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Le Corbusier, Homme de Lettres is the first in-depth study of Le Corbusier as a writer as well as an architect. Featuring more than two hundred archival images from Le Corbusier's life and work, this groundbreaking book examines his many writing projects from 1907 to 1947, as well as his letters written to two mentors: Charles L'Eplattenier and William Ritter. This book(...)
Le Corbusier, Homme de lettres
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Le Corbusier, Homme de Lettres is the first in-depth study of Le Corbusier as a writer as well as an architect. Featuring more than two hundred archival images from Le Corbusier's life and work, this groundbreaking book examines his many writing projects from 1907 to 1947, as well as his letters written to two mentors: Charles L'Eplattenier and William Ritter. This book shows how his voluminous books, diaries, letters, sketchbooks, travel notebooks, lecture transcriptions, exposition catalogs, journal articles reflects not just a compulsion to write, but a passion for advancing his ideas about the relationship between architecture, urbanism, and society in a new machine age.
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Narrow Houses presents a thorough overview of the practical considerations of designing a narrow-front home, including siting, floor arrangements, footprint, and interior and exterior finishing. The book documents twenty-eight innovative examples of narrow houses from around the world designed by today's foremost architects. Project data including floor plans and(...)
Narrow houses: New directions in efficient design
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Narrow Houses presents a thorough overview of the practical considerations of designing a narrow-front home, including siting, floor arrangements, footprint, and interior and exterior finishing. The book documents twenty-eight innovative examples of narrow houses from around the world designed by today's foremost architects. Project data including floor plans and extensive interior and exterior photography demonstrate the inherent flexibility of this housing model and the many possibilities for adapting these homes to the constraints of site, climate, budget, family size, and other needs.
Architecture résidentielle
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Written for students and practitioners in the fields of architecture and interior design, Sustainable Design provides a concise overview of all the techniques available for reducing the energy footprint of structures and spaces. This publication covers from the profession's ethical responsibility, to design structures and spaces that sustain our natural resources, to(...)
Sustainable design: a critical guide for architects and interior, lighting, and environmental designers
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Written for students and practitioners in the fields of architecture and interior design, Sustainable Design provides a concise overview of all the techniques available for reducing the energy footprint of structures and spaces. This publication covers from the profession's ethical responsibility, to design structures and spaces that sustain our natural resources, to specific considerations such as rainwater harvesting, graywater recycling, passive heating techniques, solar orientation, green roofs, wind energy, daylighting, indoor air quality, material evaluation and specification, and how to work with green building certification programs.
Architecture écologique
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In this publication, Thomas Fisher presents fifty case studies representing a broad range of ethical dilemmas facing today's architects, from questions regarding which clients to work for, to the moral imperatives of reclaiming building materials for construction instead of sending them to landfills. This book features newly interpretations adapted to the pervasive(...)
Ethics for architects : 50 dilemmas of professional practice
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In this publication, Thomas Fisher presents fifty case studies representing a broad range of ethical dilemmas facing today's architects, from questions regarding which clients to work for, to the moral imperatives of reclaiming building materials for construction instead of sending them to landfills. This book features newly interpretations adapted to the pervasive demands of globalization, sustainability, and developments in information technology.
Théorie de l’architecture
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One of the twentieth century's most important design visionaries, German architect and structural engineer Frei Otto made his mark with a series of super-light tensile structures—such as the West German Pavilion for Montreal's Expo 67 and the Olympic Stadium in Munich (1972). A Conversation with Frei Otto features a comprehensive interview with Otto as well as his(...)
A conversation with Frei Otto
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One of the twentieth century's most important design visionaries, German architect and structural engineer Frei Otto made his mark with a series of super-light tensile structures—such as the West German Pavilion for Montreal's Expo 67 and the Olympic Stadium in Munich (1972). A Conversation with Frei Otto features a comprehensive interview with Otto as well as his critical text Fundamentals of a Future Architecture in its entirety. In his conversation with Juan María Songel, Otto talks freely about everything from his early connections to the Bauhaus to his thoughts on the current state of engineering and architecture.
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Comprehensive monograph on the residential work of this emerging Mexican architect.
Archetonic: Jacopo Micha Mizrahi
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Comprehensive monograph on the residential work of this emerging Mexican architect.
Architecture, monographies
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This publication documents the works of East German engineer Ulrich Müther, a pioneer in concrete shell construction from the early 1960s. A photographed small-format book, this winner of the 2009 Architecture Book Prize from the Deutsches Architektur Museum brings together (for the first time) these fresh and technically impressive buildings. From the Space Age beach(...)
Shell structures in Mecklenburg, Western-Pomerania
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This publication documents the works of East German engineer Ulrich Müther, a pioneer in concrete shell construction from the early 1960s. A photographed small-format book, this winner of the 2009 Architecture Book Prize from the Deutsches Architektur Museum brings together (for the first time) these fresh and technically impressive buildings. From the Space Age beach house on the cover to a myriad of modernism all around Germany, Müther’s remarkable vision opens a whole new world to today’s architects. Includes plans, project information, survey maps and addresses to facilitate on-site visits (the book is just the right size for a glove compartment). With articles by Michael Wagner and Rahel Lämmler, Prof. Arch. Georg Giebeler, Prof. Dr. Massimo Laffranchi
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This book begins as a celebration of the work of Modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer, best known as the guiding genius behind Brasilia's spectacular architecture, and a leading designer of the United Nations headquarters. Niemeyer turned 102 in December 2009, and the intersection of that event with the 50th anniversary of Brasilia, in 2010, was reason enough to conduct a(...)
Oscar 102/ Brasilia 50: Eight casses in Brazil's architectural modernity
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This book begins as a celebration of the work of Modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer, best known as the guiding genius behind Brasilia's spectacular architecture, and a leading designer of the United Nations headquarters. Niemeyer turned 102 in December 2009, and the intersection of that event with the 50th anniversary of Brasilia, in 2010, was reason enough to conduct a studio at Rice University s School of Architecture on the Modernist master. Includes photos, schematics, drawings, renderings, reconstuctions and plans, From reconstructions of some furniture pieces by Niemeyer and his daughter Ana Maria; to a look at the typically Brazilian elements of Niemeyer s architecture; to proposals for as-yet-undeveloped quadrants of Brasilia.
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Vivre ici
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Ce livre présente uniquement des réalisations d’architectes et de designers du Québec. Il révèle des maisons exceptionnelles et des intérieurs remarquables réalisés ici et là au Québec. Il permet de se faufiler dans les coulisses de grands créateurs d’ici, de présenter ces gens de cœur, ces valeurs sûres, et leurs découvertes. Ce livre saura intéresser plusieurs types de(...)
Vivre ici
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Ce livre présente uniquement des réalisations d’architectes et de designers du Québec. Il révèle des maisons exceptionnelles et des intérieurs remarquables réalisés ici et là au Québec. Il permet de se faufiler dans les coulisses de grands créateurs d’ici, de présenter ces gens de cœur, ces valeurs sûres, et leurs découvertes. Ce livre saura intéresser plusieurs types de lecteurs en mettant de l’avant le talent d’architectes et de designers québécois.
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APOP living
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In APOPliving, Georg Driendl, in cooperation with specialists, covers the entire range of the topic "living". Like in a theatre play, he divides the topics into acts and gives each actor a second name. An extract: orchid: architecture; bay-leaves: money; oak wood: construction authority. The book offers a monographic overview on Driendl‘s residential buildings.
APOP living
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In APOPliving, Georg Driendl, in cooperation with specialists, covers the entire range of the topic "living". Like in a theatre play, he divides the topics into acts and gives each actor a second name. An extract: orchid: architecture; bay-leaves: money; oak wood: construction authority. The book offers a monographic overview on Driendl‘s residential buildings.
Architecture, monographies