Architecture
NEW ARCHITECTURE AND THE BAUHAUS
Written by Gropius, Walter
One of the most important books on the modernist movement in architecture, written by a founder of the Bauhaus school.One of the most important books on the modern movement in architecture, The New Architecture and The Bauhaus poses some of the fundamental problems presented by the relations of art and industry and considers their possible, practical solution.
LEARNING FROM LAS VEGAS: SELECTED WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN LEE WHORF (REVISED)
Written by Izenour, Steven
"Their insight and analysis, reasoned back through the history of style and symbolism and forward to the recognition of a new kind of building that responds directly to speed, mobility, the superhighway and changing life styles, is the kind of art history and theory that is rarely produced.
ELECTRIC LIGHT: AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
Written by Isenstadt, Sandy
How electric light created new spaces that transformed the built environment and the perception of modern architecture.
URBAN CODE: 100 LESSONS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CITY
Written by Purckhauer, Moritz
A primer in urban literacy that teaches us in words and pictures what to notice if we want to understand the city.
SECOND DIGITAL TURN: DESIGN BEYOND INTELLIGENCE
Written by Carpo, Mario
The first digital turn in architecture changed our ways of making; the second changes our ways of thinking.
DRAWING FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: SKETCH TO SCREEN TO SITE
Written by Hutchison, Edward
Across design disciplines, drawing by hand has largely become a lost art. With digital tools at their disposal, the majority of designers create while sitting at their computer screens. Attitudes are changing, however.
NEW CHINESE ARCHITECTURE: TWENTY WOMEN BUILDING THE FUTURE
Written by Williams, Austin
Over the past decade, China's new generation of female architects have proven themselves to be talented, confident, innovative, and successful on the world stage. Engaging with traditions and international trends, as well as posing entirely new architectural ideas, their projects reveal China to be a place full of creative possibility.
COURTYARD HOUSES OF INDIA
Written by Pandya, Yatin
- Extensive documentation of courtyard houses, both traditional and contemporary - More than a thousand images, drawings, plans and maps - Overview according to climate, geography, philosophy and religion Indian architecture is not about an object in space; instead it integrates space within the object where the built and the unbuilt become counterpoints to vitalize each other.
MINSHUKU: JAPANESE-STYLE GUESTHOUSES
- Japanese-style guesthouses still exert a strong design influence worldwide - Contains many popular, award-winning case studies - Each project comes with sketches, floor plans, and an analysis Japan is a country with a highly developed tourism industry. At present, more and more tourists choose to go to Japan when they travel, to learn about Japanese culture.
WOODEN ARCHITECTURE OF KERALA
Written by Desai, Miki
- One of few books which document the distinctive wooden architecture of Kerala - Provides detailed social and cultural commentary on the background - Accompanied with several images, maps and plans It was in the late 1960s and '70s that the author, then a student of architecture, first encountered built environments belonging to the genres of folk or vernacular traditions.
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