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  • 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

    ₹3,682.30

  • 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

    by Matthew Frederick ...
    Get 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from drawing lines to color theory—in this classic architecture book.These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color theory—provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often ... Read more

    ₹946.58

  • Critical Built Heritage Practice and Conservation

    Evolving Perspectives

    by Johnathan Djabarouti ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architectural Conservation and Historic Preservation
    Critical Built Heritage Practice and Conservation - Evolving Perspectives supports an alternative point of departure for engaging with the historic built environment, by critically questioning the legitimacy of dominant conservation concepts and methods that are often taken for granted within building conservation, architecture, and adaptive reuse.The meaning of heritage is changing. From pastness ... Read more

    ₹6,636.15

  • Breaking Glass

    Spatial Fabulations & Other Tales of Representation in Virtual Reality

    by Städelschule Architecture Class ...
    Series Book 6 - SAC 6
    Within a relatively short time, Augmented and Virtual Reality have emerged centre stage in architecture and the arts as novel means for exploring how their creative output is produced, mediated and experienced. Feeding the continuous spectrum between the "fully real" and the "fully virtual," the underlying technology of these media present machine-generated sensorial input where to date the image ... Read more

    ₹1,401.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Detail in Contemporary Hotel Design

    by Drew Plunkett, Olga Reid ...
    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

    ₹1,954.07

  • Los barrios del buen vivir

    by Izaskun Chinchilla ...
    En la planificación del bienestar urbano han prevalecido los aspectos económicos o estructurales frente a la experiencia corporal y cotidiana de la ciudadanía. Pero una ciudad próspera es aquella que permite, sin estigmas ni obstáculos, los gestos más básicos que sostienen la vida. En ella no solo intervienen decisiones estratégicas, sino decisiones vitales esenciales para los entornos urbanos y ... Read more

    ₹1,237.07 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals

    by Nicoletta Setola, Sabrina Borgianni ...
    Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals illustrates that in addition to their aesthetic function, public spaces in hospitals play a fundamental role concerning people’s satisfaction and experience of health care. The book highlights how spatial properties, such as accessibility, visibility, proximity, and intelligibility affect people’s behavior and interactions in hospital public spaces. Based on ... Read more

    ₹8,563.09

  • Building the Architect's Character

    Explorations in Traits

    by Kendra Schank Smith, Albert Smith ...
    An understanding of architects’ character traits can offer important insights into how they design buildings. These traits include leadership skills necessary to coordinate a team, honest and ethical behavior, being well educated and possessing a life-long love of learning, flexibility, resourcefulness, and visionary and strategic thinking. Characteristics such as these describe a successful ... Read more

    ₹8,563.09

  • Kirchen in Mecklenburg

    by Dörte Bluhm ...
    Sie sind weit mehr als ein bleibendes Ergebnis der mittelalterlichen Besiedlungsgeschichte: 664 Dorf- und Stadtkirchen gibt es in Mecklenburg. Die meisten davon sind wahrhaft ehrwürdige Gemäuer, überwiegend aus dem 13./14. Jahrhundert, manche sind sogar noch etwas älter. In ihrer Architektur spiegelt sich ein Reichtum wider, der auf tiefer Gläubigkeit basierte. So haben selbst kleine ... Read more

    ₹1,868.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Design and Installation Guide for Roof Tiling

    by The Roof Tile Association, The National Federation of Roofing Contractors ...
    The Design and Installation Guide for Roof Tiling is the definitive guide to obtaining successful results in pitched roofing construction using clay or concrete tiles. It was written by a team of experts from the Roof Tile Association (RTA) and the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC), the representative trade associations for pitched roofing. This book is in line with British and ... Read more

    ₹6,636.15

  • Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements

    The Built Environment at Work

    Edited by Edmundo Werna, George Ofori ...
    Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements presents a detailed and comprehensive examination of the relationship between labour and the built environment, and synergises these critical focus areas in innovative ways. This unrivalled edited collection of chapters analyses problems and presents possible solutions related to the employment and conditions of workers in the ... Read more

    ₹27,298.26

  • Rem Koolhaas as Scriptwriter

    OMA Architecture Script for West Berlin

    by Helena Huber-Doudová ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    This book is the first survey of a new field in architecture theory: script writing. Rem Koolhaas as Scriptwriter explores the intersection of architecture, film, and text using the example of the working method of scriptwriter, Rem Koolhaas, and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).This book argues that Koolhaas formulates his approach to architecture on the basis of the “written sketch ... Read more

    ₹6,207.95

  • Architectural Detailing

    Function Constructability Aesthetics

    by Patrick Rand, Jason Miller, Edward Allen ...
    The industry-standard guide to designing well-performing buildingsAesthetics are a vital part of good design. Great design emerges from a deep understanding of the functionality and constructability of details. Good details provide clear, complete, and correct information to the wide variety of users that need them. Architects guide a project from design idea to buildable reality by working with ... Read more

    ₹6,649.00

  • Living with Heritage in Cairo

    Area Conservation in the Arab-Islamic City

    by Ahmed Sedky ...
    The Arab-Islamic city has been always a glamorous urban dream in human cultural memory. This is manifested in Cairo, the world's largest medieval urban system where traditional lifestyles are still implemented. Nevertheless, despite the extensive efforts to preserve Historic Cairo, it is sadly vulnerable. Ahmed Sedky investigates the reasons behind this condition, exploring and comparing regional ... Read more

    ₹2,547.14 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 150 Best Minimalist House Ideas

    by Alex Sanchez ...

    ₹1,210.90

  • The Complete Guide to Building Affordable Earth-Sheltered Homes: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

    by Robert McConkey ...
    Earth-sheltered building has existed since the heyday of Skara Brae in Scotland 5,000 years ago, and is used today by people around the world. If you have ever looked at your power bill in stunned disbelief, if you are interested in green building techniques, or if you want your home to stand out (or hide out), then this book is for you. With The Complete Guide to Building Affordable Earth ... Read more

    ₹1,155.44 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • L'architecture pratique

    Les ouvrages de massonnerie, charpenterie, menuiserie, serrurerie, plomberie, vitrerie, ardoise, tuille, pavé de grais & impression

    by Pierre Bullet ...
    L'architecture pratique de Pierre Bullet est un traité innovant qui se distingue par son approche méthodique et son langage clair, offrant une synthèse des connaissances architecturales de son époque. Écrit à la fin du XVIIe siècle, le livre éclaire le lecteur sur les principes fondamentaux de l'architecture, tout en s'inscrivant dans le mouvement classique qui caractérise cette période. Bullet ... Read more

    ₹179.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 50 Architecture Ideas You Really Need to Know

    A complete introduction to the key concepts and styles of architecture

    by Philip Wilkinson ...
    Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    In a series of 50 accessible essays, Philip Wilkinson introduces architectural movements and styles throughout history, as well as describing some of the greatest architects' most important and representative works.From the Pyramids of Giza to the Guggenheim, the classical orders of Vitruvius to the most recent contemporary trends today, 50 Architecture Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete ... Read more

    ₹541.61

  • Universal Principles of Architecture

    100 Architectural Archetypes, Methods, Conditions, Relationships, and Imaginaries

    by WAI Architecture Think Tank, Cruz Garcia, Nathalie Frankowski ...
    Series series Rockport Universal
    Take an expansive and provocative tour of architectural theory and practice, exploring everything from basic concepts to speculative design and subversive interventions.Universal Principles of Architecture illustrates in 100 concepts the importance, possibilities, challenges, and roles that architecture plays in shaping the world. This radical and perhaps surprising survey is divided into five ... Read more

    ₹3,004.98

  • Architectural Styles

    A Visual Guide

    by Owen Hopkins ...
    Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the classical age to the present ... Read more

    ₹884.16

  • Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater

    American Architecture in the Depression Era

    by Catherine W Zipf ...
    New Deal Book Award 2022 Honourable MentionFrank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater explores the relationship between the economic tumult in the United States in the 1930s, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the construction of his most famous house, Fallingwater.The book reinterprets the history of this iconic building, recognizing it as a Depression-era monument that stands as a testimony to what an American ... Read more

    ₹6,207.95

  • Territorios improbables

    by Pedro Torrijos ...
    «Originalidad, solidez y belleza, tres cualidades de la arquitectura literaria de Pedro Torrijos. El talento de un relator de historias fascinantes en las que querrás quedarte a vivir», Raquel Martos«Nunca sé si Pedro Torrijos está loco o es un genio. Supongo que es una mezcla. Lo que si sé es que me encanta leer lo que escribe», Juan TallónLo que hacemos los seres humanos es construir. Desde ese ... Read more

    ₹1,113.24

  • The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

    Volume 21: Art and Architecture

    by Charles Reagan Wilson ...
    Series Book 21 - The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
    From the Potomac to the Gulf, artists were creating in the South even before it was recognized as a region. The South has contributed to America’s cultural heritage with works as diverse as Benjamin Henry Latrobe’s architectural plans for the nation’s Capitol, the wares of the Newcomb Pottery, and Richard Clague’s tonalist Louisiana bayou scenes. This comprehensive volume shows how, through the ... Read more

    ₹1,925.98

  • Dictionnaire des Idées & Notions en Arts et en Architecture

    Les Dictionnaires d'Universalis

    by Encyclopaedia Universalis ...
    Idées & Notions : joli titre pour une collection consacrée au savoir. Mais comment se relient les deux faces de ce diptyque ? Il est possible de le dire en peu de mots. Le volet « idées » traite des courants de pensée. Il passe en revue les théories, manifestes, écoles, doctrines. Mais toutes ces constructions s’élaborent à partir de « notions » qui les alimentent. Les notions sont les briques, ... Read more

    ₹2,199.00