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Jean Nouvel by Llorenc Bonet Synopsis Jean Nouvel (Fumel, 1945) studied and started his working life in May 1968 in France. Nouvel was one of the founders of the Mars 1967 movement, which adopted a very critical position on the prevailing bureaucracy and legal anachronisms in architecture... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $2.97 Sale - Hardcover 
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Architectural Details: Balconies (Architectural Details) by Markus Sebastian Braun Synopsis Balconies are an architectural accent of a special kind. Forced to looking up from below while passing by on the street the balcony serves as an eye-catcher. However, regarded down from the perspective of the balcony it is providing a refuge. It shields... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Urban Details Los Angeles: Fountains (Urban Details Series) by Virginia Comer Publisher Comments Stairways, fountains, and streetlights are among the many over-looked small things that grace our cityscapes. Seeing and appreciating them is the idea behind the Urban Details series. Many have significant histories and are associated with important... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Jujol by Jose Llinas Publisher Comments Josep Maria Jujol developed his unsual architectural style through many years of close, creative collaboration with Antoni Gaudi. His work is characterized by a high degree of sensibility to the forms of nature.... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $7.75 Sale - Hardcover
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Soft Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers with CDROM by Judy A Juracek Publisher Comments The book is tailored to research needs in scope and focus, offering examples for architects, interior designers, textile professionals, theatrical and film designers, illustrators, and graphic designers. Interviews with professionals describe how they... (read more) List Price $89.95 Your price: $15.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Full-Color Treasury of Historic Ornament (Dover Pictorial Archive) by Alexander Speltz Publisher Comments Chosen from among thousands of images in a massive three-volume set, this treasury offers the best and most beautiful ornaments from prehistory to the early nineteenth century. Conveniently arranged by period--Egyptian, Islamic, Baroque, Victorian, and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $3.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Architecture Now! 4 (25) by Philip Jodidio Publisher Comments Architects at the cutting edge "Some really inspirational buildings from some of the most cutting-edge architects around. Beautifully presented. A joy to read." - IDFX, London Architecture Now! Volume 4 proves that the best keep getting better,... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Sale - Hardcover
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs Staff Pick Ever wonder why we have suburbs? Or why we wanted them in the first place? What about the lovely ideal of the Parisian street lined with cafes and shops? Why don't we have more of those? Or would we want them at all? Then read this! If you live in, near,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Building New York: The Rise and Rise of the Greatest City on Earth by Bruce Marshall Publisher Comments The evolution of New York's built environment is chronicled in this breathtaking history organized chronologically by site-from architectural masterpieces to engineering marvels. Witness New York as it was being built in the years following the Civil War.... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Architecture Today by James Steele Synopsis This work is a survey of trends in architecture worldwide since the 1960s. It takes as its starting point the international modernism that was once the norm, and charts its disintegration and the counter-movements and styles that have replaced it over... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price: $16.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Five Hundred Buildings of London by Gill Davies Publisher Comments Five hundred stunning duotone photographs showcase the finest, most majestic, and interesting examples of architecture in one of the world's most beloved cities The greatest buildings, monuments, and structures of London come to life in these inspiring... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars by Robert A M Stern Publisher Comments The definitive work on this period of social upheaval, now back in print.... (read more) List Price $95.00 Your price: $54.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Low Techlight Techhigh Tech Spe by Klaus Daniels Publisher Comments This book looks at the challenges facing architects and urban planners in contemporary society. It analyses current trends, future scenarios and solutions from the past, providing detailed information on what it means to build in a sustainable... (read more) List Price $53.00 Your price: $18.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Superstructures: The World's Greatest Modern Structures by Neil Parkyn Publisher Comments The most ambitious, awe-inspiring and advanced engineered structures of the last one hundred years.... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $6.75 Sale - Hardcover
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Perfect House by Witold Rybczynski Publisher Comments A study of the Renaissance architect, Andrea Palladio. 16pp b/w prints.... (read more) Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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Grand Central: Gateway to a Million Lives by John Belle Publisher Comments It begins with the historic struggle to save Grand Central in the wake of the destruction of Penn Station and in the face of economic forces in the real estate industry that were intent on its demise. There follows a chronological history of the previous... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $17.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Architecture Materials: Glass Verre Glas by Taschen Publisher Comments The use of glass as a building material was encouraged in particular by garden design, as the protection of exotic plants required the construction of greenhouses and orangeries. In a record time of just five months, Joseph Paxton, himself a garden... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Flexible
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Light, Air and Openness: Modern Architecture Between the Wars by Paul Overy Publisher Comments The origins of the spectacular geometric forms and sparkling surfaces of modern architecture from 1918 to 1939. In the first half of the twentieth century, a new kind of architecture appeared across Europe and North America, characterized by plain, often... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Complete Works, Vol. 1, 1885-1916 by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer Publisher Comments The definitive publication on America’s greatest architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is widely considered to be the greatest American architect of all time; indeed, his work virtually ushered in the modern era and remains highly influential... (read more) Your price: $200.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Architecture in Detail: Colors by Oscar Riera Ojeda Publisher Comments This installment in RockportÆs Architecture in Detail series, Colors looks at how color plays a role in even the most upscale architectural designs. The series itself examines the role of details in contemporary architecture through the work of many... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $12.75 Sale - Hardcover
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