Theory of architecture
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Theory of architecture
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471285335
- ISBN
- 9780471285335
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Condition: New
€ 129.28
€ 129.28
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471285304
- ISBN
- 9780471285304
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€ 109.51
€ 109.51
Paperback. Much recent literature dealing with the formation of modern cities, particularly in developing countries has not adequately conveyed the complexity of the issues. Using a selection of examples from around the world and from the past two centuries, this book explores the transfers of models that seek to shape urban environments. Editor(s): Nasr, Joe; Volait, Mercedes. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: AMA; AMVD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470851609
- ISBN
- 9780470851609
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Condition: New
€ 85.18
€ 85.18
Hardcover. Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture's conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary society. Num Pages: 478 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1212.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470772997
- ISBN
- 9780470772997
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Condition: New
€ 167.10
€ 167.10
Paperback. Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture's conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary society. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1072.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470772980
- ISBN
- 9780470772980
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Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Paperback. Whereas the first volume of this set provides the intellectual groundwork for Schumacher's ideas, the second volume addresses the specific, contemporary challenges that architecture faces. It formulates these tasks, looking specifically at how architecture organizes and articulates the complexity of post-fordist network society. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 174 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1732.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470666166
- ISBN
- 9780470666166
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€ 67.47
€ 67.47
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470658253
- ISBN
- 9780470658253
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Condition: New
€ 45.65
€ 45.65
Paperback. A collection of pivotal ideas about beauty from throughout history, with an introduction and critical headnotes. Editor(s): Gage, Mark Foster. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 208 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393733495
- ISBN
- 9780393733495
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Condition: New
€ 41.60
€ 41.60
Paperback. This update of a classic text folds the new field of neuroscience for design into well-established environment-behavior (E-B) methods and approaches. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 670.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393731842
- ISBN
- 9780393731842
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Condition: New
€ 49.14
€ 49.14
Hardback. The 18th-century rediscovery of the three archaic Greek-Doric temples in Paestum in southern Italy turned existing ideas on classical architecture upside down. In this book, the author analyzes extensive original source material, including letters, diaries, drawings, paintings, engravings and published texts, which are reproduced here. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 352 pages, 100 color + 185 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMA; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1626.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300195750
- ISBN
- 9780300195750
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Condition: New
€ 80.24
€ 80.24
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
€ 60.92
€ 60.92
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardcover. Focuses on the role of the technical aspects of architectural design, as part of the process of innovation and in relation to the mythic opposition between vision and construction. This title argues that by making symbolic expression a primary objective in the design of a project, designers produce a practical aesthetic and an ethical solution. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226307589
- ISBN
- 9780226307589
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Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Paperback. New, critical edition of Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture. Editor(s): Rowland, Ingrid D.; Howe, Thomas Noble. Num Pages: 352 pages, 110 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ACG; AMA; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 277 x 213 x 20. Weight in Grams: 996. Ten Books; New English Translation with Commentary and Illustrations. 333 pages, many b/w figs. Editor(s): Rowland, Ingrid D.; Howe, Thomas Noble. New, critical edition of Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDA; ACG; AMA; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 277 x 213 x 20. Weight: 996.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521002929
- ISBN
- 9780521002929
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.84
€ 40.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Translator(s): Shugaar, Professor Antony. Num Pages: 256 pages, 103 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937663
- ISBN
- 9780813937663
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Condition: New
€ 64.47
€ 64.47
Paperback. Artist-architects Arakawa and Madeline Gins demonstrate the interconnectedness of innovative architectural design, the poetic process and philosophical enquiry. Their book promotes a deliberate use of architecture and design in dealing with the blight of the human condition. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817311698
- ISBN
- 9780817311698
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Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826352019
- ISBN
- 9780826352019
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Condition: New
€ 100.77
€ 100.77
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
€ 24.35
€ 24.35
Paperback. With the improved efficiency of heating, cooling and lighting in buildings crucial to the low carbon targets of all current governments, Building Science: concepts and applications provides a timely and much-needed addition to the existing literature on architectural and environmental design education. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 191 x 14. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655733
- ISBN
- 9780470655733
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Condition: New
€ 83.66
€ 83.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138859043
- ISBN
- 9781138859043
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Condition: New
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 33 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262528856
- ISBN
- 9780262528856
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.61
€ 30.99
€ 23.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Gerber, Andri; Patterson, Brent. Num Pages: 302 pages, 107 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMA; CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837623727
- ISBN
- 9783837623727
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.38
€ 49.99
€ 35.38
Hardback. An Introduction to Architectural Theory is the first comprehensive and critical history of architectural theory over the last forty years. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405180634
- ISBN
- 9781405180634
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Condition: New
€ 118.63
€ 118.63
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