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Non-Design Architecture, Liberalism, and the Market
ISBN: HB: 9780226686066, University of Chicago Press, March 2021
376 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 65 halftones
Anthony Fontenot's staggeringly ambitious book uncovers the surprisingly libertarian heart of the most influential British and American architectural and urbanist discourses of the postwar period, illuminating the unexpected philosophical common grou...
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£40,00
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Louis Kahn The Importance of a Drawing
ISBN: HB: 9783037786444, Lars Muller Publishers, November 2020
496 pp., 30x24 cm, 743 illus.
"The importance of a drawing is immense, because it's the architect's language" – Louis Kahn to his masterclass, 1967 Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974) was one of the most significant architects of the twentieth century and his influence is present today in...
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£80,00
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Patch Atlas Integrating Design Practices and Ecological Knowledge for Cities as Complex Systems
ISBN: PB: 9780300239935, Yale University Press, January 2020
128 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 104 colour illus.
Using a new, hybrid approach to urban land cover classification as an impetus to bring ecologists and urban designers together, this atlas is a unique conceptual tool to describe and analyze cities as complex systems. It brings together over a decade...
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£27,50
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Return to the Source New Energy Landscapes from the Land Art Generator Initiative Abu Dhabi
ISBN: HB: 9783791359380, Prestel Publishing, January 2020
240 pp., 28x23 cm, 300 colour illus.
The Land Art Generator Initiative is one of the world's most exciting design competitions and for its 2019 challenge, entrants from around the world were asked to create a renewable energy-producing artwork for the UAE's Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. The...
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£45,00
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Islamic Art Architecture, Painting, Calligraphy, Ceramics, Glass, Carpets
ISBN: HB: 9783791385662, Prestel Publishing, September 2019
320 pp., 28.7x27 cm, 414 colour and black&white illus.
From its birth in the 7th century through modern times, the Islamic religion has inspired glorious works of art. This stunning book includes more than four hundred reproductions of treasures of Islamic art that span the world: from southern Europe, a...
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£29,99
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Design for the Crowd Patriotism and Protest in Union Square
ISBN: HB: 9780226080826, University of Chicago Press, September 2019
312 pp., 25.4x17.7 cm, 43 halftones
Situated on Broadway between Fourteenth and Seventeenth Streets, Union Square occupies a central place in both the geography and the history of New York City. Though this compact space was originally designed in 1830 to beautify a residential neighbo...
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£27,00
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Life in the Country House in Georgian Ireland
ISBN: PB: 9781913107000, Yale University Press, August 2019
272 pp., 24.8x21.6 cm, 132 colour illus., 65 black&white illus.
For aristocrats and gentry in 18th-century Ireland, the townhouses and country estates they resided in were carefully constructed to accommodate their cultivated lifestyles. Based on new research from Irish national collections and correspondence cul...
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£25,00
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New York Recentered Building the Metropolis from the Shore
ISBN: HB: 9780226613024, University of Chicago Press, April 2019
328 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 38 halftones
The history of New York City's urban development often centers on titanic municipal figures like Robert Moses and on prominent inner Manhattan sites like Central Park".New York Recentered" boldly shifts the focus to the city's geographic edges – the...
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£30,00
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House Plans for Challenging Sites
ISBN: HB: 9788417557027, GMC Group, Monsa, April 2019
144 pp., 23x17 cm, colour illus.
Not for sale in Ukraine and Russia! House Plans for Challenging Sites features more than 350 floor plans, sections, sketches, and elevations, as well as construction details of 35 housing projects which represent a true challenge for architects, ei...
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£19,99
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Tiny Cabins & Treehouses for shelter lovers
ISBN: HB: 9788416500949, GMC Group, Monsa, November 2018
144 pp., 17x23 cm, colour illus.
Not for sale in Ukraine and Russia! The idea of an environmentally respectful house is appealing to more and more people. In the last decade, architects from all over the world have been especially interested in the possibilities of an innovative h...
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£19,99
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