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The city is the largest human artifact. It is made by us, yet simultaneously it makes us, as well as all other nonhuman entities. The particular discourse to which this book on the city contributes is the discipline of architecture. It explores a simple question: How does the city effect the mode of existence of its buildings

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Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) the firm most closely associated with the contemporary high rise, invites writers from a variety of disciplines, including science fiction, politics, new media and public health, to share ideas on the future of the skyscraper.

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In addition to an incredible collection of outstanding photographs of the House of Light, this book tells the story of how this project proceeded from spatial criteria to conceptual design and final realization.

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The Hypospace of Japanese Architecture pushes past clichs of an exotic Japan to confront the modernity of an island nation whose habit of importing foreign ideas is less about assimilation than transformation, less a process of indigenisation than one of cultural invention.

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The Landscape Project is a collection of essays by the landscape architecture faculty at the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, long considered a leading institution in the field of landscape architecture.

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This book examines systems dynamics from the perspective of my own triangulated model comprised of commons environments (those shared environments at risk for over use or degradation), the institutions we design to manage those commons and the human behavior associated with our investment in the triad.

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This is the dumbest smart book on contemporary architecture. What really is this technology that we speak of How do we define intelligence These are just two of the questions that this book attempts to answer through the unconventional (and seemingly ironic) lens of 'dumbness'.

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Through over 100 watercolours by the Society's founder, John Lund Kriken, The Sunday Afternoon Watercolour Society shows some of the unique areas of San Francisco.

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This book is for anyone seriously interested in the forces that shape the everyday environment of our cities, towns and suburbs, be they everyday citizen, student, aspiring community leader, academician or professional in real estate, architecture, landscape architecture or city planner.

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For anyone in need of a pithy one-liner or a jaunty quip for their next story or RPG, this collection of fantasy artwork and phrases will be the ultimate resource.

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The goal of this book is to offer readers a guide for those seeking to take fine, interpretive photographs and a joyful thought-provoking journey that the photographs in this book will inspire.

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The field of robotics is coming of age. Robotics and artificial intelligence represent the next cutting edge technology to transform the fields of architecture and design.

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A collection of case studies which showcase Chinese design practises, to challenge the preconceived notion of what Chinese architecture should be, and examining the OPEN architectural practice's work and the critical thinking underlying their projects.

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Compilation of thought-provoking experimental drawings, texts and built projects.

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Michael Stipe's enchanting photo-diary of Patti Smith on tour, with words by Stipe, Patti Smith, William Burroughs, and more.

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This book documents the impact of the Chinese culture on the development of city types in China in the past four decades.

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The experiments in the book are a collection of design and build projects conducted from the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong over the past 10 years and represent a direct reflection of the incredible diversity of climates, locations, and conditions that underlie the ongoing Chinese urbanisation experiment.