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Do We Need Architects? - A Journey Beneath the Surface of Architecture (Hardcover): Alun Dolton Do We Need Architects? - A Journey Beneath the Surface of Architecture (Hardcover)
Alun Dolton
R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Yearbook 02: Architetti Romani Nel Mondo (Paperback): Renata Bizzotto Yearbook 02: Architetti Romani Nel Mondo (Paperback)
Renata Bizzotto
R935 R841 Discovery Miles 8 410 Save R94 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Scilly's Building Heritage (Paperback): Peter Anthony Madden Scilly's Building Heritage (Paperback)
Peter Anthony Madden
R102 Discovery Miles 1 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Bauhaus Dream-house - Modernity and Globalization (Hardcover): Katerina Ruedi Ray Bauhaus Dream-house - Modernity and Globalization (Hardcover)
Katerina Ruedi Ray
R5,402 Discovery Miles 54 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A highly original and innovative study that brings critical social theory to bear on the ideas of architectural and design education at the Bauhaus ? tracing the spread and influence of these ideas worldwide.

Developed in post WW1 Germany, the principles of Bauhaus architecture and design were transferred by some of its leading figures to architecture schools at Harvard, Chicago and the IIT. Yet in the postwar era, they also became increasingly influential in architecture schools in Western and Central Europe, Japan, South America, Africa and the Middle East. This book provides a critical examination of the profound social, cultural and spatial consequences of these developments and the erasure of class, race, gender and culture which the ?modernisation? of design embodied.

Written to appeal to an extensive readership, not only in the fields of architectural and design education, but in architectural history and in critical pedagogy more generally, it is also for teachers and students in German art and cultural history and the many architects worldwide who continue to be fascinated by the ideas of the Bauhaus.

Far Side of the Sea - A Photographic Memory (Hardcover): Eric Peters Far Side of the Sea - A Photographic Memory (Hardcover)
Eric Peters
R568 R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Save R52 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Engineers - A History of Engineering and Structural Design (Hardcover): Matthew Wells Engineers - A History of Engineering and Structural Design (Hardcover)
Matthew Wells
R5,257 Discovery Miles 52 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This innovative new book presents the vast historical sweep of engineering innovation and technological change to describe and illustrate engineering design and what conditions, events, cultural climates and personalities have brought it to its present state.

Matthew Wells covers topics based on an examination of paradigm shifts, the contribution of individuals, important structures and influential disasters to show approaches to the modern concept of structure. By demonstrating the historical context of engineering, Wells has created a guide to design like no other, inspirational for both students and practitioners working in the fields of architecture and engineering.

Lady Patriot (Hardcover): Ted Lange Lady Patriot (Hardcover)
Ted Lange
R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The inner sanctum of Confederate president Jefferson Davis has been breached. Information is leaking to the enemy. Who is the spy? No one is privy to this information except Jefferson's advisors, and they are beyond repute. Based on a true story, Lady Patriot reveals an intimate look into the prejudices and patriotism of three ladies who lived during the Civil War: Varina Davis, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Mary Bowser. Lady Patriot combines Lange's signature comedy and drama as it peels away traditional stereotypes prevalent in the South during the Confederacy.

New York in Pictures - an illustrated tour of NYC & facts about its famous sites - Learn about the Big Apple while looking at... New York in Pictures - an illustrated tour of NYC & facts about its famous sites - Learn about the Big Apple while looking at colorful engaging artwork of people, buildings, and places to visit. (Hardcover)
Anna Nadler
R615 Discovery Miles 6 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Modern Naples - A Documentary History, 1799-1999 (Hardcover): John Santore Modern Naples - A Documentary History, 1799-1999 (Hardcover)
John Santore
R991 Discovery Miles 9 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Modern Architecture and the Mediterranean - Vernacular Dialogues and Contested Identities (Hardcover): Jean-Francois Lejeune,... Modern Architecture and the Mediterranean - Vernacular Dialogues and Contested Identities (Hardcover)
Jean-Francois Lejeune, Michelangelo Sabatino
R5,267 Discovery Miles 52 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bringing to light the debt twentieth-century modernist architects owe to the vernacular building traditions of the Mediterranean region, this book considers architectural practice and discourse from the 1920s to the 1980s. The essays here situate Mediterranean modernism in relation to concepts such as regionalism, nationalism, internationalism, critical regionalism, and postmodernism - an alternative history of the modern architecture and urbanism of a critical period in the twentieth century.

Programming.Architecture (Hardcover): Paul Coates Programming.Architecture (Hardcover)
Paul Coates
R5,397 Discovery Miles 53 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Programming.Architecture is a simple and concise introduction to the history of computing and computational design, explaining the basics of algorithmic thinking and the use of the computer as a tool for design and architecture.

Paul Coates, a pioneer of CAAD, demonstrates algorithmic thinking through projects and student work collated through his years of teaching students of computing and design. The book takes a detailed and practical look at what the techniques and philosophy of coding entail, and gives the reader many "glimpses under the hood" in the form of code snippets and examples of algorithms.

This is essential reading for student and professional architects and designers interested in how the development of computers has influenced the way we think about, and design for, the built environment.

The Renaissance - The Cultural Rebirth of Europe (Hardcover): John D. Wright The Renaissance - The Cultural Rebirth of Europe (Hardcover)
John D. Wright
R633 R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Save R96 (15%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Think of the Renaissance and you might only picture the work of fine artists such as Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Van Eyck. Or architecture could spring to mind and you might think of St Peter's in Rome and the Doge's Palace in Venice. Or you might consider scientists like Galileo and Copernicus. But then let's not forget the contribution of thinkers like Machiavelli, Thomas More or Erasmus. Someone else, though, might plump for music or poets and dramatists - after all, there was Dante and Shakespeare. Because when it comes to the Renaissance, there's an embarrassment of riches to choose from. From art to architecture, music to literature, science to medicine, political thought to religion, The Renaissance expertly guides the reader through the cultural and intellectual flowering that Europe witnessed from the 14th to the 17th centuries. Ranging from the origins of the Renaissance in medieval Florence to the Counter- Reformation, the book explains how a revival in the study in Antiquity was able to flourish across the Italian states, before spreading to Iberia and north across Europe. Nimbly moving from perspective in paintings to Copernicus's understanding of the Universe, from Martin Luther's challenge to the Roman Catholic Church to the foundations of modern school education, The Renaissance is a highly accessible and colourful journey along the cultural contours of Europe from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period.

Black Built - History and Architecture in the Black Community (Hardcover): Paul A Wellington Black Built - History and Architecture in the Black Community (Hardcover)
Paul A Wellington
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The American Glossary of Architectural Terms, Being a Concise and Comprehensive Compilation of All Terms Used in the Practice... The American Glossary of Architectural Terms, Being a Concise and Comprehensive Compilation of All Terms Used in the Practice of Architecture and the Building Arts (Hardcover)
Geo O (George O ) Garnsey
R691 Discovery Miles 6 910 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Bahrain Village Houses - A Walk in the Past (Hardcover, Bahrain Villages ed.): Mansoor Ahmed Alaali Bahrain Village Houses - A Walk in the Past (Hardcover, Bahrain Villages ed.)
Mansoor Ahmed Alaali
R1,626 Discovery Miles 16 260 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Sights and Scenes and a Brief History of Columbia Gardens, Butte's Only Pleasure Resort (Hardcover): Adolf H. Heilbronner Sights and Scenes and a Brief History of Columbia Gardens, Butte's Only Pleasure Resort (Hardcover)
Adolf H. Heilbronner
R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sustainable Urban Development Volume 3 - The Toolkit for Assessment (Hardcover): Ron Vreeker, Mark Deakin, Stephen Curwell Sustainable Urban Development Volume 3 - The Toolkit for Assessment (Hardcover)
Ron Vreeker, Mark Deakin, Stephen Curwell
R5,412 Discovery Miles 54 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The third volume of the Sustainable Urban Development Series outlines the BEQUEST toolkit that helps link protocol with the assessment methods currently available for evaluating the sustainability of urban development. It details the decision support mechanisms developed for users of the system to guide them in selecting the appropriate assessment methods for a variety of evaluations.
This book provides case studies drawn from locations across Europe, and also provides best practice examples demonstrating those protocols that planners, property developers and design and construction professionals have followed, and how they have selected the assessment methods they need to best evaluate the sustainability of cities, districts, neighbourhoods and buildings.

The Model Village and Its Cottages - Bournville; (Hardcover): William Alexander Harvey The Model Village and Its Cottages - Bournville; (Hardcover)
William Alexander Harvey
R862 Discovery Miles 8 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Architecture of Modern China - A Historical Critique (Hardcover): Jianfei Zhu Architecture of Modern China - A Historical Critique (Hardcover)
Jianfei Zhu
R5,269 Discovery Miles 52 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A collection of essays on architecture of modern China, arranged chronologically covering a period from 1729 to 2008, focusing mainly on the twentieth century. The distinctive feature of this book is a blending of ?critical? and ?historical? research, taking a long-range perspective transcending the current scene and the Maoist period. This is a short, elegant book that condenses the wide subject matter into key topics.

Understanding Architecture Through Drawing (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Brian Edwards Understanding Architecture Through Drawing (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Brian Edwards
R5,701 Discovery Miles 57 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 and places through drawing. For many, the camera has replaced the sketchbook, but here the author argues that freehand drawing as a means of analyzing and understanding buildings develops visual sensitivity and awareness of design.

By combining design theory with practical lessons in drawing, Understanding Architecture Through Drawing encourages the use of the sketchbook as a creative and critical tool. The book is highly illustrated and is an essential manual on freehand drawing techniques for students of architecture, landscape architecture, town and country planning and urban design.

Classical Architecture (Hardcover): Andrew Ballantyne Classical Architecture (Hardcover)
Andrew Ballantyne
R694 R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Lavishly illustrated and accessibly written, Classical Architecture takes the reader on a journey through the history of this iconic architectural genre, starting with an introduction to its origins in ancient Greece, through its resurgence across Europe during the Renaissance, to its influence on modern-day architectural design in locations as diverse as Shanghai and Washington DC. Written by Professor of Architecture and established author Andrew Ballantyne, and illustrated with over 100 photographs, this book will prove invaluable to anyone wanting to explore and understand this important and pervasive architectural style. Classical architecture has developed through many styles to become the backbone of western architecture. It was refined in ancient Greece mainly in sacred places. This architecture of finely modelled columns was taken up by the Romans and spread across their empire, changing on the way, so by the time the Roman empire collapsed it had become an architecture of arches and vaults. The monuments were impressive, even as ruins, and inspired imitation in later ages.

Historic Shenandoah - Rediscovering Miami's Neighborhoods (Hardcover): Megan R Mclaughlin Historic Shenandoah - Rediscovering Miami's Neighborhoods (Hardcover)
Megan R Mclaughlin
R2,872 Discovery Miles 28 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Environments of Architecture - Environmental Design in Context (Hardcover): Randall Thomas, Trevor Garnham The Environments of Architecture - Environmental Design in Context (Hardcover)
Randall Thomas, Trevor Garnham
R5,699 Discovery Miles 56 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This well-illustrated 'think piece' provides a much needed and topical philosophical introduction to the place of environmental design in architecture. The Environments of Architecture sets out a range of considerations necessary to produce appropriate internal environments in the context of a wider discussion on the effect of building decisions on the broader environment. The authors, from architecture and engineering, academia and practice, provide a rounded and well-balanced introduction to this important topic. Starting from a belief that the built environment can contribute more positively to the planet and the pleasure of places as well as answering the practical demands of comfort, they cover site planning, form, materials, construction and operation as well as looking at design on a city level. Presenting a thoughtful and stimulating approach to the built environment, this book forms an excellent guide for practitioners, students and academics concerned with our built environment.

South Beach Deco: Step by Step (Paperback): Iris Chase, Susan Russell South Beach Deco: Step by Step (Paperback)
Iris Chase, Susan Russell
R725 R586 Discovery Miles 5 860 Save R139 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Not just another pretty coffee table book, this information packed reference work will help you define South Beach, Florida\nIt is a step-by-step guide to this unique architectural and cultural wonder. Besides a variety of walking tours of the Art Deco architecture, this rich guidebook offers insight into the tempo, culture, and the habits of some very unusual daily (and nightly) South Beach customs.\nWhether you\re a visitor, a resident, or thinking of moving here, this rich resource will provide need-to-know information, from the definition of "Art Deco," to where to sip your morning coffee. Nearly 200 vibrant and artful photographs will take you on a journey filled with the romance and color of tropical Art Deco; the text will help you uncover the heart and soul of South Beach.

Colonial Modernities - Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon (Hardcover): Peter Scriver, Vikramaditya... Colonial Modernities - Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon (Hardcover)
Peter Scriver, Vikramaditya Prakash
R5,264 Discovery Miles 52 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A carefully crafted selection of essays from international experts, this book explores the effect of colonial architecture and space on the societies involved - both the colonizer and the colonized. Focusing on British India and Ceylon, the essays explore the discursive tensions between the various different scales and dimensions of such 'empire-building' practices and constructions. Providing a thorough exploration of these tensions, Colonial Modernities challenges the traditional literature on the architecture and infrastructure of the former European empires, not least that of the British Indian 'Raj'. Illustrated with seventy-five halftone images, it is a fascinating and thoroughly grounded exposition of the societal impact of colonial architecture and engineering.

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