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Vienna

14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£14.99 14 May 2008 Paperback Ullmann Publishing

Beijing

12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Claudio Greco, Carlo Santoro

£22.00 12 May 2008 Paperback Skira

In view of the forthcoming Olympics, Beijing is intent on revitalizing its image as the capital of a nation capable of taking a leading role in the world. Construction is already underway and has been entrusted to the most prestigious architects on the international scene (Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Ito, Isozaki, Hadid, and Andreu). Illustrated with full-color photographs and including detailed information about building plans and sites, Beijing concludes with a look at both the positive and negative aspects of the projects underway. It also includes a look into the future through conversations with emerging personalities in Chinese architecture and some of the leading figures heading the development of Beijing.

Institutional

09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Photographs of Jails, Schools, and Other Chicago Buildings

By Scott Fortino

£208.00 09 May 2008 Hardback Center for American Places,US

A visual essay that documents the diverse architectural structures that house the foundations of civic life in the city of Chicago. Light, color, and composition work together in author-photographer's images to produce new perspectives on the interiors of public buildings, revealing their cultural and social roles.

Design Destinations Worldwide

07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£39.99 07 May 2008 Hardback Ullmann Publishing

Intersight., v.11.08

02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£8.24 02 May 2008 Paperback NY St U Architect Plan

From the Station to the City

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cities on the Move

By Marcel Bajard, Francois Lamarra

£19.99 01 May 2008 Paperback Silvana

Shulman, Modernism 2009

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£9.99 01 May 2008 Calendar Taschen GmbH

Shulman, Modernism 2009

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£9.99 01 May 2008 Calendar Taschen GmbH

Shulman, Modernism 2009

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Weiner, N.

£16.99 01 May 2008 Diary Taschen GmbH

Gaudi 2009

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Volk, Annick

£9.99 01 May 2008 Diary Taschen GmbH

Gaudi 2009

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Volk, Annick

£9.99 01 May 2008 Calendar Taschen GmbH

Art and Now: Aoeber Die Zukunft Ka1/4nstlerischer Produktivitatsstrategien

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bast, Gerald Felderer, Brigitte

£16.46 01 May 2008 Paperback Springer

The Royal Palaces of London

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Souden, David Worsley, Lucy Dolman, Brett

£29.95 01 May 2008 Hardback Merrell

From Eltham and Greenwich to the east of the capital and the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Whitehall and Westminster in the centre to Hampton Court and Kew to the west, London's magnificent royal palaces, past and present, have always been places of beauty and power. Some remain working institutions and living homes; others have acquired new functions as show houses of history and art; all have remarkable tales to tell. Sumptuously illustrated throughout. The Royal Palaces of London is the first major survey to bring together the stories of these buildings and the characters, events and art that have filled their grand spaces and intimate corners from the Norman Conquest to modern times.

Cityscape

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ben Johnson's Liverpool

By Ben Johnson, Ann Bukantas

£9.99 01 May 2008 Paperback Liverpool University Press

Showcases the work of international artist Ben Johnson. This volume provides the official portrait of Liverpool as European capital of Culture for 2008. It showcases the Liverpool cityscape alongside Jerusalem, Zurich, Hong Kong, Chicago and Paris in artist Ben Johnson's "World Panoramas" series.

The Sociology of Architecture

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Constructing Identities

By Paul Jones

£16.95 01 May 2008 Paperback Liverpool University Press

Architecture reveals, in a tangible, material sense, power. This book outlines that architecture exists in a highly contested context vis-a-vis the construction of collective identities, and is, in some senses, an 'open' discourse that has lost the capacity to represent an order of values or identities in an uncontested way.

The Sociology of Architecture

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Constructing Identities

By Paul Jones

£50.00 01 May 2008 Hardback Liverpool University Press

Architecture reveals, in a tangible, material sense, power. Major architectural projects can reveal a great deal about the power that states have in extracting surplus value of different kinds from city spaces. This title is an interdisciplinary work that is useful for both architects and sociologists.

The Piazzas of Florence

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Mapping a Renaissance Spirit

By Lisa McGarry

£14.99 01 May 2008 Hardback Murdoch Books

Captures the essence of city Florence through an exploration of twelve of the piazzas. This title features original watercolour maps that illustrate each piazza and the landmarks within.

Aiga Professional Practices in Graphic Design, Second Edition

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Crawford, Tad

£19.99 01 May 2008 Paperback Allworth Press

A guide to various aspects of the graphic design business - from designer relationships with clients, employees, and suppliers to management issues, marketing strategies, rights, and ethical standards. It is suitable for those involved in the graphic design business - managers, lawyers, accountants students, lecturers, and designers.

A Book of Cape Cod Houses

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Doane, Doris

£10.41 01 May 2008 Paperback David R. Godine Publisher

Ask any child to draw a house, and what you will probably get is a symmetrical structure of one and a half stories with a door in the middle and a window on either side - in other words, a "Cape." From the mid-1600s to the 1850s, capes were the standard New England home, providing farmers and fishermen, city dwellers and country folk with houses that were easy to build, economical, and whose low-slung design stood up to the bracing winds that swept in from the ocean. After World War II, these straightforward practical designs were adapted to twentieth-century living. Here is the history of these charming homes, accompanied by detailed and elegant pencil drawings illuminating everything from the wallpapers to the floor plans.

Revaluing Construction

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Barrett, Peter Barrett

£69.50 01 May 2008 Hardback Wiley-Blackwell

Based on results from a series of international conferences, survey questionnaires and workshops, this work takes a global perspective on the ways forward for the construction industry. It also identifies seven key areas for action, and the connections between them.

Modern Impulse: Peter L. Gluck and Partners Architects

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Peter L. Gluck and Partners Architects

By Oscar Riera Ojeda

£30.00 01 May 2008 Non-Book Item Oro Editions

Southwestern Indian Jewelry

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Dexter Cirillo

£30.00 01 May 2008 Hardback Rizzoli International Publications

A dazzling exploration of both traditional and contemporary jewelry. Spectacular photographs of the beautiful jewelry and sensitive portraits of the artists combine with an insightful, informative text to capture the spirit of this work and of the cultures from which it springs. Includes a collector's guide and a directory of sources. 210 illustrations, 155 in full color.

The New Malaysian House

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Powell, Robert Ks, Albert Lim

£35.00 01 May 2008 Hardback Periplus Editions

The New Malaysian House is a collection of 25 recent houses by a disparate group of architectural practices. It demonstrates a remarkable flowering of Malaysian design talent that has been germinating since the mid-1980s. The houses range from luxury detached bungalows set in extensive tropical gardens and weekend retreats in the forest to gated communities that are springing up in Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere in Malaysia, to extended family houses. All are distinguished by a singular quality of innovative design as the architects sought to explore new approaches for designing with the climate and in the cultural context of Malaysia. Including 60 annotated architectural drawings with added landscapes, and a demonstrated awareness of environmental issues and changing cultural patterns, The New Malaysian House will equally appeal to designers, architects, landscape designers and home owners.

Dubai: Growing Through Architecture

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Growing Through Architecture

By George Katodrytis

£48.00 01 May 2008 Hardback Thames & Hudson

Explores the transformation of Dubai from primitive settlement to a global city at the vanguard of architectural innovation. This book charts the political, social and economic conditions that have made such a phenomenon possible.

New Directions in Contemporary Architecture: Evolutions and Revolutions in Building Design Since 1988

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Evolutions and Revolutions in Building Design Since 1988

By Puglisi, Luigi

£19.99 01 May 2008 Paperback John Wiley & Sons

A guide for those interested in modern architecture. It looks at buildings in often contrasting styles that have been built almost simultaneously across the world with their roots in very different tendencies and schools of thought. It covers seminal works, such as Guggenheim Bilbao and the Jewish Museum in Berlin.

Beyond Environmental Comfort

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Boon Lay Ong

£35.00 01 May 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Beyond Environmental Comfort

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Boon Lay Ong

£80.00 01 May 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Il Corridoio Vasariano Agli Uffizi

30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£28.00 30 Apr 2008 Hardback Silvana

Traditional Architecture of the Arabian Gulf

30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Building on Desert Tides

By Ronald Hawker

£85.00 30 Apr 2008 Hardback WIT Press

The Judicious Eye

25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Architecture Against the Other Arts

By Joseph Rykwert

£29.95 25 Apr 2008 Hardback Reaktion Books

An account of how architecture became separated from the visual arts, and how that breach is being repaired.

Hardman of Birmingham

25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael John Fisher

£25.00 25 Apr 2008 Hardback Landmark Publishing Ltd

An exploration of John Hardman's role in propagating the Pugin style, long after the architect's death in 1852, revealing the importance of Birmingham as a centre of the decorative arts during the period of the Gothic Revival.

Golden Gate Bridge

25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Art of an Icon

By Donald MacDonald, Ira Bruce Nadel

£9.99 25 Apr 2008 Hardback Chronicle Books

Describes the balance of aesthetics, geometry, and engineering that fashion Golden Gate Bridge's tollbooths and bike rail.

Drawing

18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Motive Force of Architecture

By Peter Cook

£22.99 18 Apr 2008 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book highlights the work of contemporary figures who have, through their drawn work, affected the course of architectural thinking.

Drawing

18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Motive Force of Architecture

By Peter Cook

£70.00 18 Apr 2008 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Focuses on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture. This title highlights the work of key contemporary figures who have, through their drawn work, affected the course of architectural thinking. It includes essays that cover drawing iconography, techniques and methodologies.

Beach

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Boon, Piet.

£35.00 15 Apr 2008 Hardback Lannoo, NE/Antique Collectors Club, US

Parametric/algorithmic architecture : from control to design

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From Control to Design

By Male-Alemany, Marta.

£20.49 15 Apr 2008 Paperback Actar Produccions, SP

A compilation of projects and critical texts by designers and practitioners across the fields of parametric and algorithmic design, technologies radically reshaping architecture.

Public, private, ephemeral : ceramics in architecture.

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Delbene, Giacomo.

£23.60 15 Apr 2008 Paperback Actar Produccions, SP

House with a view : residential mountain architecture

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Residential Mountain Architecture

By Jodidio, Philip.

£35.00 15 Apr 2008 Hardback Images Publ Group, AT/Antique Collectors Club, US

Examines the myriad forms of the modern chalet.

Housing the C20 Nation

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Elain Harwood, Alan Powers

£19.50 15 Apr 2008 Paperback Twentieth Century Society

Drawing/Thinking

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Drawing in an Electronic Age

By Marc Treib

£30.00 15 Apr 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Drawing/Thinking

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Drawing in an Electronic Age

By Marc Treib

£80.00 15 Apr 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Postcolonial African Cities

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Imperial Legacies and Postcolonial Predicament

By Fassil Demissie

£70.00 15 Apr 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Offers a range of interpretations of the forms of urbanity in contemporary African cities, engaging with issues including colonial legacies, postcolonial intersections, cosmopolitan spaces, urban reconfigurations, and migration. This title covers cities as diverse as Dar Es Salaam, Dakar, Johannesburg, Lagos and Kinshasa.

Islam

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From Medina to the Magreb and from the Indes to Istanbul

By Christopher Tadgell

£65.00 15 Apr 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Examines the architectural tradition which developed with the religious culture of Islam. THis book covers a range of Islamic architecture.

The Hidden Millions

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Graham Tipple, Suzanne Speak

£27.99 15 Apr 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Exploring the human context as well as policy and planning, this book looks at what actually happens to city dwellers once they become homeless, and present challenging cases which illustrate the varying experiences of the homeless in cities around the world.

Josep Lluis Sert : the architect of urban design, 1953-1969

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Architect of Urban Design, 1953-1969

By Mumford, Eric Sarkis, Hashim

£30.00 15 Apr 2008 Hardback Yale U Pr

Examines the emergence and evolution of the discipline of urban design as articulated through the work of Josep Lluis Sert (1902-1983). With a selection of archival materials, illustrations, plans, and maps, this book looks at the man who advocated the idea of 'urban consciousness' and an architecture that dealt with the total environment.

The Engineering Guide to LEED-new Construction

15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Liv Haselbach

£49.99 15 Apr 2008 Hardback McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Presents equations to perform the calculations outlined in LEED. This title offers practical information on understanding and applying the US Green Building Council's LEED-NC 2.2 rating system.

Instant Asia

14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Joseph F. Grima, Gaia Gambiagli

£22.00 14 Apr 2008 Paperback Skira

The Asian continent today acts as a theatre to some of the most rapid changes in the urban environment ever to occur anywhere in the world. As cities--and economies--expand at an almost immeasurable pace, Asian architects face new challenges and opportunities. Through interviews, conversations, and visits to architecture studios across the continent, Instant Asia documents the most recent built projects of the emerging generation of designers shaping the architectural identity of Asia today. Includes an international cast of contributors--Taro Igarashi (an architectural critic and professor in Tokyo), Jiang Jun (an editor of Urban China magazine, Beijing), and Kayoko Ota (a curator in Rotterdam)--who focus on the heavily urbanized region of Southeast Asia to investigate novel forms of urbanism, offer a mix of theoretical perspective and present a panoramic view of the cultures, societies, and politics of Asian cities.

Beijing

14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Claudio Greco, Carlo Santoro

£22.00 14 Apr 2008 Paperback Skira

Institutional

11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Photographs of Jails, Schools, and Other Chicago Buildings

By Scott Fortino

£208.00 11 Apr 2008 Hardback Center for American Places,US

Boswell's Norwich

11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick Boswell

£24.00 11 Apr 2008 Paperback Frontier Publishing Ltd

The Architectural Drawing Course

07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Understand the Principles and Master the Practices

By Mo Zell

£13.95 07 Apr 2008 Paperback Thames & Hudson Ltd

Offers advice on the principles, practice and techniques of architectural design. This book introduces the reader to the visual language of architecture, encouraging them to think spatially and question the built environment. It is intended for architecture students, and those interested in the creative side of architecture.

New Directions in Contemporary Architecture

04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Evolutions and Revolutions in Building Design Since 1988

By Luigi Puglisi

£19.99 04 Apr 2008 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

New Directions in Contemporary Architecture

04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Evolutions and Revolutions in Building Design Since 1988

By Luigi Puglisi

£70.00 04 Apr 2008 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Studio works., 12

02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paula Meijerink, Laura Miller, Martin Zogran

£16.95 02 Apr 2008 Paperback Harvard U Pr

Offers an overview and vignettes of the life of design students at Harvard, and an archive of their speculations and deliberations. This title features GSD student work from school years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007, along with material documenting exhibitions, research seminars, and thesis projects.

Interior design : practical strategies for teaching and learning

02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Practical Strategies for Teaching and Learning

By Ankerson, Katherine S.

£25.00 02 Apr 2008 Paperback Fairchild Bks

Achieving invisibility : the art of architectural visualization and rendering

02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Art of Architectural Visualization and Rendering

By Crespi, Adam.

£37.50 02 Apr 2008 Hardback Fairchild Bks

Home design in an aging world

02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Rosenfeld, Jeffrey P.

£36.00 02 Apr 2008 Paperback Fairchild Bks

Instant Cities

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Emergent Trends in Architecture and Urbanism in the Arab World

By Amer Moustafa, Jamal Al-Qawasmi, Kevin Mitchell

£35.00 01 Apr 2008 Paperback CSAAR Publications

Cosmopolitan Living: A&d 5: A&d Series 5

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gabriel, Jean-Pierre

£55.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Beta-Plus

Piet Boon: Beach: Beach

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Beach

By Boon, Piet

£35.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Lanoo Books

Life in Oak-Framed Buildings: Garden Rooms, Pool Houses, Carports, Guesthouses

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Garden Rooms, Pool Houses, Carports, Guesthouses

By Pauwels, Ivo

£35.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Lanoo Books

Provides a photographic exploration of oak-framed buildings. This title presents building techniques and the knowledge of the materials used in roof trusses, tiles and thatched roofs. It features text in English, French, German and Dutch.

Contemporary Hotels in Italy: New Italian Environments Series

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By San Pietro, Silvio

£65.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback L'Archivolto

Stairs Scale 2: Zoom Series

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By San Pietro, Silvio

£60.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback L'Archivolto

L' Orto de' Pitti: Architects, Gardeners and Organic Architecture in the Boboli Garden

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Architects, Gardeners and Organic Architecture in the Boboli Garden

By Filardi, Domenico

£29.95 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Centro Di

Explores the garden and architecture of the L' Orto de' Pitti in Florence. This volume provides an insight into the secrets of this garden and helps readers discover facts, aspects and stories of different kinds.

Wonders of the World

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Francesco Boccia

£24.95 01 Apr 2008 Hardback White Star

Following a chronological order, this book goes from the Pyramids of Giza to the Parthenon in Athens, from the Chinese Wall to the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, and from the Opera House in Sydney to the Hotel Burj-Al-Arab in Dubai.

Houses & Materials: Elements on Architecture

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cristina Paredes

£24.25 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Loft Publications

The materials used in the construction of single-family residences are increasingly important and on many occasions become the focal point of the construction. Advances in the composition, fabrication and application of materials allows for the creation of structures and forms that were unthinkable just a few decades ago. This volume contains chapters that display residences constructed using materials like metal, glass, wood, stone or concrete. The singularity of these homes is marked by the predominant use of one material, which in turn is linked with the original concept of the house. This book shows today's trends in the use of these materials without forgetting their applications in the field of interior design and decoration.

Wood Cabins

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Broto, Carles

£21.95 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Links International

Woodn't it be nice if all houses used wood this beautifully?

* Case studies plus photos and floor plans

* Showcases the finest wood houses from around the world

The architects featured in "Small Wood Houses" have used the richness, the texture, and the strength of wood to enhance their creations. Thought the spaces are small, space and light are maximized, superfluous elements are minimized, and the warm, sophisticated qualities of wood shine through. And here's the best part: Wood is environmentally sustainable. These remarkable case studies, illustrated with full-color photographs and floor plans, are expertly explained by the architects who created them.

Private Residential Complexes

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Costa, Sergi

£23.65 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Loft Publications

Architecture Models: How to Design the Smallest Scales

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Oswald, Ansgar

£19.99 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Links International

Architectural models have been around since the dawn of architecture--surely the designers of the Coliseum had to have "something" to show before they got the green light! "Architecture Models" explores the working methods of twenty renowned model-builders of today, with in-depth interviews, explanatory essays, and hundreds of full-color photographs that reveal the modern possibilities of architectural models.

World Architects 51: Concepts & Works

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Concepts and Works

By Fuchigam, Masayuki

£45.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Azur Corporation

Spa-de 7: Space & Design: Space & Design: International Review of Interior Design

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Matsumoto, Gunshiro

£25.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Rikuyosha Co, Ldt

Barcelona Architecture & Design

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Daab

£29.95 01 Apr 2008 Hardback daab

Jean Nouvel by Jean Nouvel. Complete Works 1970-2008

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jodidio, Philip

£109.89 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Taschen

Nouvel is the most important and original contemporary architect of France. He worked together with Jodidio for five years, resulting in two 400-page volumes providing the most complete overview yet of Nouvel's work.

China China...

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Western Architects and City Planners in China

By Xing Lu

£24.99 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Hatje Cantz,Germany

Moshe Safdie: Volume 2

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Images Publishing

£45.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Images Publishing Group

We are listing this one along with text for Volumes 1

New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Tigran Haas

£30.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Rizzoli Publications

Spaced Out

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Alastair Gordon

£35.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Rizzoli International Publications

The utopian sixties inspired revolutionary and alternative ways to live, love, and entertain--and equally radical spaces to do it in. Stimulated by the psychedelic drug culture, rebel designers and architects distorted space to create womblike coves and isolation chambers, forging a spatial vocabulary that still reverberates today. At the same time, the tune-in-turn-on-drop-out message lured youths into far-flung communes, often under the roofs of brightly painted geodesic domes draped and tie-dyed fabric. Idealistic and anarchic enclaves with names like Drop City and Morning Star redefined the concept of community, inventing a wildly spontaneous way of building and dwelling. For the first time, these ephemeral spaces are brought together in Spaced Out. The many never-before-published photographs and an inventive text by acclaimed author Alastair Gordon show in detail the spirit and ideas of this radical period.

Great Houses of New England

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Geoffrey Gross

£29.95 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Rizzoli Publications

Ten Canonical Buildings

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

1950-2000

By Peter Eisenman

£32.95 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Rizzoli International Publications

Peter Eisenman, renowned for his own controversial and influential body of work, looks at ten leading architects of the twentieth century and their theoretical positions, technological innovations, and design contributions. Eisenman identifies a project within the oeuvre of each of these architects--Luigi Moretti, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Robert Venturi, James Stirling, Aldo Rossi, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, and Frank Gehry--that has profoundly affected architectural discourse and practice. With drawings, diagrams, and always-incisive text, he presents each architect's theoretical position, and then offers detailed critical analysis of the project.

Brooklyn Modern: Stories of Architecture and Design

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lind, Diana

£24.95 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Rizzoli Publications

Brooklyn Modern: Architecture, Interiors & Design

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lind, Diana Ivy, Robert

£24.95 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Rizzoli Publications

Brooklyn Modern is the first book to explore the connection between Brooklyn's astounding rebirth and its emerging architecture. As the new cultural heart of New York, Brooklyn has recently attracted many young people interested in creating their own sense of space, as well as in renovating brownstones and townhouses. The results are homes that express the optimism, resourcefulness, and experimentation of many of Brooklyn's bohemian residents. Cutting-edge new public buildings have also enhanced the area's cachet.Working with spatial and financial restraints, architects in Brooklyn have demonstrated deft solutions to urban living everywhere. Likewise, the architects working in Brooklyn are no longer just local firms, but "star-chitects" such as Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, and David Adjaye, among others. Essays by two very popular bloggers, Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge and Jonathan Butler of Brownstoner, give perspective on new ways of living as aesthetics and landscape change.

Painterly Perspective and Piety: Religious Uses of the Vanishing Point, from the 15th to the 18th Century

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Moffitt, John F.

£24.73 01 Apr 2008 Paperback McFarland & Company

Words & Deeds

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£88.74 01 Apr 2008 Non-Book Item Kegan Paul International

Beyond Bawa: Modern Masterworks of Monsoon Asia

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Modern Masterworks of Monsoon Asia

By Robson, David

£39.95 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Thames & Hudson

Takes a look at Geoffrey Bawa's life and career and at the legacy of his influence through the work of contemporary architects working across southeast Asia.

Sustainable Design: The Science of Sustainability and Green Engineering

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Science of Sustainability and Green Engineering

By Vallero, Daniel A. Brasier, Chris

£42.50 01 Apr 2008 Hardback John Wiley & Sons

Introduces case studies of actual green projects that the authors have worked on in their positions as an architect and engineer. This book features student exercises which help develop awareness of issues, and encourage students to think outside the box in tackling design problems.

Practice - Architecture, Technique and Presentation

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Revised and Expanded Edition

By Stan Allen

£27.50 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Drawing on his own experience as a working architect, the author's theoretical essays examine the ways in which the tools available to the architect affect the design and production of buildings.

Practice - Architecture, Technique and Presentation

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Revised and Expanded Edition

By Stan Allen

£85.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Drawing on his own experience as a working architect, the author's theoretical essays examine the ways in which the tools available to the architect affect the design and production of buildings.

Balbus or the Future of Architecture

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Today and Tomorrow Volume Twenty-Three

By Christian Barman, Ernest Betts, Lionel R . McColvin, John Rodker

£100.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Includes the titles "Balbus: Or the Future of Architecture", "Heraclitus: Or the Future of Films", "Euterpe Or The Future of Art" and "The Future of Futurism".

Environmental and Architectural Acoustics

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Zyun-Iti Maekawa, Peter Lord, Jens H. Rindel

£80.00 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to the practice of achieving a more acceptable acoustic environment, this book covers both the outdoors and indoor space. It starts with the fundamentals of sound waves and hearing, and goes on to the measurement of noise and vibration, room acoustics, sound absorption, and airborne sound insulation.

Small Castles in the British Isles

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By T.E. McNeill

£19.99 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Inspired by Nature Plants

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Building/botany Connection

By Alejandro Bahamon

£21.00 01 Apr 2008 Paperback W W Norton & Co Ltd

The Historical Quarters of Karachi

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Yasmin Cheema

£10.99 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Oxford University Press

This book addresses a much neglected area of study, the protection and conservation of historic architecture and architectural monuments in Karachi.

Arte del Novecento a Pistoia

31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£26.99 31 Mar 2008 Hardback Silvana

Castles

31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Plantagenet Somerset Fry

£14.99 31 Mar 2008 Paperback David & Charles PLC

Presents original maps, plans and archive illustrations alongside hundreds of photographs, showing ruins and surviving castles in their glory. This work includes descriptions of hundreds of special buildings, from remote ruins in isolated settings to imposing piles in towns and cities.

Before the Bauhaus

31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Architecture, Politics, and the German State, 1890 - 1920

By John V. Maciuika

£16.99 31 Mar 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Before the Bauhaus reevaluates the political, architectural, and artistic cultures of pre-World War I Germany.

The Judicious Eye

28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Architecture Against the Other Arts

By Joseph Rykwert

£29.95 28 Mar 2008 Hardback Reaktion Books

An account of how architecture became separated from the visual arts, and how that breach is being repaired.

Essential Architecture

25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The History of Western Architecture

£12.99 25 Mar 2008 Paperback A & C Black Publishers Ltd

A handy, quick reference guide to Western architecture from Antiquity, this book is arranged chronologically, covering the main time periods, movements and well-known architects. There are timelines before each section as well as brief introductions to what was happening politically and socially at the time.

Taos Moderns

18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Art of the New

By David L. Witt

£20.50 18 Mar 2008 Paperback Museum of New Mexico Press (Red Crane Books)

A book on the modern artists of Taos. It reveals the ways in which the community became an important crossroads in modern abstract painting - a place where the influences of Europe merged and blended with the east and west coasts of the United States.

Architecture : reason + emotion

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Menis, Fernando.

£23.08 15 Mar 2008 Paperback Actar Produccions, SP

The Most Recent Projects by the Spanish Architect Fernando Menis. The essence of Menis' architectural work is based on repeating the best of the past, re-creating situations that have worked before. His method is grounded in the need to re-utilize resources of nature and the landscape, culture and history, according to each project and place. His architecture is closely tied to his awareness of living in a valuable and strictly limited territory: the Canary Islands.

2G Dossier Emerging Ibero-American Architecture

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ariadna Cantis

£19.50 15 Mar 2008 Paperback Gustavo Gili

Ibero-American recent architecture.

Follies of Europe

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Architectural Extravaganzas

By Caroline Holmes, Tim Knox

£35.00 15 Mar 2008 Hardback Garden Art Press

From the charm of Portmeirion in North-West Wales, to the eccentricity of La Scarzuola of Montegabbione, Umbria, with its musical staircase and transparent pyramid, this book explores follies, extravagant structures erected for amusement or diversion - and occasionally for the residence - of inspired patrons and artists throughout Europe.

Home Cultures (v. 5 Issue 1)

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Journal of Architecture, Design and Domestic Space

By Victor Buchli, Dell Upton, Alison Clarke

£30.00 15 Mar 2008 Paperback Berg Publishers

Whether as a concept or a physical place, the home represents a key site of personal development. The domestic sphere is a highly fluid and contested site of human existence that reflects and reifies identity and values. This journal is a forum wholly dedicated to the critical understanding of the domestic sphere across timeframes and cultures.

Understanding Architecture Through Drawing

15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Brian Edwards

£25.00 15 Mar 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

An introduction to design and graphic techniques aimed to help designers increase their understanding of buildings and places through drawing. This title explains drawing techniques and offers guidance on how drawing interfaces with photography, CAD and model making in the genesis of design projects.