics of Space: Reading and Experiencing...

Author: Neil Leach
ISBN: 9780415198912
Format: Hardback
$266.00

An edited volume containing contributions from eminent theorists across visual culture, architecture, sociology,...  Read More >>

Die Neue Wohnung: Die Frau ALS Schopferin

Die Neue Wohnung: Die Frau ALS Schopferin

Author: Bruno Taut ,  Manfred Speidel
ISBN: 9783786123620
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Bruno Taut wendet sich in seinem popularsten Buch von seinen visionaren Vorstellungen dem konkreten Alltagsleben...  Read More >>

The Urban Lifeworld: Formation Perception Representation

The Urban Lifeworld: Formation Perception Representation...

Author: Peter Madsen ,  Richard Plunz
ISBN: 9780415231770
Format: Paperback
$112.00

This volume of scholarly essays contributes to our understanding of the cultural role of cities by offering an alternative...  Read More >>

Cityscapes of Modernity: Critical Explorations

Cityscapes of Modernity: Critical Explorations

Author: David Frisby (Glasgow University)
ISBN: 9780745626253
Format: Paperback
$51.95

* A sophisticated account of the work of key German thinkers, including Benjamin and Simmel, and their writings...  Read More >>

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