ilość książek w kategorii: 865
![]() |
Designing Antiquity: Owen Jones, Ancient Egypt, and the Crystal Palace
ISBN: 9780300187076 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 19th century, designers became involved in the public presentation of the past, focusing specifically on the decoration of historical monuments. By exploring ornamental designs and the way they represented the cultural concerns of distant civilizations, and in addressing how color may have originally been applied to exteriors and interiors, designers animated the past and incited a new passion for the ancient world. A crucial figure in this movement was the designer and architect Owen Jones (1809-1874), who from the 1830s until his death pioneered the study of ancient ornament... In the 19th century, designers became involved in the public presentation of the past, focusing specifically on the decoration of historical monume... |
cena:
213,36 zł |
![]() |
Byoung Cho
ISBN: 9780500342916 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Influenced by Korea's rich aesthetic tradition, Cho uses understated forms to design buildings that offer powerful yet subtle experiences for their inhabitants. This exquisitely designed book--the first on Byoung Cho in English--features the architect's most acclaimed projects, including Twin Tree Towers (2010), his iconic buildings located adjacent to the royal Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, which embody Cho's fascination with the relationship between ancient history and modernity.
Influenced by Korea's rich aesthetic tradition, Cho uses understated forms to design buildings that offer powerful yet subtle experiences for their in...
|
cena:
186,69 zł |
![]() |
Le Corbusier and the Power of Photography
ISBN: 9780500544228 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The development of one of the twentieth century's greatest architects was inextricably connected to the rise of the century's most popular visual medium: photography. Marking the 125th anniversary of Le Corbusier's birth, this remarkable publication traces the many ways in which the architect used photography to define and disseminate his work and ideas around the world. Because his buildings are usually shown in a documentary manner, the candid, personal, artistic, and often unexpected images reproduced here offer new insights and ways to appreciate the many facets of the man... The development of one of the twentieth century's greatest architects was inextricably connected to the rise of the century's most popular visual m... |
cena:
170,69 zł |
![]() |
The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Writings on Architecture
ISBN: 9780691146324 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. He was the most iconoclastic of architects, and at the height of his career his output of writings about architecture was as prolific and visionary as his architecture itself. Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered a bold new kind of architecture, one in which the spirit of modern man truly "lived in his buildings." The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright is a one-volume compendium of Wright's most critically important--and personally revealing--writings on every conceivable aspect of his craft. Wright was perhaps the most influential and inspired architect of the twentieth century, and this... He was the most iconoclastic of architects, and at the height of his career his output of writings about architecture was as prolific and visionary... |
cena:
117,35 zł |
![]() |
John Madin
ISBN: 9781859463673 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
117,35 zł |
![]() |
Norman Foster: Works 6
ISBN: 9783791332598 / Angielski / Twarda / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The sixth volume in a monumental survey of the works of Norman Foster focuses on the years 1996 2009 and projects towards an exciting future of continued architectural excellence. Winner of the Pritzker Prize and the Praemium Imperiale, Norman Foster is one of the most innovative and forwardthinking architects at work today. This volume features more than 1,000 plans, sketches, and photographs of some of Foster's most renowned projects, including London's new Wembley Stadium, Germany's Dresden Station, and Beijing's new international airport. These and other important structures, along with...
The sixth volume in a monumental survey of the works of Norman Foster focuses on the years 1996 2009 and projects towards an exciting future of contin...
|
cena:
492,33 zł |
![]() |
Neutra. Complete Works
ISBN: 9783836512442 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The quintessential California Modernist: Richard Neutra and his search for modern architecture Originally from Vienna, Richard Neutra came to America early in his career, settling in California. His influence on post-war architecture is undisputed, the sunny climate and rich landscape being particularly suited to his cool, sleek modern style. Neutra had a keen appreciation for the relationship between people and nature; his trademark plate glass walls and ceilings which turn into deep overhangs have the effect of connecting the indoors with the outdoors. His ability to incorporate technology,...
The quintessential California Modernist: Richard Neutra and his search for modern architecture Originally from Vienna, Richard Neutra came to America ...
|
cena:
331,54 zł |
![]() |
Humanism and the Urban World: Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance City
ISBN: 9780271063690 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Humanism and the Urban World, Caspar Pearson offers a profoundly revisionist account of Leon Battista Alberti's approach to the urban environment as exemplified in the extensive theoretical treatise De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building in Ten Books), brought mostly to completion in the 1450s, as well as in his larger body of written work. Past scholars have generally characterized the Italian Renaissance architect and theorist as an enthusiast of the city who envisioned it as a rational, Renaissance ideal. Pearson argues, however, that Alberti's... In Humanism and the Urban World, Caspar Pearson offers a profoundly revisionist account of Leon Battista Alberti's approach to the urban ... |
cena:
154,42 zł |
![]() |
Lakeflato Houses: Embracing the Landscape
ISBN: 9780292758452 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lake-Flato Architects of San Antonio, Texas, is nationally and internationally acclaimed for buildings that respond organically to the natural environment. The firm uses local materials and workmanship, as well as a deep knowledge of vernacular traditions, to design buildings that are tactile and modern, environmentally responsible and authentic, artful and crafted. Lake-Flato won the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture in 2013, and it has also received the American Institute of Architects' highest honor, the National Firm Award. In all, Lake-Flato has won more than 150 national and...
Lake-Flato Architects of San Antonio, Texas, is nationally and internationally acclaimed for buildings that respond organically to the natural environ...
|
cena:
177,36 zł |
![]() |
Classic Florida Style: The Houses of Taylor & Taylor
ISBN: 9781580933797 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Miami Beach-based architecture and interior design firm presents luxurious private residences from Orlando to Key West, reinterpreting Florida styles from Mediterranean to Art Deco.
Though the husband-and-wife team of Taylor & Taylor travel widely to find design inspiration in the U.S., Europe, South and Central America, and the Caribbean--they always retain their first love: the historic architecture of Florida itself and its blend of rustic and romantic, from Italianate palazzos to Art Deco hotels and Key West's bungalows. "Classic Florida Style "presents""ten coastal... The Miami Beach-based architecture and interior design firm presents luxurious private residences from Orlando to Key West, reinterpreting Florida sty...
|
cena:
186,43 zł |
![]() |
Hok Tall Buildings
ISBN: 9781941806227 / Angielski / Miękka / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. HOK Tall Buildings is a visually engaging, accessible reference guide highlighting some of the world's most innovative tall buildings. Written by global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm HOK, the book features creative conceptual designs, projects under construction and built high-rises worldwide. Throughout the book, central themes guiding the design of these tall buildings begin to emerge. These include a focus on creating high-performance, sustainable, iconic, efficient and mixed-use structures that increase the density of urban environments. The global teams at HOK excel...
HOK Tall Buildings is a visually engaging, accessible reference guide highlighting some of the world's most innovative tall buildings. Written by glob...
|
cena:
190,42 zł |
![]() |
Inspired by Tradition: The Architecture of Norman Davenport Askins
ISBN: 9781580933759 / Angielski / Twarda / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fifteen lavishly detailed Southern houses in Atlanta, Georgia, South Carolina, the Virginia Piedmont, along the Florida coasts, and in the mountains of North Carolina, from a leader in traditional architecture.
Esteemed Atlanta architect Norman Davenport Askins made his name with his mastery of historical precedent. His gracious and livable designs recall such diverse sources as Italian Renaissance country villas, hillside castles in the Dordogne, and the very strong presence of the Colonial Revival and Federal houses in Atlanta and the greater South. Inspired by Tradition... Fifteen lavishly detailed Southern houses in Atlanta, Georgia, South Carolina, the Virginia Piedmont, along the Florida coasts, and in the mountains o...
|
cena:
106,42 zł |
![]() |
The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
ISBN: 9780300149395 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first major study of one of the most important architects of the postwar era
Equally admired and maligned for his remarkable Brutalist buildings, Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) shaped both late modernist architecture and a generation of architects while chairing Yale's department of architecture from 1958 to 1965. Based on extensive archival research and unpublished materials, The ArchitectureofPaul Rudolph is the first in-depth study of the architect, neglected since his postwar zenith. Author Timothy M. Rohan unearths the ideas that... The first major study of one of the most important architects of the postwar era
Equally admired and maligned for his remarkable Br... |
cena:
306,71 zł |
![]() |
Robert A. M. Stern Architects: Buildings and Projects 2010-2014
ISBN: 9781580934022 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. History is the lens through which Robert A.M. Stern and his fifteen design partners envision an architecture for today. "Robert A.M. Stern Architects: Buildings and Projects 2010-2014" is the seventh volume in a series that encompasses the breadth of the firm's work since Stern's earliest projects in the mid-1960s.
Emphasizing the output of the office over the past five years, this volume covers the most globalized period of practice so far. Featuring profiles of well over 100 designs built domestically and abroad, "Robert A.M. Stern Architects: Buildings and Projects 2010-2014" includes... History is the lens through which Robert A.M. Stern and his fifteen design partners envision an architecture for today. "Robert A.M. Stern Architects:...
|
cena:
239,77 zł |
![]() |
Workmanship: Filozofia Pracy I Praktyka Projektowa 2000-2010. RKW Architektura+urbanistica
ISBN: 9783034604840 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This documentation of the last ten years presents sixty-ive structures and projects fromRKW and looks behind-the-scenes in numerous interviews and essays. The works considered range from the research facilities for Audi to residential buildings, schools, railroad station, urban office buildings and shopping centers, as well as the soccer stadium in Gdansk. "This documentation of the last ten years presents sixty-ive structures and projects fromRKW and looks behind-the-scenes in numerous interviews and ... |
cena:
272,76 zł |
![]() |
OfficeUS Agenda
ISBN: 9783037784372 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The OfficeUS Agenda, the catalogue for the U.S. Pavilion, serves simultaneously as a guide and counterpoint to the exhibition. Organized into stories of expertise, exchange, and export, the Agenda frames the narratives that have projected the organizational structures and branded identity of U.S. architecture firms internationally from 1914-2014. The Agenda includes thirteen essays of original scholarship, including Barry Bergdoll, Beatriz Colomina, Jorge Otero-Pailos and Keller Easterling. OfficeUS, the U.S. Pavilion for the 2014 International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di...
The OfficeUS Agenda, the catalogue for the U.S. Pavilion, serves simultaneously as a guide and counterpoint to the exhibition. Organized into stories ...
|
cena:
117,35 zł |
![]() |
Officeus Atlas (Repository)
ISBN: 9783037784389 / Angielski / Twarda / 1250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The OfficeUS Atlas collects the exhibition research in an archive of nearly 1000 architectural projects. Organized according to individual firm histories, the Atlas documents the development of U.S. architectural offices working abroad from 1914 to the present. Offices and their projects are illustrated by over 1200 photographs and architectural drawings. OfficeUS, the U.S. Pavilion for the 2014 International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, reframes the history of U.S. architecture through the lens of export in two interrelated constructs: -The Office- and -The Repository-....
The OfficeUS Atlas collects the exhibition research in an archive of nearly 1000 architectural projects. Organized according to individual firm histor...
|
cena:
192,02 zł |
![]() |
Loose Ends
ISBN: 9783037784518 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo exhibited at the Venice Biennial in 2004 and 2008, and was honored by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 2012. That same year she won a gold medal for her life's work at the Milan Triennial, and has been nominated twice for the Mies van der Rohe Prize. Nevertheless, she's still considered an insider's tip. She lives in Vittoria, a small city in southern Sicily, where she realizes the majority of her architecture, including many transformations of historical buildings, single and multiple-family housing, or projects such as the control tower in...
Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo exhibited at the Venice Biennial in 2004 and 2008, and was honored by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA...
|
cena:
198,92 zł |
![]() |
Bernard Tschumi: Architecture: Concept & Notation
ISBN: 9782844266491 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Initially known as a theorist exploring the spatial-political implications of the May 1968 uprisings, Bernard Tschumi emerged as an architect of international repute in the 1980s with his Parc de la Villette, a 125-acre cultural park located in northeastern Paris. His buildings and design theory famously draw on an array of disciplines, such as literature, cinema and philosophy. All aspects of the man and his work are examined in Bernard Tschumi, published to accompany a landmark retrospective at the Centre Pompidou. This volume is the most complete and authoritative of any yet...
Initially known as a theorist exploring the spatial-political implications of the May 1968 uprisings, Bernard Tschumi emerged as an architect of inter...
|
cena:
232,73 zł |
![]() |
The Changing Shape of Architecture: Further Cases of Integrating Research and Design in Practice
ISBN: 9781138240254 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
734,76 zł |