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Far from Equilibrium: Essays on Technology and Design Culture
by Sanford Kwinter  Synopsis In this work, Kwinter ponders the complex encounters between technology, culture, and architecture, offering an extended meditation on infrastructure, war, computation, the mechanical and material intelligence, and other multivariate facets of modernity....
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Verb Crisis
by Mario (edt) Ballesteros Synopsis Current architectural intervention demonstrates a tendency towards the production of the superficial. "Verb Crisis" tackles the conflict that marks the collision between the physical nature of the architectural commission. It presents projects and...
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City Garden
by Andi Clevely Synopsis Explores the challenges and the advantages of gardening in urban surroundings and shows how to make the most of your urban space....
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Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness
by Elizabeth Farrelly Publisher Comments I, like you, drive too much. I buy too much--of which I keep too much and also throw too much away. I overindulge my children, and myself. Directly as well as indirectly I use too much water, energy, air and space. My existence, in short, costs the...
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Modernizing Main Street: Architecture and Consumer Culture in the New Deal (Center for American Places - Center Books on American Places)
by Gabrielle Esperdy Publisher Comments An important part of the New Deal, the Modernization Credit Plan helped transform urban business districts and small-town commercial strips across 1930s America, but it has since been almost completely forgotten. In Modernizing Main Street, Gabrielle...
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The Abrams Guide to American House Styles
by William Morgan Publisher Comments Now in paperback, this authoritative book on house styles explains the unique characteristics that make a house colonial or craftsman, Modern or Deco, and any of the other approximately twenty styles of domestic architecture common in the United States...
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Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner
by Nicholas (edt) Olsberg Publisher Comments One of the visionary architects of the twentieth century, John Lautner designed dramatically innovative buildings with a rare sensitivity to site, vista, and structure. Accompanying a full-scale exhibition on Lautner at Los Angeles's Hammer Museum, this...
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Contemporary School Architecture in Slovenia 1991a "2007
by Maja Ivanic Synopsis Ever since Slovenia joined the European Union in 2004, Slovenian architecture has attracted considerable interest worldwide. The internationally recognized projects of recent years are distinguished in particular by their innovativeness and self-assured...
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The English Manor House: From the Archives of Country Life
by Jeremy Musson Publisher Comments An English manor house represents an architectural ideal. For generations it has embodied civilized taste. These houses have formed a core part of Country Life features over the decades and this book contains fantastic photography of them. Here are...
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Managing Project Risk: Best Practices for Architects and Related Professionals
by James B. Atkins Publisher Comments Discover the benefits of effective risk management practices Risk management may not be a standard course in architecture school, but it is an essential concern for architects and related professionals working today. Managing Project Risk is a key...
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False Flat: Why Dutch Design Is So Good
by Aaron Betsky Synopsis Presents the best Dutch architecture and design through over 1000 images....
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Master Builders: Bridges
by Gretchen G. Bank Publisher Comments Bridges have been fascinating casual viewers and experts alike for thousands of years. In rich narrative and with stunning historical and contemporary photographs, Master Builder: Bridges brings these remarkable landmarks to life, and then lets you re...
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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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Skyscrapers
by Andres Lepik Synopsis Few buildings rivet our attention like skyscrapers. As the race to build higher and higher continues, these symbols of success and economic power dominate and reshape urban skylines across the globe. Opening with Chicago's Reliance Building, built in...
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The Baroque Architecture of Sicily
by Maria Giuffre Publisher Comments The marvels of Sicilian Baroque—the dramatic power of its architecture and the emotional power of its decorative art - are well known. Numerous studies have been made, ranging from a focus on the major Sicilian towns or on architectural themes like...
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Green Bim: Successful Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling
by Eddy Krygiel Publisher Comments Practice Integrated Sustainable Design with BIM Meet the challenge of integrating Building Information Modeling and sustainability with this in-depth guide, which pairs these two revolutionary movements to create environmentally friendly design through a...
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Great Houses of Texas
by Lisa Germany Publisher Comments In Great Houses of Texas, author Lisa Germany takes the reader on a tour of twenty-five Texas houses—some are lavish and monumental, others more diminutive and intimate, but taken together they relay the story of residential architecture in the...
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Shanghai: The Architecture of China's Great Urban Center
by Jay Pridmore Publisher Comments Shanghai is China’s largest city, comparable to New York or Tokyo, and in recent decades it has experienced a building boom on a scale that is simply unprecedented in world history. Shanghai now has more skyscrapers than New York City. Pridmore...
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Scottish Houses and Gardens: From the Archives of Country Life
by Ian Gow Publisher Comments This book is a peerless collection of Scotland’s finest houses at their height of beauty, before the destructive forces of the 20th century swept so many away and emptied others of their contents. Here are the famous palaces and castles, from...
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Building the Future: Building Technology and Cultural History from the Industrali Revolution Until Today
by Ulrich Pfammatter Publisher Comments Spanning the last two centuries??????and offering cogent analyses of how we will build in the future??????this volume presents over one hundred case studies of built structures that illustrate the marriage of building technology and culture. Including...
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