Architecture on Display: On the History of the Venice Biennale of Architecture
ISBN: 9781902902968 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Architecture on Display is a research initiative by Aaron Levy and William Menking that consists of interviews with each of the living directors of the Venice Biennale for Architecture.
Architecture on Display is a research initiative by Aaron Levy and William Menking that consists of interviews with each of the living directors of th...
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Beyond the Minimal: Artec, Adolf Krischanitz, Pauhof, Riegler Riewe
ISBN: 9781870890830 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beyond the Minimal presents four of the most interesting practices in Austria today: Artec, Adolf Krischanitz, PauHof and Riegler-Riewe. Certain qualities of formal reduction are evident in the work of all four architects, but none of them equates minimalism with negation or absence, in the sense that the term has been used in writings on architecture. They have been brought together because of the affinities in their approach -- their common interest in materials, structure and the contribution of the building to the larger environment. Each practice is represented by a survey of around a...
Beyond the Minimal presents four of the most interesting practices in Austria today: Artec, Adolf Krischanitz, PauHof and Riegler-Riewe. Certain quali...
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AA Agendas 8: Nine Problems in the Form of a Pavilion
ISBN: 9781902902739 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CCreated as part of the 2008 tenth anniversary celebrations of the Design Research Laboratory at the Architectural Association School of Architecture.
CCreated as part of the 2008 tenth anniversary celebrations of the Design Research Laboratory at the Architectural Association School of Architecture....
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Beyond Entropy: When Energy Becomes Form
ISBN: 9781907896064 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The theme of the book derives from the urgency with which the idea of energy has been raised in recent years in political, economic and scientific debates. The book charts the efforts of architects to reappropriate this theme and to address the debate in a wider cultural sphere.
The theme of the book derives from the urgency with which the idea of energy has been raised in recent years in political, economic and scientific deb...
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83,16 zł |
Peripheries
ISBN: 9780415640299 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work questions and challenges the boundaries of architectural research by bringing together subjects and relevant streams of investigation some of which rarely feature in architectural research and practice titles.
This work questions and challenges the boundaries of architectural research by bringing together subjects and relevant streams of investigation some o...
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757,10 zł |
Innovations in Behavioural Health Architecture
ISBN: 9780415789646 / Angielski / Twarda / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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428,98 zł |
Introduction to Architectural Science: The Basis of Sustainable Design
ISBN: 9780415824989 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in its third edition, this book provides the ideal reference to the physical basis of architectural design. Fully updated and expanded throughout, the book provides the data required for architects to design buildings that will maintain the users comfort in a variety of conditions, with minimal reliance on energy intensive methods like air conditioning. This essential reference equips the reader with the tools to realize the full potential of the good intentions of sustainable, bioclimatic design. All sections have been revised and updated for this third edition including all the... Now in its third edition, this book provides the ideal reference to the physical basis of architectural design. Fully updated and expanded throu... |
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Composition, Non-Composition
ISBN: 9780415641111 / Angielski / Twarda / 610 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In architecture, composition refers to the conception of a building according to principles of regularity and hierarchy, or according to the principles of obtaining equilibrium. However, it is not until the beginning of the nineteenth century that the notion of composition becomes truly associated with architectural conception, notably under the influence of Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and his statement on the Marche a suivre dans la composition d'un project quelconque Procedure to be followed in the composition of any project]. The concept quickly erodes during the twentieth... In architecture, composition refers to the conception of a building according to principles of regularity and hierarchy, or according to the... |
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Cover to Cover
ISBN: 9781624192555 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Cover to Cover
ISBN: 9781624192562 / Angielski / Twarda / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Tectonic Acts of Desire and Doubt: Architectural Words 9
ISBN: 9781907896156 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the first time a number of key essays by the New York-based architect and critic Mark Rakatansky is brought together in this instalment in the Architecture Words series published by the Architectural Association.
For the first time a number of key essays by the New York-based architect and critic Mark Rakatansky is brought together in this instalment in the Arc...
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82,95 zł |
Deleuze and Architecture
ISBN: 9780748674640 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Critiques the legacy and ongoing influence of Deleuze on the discipline and practice of architecture. This collection looks critically at how Deleuze challenges architecture as a discipline, how architecture contributes to philosophy and how we can come to understand the complex politics of space of our increasingly networked world. Since the 1980s, Deleuze's philosophy has fuelled a generation of architectural thinking, and can be seen in the design of a global range of contemporary built environments. His work has also alerted architecture to crucial ecological, political and social...
Critiques the legacy and ongoing influence of Deleuze on the discipline and practice of architecture. This collection looks critically at how Deleuze ...
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454,26 zł |
The Language of Architecture: 26 Principles Every Architect Should Know
ISBN: 9781592538584 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In order to master the foundation of architecture, you must first master the basic building blocks of its language; the definitions, function, and usage. The Language of Architecture provides students and professional architects with the basic elements of architectural design, divided into twenty-six easy-to-comprehend chapters. This visual reference includes an introduction to architecture design, historical view of the elements, as well as an overview of how these elements can and have been used across multiple design disciplines. Whether you're new to the field or have... In order to master the foundation of architecture, you must first master the basic building blocks of its language; the definitions, function, and ... |
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In Search of a Forgotten Architect
ISBN: 9781907896217 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stefan Sebok was a Hungarian-born architect who worked with Walter Gropius in Dessau and Berlin in the late 1920s, then with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy on his famous Light Prop, and still later moved to the Soviet Union to work with the constructivist architects Ginzburg, El Lissitzky and the Vesnin brothers. This text is accompanied by numerous illustrations of Sebok's design work and essays on the Hungarian and Soviet content by historians Eva Forgacs and Richards Anderson."
Stefan Sebok was a Hungarian-born architect who worked with Walter Gropius in Dessau and Berlin in the late 1920s, then with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy on his...
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166,32 zł |
Sharp Words: Selected Essays of Dennis Sharp
ISBN: 9781907896071 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sharp Words brings together a variety of essays that touch upon each of his architectural fascinations - among them, glass architecture, picture palaces, masters of concrete and English modernism. Punctuating these texts are a number of editorials from his days as editor of Architectural Association Quarterly (AAQ), which graphically as much as intellectually offer emblems of his time at the AA.
Sharp Words brings together a variety of essays that touch upon each of his architectural fascinations - among them, glass architecture, picture pal...
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145,53 zł |
Use Matters: An Alternative History of Architecture
ISBN: 9780415637329 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From participatory architecture to interaction design, the question of how design accommodates use is driving inquiry in many creative fields. Expanding utility to embrace people s everyday experience brings new promises for the social role of design. But this is nothing new. As the essays assembled in this collection show, interest in the elusive realm of the user was an essential part of architecture and design throughout the twentieth century. "Use Matters" is the first to assemble this alternative history, from the bathroom to the city, from ergonomics to cybernetics, and from Algeria... From participatory architecture to interaction design, the question of how design accommodates use is driving inquiry in many creative fields. Expa... |
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757,10 zł |
(In)Formal La: The Space of Politics
ISBN: 9781938740046 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Often portrayed as a confluence of cars and movies, this book traces another course to uncover Los Angeles' primal sources of creation - land and opportunity. Within the endless sprawl there reside flurries of uncodified spatial configurations that no high-definition map or satellite image can accurately capture nor present. (IN)formal LA explores a range of unique spatial practices and pedagogies through the lens of politics in Los Angeles. While this book articulates growing skepticism in current design discourse and education, it also provides a spatial awareness that is culturally rooted,...
Often portrayed as a confluence of cars and movies, this book traces another course to uncover Los Angeles' primal sources of creation - land and oppo...
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124,70 zł |
Density & Atmosphere : On Factors relating to Building Density in the European City
ISBN: 9783990435670 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a thorough study of the relationship between the characteristics of construction density and the ensuing atmospheres, distribution of uses and their value. 36 case study examples in Zurich, Vienna, Munich and Berlin were documented and assessed, from the outskirts to the center of the city with photographs and detailed map material according to nine density categories that take public space into account. This book offers a thorough study of the relationship between the characteristics of construction density and the ensuing atmospheres, distribution... |
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342,93 zł |
The American City: What Works, What Doesn't
ISBN: 9780071801621 / Angielski / Twarda / 622 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The definitive guide to urban planning and design--completely updated and now in full color
In the Third Edition of The American City: What Works, What Doesn't, award-winning city planner and renowned urban scholar Alexander Garvin examines more than 350 programs and projects that have been implemented nationwide in 150 cities and suburbs, evaluates their successes and failures, and offers relevant lessons learned from them. Nearly all of the book's 650 illustrations are now in full color and consist almost entirely of photographs, maps, and diagrams produced especially for... The definitive guide to urban planning and design--completely updated and now in full color
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455,81 zł |
Modern Architecture: A Guidebook for His Students to This Field of Art
ISBN: 9780226869391 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This series offers a range of heretofore unavailable writings in English translation on the subjects of art, architecture, and aesthetics.Wagner's manifesto is a plea for an end to architectural eclecticism and for a more rational approach to design suited to contemporary life.
This series offers a range of heretofore unavailable writings in English translation on the subjects of art, architecture, and aesthetics.Wagner's man...
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100,89 zł |