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  • Skyscraper Monkeys and Televisions Skyscraper Monkeys and Televisions
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    Skyscraper Monkeys and Televisions

    Skyscraper Monkeys and Televisions: The Mind-Boggling Evolution and Unbreakable Connection Between Urban Wildlife and Modern Tech. Delve into the revolutionary world of high-rise primates and their inseparable relationship with TVs, uncovering their...
    $140.00

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  • Letarouilly on Renaissance Rome Letarouilly on Renaissance Rome
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    Letarouilly on Renaissance Rome

    Student's edition of Letarouilly's five-volume work brings Renaissance Rome's architectural splendors within the grasp of students and other readers. Includes plans, elevations, and details of buildings and monuments designed by Michelangelo, Peruzzi,...
    $35.00

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  • Benjamin for Architects Benjamin for Architects
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    Benjamin for Architects

    Walter Benjamin has become a decisive reference point for a whole range of critical disciplines, as he constructed a unique and provocative synthesis of aesthetics, politics and philosophy. Examining Benjamin's contributions to cultural criticism in...
    $296.00

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  • Architecture's Appeal Architecture's Appeal
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    Architecture's Appeal

    This collection of previously unpublished essays from a diverse range of well-known scholars and architects builds on the architectural tradition of phenomenological hermeneutics as developed by Dalibor Veseley and Joseph Rykwert and carried on by David...
    $147.00

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  • Building Construction and Superintendence, Volume 2 Building Construction and Superintendence, Volume 2
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    Building Construction and Superintendence, Volume 2

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...
    $89.00

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  • Designing Social Equality Designing Social Equality
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    Designing Social Equality

    In Designing Social Equality, Mark Foster Gage proposes a dramatic realignment between aesthetic thought, politics, social equality, and the design of our physical world. By reconsidering historic concepts from aesthetic philosophy and weaving them with...
    $373.00

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  • Buried City, Unearthing Teufelsberg Buried City, Unearthing Teufelsberg
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    Buried City, Unearthing Teufelsberg

    Cities are built over the remnants of their past buried beneath their present. We build on what has been built before, whether over foundations formalising previous permanency or over the temporal occupations of ground. But what happens when you shift a...
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  • According to Plan (Elevated Edition) According to Plan (Elevated Edition)
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    According to Plan (Elevated Edition)

    "Clearly, someone had to have a plan, an idea, a beginning …"      – John McCabe, Stickleback"What's the plan?"      – youtube, Battlestar Actors Lay Out the PlanCanadian author-artist Rob Kovitz...
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  • Architecture from Public to Commons Architecture from Public to Commons
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    Architecture from Public to Commons

    This book provides an urgent framework and collective reflection on how to understand the multiple ways to reconsider and recast architecture within ideas and politics of the commons and practices of commoning.
    $105.00

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  • Architectures of Care Architectures of Care
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    Architectures of Care

    Drawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices, this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective, material, and social forms, from the most intimate scale of the body to our planetary commons.
    $105.00

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  • Supersudaca Supersudaca
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    Supersudaca

    Contrapuesto a un libro de obras completas acumuladas a lo largo de toda una vida de experiencia sólida, Incomplete Works intenta exponer el proceso como marco. El libro muestra los contenidos de Supersudaca como etapas temporales. Al final, la...
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  • Writing the Modern City Writing the Modern City
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    Writing the Modern City

    Literary texts and buildings have always represented space, narrated cultural and political values, and functioned as sites of personal and collective identity. In the twentieth century, new forms of narrative have represented cultural modernity,...
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  • Compendio Historico De La Provincia, Partidos, Ciudades, Astilleros, Rios Y Puerto De Guayaquil En Las Costas De La Mar Del Sur (1741) Compendio Historico De La Provincia, Partidos, Ciudades, Astilleros, Rios Y Puerto De Guayaquil En Las Costas De La Mar Del Sur (1741)
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    Compendio Historico De La Provincia, Partidos, Ciudades, Astilleros, Rios Y Puerto De Guayaquil En Las Costas De La Mar Del Sur (1741)

    El libro ""Compendio Hist������rico De La Provincia, Partidos, Ciudades, Astilleros, R������os Y Puerto De Guayaquil En Las Costas De La Mar Del Sur (1741)"" escrito por Dionysio De Alsedo Y Herrera, es una obra hist������rica que describe la provincia...
    $69.00

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  • Visuality for Architects Visuality for Architects
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    Visuality for Architects

    What is more important in architectural works--their form, shape, and color, or the meanings and symbolism that can be associated with them? Can aesthetic judgments of architecture be independent of the stories one can tell about buildings? Do...
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  • Ecology and the Architectural Imagination
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    Ecology and the Architectural Imagination

    By including ecological concerns in the design process from the outset, architecture can enhance life. Author Brook Muller understands how a designer's predispositions and poetic judgement in dealing with complex and dynamic ecological systems impact the...
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  • Derrida for Architects Derrida for Architects
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    Derrida for Architects

    Looking afresh at the implications of Jacques Derrida's thinking for architecture, this book simplifies his ideas in a clear, concise way. Derrida's treatment of key philosophical texts has been labelled as "deconstruction," a term that resonates with...
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  • Gadamer for Architects Gadamer for Architects
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    Gadamer for Architects

    Providing a concise and accessible introduction to the work of the twentieth century's celebrated German philosopher, Hans-Georg Gadamer, this book focuses on the aspects of Gadamer's philosophy that have been the most influential among architects,...
    $392.00

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  • Towards a Public Space Towards a Public Space
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    Towards a Public Space

    Le Corbusier is well-known for his architectural accomplishments, which have been extensively discussed in literature. Towards a Public Space instead offers a unique analysis of Le Corbusier's contributions to urban planning. The public spaces in Le...
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  • The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture
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    The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture

    Today, nearly a century after the National Fascist Party came to power in Italy, questions about the built legacy of the regime provoke polemics among architects and scholars. Mussolini's government constructed thousands of new buildings across the...
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  • The Multi-Skilled Designer The Multi-Skilled Designer
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    The Multi-Skilled Designer

    The Multi-Skilled Designer presents and analyzes different approaches to contemporary architectural design and interprets them through the theory of multiple intelligences. The book establishes a systematic framework that uses the lens of...
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  • Choice Architecture Choice Architecture
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    Choice Architecture

    ***WINNER OF A NAUTILUS 2018 SILVER MEDAL BOOK AWARD***From Vitruvius in the 1st century BCE on, there has been an attempt to understand how architecture works, especially in its poetic aspect but also in its basic functions...
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  • The Global Architect The Global Architect
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    The Global Architect

    The Global Architect explores the increasing significance of globalization processes on urban change, architectural practice and the built environment. In what is primarily a critical sociological overview of the current global architectural...
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  • Archivio Storico Italiano V1, Anno 1878 (1878) Archivio Storico Italiano V1, Anno 1878 (1878)
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    Archivio Storico Italiano V1, Anno 1878 (1878)

    Il libro ""Archivio Storico Italiano V1, Anno 1878 (1878)"" di G.P. Vieusseux ����� una raccolta di documenti storici italiani dell'anno 1878. Questo volume ����� il primo della serie ""Archivio Storico Italiano"" e contiene una vasta gamma di documenti,...
    $115.00

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  • Adria E Le Sue Antiche Epigrafi V2 (1888) Adria E Le Sue Antiche Epigrafi V2 (1888)
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    Adria E Le Sue Antiche Epigrafi V2 (1888)

    Adria e le sue antiche epigrafi V2 (1888) ����� un libro scritto da Vincenzo De-Vit. Questo volume ����� il secondo di una serie di due libri che esplorano le antiche epigrafi della citt������ di Adria, situata nella regione italiana del Veneto. Il libro...
    $94.00

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  • Memoire Couronne Par La Societe Des Sciences Memoire Couronne Par La Societe Des Sciences
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    Memoire Couronne Par La Societe Des Sciences

    Le livre ""M�����moire couronn����� par la Soci�����t����� des Sciences, Belles Lettres et Arts de M�����con, en 1812 (1813)"" de Percy, Pierre Fran�����ois est une �����uvre litt�����raire en fran�����ais. Il a �����t����� publi����� en 1813 et est une...
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  • Negotiating Domesticity Negotiating Domesticity
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    Negotiating Domesticity

    In the home the intricate relations between architecture, gender and domesticity become visible. Negotiating Domesticity investigates the many and complex themes evoked by the interconnections between these terms.Topics covered...
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  • Atmospheres Atmospheres
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    Atmospheres

    Originally published in Italian in 2010, this book is the first to address the theory of atmospheres in a thorough and systematic way. It examines the role of atmospheres in daily life, and defines their main characteristics. Outlining the typical...
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  • Remembering Places Remembering Places
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    Remembering Places

    Born in Warsaw in 1926, Joseph Rykwert is one of the best-known critics and historians of architecture. One of very few writers to be awarded the RIBA's highest honour, the Royal Gold Medal, in 2014, and author of countless books and essays, his...
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    Place and Parametricism

    Can qualitative ideas of place be adequately encompassed by the quantitative methods of digital and parametric design? This wide-ranging and multi-faceted book explores how designers and architects capture the deeper qualities of place though their...
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  • Bemerkungen Zur Syntax Des Vitruv Bemerkungen Zur Syntax Des Vitruv
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    Bemerkungen Zur Syntax Des Vitruv

    Das Buch ""Bemerkungen Zur Syntax Des Vitruv: Mit Eingehender Darstellung Der Substantivsatze"" wurde im Jahre 1885 von Johann Praun ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine Studie zur Syntax des r������mischen Architekten Vitruv, wobei der Fokus auf...
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    Memory Culture and the Contemporary City

    These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global...
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  • Handbook Of The Washington Cathedral (1911) Handbook Of The Washington Cathedral (1911)
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    Handbook Of The Washington Cathedral (1911)

    The Handbook of the Washington Cathedral is a comprehensive guide to the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The book, written by George Carl Fitch Bratenahl, was first published in 1911 and offers a detailed look at the history, architecture, and art...
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  • Aus Lydien Aus Lydien
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    Aus Lydien

    ""Aus Lydien: Epigraphisch-Geographische Reisefr�����chte"" ist ein Buch von Karl Buresch, das im Jahr 1898 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um eine Reisebeschreibung durch die antike Region Lydien, die heute in der T�����rkei liegt. Buresch...
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  • Storia Antica Di Como (1860) Storia Antica Di Como (1860)
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    Storia Antica Di Como (1860)

    ""Storia Antica di Como"" ����� un libro scritto da Maurizio Monti nel 1860 che racconta la storia antica della citt������ di Como. Il libro si concentra sul periodo che va dalla preistoria all'epoca romana, con particolare attenzione alla cultura e alla...
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  • Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory
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    Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory

    Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory offers a critical analysis of the methodological constants and shared critical strategies in the history of theoretical discourse on Western architecture. Central to these constants is the...
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  • engawa #28 engawa #28
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    engawa #28

    Engawa.Espacio japonés a medio camino entre el interior y el exterior.La revista en la que colaboramos tiene el amable nombre de Engawa. Amable porque como lugar de transición sugiere cosas como acogida e invitación, o, también a la inversa, proyección y...
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  • Memorie V2 Memorie V2
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    Memorie V2

    Il libro ""Memorie V2: Dei Piu Insigni Pittori, Scultori E Architetti Domenicani"" del Marchese Vincenzo Fortunato, pubblicato nel 1846, ����� una raccolta di biografie di importanti artisti, scultori e architetti che hanno fatto parte dell'ordine...
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  • Le Materie Politiche Le Materie Politiche
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    Le Materie Politiche

    ""Le Materie Politiche: Relative All' Estero Degli Archivi Di Stato Piemontesi (1876)"" di Bianchi, Nicomede ����� un libro che tratta delle relazioni politiche dell'Italia con gli altri paesi, attraverso gli archivi di stato piemontesi. L'autore...
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  • Le Chateau De Saint-Cloud (1880) Le Chateau De Saint-Cloud (1880)
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    Le Chateau De Saint-Cloud (1880)

    Le livre intitul����� Le Ch�����teau de Saint-Cloud (1880) de Marius Vachon est un ouvrage qui retrace l'histoire du c�����l�����bre ch�����teau de Saint-Cloud, situ����� dans les Hauts-de-Seine en France. Ce livre offre une description d�����taill�����e...
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  • Meaning and Aesthetics in Architecture Meaning and Aesthetics in Architecture
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    Meaning and Aesthetics in Architecture

    We experience meaning in architecture when we derive - as observers - impressions from it and when we give - as designers - expressions to it. This implies that meaning in architecture, like in all other fields, is process and result. The related...
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  • Die Augen der Haut Die Augen der Haut
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    Die Augen der Haut

    Architektur kann inspirierend und einnehmend sein, sie kann sogar im Sinne Goethes »das Leben steigern«. Wie kommt es aber, dass architektonische Entwürfe am Zeichentisch oder am Computer-Bildschirm zwar meist recht gut aussehen, in der...
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