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Theory of architecture

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

Paperback. A title that refers to a specific form of dealing with built reality which has become possible through new digital technologies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 colour illustrations, 20 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 145. Weight in Grams: 461.
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783990433669
ISBN
9783990433669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; AMA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784537937
ISBN
9781784537937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.02
€ 123.31

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 210. .
Publisher
Herman Hertzberger - Lessons for Students in Architecture
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462083196
ISBN
9789462083196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.92

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

€ 15.00
€ 14.08

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.69

Paperback. The adaptive reuse of buildings, where changes in the structure go along with new programs and functions, poses the fundamental question of how the past should be included in the design for the future. Using vivid imagery from Frankenstein to Rem Koolhaas, the author provides an introduction to architectural design for adaptive reuse projects. Num Pages: 264 pages, 300 colour illustrations, 300 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783038215370
ISBN
9783038215370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.28

Paperback. Now as before, Japanese architecture is very popular in Europe and the western world. This book provides an overview, using design examples and interviews, and presents current positions of young architects as well as of Pritzker Prize winners. Editor(s): Kohte, Susanne; Adam, Hubertus. Num Pages: 272 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 250 colour illustrations, 80 schw.-w. u. 250 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMA; AMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783035608465
ISBN
9783035608465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.29
€ 51.86

Paperback. An account of one of the most interesting phenomena of contemporary architecture: the return to the structure and methods with which contemporary constructions are realized. Num Pages: 320 pages, 340 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 894.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857204727
ISBN
9788857204727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.48

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

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

€ 83.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Anderson, Richard. Translator(s): Dawson, Julie. Num Pages: 368 pages, 120 illus., b&w. BIC Classification: AMA; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 183 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Columbia GSAPP Books on Architecture
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883584757
ISBN
9781883584757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.47

Hardback. What might the "organic" mean in the context of film studies? This innovative volume locates one instance of organicity in the work of Bela Tarr, the renowned Hungarian filmmaker "slow cinema" pioneer. It analyzes Tarr's long take and other signature techniques, establishes links between the seemingly remote spheres of film and architecture. Num Pages: 238 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJ; 3JM; AMA; APFA; APFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785335662
ISBN
9781785335662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.62

Hardback. How do artworks 'speak', and how do we 'listen' and respond? The tenets of critical performance, art-writing and site-writing inform the critical method used in Poetics and Place. Positioning the critic as the artwork's site of reception, the book engages creatively with the reader Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 integrated bw. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763378
ISBN
9781780763378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.02
€ 123.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 872 pages, 224 black & white illustrations, 1724 colour illustrations, 1724 colour illustrations, 22. 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
V9781138038912
ISBN
9781138038912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.58

Paperback. This collection brings together the essays of avant-garde theorist and architect, Bernard Tschumi, from 1975-1990. These essays develop themes in contemporary theory as they relate the actual making of architecture, attempting to realign the discipline with late-20th-century world culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, 59. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AMA; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262700603
ISBN
9780262700603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.60

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

hardcover. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Circa Press United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993072130
ISBN
9780993072130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 68.11

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

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415786553
ISBN
9780415786553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 49.70

Hardback. Including maps, plans, and colour photographs, this work is a guide to the buildings of South-West Lancashire. It contains a general introduction that provides a historical and artistic overview. It also features the great port of Liverpool, with its cathedrals, mighty commercial buildings and warehouses, and Georgian inner city. Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; AMA; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 121 x 35. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300109108
ISBN
9780300109108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.50
€ 53.84

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

€ 38.73

Paperback. This work takes readers on a tour of American landscapes past and present, showing how surroundings reflect important changes in culture. The book examines the new vernacular landscape of trailers, parking lots, roads and shopping malls. Num Pages: 222 pages, 62 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1/22/96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300063974
ISBN
9780300063974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.04

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