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  • The Architecture Book

    Big Ideas Simply Explained

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas
    Learn about key concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings in The Architecture Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Architecture in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Architecture ... Read more

    €9.99

  • Kevin McCloud’s How to Make Your House a Home

    by Kevin McCloud ...
    Series Book 3 - Collins Shorts
    Collins Shorts – insight in an instant.Kevin McCloud’s advice for setting up or doing up your home. Kevin will show you the things worth spending your money on, and the things you might cut back on. Helpful and incisive advice on design, construction and style from the foremost voice in modern architectural design.Collins Shorts are a fresh look at the ebook short, with the emphasis on vibrant ... Read more

    €1.47

  • Architecture

    The Definitive Visual History

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Definitive Cultural Histories
    From ancient dwellings to modern high-tech skyscrapers, discover everything there is to know about the history of architecture worldwide.Covering over 6,000 years of human history, Architecture charts the most important developments in building materials, technology, design, and the social changes that have shaped the architectural landscape.Explore every significant architectural period and style ... Read more

    €11.99

  • Septic Tank Options & Alternatives

    Your guide to conventional, natural andeco-friendly methods & technologies

    Septic Tank Options & Alternatives is a user-friendly guide through the maze of selecting an eco-friendly sewage treatment option for your home. With so many different treatment systems and technologies available, it can be a challenge to make the choice that really reflects your values and priorities. This book lists conventional and alternative sewage treatment systems and outlines the pros and ... Read more

    €6.19

  • La ciudad de los ricos y la ciudad de los pobres

    Bernardo Secchi (1934-2014) es uno de los urbanistas más influyentes de las cinco últimas décadas. A su fecunda práctica profesional ha unido una continua y destacada labor de divulgación a través de múltiples libros y artículos. De este modo, ha contribuido a un entendimiento, explicación y crítica de la ciudad y el territorio, que resultan imprescindibles para cualquier proyecto de futuro. La ... Read more

    €5.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Global Housing Projects

    25 buildings since 1980

    The world is merging into one global system of goods, people and information. This book explores the social, cultural, and economic phenomena of globalization through housing. The Chair of Architecture and Design at the ETH in Zurich examines the last 25 years of housing development. This book is a historical criticism with the built projects as protagonists. Housing typologies have been chosen as ... Read more

    €16.19 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Ficto-Historical Theory of the London Underground

    by Marko Jobst ...
    Series Book 7 - The Practice of Theory and the Theory of Practice
    This book offers a vision of the London Underground written in the form of a ficto-historical narrative, which combines history and fiction in the creation of a set of theoretical propositions for London's subterranean transportation network. Its amateur-scholar protagonist takes the reader on a labyrinthine journey into the world of research, with sources personified and their works appropriated ... Read more

    €7.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Les Merveilles de l'architecture

    Extrait : "Allez, par un jour brumeux, lorsque la mer et le ciel se confondent à l'horizon gris, jusqu'à l'extrémité orientale de la presqu'île du Croisie, terre salée et pauvre qui semble un bout du monde, tant elle avance dans l'Océan sa langue étroite et basse : Là, une simple pierre, de proportions modestes, s'élève sur un petit tertre au-dessus du granit pourpré battu des flots." ... Read more

    €9.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • RIBA Architect's Handbook of Practice Management

    9th Edition

    by Nigel Ostime ...
    The professional architect’s business management bible now encompasses the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 to reflect the very latest practice in today’s cutting-edge architectural environment.With an emphasis on the practical aspects of working as an architect, the 9th edition combines clear and comprehensive guidance with a focus on new directions in practice management which will give a modern practice ... Read more

    €63.17

  • Quebec's Covered Bridges

    by Harold Stiver ...
    Quebec's Covered BridgesUPDATED FOR 2024!!A Source book for Travelers, Photographers, Explorers...Descriptions to all of Quebec's 88 Remaining Historic Covered Bridges, as well as photosGPS PositionsWritten Driving DirectionsBasic Info for each SiteTruss types described and illustratedShort History of Covered BridgesSeven Self-guided ToursAbiti-Est Co... ... Read more

    €8.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Transgressive Design Strategies for Utopian Cities

    Theories, Methodologies and Cases in Architecture and Urbanism

    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    This book critically examines the philosophy of the term ‘transgression’ and how it shapes the utopian vision of contemporary urban design scenarios.The aim of this book is to provide scholarly yet accessible graphic novel illustrations to inform narratives of urban manifestos. Through four select case studies from the UK, Cyprus and Germany, the book highlights the paradoxes and contradictions in ... Read more

    €48.24

  • ARQUITECTURA DE LAS SOMBRAS

    ILLUMINATI

    Series series ILLUMINATI
    ¿Es la arquitectura un simple contenedor de actividades o una herramienta invisible de control?En Arquitectura de las Sombras, Cristina Lobo y Manuel Rodsua proponen una tesis fascinante y perturbadora: la proporción áurea no es solo un recurso estético, sino un alfabeto de autoridad que opera directamente sobre la psique del ciudadano. A través de un recorrido crítico por las grandes explanadas y ... Read more

    €8.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ariadna, arquitecta

    Una introducción a la teoría de la arquitectura

    Series series Cuadernos de Cátedra
    El territorio de la teoría de la arquitectura es extenso y de difícil delimitación. Este libro propone una incursión en este campo de conocimiento para enfocar algunos debates que tuvieron lugar, fundamentalmente, desde comienzos del siglo XX, a partir del impacto de las nuevas tecnologías del acero y del hormigón armado sobre la concepción del espacio arquitectónico. El principal aporte reside en ... Read more

    €12.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vatsyayana’s Kamasutra: Art-of-Love [Book 2]

    Vatsyayana’s Kamasutra Series, #2

    by A2Z Studio ...
    Series Book 2 - Vatsyayana’s Kamasutra Series
    Discover the timeless wisdom of Vatsyayana's Kamasutra, a masterpiece of ancient Indian literature that delves into the art of love, relationships, and personal fulfillment. Far more than just a manual, this classic text offers profound insights into human connection, emotional intimacy, and the balance of life's pleasures with ethical living.Written centuries ago, the Kamasutra transcends time ... Read more

    €4.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Japanese Architecture: A Short History

    by A. L. Sadler ...
    This expert guide to Japanese architecture is of enormous historical importance to the understanding of Japanese design and culture.Pioneering Japanologist A. L. Sadler's invaluable study of Japanese architecture first appeared in 1941. Considered a classic in its field, unequaled in clarity and insight, Japanese Architecture A Short History is a lucid and uncomplicated introduction to this ... Read more

    €4.59

  • Towards a Metropolitan Public Space Network

    Lessons, Projects and Prospects from Lisbon

    Series series Project Thinking on Design
    This book explores the hypothesis that public space – if conceptualised, imagined, and shaped at the metropolitan scale, through innovative territorial design approaches – offers the possibility to interconnect and integrate various systems in search for synergic responses to emerging societal challenges that impact large, urbanised landscapes.The book offers a multidimensional and multi ... Read more

    Free

  • Detail in Contemporary Hotel Design

    Series series Detailing for Interior Design
    Hotel interiors need to satisfy the imaginations of their customers and whet the appetite for a return visit or recommendation, and the design that gets the formula right will do as much to prolong the life of the business as the service delivered within the hotel. This book explores in detail 36 of the best recent hotel interior design schemes, featuring projects by leading architects from around ... Read more

    €3.99

  • Architectural Precedents

    Historic Case Studies on Spatial Density and Seclusion

    Edited by Rubén Alcolea ...
    The use of historical precedents as references has been widely used in modern and contemporary architectural practices. "Architectural Precedents: Historic Case Studies on Spatial Density and Seclusion" presents a set of examples to look at as a generative source for students and practitioners, pointing to universal compositional principles such as structure, symmetry, scale and density. This ... Read more

    €10.00

  • The Adirondack Architecture Guide, Southern-Central Region

    by Janet A. Null ...
    Series series Excelsior Editions
    Explores the architectural treasures of the Southern-Central region of New York's Adirondack Park and places them in the context of Adirondack history and culture.Finalist for the 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Regional categoryThe Adirondack Architecture Guide, Southern-Central Region provides a professional and insightful survey of the built environment of a unique ar... ... Read more

    €29.20

  • Towards Zero-energy Architecture

    New Solar Design

    by Mary Guzowski ...
    This book explores the theories, practices and principles of new approaches to solar architecture that foster both design excellence and low-energy use. In response to the challenges of global warming and climate change, design and technology enable architects to achieve greater performance standards while at the same time developing an environmental aesthetic.The book showcases ten award-winning ... Read more

    €3.99

  • Inflection 02 : Projection

    Journal of the Melbourne School of Design

    Series Book 2 - Inflection
    Our built environment exists in a perpetual state of becoming, caught in a process of creation that is continuous and unending. If we wish to understand architecture today, we must engage with the state of flux that defines it. In 2015, Inflection Volume 02 considers the idea of projection, interrogating its meaning in architecture and the built environment. Bringing together the work of students, ... Read more

    €14.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Villa

    Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

    Partez à la découverte de la villa avec ce Grand Article Universalis !Le mot latin «villa» désigne proprement une exploitation agricole; on en vint par la suite à l'appliquer aux résidences de plaisance, dans les campagnes ou sur les plages, sans lien avec sa fonction agricole initiale. D'origine romaine, la villa, en référence à cette époque historique idéalisée, ...Un ouvrage spécialement conçu ... Read more

    €6.99

  • Guide to Chicago's Twenty-First-Century Architecture

    Exploring a new century of architecture in the Windy CityChicago's wealth of architectural treasures makes it one of the world's majestic cityscapes. Published in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Center, this easy-to-use guide invites you to discover the new era of twenty-first-century architecture in the Windy City via two hundred architecturally significant buildings and spaces in the ... Read more

    €10.69