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Architekten Profile 2009/2010
Springer 2008; US$ 79.95Die Architekten Profile 2009/2010" präsentieren 150 ausgewählte Architekten aus Deutschland, �sterreich und der Schweiz mit ihren aktuellen Arbeiten und zukunftsweisenden Projekten in den Bereichen Architektur, Innenarchitektur und Landschaftsarchitektur. Durch umfassende Informationen und zahlreiche Farbabbildungen bietet das Buch ein klares Bild... more...
Architecture, Technology and Process
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 49.95This new selection of essays follows Chris Abel's previous best selling collection, Architecture and Identity. Drawing upon a wide range of knowledge and disciplines, the author argues that, underlying technological changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines and the world we live in.... more...
Architecture and Identity
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 100.00'Instead of tuning the consumer to the machine we can now tune the machine to the consumer' This edited collection of essays, now in its second edition, brings together the author's key writings on the cultural, technological and theoretical developments reshaping Modern architecture into a responsive and diverse movement for the twenty-first century.... more...
Tradition Today
WIT Press 2008; US$ 59.00In January 2002, after a two year gestation period, the International Network for Traditional Buildings, Architecture and Urbanism (INTBAU) was launched. To celebrate the launch, a conference was held to debate the place of tradition in modern society. While INTBAU was specifically concerned with building and urbanism, if tradition was indeed relevant... more...
Scale
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 53.95Scale is a word which underlies much of architectural and urban design practice, its history and theory, and its technology. Its connotations have traditionally been linked with the humanities, in the sense of relating to human societies and to human form. ?To build in scale? is an aspiration that is usually taken for granted by most of those involved... more...
Slow Guide to London
Hardie Grant Books 2010; US$ 29.95The antithesis of trendy, "Slow London" celebrates all that's local, natural, traditional, sensory and most of all gratifying about living in London. It's an inspirational lifestyle guide for locals who want to live more and fret less. Readers are invited to rise up - in their own sweet time, of course - against the culture of speed,... more...
The Future of the City
WIT Press 2012; US$ 374.00The book discusses spatial planning and sustainable strategies as well as offers pragmatic architectural and urban design guidelines to better design tall buildings for future cities. more...
Curves & Crevices, Romancing Chicago
TeamBees 2009; US$ 28.00An elegant coffee-table book, this collection of exquisite artistic illustrations of Chicago’s eminent architecture includes hand-sketched ink line drawings and digitally colored renderings presented in amazing quality and detail. Not only a refined gift or must-have, high-value souvenir from Chicago, this book is also a quality reference book... more...
The Architect's Studio Companion
Wiley 2012; US$ 95.00The architect's favorite handbook—now in an up-to-date, new edition! The Architect's Studio Companion is the labor-saving design resource that architects, engineers, and builders have relied on for years. Now in its Fifth Edition, this industry standard maintains its reputation as a reliable tool for the preliminary selecting, configuring,... more...
Architectural Detailing
Wiley 2012; US$ 80.00This 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...









