Architecture
HOUSES: ROBERT A.M. STERN ARCHITECTS
Written by Seifter, Roger H
The house is the architect's favorite form: an opportunity to work collaboratively with clients on design that shapes and enhances life and gives pleasure over time.
OLD BUILDINGS, NEW FORMS: NEW DIRECTIONS IN ARCHITECTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS
Written by Bollack, Francoise
It is clear that working with historic structures is both more environmentally sustainable and cost effective than new architecture and construction--and many believe that the best design occurs at the intersection of old and new. Françoise Astorg Bollack presents 28 examples gathered in the United States and throughout Europe and the Middle East.
CLASSIC GREENWICH HOUSES
Written by Hilton, Charles
Elegant and welcoming houses in bucolic settings by Charles Hilton, a leading traditional architect in Greenwich. This book presents nine spectacular houses, each responding to an equally spectacular site.
ARCHITECTURE OF BATHING: BODY, LANDSCAPE, ART
Written by Pearson, Christie
A celebration of communal bathing--swimming pools, saunas, beaches, ritual baths, sweat lodges, and more--viewed through the lens of architecture and landscape.We enter the public pool, the sauna, or the beach with a heightened awareness of our bodies and the bodies of others.
ANIME ARCHITECTURE: IMAGINED WORLDS AND ENDLESS MEGACITIES
Written by Riekele, Stefan
Anime has been influencing cinema, literature, comic books, and video games around the world for decades. Part of what makes anime so popular are the memorable and breathtakingly detailed worlds designed by the creators, from futuristic cities of steel to romantic rural locales.
CASA TROPICAL: HOUSES BY JACOBSEN ARQUITETURA
Written by Jodidio, Philip
An illustrated overview of the sleek symbiosis between modern living and tropical landscape and climate, as emphasized in the architecture of Jacobsen Arquitetura.
ELEMENTS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE: UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY BUILDINGS
Written by Morkoc, Selen
This ambitious publication, now revised and expanded, analyzes what makes buildings meaningful and enduring. Organized chronologically, influential buildings from the past seven decades are presented along with detailed consideration of their key characteristics: site and surrounding, space and massing, details and ornamentation, and fenestration and natural light.
MODERN ARCHITECTURE: A CRITICAL HISTORY
Written by Frampton, Kenneth
Kenneth Frampton's highly acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has been a classic since it first appeared in 1980.
ICONIC AMERICAN HOUSE: ARCHITECTURAL MASTERWORKS SINCE 1900
Written by Powers, Richard
Some of the world's greatest architects, including Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, have used their talents to create groundbreaking innovations in American residential architecture over the past 120 years.
MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND THE LIFEWORLD
The evolution of modern architecture has been inextricably entangled in issues of politics, nationalism, and the environment, creating a tension between local context and global development that is unresolved to this day. In this context, few writers have exerted as much influence on architectural theory and practice as Kenneth Frampton.
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