Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Zeichensprache der Architektur Zeichensprache der Architektur Adolf Reinle 364 p. : 27 cm OL1266954W
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
CITY MADNESS CITY MADNESS Kia Soong Kua Hand and hand we engage, walk, run, smile, laugh, and even be appalled, when some of these characters are unclothed true to life, as they search for their place in this maze … OL17079370W
Best Tall Buildings 2008 Ctbuh International Award Winning Projects Best Tall Buildings 2008 Ctbuh International Award Winning Projects Antony Wood "The design and construction of tall buildings has taken a global upswing, with the incomplete Burj Dubai already the world's tallest building and projects started or on the boards for the 150-story … OL17378661W
Pierre Chareau Pierre Chareau Esther da Costa Meyer The designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) was a pivotal figure in modernism. His extraordinary Art Deco furniture is avidly collected and his visionary glass house, the Maison de Verre, i… OL20045059W
Design for aviation Design for aviation Allison Arieff Seventeen airport terminals designed by Gensler. OL20053085W
Enrique Brown Enrique Brown Enrique Browne 287 pages : 25 cm OL20254887W
Home Home Tulga Beyerle,Deyan Sudjic Examining the broad spectrum of home design as well as house architecture, this book documents the relationship between interior and exterior space, the evolution of furniture, domestic appliances, a… OL20615902W
New Tent Architecture New Tent Architecture Philip Drew "New Tent Architecture is the first major publication to look at the exciting possibilities of contemporary tensile building and the most interesting membrane structures created in recent years. This… OL2478152W
AA book AA book Architectural Association (Great Britain) Published at the end of the academic year, this book portrays the spirit and priorities of the Architectural Association in London. Each unit makes its own selection of the best student work produced… OL27969780W
Team 10 primer Team 10 primer Alison Margaret Smithson "Articles, essays, and diagrams which Team 10 [a group of architects] regard as being central to their individual positions." OL2839241W
The shingle style and the stick style The shingle style and the stick style Vincent Scully,Vincent Joseph Scully "This book has been widely acclaimed as the definitive study of the complex inspirations and cultural influences that were fused in the Shingle Style of wooden suburban and resort buildings of the pe… OL3002254W
Catalyst Catalyst University of Virginia. School of Architecture "This volume examines one year of research and pedagogy at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, engaged in the conditions of the built environment, relative to 3 states of Flux, Stasis … OL31211384W
PCA-STREAM PCA-STREAM Nicolas Bourriaud About the architectural firm PCA-STREAM, and description of some of their projects, such as office buildings. Includes interviews including with Philippe Chiambaretta. OL32536938W
The New Eco-Architecture The New Eco-Architecture Colin Porteous "The New eco-Architecture builds a historical bridge between architectural science and design. It seeks to address neglected aspects of the Modern Movement as a prelude to supporting a diversity of a… OL5819065W
The New York Times Guide to the Arts of the 20th Century The New York Times Guide to the Arts of the 20th Century Staff Of The Ny Reviews, news articles, interviews and essays capturing 100 years of art, architecture, literature, music, dance, theater, film and television. OL8929360W