Theory of architecture books

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Building Meaning: An Architecture Studio Primer on Design, Theory, and History

Building Meaning: An Architecture Studio Primer on Design,...

Author: Tamara Metz
ISBN: 9780367621568
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Introduction 1. Context 2. Inhabitation 3. Building Organization 4. Form 5. Nature 6. Tectonics and Materiality...  Read More >>

Scope of Total Architecture

Scope of Total Architecture

Author: Walter Gropius
ISBN: 9781032180977
Format: Hardback
$194.00

Originally published in 1956, this book provides a non-technical analysis of contemporary building by on the of...  Read More >>

The Architect and the Academy: Essays on Research and Environment

The Architect and the Academy: Essays on Research and...

Author: Dean Hawkes
ISBN: 9780367537159
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Forays

Forays

Author: Joe Day
ISBN: 9781951541194
Format: Paperback
$59.99

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Best Practices: A photo essay about Los Angeles and its messy relationship with building materials, signage systems, communication equipment, plant life, and people

Best Practices: A photo essay about Los Angeles and...

Author: Erin Besler ,  Ian Besler
ISBN: 9781951541118
Format: Paperback
$62.95

Drawing on the history of architecture, media theory, cultural anthropology, and urban studies, Best Practices pairs...  Read More >>

Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory

Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory...

Author: Amir H Ameri
ISBN: 9781032008004
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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How Architecture Tells: 9 Realities that will Change the Way You See

How Architecture Tells: 9 Realities that will Change...

Author: Robert Steinberg ,  The Hon. Penny Pritzker
ISBN: 9781954081314
Format: Hardback
$110.00

The general reading public is likely to think of architecture as buildings. But, with this book, Robert Steinberg...  Read More >>

Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to AI for Architects

Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence:...

Author: Neil Leach (Florida International University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350165519
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A fully-updated new edition of the leading work on architecture, design, and artificial intelligence, now in full...  Read More >>

Building Materials: Material Theory and the Architectural Specification

Building Materials: Material Theory and the Architectural...

Author: Professor Katie Lloyd Thomas
ISBN: 9781350176225
Format: Hardback
$180.00

At a time of unprecedented levels of change in the production of building materials and their deployment in construction,...  Read More >>

Urban Architectures in Interwar Yugoslavia

Urban Architectures in Interwar Yugoslavia

Author: Tanja D. Conley (Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA)
ISBN: 9781032238234
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Urban Architectures in Interwar Yugoslavia will appeal to researchers, academics and students interested in Central...  Read More >>

The Architecture and Landscape of Health: A Historical Perspective on Therapeutic Places 1790-1940

The Architecture and Landscape of Health: A Historical...

Author: Julie Collins (University of South Australia, Australia)
ISBN: 9781032237640
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The Architecture and Landscape of Health explores buildings and landscapes that were designed to treat or prevent...  Read More >>

Architecture and the Language Debate: Artistic and Linguistic Exchanges in Early Modern Italy

Architecture and the Language Debate: Artistic and Linguistic...

Author: Nicholas Temple
ISBN: 9781032238494
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book examines the creative exchanges between architects, artists and intellectuals, from the Early Renaissance...  Read More >>

Narrative Theory in Conservation: Change and Living Buildings

Narrative Theory in Conservation: Change and Living...

Author: Nigel Walter (University of York, UK)
ISBN: 9781032173122
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Narrative Theory in Conservation engages with conservation, heritage studies and architecture approaches to historic...  Read More >>

Resisting Postmodern Architecture: Critical Regionalism Before Globalisation

Resisting Postmodern Architecture: Critical Regionalism...

Author: Stylianos Giamarelos
ISBN: 9781800081345
Format: Paperback
$77.63

Resisting Postmodern Architecture studies critical regionalism within the wider framework of postmodern architecture....  Read More >>

Resisting Postmodern Architecture: Critical Regionalism Before Globalisation

Resisting Postmodern Architecture: Critical Regionalism...

Author: Stylianos Giamarelos
ISBN: 9781800081352
Format: Hardback
$129.38

Resisting Postmodern Architecture studies critical regionalism within the wider framework of postmodern architecture....  Read More >>

Transformation und Mischung: Städtebau im Wandel

Transformation und Mischung: Städtebau im Wandel

Author: Christa Reicher ,  Holger Hoffschröer
ISBN: 9783868595659
Format: Paperback
$78.92

Cities and regions worldwide are faced with sweeping processes of transformation: social and demographic change,...  Read More >>

The Modernity of Borromini: A Lesson by Paolo Portoghesi

The Modernity of Borromini: A Lesson by Paolo Portoghesi...

Author: Luca Ribichini ,  Elena Tinacci
ISBN: 9788899836443
Format: Paperback
$64.69

An intense narrative that overlooks the eternal struggle for the lightness of the architectural structure, in search...  Read More >>

Echo's Chambers: Architecture and the Idea of Acoustic Space

Echo's Chambers: Architecture and the Idea of Acoustic...

Author: Joseph L. Clarke
ISBN: 9780822946571
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Exploration of architectural experimentation from the seventeenth through the mid-twentieth centuries laid the groundwork...  Read More >>

Husserl and Spatiality: A Phenomenological Ethnography of Space

Husserl and Spatiality: A Phenomenological Ethnography...

Author: Tao DuFour (Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.)
ISBN: 9780815361558
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Husserl and Spatiality is an exploration of the phenomenology of space and embodiment, based on the work of Edmund...  Read More >>

Mapping in Architectural Discourse: Place-Time Discontinuities

Mapping in Architectural Discourse: Place-Time Discontinuities...

Author: Marc Schoonderbeek (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
ISBN: 9780367231965
Format: Hardback
$284.00

An investigation into architectural discourse, this book will appeal to academics and researchers within the discipline...  Read More >>

Manhattan's Public Spaces: Production, Revitalization, Commodification

Manhattan's Public Spaces: Production, Revitalization,...

Author: Ana Morcillo Pallarés
ISBN: 9781032056401
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Manhattan’s Public Spaces: Production, Revitalization, Commodification analyzes a series of architectural works...  Read More >>

Architectural Education Through Materiality: Pedagogies of 20th Century Design

Architectural Education Through Materiality: Pedagogies...

Author: Elke Couchez ,  Rajesh Heynickx
ISBN: 9781032062099
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Architectural Education Through Materiality: Pedagogies of 20th Century Design brings together a collection of illustrated...  Read More >>

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