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Architecture and Interpretation: Essays for Eric Fernie

Architecture and Interpretation: Essays for Eric Fernie

Christine Stevenson, Jill A. Franklin, T. A. Heslop

Theory of architecture

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Essays centred on the methods, pleasures, and pitfalls of architectural interpretation. [more]

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Cine-scapes: Cinematic Spaces in Architecture and Cities

Cine-scapes: Cinematic Spaces in Architecture and Cities

Richard Koeck

Architecture; Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects

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Cine-scapes explores the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. While an impressive amount of... [more]

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Peripheries

Peripheries

Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem, Ruth Morrow

Theory of architecture

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Architecture is a field of enquiry and practice with a tradition of strong boundaries that are framed around the spatial and... [more]

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Architectural Theories of the Environment: Posthuman Territory

Architectural Theories of the Environment: Posthuman Territory

Ariane Lourie Harrison

Theory of architecture; Environmentally-friendly architecture & design

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As architects and designers, we struggle to reconcile ever increasing environmental, humanitarian, and technological demands... [more]

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Fractal Architecture: Organic Design Philosophy in Theory and Practice

Fractal Architecture: Organic Design Philosophy in Theory and Practice

James B. Harris

Art Treatments & Subjects; Architecture; Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design

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<p>Throughout history, nature has served as an inspiration for architecture and designers have tried to incorporate the harmonies... [more]

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Encounters: Architectural Essays

Encounters: Architectural Essays

Juhani Pallasmaa

Theory of architecture

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The essays included in this book examine the various themes of architecture. Through explorations of anthropology, psychology,... [more]

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Conjunctions 58 - Riveted. the Obsession Issue

Conjunctions 58 - Riveted. the Obsession Issue

Bradford Morrow (Bard College), John Ashbery, Martine Bellen, Mary Caponegro, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge (New Directions)

Theory of architecture; Anthologies (non-poetry); Short stories

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The Riveted issue of Conjunctions explores the world of fixation through previously unpublished fiction, poetry and essays.... [more]

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Encounters: Architectural Essays

Encounters: Architectural Essays

Juhani Pallasmaa

Theory of architecture

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The essays included in this book examine the various themes of architecture. Through explorations of anthropology, psychology,... [more]

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Inscribing a Square

Inscribing a Square

Dietmar Offenhuber, Katja Schechtner

Theory of architecture; Urban & municipal planning

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This book investigates experimental and artistic forms of inquiry for making sense of the city, exploring the sensory, structural... [more]

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The Complete Engraver: A Guide to Monograms, Crests, Ciphers, Seals, and the Etiquette and History of Social Stationery

The Complete Engraver: A Guide to Monograms, Crests, Ciphers, Seals, and...

Nancy Sharon Collins

Prints & printmaking; Graphic design; Theory of architecture

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The Complete Engraver is a guide to the history and etiquette of engraved social stationery in America. It is the first trade... [more]

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The Architectural Model: Tool, Fetish, Small Utopia

The Architectural Model: Tool, Fetish, Small Utopia

Oliver Elser, Peter Cachola Schmal

Theory of architecture

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The first book on the topic of architectural models as a distinct medium for designing and presenting architectural ideas... [more]

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Two Spheres: Physical and Strategic Design in Architecture

Two Spheres: Physical and Strategic Design in Architecture

Leonard R. Bachman

Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design; Architecture: professional practice

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-217) and index. [more]

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Cine-scapes: Cinematic Spaces in Architecture and Cities

Cine-scapes: Cinematic Spaces in Architecture and Cities

Richard Koeck

Architecture; Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects

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Light Revealing Architecture

Light Revealing Architecture

Marietta S. Millet

Theory of architecture

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Lighting, including its physiological, health and emotional consequences, has become one of the leading issues in the design... [more]

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Archiprix 2012 - the Best Dutch Graduation Projects

Archiprix 2012 - the Best Dutch Graduation Projects

Henk Van Der Veen

Theory of architecture; Architecture: professional practice

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Architecture in Translation: Germany, Turkey, and the Modern House

Architecture in Translation: Germany, Turkey, and the Modern House

Esra Akcan

Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus; Theory of architecture; History of architecture; European history; Meteorology & climatology; Urban & municipal planning

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Shows how the concept of translation allows for consideration of the socio-political context and agency of all parties in... [more]

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Reading Architecture & Culture: Researching Buildings, Spaces and Documents

Reading Architecture & Culture: Researching Buildings, Spaces and Documents...

Adam Sharr

Architecture; Theory of architecture

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Architecture displays the values involved in its inhabitation, construction, procurement and design. It traces the thinking... [more]

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Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual

Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building...

Feng Jiren

Architecture; Theory of architecture; History of architecture

Hardback

This book investigates the historical tradition of Chinese architectural writing from antiquity to the Song period, with a... [more]

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Printed Physics: Applied Virtuality

Printed Physics: Applied Virtuality

Ludger Hovestadt, Vera Buhlmann

Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design; Architecture: professional practice

Paperback

At eye level with the potential of digital technologies, this book looks at those technological and economical developments... [more]

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Building Systems: Design Technology and Society

Building Systems: Design Technology and Society

Kiel Moe, Ryan E. Smith

Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design; Reference works; Building construction & materials

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We can no longer view building components as artifacts (a brick or a boiler) or as autonomous systems (air conditioning or... [more]

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Two Spheres: Physical and Strategic Design in Architecture

Two Spheres: Physical and Strategic Design in Architecture

Leonard R. Bachman

Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design; Architecture: professional practice

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The Cultural Role of Architecture: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives

The Cultural Role of Architecture: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives...

Jane Lomholt, John Hendrix, Paul Emmons

Theory of architecture; History of architecture

Paperback

Exploring the ambiguities of how we define the word 'culture' in our global society, this book identifies its imprint on architectural... [more]

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Mapping Controversies in Architecture

Mapping Controversies in Architecture

Albena Yaneva

Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects

Hardback

Drawing on a tradition of semiotics and literary theory, the mapping controversies method offers a way of enquiry, which consists... [more]

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Philanthropy and Light: Carnegie Libraries and the Advent of Transatlantic Standards for Public Space

Philanthropy and Light: Carnegie Libraries and the Advent of Transatlantic...

Oriel Prizeman

Theory of architecture; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; History of architecture; Library & information sciences

Hardback

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, professional groups had sought to specify minimum standards of natural light and... [more]

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Island Ness

Island Ness

Stefania Staniscia

Theory of architecture

Paperback

This publication is the result of intensive research carried out by the author into the territorial and urban condition of... [more]

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