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Exit-Architektur. Design zwischen Krieg und Frieden: Mit einem Vorwort von Heiner Mühlmann und einem Projekt von Exit Ltd. (TRACE Transmission in ... Arts and Cultural Evolution) (German Edition)
Springer 2008; US$ 29.95"First we shape things, then they shape us", wusste Winston Churchill. Was sind wahrhaft prägende Architekturen? Wen prägen sie? Und womit prägen sie? Der Autor gibt folgende überraschende Antwort auf diese Fragen: durch Kriegs- bzw. Stressnähe. Nach einer Tour d'horizon durch römische Tempelbauten, Washingtons Korridore der Macht und Mekkas Anti-Panikarchitekturen... more...
Standard Letters in Architectural Practice
Wiley 2009; US$ 120.00This book provides over 300 standard letters for architects and contract administrators to use at all stages of contract administration. The letters are grouped into sections which correspond with the RIBA Plan of Work: the aim is to cover all the common situations encountered in practice. This Fourth Edition has been revised to take account of the... more...
Architecture, Ethics and Globalization
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 62.95Bridging the gap between architectural theory and professional practice studies, this book offers critical inquiry into the shifting ground of ethical thought in the changing climate of the global economy. Looking at issues of contemporary significance to architectural critics, practitioners, educators, and students, the book also examines the role... more...
Methodology for Product Development in Architecture
IOS Press 2009; US$ 87.00Focuses on the methodology and processes of designing, developments and research of standard building products, building product systems and special building components, as well as to their applications in buildings. This book is suitable for designers and product developers, who are mainly concerned with developing products. more...
The Global Architect
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 35.95The Global Architect explores the increasing significance of globalization processes on urban change, architectural practice and the built environment. In what is primarily a critical sociological overview of the current global architectural industry, Donald McNeill covers the "star system" of international architects who combine celebrity and hypermobility,... more...
Architectural Body
University of Alabama Press 2008; US$ 19.95This manifesto is a verbal articulation of the authors' visionary theory of how the human body, architecture, and creativity define and sustain one another. This revolutionary work by artist-architects Arakawa and Madeline Gins demonstrates the inter-connectedness of innovative architectural design, the poetic process, and philosophical inquiry.... more...
The Possibility of (an) Architecture
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95Articulating a radical agenda for the rethinking of the basic precepts of the construction industry in light of digital technologies, this book explores the profound shift that is underway in all aspects of architectural process. Essays and lectures from the last fifteen years discuss these changes in relation to dECOi Architects, created in 1991... more...
Architecture, Participation and Society
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 53.95How can architects best increase their engagement with building users and wider society to provide better architecture? Since the mid 1990s government policy has promoted the idea of greater social participation in the production and management of the built environment but there has been limited direction to the practising architect. Reviewing... more...
Environment, Technology and Sustainability
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 49.95This second volume in the Technologies of Architecture series ? the only series of books tuned to the architectural technology syllabus ? explores the environmental influences on building design. Looking particularly at sustainable building, a holistic view is taken, so that the influence of any one set of choices on other areas ? such as the... more...
Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 59.95From the bestselling author of Ecohouse, this fully revised edition of Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change provides unique insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-structures and lifestyles against risks associated with extreme weather and related social, economic and energy events. Three new chapters present... more...









