Theory of architecture books

Cities around the world are being wrecked by the ever-increasing burden of traffic. This title suggests a future...  Read More >>

Provides a systematic overview of the idea of architectural space. This book provides an introduction, and views...  Read More >>

This text explores measures being tried to lessen cities traffic congestion. It takes the best examples from around...  Read More >>

Contributors to this volume challenge and help to define a view of architecture that considers what architecture...  Read More >>

This unique guide provides a systematic overview of the idea of architectural space. Bryan Lawson provides an ideal...  Read More >>

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One of the best architecture critics writing today presents a new collection which previews the state of contemporary...  Read More >>

Provides a systematic overview of the idea of architectural space. This book provides an introduction, and views...  Read More >>

This text explores the idea of entropia, which can be defined as the space between utopia and dystopia. This space...  Read More >>

This book offers a multidisciplinary approach to the medina, the traditional walled Arab city of North Africa, looking...  Read More >>

Many believe that the moral mission of architecture has been in decline for the last 25 years. In this work, Tom...  Read More >>

Composed of ten essays and an epilogue that trace the history of contemporary form as an evolving poetic of structure...  Read More >>

An architect's view of the metropolitan consciousness and the suburban metropolis as the future frontier.  Read More >>

A collection of two- and three-dimensional studies that proceed from the idea of 'ground' or 'field' as the basis...  Read More >>

Presenting on-going research into a process of generating architecture based on actions and their subsequent transposition...  Read More >>

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The aim of this book is to expand the subject and matter of architecture, and to explore their interdependence....  Read More >>

The aim of this book is to expand the subject and matter of architecture, and to explore their interdependence....  Read More >>

The first task for any architect is determining the requirements of a proposed building or site--a process referred...  Read More >>

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In a series of interlinked essays encompassing music (baroque and rock), architecture, urban planning and literature,...  Read More >>

A critique of social and technological determinism in environmental design.  Read More >>