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Vendor:Jovis
Original Resopal: The Aesthetics of the Surface
Hardcover | 22.86 x 1.91 x 30.48 cm | 192 pp Jovis | 2006 | 9783939633044 German company Resopal have been pioneers in the manufacture and design of plastic laminates since their invention in the early twentieth century. Like Formica in the U.S., the...- £10.00
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Vendor:Getty Publications
Victory of the New Building Style
Walter Curt Behrendt Softcover | 17.53 x 1.52 x 25.15 cm | 176 pp Getty Publications | 2006 | 9780892365630 This book - Behrendt's principle theoretical work in German and the precursor to Modern Building - presents a revisionist concept of style that places equal emphasis on...- £7.50
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Vendor:8 Books
Tidy Space: Zen and Shaker Design Solutions for Tidy Living
Michael Freeman Hardcover | 17.5 x 2 x 24 cm 208 pp 8 Books | 2016 | 9780957471771 Two design styles perfectly embrace tidiness. One was developed in the United States in the 18th century by a devout sect of Quakers who had emigrated...- £20.00
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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:Faber & Faber
Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick
Hardcover | 15.3 x 2.1 x 23.4 cm | 304 pp Faber & Faber | 2018 | 9780571348411 For thousands of years, humans have built walls and assaulted them, admired walls and reviled them. Great Walls have appeared on nearly every continent, the handiwork...- £7.50
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Vendor:Bloomsbury
Designing Sustainable Communities
Avi Friedman Softcover | 20.96 x 1.24 x 26.59 cm | 216 pp Bloomsbury | 2017 | 9781472572905 Innovation in planning is essential to dealing with the challenges society currently faces, from urban sprawl to climate change. In this book, Avi Friedman looks at...- £17.50
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Vendor:Thames & Hudson
Plywood: A Material Story
Christopher Wilk Hardcover | 21.84 x 2.79 x 26.16 cm | 240 pp Thames & Hudson | 2017 | 9780500519400 Published in association with the V&A, this is a comprehensive history of plywood, from its use in 18th-century furniture to its popularity in the digital...- £20.00
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Vendor:Bloomsbury
Shaping the Surface: Materiality and the History of British Architecture 1840-2000
Stephen Kite Softcover | 15.75 x 1.91 x 23.37 cm | 336 pp Bloomsbury | 2022 | 9781350320659 Shaping the Surface explores the history of modern British architecture through the lens of surface, materiality and decoration. Picking up on a trait that art historian Nikolaus Pevsner first...- £17.50
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Vendor:MIT Press
Bleak Houses: Disappointment and Failure in Architecture
Timothy J. Brittain-catlin Hardcover | 23.24 x 16.92 x 1.75 cm | 192 pp MIT Press | 2014 | 9780262026697 PLEASE NOTE: This title has been remainder marked by the publisher - a marker pen dot or line on one edge. See images for...- £12.50
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Vendor:Conran Octopus
Paris in Fifty Design Icons (Design Museum)
Brigitte Fitoussi & Imogen Fortes Softcover | 15.56 x 1.27 x 21.59 cm | 112 pp Conran Octopus | 2017 | 9781840917420 With entries on design icons from I.M. Pei's glass pyramid to the humble baguette, Le Monde newspaper to Le Corbusier's striking Maison La Roche, Paris...- £5.00
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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:Prestel
DAM German Architecture Annual: 2008/09
Peter Cachola Schmal Softcover | 22.23 x 1.91 x 27.94 cm | 200 pp Prestel | 2008 | 9783791340470 Since 1980, DAM, or German Architecture Museum, has been publishing its prestigious yearbook on German architecture. This volume features twenty projects by German architects, three...- £5.00
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Infinite Suburbia
Alan Berger & Joel Kotkin Hardcover | 21.3 x 5.1 x 26 cm | 784 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2017 | 9781616895501 Infinite Suburbia is the culmination of the MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism's year-long study of the future of suburban development....- £35.00
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Interactive Architecture: Adaptive World
Michael Fox Softcover | 17.8 x 2.5 x 21.6 cm | 176 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2016 | 9781616894061 As we continue to embrace a world where the lines between the physical and digital are increasingly blurred, we are beginning to see a maturing vision...- £10.00
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Vendor:Gingko Press
Cork: In Architecture, Design, Fashion and Art
Guillaume Bounoure & Chloe Genevaux Hardcover | 19.81 x 2.03 x 27.43 cm | 176 pp Gingko Press | 2020 | 9783943330328 Cork: in Architecture, Design, Fashion, and Art showcases the fascinating ways cork can be incorporated in our lives. With sustainability at the forefront of every designer’s...- £25.00
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Vendor:Yale University Press
Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America
Hardcover | 25.15 x 2.54 x 28.45 cm | 264 pp Yale University Press | 2018 | 9780300234220 This spirited volume shows how postwar designers and architects embraced whimsy and eclecticism in their work, exploring playfulness as an essential construct of modernity. Following World War...- £20.00
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Twenty Over Eighty: Conversations on a Lifetime in Architecture and Design
Aileen Kwun & Bryn Smith Softcover | 17.8 x 22.9 cm | 224 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2016 | 9781616892814 20 Over 80 collects intimate interview portraits of inspiring and enduring creatives from the fields of architecture and design. Featuring legendary figures from graphic, product,...- £12.00
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Vendor:Thames & Hudson
Rethinking The Modular: Adaptable Systems in Architecture and Design
Burkhard Meltzer & Tido von Oppeln Softcover | 16.76 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:MIT Press
Bauhaus Futures
Hardcover | 18.75 x 2.92 x 23.65 cm | 376 pp MIT Press | 2019 | 9780262042918 Essays, photo-essays, interviews, manifestos, diagrams, and a play explore the varied legacies, influences, and futures of the Bauhaus. What would keep the Bauhaus up at night if...- £22.50
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Vendor:Scheidegger & Spiess
What Moves Us?: Le Corbusier and Asger Jorn in Art and Architecture
Hardcover | 22.86 x 2.54 x 27.94 cm | 210 pp Scheidegger & Spiess | 2015 | 9783858817730 Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is one the most influential architects of the 20th century. In the Scandinavian countries, his influence is arguably most pronounced in the writings...- £17.50
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