The Four Books of Architecture, Paperback - Andrea Palladio

Reducere. First published in four volumes in Venice in 1570, "The Four Books of Architecture" is the important architectural treatise by the famed Italian ar...

An exploration of the hitherto neglected architectural legacy of the boom in manufacturing in the Veneto in the Renaissance, exploiting natural mat...

Reducere. The Founding Myths of Architecture brings together and discusses the work of some of the most influential and intriguing figures in the history of ...

An explanation of the meaning of architecture and how to understand the quality and meaning to be found in architectural images.Illustrations: clr ...

Reducere. A complete reference to the classical orders of architecture, this magnificently illustrated volume covers the Greek, Roman, and Renaissance period...

A landmark account of architectural theory and practice from acclaimed philosopher Roger ScrutonArchitecture is distinguished from other art forms ...

Presents an interpretation of the Classical Orders. This book includes the proportions in both metric and imperial measurements to make the orders ...

Reducere. The First Four Books of Poems collects the early work that established Louise Gluck as one of America's most original and important poets. Honored ...

Designers around the world are carving out opportunities for new kinds of engagement, new kinds of collaboration, new kinds of design outcomes, and...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Francois BlanciakIllustration(s): 70 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dime...

Part memento mori for architecture, and part invocation to reimagine the design values that lay at the heart of its creative purpose.Buildings, alt...

DescriptionThis is a book that shows how to "see" structures as being integral to architecture. It engages a subject that is both about understandi...

This book exposes dialogue between history, theory, design, construction, technology, and sensory experience by means of digital simulations that e...

Palladio (1508-80) combined classical restraint with constant inventiveness. In this study, Professor Ackerman sets Palladio in the context of his ...

Updated with expanded coverage of twenty-first century architecture, this new edition uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture ...

Reducere. One of history's most published architectural treatises, this Renaissance volume solidified the architectural canon of the past five centuries. In ...

Reducere. Since 'The Social Logic of Space' was published in 1984, Bill Hillier and his colleagues at University College London have been conducting research...

Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They...

Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Douglas MurphyNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softback...

Shows how the Four Books - "The Greater Learning", "The Analects", "The Mencius", and "The Doctrine of the Mean" - have been read and understood by...

DescriptionArchitect and philosopher H l ne Frichot examines how the discipline of architecture is theorized and practiced at the periphery. Eschew...

Reducere. Like America itself, the architecture of the United States is an amalgam, an imitation or an importation of foreign forms adapted to the natural or...

Publisher: Office AU LimitedCollection: The Politics of Public SpacePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 102 x 166 x 27Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Reducere. The poems in Andrea Cohen's Nightshade, her sixth full-length collection, are constructed from the wisdom of loss--of lovers and loved ones and a w...

Reducere. DescriptionStarting from the Radical research to contemporary design, the book collects Andrea Branzi's work about the relationship city-design. Th...

Architectural Type and Character provides an alternative perspective to the current role given to history in architecture, reunifying architectural...

Reyner Banham examined the built environment of Los Angeles in a way no architectural historian before him had done, looking with fresh eyes at its...

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Reducere. DescriptionEverything you want to know about the history of architecture is included in this comprehensive guided tour. Author Carol Strickland bri...

Gottfied Semper was the most important German theorist of the nineteenth century. From his first published essay on Greek polychromy in 1834 to his...

Crumbled shells of mosques in Iraq, the fall of the World Trade Center towers on September 11: when architectural totems such as these are destroye...

This is a major revision and expansion of what has long been recognized as a basic reference in its field. Besides updating the existing text, the ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William Walker AtkinsonThis volume puts together for the first time in one volume, the Four Arcanes, the amazing books writ...

From Hitler's vast Chancellery to Saddam Hussein's Mother of all Battles mosque, from Olympic stadiums to Donald Trump's excesses, the author exami...

DescriptionThe objects of architecture are not simply inert assemblies of material--they are complex entities that unfold their potential agencies ...

The planning, construction, and execution of the functional work of art that was the First Goetheanum was an endeavor that occupied Rudolf Steiner ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Andrea SfiligoiIllustrator: Andrea SfiligoiOther: Victor JarmuszWhen standard dungeons do not pose much of a challenge anym...

Reducere. Will you return from the dead?"That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die."The words of Alazhred are truer t...

Architecture is a constant presence in the study of human interaction--acting as both the ground on which human social behavior is performed and a ...

Reducere. Rudolf Steiner gave thousands of lectures in his lifetime, usually without notes, and, with very few exceptions, with nothing more than chalk and a...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Blossoms' Demesne is a beautiful demonworld, rich in harvesting materials for brewing potions. Here, time is immaterial and wealth i...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Andrea SfiligoiIllustrator: Andrea SfiligoiIllustrator: Heather ShinnThe Three Rings is and adventure for Four Against Dark...

Reducere. This book is about the art and architectural treasures in the Veneto, a province in Northern Italy. A primary focus is the work of Renaissance arch...