Architecture - Buildings - General

In this book a fresh look at the central issues of architecture is assembled and recast into a fully integrated narrative, based on two foundational and complementary aspects of architectural design: those that give shape and those that give focus-forming and centering.Author: Kenneth M....

Using archive photos from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, matched with the same viewpoint today, Cincinnati Then and Now traces the city's rich history.Beginning at Fountain Square, the heart of the city, the book rolls out to the riverfront, then back downtown and outwards,...

Dublin Then and Now matches archival images with contemporary views to reveal the past and present of this fascinating city.Dublin's rich architectural heritage ranges from medieval castles and cathedrals to a wealth of elegant Georgian townhouses. Capturing its famous streets, bridges, markets, parks and...

Smiljan Radi's 25 key projects ranging from sculptures to buildings, all produced between 2010 and 2021, are presented here along with his own conceptual drawings and paintings are featured in this issueThis August issue of a+u features the work of Chilean architect Smiljan Radic....

"This book of contributed chapters focuses on different aspects of how the built environment is being constructed to purposefully enhance societal well-being while also maintaining green standards for environmental sustainability"--Author: Information Reso Management AssociationISBN-10: 1799890325ISBN-13: 9781799890324Publisher: Engineering Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/28/2021Pages: 525Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.58lbsSize:...

This book is a labour of love. The author loves travelling in Europe to see the museums, art galleries, castles, churches and palaces. She also enjoys the history and art of the most beautiful European cities. You can join Diana in her travels and...

Modern urban terraced houses or row houses emerged in Europe from the 17th century onwards. Usually two to three storeys high and with a garden at the back, they formed the traditional urban block. In Brussels, this bourgeois form of housing took on a...

Seven books in total: six Volumes from the series Architectural Guide plus one volume from the Basics series: Book 1. Theorising Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Perspectives, Questions, and Concepts ISBN 978-3-86922-081-9 Book 2: Western Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Sahel ISBN 978-3-86922-082-6...

Seven books in total: six Volumes from the series Architectural Guide plus one volume from the Basics series: Book 1. Theorising Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Perspectives, Questions, and Concepts ISBN 978-3-86922-081-9 Book 2: Western Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Sahel ISBN 978-3-86922-082-6...

Seven books in total: six Volumes from the series Architectural Guide plus one volume from the Basics series: Book 1. Theorising Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Perspectives, Questions, and Concepts ISBN 978-3-86922-081-9 Book 2: Western Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Sahel ISBN 978-3-86922-082-6...

Seven books in total: six Volumes from the series Architectural Guide plus one volume from the Basics series: Book 1. Theorising Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Perspectives, Questions, and Concepts ISBN 978-3-86922-081-9 Book 2: Western Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Sahel ISBN 978-3-86922-082-6...

Seven books in total: six Volumes from the series Architectural Guide plus one volume from the Basics series: Book 1. Theorising Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Perspectives, Questions, and Concepts ISBN 978-3-86922-081-9 Book 2: Western Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Sahel ISBN 978-3-86922-082-6...

Seven books in total: six Volumes from the series Architectural Guide plus one volume from the Basics series: Book 1. Theorising Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Perspectives, Questions, and Concepts ISBN 978-3-86922-081-9 Book 2: Western Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Sahel ISBN 978-3-86922-082-6...

Take an adventure into the abandoned structures of the American mid-Atlantic region through 560 startling photos and compelling text. These surreal images were captured in abandoned power plants, mental asylums, military bases, prisons, hospitals, schools, and cathedrals. Explore St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C.;...

This new study explores the development of the window, showing how it both transformed human experience by increasing access to light and air and changed our perception of architectural space Christopher Masters celebrates the multiple roles of the window in architecture by providing engaging...

In this sumptuous portrait of the house known as 'the English Versailles', the Duke of Buccleuch sets the scene with a history of his ancestors, the Montagus of Boughton, who acquired the manor in Northamptonshire in the reign of Henry VIII.Ralph, 1st Duke of...

In this sumptuous portrait of the house known as 'the English Versailles', the Duke of Buccleuch sets the scene with a history of his ancestors, the Montagus of Boughton, who acquired the manor in Northamptonshire in the reign of Henry VIII.Ralph, 1st Duke of...

A dual portrait of America's first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted--and their immense impact on AmericaAs the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the...

The iridescent play of light through Gothic windows. Skyscrapers gleaming in the sun. The worn steps of a Mayan pyramid. Indian temples rich in detailed reliefs. Buildings move us, protect us, and give us places for devotion and contemplation, political debate, and artistic expression....

The wealth of excavation of ancient buildings in the past 50 years and the resulting flood of publications has created a demand for a survey of building practice in antiquity. This two-volume work deals with the techniques of setting together the fabric of ancient...

Into the future: A special anniversary edition of our go-to architectural digest From Frank O. Gehry's shining Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris to Zaha Hadid's curving Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, take a global tour through the architectural practice emerging today, and defining tomorrow....

Santiago Calatrava is renowned around the world as an architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. From the Athens 2004 Olympic sports complex to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan, he exhibits a remarkable aesthetic and engineering prowess with a simultaneous sensitivity for...

Concrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of building substances, and, when properly handled, is one of the noble materials of contemporary architecture. A...

Saving space: Big ideas for small buildings Over the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduced budgets, many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may...

Adolf Loos (1870-1933) was a flamboyant character whose presence in the cultural hotbed of early 1900s Vienna galvanized the country's architectural landscape. An early, impassioned advocate of modernism, he all-out rejected the grand Secessionist aesthetic prevalent at the time, as well as any hallmarks...

Some architects have a signature style. What sets Piano apart is that he applies his coherent set of ideas in extraordinarily different ways. It takes more than a quick glance to see his touch on such individual structures as the Pompidou Center, The New...

From emergency relief shelters to a cardboard cathedral and exhibition spaces in shipping containers, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has made his name with his restlessly inventive response to material and situation, as much as with his humanitarian work at the sites of natural...

This exhilarating and richly illustrated guide to Los Angeles's most exciting new buildings establishes the city as a mecca for forward-thinking and environmentally conscious architecture. Some of the world's leading architects are making their mark on Los Angeles's cityscape with exciting and innovative projects....

In contrast to tabula rasa urbanism, this book considers strategies for tabula plena--urban sites that are full of existing buildings of multiple time periods. Such dense sites prompt designers to work between the fields of architecture, historic preservation, and urban planning, developing methods for...

Brutalism is back. Vilified for decades as the stepchild of modernism, brutalist architecture is now enjoying a comeback as the latest discovery among digital trendsetters: uncompromising and incredibly daring, the colossal structures of the 1960s and 1970s both stand as testament to the postwar...

This practical, hands on introduction guides you through the basics of undertaking research in day-to-day architectural practice helping you to exploit the growing opportunities on offer. It explores how developing a research specialism can improve the quality of your projects, help to define your...

Once known as the 'Key to England', Dover is one of the country's most important ports and has been at the forefront of this island's history from the earliest times. This has left a rich legacy of buildings from Roman times to the present...

The Yorkshire coast has been attracting holidaymakers for centuries. This book is the first to delve into the world of moneyed visitors to the county's seaside resorts, showing what attracted such people and why places like Scarborough, Filey and others remained select resorts until...

The history of the West Country has left a rich legacy of castles and other fortifications throughout its landscape built wherever power and wealth needed to be displayed, strategic points controlled or territory and local populations defended. In this book author Andrew Powell-Thomas explores...

The largest of the Channel Islands, Jersey is situated 85 miles from the English coast and 14 miles from France. Even though it occupies just 45 square miles, the island has an abundance of history and culture, much of which stems from English and...

Despite a history stretching back almost 2,000 years, the City of London is one of the world's most modern, booming and yet unspoiled places to visit. Today it is teeming with those who work in London's international financial, legal and insurance industries. Catering to...

From the photographer behind the bestselling, iconic photo book Brutal London. London is a large, dispersed megacity, and where Brutal London focused on inner London, this new book from the acclaimed photographer Simon Phipps concentrates on the further reaches; the suburbs and outer residential...

Existing histories of modern architecture typically give their highest praise to private houses and their most severe condemnation to architect-authored urban plans, often neglecting the built works that are no smaller than a single building and possibly as large as an urban block, the...

Provides a comprehensive insight into a wide selection of TSK's stunning works of architecture, design, and innovations in sustainability, including a foreword written by Aaron Betsky (curator and critic) Presents a vivid and yielding portrayal of TSK's sense of sensitive regional modernism, with informative...

The first complete monograph on the career of Carlos Ferrater. Carlos Ferrater's early buildings showed how the expression of modern architecture -- with its abstraction, repetition, transparency and use of industrial materials -- could be brought into line with Mediterranean classicism, with the rigor...

Eye-Popping Show-Stopping Libraries starts out by recounting the beginning of the relationship between the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) to establish the Library Building awards and traces the development of the program over the following five decades. In...

Erfahrungen mit Schäden an Gebäuden, die Energiekrise zwischen 1973 und 1979, Klagen über das Sick-Building-Syndrom, mangelhafter Komfort hinsichtlich Raumklima, Schallschutz und Lärmschutz, das Bedürfnis nach Behaglichkeit und nicht zuletzt das Bemühen um Nachhaltigkeit haben dazu geführt, dass sich aus einem akademischen Fach eine praktische...

Most wonderful diversity: How global architecture of today heads for tomorrowNearly exactly ten years after the publication of the Atlas of World Architecture, this new follow-up publication reviews the last architectural decade by means of current exemplary buildings from all continents. Not only have...

Monografie mit Fragestellung Was wäre, wenn Forschung, Wissenschaft und Architektur verschmelzen? LAVA ist ein von Tobias Wallisser, Chris Bosse und Alexander Rieck gegründetes Architekturbüro mit Standorten in Deutschland, Vietnam und Australien. Der für die Expo 20 entworfene Deutsche Pavillon ist ein Beispiel für die...

Basics Interior Architecture 04: Elements/Objects explores the manner in which an interior space can be manipulated through the precise placement of forms.The book describes the principles underpinning the design of objects, and their placement within the interior space. It also discusses the influence that...

The ETABS 2016 Black Book, is written to help beginners learn the basics of ETABS structure modeling and analysis. The book follows a step by step methodology. This book explains the designing of structure, assigning various properties to structure, applying different load conditions, and...

If you love historical homes, powerful political figures, steamships, trains, brilliant business people, renovations, interior design, gardens in pink and secrets, then welcome to Glencairn Hall. Built in 1832, perched on the edge of the Niagara River. The road this mansion is situated on,...

Throughout London's two-thousand-year history, architecture has expressed the identity of the city's diverse communities. From Franciscan friars to merchant bankers, royal dynasties to grocers and tailors, the ideals and wealth of these groups have been reflected in magnificent buildings and public spaces. Gilded City...

The Building of Adare Manor tells the story of the trials and triumphs of house building at Adare Manor, County Limerick. Home of the Quin family (later Earls of Dunraven) since the mid-17th century, the building underwent a dramatic transformation. James and George Richard...

Honourable Mention - 2023 ASR Prize for Best Africa-focused Anthology or Edited Collection Innovative study of state politics, identity and buildings that sheds new light on the links between the material and the ideational realms of contemporary life in Africa. Buildings shape politics in...