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Theory of architecture
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The Idea of the Cottage in English Architecture, 1760 - 1860
Daniel Maudlin (University of Plymouth, UK)
Theory of architecture; Landscape art & architecture; History of architecture; Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
Paperback
The Idea of the Cottage in English Architecture is a history of the late Georgian phenomenon of the architect-designed cottage... [more]
Shadow-Makers: A Cultural History of Shadows in Architecture
Stephen Kite (Cardiff University, UK)
History of Art & Design Styles; Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Paperback
The making of shadows is an act as old as architecture itself. From the gloom of the medieval hearth through to the masterworks... [more]
The Interior Architecture Theory Reader
Gregory Marinic (University of Houston, USA)
Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Theory of architecture; Professional interior design
Hardback
The Interior Architecture Theory Reader presents a global compilation that collectively and specifically defines interior... [more]
Cartha: On Making Heimat
Elena Chiavi, Pablo Garrido Arnaiz, Francisco Moura Veiga, Francisco Ramos Ordonez, Ruben Valdez
Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Migration, immigration & emigration
Paperback
An important contribution to the discourses on the social integration of refugees and the requirements mass migration movement... [more]
The City Crown by Bruno Taut
Matthew Mindrup, Ulrike Altenmuller-Lewis
Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture; Sociology; Human geography
Paperback
This book is the first English translation of the German architect Bruno Taut's early twentieth-century anthology Die Stadtkrone... [more]
In-Between: Architectural Drawing and Imaginative Knowledge in Islamic and...
Hooman Koliji
The Arts: General & Reference; Art styles not defined by date; Theory of architecture; Philosophy: aesthetics; Society & culture: general
Paperback
Contemporary technical architectural drawings, in establishing a direct relationship between the drawing and its object, tend... [more]
Architectural Projects of Marco Frascari: The Pleasure of a Demonstration...
Sam Ridgway
Theory of architecture; Architecture: professional practice; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
Paperback
Marco Frascari believed that architects should design thoughtful buildings capable of inspiring their inhabitants to have... [more]
Image, Text, Architecture: The Utopics of the Architectural Media
Robin Wilson
The Arts: General & Reference; Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Cultural studies
Paperback
Image, Text, Architecture brings a radical and detailed analysis of the modern and contemporary architectural media, addressing... [more]
Capsules: Typology of Other Architecture
Peter Senk
Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Theory of architecture; Individual architects & architectural firms; History of architecture
Paperback
This book investigates the architectural, product design, and urban typology of the capsule which, beginning in the 1960s,... [more]
A History of Architecture and Trade
Patrick Haughey (Savannah College of Art and Design, USA)
Theory of architecture; History of architecture; Economic history; Urban & municipal planning
Hardback
A History of Architecture and Trade draws together essays from an international roster of distinguished and emerging scholars... [more]
Lineament: Material, Representation and the Physical Figure in Architectural...
Gail Peter Borden (University of Southern California and Borden Partnership LLP, USA), Michael Meredith
Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design
Paperback
This comprehensive catalogue of contemporary work examines the renewed investment in the relationship between representation,... [more]
Landscape and Agency: Critical Essays
Ed Wall (University of Greenwich, UK), Tim Waterman (The Bartlett School of Architeture, University College London, UK)
Theory of architecture; Landscape art & architecture; Human geography; Urban & municipal planning
Paperback
Landscape and Agency explores how landscape, as an idea, a visual medium and a design practice, is organized, appropriated... [more]
New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism: Negotiating Nation and Islam through...
Bulent Batuman (Bilkent University, Turkey)
Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture; Urban communities; Urban & municipal planning
Hardback
New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism claims that, in today's world, a research agenda concerning the relation between Islam... [more]
The Practice Turn in Architecture: Brussels after 1968
Isabelle Doucet
Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Sociology; Human geography
Paperback
What makes a city? What makes architecture? And, what is to be included in the discussions of architecture and the city? Attempting... [more]
Choice Architecture: A new approach to behavior, design, and wellness
Avani Parikh, Prashant Parikh
Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Theory of architecture; Occupational & industrial health & safety
Hardback
***WINNER OF A NAUTILUS 2018 SILVER MEDAL BOOK AWARD*** From Vitruvius in the 1st century BCE on, there has been an attempt... [more]
Building the Architect's Character: Explorations in Traits
Kendra Schank Smith (Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Albert C. Smith (Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Theory of architecture; Architecture: professional practice; Professional interior design; Landscape art & architecture; Business ethics
Hardback
An understanding of architects' character traits can offer important insights into how they design buildings. These traits... [more]
Hans Hollein and Postmodernism: Art and Architecture in Austria, 1958-1985...
Eva Branscome (University College London, UK)
Theory of art; Theory of architecture; History of architecture; Social & cultural history
Hardback
Set within the broader context of post-war Austria and the re-education initiatives set up by the Allied forces, particularly... [more]
Cognition and the Built Environment
Ole Moystad (Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway)
Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Urban & municipal planning
Hardback
Cognition and the Built Environment argues that interacting with our built environment, as users and as architects, is a cognitive... [more]
Terms of Appropriation: Modern Architecture and Global Exchange
Ana Miljacki, Amanda Lawrence
Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Hardback
This collection focuses on how architectural material is transformed, revised, swallowed whole, plagiarized, or in any other... [more]
Critiquing the Modern in Architecture
Jaimini Mehta (Studio Jaimini Mehta, India)
Theory of architecture; History of architecture; Cultural studies
Paperback
Written over four decades, Critiquing the Modern in Architecture is a collection of essays exploring the ideological and metaphysical... [more]
Why are Most Buildings Rectangular?: And Other Essays on Geometry and Architecture...
Philip Steadman (University College London, UK)
Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Paperback
This book brings together a dozen of Philip Steadman's essays and papers on the geometry of architectural and urban form,... [more]
Cinematic Aided Design: An Everyday Life Approach to Architecture
Francois Penz (University of Cambridge, UK)
Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design; Media studies
Paperback
Cinematic Aided Design: An Everyday Life Approach to Architecture provides architects, planners, designer practitioners, politicians... [more]
Aesthetics of Ugliness: A Critical Edition
Karl Rosenkranz
Theory of art; Theory of architecture; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
In this key text in the history of art and aesthetics, Karl Rosenkranz shows ugliness to be the negation of beauty without... [more]
Remaking Cities: An Introduction to Urban Metrofitting
Tony Fry (University of Tasmania, Australia)
Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Urban & municipal planning
Paperback
Unprecedented challenges await the future of the world's cities. Accelerating population pressure, climate change, food insecurity,... [more]
The Inhabitable Flesh of Architecture
Marcos Cruz
Theory of architecture
Hardback
Today's architecture has failed the body with its long heritage of purity of form and aesthetic of cleanliness. A resurgence... [more]
