Theory of architecture
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Theory of architecture
Hardback. Brings together essays and conversations that cover topics ranging from modern classicism, American housing, gardens, and New York City to the work of Norman Foster, Louis Kahn, Charles Moore, and Robert Moses. Num Pages: 208 pages, 123 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 191 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181159
- ISBN
- 9780300181159
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.62
€ 49.99
€ 35.62
Hardback. The 18th-century rediscovery of the three archaic Greek-Doric temples in Paestum in southern Italy turned existing ideas on classical architecture upside down. In this book, the author analyzes extensive original source material, including letters, diaries, drawings, paintings, engravings and published texts, which are reproduced here. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 352 pages, 100 color + 185 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMA; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300195750
- ISBN
- 9780300195750
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Condition: New
€ 59.33€ 46.32
€ 59.33
€ 46.32
Paperback. This update of a classic text folds the new field of neuroscience for design into well-established environment-behavior (E-B) methods and approaches. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 670.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393731842
- ISBN
- 9780393731842
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.96
€ 40.99
€ 33.96
Paperback. This richly detailed study explores the issue of how architects view the phenomenal world. Mallgrave sketches various moments of architectural thought as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theory. He later repositions this question from the perspective of contemporary neuroscience. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470658253
- ISBN
- 9780470658253
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Condition: New
€ 38.25
€ 38.25
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.
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- 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
€ 56.02
€ 56.02
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
€ 56.02
€ 56.02
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.
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- 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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Condition: New
€ 137.43
€ 137.43
Paperback. Much recent literature dealing with the formation of modern cities, particularly in developing countries has not adequately conveyed the complexity of the issues. Using a selection of examples from around the world and from the past two centuries, this book explores the transfers of models that seek to shape urban environments. Editor(s): Nasr, Joe; Volait, Mercedes. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: AMA; AMVD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470851609
- ISBN
- 9780470851609
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Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Paperback. In order for a book to succeed in presenting a theory of architecture, it must address aspects of imagination and creativity as well as the channels one can use to achieve truly significant architectural design. Num Pages: 320 pages, 103 line drawings, 94 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 280 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 756.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471285304
- ISBN
- 9780471285304
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Condition: New
€ 90.98
€ 90.98
Paperback. The Theory of Architecture Concepts, Themes & Practices Paul-Alan Johnson Although it has long been thought that theory directs architectural practice, no one has explained precisely how the connection between theory and practice is supposed to work. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 27. Weight in Grams: 908.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471285335
- ISBN
- 9780471285335
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Condition: New
€ 107.30
€ 107.30
Paperback. In this age of ever--increasing environmental awareness, the issue of sustainability is set to become the dominant factor in architectural design. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations (some colour) facsimiles, plans. BIC Classification: AMA; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1018.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471486602
- ISBN
- 9780471486602
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Condition: New
€ 56.20
€ 56.20
Paperback. This book examines key moments in the emergence of London as a metropolis and considers different ways in which its image has been formulated and presented. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AMA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 353 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216674
- ISBN
- 9780631216674
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Condition: New
€ 30.46
€ 30.46
Paperback. * Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment. * Presents crucial "moments" in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances. Editor(s): Ballantyne, Andrew. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229445
- ISBN
- 9780631229445
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Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
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€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. By way of more than 2,000 years of architectural history, this illustrated book defines and shows the major components of the art - from theory, plans, and models to structural elements such as columns, arches, and domes, to materials and decorative elements. Num Pages: 384 pages, 325 color illus. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 116 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 790.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141503
- ISBN
- 9780691141503
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Hardback. * A sophisticated account of the work of key German thinkers, including Benjamin and Simmel, and their writings about the city. * Will have a wide--ranging approach, appealing to students and scholars of social theory but also urban studies and architecture. * Features 15 illustrations. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AMA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745609676
- ISBN
- 9780745609676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Paperback. In its exploration of how spaces become places, The Spaces between Buildings invites readers to see anew the spaces they encounter every day and often take for granted. Series: Center Books on Space, Place and Time. Num Pages: 240 pages, 52, 52 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; AMG; AMK; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863318
- ISBN
- 9780801863318
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.01
€ 38.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 129 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 132.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639137
- ISBN
- 9780816639137
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.66
€ 18.99
€ 18.66
Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353089
- ISBN
- 9780822353089
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
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. Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Bending, Stephen. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HBA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405105354
- ISBN
- 9781405105354
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Condition: New
€ 31.96
€ 31.96
Hardback. This richly detailed study explores the issue of how architects view the phenomenal world. Mallgrave sketches various moments of architectural thought as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theory. He later repositions this question from the perspective of contemporary neuroscience. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195850
- ISBN
- 9781405195850
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Condition: New
€ 137.43
€ 137.43
Hardback. Essays for Eric Fernie. 430 pages, 177, 177 black and white. Editor(s): Franklin, Jill A.; Heslop, T. A.; Stevenson, Christine. Essays centred on the methods, pleasures, and pitfalls of architectural interpretation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AMA. Dimension: 252 x 181 x 34. Weight: 1258.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837817
- ISBN
- 9781843837817
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Condition: New
€ 132.63
€ 132.63
Paperback. Papers presented at a symposium, What happened to the architectural manifesto?, held at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Nov. 18, 2011. Num Pages: 176 pages, color and b&w throughout. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- GSAPP Books United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883584870
- ISBN
- 9781883584870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.73
€ 45.73