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Surrealism and Architecture (Paperback, New Ed): Thomas Mical Surrealism and Architecture (Paperback, New Ed)
Thomas Mical
R1,694 Discovery Miles 16 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a historically informed examination of architecture's perceived absence in surrealist thought, surrealist tendencies in the theories and projects of modern architecture, and the place of surrealist thought in contemporary design.
This book represents current insights into surrealism in the thought and practice of modern architecture. In these essays, the role of the subconscious, the techniques of defamiliarization, aesthetic and social forces affecting the objects, interiors, cities and landscapes of the twentieth century are revealed. The book contains a diversity of voices from across modern art and architecture to bring into focus what is often overlooked in the histories of the modernist avant-garde. This collection examines the practices of writers, artists, architects, and urbanists with emphasis on a critique of the everyday world-view, offering alternative models of subjectivity, artistic effect, and the production of meanings in the built world.

The Architect's Guide to Running a Practice (Paperback): David Littlefield The Architect's Guide to Running a Practice (Paperback)
David Littlefield
R1,026 Discovery Miles 10 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is your essential one stop shop for information on starting and running a practice. Case studies and advice from practitioners, big and small, run alongside outlines of all the key topics, to give you an insight into the problems and challenges others have faced when setting up a design business. Accessible and informative, this handbook is the ideal first point of reference when starting a practice.
Architects have many different reasons for setting up in practice; equally, there are many ways of running your own business. This handbook helps you consider whether or not you should set up on your own, examining issues such as financing, office space, recruitment, IT and workingo ut a business plan. Some architects want to stay small, while others have ambitions to grow into large businesses. Some grow big accidentally. And then there are those who pick and choose their work carefully, and even turn down undesirable contracts, while others will grab at everything possible. This book woudl explore these different models and illustrate how different kinds of practice develop into successful businesses.
Importantly, the book will stress that these issues are crucial - you may be the best designer in the world, but unless your business is well managed you will fail. On the other hand, some successful architects spend a lot of time looking for new work and attending to management issues, rarely finding the time for design work. This book would illustrate how architects have struck a balance between these two extremes.
* Provides practical advice to show you how to make your business a success
* Based on real life examples, not theory, to give you a jargon free accessibleguide
* Gives clear and concise information guiding you directly to the key information you need

Measuring Quality in Planning - Managing the Performance Process (Hardcover): Matthew Carmona, Louie Sieh Measuring Quality in Planning - Managing the Performance Process (Hardcover)
Matthew Carmona, Louie Sieh
R5,302 Discovery Miles 53 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book deals with one of the current major debates in planning: how to measure the quality and effectiveness of the output of the planning process. It deals with issues of defining quality, public sector management, the use of indicators and the planning process. Although case study material is drawn on UK practice this topic in universal and the authors include discussions of international practice and experience.

Measuring Quality in Planning - Managing the Performance Process (Paperback): Matthew Carmona, Louie Sieh Measuring Quality in Planning - Managing the Performance Process (Paperback)
Matthew Carmona, Louie Sieh
R2,560 Discovery Miles 25 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book deals with one of the current major debates in planning: how to measure the quality and effectiveness of the output of the planning process. It deals with issues of defining quality, public sector management, the use of indicators and the planning process. Although case study material is drawn from UK practice this topic is universal and the authors include discussions of international practice and experience.

Small Houses of the Late Georgian Period, 1750-1820; Volume 1 (Hardcover): Stanley Churchill Ramsey Small Houses of the Late Georgian Period, 1750-1820; Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Stanley Churchill Ramsey
R844 Discovery Miles 8 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Tampitaviharas of Sri Lanka - Elevated Image-Houses in Buddhist Architecture (Hardcover): Kapila D. Silva, Dhammika P.... The Tampitaviharas of Sri Lanka - Elevated Image-Houses in Buddhist Architecture (Hardcover)
Kapila D. Silva, Dhammika P. Chandrasekara; Foreword by Amos Rapoport
R2,229 Discovery Miles 22 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Free-Standing Tension Structures - From Tensegrity Systems to Cable-Strut Systems (Hardcover): Binbing Wang Free-Standing Tension Structures - From Tensegrity Systems to Cable-Strut Systems (Hardcover)
Binbing Wang
R6,139 Discovery Miles 61 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Architects are constantly looking for new methods to create large indoor spaces unhindered by columns and other supports. Tensile and cable-strut structures are one method of producing such spaces. They also enable the creation of different shaped spaces allowing architects more scope for innovation.
"Free-standing Tension Structures - From Tensegrity Systems to Cable-strut Systems" provides the background engineering needed to produce these wonderful structures.
Providing a complete background to the underlying structural engineering theories of tensegrity, this book will prove invaluable for all architects and engineers working on tensile structures.

Spaces of Global Cultures - Architecture, Urbanism, Identity (Hardcover): Anthony King Spaces of Global Cultures - Architecture, Urbanism, Identity (Hardcover)
Anthony King
R4,278 Discovery Miles 42 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings together a series of new and historical case studies to show how different phases of globalization are transforming the built environment. Taking a broad interdisciplinary approach, the author draws on sociological, geographical, cultural and postcolonial studies to provide a critical account of the development of three key concepts: global culture, post colonialism, and modernity. Subsequent case studies examine how global economic, political and cultural forces shape the forms of architectural and urban modernity in globalized suburbs and spaces in major cities worldwide.


The first book to combine global and postcolonial theoretical approaches to the built environment and to illustrate these with examples, Spaces of Global Cultures argues for a more historical and interdisciplinary understanding of globalization: one that places material space and the built environment at the centre and calls for new theories to address new conditions.

Spaces of Global Cultures - Architecture, Urbanism, Identity (Paperback): Anthony King Spaces of Global Cultures - Architecture, Urbanism, Identity (Paperback)
Anthony King
R2,169 Discovery Miles 21 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings together a series of new and historical case studies to show how different phases of globalization are transforming the built environment. Taking a broad interdisciplinary approach, the author draws on sociological, geographical, cultural and postcolonial studies to provide a critical account of the development of three key concepts: global culture, post colonialism, and modernity. Subsequent case studies examine how global economic, political and cultural forces shape the forms of architectural and urban modernity in globalized suburbs and spaces in major cities worldwide.


The first book to combine global and postcolonial theoretical approaches to the built environment and to illustrate these with examples, Spaces of Global Cultures argues for a more historical and interdisciplinary understanding of globalization: one that places material space and the built environment at the centre and calls for new theories to address new conditions.

American Architectural History - A Contemporary Reader (Hardcover, New edition): Keith Eggener American Architectural History - A Contemporary Reader (Hardcover, New edition)
Keith Eggener
R5,310 Discovery Miles 53 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This major new text presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporary times. In terms of content and scope, there is no collection, in or out of print, directly comparable to this one. The essays are drawn from the past twenty years' of publishing in the field, arranged chronologically from colonial to contemporary and accessible in thematic groupings, contextualized and introduced by Keith Eggener.

Drawing together 24 illustrated essays by major and emerging scholars in the field, American Architectural History is a valuable resource for students of the history of American art, architecture, urbanism, and material culture.

Joplin's Connor Hotel (Hardcover): Chad Stebbins Joplin's Connor Hotel (Hardcover)
Chad Stebbins; Foreword by Brad Belk Community Historian
R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Architectural Imagination at the Digital Turn (Hardcover): Nathalie Bredella The Architectural Imagination at the Digital Turn (Hardcover)
Nathalie Bredella
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Architectural Imagination at the Digital Turn asks what it means to speak of a "digital turn" in architecture. It examines how architects at the time engaged with the digital and imagined future modes of practice, and looks at the technological, conceptual and economic phenomena behind this engagement. It argues that the adoption of digital technology in architecture was far from linear but depended on complex factors, from the operative logic of the technology itself to the context in which it was used and the people who interacted with it. Creating a mosaic-like account, the book presents debates, projects and publications that changed how architecture was visualized, fabricated and experienced using digital technology. Spanning the university, new media art institutes, ecologies, architectural bodies, fabrication and the city, it re-evaluates familiar narratives that emphasized formal explorations; instead, the book aims to complicate the "myth" of the digital by presenting a nuanced analysis of the material and social context behind each case study. During the 1990s, architects repurposed software and technological concepts from other disciplines and tested them in a design environment. Some architects were fascinated by its effects, others were more critical. Through its discussion on case studies, places and themes that fundamentally influenced discourse formation in the era, this book offers scholars, researchers and students fresh insights into how architecture can engage with the digital realm today.

Solar Installations - Practical Applications for the Built Environment (Paperback): Lars Andren Solar Installations - Practical Applications for the Built Environment (Paperback)
Lars Andren
R1,466 Discovery Miles 14 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Solar energy will play an important role in our future energy supply, to the advantage of both the environment and the economy. This book focuses on water-based solar heating technology, presenting basic principles on solar radiation and the solar heating system, including details on orientation and output, sizing, the solar collector, the solar circuit, heat exchangers, heat stores and overall system technology. A range of practical applications are described, such as multi- and single-family dwellings, pools, camp sites, sports facilities, schools and industry. The potential and diversity of solar energy is made clear with additional sections on solar electricity, passive solar and solar air heating.

Imperial Cities - Landscape, Display and Identity (Paperback): Felix Driver, David Gilbert Imperial Cities - Landscape, Display and Identity (Paperback)
Felix Driver, David Gilbert
R624 Discovery Miles 6 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Imperial cities explores the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities. Many still display unmistakable signs of their imperial past, not only in their architecture and monuments, but also in the ways in which their identities are constructed by their inhabitants and by international tourists. urban centres, including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville. The first part on imperial landscapes is devoted to large-scale architectural schemes and monuments, including the Queen Victoria Memorial in London and the Vittoriano in Rome. In the second part, the focus is on imperial display throughout the city, from spectacular exhibitions and ceremonies, to more private displays of empire in suburban gardens. The final part considers the changing cultural and political identities in the imperial city, looking particularly at nationalism, masculinity and anti-imperialism. imperial history. It should be important for students and teachers of history, geography, architecture, art history, sociology and cultural studies, as well as those interested in understanding the modern European city.

The Growing Trend of Living Small - A Critical Approach to Shrinking Domesticities (Hardcover): Ella Harris, Mel Nowicki, Tim... The Growing Trend of Living Small - A Critical Approach to Shrinking Domesticities (Hardcover)
Ella Harris, Mel Nowicki, Tim White
R3,624 Discovery Miles 36 240 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines the growing trend for housing models that shrink private living space and seeks to understand the implications of these shrinking domestic worlds. Small spaces have become big business. Reducing the size of our homes, and the amount of stuff within them, is increasingly sold as a catch-all solution to the stresses of modern life and the need to reduce our carbon footprint. Shrinking living space is being repackaged in a neoliberal capitalist context as a lifestyle choice rather than the consequence of diminishing choice in the face of what has become a long-term housing 'crisis'. What does this mean for how we live in the long term, and is there a dark side to the promise of a simpler, more sustainable home life? Shrinking Domesticities brings together research from across the social sciences, planning and architecture to explore these issues. From co-living developments to the Tiny House Movement, self-storage units to practices of 'de-stuffification', and drawing on examples from across Europe, North America and Australasia, the authors of this volume seek to understand both what micro-living is bringing to our societies, and what it may be eroding.

Accommodating Life - An Architect's View (Hardcover): Martin Bloom Accommodating Life - An Architect's View (Hardcover)
Martin Bloom
R837 Discovery Miles 8 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Miles Minor Kellogg and the Encinitas Boathouses (Hardcover): Rachel Brupbacher Miles Minor Kellogg and the Encinitas Boathouses (Hardcover)
Rachel Brupbacher
R668 Discovery Miles 6 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000 (Paperback): Jeffrey W. Cody Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000 (Paperback)
Jeffrey W. Cody
R1,529 Discovery Miles 15 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The export of American architecture began in the nineteenth century as a disjointed set of personal adventures and commercial initiatives. It continues today alongside the transfer of other aspects of American life and culture to most regions of the world. Jeffrey Cody explains how, why and where American architects, planners, building contractors and other actors have marketed American architecture overseas. In so doing he provides a historical perspective on the diffusion of American building technologies, architectural standards, construction methods and planning paradigms. Using previously undocumented examples and illustrations, he shows how steel-frame manufacturers shipped their products abroad enabling the erection of American-style skyscrapers worldwide by 1900 and how this phase was followed by similar initiatives by companies manufacturing concrete components.

Study Guide for The Codes Guidebook for Interiors,  Eighth Edition (Paperback, 8th Edition): K Kennon Study Guide for The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, Eighth Edition (Paperback, 8th Edition)
K Kennon
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

STUDY GUIDE FOR THE CODES GUIDEBOOK FOR INTERIORS The comprehensive study guide for understanding interior codes This revised and updated eighth edition of the Study Guide for the Codes Guidebook for Interiors is an essential companion to The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, the industry's reference of choice. It offers complete coverage of the major codes and standards that apply to interior projects. This Study Guide includes lists of terms, practice questions, practical application exercises, code tables, and checklists. This companion study guide is a comprehensive measure of a designer's understanding and application of codes for interior projects. It can help design students learn and practitioners keep their skills up to date and prepare for the NCIDQ and ARE exams. It is vital that designers and architects have an up-to-date working knowledge of the various codes involved with building interiors, whether during renovation or new construction, and this study guide offers the opportunity to: Study with many new questions, in both the short answer and application sections Review the key terms of the industry Use the practice questions and exercises to test working knowledge of codes Utilize the code tables during the design process Employ the numerous checklists on proposed and real life projects to ensure complete compliance The revised Study Guide is a useful companion to The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, the essential reference for all interior professionals. For the designer, architect, or student, the Study Guide for The Codes Guidebook for Interiors is a must-have resource.

Reading Architectural History (Hardcover): Dana Arnold Reading Architectural History (Hardcover)
Dana Arnold
R5,295 Discovery Miles 52 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The book concentrates on fundamental texts in the study of architectural history with special reference to eighteenth and nineteenth-century Britain. The texts under discussion address key themes or methods in the construction of architectural histories. Alongside this, philosophical or theoretical writings which address the abstract issues surrounding the main texts are presented as a kind of exegesis on the chosen texts. This together with an introduction and discursive essays which preface each of the sections present a transdisciplinary discourse around the discipline of architectural history.

Driftwood Shacks - Anonymous Architecture Along the California Coast (Hardcover): Lloyd Khan Driftwood Shacks - Anonymous Architecture Along the California Coast (Hardcover)
Lloyd Khan
R585 R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Save R73 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Organic Cinema - Film, Architecture, and the Work of Bela Tarr (Paperback): Thorsten Botz-Bornstein Organic Cinema - Film, Architecture, and the Work of Bela Tarr (Paperback)
Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
R827 R630 Discovery Miles 6 300 Save R197 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The "organic" is by now a venerable concept within aesthetics, architecture, and art history, but what might such a term mean within the spatialities and temporalities of film? By way of an answer, this concise and innovative study locates organicity in the work of Bela Tarr, the renowned Hungarian filmmaker and pioneer of the "slow cinema" movement. Through a wholly original analysis of the long take and other signature features of Tarr's work, author Thorsten Botz-Bornstein establishes compelling links between the seemingly remote spheres of film and architecture, revealing shared organic principles that emphasize the transcendence of boundaries.

New Tourists' Favorite Destination - The Beautiful Philippines and Its Known and Little Known Facts Plus Conversational... New Tourists' Favorite Destination - The Beautiful Philippines and Its Known and Little Known Facts Plus Conversational English, Tagalog, Ilocano, Bicolano, Cebuano, Ybanag and Gaddang Dictionary (Hardcover)
Gertrudes Bandong Dy-Liacco
R1,554 Discovery Miles 15 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Architecture of Italy (Hardcover): Jean Castex Architecture of Italy (Hardcover)
Jean Castex
R2,324 Discovery Miles 23 240 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Covering all regions of Italy--from Turin's Palace of Labor in northern Italy to the Monreale Cathedral and Cloister in Sicily--and all periods of Italian architecture--from the first-century Colosseum in Rome to the Casa Rustica apartments built in Milan in the 1930s--this volume examines over 70 of Italy's most important architectural landmarks. Writing in an authoritative yet engaging style, Jean Castex, professor of architectural history at the Versailles School of Architecture, describes the features, functions, and historical importance of each structure. Besides idetifying location, style, architects, and periods of initial construction and major renovations, the cross-referenced and illustrated entries also highlight architectural and historical terms explained in the Glossay and conclude with a useful listing of further information resources. The volume also offers ready-reference lists of entries by location, architectural style, and time period, as well as a general bibliography, a detailed subject index, and a comprehensive introductory overview of Italian architecture. Entries cover major architectural structures as well as smaller sites, including everything from the well-known dome of St. Peter's at the Vatican to the Fiat Lingotto Plant in Turin. Other entries include the following: BLAugustus Gate, Perugia BLCastel del Monte, Puglia BLDucal Palace, Urbino BLHouse of the Faun, Pompeii BLLaurentian Library, Florence BLPiazza Pio II, Pienza BLRenovation of the Old Harbor, Genoa BLTrevi Fountain, Rome BLVilla Malaparte, Capri Ideal for college and high school students, as well as for interested general readers, this comprehensive look at the architecture of Italy is anindispensable addition to every architectural reference collection.

The Selective Environment (Paperback): Dean Hawkes, With Jane McDonald, Koen Steemers The Selective Environment (Paperback)
Dean Hawkes, With Jane McDonald, Koen Steemers
R2,384 Discovery Miles 23 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The complex art of architecture embraces all of the concerns of the world's cultures. It meets the fundamental needs for shelter from the elements, but, almost from its origins, has acquired other purposes and meanings. The Selective Environment is an approach to environmentally responsive architectural design that seeks to make connections between the technical preoccupations of architectural science, and the necessity, never more urgent than today, to sustain cultural identity at a time of rapid global, technological change.

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