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L’idea del Restyling degli edifici in chiave sostenibile, nasce dal concreto problema delle periferie degradate, triste vetrina della città contemporanea contraddistinta da involucri edilizi incapaci di rispondere alle attuali esigenze formali ed energetiche. Trattandosi di un investimento sensibile,...

Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book by one of its greatest proponents, Peter Cook, is an established classic. It exudes Cook's delight and catholic appetite for the architectural. Readers are provided with perceptive insights at every turn. The...

A brilliant exposé of the interaction between art, design, and commerce. In The Language of Things, the director of London's Design Museum charts our relationship with all things designed. With scintillating wit and an eye for the pleasures and dangers of rampant consumerism, Deyan Sudjic...

Un buon edificio produce oggi tanta energia quanta ne consuma, non produce rifiuti, assicura un ambiente confortevole, è il risultato di un processo di progettazione complesso e responsabile, che integra integra concettualità, estetica e tecnica con un elevato grado di coerenza. Il testo è un manuale...

Le città sono lo specchio dei nostri tempi: caotiche, inquinate, poco attraenti. Ma qual è la città? Come si evolveranno nel prossimo futuro? Come potranno cambiare per vincere le difficili sfide dei prossimi decenni? Il testo descrive i criteri di base per l'analisi del territorio urbano e propone...

In the early years of the twentieth century, Spokane was singled out for praise in the West for the quality of its architecture and the impressive way it had rebuilt after the devastating fire of 1889. Major credit for the city's distinctive character was extended to Kirtland Kelsey Cutter for his...

Kissing Architecture explores the mutual attraction between architecture and other forms of contemporary art. In this fresh, insightful, and beautifully illustrated book, renowned architectural critic and scholar Sylvia Lavin develops the concept of "kissing" to describe the growing intimacy...

I progetti qui esposti esemplificano come il Progetto urbano contemporaneo si muova nel concreto, e come proprio nella fattiva trasformazione di città e paesaggi rinvenga le forme teoriche e pratiche del suo agire. Progetto urbano che, così come si è recentemente delineato, una volta emancipatosi...

 What are the challenges architects face when designing dwelling spaces of a limited size? And what can these projects tell us about architecture – and architectural principles – in general? In BIG little house, award-winning architect Donna Kacmar introduces twenty real-life examples...

First published in 1994, this book brings together the papers presented at the International Forum on ‘Future Visions of Urban Public Housing’ held on November 17-20, 1994 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Participants included public housing officials, academics, practitioners and public housing residents...

Increasingly, architects are hired to design new work for existing structures. Whether for reasons of preservation, sustainability, or cost-effectiveness, the movement to reuse buildings presents a variety of design challenges and opportunities. Old Buildings, New Designs is an Architecture Brief...

There are eleven different architectural design processes assembled in the book, most of them in the conceptual phase. They are done in different times, for different clients, but with the same method. The verbal text is minimal; interested persons are asked to read the drawings, as they progressed...

This book looks at causative reasons behind creative acts and stylistic expressions. It explores how creativity is initiated by design cognition and explains relationships between style and creativity. The book establishes a new cognitive theory of style and creativity in design and provides designers...