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  • Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Ageby Joseph J. Korom

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 49.95

    This book is about the design of the facade of 51 of America's most extravagant early skyscrapers. Included are the biographies of noted architects and the aristocrats who financed America's first skyscrapers. This book discusses the influences of European aesthetic values in America--and scandals, rogues and class distinctions. Interpretations... more...

  • The Designer's Workspaceby Douglas Caywood

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 110.00

    The Designer's Workspace presents an extensive resource of distinguished firms' responses to the design of their own offices. Featuring everything from technical detail to interior design, it illustrates what these designers see as the major considerations for modern workplace design. This book reveals design solutions, details, and concepts that... more...

  • Dictionary of Architectural and Building Technologyby Henry Cowan; Peter Smith; Henry Cowan; Peter Smith

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 59.95

    A comprehensive summary of the vocabulary used across the building industry, from the preparation of an architectural brief, through creative and technical design, to construction technology and facilities management. The latest edition has several substantially revised entries as well as many new additions, including new illustrations and terms. Covering... more...

  • Facadismby Jonathan Richards

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 264.00

    Facadism - the preservation of historic facades, the creation of facsimiles in front of new buildings and the decorative exercises of postmodernism - is accused of destroying architectural innovation, of divorcing the interior and exterior of buildings and of reducing townscapes to theatre sets. Its defenders describe facadism as the way urban tradition... more...

  • Roman Villasby J.T. Smith

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95

    Roman Villas explores the social structures of the Roman world by analysing the plans of buildings of all sizes from slightly Romanized farms to palaces. The ways in which the rooms are grouped together; how they intercommunicate; and the ways in which individual rooms and the house are approached, reveal various social patterns, which question traditional... more...

  • Doorwayby Simon Unwin

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 47.95

    Though we may take them for granted, doorways impinge on our lives in many ways. Their powers are even richer and more varied than those of the wall. They can change the ways we behave, and alter how we see our surroundings. They challenge us and protect our territories. They punctuate our experiences as we move from place to place. They set the geometry... more...

  • The Co-creative Meetingby Christoph Mandl; Markus Hauser; Hanna Mandl

    Springer 2012; US$ 39.99

    “Co-creative meetings” foster invention and innovation, and therefore enable innovative developmental processes in an organizational and inter-organizational context, including strategy development, product development, human resource development, R&D, and trans-organizational projects. This book illustrates the difference between productive... more...

  • Korea Styleby Marcia Iwatate; Kim Unsoo; Lee Jongkeun

    Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 44.95

    Korea Style reveals the intrinsic elements of Korean design; simplicity, moderation, constraint, and a deep respect for all things natural. Despite the filtering of Japanese and Western design ideas into Korea over the millennia, the peninsula has maintained its own identity and is gaining recognition for its own particular "style". Spatial, spiritual... more...

  • Die Mosaiken der Acheiropoietos-Basilika in Thessalonikiby Benjamin Fourlas

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 210.00

    The volume examinesfurther questions on the early Byzantine mosaics in the metropolis, and in particular their problematic chronology. A number of mosaics from the entire Mediterranean, which have to date received little attention, are also taken into account. more...

  • Architectural Detailingby Edward Allen; Patrick Rand

    Wiley 2012; US$ 80.00

    This edition of the industry standard on architectural detailing includes new sections covering analysis and modification of existing details and design of new details, both basic and advanced. Revised to address sustainability and to reflect the International Building Code®, Architectural Detailing continues to deliver reliable, insightful... more...