World History of Architecture, Paperback - Michael Fazio

Updated with expanded coverage of twenty-first century architecture, this new edition uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture ...

Architectural Type and Character provides an alternative perspective to the current role given to history in architecture, reunifying architectural...

Reducere. DescriptionEverything you want to know about the history of architecture is included in this comprehensive guided tour. Author Carol Strickland bri...

Reducere. First published in four volumes in Venice in 1570, "The Four Books of Architecture" is the important architectural treatise by the famed Italian ar...

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An explanation of the meaning of architecture and how to understand the quality and meaning to be found in architectural images.Illustrations: clr ...

Reducere. A complete reference to the classical orders of architecture, this magnificently illustrated volume covers the Greek, Roman, and Renaissance period...

A landmark account of architectural theory and practice from acclaimed philosopher Roger ScrutonArchitecture is distinguished from other art forms ...

Presents an interpretation of the Classical Orders. This book includes the proportions in both metric and imperial measurements to make the orders ...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Francois BlanciakIllustration(s): 70 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dime...

Part memento mori for architecture, and part invocation to reimagine the design values that lay at the heart of its creative purpose.Buildings, alt...

DescriptionThis is a book that shows how to "see" structures as being integral to architecture. It engages a subject that is both about understandi...

This book exposes dialogue between history, theory, design, construction, technology, and sensory experience by means of digital simulations that e...

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

Reducere. Since 'The Social Logic of Space' was published in 1984, Bill Hillier and his colleagues at University College London have been conducting research...

Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They...

Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Douglas MurphyNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softback...

DescriptionArchitect and philosopher H l ne Frichot examines how the discipline of architecture is theorized and practiced at the periphery. Eschew...

Reducere. Like America itself, the architecture of the United States is an amalgam, an imitation or an importation of foreign forms adapted to the natural or...

DescriptionRichard Ingersoll's World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History, Second Edition, provides the most comprehensive and contemporary surve...

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Reducere. Classical design formed our nation's capital. The soaring Washington Monument, the columns of the Lincoln Memorial and the spectacular dome of the ...

An extensively revised and updated edition of a bestselling classic on modern architecture and its origins.

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The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more tha...

This global history as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especial...

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Reducere. In the magical world of seventeenth-century Venice-lacework palaces flickering in gleaming waterways, opulence and decadence, creative liberty, and...

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A new perspective on the grand sweep of our planets story, from the prehistoric era to the early twenty-first century.

Discover the power of the book through fifty of the most influential texts ever written from around the world and throughout time. Books that truly...

Reducere. Strange, serious, silly, and stupefying stories about St. Louis you won't be able to forget!Do you know about the Englishman who won St. Louis's 19...

In the last half-century we have witnessed a dramatic expansion of American corporate power into every corner of the world, accompanied by an equal...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the closing days of World War II a crisis was emerging for German civilians trapped on the Eastern Front by the Red Army. Many lived ...

Emergence is one of the most exciting new fields in architecture today, gaining interest from not only academics and students but also leading prof...

Reducere. Come peek between the covers for an intimate look at the lives of women of the Old West. Once "fallen" or widowed, a woman had few options and almo...

Publisher: Hatje CantzAuthor(s): Michael WebbIllustration(s): 465 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 2...

Reducere. This history of China as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especi...

Architects who want to take their use of SketchUp to the next level are catered to by the advice here, for more effective use of 3D modelling softw...