Theory of architecture books

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The Historiography of Modern Architecture

The Historiography of Modern Architecture

Author: Panayotis Tournikiotis
ISBN: 9780262201179
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Studying the influence of literature on the history of architecture.  Read More >>

Construction Print Reading

Construction Print Reading

Author: Leonard Koel
ISBN: 9780766808393
Format: Paperback
$456.59

This well-illustrated text teaches the basic skills needed to read, study, and understand construction drawings....  Read More >>

The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste

The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History...

Author: Geoffrey Scott ,  Henry Hope Reed
ISBN: 9780393730357
Format: Paperback
$44.75

A classic text in architectural and art historical theory.  Read More >>

The Emerald City: And Other Essays on the Architectural Imagination

The Emerald City: And Other Essays on the Architectural...

Author: Daniel Willis ,  Daniel Willis
ISBN: 9781568981741
Format: Paperback
$52.67

In this book, the author takes us on a flight of imagination that never strays far from the most tangible, even...  Read More >>

Designs and their Consequences: Architecture and Aesthetics

Designs and their Consequences: Architecture and Aesthetics...

Author: Richard Hill
ISBN: 9780300079487
Format: Hardback
$61.95

Richard Hill examines the many-faceted relationship between aesthetic theory and architecture. Hill suggests that...  Read More >>

Origins of Architectural Pleasure

Origins of Architectural Pleasure

Author: Grant Hildebrand
ISBN: 9780520215054
Format: Hardback
$95.95

In this engaging study Grant Hildebrand discusses ways in which architectural forms emulate some archetypal settings...  Read More >>

In Search of Elegance: Towards an Architecture of Satisfaction

In Search of Elegance: Towards an Architecture of Satisfaction...

Author: Michel Lincourt
ISBN: 9780773518278
Format: Paperback
$86.99

An approach to architecture and urban design that bridges the gap between theory and practice.  Read More >>

The Architecture of Science

The Architecture of Science

Author: Peter Galison (Joseph Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University) ,  Emily Thompson (Professor, Princeton University)
ISBN: 9780262071901
Format: Hardback
$198.00

The Architecture of Science offers a dazzling set of speculations by historians of science, architecture, and art;...  Read More >>

Dictionary of Islamic Architecture

Dictionary of Islamic Architecture

Author: Andrew Petersen
ISBN: 9780415213325
Format: Paperback
$112.00

With over 500 entries, and over 100 plans, sketch maps, photographs and illustrations, this work provides a range...  Read More >>

Gnostic Architecture

Gnostic Architecture

Author: Eric Owen Moss
ISBN: 9781580930192
Format: Hardback
$118.80

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Daniel Libeskind: Jewish Museum, Berlin

Daniel Libeskind: Jewish Museum, Berlin

Author: Daniel Libeskind ,  Daniel Libeskind
ISBN: 9783791320755
Format: Paperback
$44.75

A guide to the architecture of the Jewish Museum in Berlin, shedding light on its symbolism and the philosophy behind...  Read More >>

Sci-fi Architecture

Sci-fi Architecture

Author: Maggie Toy
ISBN: 9780471987123
Format: Paperback
$198.00

This volume focuses on the possibilities for our future built environment. Featuring the edited manuscript from...  Read More >>

The Anaesthetics of Architecture

The Anaesthetics of Architecture

Author: Neil Leach
ISBN: 9780262621267
Format: Paperback
$71.28

In this short, intentionally polemical book, Neil Leach draws on theideas of philosophers and cultural theorists...  Read More >>

Architecture and Revolution: Contemporary Perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe

Architecture and Revolution: Contemporary Perspectives...

Author: Neil Leach
ISBN: 9780415139151
Format: Paperback
$112.00

'Architecture and Revolution' presents a series of essays which explore the consequences of the 1989 revolutions...  Read More >>

Architecture and Revolution: Contemporary Perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe

Architecture and Revolution: Contemporary Perspectives...

Author: Neil Leach
ISBN: 9780415139144
Format: Hardback
$266.00

'Architecture and Revolution' presents a series of essays which explore the consequences of the 1989 revolutions...  Read More >>

Civic Realism

Civic Realism

Author: Peter G. Rowe
ISBN: 9780262681056
Format: Paperback
$71.28

A study of the shape and appearance of civic places and the social, political, and cultural circumstances that bring...  Read More >>

Indian Architectural Theory and Practice: Contemporary Uses of Vastu Vidya

Indian Architectural Theory and Practice: Contemporary...

Author: Vibhuti Chakrabarti ,  G. H. R. Tillotson
ISBN: 9780700711130
Format: Hardback
$305.00

In this ground-breaking study, Vastu Vidya, the traditional Indian science of architecture and house-building, is...  Read More >>

Eco-tec: Architecture of the In-between

Eco-tec: Architecture of the In-between

Author: Amerigo Marras
ISBN: 9781568981598
Format: Paperback
$42.11

This text proposes a fusion between ecology and technology that goes beyond theories of sustainability, suggesting...  Read More >>

An Archaeology of Socialism

An Archaeology of Socialism

Author: Victor Buchli
ISBN: 9781859732120
Format: Hardback
$252.00

This highly original case study, which adopts a material culture perspective, is unprecedented in social and cultural...  Read More >>

Building Lives: Structure Rites and Passages

Building Lives: Structure Rites and Passages

Author: Neil Harris
ISBN: 9780300070453
Format: Hardback
$126.72

Drawing on sources including Masonic manuals, tourist guidebooks and religious texts, this illustrated study explores...  Read More >>

Transportable Environments

Transportable Environments

Author: Robert Kronenburg
ISBN: 9780419242505
Format: Paperback
$182.00

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Berlin Free University: Candilis, Josic, Woods, Schiedhelm

Berlin Free University: Candilis, Josic, Woods, Schiedhelm...

Author: Gabriel Feld ,  Gabriel Feld
ISBN: 9781870890762
Format: Paperback
$25.88

Berlin Free University is an imagination of what a building might be - a building designed to function as a piece...  Read More >>

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