Theory of architecture books

5178 books were found.

Poetics of Underground Space: Architecture, Literature, Cinema

Poetics of Underground Space: Architecture, Literature,...

Author: Antonello Boschi (University of Pisa, Italy)
ISBN: 9781032069920
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book investigates the relationship architecture has with the underground. It provides a broad ranging historical...  Read More >>

Jørn Utzon and Transcultural Essentialism

Jørn Utzon and Transcultural Essentialism

Author: Adrian Carter (Bond University, Australia) ,  Marja Sarvimäki (Bond University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780367555870
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The volume includes numerous previously unpublished photographs, drawings and interviews with Utzon’s family members,...  Read More >>

Europe’s 100 Best Cathedrals

Europe’s 100 Best Cathedrals

Author: Simon Jenkins
ISBN: 9780241452639
Format: Hardback
$65.00

From Toledo to Moscow and Stockholm to Seville, discover architectural gems and historical insights from the Sunday...  Read More >>

Design Studio Vol. 3: Designs on History: The Architect as Physical Historian

Design Studio Vol. 3: Designs on History: The Architect...

Author: Jonathan Hill
ISBN: 9781859469729
Format: Paperback
$65.99

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Company Suburbs: Architecture, Power, and the Transformation of Michigan's Mining Frontier

Company Suburbs: Architecture, Power, and the Transformation...

Author: Sarah Fayen Scarlett
ISBN: 9781621906773
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Contrasts two types of neighbourhoods that transformed Michigan's mining frontier between 1875 and 1920: paternalistic...  Read More >>

Architecture and Collective Life

Architecture and Collective Life

Author: Penny Lewis (University of Dundee, UK) ,  Lorens Holm (University of Dundee, Scotland)
ISBN: 9780367633905
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This book addresses the complex relationship between architecture and public life. It’s a study of architecture...  Read More >>

Architecture and Collective Life

Architecture and Collective Life

Author: Penny Lewis (University of Dundee, UK) ,  Lorens Holm (University of Dundee, Scotland)
ISBN: 9780367633912
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book addresses the complex relationship between architecture and public life. It’s a study of architecture...  Read More >>

A Modern Way to Live: 5 Design Principles from The Modern House

A Modern Way to Live: 5 Design Principles from The Modern...

Author: Matt Gibberd
ISBN: 9780241480496
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Transform your home and happiness with five guiding principles from The Modern House. In 2005, childhood friends...  Read More >>

20x14. Reflections on Studying Architecture Abroad

20x14. Reflections on Studying Architecture Abroad

Author: Franco Pisani
ISBN: 9781954081161
Format: Paperback
$44.99

From a distance, all of the discussed topics start to intertwine and melt into each other, becoming a wider reflection...  Read More >>

Building Paradise: Episodes in Paradisiacal Thinking

Building Paradise: Episodes in Paradisiacal Thinking...

Author: Harry Francis Mallgrave
ISBN: 9781032014012
Format: Hardback
$284.00

A sweeping historical study, Building Paradise, seeks to construct a garden ethic for the design arts. It is an...  Read More >>

Flachdach

Flachdach

Author: Anton Pech ,  Wolfgang Hubner
ISBN: 9783035623291
Format: Hardback
$89.27

Dem exponierten Bauteil Flachdach kommt mit seinen speziellen konstruktiven Anforderungen eine besondere planerische...  Read More >>

Philosophical Difference and Advanced Computation in Architectural Theory: From Less to More

Philosophical Difference and Advanced Computation in...

Author: Jefferson Ellinger (University of North Carolina, USA)
ISBN: 9780367554279
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This book presents a new take on the evolution of digital design theories in architecture from modernity to today,...  Read More >>

The Geometry of Environment: An Introduction to Spatial Organization in Design

The Geometry of Environment: An Introduction to Spatial...

Author: Lionel March ,  Philip Steadman
ISBN: 9780367360245
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Originally published in 1971 The Geometry of Environment is a fusion of art and mathematics introducing stimulating...  Read More >>

The Constructed Other: Japanese Architecture in the Western Mind

The Constructed Other: Japanese Architecture in the...

Author: Kevin Nute
ISBN: 9781138390751
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This book argues that a widespread assumption of the inherent otherness of Japanese architecture made it not only...  Read More >>

Architecture in the Age of Pornography: Reading Alain Badiou

Architecture in the Age of Pornography: Reading Alain...

Author: Nadir Lahiji (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
ISBN: 9781032049052
Format: Paperback
$77.99

In this book, Nadir Lahiji adopts Alain Badiou’s thesis from The Pornographic Age to demonstrate that contemporary...  Read More >>

Building Paradise: Episodes in Paradisiacal Thinking

Building Paradise: Episodes in Paradisiacal Thinking...

Author: Harry Francis Mallgrave
ISBN: 9781032014029
Format: Paperback
$77.99

A sweeping historical study, Building Paradise, seeks to construct a garden ethic for the design arts. It is an...  Read More >>

Philosophical Difference and Advanced Computation in Architectural Theory: From Less to More

Philosophical Difference and Advanced Computation in...

Author: Jefferson Ellinger (University of North Carolina, USA)
ISBN: 9780367554286
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book presents a new take on the evolution of digital design theories in architecture from modernity to today,...  Read More >>

The Constructed Other: Japanese Architecture in the Western Mind

The Constructed Other: Japanese Architecture in the...

Author: Kevin Nute
ISBN: 9781138390737
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book argues that a widespread assumption of the inherent otherness of Japanese architecture made it not only...  Read More >>

Architecture in the Age of Pornography: Reading Alain Badiou

Architecture in the Age of Pornography: Reading Alain...

Author: Nadir Lahiji (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
ISBN: 9781032049045
Format: Hardback
$284.00

In this book, Nadir Lahiji adopts Alain Badiou’s thesis from The Pornographic Age to demonstrate that contemporary...  Read More >>

Choreographing Space

Choreographing Space

Author: e+i studio
ISBN: 9781911339441
Format: Paperback
$51.62

Choreographing Space is a reflection on the collaborative work of New York City-based architecture practice, e+i...  Read More >>

Frauen Bauen Stadt: The City Through a Female Lens

Frauen Bauen Stadt: The City Through a Female Lens

Author: Wojciech Czaja ,  Katja Schechtner
ISBN: 9783035624328
Format: Paperback
$103.50

Im Jahr 2030 werden weltweit 2,5 Milliarden Frauen in Städten leben und arbeiten. Traditionell war die Arbeit am...  Read More >>

Die Stadt nach Corona

Die Stadt nach Corona

Author: Doris Kleilein ,  Friederike Meyer
ISBN: 9783868596717
Format: Paperback
$54.34

Homeoffice, Onlineshopping, Undertourism: Die disruptiven Umbrüche durch die Covid-19-Pandemie fordern Architektur...  Read More >>

Internal: Developing Informed Architectural Languages

Internal: Developing Informed Architectural Languages...

Author: Tom Diehl
ISBN: 9781951541255
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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The Evolving Project: The Journal of Architectural Education and the Expansion of Scholarship

The Evolving Project: The Journal of Architectural Education...

Author: Igor Marjanović ,  Marc Neveu
ISBN: 9781951541699
Format: Paperback
$72.99

This book celebrates the rich history of the JAE which is the longest continually running peer-reviewed journal...  Read More >>

Almost, Not: The Architecture of Atelier Nishikata

Almost, Not: The Architecture of Atelier Nishikata

Author: Leslie Van Duzer
ISBN: 9781951541774
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Almost, Not: The Architecture of Atelier Nishikata is the story of a remarkable architecture practice in Tokyo....  Read More >>

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