The City Rehearsed - Object, Architecture and Print
The City Rehearsed offers a new perspective on printed architecture in early modern Europe through the lens of Hans Vredeman de Vries. It focuses on the active role his prints played in the life of urban readers outside of a narrowly-defined "Flemish" architectural history. This is a study with clear interest for historians of art and the built environment.
Nurturing Dreams - Collected Essays on Architecture and the City
Born in Tokyo, educated in Japan and the United States, and principal of an internationally acclaimed architectural practice, celebrated architect Fumihiko Maki brings to his writings on architecture a perspective that is both global and uniquely Japanese. Influenced by post-Bauhaus internationalism, sympathetic to the radical urban architectural vision of Team X, and a participant in the avant-garde movement Metabolism, Maki has been at the forefront of his profession for decades. This collection of essays documents the evolution of architectural modernism and Maki's own fifty-year intellectual journey during a critical period of architectural and urban history.
Architecture is expected to be solid, stable and reassuring-physically, socially and psychologically. Bound to each other, the architectural and the material are considered inseparable. Jonathan Hill, architect and architectural historian, argues that the immaterial is as important to architecture as the material and has as long a history and so "Immaterial Architecture" explores the often conflicting forces that draw architecture towards either the material or the immaterial.
Emerald Architecture - Case Studies in Green Building
Packed with more than 200 design-inspiring photos and illustrations, this beautiful architectural guide presents design data and specifications from a wide variety of projects, including schools, offices, labs, libraries, government buildings, and even a summer camp.
For each case study, the book gives a description of the building, how it works, and how successful it has been. In addition, each case study includes architectural details, elevations, and floor plans…photos and illustrations…site plans…product sources and credits…key building parameters…charts for tracking climate and rainfall…and LEED scores and ratings.
Architectural Thought, the Design Proces and the Expectant Eye
An insightful look at the principles of design. Providing an overview of architectural thought and extends the discussion beyond architecture into other design fields.
