Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
From ornament to object From ornament to object Alina Alexandra Payne "In the late 19th century, a centuries-old preference for highly ornamented architecture gave way to a budding Modernism of clean lines and unadorned surfaces. At the same moment, everyday objects--c… OL16499313W
Weather architecture Weather architecture Hill, Jonathan "This book considers climate as well as weather but its principal focus is everyday experience. Weather and climate differ in duration and scale. Unlike the weather, which we can see and feel at a sp… OL16624535W
Gadamer for architects Gadamer for architects Paul Kidder "Providing a concise and accessible introduction to the work of the twentieth century's celebrated German philosopher, Hans-Georg Gadamer, this book focuses on the aspects of Gadamer's philosophy tha… OL16700325W
Twenty minutes in Manhattan Twenty minutes in Manhattan Michael Sorkin ""This is the most brilliant epitome of Manhattan ever written." --Mike Davis Every morning, the architect and writer Michael Sorkin walks from his apartment in Greenwich Village to his office in Tr… OL16726854W
Architecture and disjunction Architecture and disjunction Bernard Tschumi "Index Architecture documents the extensive cross-fertilization of ideas that can occur between architectural practice and education. Through work developed by students and faculty at Columbia Univer… OL1727574W
Designing Our Way to a Better World Designing Our Way to a Better World Thomas Fisher "Envisioning what we need, when it doesn't yet exist: this, Thomas Fisher tells us, is what design does. And if what we need now is a better world--functioning schools, working infrastructure, thrivi… OL20241478W