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Space Between People: How the Virtual Changes Physical Architecture
by Stephan (edt) Doesinger  Synopsis If architecture is the construction of space between people, what happens when that space exists in a virtual world? That question is the starting point for this collection of revolutionary projects by a new generation of designers. The book begins by...
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Key Contemporary Buildings: Plans, Sections and Elevations (with CD-ROM)
by Rob Gregory Publisher Comments A collection of more than one hundred twenty-first-century buildings of particular interest for study by students and professionals. Third in the series of Key books, this volume offers newly drawn plans and color photographs of a wide range of buildings...
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Corporate Interiors #5: Corporate Interiors
by Roger Yee Publisher Comments Showcases exciting new offices, designed by America's leading architectural and interior design firms....
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Extensions
by Adam Mornement Publisher Comments The vast majority of architects cut their teeth designing small-scale additions to private homes. Extensions can be added to roofs, gardens, and underneath buildings or can even be strapped on to the sides. Following a brief introduction, the book is...
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1000 Architects
by Images Publishing Publisher Comments 1000 Architects is one of Images most ambitious and successful projects to date. A comprehensive directory of the world's leading architects, this double-volume boxed set has established its place as a must-have resource. Each individual architect or...
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Great New Buildings of the World
by Ana G Canizares Publisher Comments Great New Buildings of the Worldis a luxuriously illustrated journey through today's architectural gems, from museums and auditoriums, to stadiums and city halls. With sites ranging from Seattle and Melbourne, to Tokyo and Taipei, each project expresses...
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New Architecture in Britain
by Kenneth Powell Publisher Comments Architects increasingly operate on a global scene, and just as numerous British architects have proved highly successful at winning projects abroad, so architects from Europe, the United States and the Far East are making their mark in Britain. One...
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10 X 10
by Haig Beck Publisher Comments A comprehensive view of new architecture today. 10 of the world's best-informed critics each selected 10 of the world's most exceptional emerging architects. The diverse and innovative projects of these 100 architects make up an inspirational and unique...
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Global Creative Architecture
by Daniel Schulz Publisher Comments The latest and--yes!--the greatest in new architecture from around the world is showcased in Global Creative Architecture. This survey of new styles, new functions, and new ideas presents both iconic, definitive buildings and lesser-known projects that...
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Australian Architecture: Living the Modern
by Claudia Perren Publisher Comments In Australia, many aspects of architectural Modernism have been transformed, interpreted, used, reformed and converted to that country's very particular geographic qualities, perhaps to a greater degree than in most other countries. Much Australian...
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Interdisciplinary Architecture
by Nicoletta Trasi Synopsis Takes a holistic view of the design of our environment, covering historical precedents, contemporary developments, and possible future trends. * Comprehensively illustrated with many lavish photographs, as well as plans and drawings. * Material draws...
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Architecture Today
by Casey C. M Mathewson Publisher Comments Includes all the important and exciting contemporary architecture, by famous and emerging architects around the world....
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Architects Profile 2007/2008
by Not Available (na) Publisher Comments Architects Profile presents the design work of 150 selected architects from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The book includes the best work from 2007/2008 in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design. With extensive...
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Spectacular Buildings
by Evergreen Synopsis A selection of contemporary projects Rather than merely fulfilling an aesthetic purpose, today's new buildings have cultural, political, and social importance, and only those that succeed in reflecting these values, in combination with a novel approach...
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Whereabouts: New Architecture with Local Identities (Whereabouts)
by Susanna Sirefman Publisher Comments Whereabouts is a study of eight prominent young North American architecture firms. For the most part working within a vocabulary of late modernism, these firms -- two each from each point of the compass -- have been strongly influenced by regional...
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Hybrid Zones- Art & Architecture
by Sibylle Omlin Publisher Comments Commissions for buildings and works of art from public authorities or private clients are an important means of promoting art in public areas, and they offer artists the opportunity of realising projects in an architectural space outside that of the...
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Concrete Regionalism (4 X 4)
by Catherine Slessor Synopsis This text presents the work of four international architects, each of whom has combined vernacular building with the use of concrete, to create buildings that respond sensitively to their environments while functioning as symbols that transcend their...
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World Architects 51: Concepts & Works
by Masayuki Fuchigam Synopsis A selection of works from 51 notable architects from around the world....
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Devices
by C J Lim Publisher Comments Embedding memories into landscape. Measuring moisture, pressure and wind speed within a bedroom. Drawing power with a potato. These are but a few of the preoccupations described within this book. 'Devices is a manual celebrating the invention of...
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10 X 10
by Iona Baird Synopsis This text features the work of 100 exceptional international architects. Ten of the world's best informed critics have chosen ten architects whose work, in their opinion, exemplifies the multifarious nature of architecture at the end of the 20th century....
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