Theory of architecture books

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Gianni Arnaudo: Opacity and Transparency

Gianni Arnaudo: Opacity and Transparency

Author: Gianni Arnaudo ,  Maurizio Vogliazzo
ISBN: 9788878380790
Format: Paperback
$60.72

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Taking Shape: A New Contract Between Architecture and Nature

Taking Shape: A New Contract Between Architecture and...

Author: Susannah Hagan
ISBN: 9786611021955
Format: Electronic book text
$279.58

Taking Shape' explores the evolution of scientific and academic theories that have resulted in the concept of sustainability....  Read More >>

Developing Active Adult Retirement Communities

Developing Active Adult Retirement Communities

Author: Diane R. Suchman
ISBN: 9780874208474
Format: Paperback
$248.03

Authored by seasoned professionals, this book explains the various types of projects, covers the all-important """"lifestyle""""...  Read More >>

Discipline Of Architecture

Discipline Of Architecture

Author: Andrzej Piotrowski ,  Julia Williams Robinson
ISBN: 9780816636655
Format: Paperback
$49.95

In the vast literature on architectural theory and practice, the ways in which architectural knowledge is actually...  Read More >>

Discipline Of Architecture

Discipline Of Architecture

Author: Andrzej Piotrowski ,  Julia Williams Robinson
ISBN: 9780816636648
Format: Hardback
$217.80

In the vast literature on architectural theory and practice, the ways in which architectural knowledge is actually...  Read More >>

An Early Encounter with Tomorrow: Europeans, Chicago's Loop, and the World's Columbian Exposition

An Early Encounter with Tomorrow: Europeans, Chicago's...

Author: Arnold Lewis
ISBN: 9780252069659
Format: Paperback
$80.99

Documents the mixture of amazement and alarm with which European visitors greeted 1890s Chicago: as a futuristic...  Read More >>

Vernacular Architecture

Vernacular Architecture

Author: Henry Glassie
ISBN: 9780253213952
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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Fire and Memory: On Architecture and Energy

Fire and Memory: On Architecture and Energy

Author: Luis Fernández-Galiano ,  Gina Cariño
ISBN: 9780262561334
Format: Paperback
$84.48

Architecture and fire, construction and combustion, meet in this poetic treatise on energy in building.  Read More >>

Louis Sullivan: The Poetry of Architecture

Louis Sullivan: The Poetry of Architecture

Author: Narcisco G. Menocal ,  Robert Twombly
ISBN: 9780393048230
Format: Hardback
$124.95

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Do Android Crows Fly Over the Skies of an Electronic Tokyo?

Do Android Crows Fly Over the Skies of an Electronic...

Author: Akira Suzuki ,  J. Keith Vincent
ISBN: 9781902902074
Format: Paperback
$20.70

"A collection of essays on changing lifestyles in contemporary Japanese cities, encompassing the rise of the ""one-room...  Read More >>

A Landscape of Events

A Landscape of Events

Author: Paul Virilio ,  Editions Galilee
ISBN: 9780262720342
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Phenomena such as urban rioting and media coverage of the Gulf War viewed as evidence of the contemporary acceleration...  Read More >>

The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space

The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social...

Author: Iain Borden ,  Joe Kerr
ISBN: 9780262024716
Format: Hardback
$231.00

This book takes its place in the emerging architectural literature that looks beyond design process and buildings...  Read More >>

Modern Architecture in Czechoslovakia and Other Writings

Modern Architecture in Czechoslovakia and Other Writings...

Author: . Teige ,  Jean-Louis Cohen
ISBN: 9780892365968
Format: Paperback
$171.60

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The Tragic in Architecture

The Tragic in Architecture

Author: Richard Patterson
ISBN: 9780471892748
Format: Paperback
$198.00

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Law and Sport in Contemporary Society

Law and Sport in Contemporary Society

Author: Steven Greenfield (University of Westminster, UK) ,  Guy Osborn (University of Westminster, UK)
ISBN: 9780714650487
Format: Hardback
$263.00

As the commercialization of sport grows, the need for regulation increases. This work looks at how the law is used...  Read More >>

Walls Have Feelings: Architecture, Film and the City

Walls Have Feelings: Architecture, Film and the City...

Author: Katherine Shonfield
ISBN: 9780415235426
Format: Paperback
$98.00

This book brings to bear questions of cultural relevance on critical design decisions.  Read More >>

Walls Have Feelings: Architecture, Film and the City

Walls Have Feelings: Architecture, Film and the City...

Author: Katherine Shonfield
ISBN: 9780415235419
Format: Hardback
$266.00

This book brings to bear questions of cultural relevance on critical design decisions.  Read More >>

The Nature of Ornament: Rhythm and Metamorphosis in Architecture

The Nature of Ornament: Rhythm and Metamorphosis in...

Author: Kent Bloomer (Yale University)
ISBN: 9780393730364
Format: Hardback
$74.95

A treasure trove of ideas and encouragement for architects looking for alternatives to the severity of modernism...  Read More >>

Skyscraper Dreams: The Great Real Estate Dynasties of New York

Skyscraper Dreams: The Great Real Estate Dynasties of...

Author: Tom Shachtman
ISBN: 9780595163601
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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Ethics and the Built Environment

Ethics and the Built Environment

Author: Warwick Fox
ISBN: 9780415238786
Format: Paperback
$70.00

International contributors debate ethics in the built environment in all its forms. Will be of interest to architects,...  Read More >>

Ethics and the Built Environment

Ethics and the Built Environment

Author: Warwick Fox
ISBN: 9780415238779
Format: Hardback
$196.00

International contributors debate ethics in the built environment in all its forms. Will be of interest to architects,...  Read More >>

Planning in Postmodern Times

Planning in Postmodern Times

Author: Philip Allmendinger (University of Cambridge, UK)
ISBN: 9780415234221
Format: Hardback
$350.00

This title will appeal to anyone interested in how we think and act in relation to cities, urban planning and governance....  Read More >>

City Levels

City Levels

Author: Nick Barley ,  Ally Ireson
ISBN: 9783764363154
Format: Paperback
$126.59

This title looks at the mechanics of city life from a different perspective. First it goes 50 metres above ground,...  Read More >>

Louis Kahn: Conversations With Students

Louis Kahn: Conversations With Students

Author: Louis I. Kahn ,  Lars Lerup
ISBN: 9781568981499
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This text collates the essays and interviews of Louis Kahn (1901-1974), a practitioner of International Modernism...  Read More >>

Planning in Postmodern Times

Planning in Postmodern Times

Author: Philip Allmendinger (University of Cambridge, UK)
ISBN: 9780415234238
Format: Paperback
$98.00

This title will appeal to anyone interested in how we think and act in relation to cities, urban planning and governance....  Read More >>

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