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Frank Lloyd Wright
Reaktion Books 2006; US$ 20.95Kenneth Bendiner journeys from the Renaissance to the present day?through the works of artists from Rembrandt to Manet to Warhol?to make the case that, though understudied, paintings of food are so important that they should be considered a separate classification of art, a genre unto themselves. more...
Analysing Architecture
Routledge 2003; US$ 48.95Analysing Architecture offers a unique 'notebook' of architectural strategies to present an engaging introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design. Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author's original drawings. more...
Understanding Architecture
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95A comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history and exceptional in its approach, this book explores architecture as a current practice in relation to history and in relation to the wider context of cultures, conservation and the environment. This new edition brings in the new emphasis on sustainability, urbanism, urban regeneration... more...
Rethinking Architectural Technology
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95This essential reference for all students of architecture, design and the built environment provides a convenient single source for all the key texts in the recent literature on architecture and technology. The book contains over fifty carefully selected essays, manifestoes, reflections and theories by architects and architectural writers from 1900... more...
Indigenous Modernities
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 70.00This book examines how a historic and so-called 'traditional' city quietly evolved into one that was modern in its own terms; in form, use and meaning. Through a focused study of Delhi, the author challenges prevalent assumptions in architecture and urbanism to identify an interpretation of modernism that goes beyond conventional understanding. ... more...
Innovation in Architecture
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 110.00In this highly original book, through a series of essays, key architects and engineers in Europe, Australia, and the USA describe the ideas and development behind the innovative technology in their chosen projects, with the emphasis being on the means of production and the links between design and the manufacturing process. more...
Rethinking Architecture
Taylor and Francis 1997; US$ 55.95Brought together for the first time - the seminal writing on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorist of the twentieth century. Issues around the built environment are increasingly central to the study of the social sciences and humanities. The essays offer a refreshing take on the question of architecture and provocatively rethink many... more...
Architecture and the Urban Environment
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 57.95This well illustrated text forms a critical appraisal of the place and direction of architecture and urban design in a new world order at the start of the 21st century. The book defines architectural and environmental goals for the New Age by analysing recent contemporary work for its responsiveness to important social and environmental issues and... more...
Commodification and Spectacle in Architecture
University of Minnesota Press 2005; US$ 69.00More than ever, architectural design is seen as a means to promote commercial goals. Bringing together an impressive and varied group of critics and practitioners, this collection will help to sharpen the discussion of how design can respond to our hypercommodified culture. more...
The Environmental Imagination
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 54.95Dean Hawkes explores the relationship between technics and poetics in environmental design in architecture from the eighteenth century to the present day. more...









