Theory of architecture
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Theory of architecture
Paperback. * Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment. * Presents crucial "moments" in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances. Editor(s): Ballantyne, Andrew. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229445
- ISBN
- 9780631229445
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.66
€ 52.99
€ 52.66
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138473
- ISBN
- 9780691138473
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€ 45.99€ 32.25
€ 45.99
€ 32.25
Paperback. By way of more than 2,000 years of architectural history, this illustrated book defines and shows the major components of the art - from theory, plans, and models to structural elements such as columns, arches, and domes, to materials and decorative elements. Num Pages: 384 pages, 325 color illus. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 116 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 790.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141503
- ISBN
- 9780691141503
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
€ 36.99
€ 26.43
Hardback. * A sophisticated account of the work of key German thinkers, including Benjamin and Simmel, and their writings about the city. * Will have a wide--ranging approach, appealing to students and scholars of social theory but also urban studies and architecture. * Features 15 illustrations. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AMA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745609676
- ISBN
- 9780745609676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.68
€ 75.68
Paperback. * A sophisticated account of the work of key German thinkers, including Benjamin and Simmel, and their writings about the city. * Will have a wide--ranging approach, appealing to students and scholars of social theory but also urban studies and architecture. * Features 15 illustrations. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745626253
- ISBN
- 9780745626253
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Condition: New
€ 33.36
€ 33.36
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639137
- ISBN
- 9780816639137
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.04
€ 19.99
€ 19.04
Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353089
- ISBN
- 9780822353089
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.70
€ 35.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium Series in the History of Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 color illustrations, 43 black-and-white illustrations, 48 color photographs, 1 black-a. BIC Classification: 1DST; AMA; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023678
- ISBN
- 9780884023678
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.51
€ 44.99
€ 36.51
Paperback. Demonstrates that it is possible for architects, designers and engineers to design outstanding buildings that sustain a sense of local identity, both in terms of cultural heritage and the conservation of the environment. Series: Architectural Design. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 212 x 9. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118336410
- ISBN
- 9781118336410
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.74
€ 35.99
€ 35.74
Paperback. Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Bending, Stephen. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HBA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405105354
- ISBN
- 9781405105354
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.69
€ 30.99
€ 30.69
Hardback. 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: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195850
- ISBN
- 9781405195850
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Condition: New
€ 132.43
€ 132.43
Hardback. Essays for Eric Fernie. 430 pages, 177, 177 black and white. Editor(s): Franklin, Jill A.; Heslop, T. A.; Stevenson, Christine. Essays centred on the methods, pleasures, and pitfalls of architectural interpretation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AMA. Dimension: 252 x 181 x 34. Weight: 1258.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837817
- ISBN
- 9781843837817
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Condition: New
€ 105.15
€ 105.15
Paperback. Papers presented at a symposium, What happened to the architectural manifesto?, held at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Nov. 18, 2011. Num Pages: 176 pages, color and b&w throughout. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- GSAPP Books United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883584870
- ISBN
- 9781883584870
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. Presents a selection of the most interesting essays by some of the world's leading architects and critics including Baudrillard, Eisenman, and Libeskind. This book contains essays that look critically at the directions in architecture and explore each theme in depth, raising the important questions posed by the developing role of architecture. Editor(s): Papadakis, Andreas; Papadakis, Alexandra. Num Pages: 228 pages, Ill.66. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Papadakis United Kingdom
- Edition
- Travel Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901092646
- ISBN
- 9781901092646
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Editor(s): Howard, Michelle. Num Pages: 256 pages, 350 black & white illustrations, 350 schw.-w. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 246 x 25. Weight in Grams: 752.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035604177
- ISBN
- 9783035604177
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.26
€ 44.99
€ 42.26
Hardcover. Examines how photos are used to digitally reproduce, inform about, and archive buildings. This book is dedicated to the concept of the use of a building being the visual content of architectural photography, and also questions how the photograph influences the constructed reality. Editor(s): Fitz, Angelika; Lenz, Gabriele. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour illustrations, 200 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 290 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035605860
- ISBN
- 9783035605860
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.56
€ 27.99
€ 27.56
Paperback. Design interventions for the reuse of existing structures must face the question of the past and the extent to which it should be included in a new design. This volume investigates the relationship of art and building reuse. How can art transform the economics of a built context? Editor(s): Wong, Liliane; Berger, Markus; Rhode Island School of Design. Series: Int | AR. Num Pages: 136 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 100 colour illustrations, 50 schw.-w. u. 100 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: ABC; AMA; AMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 281 x 11. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035608342
- ISBN
- 9783035608342
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.07
€ 23.99
€ 23.07
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Architecture
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764324728
- ISBN
- 9783764324728
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Condition: New
€ 111.55
€ 111.55
Hardcover. Bar, surface, body, and space are the fundamental elements of the design process. Every form, however complex, may be understood as a variation of them. This title represents a foundational work for architects, designers, and lay people with an interest in cultural history: the unrivaled grammar of design. Translator(s): Gussen, James; Lindberg, Steven. Num Pages: 179 pages, 900 black & white illustrations, 400 colour illustrations, 900 schw.-w. u. 400 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AK; AMA; AMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 320 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Architecture
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764367619
- ISBN
- 9783764367619
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Condition: New
€ 57.75
€ 57.75
Paperback. Wasser ist ein besonderes Gestaltungselement der Landschaftsarchitektur. Entwurfselement Wasser vermittelt praxisnah und konkret die wichtigsten Faktoren, die bei Entwurf und Planung mit Wasser berucksichtigt werden mussen. " Editor(s): Bott, Cornelia. Series: Basics Series. Num Pages: 78 pages, 81 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 81 schw.-w. Abb., 6 schw.-w. Tab. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; AMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 222 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764386627
- ISBN
- 9783764386627
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.22
€ 25.99
€ 25.22