Theory of architecture books

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Architecture in the Age of Printing: Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory

Architecture in the Age of Printing: Orality, Writing,...

Author: Mario Carpo (Professor, The Bartlett School of Architecture) ,  Sarah Benson
ISBN: 9780262032889
Format: Hardback
$100.32

A history of the influence of communication technologies on Western architectural theory.  Read More >>

Anything

Anything

Author: Cynthia Davidson (ANYOne Corporation / Log)
ISBN: 9780262541305
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Architects, theorists, historians, and others explore architectures that are open to ""anything.""  Read More >>

Architecture from the Outside: Essays on Virtual and Real Space

Architecture from the Outside: Essays on Virtual and...

Author: Elizabeth Grosz (Rutgers, State University of New Jersey) ,  Peter Eisenman
ISBN: 9780262571494
Format: Paperback
$68.64

Essays at the intersection of philosophy and architecture explore how we understand and inhabit space.  Read More >>

The Ethical Architect: The Dilemma of Contemporary Practice

The Ethical Architect: The Dilemma of Contemporary Practice...

Author: Tom Spector
ISBN: 9781568982854
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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

Architecture Today

Architecture Today

Author: James Steele
ISBN: 9780714840970
Format: Paperback
$158.27

A guide to the prominent architectural movements of the last 25 years.  Read More >>

Ancient Indian Architecture

Ancient Indian Architecture

Author: Sanjev Maheshwari ,  Rajeev Garg
ISBN: 9788123907659
Format: Hardback
$136.75

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The Paradox of Contemporary Architecture

The Paradox of Contemporary Architecture

Author: P Cook ,  Neil Spiller
ISBN: 9780471496854
Format: Paperback
$224.40

"This second volume in the "". of Contemporary Architecture"" series summarises lectures by a stunning selection...  Read More >>

Architecture in the Family Way: Doctors, Houses, and Women, 1870-1900

Architecture in the Family Way: Doctors, Houses, and...

Author: Annmarie Adams ,  Annmarie Adams
ISBN: 9780773522398
Format: Paperback
$86.99

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Perspecta 32 ""Resurfacing Modernism"": The Yale Architectural Journal

Perspecta 32 ""Resurfacing Modernism"": The Yale Architectural...

Author: Ann Marie Brennan ,  Nahum Goodenow
ISBN: 9780262523097
Format: Paperback
$55.44

An exploration of mid-century architectural modernism in a postmodern age, and of surface as a subject with depth....  Read More >>

How Architecture Got Its Hump

How Architecture Got Its Hump

Author: Roger Connah (The Hotel Architecture)
ISBN: 9780262531887
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Fables of content and undoing on the current state of architecture.  Read More >>

Taking Shape

Taking Shape

Author: Susannah Hagan
ISBN: 9780750649483
Format: Paperback
$139.79

An exploration of the evolution of scientific and academic theories that have resulted in the concept of sustainability....  Read More >>

Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture

Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture

Author: Lance Lavine
ISBN: 9780816634774
Format: Paperback
$46.95

An exploration of technology's role in architecture and humanity's understanding of nature. In Mechanics and Meaning...  Read More >>

Structure and Architecture

Structure and Architecture

Author: Angus J MacDonald
ISBN: 9780080518060
Format: Electronic book text
$123.95

Structure and Architecture is an essential textbook for students and practitioners of architecture and structural...  Read More >>

Architecture and Geometry in the Age of the Baroque

Architecture and Geometry in the Age of the Baroque...

Author: George L. Hersey
ISBN: 9780226327839
Format: Hardback
$142.56

The age of Baroque witnessed the construction of some magnificent buildings, but what did the work of architects...  Read More >>

The Historiography of Modern Architecture

The Historiography of Modern Architecture

Author: Panayotis Tournikiotis
ISBN: 9780262700856
Format: Paperback
$84.48

The history of modern architecture as constructed by historians and key texts.  Read More >>

The Monumental Impulse: Architecture's Biological Roots

The Monumental Impulse: Architecture's Biological Roots...

Author: George L. Hersey
ISBN: 9780262582032
Format: Paperback
$73.92

A highly original view of the relationship between architecture and the biological sciences.  Read More >>

Taking Shape: A New Contract Between Architecture and Nature

Taking Shape: A New Contract Between Architecture and...

Author: Susannah Hagan (University of East London, UK)
ISBN: 9780080518411
Format: Electronic book text
$139.79

Taking Shape' explores the evolution of scientific and academic theories that have resulted in the concept of sustainability....  Read More >>

Landscapes of Memory and Experience

Landscapes of Memory and Experience

Author: Jan Birksted
ISBN: 9780419250708
Format: Paperback
$135.00

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Gianni Arnaudo: Opacity and Transparency

Gianni Arnaudo: Opacity and Transparency

Author: Gianni Arnaudo ,  Maurizio Vogliazzo
ISBN: 9788878380790
Format: Paperback
$60.72

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Taking Shape: A New Contract Between Architecture and Nature

Taking Shape: A New Contract Between Architecture and...

Author: Susannah Hagan
ISBN: 9786611021955
Format: Electronic book text
$279.58

Taking Shape' explores the evolution of scientific and academic theories that have resulted in the concept of sustainability....  Read More >>

Developing Active Adult Retirement Communities

Developing Active Adult Retirement Communities

Author: Diane R. Suchman
ISBN: 9780874208474
Format: Paperback
$248.03

Authored by seasoned professionals, this book explains the various types of projects, covers the all-important """"lifestyle""""...  Read More >>

Discipline of Architecture

Discipline of Architecture

Author: Andrzej Piotrowski ,  Julia Williams Robinson
ISBN: 9780816636655
Format: Paperback
$49.95

In the vast literature on architectural theory and practice, the ways in which architectural knowledge is actually...  Read More >>

Discipline of Architecture

Discipline of Architecture

Author: Andrzej Piotrowski ,  Julia Williams Robinson
ISBN: 9780816636648
Format: Hardback
$217.80

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An Early Encounter with Tomorrow: Europeans, Chicago's Loop, and the World's Columbian Exposition

An Early Encounter with Tomorrow: Europeans, Chicago's...

Author: Arnold Lewis
ISBN: 9780252069659
Format: Paperback
$80.99

Documents the mixture of amazement and alarm with which European visitors greeted 1890s Chicago: as a futuristic...  Read More >>

Vernacular Architecture

Vernacular Architecture

Author: Henry Glassie
ISBN: 9780253213952
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Synthesises a career of concern with traditional building. The author articulates the principles of architectural...  Read More >>

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