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Mostafavi Mohsen

ISBN: PB: 9783037785324, Lars Muller Publishers, May 2017
356 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 396 illus.

"Portman's America & Other Speculations" takes an unconventional and speculative approach towards the understanding and future potentials of the work of one of the world's most creative, controversial, daring, and prolific architects. Combining the...

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Afghanistan Preserving Historic Heritage

ISBN: HB: 9783791356433, Prestel Publishing, May 2017
384 pp., 28x22 cm, 794 colour illus.

Prefaces by His Highness the Aga Khan and Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan, with texts by Ajmal Maiwandi and members of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture team. For decades, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has been working to revita...

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Pevsner Architectural Guides

Oxfordshire: North and West Buildings of England

Brooks Alan, Sherwood Jennifer

ISBN: HB: 9780300209303, Yale University Press, May 2017
800 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.

This volume is a fully expanded and revised architectural guide to the greater part of Oxfordshire, based on Jennifer Sherwood's 1970s account, full of new information and with specially commissioned photography.The vernacular architecture of the vil...

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Container & Prefab Homes Eco-Friendly Architecture

Martinez Patricia

ISBN: HB: 9788416500499, GMC Group, Monsa, May 2017
144 pp., 18x23 cm, colour illus.

Not for sale in Ukraine and Russia! Prefabricated architecture is turning into an important trend in the world of contemporary design. The modularity allows for greater design flexibility and makes them more affordable. Nowadays, architectural proj...

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Wang Shu Amateur Architecture Studio

Baan Iwan

ISBN: HB: 9783037785317, Lars Muller Publishers, April 2017
240 pp., 30x24 cm, 239 illus.

Accompanying an exhibition of the same name at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, this publication examines the recent work of the Chinese architect Wang Shu, Pritzker Prize winner in 2012. At a time when China's explosive urbanization is making inr...

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Your Private Sky R. Buckminster Fuller Diskurs

Krausse Joachim, Lichtenstein Claude

ISBN: HB: 9783037785249, Lars Muller Publishers, April 2017
336 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 80 illus.

Discourse uses numerous text by Buckminster Fuller to give an insight into his architectural, technical and philosophical visions.

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Bauhaus Travel Book

Kern Ingolf, Knorr Susanne, Welzbacher Christian

ISBN: HB: 9783791382531, Prestel Publishing, April 2017
304 pp., 23x13.5 cm, 122 black&white illus.

A comprehensive travel guide dedicated to Germany's Bauhaus architecture, this book takes an in-depth look at over 100 locations that can still be visited today. Established in 1919 in Weimar, the Bauhaus college for design influenced one of the wor...

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Baltimore School of Urban Ecology Space, Scale, and Time for the Study of Cities

Grove J. Morgan, Cadenasso Mary, Pickett Steward T., Machlis Gary E., Burch William R., Ogden Laura A.

ISBN: PB: 9780300226973, ISBN: HB: 9780300101133, Yale University Press, April 2017
248 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 10 colour illus., 48 black&white illus.

The first "urban century" in history has arrived: a majority of the world's population now resides in cities and their surrounding suburbs. Urban expansion marches on, and the planning and design of future cities requires attention to such diverse is...

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New Architecture London

Schulman Richard

ISBN: HB: 9783791382784, Prestel Publishing, April 2017
176 pp., 28x23.5 cm, 150 colour illus.

London has always been known for its iconic buildings, but the city has recently witnessed an explosion of new architecture from the world's most acclaimed architects. This breathtaking volume offers a fascinating look at the city's rapidly changing...

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Architecture and Light Basic Principles for Designing with Daylight

Capanni Fabio

ISBN: PB: 9788862422154, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, April 2017
80 pp., 16.5x12 cm, colour illus.

Light is the soul of space, a breath that runs through it and gives it life. It chases the shadows relentlessly in a ritual that makes the passing of time visible. Architecture is, above all else, the implementation of this ritual, which ignites the...

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