Theory of architecture books

Colin Rowe has achieved legendary status as one of a handful of outstanding studio teachers of architecture and...  Read More >>

Colin Rowe has achieved legendary status as one of a handful of outstanding studio teachers of architecture and...  Read More >>

Transparency and luminescence have re-emerged in the vocabulary of architecture, and light and ""lightness"" have...  Read More >>

This volume in the Nearby History series helps the reader document the history of a home. The reader will learn...  Read More >>

Earth Moves, Bernard Cache's first major work, conceptualizes a series of architectural images as vehicles for two...  Read More >>

In Architecture as Metaphor, Kojin Karatani detects a recurrent ""will to architecture"" that he argues is the foundation...  Read More >>

Baillie Scott’s long career spanned the years from 1892 to 1939 – several ages in architecture. He may be considered...  Read More >>

By locating the architecture already hidden within deconstructive discourse, Wigley opens up more radical possibilities...  Read More >>

This small, striking book documents a project by TUNS School of Architecture in collaboration with the Nova Scotia...  Read More >>

How do countries acquire their distinctive features and appearance, their look or style? Focusing on Britain, with...  Read More >>

Through its majestic form and monumental style, the Texas State Capitol (erected 1882-1888) reflects the pride of...  Read More >>

Addresses philosophical questions concerning the relation between writing and architecture. This book draws together...  Read More >>

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In this text, Pierre Zoelly examines the work he has done since the 1960s to discover how well his houses have fulfilled...  Read More >>

This study looks at groups with an interest in a work of architecture - owners, inhabitants, customers, critics...  Read More >>

Drawing on both the work of modern theorists like Georg Lukács, Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, and Siegfried Kracauer,...  Read More >>

A history of Venetian culture from the beginning of the 16th century through the first decades of the 17th century....  Read More >>

The first theoretical, historical, and scientific analysis of one of the most basic and universal building elements:...  Read More >>

The firm of McCarter & Nairne dominated public architecture in Vancouver from the inception of the partnership between...  Read More >>

George Baird probes into the conceptual lineage and current expressions of postmodernism and the critique of postmodern...  Read More >>

Post-tensioning is the most versatile form of pre stressing, a technique which enables engineers to make the most...  Read More >>

Post-tensioning is the most versatile form of pre stressing, a technique which enables engineers to make the most...  Read More >>

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