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Organizing for Change
De Gruyter 2007; US$ 52.00Mit fortschreitender globaler Ökonomisierung und Vernetzung entstehen für Architekten neue Betätigungsfelder und das Berufsbild befindet sich im Wandel. International renommierte Experten setzen sich in 25 Fachbeiträgen mit dieser Entwicklung auseinander. more...
Balinese Temples
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99Bali is an island with literally tens of thousands of temples, a proliferation of religious architecture probably not equaled anywhere else in the world. This book is intended as a general introduction to the architectural symbolism of the typical Balinese temple and the cosmological significance of its layout. The informative text is complemented... more...
Architecture & Culture SHARR
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95Architecture displays the values involved in its inhabitation, construction, procurement and design. It traces the thinking of the individuals who have participated in it, their relationships, and their involvement in the cultures where they lived and worked. In this way, buildings, their details, and the documents used to make them, can be read closely... more...
Architectural Design Procedures
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 51.95This book explains how architects obtain and administer work from the moment the contract is signed, to the handing over of the finished building to the client and is an indispensible guide to all architecture students. This second edition has been thoroughly updated and expanded. It now includes significant additions to the section on design constraints,... more...
Basics in PR und Marketing für Architekten
Springer 2012; US$ 31.99Selbstvermarktung und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit sind für Architekturbüros mittlerweile Alltag In diesem Handbuch verrät ein Profi mit langjähriger Erfahrung aus Praxis und Lehre, wie man zu den effektivsten Ergenissen kommt. Bernd Pastuschka setzt sich mit den gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen Architektenberufs sowie den Grundbegriffen... more...
Italy
Reaktion Books 2013; US$ 29.95Packed in its dense, historic city centers, Italy holds some of the most prized architecture and art in the world, with which planners and politicians have had to negotiate as they struggle to cope with massive migration from the countryside to the city. Early modern architecture coincided with a sustained drive to transform a country that was... more...
Turkey
Reaktion Books 2013; US$ 29.95Turkey: Modern Architectures in History offers a journey through the iconic buildings of Turkey that begins with the end of World War I, when the new Turkish Republic was born out of the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, includes its democratization in the midst of the Cold War’s competing ideologies, and concludes with the present... more...
Venedig erobert die Welt
Konrad Theiss Verlag 2011; US$ 21.73Hauptbeschreibung Venedigs Macht und Mythos Jahrhundertelang war sie die reichste Stadt der Welt. Die Kreuzzüge hatten der kleinen Lagune die Möglichkeit eröffnet, als Akteur auf die Weltbühne zu treten. Die Venezianer nutzten diese Chance skrupellos und profitierten dabei reichlich. Von Flandern bis in die Levante segelten ihre Galeeren und tief... more...
The Value of an Archaeological Open-Air Museum is in its Use
Sidestone Press 2013; US$ 31.50There are about 300 archaeological open-air museums in Europe. Their history goes from Romanticism up to modern-day tourism. With the majority dating to the past 30 years, they do more than simply present (re)constructed outdoor sceneries based on archaeology. They have an important role as education facilities and many showcase archaeology in a variety... more...
Introduction to Architecture
Wiley 2012; US$ 55.00A survey of the built environment distills the work of legendary author and illustrator Francis D. K. Ching into a single volume Introduction to Architecture presents the essential texts and drawings of Francis D. K. Ching for those new to architecture and design. With his typical highly graphic approach, this is the first introductory text from... more...









