Theory of architecture books

The dynamic relationship between art and theology continues to fascinate and to challenge, especially when theology...  Read More >>

For the past 150 years, architecture has been a significant tool in the hands of city planners and leaders.  Read More >>

Under the surface of cities and within build environments lay hidden layers that for some play a key role in the...  Read More >>

From hipster culture to David Bowie, from Blade Runner to Warhol, from Foucault to Derrida and from Aldo Rossi to...  Read More >>

Under the surface of cities and within build environments lay hidden layers that for some play a key role in the...  Read More >>

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An understanding of architects’ character traits can offer important insights into how they design buildings. These...  Read More >>

Bringing together ten utopian works this book not only reflects on the texts and their political philosophy and...  Read More >>

Set within the broader context of post-war Austria and the re-education initiatives set up there by the Allied forces,...  Read More >>

This volume brings together architects, urban designers and planners and asks them to reflect and report on the...  Read More >>

This book sets out to explore the creation of interior atmosphere as seen through the lens of mise-en-scène. You...  Read More >>

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An understanding of architects’ character traits can offer important insights into how they design buildings. These...  Read More >>

Cognition and the Built Environment argues that interacting with our built environment, as users and as architects,...  Read More >>

Platform 10: Live Feed is the latest installment of Platform, Harvard University Graduate School of Design's annual...  Read More >>

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This collection of critical essays focuses on how material is transformed, revised, swallowed whole, plagiarized...  Read More >>

Is all knowledge the product of thought? Or can the physical interactions of the body with the world produce reliable...  Read More >>

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This collection of critical essays focuses on how material is transformed, revised, swallowed whole, plagiarized...  Read More >>

We are taught to believe in originals. In art and architecture in particular, original objects vouch for authenticity,...  Read More >>

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Faced with the functionalist maxim form follows function, today architecture should respond to energetic, economic...  Read More >>

Offers a glimpse into what lies ahead for Chinese architecture, and contains analysis of topics that will shape...  Read More >>