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HLM50+ Towards a Social Architecture
Tony Monk, Edward Denison
Theory of architecture; Architecture: professional practice; City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture
Hardback
Since its sudden and dramatic formation upon winning the competition to design Paisley Civic Centre in 1963, Hutchison, Locke... [more]
De Re Metallica: The Uses of Metal in the Middle Ages
Robert Bork
The Arts: General & Reference; Theory of architecture; Medieval history; History of science
Paperback
This volume is a collection of papers outlining the richness and refinement of medieval metalworking practice. [more]
The Challenge of Emulation in Art and Architecture: Between Imitation and...
David Mayernik
The Arts: General & Reference; Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
Mayernik argues that it was the absence of a coherent understanding of emulation that fostered the fissuring of artistic production... [more]
Mobilising Housing Histories: Learning from London's Past for a Sustainable...
Peter Guillery, David Kroll
Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Paperback
The problem of creating affordable, adequate housing for a growing population is not a new one. This book, for anyone with... [more]
The Tao of Architecture
Amos lh Tiao Chang
Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design; Taoism
Paperback
The description for this book, The Tao of Architecture [Princeton Classics], will be forthcoming.</p> [more]
Whose Tradition?: Discourses on the Built Environment
Nezar AlSayyad, Mark Gillem, David Moffat
Theory of architecture; Landscape art & architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Urban communities; Urban & municipal planning
Hardback
In seeking to answer the question Whose Tradition? this book pursues four themes: Place: Whose Nation, Whose City?; People:... [more]
Marco Frascari's Dream House: A Theory of Imagination
Marco Frascari (Carleton University, Canada), Federica Goffi (Carleton University, Canada)
Theory of architecture; Individual architects & architectural firms; Residential buildings, domestic buildings; History of architecture
Paperback
This previously unpublished work is essential reading for anyone who has followed Marco Frascari's scholarship and teachings... [more]
The Social (Re)Production of Architecture: Politics, Values and Actions...
Doina Petrescu (University of Sheffield, UK), Kim Trogal (University for the Creative Arts, UK)
Theory of architecture
Hardback
The Social (Re)Production of Architecture brings the debates of the `right to the city' into today's context of ecological,... [more]
Architecture, Mentalities and Meaning
Patrick Malone (Arcitalia, Italy)
Theory of architecture; Sociology
Hardback
In order to function, architectural theory and practice must be shaped to suit current cultural, economic, and political forces.... [more]
Robot House
Peter Testa
Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design
Hardback
An in-depth survey, manual and manifesto of new techniques for designing and building, written by one of the most important... [more]
Designbuild Education
Chad Kraus (University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA)
Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design; Industrial or vocational training
Paperback
Designbuild Education adopts the intellectual framework of American Pragmatism, which is a theory of action, to investigate... [more]
A Musicology for Landscape
David Nicholas Buck
Theory of architecture; Theory of music & musicology; 20th century & contemporary classical music; Human geography; Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
Hardback
Drawing conceptually and directly on music notation, this book investigates landscape architecture's inherent temporality.... [more]
Architecture of Resistance: Cultivating Moments of Possibility within the...
Dr. Yara Sharif
Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Social groups; Human geography
Hardback
Interrogates - through the mechanism of research. This book provides a visual documentary account of the urban and spatial... [more]
Architecture, Death and Nationhood: Monumental Cemeteries of Nineteenth-Century...
Hannah Malone (Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany)
Theory of architecture; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; History of architecture
Hardback
In the nineteenth century, new cemeteries were built in many Italian cities that were unique in scale and grandeur, and which... [more]
An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy
Frank Lloyd Wright
Theory of architecture; Individual architects & architectural firms
Hardback
A reissue in the Frank Lloyd Wright 150th anniversary year of the series of lectures which the celebrated American architect... [more]
Rethinking Basic Design in Architectural Education: Foundations Past and...
Mine Ozkar (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
Theory of architecture
Hardback
Rethinking Basic Design in Architectural Education provides historical and computational insights into beginning design education... [more]
Ornament and Order: Graffiti, Street Art and the Parergon
Rafael Schacter
Theory of art; Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Anthropology; Human geography
Paperback
Based on an in-depth ethnographic study working with some of the world's most influential Independent Public Artists, this... [more]
No Matter: Theories and Practices of the Ephemeral in Architecture
Anastasia Karandinou
Architecture; Theory of architecture; Human geography; Urban & municipal planning
Paperback
How do digital media (mobile phones, GPS, iPods, portable computers, internet, virtual realities, etc.) affect the way we... [more]
Landscape Theory in Design
Susan Herrington (University of British Columbia, Canada.)
Theory of architecture; Landscape art & architecture; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
Phenomenology, Materiality, Cybernetics, Palimpsest, Cyborgs, Landscape Urbanism, Typology, Semiotics, Deconstruction - the... [more]
Marco Frascari's Dream House: A Theory of Imagination
Marco Frascari (Carleton University, Canada), Federica Goffi (Carleton University, Canada)
Theory of architecture; Individual architects & architectural firms; History of architecture
Hardback
This previously unpublished work is essential reading for anyone who has followed Marco Frascari's scholarship and teachings... [more]
The Architecture of James Stirling and His Partners James Gowan and Michael...
Geoffrey H. Baker
Theory of art; Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Architecture; Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects
Paperback
Sir James Stirling was arguably the greatest British architect of the twentieth century, and of comparable interest and stature... [more]
Knowledge Matters: UNStudio
Ben ven Berkel, Caroline Bos
Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Paperback
The profession 'architect' has expanded in recent years, not just in terms of the cultural influences, but equally with respect... [more]
The Living Tradition of Architecture
Jose de Paiva
Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Paperback
The Living Tradition of Architecture explores the depth of architecture as it takes flesh in the living tradition of building,... [more]
House and Home: Cultural Contexts, Ontological Roles
Thomas Barrie (School of Architecture, North Carolina State University, USA)
Theory of architecture; Residential buildings, domestic buildings; History of architecture; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology
Hardback
House and home are words routinely used to describe where and how one lives. This book challenges predominant definitions... [more]
The Paradoxes of Planning: A Psycho-Analytical Perspective
Sara Westin
Theory of architecture; Sociology; Human geography; Urban & municipal planning
Paperback
Using a philosophical and psychoanalytical approach, this book critically examines expert knowledge within architecture and... [more]
