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Through buildings of culture, science, and faith, and across his many famous bridges, explore the neofuturistic structures of Santiago Calatrava. This compact introduction explores the architect's unique fusion of organic forms, deft engineering, and dramatic, aerodynamic impact.

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"A showcase of homes designed by Grant Kirkpatrick, a native son of Southern California. His work evokes a luxurious and idyllic lifestyle through a welcoming modernism that incorporates nature. More than just houses, these homes are personal sanctuaries for their residents as well as individual interpretations of the California Dream"--

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In this vivid new examination of a rogue architectural style, discover the roadside structures of California. Fresh discoveries and several pictorial essays explore how these buildings became synonymous with the West Coast and how the power of personal expression championed any architectural establishment with structures eccentric, innovative, and bizarre.

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From the earliest pioneers to the innovators of Silicon Valley, California has always attracted adventurous spirits. The latest expression of that daring is contained in these thirty-six unique houses created by talented architects to enrich the land and enhance the lives of their owners.

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The best new houses from Mexico, currently the exciting epicenter of the architecture scene fueled by brilliant young practices, a booming economy, and a liberal sprinkling of concrete.

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With 36 prototype designs, the Case Study House program created paradigms for modern living that would extend their influence far beyond their Los Angeles heartland. This essential introduction features 150 photographs and plans to explore each of these model residences and their architects, including Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames, and Eero Saarinen.

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The Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. This title brings you a monumental retrospective of the program with comprehensive documentation, photographs from the period, and contemporary photos, as well as floor plans and sketches.

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The Case Study House program was a landmark of American architecture, generating 36 prototype home designs that could be easily built. John Entenza recruited the era's best architects, such as Richard Neutra, Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, to create the designs. This book reveals the prototypes in photography, floor plans,and sketches.

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China Goes Urban proposes to change viewpoint, to look at reality rather than pigeonhole it in predefined categories and models.

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About the most important and interesting contemporary architects from China and their projects at home and abroad.

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Ideas, integrity, and pure spatial experience combine in the works of David Chipperfield, one of the most understated architectural maestros of our time. From Berlin to Beirut, traverse Chipperfields most striking projects to discover how his drive to reject starchitecture and instead expose the remarkable concealed in ordinariness has put...

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City for City presents examples of the work of the City College Architectural Center over the past fifteen years. The projects selected are grouped under the categories of exhibitions, visioning exercises, planning and urban design studies and also include a few examples of assignments for implementation.

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An exclusive look at the inner-workings of the Los Angeles-based architectural practice Clive Wilkinson Architects, explaining an innovative approach to workplace design.

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Today it is no longer a matter of taste as to how and which coffee we drink, as it is even more important where we enjoy it. A multitude of new cafes and coffeehouses around the world honor a centuries old tradition, setting thereby new design trends. This book includes projects that show the conceptual and stylistic breadth of cafe designs.