Theory of architecture
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Theory of architecture
Paperback. Originally published in 1989, this book provides an English translation of a number of Gottfied Semper's published writings. Translator(s): Mallgrave, Harry Francis; Herrmann, Wolfgang. Series: RES Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 604. Series: RES Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics. 338 pages. Originally published in 1989, this book provides an English translation of a number of Gottfied Semper's published writings. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AMA. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 19. Weight: 616. Translator(s): Mallgrave, Harry Francis; Herrmann, Wolfgang.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 338
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521180863
- ISBN
- 9780521180863
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Condition: New
€ 49.70
€ 49.70
Paperback. Explores the magnificent structure of Chartres Cathedral, suggesting its origins lie in Islamic architecture. The study also explores how a particular building or space affects us spiritually. Num Pages: 112 pages, 30 colour photographs. BIC Classification: AMA; AMN; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Floris Books
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863153914
- ISBN
- 9780863153914
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Condition: New
€ 31.52
€ 31.52
Paperback. Hochkomplexe Muster beruhen auf einfachen Regeln. Muster und Musterbildung bekommen heute als Grundlage der Systematisierung und der Beschreibung hochkomplexer Vorgange und Phanomene eine neue, zentrale Bedeutung. Welche Vorstellung von Muster muss im derzeitigen Architekturdiskurs verwendet werden?" Editor(s): Gleiniger, Andrea; Vrachliotis, Georg. Num Pages: 108 pages, 108 p. BIC Classification: AK; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 167.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Architecture
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764389543
- ISBN
- 9783764389543
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.85
€ 26.99
€ 25.85
Hardcover. Colors are an element of both the natural and the man-made environments. They convey messages of all kinds and perform a wide variety of functions, informing, organizing, warning. This book offers a guide based on a wide range of scientific findings. Num Pages: 152 pages, 152 p. 181 illus., 157 in color. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 274 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 827.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Architecture
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764375966
- ISBN
- 9783764375966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.23
€ 83.23
Paperback. The age of the baroque - a time of great strides in science and mathematics - also saw the construction of some of the world's most magnificent buildings. Hersey explores the interrelations of the two developments and how they cross-fertilised. Num Pages: 280 pages, 52 colour plates, 106 halftones, 52 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; ACQB; AMA; PBM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327846
- ISBN
- 9780226327846
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.03
€ 50.99
€ 40.03
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the 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 training in other fields. Complete with feature spreads on individual projects, it unites history, theory and practice. Series: Portfolio. Num Pages: 248 pages, 324 illustrations, 278 in colour. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Laurence King
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781856696234
- ISBN
- 9781856696234
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.46
€ 42.99
€ 38.46
Paperback. This unique appraisal of the famous Swiss architect's major works have now been expanded to include two more building. The Villa Shodhan and the Pavilion Suisse round out the coverage of Le Corbusier's significant works. The author critically Num Pages: 416 pages, 400 line illustrations, 48 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 294 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1278.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780419161202
- ISBN
- 9780419161202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.35
€ 91.35
Paperback. Beloved and contemplated by philosophers, architects, writers, and literary theorists alike, this book examines the places in which we place our conscious and unconscious thoughts and guides us through a stream of cerebral meditations on poetry, art, and the blooming of consciousness itself. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; HPX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107521
- ISBN
- 9780143107521
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.12
€ 16.99
€ 13.12
Hardcover. Space frames have offered architects a fascinating alternative to cubic frameworks for many years; well-known space frame structures include the geodesic domes introduced by Buckminster Fuller at Expo 67 in Montreal and Manhattan's Javits Convention Center, created by I.M. Pei. Editor(s): Gabriel, J. Francois. Num Pages: 528 pages, 480 line drawings and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 283 x 222 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471122616
- ISBN
- 9780471122616
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Condition: New
€ 173.81
€ 173.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Mairin, O'Mahony. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- PM Press United States
- Number of pages
- 134
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604864069
- ISBN
- 9781604864069
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.98
€ 16.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. By way of more than 2,000 years of architectural history, this illustrated book defines and shows the major components of the art - from theory, plans, and models to structural elements such as columns, arches, and domes, to materials and decorative elements. Num Pages: 384 pages, 325 color illus. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 116 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141503
- ISBN
- 9780691141503
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
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€ 26.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 color illus., 94 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 252 x 25. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262526364
- ISBN
- 9780262526364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.19
€ 38.99
€ 34.19
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353089
- ISBN
- 9780822353089
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.17
€ 35.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415741552
- ISBN
- 9780415741552
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Condition: New
€ 70.53
€ 70.53
Paperback. Drawn from a wide range of scholarly and artistic disciplines, this book offers a multi-disciplinary debate on the future of design and design institutions in the postindustrial era. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 248 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1242.
- Publisher
- Museum of Modern Art United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870700705
- ISBN
- 9780870700705
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.55
€ 36.99
€ 36.55
hardcover. Focuses on the various histories that intersect around and within the skyscraper. Editor(s): Moudry, Roberta. Num Pages: 298 pages, 89 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 28. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521624213
- ISBN
- 9780521624213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.04€ 87.36
€ 105.04
€ 87.36
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- JOVIS Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783868591668
- ISBN
- 9783868591668
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.40
€ 32.99
€ 31.40
Paperback. This book proposes a theory of architectural failure; a radical way to approach memory and history in the city. Num Pages: 167 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 167
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780990224
- ISBN
- 9781780990224
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.95
€ 15.99
€ 14.95
Hardback. This is a bio-bibliography of the self-taught Dutch architect, Dudok, who was among the most copied architects of the 1930s and 1940s. His international influence was based upon his work in the provincial town of Hilversum. Dudok showed a humane, modern approach to building design. Series: Bio-Bibliographies in Art and Architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; AMA; AMB; AMK; BG; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313294259
- ISBN
- 9780313294259
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Condition: New
€ 73.36€ 71.75
€ 73.36
€ 71.75
Paperback. This text proposes new perspectives on gender, race and ethnicity to broaden the practice of public history and public art, enlarge urban preservation, and reconsider the writing of urban history. It provides models for creative urban history projects in cities and towns across America. Num Pages: 318 pages, 112. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; AMVD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- F Fourth Printing Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262581523
- ISBN
- 9780262581523
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.62
€ 42.99
€ 37.62
Paperback. An ideal design is site-specific, which is the only way architecture can create or connect with a specific sense of identity. This requires addressing the structural and local circumstances. This book offers a playful way in which to systematically ascertain a complex framework and use it for your own design. Editor(s): Eberle, Dietmar; Nasso, Marcello. Num Pages: 536 pages, 875 colour illustrations, 875 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035606331
- ISBN
- 9783035606331
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Condition: New
€ 59.42
€ 59.42
Hardcover. Explores the contested territory between the state and corporate drive to 'securitise' urban space - and the principle of the city as a site for enacting open civil society, participatory democracy, and the freedom of speech and assembly. Editor(s): Simpson, Deane; Jensen, Vibeke; Rubing, Anders. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 256 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1412.
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035609707
- ISBN
- 9783035609707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.91
€ 44.99
€ 42.91
hardcover. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Circa Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993072130
- ISBN
- 9780993072130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.40€ 68.11
€ 70.40
€ 68.11
Hardback. Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. This title describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. It provides an original theory of art and architecture in the age of global networks. Series: Point: Essays on Architecture. Num Pages: 136 pages, 39 color illus. 1 halftone. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150444
- ISBN
- 9780691150444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.30
€ 32.99
€ 24.30