Theory of architecture
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Theory of architecture
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.72
€ 31.72
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.20
€ 26.99
€ 26.20
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
€ 83.79
€ 83.79
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.28
€ 51.99
€ 40.28
paperback. Covers the development of musical life in the great centres of European music - Paris, Vienna, London and the courts of Italy and Germany. The contributions of Handel and Bach, and their lesser colleagues are set in their historical and sociological context. Editor(s): Buelow, George J. Series: Man & Music. Num Pages: 521 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 521
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349113057
- ISBN
- 9781349113057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.10
€ 137.10
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
€ 38.99€ 27.32
€ 38.99
€ 27.32
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
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138018471
- ISBN
- 9781138018471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.53
€ 70.53
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.97
€ 169.97
Hardback. Series: The Digital Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 119 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349951949
- ISBN
- 9781349951949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.79
€ 68.79
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€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138859043
- ISBN
- 9781138859043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.24
€ 47.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Trubiano, Franca. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 black & white tables, 28 black & white halftones, 107 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMCR; AMK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415615280
- ISBN
- 9780415615280
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Condition: New
€ 59.50
€ 59.50
Paperback. Introduces various aspects of management practice to students and professionals based in the construction industry. This book addresses each stage of the construction project from conception to completion, giving a perspective on the whole life cycle. It also covers design-build, build-own-operate-transfer, and construction management. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; KJMP; KNJC; TNK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750652544
- ISBN
- 9780750652544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.78
€ 82.78
Paperback. The story of how the concept of a pantheon, a building honouring great individuals, spread across Revolutionary Europe and interacted with socio-political and cultural changes. Analysing the canon and iconography of each pantheon, Bouwers shows how the commemoration of war and celebration of nationhood gave way to the protection of elite interests. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AMA; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349333448
- ISBN
- 9781349333448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.93
€ 64.93
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472459947
- ISBN
- 9781472459947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.55€ 93.76
€ 150.55
€ 93.76
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€ 32.38
€ 35.99
€ 32.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415741552
- ISBN
- 9780415741552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.53
€ 70.53
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- RIBA Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859465967
- ISBN
- 9781859465967
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Condition: New
€ 44.05
€ 44.05
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
€ 108.41
€ 108.41
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€ 31.60
€ 32.99
€ 31.60
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€ 15.11
€ 15.99
€ 15.11
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.12€ 71.75
€ 74.12
€ 71.75