Theory of architecture books

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Building the Architect's Character: Explorations in Traits

Building the Architect's Character: Explorations in...

Author: Kendra Schank Smith (Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) ,  Albert Smith (Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
ISBN: 9781138675360
Format: Hardback
$378.00

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

Unbuilt Utopian Cities 1460 to 1900: Reconstructing their Architecture and Political Philosophy

Unbuilt Utopian Cities 1460 to 1900: Reconstructing...

Author: Tessa Morrison
ISBN: 9781138573307
Format: Paperback
$96.99

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Hans Hollein and Postmodernism: Art and Architecture in Austria, 1958-1985

Hans Hollein and Postmodernism: Art and Architecture...

Author: Eva Branscome (University College London, UK)
ISBN: 9781472459947
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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

Creating Interior Atmosphere: Mise-en-scène and Interior Design

Creating Interior Atmosphere: Mise-en-scène and Interior...

Author: Jean Whitehead (Falmouth University, UK)
ISBN: 9781474249676
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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

Bones of Contention: Muslim Shrines in Palestine

Bones of Contention: Muslim Shrines in Palestine

Author: Andrew Petersen
ISBN: 9789811069642
Format: Hardback
$142.29

This pivot sets Muslim shrines within the wider context of Heritage Studies in the Muslim world and considers their...  Read More >>

Building the Architect's Character: Explorations in Traits

Building the Architect's Character: Explorations in...

Author: Kendra Schank Smith (Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) ,  Albert Smith (Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
ISBN: 9781138675377
Format: Paperback
$120.00

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

GSD Platform 10: Live Feed

GSD Platform 10: Live Feed

Author: Jon Lott ,  John May
ISBN: 9781945150609
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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

Kinaesthetic Knowing: Aesthetics, Epistemology, Modern Design

Kinaesthetic Knowing: Aesthetics, Epistemology, Modern...

Author: Zeynep Celik Alexander
ISBN: 9780226485201
Format: Hardback
$97.95

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

The Heart of the City: Legacy and Complexity of a Modern Design Idea

The Heart of the City: Legacy and Complexity of a Modern...

Author: Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi
ISBN: 9781472483041
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book offers a new perspective on the significance of public space and shows how The Heart of the City still...  Read More >>

Plaster Monuments: Architecture and the Power of Reproduction

Plaster Monuments: Architecture and the Power of Reproduction...

Author: Mari Lending
ISBN: 9780691177144
Format: Hardback
$89.99

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

Steps to Architecture: B.Arch (Nata/Jee?Main) Exam Guide

Steps to Architecture: B.Arch (Nata/Jee?Main) Exam Guide...

Author: Nimish Madan
ISBN: 9789386298195
Format: Paperback
$85.36

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Forms Follows Efficiency: Cepa for Caas

Forms Follows Efficiency: Cepa for Caas

Author: Marc Cassany
ISBN: 9781940291864
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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

AA Women in Architecture: 1917-2017

AA Women in Architecture: 1917-2017

Author: Lynne Walker ,  Elizabeth Darling
ISBN: 9781907896910
Format: Hardback
$118.67

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Landscape Architecture at Tsinghua University: 60 Years of Excellence

Landscape Architecture at Tsinghua University: 60 Years...

Author: Zheng Xiaodi ,  Rui Yang
ISBN: 9781939621627
Format: Hardback
$95.00

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

Mortal Cities & Forgotten Monuments

Mortal Cities & Forgotten Monuments

Author: Arna Mackic ,  Rosa Te Velde
ISBN: 9783038600091
Format: Hardback
$79.99

As a child, architect Arna Ma??ki?? experienced firsthand the Bosnian civil war, and with her family she fled her...  Read More >>

Heavy Timber Structures: Creating Comfort in Public Spaces

Heavy Timber Structures: Creating Comfort in Public...

Author: Anthony F. Zaya ,  Tim Diener
ISBN: 9780764354205
Format: Hardback
$95.00

Explores the physiological and aesthetic benefits of heavy timber construction in public spaces!  Read More >>

Icelandic Lessons – Industrial Landscape. Teaching and Research in Architecture

Icelandic Lessons – Industrial Landscape. Teaching and...

Author: Harry Gugger ,  Aurelie Blanchard
ISBN: 9783906027807
Format: Paperback
$129.36

A research project about industrial and architectural development potential in Iceland, with the results being presented...  Read More >>

Weltanschauung as an Ersatz Gestalt

Weltanschauung as an Ersatz Gestalt

Author: Jan Turnovsky ,  Eva Guttmann
ISBN: 9783038600008
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Jan Turnovsky was a Czech-Austrian architectural theoretician and highly influential for an entire generation of...  Read More >>

Invention of Space – All About Space: Volume I

Invention of Space – All About Space: Volume I

Author: Dieter Dietz ,  Matthias Michel
ISBN: 9783038600039
Format: Hardback
$56.99

Initial volume of a new series - All About Space - comprising four books on the creation of architectural space....  Read More >>

Demo:Polis – The Right to Public Space

Demo:Polis – The Right to Public Space

Author: Barbara Hoidn
ISBN: 9783038600053
Format: Hardback
$79.99

Presenting the results of a major research project supported by the Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, encompassing a...  Read More >>

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