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  • Years with Frank Lloyd Wright

    Apprentice to Genius

    by Edgar Tafel ...
    From the special vantage point of a former apprentice who for nine years lived and worked under "the fury and wrath of genius," Edgar Tafel presents a wonderfully revealing portrait of America's greatest architect. Unpredictable, cantankerous, a striking figure with white hair, cape and cane, Frank Lloyd Wright was an individualistic spirit who delighted in acting out his own myth. Here is an ... Read more

    $29.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sandfuture

    by Justin Beal ...
    An account of the life and work of the architect Minoru Yamasaki that leads the author to consider how (and for whom) architectural history is written.Sandfuture is a book about the life of the architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), who remains on the margins of history despite the enormous influence of his work on American architecture and society. That Yamasaki’s most famous projects—the Pruitt ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Where Are the Women Architects?

    Series Book 1 - Places Books
    A timely and important search for architecture's missing womenFor a century and a half, women have been proving their passion and talent for building and, in recent decades, their enrollment in architecture schools has soared. Yet the number of women working as architects remains stubbornly low, and the higher one looks in the profession, the scarcer women become. Law and medicine, two equally ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Frank's Home

    "A thoroughly invigorating, tightly focused piece of Chekhovian drama, wherein chatter about work and art . . . fail to mask deep vulnerability."-Chicago TribuneA play about Frank Lloyd Wright set in the summer of 1923, when the great architect has recently left Chicago for California, hoping to mend his relationship with his adult children. Richard Nelson brings to life two great architectural ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Harry Bertoia, Printmaker

    Monotypes and Other Monographics

    The seventy-nine monotypes in this catalogue represent the principal styles and themes that emerged not only in Harry Bertoia's printmaking, but in his sculpture as well. June Kompass Nelson, author of Harry Bertoia, Sculptor, analyzes the graphic works and places them in the context of Bertoia's total oeuvre, with particular regard to their relationship with his sculpture. A teacher of metalwork ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • MA YANSONG

    From (Global) Modernity to (Local) Tradition / Entre la modernidad (global) y la tradicion (local)

    Edited by Casa Asia ...
    MAD works in forward-looking environmentsdeveloping futuristic architecture based on acontemporary interpretation of the eastern spiritof nature. All of MAD's projects - from residentialcomplexes or offices to cultural centres - desireto protect a sense of community and orientationtoward nature, offering people the freedom todevelop their own experience. Founded in 2004by Ma Yansong, the office ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Gensler Research Catalogue Volume 3

    by Gensler ...
    Series series Gensler Research Catalogue
    The Gensler Research Catalogue, Volume 3 profiles the work of 35+ research projects conducted by Gensler professionals around the world, spanning topics from the future of autonomous vehicles to how workplace design drives great customer and workplace experiences. Graphic designers from across the firm collaborated to design the Catalogue, giving each entry a unique design language tailored to the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Architects: Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson's influence is evident throughout the nation he helped found - from the democratic ideals he set down in the Declaration of Independence to the expansion of America's borders through the Louisiana Purchase. But the more tangible examples of his creative genius lie in his architecture - from the halls of the University of Virginia to his home on his "little mountain," Monticello. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Architecture of James Stirling and His Partners James Gowan and Michael Wilford

    A Study of Architectural Creativity in the Twentieth Century

    Sir James Stirling was arguably the greatest British architect of the twentieth century. This book provides the most comprehensive critical survey of Stirling's work to date, charting the development of his ideas from his formative years, through his partnership with James Gowan, on to his period in practice as sole partner; and finally, his partnership with Michael Wilford. Using archival ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Architectural Drawings and Models

    From Translating to Archiving, Collecting and Displaying

    Edited by Federica Goffi ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Architectural drawings and models are instruments of imagination, communication, and historical continuity. The role of drawings and models, and their ownership, placement, and authorship in a ubiquitous digital age deserve careful consideration. Expanding on the well-established discussion of the translation from drawings to buildings, this book fills a lacuna in current scholarship, questioning ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • InnovatiON-Architecture

    Design, Laboratory, Technology, and Emotion

    Compiles ON-A work philosophy: a constant search for innovative ad hoc solutions for each project, using the most updated technologies and design research.This book exposes and collects the innovations developed through 15 years of work at ON-A, through lengthy conversations between its founders and directors (Eduardo Gutiérrez and Jordi Fernández) and the editor. This is not a usual monograph, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Inseminations

    Seeds for Architectural Thought

    A collection of the writing of the highly influential architect, Juhani Pallasmaa, presented in short, easily accessible, and condensed ideas ideal for studentsJuhani Pallasmaa is one of Finland’s most distinguished architects and architectural thinkers, publishing around 60 books and several hundred essays and shorter pieces over his career. His influential works have inspired undergraduate and ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Sverre Fehn and the City: Rethinking Architecture’s Urban Premises

    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    The urban attentions of Pritzker Laureate Sverre Fehn (1924–2009) are extensive, but as yet virtually unexplored. This book examines ten select projects to illuminate Fehn’s approach to the city, the embodiment of that thinking in his designs, and the broader lessons those efforts offer for better understanding the relationship between architecture and urban life, with unignorable implications for ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Berthold Lubetkin’s Highpoint II and the Jewish Contribution to Modern English Architecture

    In 1935, the Russian-born Jewish architect Berthold Lubetkin and his firm Tecton designed Highpoint, a block of flats in London, which Le Corbusier called ‘revolutionary’. Three years later, Lubetkin completed a companion design. Yet Highpoint II felt very different, and the sense that the ideals of modernism had been abandoned seemed hard to dispute. Had modern architecture failed to take root in ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Christian Norberg-Schulz’s Interpretation of Heidegger’s Philosophy

    Care, Place and Architecture

    by Hendrik Auret ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Christian Norberg-Schulz’s Interpretation of Heidegger’s Philosophy investigates the theoretical contribution of the world-renowned Norwegian architectural theorist Christian Norberg-Schulz (1926 – 2000) and considers his architectural interpretation of the writings of German philosopher Martin Heidegger. Though widely recognised as providing the most comprehensive reading of Heideggerian ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Joseph Urban

    by John Loring ...
    *Joseph Urban is a lavish celebration of this prolific artist, architect, and designer, whose accomplishments include magnificent Art Deco buildings, spectacular Ziegfeld Follies productions, and dramatic sets for the Metropolitan Opera. Joseph Urban (1872–1933) began his career as an architect and artist in Vienna before moving to America in 1911. In 1914 he moved to New York, where he ultimately ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Architects: Frederick Law Olmsted

    In the summer of 1857, when Frederick Law Olmsted was asked if he would be interested in the "superintendency" of Central Park, he was thirty-five and had worked as a surveyor, a bookkeeper, seaman, farmer, publisher, author of travel books, and social commentator. It was the unique combination of these skills that made him the perfect man for the job. Here, in this short-form book by National ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urban poliphony

    architectures, urbanisms, and mediations

    In Urban Polyphony: Architectures, Urbanisms, and Meditations, the author draws a panorama of the more than eighteen years of the Levisky Arquitetos | Estratégia Urbana architecture firm, discussing and showing the projects that they have been developing, such as the Diversity Boulevard, the expansion project of Albert Einstein Hospital, the Open Museum of Colônia's Crater, requalification of ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Bernini

    Sculptor and architect Bernini was the virtual creator and greatest exponent of Baroque in 17th century Italy. He has left his greatest mark on Rome where Papal patronage provided him with enormous architectural commissions. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Artistic Migration

    Reframing Post-War Italian Art, Architecture, and Design in Brazil

    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Artistic Migration: Reframing Post-War Italian Art, Architecture, and Design in Brazil investigates a selection of works by Italian artists and architects, and an art critic and dealer, who immigrated to Brazil after World War II, and were involved in the first activities and opportunities created by the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP).Although foreigners, these experts, namely Bramante Buffoni, ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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  • The Changing Shape of Practice

    Integrating Research and Design in Architecture

    Architectural practices worldwide have to deal with increasingly complex design requirements. How do practices acquire the ability to do so?The Changing Shape of Practice provides a handbook of examples for practices that wish to integrate more research into their work and a reference book for students that seek to prepare themselves for the changing shape of practice in architecture.It addresses ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Agenda: JDS Architects

    Can We Sustain our Ability to Crisis?

    Edited by Julien De Smedt ...
    AGENDA is a catalog of 365 days, like a diary or journal: a collective narrative, personal and subjective. It documents the work and thinking of JDS Architects over a specific year marked by crisis, beginning on September 15th, 2008, the day that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. The form of the book exploits the double meaning of its title, presenting the absurdities of day-to-day ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Using Differentiated Classroom Assessment to Enhance Student Learning

    Series series Student Assessment for Educators
    Using Differentiated Classroom Assessment to Enhance Student Learning introduces pre- and in-service teachers to the foundations, data use, and best practices of the DCA framework. As differentiated instruction practices increasingly enable K-12 educators to individualize learning in their classrooms, it is important that this framework be extended to assessment as well. This concise yet ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Kengo Kuma: My Life as an Architect in Tokyo (My Life as an Architect)

    by Kengo Kuma ...
    Series Book 1 - My Life as an Architect
    A personal tour of Tokyo’s architecture, as seen through the eyes of one of the world’s most acclaimed architects who is also designing the primary venue for the Tokyo Olympic games.Tokyo is Japan’s cultural and commercial epicenter, bursting with vibrancy and life. Its buildings, both historical and contemporary, are a direct reflection of its history and its people.Kengo Kuma was only ten years ... Read more

    $15.99 USD