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Architect's Pocket Book
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 34.95View the dedicated microsite for free sample chapters and videos - architecturalpress.com/architects-pocket-book This handy pocket book brings together a wealth of useful information that architects need on a daily basis - on site or in the studio. The book provides guidance on a range of tasks, from complying with the Building Regulations,... more...
Basics
Springer 2011; US$ 47.99Basics -- the phenomena of form How do architecture and environmental art communicate with us? Which forms generate movement? Which generate stillness? What is centered and what is directional? How can forms be used to generate spaces in our lives? The effect of architectural and artistic forms is based on the phenomena of the basic elements: point,... more...
Architecture
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 9.99This original and sophisticated look at architecture helps to understand the cultural significance of buildings. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach in favour of giving an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally. more...
Standard Letters in Architectural Practice
Wiley 2008; US$ 115.00Architects and contract administrators spend a great deal of time writing letters of various types. Many of them are routine and repetitive in character, but they require proper consideration if potentially dangerous liability situations are to be avoided. This book provides some 285 standard letters for use at all stages of project administration.... more...
Space Planning for Commercial and Residential Interiors
McGraw-Hill Education 2003; US$ 85.00* A single-source, on-the-job resource to help interior designers and architects solve any space planning problem. * Simplifies code compliance (International Building Code, ADA, and more). * Includes hundreds of plans and details for every building type. * Checklists and guidelines throughout. more...
In the Scheme of Things
University of Minnesota Press 2000; US$ 57.00In the Scheme of Things looks at architecture?s need to respond creatively and meaningfully to the extraordinary changes affecting the profession now. In each of the twelve essays that comprise this timely volume, Fisher addresses issues of vital concern to architects and students, offering hard-hitting criticism and proposing innovative and practical... more...
Critical Architecture
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 60.95Critical Architecture examines the relationship between critical practice in architecture and architectural criticism. Placing architecture in an interdisciplinary context, the book explores architectural criticism with reference to modes of criticism in other disciplines - specifically art criticism - and considers how critical practice in architecture... more...
Abstract Space
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 70.00This visually stunning, conceptually rich and imaginative book investigates the cultural connection between new media and architectural imaging. Through a range of material, from theoretical texts to experimental design projects, Tierney explores notions of what the architectural image means today. Within the book's visually imaginative design... more...
Material Matters
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 55.95Bringing together texts and work by theorists and practitioners who are making material central to their work, this book reflects the diverse areas of inquiry which are expanding current material discourse. Focusing on the cultural, political, economic, technological and intellectual forces which shape material practices in architecture, the contributors... more...
Eco-Architecture
WIT Press 2006; US$ 330.00Unlike the mechanistic buildings it replaces, Eco-Architecture is in harmony with nature, including its immediate environs. Decisions have to be taken on ecological grounds concerning locations, siting and orientation, as well as the well-informed choice of materials.Eco-Architecture is by definition inter-disciplinary; it requires the collaboration... more...









