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  • Introducing Architectural Theoryby Korydon Smith

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95

    This is the most accessible architectural theory book that exists. Korydon Smith presents each common architectural subject ? such as tectonics, use, and site ? as though it were a conversation across history between theorists by providing you with the original text, a reflective text, and a philosophical text. He also introduces each chapter by highlighting... more...

  • The Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects Town Planning Conference, London, 10-15 October 1910by Meller Helen; Whyte William

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 155.00

    In October 1910 the Royal Institute of British Architects hosted the first ever international conference on Town Planning. The Transactions of this critical event in the development of planning as a profession and as a discipline were published a year later in 1911. Long out of print and very difficult to obtain, this new facsimile edition of the... more...

  • Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understandby Simon Unwin

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 30.95

    Have you ever wondered how the ideas behind the world?s greatest architectural designs came about? What process does an architect go through to design buildings which become world-renowned for their excellence? This book reveals the secrets behind these buildings. He asks you to ?read? the building and understand its starting point by analyzing... more...

  • Briefing Your Architectby Frank Salisbury

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 70.00

    This book sets out the essential activities and inter-relationships involving the client organization and multi-disciplinary design team as they progress through each phase of the job. It guides the client through the preliminary steps needed to start up work; seeking out and appraising a site, studying the feasibility of all ideas and proposals,... more...

  • Bio-Architectureby Javier Senosiain

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 95.00

    Bio-Architecture studies the natural principles of animal and human constructions from several different perspectives, and presents a great part of the knowledge that gives origin and shape to built form. Organic architecture offers a design approach arising from natural principles, bringing us back to local history, tradition, and cultural roots... more...

  • Design Drawing Techniquesby Sue Goodman; Tom Porter

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95

    An invaluable tool for the architect, artist and graphic designer, `Design Drawing Techniques' shows how each element of an orthographic or perspective drawing can be produced in a variety of ways. Enriched with details culled from the work of successful and well known architects, this book provides a much needed alternative to existing texts. more...

  • Strangely Familiarby Iain Borden; Joe Kerr; Alicia Pivaro; Jane Rendell

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95

    What do our cities mean to us? How do we experience them? Some of the answers (and many more questions) are to be found in the unexpected spaces of the metropolis. Urban living - the ways we use and inhabit places and the ways our lives are shaped by those places - is illuminated in the series of provocative views presented here. Shopping in London... more...

  • Material Strategies in Digital Fabricationby Christopher Beorkrem

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95

    Author Christopher Beorkrem shows how material performance drives the digital fabrication process and determines technique. He has recreated and dissected thirty-six of the most progressive works of architecture of the last few years, with perspectives from the designers so that you can learn from the successes and failures of each project. Including... more...

  • The Architectures of Childhoodby Roy Kozlovsky

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 124.95

    Focusing on England between 1935 and 1959, this book examines a selected group of innovative buildings and environments that were designed for children or addressed their needs, such as playgrounds, schools, community centres, hospitals, dwellings and neighbourhoods. It identifies the new aesthetic and spatial order permeating the environments of childhood,... more...

  • Architecture as a Performing Artby Marcia Feuerstein; Gray Read

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 89.95

    This collection of essays reveals a deep alliance between architecture and the performing arts, uncovering its roots in ancient stories, and tracing a continuous tradition of thought that emerges in contemporary practice. With fresh insight, the authors ask how buildings perform with people as partners, rather than how they look as formal compositions.... more...