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100 Contemporary Houses
Philip Jodidio Designing private residences has its own very special challenges and nuances for the architect. The scale may be more modest than public projects, the technical fittings less complex than an industrial site, but the preferences, requirements and vision of particular personalities viac

100 Contemporary Wood Buildings
Philip Jodidio Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefits, wood has seen a fabulous re viac

100 Ideas That Changed Architecture
Richard Weston 100 Ideas That Changed Architecture chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. Entertainingly written by an expert on architecture, it provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip into for the general reader. Sta viac

100 Years of Architecture
Alan Powers This unique visual history documents in pictures the most exciting and dynamic period of architecture: from the early 20th century to the present day, covering all the key movements, styles and architects, together with many lesser known but important names and buildings. Through viac

150 Houses You Need to Visit Before You Die
Thijs Demeulemeester   Jacinthe Gigou Architectural travel is on the rise. With this book you not only have a reference book of 150 of the world's most iconic private homes, but also a bucket list to plan your next country or city trip. These homes are unique, either because of the aesthetics of the interiors, the co viac

A Chronology of Architecture: A Cultural Timeline from Stone Circles to Skyscrapers
John Zukowsky A fresh perspective on the history of western architecture that uses timelines to trace the medium's development from ancient history to the present A Chronology of Architecture presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history viac

A Second Life For Buildings
Cayetano Cardelús Vidal Transforming existing architecture and assigning to it a new use for which it was not originally conceived entails an exhaustive process of historical, technical and functional exploration. The crucial component of such interventions, often on disused buildings, is sustainability viac

American Gardens
Derry Moore   Monty Don For years, Britain's much-loved gardener Monty Don has been leading us down all kinds of garden paths to show us why green spaces are vital to our wellbeing and culture. Now, he travels across America with celebrated photographer Derry Moore to trace the fascinating histories of viac

Andy Warhol. Polaroids 1958–1987
Reuel Golden   Richard B. Woodward Andy Warhol was a relentless chronicler of life and its encounters. Carrying a Polaroid camera from the late 1950s until his death in 1987, he amassed a huge collection of instant pictures of friends, lovers, patrons, the famous, the obscure, the scenic, the fashionable, and hims viac

Anglo files
Lucy Bullivant After SuperDutch, Swiss Made and All American, this is the latest in the series of country-specific volumes that examine the most interesting trends in contemporary architecture. This book provides an overview of British architects making an impact worldwide, among them David Adj viac

Aperture 238: House & Home
Michael Famighetti How do homes serve as emblems of a moment, markers of the past, or articulations of future possibilities? The Spring 2020 issue of Aperture considers the meanings and forms of a home, and the relationships between architecture, design, and the domestic realm. From interviews w viac

Architectural Theory
Collective of Authors Here are the most influential architectural essays written since the Renaissance, copiously illustrated, in a great book for anyone interested in what architects say about their craft. Discover the theories behind the structures in which we live, work, and play, from Alberti and viac

Architecture and Surrealism: A Blistering Romance
Neil Spiller The first major survey on the rich relationship between the imagery and thinking of Surrealist art and the architecture of the 20th and 21st centuries In a world where ‘smart’ objects can talk to each other and a lethal gun can be produced with a desktop 3D printer, the condit viac

Architecture Now! Vol. 10
Philip Jodidio From Frank O. Gehry’s shining Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris to Zaha Hadid’s curving Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, take a global tour through the architectural practice emerging today, and defining tomorrow. The best-selling series of Architecture Now! celebrates its tenth edi viac

Architecture. Here & Now
Albert Ramis This book celebrates the work of 30 architecture studios; singular influential forces are featured alongside emerging talents. Some have been widely awarded and published. They have offices spread out across the world, promoting their ideals and visions, and creating works that h viac

Architektuře inspirations
Collective of Authors Contemporary residential architecture is producing novel, innovative designs showing technical advances in construction. This book provides a comprehensive selection of family residences from all over the world, personalised homes which reflect their owners' needs and preferences viac

Art Nouveau Prague
Petr Wittlich Kulturně historický průvodce od předního evropského znalce secese provází návštěvníka Prahy jejími secesními památkami. Představena je zejména pražská secesní architektura (např. Obecní dům a Wilsonovo nádraží) a monumentální sochařství (např. dílo F. Bílka, L. Šalouna a S. Sucha viac

Art Nouveau: München, Wien, Praha
Thomas Hauffe Between 1890 and the beginning of the First World War, a new international style developed in architecture and design. Following the example of the English Arts and Crafts movement, the representatives of Art Nouveau turned against the eclectic excesses of historicism and opposed viac

Art Nouveau: Paris, Bruxelles, Barcelona
Thomas Hauffe Art Nouveau developed a new, international style in architecture and handicrafts from the 1880s onward, which sought to replace the forms of historicism with plant ornamentation and functional construction. This comprehensive reform of the arts produced rich floral ornaments in P viac

Arts & Architecture
Author unknown Ambitious and engaged, Arts & Architecture magazine celebrated change and innovation across politics, society and especially culture. This selection brings together the magazine’s highlights from 1950 to 1954, with a special focus on mid-century American architecture and its pion viac

Australia Modern
Hannah Lewi   Philip Goad The definitive book on modernism in Australia from 1925 to 1975 From the Sydney Opera House and the National Gallery of Victoria to sought-after homes across the country, the pervasive presence of modernism is inescapable in Australia. Led by the likes of Robin Boyd, Harry Sei viac

Back to Nature
Cayetano Cardelús Vidal A curated collection of the finest international architectural studios which shows how their designs and projects seamlessly integrate with and complement the natural landscape. This book showcases how innovative architectural designs seamlessly integrate with and complement the viac

Bauhaus Dessau Architecture
Collective of Authors “Art and technology: a new unity.” It was with this slogan that the Bauhaus—the German art school famous for combining crafts and the fine arts—moved to Dessau in 1925. The school’s seven years in this industrial city between the Elbe and Mulde Rivers were particularly product viac

Bauhaus Goes West
Alan Powers Bauhaus Goes West is a story of cultural exchange – between the Bauhaus émigrés in the years following the school’s closure in 1933 and the countries to which they moved, focusing in particular on Britain. Taking as its starting point the cultural connections between the UK and G viac

Biomorphic Structures: Architecture Inspired by Nature
Asterios Agkathidis From leaves to liquids, caves to crystal formations, nature has always been a major source of inspiration for architects. This book examines how nature can act as a precedent for design solutions through twelve case studies. Packed with computer drawings, sketches, models and pho viac

Black
Stella Paul In this sleek, stylish and easy-to-use new size, Black: Architecture in Monochrome highlights the exquisite elegance of black in the built world through more than 150 structures. From ancient churches to contemporary skyscrapers, Black demonstrates how hues from ebony to onyx hav viac

Brick
William Hall n unrivalled exploration of the world's most surprising and inspiring brick architecture – in a stylish, compact new format. In this reimagined and easy-to-use size, Brick takes a fresh look at one of the world's most familiar and popular building materials. Presenting 180 diver viac

Bricks Now & Then
Chris van Uffelen Buildings made of brick are found in very different epochs and cultures all over the world. Always astonishing, the qualities of brickwork continue to be explored by the world’s best architects until today. A key characteristic of the material’s success since time immemorial has viac

Bubbletecture
Sharon Francis Although inflatable objects have been around for more than 200 years, architects, artists, and designers keep rediscovering this deceptively simple - often playful, and occasionally bizarre - technology. Bubbletecture brings together inflatables in every conceivable size, shap viac

Building Berlin, Vol. 8
Architektenkammer Berlin Architecture and the architectural discourse have become ever more important for the creative hub of Berlin. Whether new constructions or building redevelopments, interior design, landscape architecture or urban planning, projects related to the German capital stand for sophistic viac

Building for Tomorrow: Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Azim Nanji Since its beginnings in 1977, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture has contributed enormously to the architecture profession in the Muslim world. With the foremost practitioners and experts on its first Steering Committee, its key statements were "A Search for Excellence" and "Qua viac

Buildings in Free Verse
Ladislav Lábus Ladislav Lábus patří k nejlepším českým architektům současnosti a jeho práce již několik desetiletí získávají velký respekt i značnou oblibu nejen u odborné veřejnosti. Výpravná publikace nyní přináší shrnutí jeho dosavadního díla, a to jak oceňovaných novostaveb, např. nejnovějš viac

Bungalow Design
Chris van Uffelen The amazing architectural varieties of combining the ingenious spatial solutions of apartment floor plans with the autonomy of detached single-family houses. Communicative living on a single level thanks to a wide variety of layouts, ingenious spatial solutions by playing with viac

Calatrava
Philip Jodidio Santiago Calatrava is renowned around the world as an architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. From the Athens 2004 Olympic sports complex to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan, he exhibits a remarkable aesthetic and engineering prowess with a sim viac

Calatrava
Philip Jodidio This updated monograph includes all of Calatrava’s original collaborative input as well as his latest projects. From the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan to the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, discover Calatrava’s organic forms through detailed entries, ph viac

Casa Tropical
Philip Jodidio This monograph features twenty-five houses by the renowned Brazilian architectural firm Jacobsen Arquitetura. Most are in Brazil, but one is in Australia. Each house includes a short project text by author Philip Jodidio and a selection of drawings and plans. The book begins with viac

City Houses
Lola Gomez Despite the fact that cities are becoming denser and denser, leading to increased competition for space and with house prices putting increased financial pressure on new buyers, there is still room for a wide range of design opportunities that update the definition of urban livin viac

Complexity and Contradiction at fifty
Robert Venturi A two-volume boxset facsimile of the first printing of Complexity and Contradiction paired with a compendium of new scholarship on and around Robert Venturi’s seminal treatise. First published in 1966, this remarkable book by Robert Venturi has become an essential document in viac

Concrete Houses
Joe Rollo Concrete has conviction, strength and directness. It has plasticity, too, which makes the possibilities for form-making almost endless. Concrete Houses explores the sculptural possibilities of concrete as the material of choice in landmark contemporary houses across Australia, viac

Concrete: Beyond Grey
Cayetano Cardelús Vidal A fascinating exploration of the possibilities and potential of concrete as a building material, showcasing the most innovative and striking examples from around the world. Concrete Architecture, Beyond Grey" is a stunning exploration of the possibilities of modular industrial viac

Contemporary Asian Architecture
Hasan-Uddin Khan Trojjazyčná kniha mapující současné architektonické tendence ve stavebnictví. viac

Contemporary Brick Buildings
Philip Jodidio Tour the world and discover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings! This volume features new talents as well as established stars and showcases the use of brick across diverse buildings, from Tate Modern Switch House in London by Herzog & de Meuron to Daniel Libeskind’s viac

Contemporary Concrete Buildings
Philip Jodidio Concrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of building substances, and, when properly handled, is one of the noble materials of contemporary architecture. A viac

Cook's Camden
Mark Swenarton The housing projects built in Camden in the 1960s and 1970s when Sydney Cook was borough architect are widely regarded as the most important urban housing built in the UK in the past 100 years. The schemes – which included Alexandra Road, Branch Hill, Fleet Road, Highgate New Tow viac

Cool Off! The Pool Book
Sibylle Kramer Water is probably the most diverse and fascinating of the four elements. When presented in a swimming pool, it signifies refreshment and relaxation, health, vivacity and zest for life. In this form, shaped by architecture and incorporated into the constructed and/or natural setti viac

Courtyard Living
Charmaine Chain A stunning showcase of the unique lifestyle opportunities afforded by contemporary courtyard design in the Asia-Pacific region. Courtyards have long played an important function in residential design, regulating light, shade and the use of space. With thousands of years of tra viac

Czech Secession
Petr Wittlich English translation of the third, updated edition of Wittlich's iconic monograph. viac

Data Cities
Davina Jackson Data Cities explains how rocket science and electronic technologies are transforming how we live and understand architecture, as networks of semiconductors, satellites, scanners, and sensors convert light into unprecedented formats and contents of information. This book surveys viac

Design for the Real World
Victor Papanek Design for the Real World has been translated into over twenty languages since it first appeared in 1971; it has become the world’s most widely read book on design and is an essential text in many design and architectural schools. This edition offers a blueprint for survival in t viac

Designing for Disaster: Domestic Architecture in the Era of Climate Change
Boyce Thompson The climate is changing, and so must domestic architecture. Premium materialsâ€brick, stone, woodâ€and timeless design used to be the key to building homes that would last for generations. But a warming planet, coupled with severe weather events, has changed the equation and rais viac