Theory of architecture books

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Green Shift: Changing Attitudes in Architecture to the Natural World

Green Shift: Changing Attitudes in Architecture to the...

Author: John Farmer ,  Kenneth Richardson
ISBN: 9780750643405
Format: Paperback
$126.59

"Although concern for green issues is now widespread in architecture as well as elsewhere, there is little to which...  Read More >>

Matter and Mind in Architecture

Matter and Mind in Architecture

Author: Various Contributors
ISBN: 9789516826076
Format: Hardback
$116.16

The theme of this book, based on the 7th Alvar Aalto Symposium, might be construed as being introspective in our...  Read More >>

Alvar Aalto: A Gentler Structure for Life

Alvar Aalto: A Gentler Structure for Life

Author: Marku Lahttl ,  Maija Holma
ISBN: 9789516824751
Format: Hardback
$130.00

This volume contains a cross-section of the work of Alvar Aalto in 23 areas from the 1920s to the 1970s. Markku...  Read More >>

Islamic Art and Architecture: System of Geometric Design

Islamic Art and Architecture: System of Geometric Design...

Author: Issam El-Said ,  Tarek El-Bouri
ISBN: 9781873938454
Format: Hardback
$118.67

Issam El-Said pinpoints the rules of composition that form the basis of the geometric concepts of Islamic art. He...  Read More >>

Millennium Architecture Studio: Selected and Current Works

Millennium Architecture Studio: Selected and Current...

Author: Images ,  The Images Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781864700213
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Created in Paris in 1973, Architecture Studio today integrates the work of seven associate architects, city planners,...  Read More >>

Modernity and Its Other: A Post-Script to Contemporary Architecture

Modernity and Its Other: A Post-Script to Contemporary...

Author: Gevork Hartoonian
ISBN: 9780890967294
Format: Hardback
$131.87

"The modern/postmodern debate has been fueled by the appearance of a new world order. And, in the aftermath of sociopolitical...  Read More >>

The Favored Circle: The Social Foundations of Architectural Distinction

The Favored Circle: The Social Foundations of Architectural...

Author: Garry Stevens
ISBN: 9780262194082
Format: Hardback
$184.80

Do successful architects owe their success not so much to genius as to social background and a host of other factors...  Read More >>

Excellence by Design: Transforming Workplace and Work Practice

Excellence by Design: Transforming Workplace and Work...

Author: Turid H. Horgen ,  Michael L. Joroff
ISBN: 9780471246473
Format: Hardback
$250.80

A Groundbreaking Look at One of the Most Important Issues Facing Businesses Today Often overlooked, yet vital to...  Read More >>

Situation Normal...

Situation Normal...

Author: Paul Lewis ,  Marc Tsurumaki
ISBN: 9781568981543
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Examining common architectural forms (chairs, doors and walls) and programmes (a cinema, a health club and a skyscraper),...  Read More >>

In Search of Elegance: Towards an Architecture of Satisfaction

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

Author: Michel Lincourt
ISBN: 9780773517530
Format: Hardback
$290.40

This text presents a radical approach to architecture and urban design that bridges the gap between theory and practice....  Read More >>

The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History

The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History

Author: Edward Casey
ISBN: 9780520216495
Format: Paperback
$76.43

Offers a philosophical history of the evolving conceptualizations of place and space in Western thought. The text...  Read More >>

"Perspecta 29 ""Into the Fire""": The Yale Architectural Journal

"Perspecta 29 ""Into the Fire""": The Yale Architectural...

Author: William Deresiewicz ,  Garrett S. Finney
ISBN: 9780262540926
Format: Paperback
$52.80

The issue presents contemporary American projects that representanother generation of commitment to activist practice—continuing...  Read More >>

Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism

Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism

Author: Rudolf Wittkower
ISBN: 9780471977636
Format: Paperback
$237.60

Focusing on the principal architects of that time--from Alberti to Palladio--this bestselling classic explains the...  Read More >>

The Architecture of East Australia

The Architecture of East Australia

Author: Bill MacMahon ,  Siegfried J. Gragnato
ISBN: 9783930698905
Format: Paperback
$69.99

The buildings included within this guide extend from the first examples of Australian architecture by convict architect...  Read More >>

Intelligent Buildings in South East Asia

Intelligent Buildings in South East Asia

Author: Andrew Harrison ,  Eric Loe
ISBN: 9780419212904
Format: Paperback
$210.00

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Paper Palaces: The Rise of the Renaissance Architectural Treatise

Paper Palaces: The Rise of the Renaissance Architectural...

Author: Vaughan Hart ,  Peter Hicks
ISBN: 9780300075304
Format: Hardback
$184.80

This volume examines the writings of the Roman architect, Vitruvius, and major Renaissance architectural treatises,...  Read More >>

Michael Sorkin Studio: Wiggle

Michael Sorkin Studio: Wiggle

Author: Michael Sorkin
ISBN: 9783211831618
Format: Paperback
$22.95

Michael Sorkin is one of the visible and talked-about architects. This is the volume on the multifaceted architecture...  Read More >>

Disciplined Exuberance: The Parish Church of Saint-Maclou and Late Gothic Architecture in Rouen

Disciplined Exuberance: The Parish Church of Saint-Maclou...

Author: Linda Neagley
ISBN: 9780271017167
Format: Hardback
$237.47

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Writing London: The Trace of the Urban Text from Blake to Dickens

Writing London: The Trace of the Urban Text from Blake...

Author: J. Wolfreys
ISBN: 9780333736869
Format: Hardback
$169.00

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The Architecture of Additions: Design and Regulation

The Architecture of Additions: Design and Regulation...

Author: Paul Spencer Byard
ISBN: 9780393730210
Format: Hardback
$105.60

The Architecture of Additions considers the ways in which old and new architecture combine and work together-the...  Read More >>

Evictions: Art and Spatial Politics

Evictions: Art and Spatial Politics

Author: Rosalyn Deutsche
ISBN: 9780262540971
Format: Paperback
$130.00

Looking at issues of public space, this text combines critical aesthetics theory about the social production of...  Read More >>

The Ethical Function of Architecture

The Ethical Function of Architecture

Author: Karsten Harries (Howard H. Newman Professor of Philosophy, Yale University)
ISBN: 9780262581714
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Developing the claim that contemporary architecture's main task is to interpret a way of life valid for our time,...  Read More >>

Thirteen Ways: Theoretical Investigations in Architecture

Thirteen Ways: Theoretical Investigations in Architecture...

Author: Robert Harbison
ISBN: 9780262581707
Format: Paperback
$55.44

In this discussion of architectural theory, the author offers a portrait of architecture in which use, symbol, and...  Read More >>

Cities For A Small Planet

Cities For A Small Planet

Author: Richard Rogers ,  Crispin Tickell
ISBN: 9780813335537
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A work which sets out to show how future cities could provide the springboard for restoring humanity's harmony with...  Read More >>

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