The Architecture of Community, Paperback - Leon Krier

Leon Krier is one of the best-known--and most provocative--architects and urban theoreticians in the world. Until now, however, his ideas have circ...

Reducere. Drawings, doodles, and ideograms argue with ferocity and wit for traditional urbanism and architecture.Architect L on Krier's doodles, drawings, an...

Illustrated throughout, the first book to examine Middlesbrough's fascinating architectural history.Illustrations: 80 Illustrations, unspecified

Reducere. DescriptionAldo Rossi, a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza, is also one of the most influential the...

Publisher: Die Gestalten VerlagNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 265 x 215 x 29Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Joann PlockovaRed...

DescriptionShim-Sutcliffe's masterful work at Point William intertwines landscape and architecture with ancient rock and water reshaping and reimag...

Reducere. The core of the LSU campus is an example of what we can do when we set our sights high. It stands out today as one of the most successful and inspi...

Reducere. It is the year 1921 and, at the corner of Greenwood and Archer, lies Black Wall Street. Over 300 businesses can be found here, and they are all sup...

Publisher: Die Gestalten VerlagNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 251 x 309 x 31Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Dr. Ruth LangRede...

'The definitive guide to London's architecture' INDEPENDENT Fully updated for this edition.

The Architecture of Cinematic Spaces by Interiors is an academic, graphic exploration of architectural spaces in cinema that provides a new perspec...

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...

Reducere. Herod the Great, one of the most famous builders of the biblical world, is a name well known to readers of the New Testament. Recently a team led b...

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

Reducere. Delve into the award-winning Catalan architecture studio's unique combination of material craft and avant-garde dynamismArgentinian architect Ricar...

DescriptionThe architecture of WG Clark is inextricably grounded in its place, the Atlantic coastal states of the American South. Over the course o...

Almost, Not: The Architecture of Atelier Nishikata is the story of a remarkable architecture practice in Tokyo. Partners Reiko Nishio and Hirohito ...

Wild Design reveals the wonders of the natural world as never seen before, through the stunning, extraordinary, and functional forms created by ani...

Publisher: DOM PublishersAuthor(s): Vittorio Magnago LampugnaniNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 214 x 232 x 20Cover type: Pape...

Publisher: Princeton Architectural PressAuthor(s): Marshall BrownNumber of pages: 355Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 235 x 316 x 18Cover type: Ha...

Werewolf explores an emerging but under-investigated branch of architecture that embraces the transformation of form, performance, and the responsi...

Reducere. Since the mid 1970s, there has been an extraordinary renewal of interest in early modern architecture, both as a way of gaining insight into contem...

Reducere. John Gaw Meem was one of New Mexico's most renowned architects and his legacy is in part his contribution to the preservation and renewal of histor...

Our longing for simplicity, clarity, and relaxation often leads us into nature. Hide and Seek showcases the most beautiful places for satisfying th...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Frances (London Metropolitan University, UK) HollissIllustration(s): 29 Line drawings, color; 209 Halfton...

Reducere. The story of Damien of Molokai, born in Belgium and a missionary saint who worked among the lepers in Hawaii, is vividly told with colorful, full-p...

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...

Reducere. DescriptionLocated about 150 miles north of Manhattan, on the east bank of the Hudson River, the city of Troy, New York, was once an industrial gia...

Reducere. Renowned biographer Anthony Seldon invites the reader into the day-to-day life of an internationally important diplomatic seat. A winning formula a...

Reducere. The pioneering Egyptian architect and teacher Ramses Wissa Wassef (1911-74) is best known for his founding in 1951 of the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art C...

From weekend homes to get-away cabins in the mountains, by the sea, or in the woods, this architecture embodies our longing for lounging in nature....

The prominent cultural critic Mieke Bal defines the new discipline of 'art writing' as a fresh mode of criticism, which aims to 'put the art first'...

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 ...

Fun Mill. The Architecture of Creative Industry in Contemporary China looks closely on transforming existing real estate by promoting creative clus...

Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty LtdAuthor(s): Ewan McEoinIllustration(s): Illustrated in colour and black and white throughoutNumber o...

Explores how housing design came to occupy the center of the modernist project in Germany. -- .Publisher: Manchester University PressAuthor(s): Isa...

Looks at the interaction between design and the requirements of patrons, follows the creative processes of architects, and discusses chronology, st...

Reducere. Not Built in a Day: Exploring the Architecture of Rome is a unique, unconventional guide and a deeply felt homage to Rome and its extraordinary 2, ...

In France no less than in Britain, the late 1960s saw a rebellion against the relentless anonymity of modernist planning. In the search for alterna...

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 ...

Reducere. Stanley D. Anderson's standard of architecture has sustained the test of time. His designs for residences, commercial buildings, schools, and Gentl...

This book explains both the origin and evolution of Miralles' system of representation, from his time as a student at the Barcelona School of Archi...

Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invent...

Reducere. Homes, pool houses, and gardens in paradise by the great architect Marion Sims Wyeth--progenitor of the fabled Palm Beach style and designer of Dor...

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

Buildings can shape our lives, improve our health, and transform society. Academic histories of architecture and medicine overlook the importance o...

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 ...