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Vendor:Birkhäuser
Architecture - Drawn: From the Middle Ages to the Present
Klaus Jan Philipp Hardcover | 24.13 x 2.54 x 33.02 cm | 352 pp Birkhäuser | 2020 | 9783038215738 The two-dimensional drawing with plan layout, elevation, and section is a necessary prerequisite for all building. Perspectives help to give three-dimensional expression to the architect's ideas. In...- £35.00
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Cecil Balmond: Crossover
Hardcover | 18.5 x 6 x 14.5 cm | 720 pp Prestel | 2013 | 9783791345222 Designer, writer, and engineer Cecil Balmond invites readers into his creative process as he documents his most innovative projects in art, architecture, and bridge design. Hailed by friend and frequent...- £8.50
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Vendor:Gestalten
It's a Gas!: The Allure of the Gas Station
Hardcover | 24 x 3 x 30 cm | 240 pp Gestalten | 2018 | 9783899559286 It's a Gas! showcases an often-overlooked architectural highlight, and explores the possibilities offered by these symbols of transition. Many abandoned gas stations have been given new life as film sets,...- £30.00
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Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service Through Architecture
Bryan Bell Softcover | 16 x 2.3 x 22.4 cm | 239 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2003 | 9781568983912 With rare exceptions, we tend to think of architects as working in the domain of the rich and the commercial. Not so Bryan Bell or the...- £15.00
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Vendor:MIT Press
Not Quite Architecture: Writing Around Alison and Peter Smithson
M. Christine Boyer Hardcover | 18.9 x 4.45 x 23.5 cm | 486 pp MIT Press | 2017 | 9780262035514 An exploration of published and unpublished writings of Alison and Peter Smithson, considering them in the context of the debates and discourses of postwar architecture....- £25.00
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Vendor:Yale University Press
Centre Pompidou: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the Making of a Modern Monument
Francesco Dal Co Hardcover | 23.37 x 18.29 x 1.52 cm | 158 pp Yale University Press | 2017 | 9780300221299 The Centre Georges Pompidou, also called Beaubourg, is today considered an icon of contemporary Paris, the quintessence of a modern building, and a model...- £15.00
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The Project of Autonomy: Politics and Architecture Within and Against Capitalism
Softcover | 14.29 x 1.27 x 21.59 cm | 120 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2012 | 9781616891008 A challenging and polemical argument about the Autonomia movement in Italy, a group of Italian intellectuals who produced a powerful and rigorous critique of capitalism and work...- £12.50
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Vendor:Thames & Hudson
The Architecture of Jacques Ferrier
Alexander Tzonis & Kenneth Powell Hardcover | 23.37 x 3.05 x 33.02 cm | 256 pp Thames and Hudson | 2016 | 9780500343128 The first major study of one of France’s most lauded contemporary architects and his highly individual approach to architecture. Jacques Ferrier’s French pavilion for the...- £23.00
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Speaking of Buildings: Oral History in Architectural Research
Naomi Stead, Janina Gosseye & Deborah van der Plaat Softcover | 15.62 x 3.81 x 22.99 cm | 320 pp Princeton Architrectural Press | 2019 | 9781616897543 By and large, architectural historians use texts, drawings, and photographs to craft their narratives. Oral testimony from those who actually occupy or...- £20.00
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Vendor:WIlliam Stout Publishers
Ira Rakatansky: As Modern as Tomorrow
Lynnette Widder & John Caserta Softcover | 208 pp William Stout Publishers | 2011 | 9780981966700 A former student of Gropius and Breuer, Rakatansky's innovative brand of mid-century modernism blew a fresh breeze through staid colonial New England and has yet to lose its momentum. His...- £10.00
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Vendor:Thames & Hudson
Rethinking The Modular: Adaptable Systems in Architecture and Design
Burkhard Meltzer & Tido von Oppeln Softcover | 6.76 x 2.29 x 24.13 cm | 298 pp Thames and Hudson | 2016 | 9780500292358 The modular did not have to be invented: it can be found everywhere. We divide surfaces into grids, spaces into parts, and...- £13.50
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Vendor:Dey Street Books
Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller (Non-mint)
Alec Nevala-Lee Hardcover | 15.24 x 4.04 x 22.86 cm | 658 pp Dey Street Books | 2022 | 9780062947222 PLEASE NOTE: This title has been remainder marked by the publisher - a marker pen line on one edge. See images. During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller...- £13.50
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Vendor:Taschen
Tree Houses: Fairy Tale Castles in the Air (Non-mint)
Philip Jodido Softcover | 17.5 x 3.5 x 24.5 | 512 pp Taschen | 2012 | 9783836576840 Text in English, Spanish & French The idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is as old as humanity....- £10.00
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Vendor:Bloomsbury
Assembling the Architect: The History and Theory of Professional Practice
George Barnett Johnston Softcover | 15.93 x 1.83 x 23.14 cm | 320 pp Bloomsbury | 2020 | 9781350126862 Assembling the Architect explores the origins and history of architectural practice. It unravels the competing interests that historically have structured the field and cultivates a deeper understanding...- £13.50
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Vendor:Thames & Hudson
Tschumi
Softcover | 16.5 x 1.5 x 21 cm | 176 pp Thames & Hudson | 2003 | 9780500284605 Acclaimed as one of the world's foremost modern architects, Bernard Tschumi achieved early fame by winning the competition to design the Parc de la Villette on the...- £15.00
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Vendor:MIT Press
Bernard Tschumi: Event-Cities 4 | Concept - Form
Bernard Tschumi Softcover | 16.84 x 4.95 x 23.01 cm | 640 pp MIT Press | 2010 | 9780262512411 In Event-Cities 4 Tschumi introduces the "concept-form": a concept generating a form, or a form generating a concept. The book documents recently built and theoretical...- £14.00
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Vendor:Prestel
Network Living: Architecture for All Generations
Annette Becker, Peter Cachola Schmal & Claudia Haas Hardcover | 23.6 x 30.5 cm | 240 pp Preston | 2013 | 9783791352565 Text in English & German It is estimated that only 5% of the western hemisphere's current housing stock is suitable for elderly residents. Fortunately, today's...- £7.00
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Vendor:Birkhäuser
Olgiati: Lecture
Softcover | 15.24 x 0.64 x 14.61 cm | 108 pp Birkhäuser | 2011 | 9783034607834 In the form of a well illustrated essay, the architect Valerio Olgiati explains how he develops his projects, the parameters that influence his design process, and the intellectual context from...- £12.00
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Vendor:MIT Press
Drafting Culture: A Social History of Architectural Graphics Standards
George Barnett Johnston Hardcover | 24.13 x 2.54 x 30.48 cm | 280 pp MIT Press | 2008 | 9780262101226 This is an examination of the standard reference book for architects as both practical sourcebook and window on changes in the profession. Architectural Graphics Standards by Charles...- £10.00
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Vendor:Thames & Hudson
Prototyping for Architects
Mark Burry & Jane Burry Softcover | 23.5 x 21.7 cm | 272 pp Thanks & Hudson | 2017 | 9780500292495 Prototyping for Architects has four sections: an introduction that charts the rise of prototyping in design history, more specifically in architecture; an overview of techniques; a survey...- £9.50
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