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A fascinating and almost unknown history which helps us to understand a visible form that became invisible. The book provides a contribution to both history in general and to the history of art, to aesthetics, to the history and theory of architecture and, last but not least, to the history and theory of landscape

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The paintings in this book depict 'object-type' - general yet specific, generic yet designed, familiar yet estranged. They are 'Purist' forms depicted in a still life landscape.

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Gathering twenty essays written over twenty years, Figments of the Architectural Imagination explores the frontiers of speculative architectural design, theory, and pedagogy to offer clear-eyed and incisive treatments of some of the most important projects, practices, and polemics at work making contemporary architecture contemporary.

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A man greatly influenced by both his mathematical mind and a philosophical soul, Rand Iredale served as mentor to some of British Columbia's most accomplished architects. This title collects many of the important episodes and moments in Iredale's life and explores the nature of relationships - between land and building, and husband and wife.

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Why do we design where we live and work Why do we not just live in nature, or in chaos Why does society care about architecture Why does it really matter This book answers these questions through a fresh examination of the basic purposes and elements of architecture - beginning in nature, and combining function and expression.

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An exploration into the architecture of fashion and textiles, and how the concepts, aesthetics, techniques and construction of this architecture might be understood and used to design and fabricate objects and space differently.

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This book provides a taxonomy of this expanding and heterogeneous terrain within architecturea matrix of shared generative logics and morphological typeswhile providing an overview of one of the most significant and prolific periods of experimentation within the discipline.

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Following the popular first volume of Folio, Folio 2 features the most inspiring new brick buildings in North America and Australia. Here single-family homes, university buildings, cultural centres, showroom interiors, and more show the possibilities of brick.

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California architect Maria Ogrydziak shares eight residential case studies for extraordinary living in the Central Valley.

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This portfolio explores nine current works of varying scale, program and complexity that establish Francis Cauffman's case for architecture founded on contemporary activities and their anticipated future evolution.

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While Frank Lloyd Wrights life and work have been extensively chronicled, this book reexamines the period between Wrights arrival in Chicago in 1887 and his move into the loft office in Steinway Hall in 1897.

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Fresh Water is a book that addresses regional, territorial, and continental water issues through inter-disciplinary design research in landscape architecture.

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This book examines how reading, writing and criticism can address the urgent issues faced by architecture as it is practiced, taught and studied today. The publication is drawn from an international public symposium organized in the spring of 2017 by the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong.

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From Fallow is a curated collection of 100 ideas for abandoned property. Through drawing and text each idea is elaborated and each entry serves both as documentation and speculation.

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Charting Hawksmoor's career and the decline of his reputation, Owen Hopkins offers fresh interpretations of many of his famous works - notably his three East End churches - and shows how over their history Hawksmoor's buildings have been ignored, abused, altered, recovered and celebrated.

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A new and valuable book that compiles high-quality photographs of Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas' major works and never-released sketches and drawings.

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Fun Mill. The Architecture of Creative Industry in Contemporary China looks closely on transforming existing real estate by promoting creative clusters, starting with specific architectures that are examined using an open-minded approach.

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The book talks about the design and construction of the building 774 at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). Building 774 is unique both in terms of its architectural value and for its location. It is the gateway to CERN for the more than 100.000 people who visit the installations each year.

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The future is not as far away as it might seem.

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The book represents the very first book dedicated to George Everard Kidder Smith, who passed away 25 years ago in New York. It deals with his life and work underlining his ability to document and interpret historical architecture and the great buildings.