Architecture : Design & Drafting

This book focuses on Italian colonialism in the context of other European colonial systems, and explores Italian attitudes to other cultures, examining how this attitude of expansionism is reflected in the physical and ideological environment. more...

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Many books have covered the topics of architecture, materials and technology. 'New Architecture and Technology' is the first to explore the interrelation between these three subjects. It illustrates the impact of modern technology and materials on architecture. The book explores the technical progress of building showing how developments, both past and present, are influenced by design methods. It provides a survey of contemporary architecture, as affected by construction technology. It also explores aspects of building technology within the context of general industrial, social and economic developments. The reader will acquire a vocabulary covering the entire range of structure types and learn a new approach to understanding the development of design. more...

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The book discusses nihilism as a paradoxical idea, which is simultaneously destructive to and constitutive of society, by developing a systematic account of the historical significance, political consequences, and the social topology of nihilism. Empirically, it focuses on literary, cinematic and architectural spaces of nihilism. One of its central concerns is to elaborate on the possibilities of overcoming nihilism. more...

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In this volume, 253 archetypal patterns consisting of problem statements, discussions, illustrations, and solutions provide lay persons with a framework for engaging in architectural design. more...

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This book addresses the emergence of a new kind of architecture, in which building performance is a guiding design principle, adopting new performance-based priorities for the design of cities, buildings, landscape and infrastructures. more...

Price: $115.00