Theory of architecture
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Theory of architecture
Hardback. This is a bio-bibliography of the self-taught Dutch architect, Dudok, who was among the most copied architects of the 1930s and 1940s. His international influence was based upon his work in the provincial town of Hilversum. Dudok showed a humane, modern approach to building design. Series: Bio-Bibliographies in Art and Architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; AMA; AMB; AMK; BG; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 610.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313294259
- ISBN
- 9780313294259
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€ 73.65€ 70.95
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155753
- ISBN
- 9780691155753
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€ 21.99€ 17.29
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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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€ 52.12
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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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€ 50.99€ 39.42
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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
€ 50.99€ 39.48
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Hardback. The years around 1700 were marked by transformations in European and colonial capital cities. This era saw the creation of palatial complexes and urban spaces appropriate to autocratic power. This book presents a comparative reading of baroque architecture: from country to country, from region to region, and from the Old World to the New. Editor(s): Millon, Henry A. Series: Studies in the History of Art Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 195 b&w + 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; AMA; AMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 290 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300114751
- ISBN
- 9780300114751
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.79
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181159
- ISBN
- 9780300181159
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€ 48.99€ 34.44
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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
€ 57.54€ 44.71
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Paperback. Series: A+D Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 55 b/w + 148 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AMA; AMC; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300210637
- ISBN
- 9780300210637
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€ 16.99€ 13.99
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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
€ 38.99€ 33.12
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Paperback. Programming Cultures explores the relationship between software engineering and the various disciplines that benefit from new codes and programming tools. The title focuses on a range of practices including: aviation design, urban infrastructure simulation, Hollywood special effects, nanotechnology, mathematics and architecture. Editor(s): Silver, Mike. Series: Architectural Design. Num Pages: 134 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; PDA; UMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 214 x 36. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470025857
- ISBN
- 9780470025857
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.92
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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
€ 36.99€ 36.94
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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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€ 53.99€ 53.71
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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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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.
- Format
- 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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€ 132.43
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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
€ 68.17
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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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€ 87.72
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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
€ 103.43
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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.
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- 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
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€ 54.75
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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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.44
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