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Courts of Pre-Colonial South Indiaby Jennifer Howes
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 190.00An investigation of how the material culture of South Indian courts was perceived by those who lived there in the pre-colonial period. Howes peels away the standard categories used to study Indian palace space. more...
Architects' Guide to Fee Biddingby M. Paul Nicholson
Taylor & Francis 2002; US$ 59.95This is a step-by-step guide through the complexities of fee bidding and provides a source of reference to successful bidding. A detailed discussion of the philosophy of design management and architectural management is developed as a backdrop to the preparation of a bid. more...
Architects to the Nationby Antoinette J. Lee
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 70.00This text traces the evolution and accomplishments of the office, that from 1852 until 1939 held a virtual monopoly over federal building design. Among its more memorable buildings are New York City's neo-Renaissance customhouse, and the ancient adobe Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe. more...
Architects Without Frontiersby Esther Charlesworth
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 57.95From the targeted demolition of Mostar's Stari-Most Bridge in 1993 to the physical and social havoc caused by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, the history of cities is often a history of destruction and reconstruction. But what political and aesthetic criteria should guide us in the rebuilding of cities devastated by war and natural calamities? The title of this timely and inspiring new book, Architects Without Frontiers, points to the potential for architects to play important roles in post-war relief and reconstruction. By working "sans fronti?res", Charlesworth suggests that architects and design professionals have a significant opportunity to assist peace-making and reconstruction efforts in the period immediately after conflict or disaster,... more...
Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmasby Nicholas Ray
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 69.95Ethical issues, both practical and philosophical, are constantly arising in architectural work. This volume relates a broad range of theoretical questions to dilemmas encountered in practice, informed by contributions from many different disciplines. more...
Mastering Revit Architecture 2008by Tatjana Dzambazova; Greg Demchak; Eddy Krygiel
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2008; US$ 59.99Revit Architecture has revolutionized how architects design, develop, and deliver projects—and now you can join the revolution with this expert guide. Authored by a team of Revit aficionados and experts, this in-depth book uses clear explanations, detailed tutorials, and practical examples to show you how to best implement Revit in the real world. Starting with a focused look at the basics of Revit and Building Information Modeling (BIM), you’ll move quickly into setting up and customizing your Revit tools, preparing your office/project templates and settings, creating your library of components, and much more. more...
An Inclusive Environmentby Maritz Vandenberg
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 134.00People can be excluded from freedom and the good things in life by age, disability, poverty, unfair discrimination, crime or the fear of crime, and arrogant and unresponsive governments. This practical reference deals with all of these factors, and shows the links between them. In addition to several hundred shorter notes it includes over a thousand major entries, each of which comprises: a summary of relevant facts, incisive commentary to help readers cut through the fog of jargon and propaganda that confuses many of these issues and websites where the latest information may be found. It concludes with a detailed bibliography of around 500 useful references. The work will be found useful by professionals and managers in all walks of... more...
Understanding Meaningful Environmentsby K. Moraes Zarzar; A. Guney
IOS Press 2008; US$ 65.00"Understanding Meaningful Environments: Architectural Precedents and the Question of Identity in Creative Design" intends to put forward a discussion on the use of precedents and the production of innovative designs as well as to discuss the relationship between precedents and identity in a world undergoing a rapid process of globalization. This publication provides insights into how the strategy of making use of design precedents as a source of knowledge rather than initiating a project from tabula rasa leads to efficient, effective, and/or innovative results, based, in particular, on the work of Le Corbusier and Santiago Calatrava. In the sense that architects' ideologies and intentions did not form a main position in this account,... more...
Exit-Architecture Design between War and Peaceby Stephan Truby; Robert Payne
Springer 2008; US$ 29.95a oeFirst we shape things, then they shape usa, was Churchilla (TM)s view. What kind of architecture can be said to shape? Who does it shape? And by what means does it shape? The authora (TM)s answers to these questions are a surprise. Through war and proximity to stress. After a tour da (TM)horizon through Roman temples, Washingtona (TM)s corridors of power and Meccaa (TM)s anti-panic architecture it becomes clear that architecture is anything but in the background. Instead it is situated in the hot spot of transmission dynamics and is capable of altering cultures, empires and even religions. more...
Millionenstädte Chinas: Bilder- und Reisetagebuch einer Architektin (1958) Herausgegeben von Karin Zogmayer im Auftrag der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien (German Edition)by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky; Karin Zogmayer; Universität für Angewandte Kunst; A. Speer; P. Werkner
Springer 2007; US$ 39.95Als Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky 1956 von ihrer zweiten Chinareise zurückkehrt, schreibt sie dieses kleine Buch über die Millionenstädte Chinas. Die Doyenne der österreichischen Architektur berichtet von den vier großen, voneinander in ihrer geographischen Lage, Baugeschichte und städteplanerischen Aufgabenstellung grundverschiedenen Städten Peking, Nanking, Schanghai und Wuhan. Reich bebildert stellt diese lebendige Erzählung ein Land im Aufbruch vor, das im Nachwort von Albert Speer durch einen Blick auf das gegenwärtige China ergänzt wird. "Dieses kleine Buch versteht sich als Beispiel dafür, wie sich Europäer und Asiaten, aus zwei so völlig verschiedenen Welten kommend, auf Grund von fachlichen, wissenschaftlichen und künstlerischen Auseinandersetzungen... more...









