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Theory of architecture

Hardback. First published in 1996, The Eyes of the Skin has become a classic of architectural theory. For every new intake of students studying Pallasmaa's classic text, The Eyes of the Skin provides a totally fresh understanding of architecture and a new set of insights. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119941286
ISBN
9781119941286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.33

Paperback. Engines of industry, expressions of ego or will, tall towers are nonetheless, when they pierce the shared skies, intensely public. This volume offers a comprehensive vision of an ecological future, in which towers, perhaps supertalls, would necessarily play a crucial role. Series: Som Thinkers. Num Pages: 128 pages, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Distributed Art Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938922787
ISBN
9781938922787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
Park Books Switzerland
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New, Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9783038600510
ISBN
9783038600510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.02

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

Paperback. This book examines key moments in the emergence of London as a metropolis and considers different ways in which its image has been formulated and presented. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AMA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 353 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631216674
ISBN
9780631216674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.89

Hardback. A treasure trove of ideas and encouragement for architects looking for alternatives to the severity of modernism and graceless postmodernism. Num Pages: 250 pages, 250 photos and line drawings. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 211 x 20. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393730364
ISBN
9780393730364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.48

Paperback. In order for a book to succeed in presenting a theory of architecture, it must address aspects of imagination and creativity as well as the channels one can use to achieve truly significant architectural design. Num Pages: 320 pages, 103 line drawings, 94 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 280 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471285304
ISBN
9780471285304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.11

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 221 halftones, 9 maps. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226908489
ISBN
9780226908489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.48

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.62

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.65
€ 57.35

Paperback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 129 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816639137
ISBN
9780816639137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. Simon Sadler searches for the Situationist City among the detritus of tracts, manifestos, and works of art that the Situationist International left behind. Num Pages: 248 pages, 117. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACX; AMA; HPCF; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
245
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262692250
ISBN
9780262692250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138859494
ISBN
9781138859494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.05

Paperback. A collection of essays covering a range of topics and includes titles such as "Outer Space and Inner Space," "What Is an Aesthetic Fact?," "As I Saw Children's Art," "Two Ways of Being Human," "Consciousness - an Island of Images," and "From Chaos to Wholeness." Num Pages: 125 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: AB; AC; AMA; APFA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 37. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
125
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204782
ISBN
9780520204782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 104 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AMA; AMC; HRKN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691175713
ISBN
9780691175713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.28

Paperback. The dream of scientific management was a rationalized machine world where life would approach the perfection of an assembly line. Since its early twentieth-century peak, this dream has come to seem a dehumanizing nightmare. This book tells the story of the emergence of modernist architecture as a romance with the ideas of scientific management. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 208 pages, 49 halftones. 2 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: AMA; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138473
ISBN
9780691138473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.73

Paperback. The Theory of Architecture Concepts, Themes & Practices Paul-Alan Johnson Although it has long been thought that theory directs architectural practice, no one has explained precisely how the connection between theory and practice is supposed to work. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 27. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471285335
ISBN
9780471285335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.09

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 924 pages, 253 black & white illustrations, 1467 colour illustrations, 1467 colour illustrations, 25. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138038929
ISBN
9781138038929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.04

Paperback. Series: Roger Fullington Series in Architecture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 112 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780292716360
ISBN
9780292716360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Hardcover. Pritzker Prize laureate Peter Zumthor articulates what motivates him to design distinctive buildings with a compelling presence and aura. Now in its third edition and expanded to include 2 new essays. Num Pages: 112 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034605854
ISBN
9783034605854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Stanek, Lukasz. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677207
ISBN
9780816677207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.92

Paperback. This book addresses the deltaic territories in Europe that are both fragile and affected by important climate changes. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; AMVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 283 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
List - Laboratorio Internazionale Editoriale Sas Italy
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
SKU
V9788895623870
ISBN
9788895623870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.83

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