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Architecture & Design Books
by Frank D. K. Ching, Francis Ching
John Wiley & Sons
In the Second Edition of Architecture: Form, Space, and Order, the author has opted for a larger format and crisper images. Mr. Ching has retained the style of his hand-lettered text, a hallmark of each of his books. This rich source of architectural prototypes, each rendered in Mr. Ching's signature style, also serves as a guide to architectural drawing. Doubtless, many will want this handsome volume for the sheer beauty of it. Architects and students alike will treasure this book for its wealth of practical information and its precise illustrations. Mr. Ching has once again created a visual reference that illuminates the world of architectural form.
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by Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Michael Darling, R. M. Schindler
Hardcover - 288 pages (February 2001)
Harry N Abrams
With such masterworks as the Schindler-Chace House and the Lovell Beach House in California, the Vienna-born modernist R. M. Schindler (1887-1953) is recognized as one of the most innovative architects of the 20th century. Nearly 50 years after his death, admiration for his breathtakingly original houses and apartment buildings is at an all-time peak. Containing many never-published drawings and photographs and spanning Schindler's early years in Vienna, his apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright, and his bold contributions to West Coast modernism, this book-which accompanies the first major Schindler retrospective-offers the most comprehensive view of his genius to date.
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by K. Michael Hays (Editor)
Paperback - 824 pages Reprint edition (April 2000)
MIT Press
In the discussion of architecture, there is a prevailing sentiment that, since 1968, cultural production in its traditional sense can no longer be understood to rise spontaneously, as a matter of social course, but must now be constructed through ever more self-conscious theoretical procedures. The development of interpretive modes of various stripes--post-structuralist, Marxian, phenomenological, psychoanalytic, as well as others dissenting or eccentric--has given scholars a range of tools for...
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by David Macaulay (Illustrator)
Hardcover - 192 pages (October 6, 2000)
Houghton Mifflin Co (Trd)
David Macaulay's hit PBS series by the same name cannot take you as far as this book does into the wonders of the constructed world: dams, domes, skyscrapers, tunnels, and bridges. It's also a trip through time, transporting you, for instance, from Rome's Ponte Fabricio (built in 62 B.C.) to the 1930s Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to France's Ponte de Normandie across the Seine, which was the longest bridge on earth when completed in 1994. Some of the wires that so ingeniously hold up the Golden Gate are depicted in their intricate engineering context and at their actual size. As you pore over Macaulay's crystal-clear text and profuse illustrations, the mental fog lifts and you get a sense of what a marvelous act of imagination the bridge is.
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by Kevin Matthews
Ring-bound - 367 pages dual platform CD-ROM edition (July 31, 1999)
Artifice Inc
From Stonehenge to the Pyramide du Louvre, from Maya Lin to Imhotep, the Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM documents over 750 buildings and 400 leading architects from around the world and across history, with more than 2200 photographic images and over 2500 architectural drawings, plus commentaries, bibliographies, dozens of digital video clips, and more than 300 live 3D walkthrough computer models. |
by Mark Wilson Jones, Jon Van Zyle (Illustrator),
Mark Wilson Jones, Jones Mark Wilson
Hardcover - 280 pages (March 2001)
Yale Univ Pr
In this original book Mark Wilson Jones explores for the first time how the architects of ancient Rome approached design. Drawing on new archaeological discoveries and his own analyses of Roman monuments, the author discusses how the ancient architects dealt with the principles of architecture and the practicalities of construction as they engaged in the creative process.
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by Frank Ching, Francis D. Ching
John Wiley & Sons
This revision of the best-selling classic guide covers everything you need to know to create architectural graphics, from essential drawing principles, orthographic, paraline and perspective drawings, free-hand sketching and diagramming, to the laying out of architectural presentations - all set out in straightforward, easily understandable terms.
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by Neutra, Gropius, Breuer, Katherine Morrow Ford
Paperback - 134 pages Repr edition (April 1989)
Dover Pubns
Splendid pictorial record of architectural style strongly influenced by Bauhaus movement. Over 300 illustrations show interiors, exteriors. Details on construction, site, cost, more. |
by Thomas A. Heinz
Hardcover - 447 pages (September 29, 2000)
Book Sales
Virtually every structure that Wright built is represented in this extensive survey of his life's work. His genius at architectural design enable him to work out extremely complex buildings in his head and translate them on to paper in a matter of hours, as the famous story of his design presentation of Falling Water illustrates. His work continues to draw great admiration and interest to this day. His often tempestuous and sometimes tragic life and career are given full coverage in this book. Hundreds of photos, both archival and recent chart his amazing work and influence on all who followed. Thomas A. Heinz is a noted Chicago area architect as well as a writer and leading authority on the work of Wright. Among other works, he has written FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT INTERIORS AND FURNITURE (1994)
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by Julia Meech, Julia Meech-Pekarik
Hardcover - 304 pages (March 2001)
Harry N Abrams
Renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright was an avid and important collector and dealer of Asian art. His personal collection included thousands of Japanese color woodblock prints, and it was his discerning eye that helped build the foremost private holdings in the United States, which in turn became the cornerstones of the important collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This lavish book-which accompanies an exhibition at the Japan Society Gallery in New York-examines Wright's passion for Japanese art and illuminates the profound impact it had on his personal and professional life.
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by Herbert J. M. Ypma
Stewart Tabori & Chang
From the monolithic architecture of the Mayans, Toltecs, and Aztecs to the baroque, tile-clad cathedrals and churches of the "Catholic Conquistadors," Mexico is a sensual, exotic, and colorful mix of cultural influences. This book showcases Mexican designers and architects, including Jose de Yturbe, Javier Sordo Madeleno, Marco Aldaco, and others whose modern creations define the country's architecture and design.
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by Pierluigi Serraino
Paperback - 576 pages (November 2000)
TASCHEN America Llc
Shulman, long considered the premiere photographer of mid-20th-century West Coast Modern architecture, is now hailed as an artist who defined the image of the "good life" for postwar America through his elegant depictions of spare but luxurious International Style dwellings. The publisher extends the Shulman craze with a mesmerizing portfolio of rare architectural photos. For this book, Shulman raided his vast archive to cull over 500 photos, many published only once before, of houses, office buildings, and other structures by talented but lesser-known and forgotten architects. This treasure trove will captivate architecture historians and midcentury Modern design buffs. |
by William J. R. Curtis
Paperback - 736 pages 3rd edition (October 1996)
Phaidon Press Inc.
Since its first publication in 1985, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. Worldwide in scope, the book combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Throughout the book, the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value. The third edition incorporates much new knowledge and a fresh appreciation of regional identity and variety. |
by Sarah Susanka, Grey Crawford
Hardcover - 264 pages (October 1, 2000)
Taunton Pr
Architect Susanka has big ideas about small home design. Her 1998 bestseller, The Not So Big House, showcased examples of excellent designs in small houses. Her new book continues to promote well-designed, efficient, interesting modest-size homes. Reacting to the American trend to build "starter castles" on small lots, Susanka proposes that these same homeowners would actually be happier in fully functioning small homes. |
by Alan Hess, Andrew Danish
Hardcover - 180 pages (April 2001)
Chronicle Books
This is the first book to reveal the eccentric treasure trove of commercial, civic, and domestic architecture that makes Palm Springs a true oasis of progressive design. Not merely regarded as a Hollywood playground, golf enclave, or retirement mecca, Palm Springs is also a bastion of idiosyncratic modernism that is unparalleled in the world. Creating stunning homes and an impressive array of other buildings in the middle of the desert, such masters as Albert Frey, Richard Neutra, John Lautner, R. M. Schindler, Donald Wexler, and Lloyd Wright exercised their creative potential there. |
by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein
Hardcover - 1171 pages (1977)
Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
"Brilliant....Here's how to design or redesign any space you're living or working in--from metropolis to room. Consider what you want to happen in the space, and then page through this book. Its radically conservative observations will spark, enhance, organize your best ideas, and a wondrous home, workplace, town will result"--San Francisco Chronicle. A handbook designed for the layman which aims to present a language which people can use to express themselves in their own communities or homes,... |
by Elizabeth Helman-Minchilli, Elizabeth Helman Minchilli, sim McBride, Simon McBride (Photographer)
Hardcover - 216 pages (May 1999)
Rizzoli International Publications
The homes featured in this gorgeous volume are as enchanting as the Tuscan towns and hillsides they're built on. Many embody a style we've come to associate with Tuscany: dark-timbered kitchens with dried herbs and garlic ropes hung from the rafters, original terra-cotta tile floors, large-windowed living rooms, and artfully frescoed walls. There are centuries-old furnishings crafted by skilled Italian artisans and elegantly manicured gardens containing hidden grottos and classical statuary. But the homes also reflect the special touches of the people who occupy them. |
by Ernest E. Burden
Hardcover - 240 pages (December 15, 1999)
McGraw-Hill
Historical approach allows the development of architectural vision and technique as well as the concept of the future to be tracked over time. Sketches, paintings, models, drawings, and computer images in a range of media and stylistic techniques provide a very broad picture of architectural imagination and imagery. Timeline integrates architectural events alongside their historical and cultural counterparts. |
by Mario G. Salvadori
Paperback Reissue edition (June 1994)
W.W. Norton & Company
Between a nomad's tent and the Sears Tower lies a revolution in technology, materials, and structures. Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to building methods from ancient times to the present day. B/W line drawings. |
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