Art Architecture category: 42682 books
Architecture
Form, Space, and Order
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
The revered architectural reference, updated with contemporary examples and interactive 3D models
The Interactive Resource Center is an online learning environment where instructors and students can access the tools they need to make efficient use of their time, while reinforcing and assessing...
by A Peter Fawcett, A Peter Fawcett
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Architecture Design Notebook focuses on the process of design as pragmatic and non-theoretical. Dealing systematically with the core design curriculum, it clearly demonstrates the skills required for designing at undergraduate level.
Providing students with fundamental maxims of design, and...
Manufacturing the Bespoke
Making and Prototyping Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
The essential reader on fabrication in architecture for practitioners and producers alike
An original and informative reader on the subject of translating architectural ideas from conceptual propositions to physical manifestations, Manufacturing the Bespoke is an essential resource for students...
by Sharon Leece
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Gain insight into the world's hyper-modern design paradise with this stunning Chinese interior design book.
In this rapidly-changing nation, the pioneering spirit of a new China manifests itself in cutting-edge design and architecture. An insatiable appetite for creative new directions is leading...
by Peter Adamik
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
The coastal town of Naples, in southwest Florida, is one of the most photogenic communities in the United States. It is a paradise not only for locals and many tourists but also for the photographers. This is an excellent book with lots of great information about Naples, including stunning photographs...
Freemans
Food and Drink * Interiors * Grooming * Style
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
In this lavish full-color volume featuring 225 photographs, Taavo Somer, the creative mind behind Freemans, the iconic New York City restaurant, barber, menswear shop, and bespoke tailor, reveals the creative process behind the development and design of the "rustic-luxe" and holistic approach...
by Brian Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2008
This second edition is fully revised and updated and includes new chapters on sustainability, history and archaeology, designing through drawing and drawing in architectural practice. The book introduces design and graphic techniques aimed to help designers increase their understanding of buildings...
by Mohamed Boubekri
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2008
Daylighting, Architecture and Health examines the relationship between natural light in buildings and human health, considering both psychological and physiological issues and bringing together a range of research in the field.
As we are becoming increasingly conscious of global warming and...
Egypt Visual Sourcebook
For Artists, Architects, and Designers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
An essential reference to Egypt's architectural heritage. This unique visual reference guide will be an invaluable resource to professional designers-from architects to illustrators, production designers, art directors, decorators, film concept artists, sculptors, and painters. It utilizes color photographs...
by Kenneth Hafertepe
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
This richly illustrated book tracks the evolution of Fredericksburg architecture and guides readers through the streets of this once-westernmost German settlement in America, pointing out the log, fachwerk, and stone buildings that housed the town’s full-time residents, its weekenders, and the businesses...
Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture
Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Combine traditional techniques with modern media for more communicative renderings
Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design, Second Edition bridges the gap between traditional analog and new digital tools by applying...
The Ruins of Ani
A Journey to Armenia's Medieval Capital and its Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2018
From the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, the city of Ani was the jewel of the Armenian kingdom, renowned far and wide for its magnificent buildings. Known as the city of 1001 churches, Ani was a center for artistic innovation, and its architecture is a potential missing link between Byzantine and...
New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism
Negotiating Nation and Islam through Built Environment in Turkey
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism claims that, in today’s world, a research agenda concerning the relation between Islam and space has to consider the role of Islamism rather than Islam in shaping – and in return being shaped by – the built environment. The book tackles this task through...
Delirious New Orleans
Manifesto for an Extraordinary American City
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
From iconic neighborhoods such as the French Quarter and the Garden District to more economically modest but no less culturally vibrant areas, architecture is a key element that makes New Orleans an extraordinary American city. Delirious New Orleans began as a documentary project to capture the idiosyncratic...