Architecture

Morder Architecture – Representation and Reality (Hardback - 9 Apr 2010)

Morder Architecture – Representation and Reality

By (author) N Levine

ISBN-13: 9780300145670 ; ISBN-10: 0300145675

Price: £45.00 £34.75 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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I Wish I Worked There!: A Look Inside the Most Creative Spaces in Business (Hardback - 19 Feb 2010)

I Wish I Worked There!
I Wish I Worked There! reveals the world’s most inspiring and innovative places to work, investigating twenty famous brands that place innovation at the heart of their culture. I Wish I Worked There! reveals the world’s most inspiring and innovative places to work, investigating twenty famous brands that place innovation at the heart of their culture. Easy–to–adopt principles facilitate the design,...

By (author) Kursty Groves; Will Knight; Photographs by Edward Denison

ISBN-13: 9780470713839 ; ISBN-10: 0470713836

Price: £39.99 £28.19 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Interior Design in Practice: Case Studies of Successful Business Models (Paperback / softback - 5 Mar 2010)

Interior Design in Practice
Written by a former ASID national president and an eco–structure magazine editor, Interior Design in Practice: Case Studies of Successful Business Models provides a concise collection of real–world case studies of the business of interior design practice with lessons for everyone from the sole practitioner to large firms.  Interior Design in Practice provides the vital business education an interior...

By (author) Terri Maurer; Katie Weeks

ISBN-13: 9780470190531 ; ISBN-10: 0470190531

Price: £45.00 £31.10 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Ruskin on Venice: "The Paradise of Cities" (Hardback - 16 Feb 2010)

Ruskin on Venice
Venice represented John Ruskin’s ideal of civic society—“The Paradise of Cities,” where culture, government, and faith existed in creative harmony. In this elegant and compelling book, Robert Hewison traces Ruskin’s long and intricate relationship with the city. He shows how Ruskin shed his earlier Romantic vision of the city and developed a harder, clearer conception of neglected Gothic...

By (author) Robert Hewison

ISBN-13: 9780300121780 ; ISBN-10: 0300121784

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Bee Boles and Bee Houses (Paperback / softback - 23 Mar 2010)

Bee Boles and Bee Houses
The evolution of beekeeping can be traced in the changing shape of the beehive and in the various structures used to house and protect it. These range from simple recesses holding one or two straw hives in house or garden walls to large free-standing buildings which could hold up to 32 hives. The wide variety of forms reflects the wealth, occupation and idiosyncrasies of owners, the increasing knowledge of the life...

By (author) Anne Foster

ISBN-13: 9780852639030 ; ISBN-10: 0852639031

Price: £6.87 UK delivery 2 to 5 days

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Church Monuments (Paperback / softback - 23 Mar 2010)

Church Monuments
Church monuments are memorials in various forms within the church itself (this was more prestigious than being buried in the graveyard, and so the most important people tended to have memorials inside the building). They can take the form of chest tombs, often with an effigy of the deceased atop it, and can have ornamental canopies over them, usually reflecting the architectural fashions of the time. Particularly...

By (author) Brian Kemp

ISBN-13: 9780852637685 ; ISBN-10: 0852637683

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Manah: Omani Oasis, Arabian Legacy Architecture and Social History of an Omani oasis settlement (Hardback - 15 Feb 2010)

Manah
This volume explores the architectural features and urban character of Harat al-Bilad, the principal settlement of Manah, an important oasis of central Oman. Originally a frontier settlement, Harat al-Bilad straddles the boundary between the foothills of the Green Mountains and the desert foreland and has long played an important role in the historical and cultural development of the region. Like its geographical...

By (author) Soumyen Bandyopadhyay

ISBN-13: 9781846311215 ; ISBN-10: 1846311217

Price: £45.00 £39.25 Not Available

Greece: Modern Architectures in History (Paperback / softback - 15 Feb 2010)

Greece
The remains of antiquity define Greek architecture in the popular imagination, but Greek edifices encompass far more than these ancient structures. Offered here is a comprehensive survey of modern Greek architecture of the past hundred-plus years.The book explores the buildings and architects of modern Greece, ranging from nineteenth-century neoclassical edifices to minimalist contemporary works and urban renewal...

By (author) Alexander Tzonis; Alkistis Rodi

ISBN-13: 9781861893796 ; ISBN-10: 1861893795

Price: £16.95 £13.56 Not Available

The Architecture of Emergence: The Evolution of Form in Nature and Civilisation (Hardback - 12 Feb 2010)

The Architecture of Emergence
Emergence is one of the most exciting new fields in architecture today, gaining interest from not only academics and students but also leading professionals, with directors from Fosters, Arup and Bentley Systems all attending the most recent symposium on the subject at the Architects Association, London. Emergence is one of the most exciting new fields in architecture today, gaining interest from not only academics...

By (author) Michael Weinstock

ISBN-13: 9780470066324 ; ISBN-10: 0470066326

Price: £90.00 £60.50 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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The Architecture of Emergence: The Evolution of Form in Nature and Civilisation (Paperback / softback - 12 Feb 2010)

The Architecture of Emergence
Emergence is one of the most exciting new fields in architecture today, gaining interest from not only academics and students but also leading professionals, with directors from Fosters, Arup and Bentley Systems all attending the most recent symposium on the subject at the Architects Association, London. Emergence is one of the most exciting new fields in architecture today, gaining interest from not only academics...

By (author) Michael Weinstock

ISBN-13: 9780470066331 ; ISBN-10: 0470066334

Price: £29.99 £21.89 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Becoming an Urban Planner: A Guide to Careers in Planning and Urban Design (Paperback / softback - 9 Feb 2010)

Becoming an Urban Planner
The essential guide to starting a career in urban planning If you′re considering a career in urban planning or urban design, start with this highly visual guide to preparing for and succeeding in the profession. The essential guide to starting a career in urban planning If you′re considering a career in urban planning or urban design, start with this highly visual guide to preparing for and succeeding in the...

By (author) Michael Bayer; Nancy Frank; Jason Valerius

ISBN-13: 9780470278635 ; ISBN-10: 0470278633

Price: £26.99 £20.15 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Successful Restaurant Design (Hardback - 9 Feb 2010)

Successful Restaurant Design
The design of a restaurant plays a critical role in attracting and keeping customers. To create a successful restaurant interior, designers must understand the technical side of a restaurant operation and know how to create an ambience that satisfies a restaurant′s owner and clientele. The design of a restaurant plays a critical role in attracting and keeping customers. To create a successful restaurant interior,...

By (author) Regina S. Baraban; Joseph F. Durocher

ISBN-13: 9780470250754 ; ISBN-10: 0470250755

Price: £60.00 £40.30 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Tadelakt – An Old Maroccan Plaster Technique Rediscovered (Paperback / softback - 19 Feb 2010)

Tadelakt – An Old Maroccan Plaster Technique Rediscovered

ISBN-13: 9780393732955 ; ISBN-10: 0393732959

Price: £18.99 £16.84 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Illustrated History of Landscape Design (Paperback / softback - 5 Mar 2010)

Illustrated History of Landscape Design
Landscape design history greatly influenced today′s design process and design solutions. Illustrated History of Landscape Design provides an overview of landscape design, including the iconic spaces throughout the centuries, starting from landscapes in prehistory to current trends in landscape design. Landscape design history greatly influenced today′s design process and design solutions. Illustrated History of...

By (author) Chip Sullivan; Elizabeth Boults

ISBN-13: 9780470289334 ; ISBN-10: 0470289333

Price: £33.99 £24.71 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Oneplanetarchitecture: The Architecture of RAU (Hardback - 1 Dec 2010)

Oneplanetarchitecture
Oneplanetarchitecture is the design philosophy Thomas Rau, the founder and director of RAU, developed over the recent years. It implies a broad approach towards the building task taking into account the material and immaterial needs of users, the place, the society, and the planet earth. Therefore the process as such is a central part in the work of RAU which always results in a unique concept which is imbedded...

By (author) Peter Blundell Jones; Photographs by Christian Richters

ISBN-13: 9783936681307 ; ISBN-10: 3936681309

Price: £79.00 £51.82 Not Available

Felicja Blumental Music Centre & Library, Tel Aviv (Hardback - 1 Jun 2010)

Felicja Blumental Music Centre & Library, Tel Aviv
The music centre, built in 1997 commemorating the pianist Felicja Blumenthal, serves as a cultural centre and houses Israel's largest classical-music library. The building facing Bialik Square (named after Haim Nachman Bialik, Israel's national poet) in the historic centre of Tel Aviv is the contemporary layer that has now been added to this unique district, which is a kind of micro document of the architectural...

By (author) Nili Portugali; Introduction by Anne-Catrin Schultz

ISBN-13: 9783932565731 ; ISBN-10: 3932565738

Price: £29.00 £21.32 Not Available

Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart (Hardback - 18 Feb 2010)

Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart
In 1940, manufacturer Robert Bosch (1861-1942) opened the first hospital to bear his name. He was interested in promoting public welfare as well as his highly successful business activities. Since 1964, 92 per cent of Robert Bosch GmbH has belonged to the Robert Bosch Foundation, whose dividends benefit education, science, understanding among nations and health care. So in 1973 it became possible to open a new...

By (author) Manfred Sack; Photographs by Peter Walser

ISBN-13: 9783932565687 ; ISBN-10: 3932565681

Price: £36.90 £26.40 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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The Bridge on the Adriatic Sea (Hardback - 30 Jan 2010)

The Bridge on the Adriatic Sea

By (author) Giorgio De Romanis

ISBN-13: 9788876851766 ; ISBN-10: 8876851763

Price: £35.00 £29.50 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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A Turkish Triangle – Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir at the Gates of Europe (Paperback / softback - 29 Jan 2010)

A Turkish Triangle – Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir at the Gates of Europe

By (author) H Sarkis

ISBN-13: 9780935617900 ; ISBN-10: 0935617906

Price: £17.46 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Bhabha for Architects (Hardback - 28 Jan 2010)

Bhabha for Architects
The work of Homi K. Bhabha has permeated into numerous publications which use postcolonial discourse as a means to analyze architectural practices in previously colonized contexts, particularly in Africa, Asia, the Middle-East, South-East Asia and, Latin America. Bhabha's use of the concept of ‘space’ has made his work highly appealing to architects and architectural theorists. This introductory book,...

By (author) Felipe Hernandez

ISBN-13: 9780415477451 ; ISBN-10: 041547745X

Price: £65.00 £53.45 UK delivery 2 to 4 days

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