Theory of architecture books

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Structural Design for Architecture

Structural Design for Architecture

Author: Angus J. Macdonald
ISBN: 9780750630900
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Historical Buildings of Iran: Their Architecture and Structure

Historical Buildings of Iran: Their Architecture and...

Author: M. M. Hejazi
ISBN: 9781853124846
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Presenting an account of the structural and architectural characteristics of Iranian historical structures, this...  Read More >>

Sweet Disorder and the Carefully Careless: Theory and Criticism in Architecture

Sweet Disorder and the Carefully Careless: Theory and...

Author: Robert Maxwell
ISBN: 9781568980058
Format: Paperback
$52.67

""Sweet Disorder and the Carefully Careless: Theory and Criticism inArchitecture"" is the first comprehensive collection...  Read More >>

Archeticture: Ecstasies of Space, Time, and the Human Body

Archeticture: Ecstasies of Space, Time, and the Human...

Author: David Farrell Krell
ISBN: 9780791434093
Format: Hardback
$106.73

Calls for rethinking architecture as a way of renegotiating our encounter with the world, taking into account the...  Read More >>

The Story of Architecture

The Story of Architecture

Author: Patrick Nuttgens
ISBN: 9780714836164
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Throughout the creation and shaping of the built environment has been at the forefront of human endeavour. The Story...  Read More >>

The Story of Architecture

The Story of Architecture

Author: Patrick Nuttgens
ISBN: 9780714836157
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Throughout the creation and shaping of the built environment has been at the forefront of human endeavour. The Story...  Read More >>

The Sarasota School of Architecture, 1941–1966

The Sarasota School of Architecture, 1941–1966

Author: John Howey ,  Michael Sorkin
ISBN: 9780262581561
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Provides a documentation of the architectural group the Sarasota school and considers their designs and theories....  Read More >>

Planning for Urban Quality: Urban Design in Towns and Cities

Planning for Urban Quality: Urban Design in Towns and...

Author: Michael Parfect ,  Gordon Power
ISBN: 9780415159678
Format: Hardback
$378.00

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"Leon Battista Alberti's ""Hypnerotomachia Poliphili""": Eros, Furore and Humanism in the Early Italian Renaissance

"Leon Battista Alberti's ""Hypnerotomachia Poliphili""":...

Author: Liane Lefaivre
ISBN: 9780262122047
Format: Hardback
$184.80

A critical-theoretical reading of the strange, dreamlike work of Leon Battista Alberti.  Read More >>

The Rule and the Model: On the Theory of Architecture and Urbanism

The Rule and the Model: On the Theory of Architecture...

Author: Francoise Choay ,  Franaoise Choay
ISBN: 9780262513890
Format: Paperback
$54.21

"First published in France in 1980, this book was awarded the ""Grand Prix de la Critique d'Architecture"". It examines...  Read More >>

Perspecta: The Yale Architecture Journal

Perspecta: The Yale Architecture Journal

Author: Robert Joyce ,  Rossana Santos
ISBN: 9780262661027
Format: Paperback
$92.40

The focus of Perspecta 28 is the architect's persona. The essays concentrate on the role that personal vision plays...  Read More >>

Learning by Building: Design and Construction in Architectural Education

Learning by Building: Design and Construction in Architectural...

Author: W.J. Carpenter
ISBN: 9780471287933
Format: Paperback
$198.00

This is a textbook for potential use in design studio and design theory courses. It should also be appealing to...  Read More >>

Collage City

Collage City

Author: Colin Rowe ,  Fred Koetter
ISBN: 9783764356088
Format: Paperback
$80.95

This book is a critical reappraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design and of the role of the...  Read More >>

Transparency

Transparency

Author: Colin Rowe ,  Robert Sluzky
ISBN: 9783764356149
Format: Paperback
$94.91

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The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique

The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique...

Author: T.Wells Schaller
ISBN: 9780471284659
Format: Hardback
$113.39

This study demonstrates the viability, power, and beauty of architectural artwork, not as a means to an end, but...  Read More >>

The International Style

The International Style

Author: Henry Russell Hitchcock ,  Philip Johnson
ISBN: 9780393315189
Format: Paperback
$37.95

The most influential work of architectural criticism and history of the twentieth century, now available in a handsomely...  Read More >>

Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory

Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory...

Author: Neil Leach
ISBN: 9780415128261
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This book brings together the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth...  Read More >>

Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory

Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory...

Author: Neil Leach
ISBN: 9780415128254
Format: Hardback
$399.00

This book brings together the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth...  Read More >>

Modernity and Its Other: A Post-Script to Contemporary Architecture

Modernity and Its Other: A Post-Script to Contemporary...

Author: Gevork Hartoonian
ISBN: 9780890967294
Format: Hardback
$131.87

The modern/postmodern debate has been fueled by the appearance of a new world order. And, in the aftermath of sociopolitical...  Read More >>

The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History

The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History...

Author: Dolores Hayden
ISBN: 9780262581523
Format: Paperback
$76.56

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The Unreal America: Architecture and Illusion

The Unreal America: Architecture and Illusion

Author: Ada Louise Huxtable
ISBN: 9781565840553
Format: Hardback
$54.00

"This text examines society's attitude towards the proliferation of invented environments such as theme parks and...  Read More >>

Nature and the Idea of a Man-Made World: An Investigation into the Evolutionary Roots of Form and Order in the Built Environment

Nature and the Idea of a Man-Made World: An Investigation...

Author: Norman Crowe
ISBN: 9780262531467
Format: Paperback
$68.64

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