Theory of architecture
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Theory of architecture
Paperback. Includes essays that explore the question of how ethical ideas guiding the design process - a concern for the environment or for social justice - relate to the beauty of our buildings, cities, and artworks. This book presents a range of viewpoints and does not ignore the perils of an easy association of ethics and aesthetics. Editor(s): Iliescu, Sanda. Num Pages: 320 pages, 102 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927725
- ISBN
- 9780813927725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.69
€ 38.69
Hardback. Brings together essays and conversations that cover topics ranging from modern classicism, American housing, gardens, and New York City to the work of Norman Foster, Louis Kahn, Charles Moore, and Robert Moses. Num Pages: 208 pages, 123 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 191 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181159
- ISBN
- 9780300181159
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.78
€ 48.99
€ 34.78
Paperback. Now available in an expanded 2nd Edition, this is a polemical account of the destruction of architecture in war. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX; HBG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235974
- ISBN
- 9781780235974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Why do we design where we live and work? Why do we not just live in nature, or in chaos? Why does society care about architecture? Why does it really matter? This book answers these questions through a fresh examination of the basic purposes and elements of architecture - beginning in nature, and combining function and expression. Num Pages: 136 pages, 10 color illus. BIC Classification: AMA; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155753
- ISBN
- 9780691155753
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.50
€ 21.99
€ 17.50
Hardback. The Space Within explores how interior space has been integral to the development of Modern architecture from the late 1800s to today, and how generations of architects have engaged with interior space and its experience in their design processes. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780236605
- ISBN
- 9781780236605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.19
€ 29.19
Paperback. Foreword by Arthur Drexler. Introduction by Vincent Scully. Num Pages: 144 pages, 350 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 278 x 10. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Museum of Modern Art United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870702822
- ISBN
- 9780870702822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.85
€ 32.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXK; AMA; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 206. .
- Publisher
- Niggli
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783721209587
- ISBN
- 9783721209587
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.44
€ 38.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. Robin Evans recasts the idea of the relationship between geometry and architecture, drawing on mathematics, engineering, art history, and aesthetics to uncover processes in the imagining and realizing of architectural form. Num Pages: 456 pages, 197. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 275 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262550383
- ISBN
- 9780262550383
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Condition: New
€ 60.19€ 57.35
€ 60.19
€ 57.35
Hardcover. Mankind needs to relate to inanimate matter as well. Mankind 'animates' stones, mountains, rivers, yes even the world and the cosmos so that it can communicate with them. Zoomorphic architecture is a variant of anthropomorphic architecture. Num Pages: 188 pages, 205 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 294 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698875
- ISBN
- 9783930698875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.15€ 41.27
€ 53.15
€ 41.27
Hardcover. The Neues Haus, the new building for the Munchner Kammerspiele, is not a big building in any sense. The most important quality of the design is in fact that it accepts the modesty of its role. The building subordinates itself to the main Kammerspiele building. This book features text in English and German. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 56 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DFG; AMA; AMB; AMGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 306 x 289 x 13. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698431
- ISBN
- 9783930698431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.28
€ 38.28
Hardcover. The Villa Lante in Bagnaia near Viterbo is outstanding among 16th-century Italian gardens. It is not particularly large, but it is the undisputed highlight of this epoch, the heyday of Italian horticulture. This monograph attempts to establish what triggers the intense sense of beauty with which visitors to the gardens are confronted. Num Pages: 512 pages, 180 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 228 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2264.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565052
- ISBN
- 9783932565052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.29
€ 99.29
Paperback. "Paperback reissue, with a new introduction by the author." Num Pages: 320 pages, 90 halftones. 1 musical example. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New introduction by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158334
- ISBN
- 9780691158334
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Hardcover. Bar, surface, body, and space are the fundamental elements of the design process. Every form, however complex, may be understood as a variation of them. This title represents a foundational work for architects, designers, and lay people with an interest in cultural history: the unrivaled grammar of design. Translator(s): Gussen, James; Lindberg, Steven. Num Pages: 179 pages, 900 black & white illustrations, 400 colour illustrations, 900 schw.-w. u. 400 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AK; AMA; AMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 320 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Architecture
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764367619
- ISBN
- 9783764367619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.50
€ 58.50
Paperback. Typical architectural concepts have changed in recent years and buildings have been designed that respond to the climate conditions of their environment, thereby using only a reduced amount of energy without compromising on comfort. The volume presents the major principles of daylight and artificial lighting design. Editor(s): Bielefeld, Bert. Series: Basics. Num Pages: 80 pages, 90 black & white illustrations, 90 schw.-w. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; AMD; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035609301
- ISBN
- 9783035609301
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.69
€ 25.99
€ 25.69
Paperback. Buildings are driven by human emotions and desires: hope, power, money, sex, and the idea of home. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330535823
- ISBN
- 9780330535823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. Explores the unexpected perceptual consequences of architecture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 114 line illustrations, 2 music examples. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422. 30th Anniversary Edition. 296 pages, illustrations. Explores the unexpected perceptual consequences of architecture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight: 402.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261259
- ISBN
- 9780520261259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.49
€ 38.99
€ 34.49
Paperback. Translator(s): Barton, M. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855841239
- ISBN
- 9781855841239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.09
€ 17.99
€ 16.09
Paperback. Focusing on the principal architects of that time--from Alberti to Palladio--this bestselling classic explains the true significance of certain architectural forms, bringing to light the connections between the architecture and culture of the period. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 225 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471977636
- ISBN
- 9780471977636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.96
€ 66.96
Paperback. ES Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AMA; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Editorial Tenov S.L.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788493923181
- ISBN
- 9788493923181
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.13
€ 25.99
€ 21.13
Hardcover. In 2000, the Autostadt, a show park for the Volkswagen group, opened in Wolfsburg. Alfredo Arribas designed the Seat Pavilion, and has brought off the brilliant trick of making an essentially reticent building into the focal point of the Autostadt. This book features text in English and Spanish. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 52 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DFG; AMA; AMB; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 288 x 13. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 52
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698448
- ISBN
- 9783930698448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.05
€ 31.99
€ 23.05
Hardcover. Known as the 'Big Eye', the Oita Stadium was one of the chosen venues for the World Cup in 2002. The whole site covers an area of 225 ha and has several facilities outside the main football stadium. The main stadium features an open track for athletic events as well as the football pitch. Num Pages: 44 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMA; AMB; AMGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 306 x 288 x 11. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 44
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698462
- ISBN
- 9783930698462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.39
€ 29.99
€ 21.39
Hardcover. A yawning gap between two 1960s buildings. Not at all unusual in Cologne. A gap between two buildings, 2,56 m wide and 33 m long. Scarcely wide enough to park a few bicycles. This gap has been used as an office by an advertising agency since early 1999. This book records the whole project and provided an interpretation of the work. Editor(s): Rendel, Martin. Num Pages: 96 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMA; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 213 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565229
- ISBN
- 9783932565229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.11
€ 15.99
€ 13.11
Hardcover. As in 2001, during the 2002 Cologne International Furniture Fair, three internationally known designers squeezed themselves into the town's best known building between buildings. There they presented their ideas on the subject of 'expanding the gap'. From Tokyo came the idea of expanding the exhibition space with an installation to make it snow. Editor(s): Rendel, Martin; Spitz, Rene. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMA; AMB; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565281
- ISBN
- 9783932565281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.84
€ 16.99
€ 13.84
Paperback. In this work authorities in design review in architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, land use law, and urban policy discuss legal, procedural, and philosophical aspects of the subject, giving the reader a broad, multidisciplinary perspective. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412991615
- ISBN
- 9780412991615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 199.57
€ 199.57