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Thinking about Architecture: An Introduction to Architectural Theory
Colin Davies
Laurence King
ISBN: 185669755X
RRP Price: £19.95
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In order to understand architecture in all its cultural complexity it is necessary to grasp basic concepts such as representation, form and space. The aim of this book is to provide teachers, students, practising architects and general readers with a set of ideas that will enrich their conversation,....MORE
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François Blondel
Anthony Gerbino
Routledge
ISBN: 0415491991
RRP Price: £80.00
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First director of the Académie royale d’architecture, François Blondel established a lasting model for architectural education that helped transform a still largely medieval profession into the one we recognize today.
Most well known for his 1676 urban plan of Paris, Blondel is also celebrated as....MORE
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The Edifice Complex
Deyan Sudjic
Penguin Books
ISBN: 0241952778
RRP Price: £8.99
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The Edifice Complex explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from H....MORE
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Architectural Theory, 2 Vol.
Bernd Evers, Christof Thoenes
Taschen
ISBN: 3836531984
RRP Price: £17.99
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Of buildings and men
Architects on their favorite subject
If you’ve ever wondered what goes through architects’ minds when they design buildings, you’ll be happy to know that there’s no shortage of brilliant reading material to satisfy your curiosity. Wading through the archives at your local li....MORE
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On and By Frank Lloyd Wright
Robert McCarter
Phaidon
ISBN: 0714863165
RRP Price: £19.95
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This volume brings together the most important essays on and by Wright, providing both an illuminating study of one of the key figures of the 20th century, as well as an overview of the very principles that are at the foundation of great architecture.
The editor of this volume, Robert McCarter, p....MORE
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The New Structuralism: Design, Engineering and Architectural Technologies
Rivka Oxman
Architectural Design
ISBN: 0470742275
RRP Price: £22.99
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Today the convergence of design, engineering and architectural technologies are breeding a new material practice in experimental architecture. In this pioneering publication, this important shift is fully defined as a highly dynamic synthesis of emerging principles of spatial, structural and materia....MORE
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The Thinking Hand
Juhani Pallasmaa
Architectural Design
ISBN: 0470779292
RRP Price: £24.99
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In our current global networked culture that puts so much emphasis on the virtual and the visual, the mind and the body have become detached and ultimately disconnected. Though physical appearance is idolised for its sexual appeal and its social identity, the role of the body in developing a full un....MORE
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Nurturing Dreams
Fumihiko Maki
MIT Press
ISBN: 0262135000
RRP Price: £22.95
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Born in Tokyo, educated in Japan and the United States, and principal of an internationally acclaimed architectural practice, celebrated architect Fumihiko Maki brings to his writings on architecture a perspective that is both global and uniquely Japanese. Influenced by post-Bauhaus internationalism....MORE
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Event-Cities 4
Bernard Tschumi
MIT Press
ISBN: 0262512416
RRP Price: £25.95
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Event-Cities 4 is the latest in the Event-Cities series from Bernard Tschumi, documenting recent built and theoretical projects in the context of his evolving views on architecture, urbanism, and design. Event-Cities 4 follows directly from the work of Event-Cities 3, which examined the interaction ....MORE
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Architecture at the Edge of Everything Else
Edited by Esther Choi , Marrikka Trotter
MIT Press
ISBN: 0262014793
RRP Price: £20.95
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Combining formal argument with informal conversations and design proposals, Architecture at the Edge of Everything Else offers creative ideas for "thinking and acting architecture differently." What makes the book unique (apart from its lively graphic format) is the freshness of its voices—young ar....MORE
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Yes is More
Bjarke Ingels
Taschen
ISBN: 3836520109
RRP Price: £17.99
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An archicomic on architectural evolution
Yes Is More is the easily accessible but unremittingly radical manifesto of Copehagen-based architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group, or BIG. Unlike a typical architectural monograph, this book uses the comic book format to express its radical agenda for....MORE
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Architecture: An Introduction
Geoffrey Makstutis
Laurence King
ISBN: 1856696235
RRP Price: £22.50
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This book offers a thorough introduction to the entire field of architecture, outlining the steps that are normally taken in becoming a qualified architect, from initial education right through to professional practice, as well as how to apply this architectural training in other fields.
Complete....MORE
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Towards a New Architect
Yasmin Shariff , Jane Tankard
Architectural Press
ISBN: 1856176045
RRP Price: £22.99
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# Practical guide to planning a career in architecture
# Learn key skills to help you get the right job at the right firm
# Written to the latest RIBA/ARB guidelines
Description
After three years of education, architecture students have to start out on their first year of practical training a....MORE
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The Endless City
Ricky Burdett , Deyan Sudjic
Phaidon
ISBN: 0714848204
RRP Price: £35.00
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More and more people are moving into towns and cities to live and work, altering the urban/rural balance of countries worldwide
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The Endless City is an unparalleled study of the growth of six of the World’s international cities (New York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Berlin)....MORE
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Poetics in Architecture
Leon van Schaik (Guest Editor)
Architectural Design
ISBN: 0470843241
RRP Price: £22.99
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Can architecture directly engage with the inner experience of people? Does it have universal or spiritual content?
Poetics in Architecture attempts to address these questions by looking at the essence of meaning of architecture and considering the human response to buildings. Schaik's concern is ....MORE
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