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Theory of architecture
Hardcover. Chaos and anarchy represent the opposite pole to an ordered life. Infernal threats, ambushes, fiery rain and other catastrophes were described even in the Bible. This book delivers a detailed assessment of ruins as a phenomenon in architecture, landscape design, fine art, film and the media. Num Pages: 272 pages, 125 illus. BIC Classification: AB; AJ; AMA; AMV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 291 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1504.
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681468
- ISBN
- 9783936681468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Hardback. Combining architectural history, cultural history and travelogue, this book by Williams is an exploration of how progressive twentieth-century sexual attitudes influenced modern architecture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 70 black and white. BIC Classification: AMA; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780231044
- ISBN
- 9781780231044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
Hardback. In this text, one of today's foremost art historians and critics presents an original view of architecture and the city through the twin lenses of cultural theory and psychoanalysis. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732451
- ISBN
- 9780804732451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.23
€ 111.23
Paperback. In this volume, one of today's foremost art historians and critics presents a view of architecture and the city through the twin lenses of cultural theory and psychoanalysis. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732468
- ISBN
- 9780804732468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.01
€ 34.01
Paperback. Series: Architectural Design Primer. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 219 x 13. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119075592
- ISBN
- 9781119075592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.53
€ 47.53
Paperback. As the subject of earnest discussion, the meaning of space reaches far beyond the horizon of a single discipline. This book assembles a collection of international contributions to create an inspiring expansion of the contemporary discourse on space. Editor(s): Feireiss, Lukas. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 50 schw.-w. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- AMBRA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783990435632
- ISBN
- 9783990435632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.17
€ 41.99
€ 33.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 202 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 188 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415571937
- ISBN
- 9780415571937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205284
- ISBN
- 9780520205284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. Composed of ten essays and an epilogue that trace the history of contemporary form as an evolving poetic of structure and construction, the book's analytical framework rests on Frampton's close readings of key French and German, and English sources from the eighteenth century to the present. Num Pages: 448 pages, 485 illus. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1452.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262561495
- ISBN
- 9780262561495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.78€ 44.59
€ 63.78
€ 44.59
Hardcover. The building has been totally restored for the 125th anniversary of the Museum's opening in 1876. Containing text in English and German, this book aims to reveal the various historic layers of this building. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 72 pages, 65 illus. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DFG; AMA; AMB; AMG; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 285 x 12. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698455
- ISBN
- 9783930698455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.22
€ 31.99
€ 23.22
Paperback. Offers a sustained meditation on the role of interruption in modernity. This book departs from and elaborates an important but overlooked dimension of Walter Benjamin's discourse: the question of style as it bears upon temporality and spatiality. This work suggests that the time has come to revise existing paradigms. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AMA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810123342
- ISBN
- 9780810123342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.75
€ 46.75
Paperback. This text aims to define the elements of early modernist architecture according to notions of realism and simplicity. Its critique of stylistic architecture is not only linked to the development of the Deutsche Werkbund movement, but also can be viewed as a cornerstone of the modern movement. Translator(s): Anderson, Stanford. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 192 x 11. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892362837
- ISBN
- 9780892362837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.41
€ 37.41
Paperback. In this age of ever--increasing environmental awareness, the issue of sustainability is set to become the dominant factor in architectural design. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations (some colour) facsimiles, plans. BIC Classification: AMA; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471486602
- ISBN
- 9780471486602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.78
€ 55.78
Paperback. Exploring the social and cultural hierarchies established in 18th-century France, this volume illustrates how the conceptual basis of the modern house and the physical layout of the modern city emerged from debates among theoretically innovative French architects of the 18th-century. Num Pages: 262 pages, 112 halftones. BIC Classification: AMA; AMG; AMK; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226220857
- ISBN
- 9780226220857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
Paperback. Urban hybrids of existing buildings and new design. Editor(s): Roberts, Bryony. Num Pages: 256 pages, 141 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Lars Muller Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037784914
- ISBN
- 9783037784914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. Advancing new relationships between architecture and nature, Territory emphasises the simultaneous production ofarchitectural objects and their surrounding environment. Series: Architectural Design. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 211 x 10. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470721650
- ISBN
- 9780470721650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.53
€ 47.53
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.23
€ 42.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 line art illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; AVGR; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646616
- ISBN
- 9780816646616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.97
€ 33.97
Paperback. Includes buildings that extend from the first examples of Australian architecture by convict architect Francis Greenway to the works by rising generation. This title covers many buildings by such famous architects as Walter Burley Griffin, Harry Seidler, Jorn Utzon, John Andrews, Philip Cox and Glenn Murcutt. Illustrator(s): Gragnato, Siegfried J. Editor(s): MacMahon, Bill. Num Pages: 256 pages, 455 illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; AMA; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698905
- ISBN
- 9783930698905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.39
€ 31.99
€ 23.39
Paperback. This richly detailed study explores the issue of how architects view the phenomenal world. Mallgrave sketches various moments of architectural thought as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theory. He later repositions this question from the perspective of contemporary neuroscience. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470658253
- ISBN
- 9780470658253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.65
€ 45.65