Essential Architecture

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

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...

DescriptionWhile reporting on citizens fighting natural gas pipelines and transmission lines planned to cut right across their homes, Howard Mansfi...

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

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Reducere. The articles collected in this volume represent some of the most unusual from Gu non's pen. They could be described as fragments of an unknown hist...

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

In his highly anticipated sequel to The Elements, Theodore Gray demonstrates how the elements of the periodic table combine to form the molecules t...

Design is everywhere. It shapes not only our present but also our future. An essential introductory guide, Design: The Key Concepts covers fundamen...

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

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...

Widely considered the central figure of fifteenth-century painting, Piero della Francesca is also the most modern of all Renaissance painters. To o...

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 ...

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

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

DescriptionThis comprehensive textbook constitutes an essential tool for students and professionals who want to work in the field of visual merchan...

Educated in England, David Adjaye's lifelong dream was to return to Africa as an architect to document the continent's built environment. Over a de...

For the first time a comprehensive account of the outstanding work of Ryder & Yates has been chronicled in this new book by Tyneside architect Rutt...

This major survey charts the development of live art across six continents since the turn of the twenty- first century, revealing how it has become...

DescriptionIs your boat ready to go cruising? Just about every sailboat--used and new--can make a good cruiser, but only if the hull-deck structure...

Reducere. Backyard fire features are among today's hottest outdoor living trends. In his latest book, Scott Cohen's Outdoor Fireplaces and Fire-Pits, the acc...

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...

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

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

DescriptionSummary Learn Git in a Month of Lunches introduces the discipline of source code control using Git. Whether you're a newbie or a busy pr...

As its teachings spread from the Indian subcontinent in all directions across Asia, Buddhism influenced every culture it touched--from Afghanistan ...

One of the biggest challenges for organizations that have adopted microservice architecture is the lack of architectural, operational, and organiza...

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

Reducere. The author views landscaping as an expression of a way of life. This collection of essays is written for the general reader and features articles w...

DescriptionThe first book by AD 100 designer Emily Summers, featuring interiors that celebrate a new idea of American modernism. Weaving mid-centur...

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

DescriptionGet a comprehensive understanding of gRPC fundamentals through real-world examples. With this practical guide, you'll learn how this hig...

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

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

From luxury apartment towers to offices, places of worship to museums, brutalist architecture is having a 21st-century moment-- and this book is he...

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

Reducere. Understand essential computer science concepts and skills. This book focuses on the foundational and fundamental concepts upon which expertise in s...

DescriptionA primer on the underlying technologies that allow computer programs to work. Covers topics like computer hardware, combinatorial logic,...

DescriptionYou did it. You successfully transformed your application into a microservices architecture. But now that you're running microservices a...

Reducere. New York City History is essential reading not only for fans of regional history, but for readers who wish to understand the American experience th...

Reducere. Named one of the Seven Wonders of Illinois, Robert Allerton Park is visited by nearly 100, 000 people annually. Allerton, a wealthy Chicago philant...

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

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. DescriptionYou want the rigor of good data architecture at the speed of agile? Then this is the missing link - your step-by-step guide to Data Vaul...

Reducere. The Beauty of Home combines refined elegance and innovative simplicity for a fresh, new perspective on traditional interior design. Magic doesn't n...

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

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

Reducere. The bestselling study guide for the popular Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 1 (LPIC-1). The updated fifth edition of LPIC-1: Linux...

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

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

At the end of the eighteenth century, the tradition of plein air painting gained considerable popularity in Rome. Artists came from all over Europe...

In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its ce...

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

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

Manage your Angular development using Reactive programming. Growing in popularity and now an essential part of any professional web developer's too...

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

Reducere. An essential reference guide to one of New Orleans's most iconic Uptown neighborhoods, New Orleans Architecture: Volume IX documents the remarkable...

This book explores 'spatial practices', a loose and expandable set of approaches that embrace the political and the activist, the performative and ...

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

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Francis D. K. ChingA new edition of Francis D.K. Ching's illustrated guide tostructural design Structures are an essential ...

Reducere. 'This is as essential reference to anyone in the field of housing, beautifully illustrated in the hand of the author.' --Moshe Safdie and Associate...

Radical Housing explores the planning, technical, financial, health-based and social background for developing multi-generational homes and co-livi...

Reducere. James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding the peop...

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

Stunning photographic volume showcases the interior décor of Africa's foremost luxury and eco-safari lodges--and celebrates the role that photograp...

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