The Architecture of Community

Reducere. "The study European Construction represents a juridical-political approach of an important thematic for Romania. The originality of the work stems ...

City planning is a practice and a profession. It is also a set of goals and--sometimes utopian--aspirations. Formal thought about the shaping of ci...

Here is my soul. Look for me here; here I am, here are my pictures, my roots'Marc Chagall, one of the twentieth century's most popular artists, gre...

Reducere. Inspired by the life events of Antje Paarlberg, So Big is an award-winning drama that depicts the life of Selina Peake de Jong. Raised in a strict ...

Reducere. A contemporary debut novel full of warmth, comedy, character and anarchic radicalism. Peterdown is an epic tale about community - our streets and h...

In Georgian London: Into the Streets, Lucy Inglis takes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, gr...

Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Renaissance, then keep reading... "Renaissance" is the French word for "rebirth, ...

This coloring book is like no other on the market. It's a celebration of chromatic homes, the alluring and ornate structures that grace our most ch...

Reducere. Inspired by the life events of Antje Paarlberg, So Big is an award-winning drama that depicts the life of Selina Peake de Jong. Raised in a strict ...

Reducere. Community, heritage, architecture--oh yes, and stiff pours: these are the hallmarks of San Francisco's Legacy Bars. High Spirits leads readers on a...

Reducere. Roger Williams purchased the fertile Aquidneck Island from the Narragansett tribe in 1637. It was here that Anne Hutchinson, along with William Cod...

Revised and redesigned for the first time since 2001, this standard introduction to visual art in the postwar era examines the movements, trends, a...

Reducere. A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homesIn Mysteries of the Mall, Witold Rybczynski, the author of How ...

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

Reducere. The first inhabitants of Grosse Pointe can be traced back to the mid-18th century, when French farmers occupied ribbon farms on the shores of Lake ...

Reducere. Triangles and towers. Bricks and blocks. Engineering and art. A city has all those--and more Acclaimed author and photographer April Pulley Sayre e...

Reducere. AA Files is the Architectural Association's journal of record and offers a platform for exchange connecting the research produced by the AA communi...

Expanding Architecture presents a new generation of creative design carried out in the service of the greater public and the greater good. Question...

Interpreting American architecture, this text explores the subject in relation to five themes: community, nature, technology, money, and art. In gi...

Reducere. What if we had direct control over our daily lives? What if society's defining institutions--those encompassing economics, politics, kinship, cultu...

Reducere. Born in South LA: 100 Remarkable African Americans Who Were Born, Raised, Lived or Died in South LA documents the stories, struggles, accomplishmen...

Reducere. The borough of Queens has long been celebrated as the melting pot of America. It was the birthplace of North American religious freedom in the seve...

Reducere. DescriptionAn investigation through texts, interviews, and documentation of the complex relationship between the urban, the rural, and contemporary...

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

Reducere. DescriptionSpaces we live in define our identity and sense of community. Using international examples of environmental architecture and design, The...

DescriptionThe shopping mall is both the most visible and the most contentious symbol of American prosperity. Despite their convenience, malls are ...

Located on the shores of Long Island Sound, Norwalk's close proximity to New York City prompted the building of many summer residences and guest co...

Huntington, West Virginia, is a city rich in cultural history. Rising from the ashes of the Civil War, this jewel city of the upper South became an...

Chicago was once the second-largest Bohemian city outside the Czech lands. The Czechs first settled, serendipitously, behind the notorious O'Leary ...

In his third and final book, Benjamin "Ben" Hirsch begins his narrative in the mid -1950s upon discharge from U.S. Army service and becoming a Geor...

DescriptionThree remarkable people were responsible for the beginnings of Atlanta's historic Druid Hills. The first was entrepreneur Joel Hurt, who...

Geometry, of all the branches of mathematics, is the one that is most easily visualized by making something. However, it is all too easy to reduce ...

ASSOCIATION/11 is a student-designed and edited publication that gathers work from students, faculty, staff, and alumni across Cornell University's...

Reducere. Miami Beach has been "America's Playground" for a century. Still one of the world's most popular resorts, its 1930s Art Deco architecture placed th...

Reducere. Founded during the 1886 land boom in Southern California midway between the cities of Los Angeles and Pasadena, the original Highland Park Tract wa...

Reducere. DescriptionMiller Beach, known for its eclectic charm, became a popular tourist destination in the early 1900s thanks to its windswept sand dunes a...

Reducere. San Luis Obispo was founded in 1772 as a mission in the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains on California's Central Coast. The city that grew fr...

Reducere. St. Augustine conjures up images of Spanish architecture, a massive fort, splashes of color against a backdrop of river and ocean, and always, alwa...

Reducere. Situated along the eastern border of Los Angeles County and at the foot of the majestic San Gabriel Mountains is the community of Claremont. The ci...

Reducere. DescriptionTravel these easy-to-follow tours of St. Augustine, North America s oldest continuously inhabited European settlement. Explore famed St....

Reducere. Settling in an isolated desert valley, Salt Lake City's Mormon pioneers laid out a city grid and constructed permanent structures to create their v...

Reducere. On Washington's Olympic Peninsula, at the entrance to Puget Sound, the Port Townsend of the 1850s was perfectly situated for sailing vessels. By 18...

Reducere. Delray Beach lies on Florida's Atlantic coast, nestled between a sea grape-filled beach to the east and rich farmland to the west. Throughout its p...

Reducere. Ann Arbor began the 20th century as a modest manufacturing and farm trading center with a small co-existing university community. By the end of the...

Reducere. Carmel is a microcosm of California's architectural heritage, sited at one of the most scenic meetings of land and sea in the world. Mission San Ca...

Reducere. Bay View is a jewel box of a Northern Michigan Chautauqua community along the shores of Little Traverse Bay, southwest of the Mackinac Bridge. Foun...

Reducere. Located in central Middlesex County, East Brunswick is a community of more than 40, 000 people. Once part of North Brunswick, it broke away and inc...

Reducere. In 1924, civic leader and developer John P. King promoted Fort Worth's Oakhurst neighborhood as "country life for the city man." He appealed to tho...

Reducere. Chestnut Hill, in northwest Philadelphia, is one of America's most beautiful urban villages thanks to the fusion of a magnificent physical setting,...

Reducere. Stony Brook is remarkable for the abundance of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century buildings still in use. Much of the old hamlet remains in the str...

Reducere. Bellport Village, with its beautiful historic homes and sweeping views of the Great South Bay, has remained a thriving community through the years,...

Reducere. Printed in full color.Software development happens in your head. Not in an editor, IDE, or designtool. You're well educated on how to work with sof...

Although it did not officially become a county until 1851, Howard County has a long and varied history that spans more than 400 years. Named for Re...

Description"This inspiring 288-page volume from Metropolis Books captures the convivial atmosphere the authors found at Detroit's Lafayette Park, a...

The field of historic preservation is becoming more socially and culturally inclusive through increasing diversity in the profession and enhanced c...

Reducere. In 1980, William H. Whyte published the findings from his revolutionary Street Life Project in The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. Both the book...

The book is an in-depth survey of the Aerocene project. The Aerocene project consists of a series of airborne sculptures made by Tom s Saraceno tha...

DescriptionIn the Shadow of Genius is the newest book by photographer and author Barbara Mensch. The author combines her striking photographs with ...

Reducere. The first book devoted to this landmark of architecture, urban planning, and social engineering Situated in the borough of Queens, New York, Sunnys...

In Architecture of Place, John Melvin, one of our most experienced architects and town planners, considers aspects of place-making and many of thos...

Reducere. How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a ...

Reducere. A2012 Nautilus Silver Award Winner Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small Scale Community in a Large Scale World introduces an antidote to faceless, ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhile Black architects produce extraordinary works, they account for only two percent of the profession in the United States. Many of th...

In Urban Sprawl and Public Health, three of the nation's leading public health and urban planning experts explore an intriguing question: How does ...

No longer overshadowed by neighboring Palm Springs, Mod Mirage reveals in photos and stories the historic homes and communities of Rancho Mirage th...

The first major survey of contemporary apartment buildings that foster a sense of community while giving every resident an inspiring place to live....

DescriptionA classic examination of superb design through the centuries.Widely regarded as a classic in the field, Experiencing Architecture explor...

Reducere. A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering speci...

DescriptionThe modern workplace has evolved from a dehumanized cubicle landscape to space designed for intelligent human life. While utility and am...

Reducere. DescriptionThis volume focuses broadly on the history of the social welfare reform work of nineteenth-century African American women who founded in...