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The New Modern House: Redefining Functionalism
Jonathan Bell , Ellie Stathaki
Laurence King
ISBN: 1780670257
RRP Price: £19.95
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Modern architecture is a story of movements, styles and genres. But what of the work that remains defiantly unique, refusing to submit to a label? The New Modern House is a comprehensive look at the emerging trend of architecture that favours substance over style, combining functional design and sus....MORE
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Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture
Virginia McLeod
Laurence King
ISBN: 1780670249
RRP Price: £19.95
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Architectural detailing makes a building unique, and an architect outstanding. Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in the development of contemporary residential architecture. Featuring many of the world's mo....MORE
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100 Contemporary Houses
Philip Jodidio
Taschen
ISBN: 3836523302
RRP Price: £34.99
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Innovations at home
Exceptional contemporary houses from Chile to Croatia to China
Designing private homes offers architects more freedom than corporate projects to express their ideas and try out new concepts. Conceiving living spaces is not without its own set of challenges, for which architec....MORE
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Architecture Now! Houses, Vol. 2
Philip Jodidio
Taschen
ISBN: 3836519739
RRP Price: £24.99
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Make yourself at home
Cutting edge private dwellings
Beyond the fundamental notion of shelter, what defines a house? The broad-ranging selection of extraordinary dwellings in the Architecture Now! Houses series shows the concept to be infinitely malleable: one house seems to hover above the grou....MORE
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House
Philippa Lewis
Prestel
ISBN: 3791345567
RRP Price: £24.99
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This richly illustrated and valuable resource reaches back five centuries to document the evolution and ingenuity of house design in the British Isles.
The architecture of Britain’s houses displays a dizzying variety of styles and details. Brimming with 600 full-color photographs, House annotates....MORE
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Nature Framed
Eva Hagberg
Monacelli Press
ISBN: 158093319X
RRP Price: £32.00
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Twenty-five recent residential projects from around the United States take the concept of “green living” to the next architectural level. Going beyond the simple use of sustainable materials, these houses are
designed to frame a very particular vision of nature for their owners that brings them as ....MORE
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Latin American Houses
Mercedes Daguerre
Phaidon
ISBN: 1780750005
RRP Price: £19.95
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Since the early twentieth century, Latin America has been home to some of the most compelling architecture--from the large-scale and otherworldly civic structures of the Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer to the more intimate work of Mexico's Luis Barragan. In her new book Latin American Houses, historian Mer....MORE
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Contemporary Design in Detail: Sustainable Environments
Yenna Chan
Rockport
ISBN: 1592535046
RRP Price: £17.99
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A visual look at the architectural details of sustainable residential spaces
The Contemporary Design in Detail series takes a highly visual look at architectural design details that are more often dealt with in a technical textbook format. The books take readers on a tour of the best details desi....MORE
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Contemporary Design in Detail: Small Environments
Yenna Chan
Rockport
ISBN: 1592532314
RRP Price: £32.50
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A visual look at the architectural details of smaller residential spaces
The Contemporary Design Details series takes a highly visual look at architectural design details that are more often dealt with in a technical textbook format. The books take readers on a tour of the best details designed b....MORE
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Encyclopedia of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture
Virginia McLeod
Laurence King
ISBN: 1856696928
RRP Price: £48.00
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This comprehensive reference work contains scale drawings of every type of detailing used in contemporary residential architecture.
Each section contains at least 50 drawings drawn to a set range of scales: 1:5, 1:10 or 1:50, with detailed keys explaining construction and material. Each drawing ....MORE
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Handmade Houses & Other Buildings
John May, Consultant Editor Anthony Reid
Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 050034258X
RRP Price: £14.95
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Architects of the world's great buildings are celebrated, but makers of the more humble ‘vernacular architecture’ are too often anonymous.
This information-packed, visual guide introduces the wealth of local structures worldwide, accompanied by an expert narrative exploring cultural approaches an....MORE
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1000 Interior Details for the Home and Where to Find Them
Ian Rudge , Geraldine Rudge
Laurence King
ISBN: 1856696103
RRP Price: £24.95
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This book looks at every aspect of interior detail for domestic spaces. It is designed to appeal to anyone interested in improving the home environment, from DIY enthusiasts to professionals such as architects and interior designers. Products selected come from around the world and are all currently....MORE
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Case Study Houses
Gössel, Peter (Editor) & Smith, Elizabeth
Taschen
ISBN: 3836513013
RRP Price: £8.99
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TASCHEN 25—Special edition!
The pioneering project that brought modernism to the masses
The Case Study House program (1945–1966) was an exceptional, innovative, and unique event in the history of American architecture. Concentrated on the Los Angeles area, the program oversaw the design of 36 ....MORE
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House Design
daab
ISBN: 3937718060
RRP Price: £22.50
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In recent years the lines that define the characteristics of the modern house have lost the severity that distinguished them in the past. Although the uses that a home must fulfil – cooking, relaxation, personal hygiene, interaction with other people, etc. – remain the same as ever, the solutions fo....MORE
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Contemporary Prefab Houses
daab
ISBN: 3866540221
RRP Price: £34.95
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Contemporary prefab design is on the rise, becoming more and more popular every day. Is it a wonder why? Once blasted as a cheap building system that harkened back to the days when homeowners could order a home from the Sears, Robuck &Co. catalogue, contemporary prefab has blossomed into a viable in....MORE
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