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Theory of architecture
Paperback. A guide to the styles or an architectural dictionary, though it contains elements of all three. It helps to 'come to grips with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectually' - with its impact on our lives. Series: Why X Matters Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 54 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300168174
- ISBN
- 9780300168174
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€ 17.14
€ 17.14
Hardcover. Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture's conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary society. Num Pages: 478 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470772997
- ISBN
- 9780470772997
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€ 137.43
€ 137.43
Paperback. Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture's conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary society. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1072.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470772980
- ISBN
- 9780470772980
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Condition: New
€ 55.35
€ 55.35
Paperback. Whereas the first volume of this set provides the intellectual groundwork for Schumacher's ideas, the second volume addresses the specific, contemporary challenges that architecture faces. It formulates these tasks, looking specifically at how architecture organizes and articulates the complexity of post-fordist network society. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 174 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470666166
- ISBN
- 9780470666166
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Condition: New
€ 55.35
€ 55.35
Hardback. Editor(s): Locke, Patricia M.; McCann, Rachel. Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821421758
- ISBN
- 9780821421758
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Condition: New
€ 86.34
€ 86.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262525480
- ISBN
- 9780262525480
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.37
€ 18.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. A visual guide to the buildings that surround us, naming the visible architectural features so that the reader doesn't have to know the name before looking it up. It features line drawings and colour photographs that illustrate each of the main building types, from forts to churches, stately homes to skyscrapers. Num Pages: 176 pages, 512 illustrations, 340 in colour. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishers
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781856697361
- ISBN
- 9781856697361
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.56
€ 31.99
€ 29.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 202 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 188 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415571937
- ISBN
- 9780415571937
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Condition: New
€ 59.86
€ 59.86
Hardback. Where does the dream of the detached house come from? Which ideal form of living are we taught by children's books, lifestyle magazines and DIY shops? Who benefits from us living the way we live? This work shows how the interests of the construction industry, overextended policies mired in regulations and more. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 205 x 24. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777424101
- ISBN
- 9783777424101
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.33
€ 23.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. An exploration of the urge in human beings to feel at home in the world, and the role that architecture plays in this process. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262622004
- ISBN
- 9780262622004
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€ 20.99€ 20.39
€ 20.99
€ 20.39
Hardcover. This book examines the extent to which the insights of STS can be used to analyse the role of architecture in and for social life. The contributions examine the question of whether architecture - and thus materiality as a whole - has agency. The book also proposes a theoretical and methodological approach on how to research architecture's agency. Editor(s): Muller, Anna-Lisa; Reichmann, Werner. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; JHB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137461124
- ISBN
- 9781137461124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.82
€ 132.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; AMA; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349139880
- ISBN
- 9781349139880
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Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Illustrates the complex nature of the architectural project by taking into account its temporality, linking technical problems of maintenance and decay with a focused consideration of their philosophical and ethical implications. Num Pages: 139 pages, 50. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 267 x 9. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 139
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262631440
- ISBN
- 9780262631440
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€ 42.99€ 33.37
€ 42.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium Series in the History of Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 color illustrations, 43 black-and-white illustrations, 48 color photographs, 1 black-a. BIC Classification: 1DST; AMA; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023678
- ISBN
- 9780884023678
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Howard, Michelle. Num Pages: 256 pages, 350 black & white illustrations, 350 schw.-w. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 246 x 25. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035604177
- ISBN
- 9783035604177
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 43.78
€ 45.99
€ 43.78
Paperback. The dream of scientific management was a rationalized machine world where life would approach the perfection of an assembly line. Since its early twentieth-century peak, this dream has come to seem a dehumanizing nightmare. This book tells the story of the emergence of modernist architecture as a romance with the ideas of scientific management. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 208 pages, 49 halftones. 2 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: AMA; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138473
- ISBN
- 9780691138473
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.40
€ 46.99
€ 33.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Palandri, Jenny Condie. Series: Writing Architecture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 340 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262527613
- ISBN
- 9780262527613
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Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. Revered as the father of historic preservation in the United States, architect James Marston Fitch was hailed by the New York Times at the time of his death in 2000 as "an architect whose writings and teachings helped transform historic preservation from a dilettante's pastime into a vigorous, broadly based cultural movement." Editor(s): Sawin, Martica. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 black & white. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393732290
- ISBN
- 9780393732290
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.68
€ 30.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; AMX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 133. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941332139
- ISBN
- 9781941332139
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. This book addresses the deltaic territories in Europe that are both fragile and affected by important climate changes. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; AMVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 283 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- List - Laboratorio Internazionale Editoriale Sas Italy
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788895623870
- ISBN
- 9788895623870
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.65
€ 26.99
€ 23.65