Essential Architecture

Contributor(s): Editor: Simon SwaffieldHere, for students and practitioners of landscape architecture, architecture, and planning, is a single reso...

This essential work views the place of religious architecture, including mosques, churches, temples and synagogues, in modern society.

The first definitive book on the diagram in architecture - an umbrella work that brings together key images and essential reading.

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 ...

An essential exploration of how Russian ideas about the United States shaped architecture and urban design from the czarist era to the fall of the ...

Reducere. This collection of writings on beauty includes selections from twenty key philosophers and theoreticians spanning two millennia: Plato - Aristotle ...

Reducere. * Just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture. * Covers the highlights of architectural history, from ...

Reducere. An essential toolkit for understanding architecture as both art form and the setting for our everyday livesWe spend most of our days and nights in ...

Contributor(s): Author: Francis D. K. ChingAuthor: James F. EcklerA survey of the built environment distills the work of legendaryauthor and illust...

Reducere. Exploring a new century of architecture in the Windy City Chicago's wealth of architectural treasures makes it one of the world's majestic cityscap...

How to Read Architecture is based on the fundamental premise that reading and interpreting architecture is something we already do, and that close ...

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The definitive architecture travel guide that lets you visit 1, 000 of today's most must-see contemporary buildings - whether at home or on the roa...

Most architectural standards references contain thousands of pages of details, overwhelmingly more than architects need to know to know on any give...

DescriptionEvery building starts with an idea. But how do you get from a concept to a piece of architecture? Why do some ideas work better than oth...

Reducere. The new student edition of the definitive reference on landscape architecture Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition is a conde...

Updated to cover the latest in AutoCAD software, this is an essential resource for architects and interior designers.

Essential guide to the diverse architecture of Derbyshire, called by Pevsner a 'county of contrasts.' 120 colour illus.

Fully revised for the first time in 60 years, this is the essential companion to the architecture of Cambridgeshire.

101 Rules of Thumb sets out the essential elements of low-energy architecture in a fresh, intuitive way. Where ever-changing technology and complex...

Understanding the relationship between design and technology is critical to the understanding of architecture. This book clearly explains the core ...

This landmark study proposes and describes how organizations need to create an architecture of listening to regain trust and re-engage people whose...

DescriptionAcross design disciplines, drawing by hand has largely become a lost art. With digital tools at their disposal, the majority of designer...

DescriptionHassan Fathy is Egypt's best-known 20th-century architect. He was also a man of contradictions. He came from a wealthy background and ha...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Golf Architecture, famed architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie details the strict methods and philosophies that led him to design such worl...

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Reducere. Essential reading for both native New Yorkers and tourists alike, How to Read New York unveils the boundless diversity of Gotham's architectural wo...

Contributor(s): Author: Rick ShermanBetween the high-level concepts of business intelligence and the nitty-gritty instructions for using vendors' t...

Reducere. Theories and Practices of Architectural Representation focuses on the study of architectural knowledge approached through the lens of representatio...

I authored this book to provide essential guidance, compelling ideas, and unique ways to Enterprise Architects so that they can successfully perfor...

Written by locals, Fodor's Essential Italy annual travel guidebook offers expert advice and insider tips for all tastes and budgets. Complete with ...

Reducere. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive guide to understanding the brain's architecture from a topographical viewpoint. Authored by a leadi...

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

Reducere. Essays examine the way we perceive landscape, the effect of gardens and cities of the past on the landscapes of the present, and the way American a...

Reducere. Essential aspects about the prehistory, history, geography, and architecture of the Inland Pacific Northwest are presented here in one succinct vol...

Reclaimed, reused and virtually indestructible: The gestalten bestseller Container Atlas comes in a long awaited updated edition. In recent years c...

Along with plan and elevation, section is one of the essential representational techniques of architectural design; among architects and educators,...

The first comprehensive guide to discovering and preventing attacks on the Android OSAs the Android operating system continues to increase its shar...

Now available in its original edition along with critical commentary, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture is the founding text of postmode...

DescriptionBeginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting,...

DescriptionThis comprehensive monograph on Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando covers the span of his impressive career, with previously un...

A city that merges class with culture taboo, Amsterdam offers poetic scenic, free spirited attitude and plentiful masterpieces. Whether it's a one-...

A guide to various outdoor photography techniques, covering landscape, wildlife and nature, architecture and people. It includes advice on the prac...

Reducere. An essential, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to the art of Cambodia, and a vivid glimpse into a world that continues to challenge trave...

DescriptionA century after the Bauhaus's founding in 1919, this book reassesses it as more than a highly influential art, architecture, and design ...

Pattern cutting, or pattern making, is an essential yet complex skill for every fashion designer to master. Pattern Cutting: The Architecture of Fa...

Information architecture (IA) is far more challenging--and necessary--than ever. With the glut of information available today, anything your organi...

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Hailed as "extraordinarily learned" (New York Times), "blithe in spirit and unerring in vision, " (New York Magazine), and the "definitive record o...

Reducere. Landscape architecture is involved in the designing of outdoor areas, landmarks and structures in order to achieve environmental and social-behavio...

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DescriptionClassic Contemporary is an opportunity for Gosling to explore his influences, including historical sources (dating from the eighteenth c...

Contributor(s): Editor: Daniel LerchContribution by: Sarah ByrnesContribution by: Chuck CollinsThe sustainability challenges of yesterday have beco...

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DescriptionThe essential San Francisco travel guide for walkers and hikers Hundreds of public stairways traverse San Francisco's 42 hills, exposing...

HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, geography and more LOCAL WRITERS...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sylvan Barnet The best-selling guide to writing about art Sylvan Barnet's A Short Guide to Writing About Art guides student...

First translated in English ten years after its original Dutch publication in 1962, this book has inspired practitioners for generations. It's prop...

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Italy delights and stimulates with its magnificent cities, monuments, landscapes, art, architecture, food, design, fashion, and people. Italian sty...

DescriptionSun Tzu's The Art of War has provided strategists with essential advice on battlefield tactics and management strategies for more than t...

The National Mall in Washington, D.C., is "a great public space, as essential a part of the American landscape as the Grand Canyon, " according to ...

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If a plant grows with shallow roots, the storms of a season will wither away and uproot it; like a house built on sand, a poor foundation will doom...

Newly updated for 2018, CITIx60: Berlin is the essential guide for creative travelers. The sixty locations, activities and sightseeing opportunitie...

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Reducere. An essential and very readable resource for conlangers and writers who want to create a non-European world, and anyone who wants to know more about...