The Architecture of Social Reform. Housing, Tradition, and German Modernism, Hardback - Isabel Rousset

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

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 ...

Investigating the rich architecture of post-Mao China and its broad cultural impactPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Cole RoskamNumber of ...

Offers a systematic study of the effects of the comprehensive reform of traditional Chinese theatre conducted in the 1950s and '60s, and is based o...

The first comprehensive study of the German-born architect and designer Jock Peters (1889-1934), whose elegantly modern interiors for Bullock's Wil...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Deborah (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) Ascher BarnstoneIllustration(s): 41 color and 6...

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...

Rooted in the world historical methodology of John O. Voll, this collection brings together a diverse group of scholars to investigate the ongoing ...

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...

Reducere. In 1933, architect William B. Wiener collaborated with his half-brother Samuel G. Wiener to design a weekend home for his family on the shore of Cr...

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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...

'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...

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

Reducere. DescriptionVoted one of Christianity Today's 1998 Books of the Year What is ethics? Why should Christians care? Beginning with these basic question...

Reducere. "Poetic Significance" presents beautiful architectural photography, diagrams, and the history of the very rich and complex Vietnamese modernist arc...

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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...

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

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...

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 ...

This book challenges accepted views about the development of liberal thought around the turn of the century, and throws new light on many of the id...

Examining the emergence of modernism from the fin-de-siecle primitivist project this volume shows how ethnographic materials shaped a variety of hi...

DescriptionMoscow: A Guide to Soviet Modernist Architecture 1955-1991 provides descriptions of almost 100 buildings from the most underrated period...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Deborah (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) Ascher BarnstoneIllustration(s): 41 color and 6...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Using a unique archive spanning the lifetime of twenty council estates in the UK, this book examines what we can learn from council housing's faili...

Publisher: Unicorn Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Sarah A.M. TurnerIllustration(s): 30 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 400Publication date: ...

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...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Kevin D. MurphyEditor: Lisa ReillyOf all building types, the skyscraper strikes observers as the most modern, in terms not ...

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....