Architecture

101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

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From the basics of 'How to Draw a Line' to the complexities of color theory, this book expresses in clear and simple language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom. These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often is left nebulous or open-ended in the architecture curriculum.

Architecture Words 1: Supercritical Peter Eisenman and Rem Koolhaas

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A new series with emphasis on the written word as a basis for critical debate by contemporary architects and theorists Based on an evening of conversation at the AA bookshop in 2006 Each architect states his views about the terms of architecture, including its theories and relationship to the city and other forms of critical and cultural practice.  Responses from the audience follows filtered through a moderated debate Paperback 160 pages

Concrete

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A visual exploration of the aesthetics of concrete architecture through 180 structures, from ancient Rome to the present day. Collating fascinating and beautiful concrete buildings by some of the most celebrated architects of the last century, it features familiar projects from Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright alongside work from some of the leading lights of contemporary architecture including Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron. Arranged to promote comparison and discussion, the selected projects take the reader on a global tour of inspiring and intriguing structures: a German skatepark sits beside an Italian rooftop test track, a Japanese crematorium alongside a Portuguese swimming pool and a Brazilian government building next to a Chinese opera. Dimensions: 26.2 x 29.5 x 3cm Hardback, 240 pages Weight: 2 kg

Drawing For Landscape Architecture

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Signed copies by the author Edward Hutchinson As hand-drawing returns to design courses around the world, this welcome publication celebrates the best aspects of traditional techniques while incorporating them into today’s digital design methods.  The book reintroduces the importance of learning to ‘see by hand’, to visualise large-scale design schemes and explain them through drawing, before using the digital tools that are so crucial to efficient and cost-effective building solutions. Combining traditional drawing techniques with those from CAD rendering, Drawing for Landscape Architecture guides practitioners from their very first impression of a site, through concept and schematic design and client presentation to construction and site drawings, concluding with two case studies that show the final result. Edward Hutchison is principal of a landscape design practice in London, whose work has won many awards.  Paperback edition

Future Systems

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Future Systems is an architectural and design practice who have rocked the architectural world with their daring forms and inventive design philosophy that merges modern ideas with natural shapes and technological innovations from other fields This book by Deyan Sudjic presents a sophisticated selection of work from the past twenty-five years - some of it previously unpublished It celebrates the perfected accomplishments for which Future Systems are recognised today, as well as looking at the more recent proposals and concepts that continue their forward-looking philosophy Organised according to theme, this innovative format furthermore presents well-known works in a new light, permitting a fresh appreciation of Future Systems' oeuvre today - at their highest point of public acclaim yet Hardback 240 pages 1.2 kg Dimensions: 25.2 x 29.2 x 3cm  

Jutaku: Japanese Houses

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Frenetic. Pulsating. Disorienting. Japan’s contemporary culture is constantly in flux, with a host of new architectural practices ushering in an era of continuous experimentation Featuring more than 400 houses - one per page, one image per house - Jutaku: Japanese Houses is a fast-paced, shock to the system that shines a Harajuku–bright neon light on the sheer volume, variety and novelty of contemporary Japanese residential architecture Hardback 512 pages Weight: 1kg Dimensions: 13.3 x 19.4 x 4.8cm

My Life in Design Sir Terence Conran

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Terence Conran tells the story of the Conran brand over the last 60 years. A diverse, remarkable career including the founding of Habitat, The Design Museum and his own extensive work in product design, furniture, catalogues and books. Forward by Thomas Heatherwick, featuring more than 400 photographs and drawings. Hardback 264 pages

Steven Holl

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A comprehensive monograph on one of America's greatest living architects by award-winning author and architecture critic Robert McCarter Robert McCarter has known and taught with Holl for over 30 years and provides an authoritative and personal examination of Holl and his work Offers an extensive overview of both realised and unrealised works and the inspiration behind them Richly illustrated with hundreds of colour photographs and Holl's own watercolours Hardback 288 pages 2.3 kg Dimensions: 26 x 29.8 x 3.8 cm  

The Edifice Complex: The Architecture of Power

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The Edifice Complex explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in itself, as well as a means to an end. This is a book of genuine timeliness, throwing new light on the motivations of the rich and powerful around the world - and on the ways they seek to affect us.