Architecture

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by Walter Gropius (Author), P. Morton Shand (Translator)One of the most important books on the modernist movement in architecture, written by a founder of the Bauhaus school.One of the most important books on the modern movement in architecture, The New Architecture and The Bauhaus poses some of the fundamental problems presented by the relations of art and industry and considers their possible, practical solution. Gropius traces the rise of the New Architecture and the work of the now famous...

Knowing and Seeing: Reflections on Fifty Years of Drawing Cities - Hardcover

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by Douglas Cooper (Author)In Knowing and Seeing, muralist Douglas Cooper reflects on his long career as a muralist in various cities around the world. Part memoir and part an examination of his art, Cooper looks back on his half-century career from two points of view. First, through personal anecdotes on site sketches and finished works, and secondly, on the intellectual roots of the works. Though the core ideas of his work began in Pittsburgh, Cooper has exhibited work and produced murals, u...

Plain and Ornamental Forging (1916) - Hardcover

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by Ernst Schwarzkopf (Author)Plain and Ornamental Forging is a comprehensive guide to the art of blacksmithing, written by Ernst Schwarzkopf and originally published in 1916. The book covers a wide range of topics related to forging, including the tools and equipment needed, the properties of various metals, and the techniques used to shape and manipulate them. The first section of the book focuses on the basics of blacksmithing, such as heating and hammering techniques, and the different typ...

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by Harry Jr. Gamboa (Author)THE SIXTH EXPANSE presents 2015-2016 ephemeral actions/encounters by many performers, directed/photographed by Harry Gamboa Jr. during the demolition and erasure of the iconic 6th Street Bridge in Los Angeles. The visual elegance of the 6th Street Bridge structure recedes from view during various actions of walking, dancing, laughing, assembling into groups, while the urbanscape is transformed due to absence, loss of memory, and reconfiguration of spatial relations...

How to Plan Effective Yard Drainage and Landscape to Avoid Water Damage: The Ultimate Guide to Yard Drainage Solutions, Landscape Grading Techniques, - Paperback

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by The Fix-It Guy (Author)Don't Let Your Yard Become a Soggy Mess: Master Drainage and Landscaping for a Thriving OasisIs your yard a haven for mosquitoes or a breeding ground for basement leaks? Worried about foundation damage from pooling water?How to Plan Effective Yard Drainage and Landscape to Avoid Water Damage is your ultimate guide to transforming your soggy struggle into a beautiful, healthy landscape. This comprehensive handbook empowers you, whether you're a homeowner seeking solut...

Urban Artificial Intelligence: A Guidebook for Understanding Perceptions and Ethics - Paperback

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by Tan Yigitcanlar (Author)This volume thoroughly explores the perceptions and ethical considerations surrounding urban artificial intelligence (AI). Tan Yigitcanlar delves into the complex public and professional views on AI, offering invaluable insights for policymakers, urban planners, and developers.As the world rapidly advances technologically, the role of AI has become increasingly significant. AI's transformative power spans various sectors, revolutionising how we operate and innovate ...

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by Karin Sander (Editor), Anh-Linh Ngo (Editor), Marc Ang?lil (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Sander breaks down the wall between two storied pavilions--designed by Bruno Giacometti and Carlo Scarpa--at Venice's Architecture Biennale With her site-specific interventions, artist Karin Sander (born 1957) operates on the underlying structures defining space and institutions. She manipulates them, recontextualizes them and encourages their collective appropriation. For this monograph, the artist appli...

Contemporary Concrete Buildings - Hardcover

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by Philip Jodidio (Author)Concrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of building substances, and, when properly handled, is one of the noble materials of contemporary architecture. A kind of "liquid stone" at the outset, it is malleable, durable, and capable of prodigious feats of engineering. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition highlights the best work done in concrete...

The Lego Architecture Idea Book: 1001 Ideas for Brickwork, Siding, Windows, Columns, Roofing, and Much, Much More - Hardcover

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by Alice Finch (Author)Take your creations to the next level with The LEGO Architecture Idea Book These clever building tips will give you endless inspiration for making your own amazing mansions, castles, houses, spooky shacks, and more. Every chapter includes ideas for creating architectural elements like columns, doors, windows, and walls. But rather than providing step-by-step instructions, the book includes helpful photography from every angle that shows you how to achieve the look, ada...

Build It! Volume 1: Make Supercool Models with Your Lego(r) Classic Set - Paperback

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by Jennifer Kemmeter (Author)With simple, step-by-step directions and a visually rich design, this unique series of instruction books for LEGO(R) creations helps young children learn and have fun simultaneously.The Build It! series of visually rich instruction books for LEGO(R) models is perfect for children ages 5 and up.Inside Volume 1 you'll find a range of creative models to put together--from animals to airplanes, street scenes to seascapes and much more, created using the LEGO(R) Classi...

Adus: The Perfect Housing Solution - Hardcover

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by Sheri Koones (Author)"A beautiful book for readers researching affordable options for chic yet environmentally friendly ADU construction."--Library JournalAccessory dwelling units (ADUs) are good for people and communities. An inside look at 25 charming, ultra-functional, extra living spaces will inspire you to build one of your own!An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is a smaller housing unit built on the same lot as a primary dwelling (also known as Additional or Auxiliary Dwelling Units) -...

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by Ben Rahn (Photographer), Chad Randl (Introduction by)Midcentury spaces made new: A-Frame homes from rustic to ultra-modern, mountain retreats to seaside getaways.The A-Frame home surged in popularity in the 1950s, and has captured the public's imagination with its playfully modern, steep-sloping roofline ever since. The Modern A-Frame celebrates seventeen diverse accounts of these minimalists cabins reinvented for the twenty-first century. Nostalgic escapes, heritage homes, full-time simpl...

How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World - Hardcover

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by Deb Chachra (Author)NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Revelatory, superbly written, and pulsing with wisdom and humanity, How Infrastructure Works is a masterpiece." --Ed Yong, author of An Immense World A new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us Infrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimaginable just a century ago. It is the ...

Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece - Hardcover

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by Marc Harshman (Author), Leuyen Pham (Illustrator), Anna Egan Smucker (Author)In Bear Run, Pennsylvania, a home unlike any other perches atop a waterfall. The water's tune plays differently in each of its sunlight-dappled rooms; the structure itself blends effortlessly into the rock and forest behind it. This is Fallingwater, a masterpiece equally informed by meticulous research and unbounded imagination, designed by the lauded American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. This book guides young r...

Banksy You Are an Acceptable Level of Threat and If You Were Not You Would Know about It - Hardcover

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by Patrick Potter (Author), Gary Shove (Editor)New expanded 248pp Edition. The single best collection of photography of Banksy's street work that has ever been assembled for print. If that isn't enough there are some words too. You Are An Acceptable Level of Threat covers his entire street art career, spanning the late '90s right up to the 'Seasons Greetings' Christmas piece in Port Talbot, Wales. This new edition includes his self-destructing 'Love is in the Bin' intervention, which accordin...

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by Anita Lococo (Author), Angelika Taschen (Editor), Reto Guntli (Photographer)Loved by travelers for its lush tropical scenery and charming people, Bali is one of the most magnificent places on Earth. Spirituality and nature are integral parts of everyday life for the Balinese, so one can easily see why the island's traditional architecture has a peaceful presence to it, mimicking its surroundings and sometimes blending in with them. When it comes to Balinese houses, walls are not compulsory...

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by Rainer Zerbst (Author)Antoni Gaudí merged Orientalism, natural forms, and new materials into a unique Modernista aesthetic that put Barcelona on the global architecture map. With brand-new photography, plans and drawings by Gaudí himself, as well as an extensive appendix of all his works including furniture and unfinished projects, this book takes us through the... Number of Pages: 512 Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: July 06, 2020

Shoji & Kumiko: 85 Vintage Designs - Paperback

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by Gary R. Roberts (Author)SHOJI & KUMIKO: 85 VINTAGE DESIGNS - Produced from the one of a kind Original c1930 Architects Design Proposal in the collection of Gary Roberts, Publisher - www.toolemerapress.com NOTE: This Architects Design Proposal catalog was created by Japanese Architects, c1930, for a residential community near Osaka. The designs do not include titles or dimensions as this was intended as a reference for use by local Japanese carpenters. SHOJI & KUMIKO: 85 VINTAGE DES...

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by Louna Lahti (Author), Peter Gössel (Editor)Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice. Whether a church, a villa, a sauna, or a public library, Aalto's organic structures tended to replace plaster and steel with brick and woo...

New English Interiors: At Home with Today's Creatives - Hardcover

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by Elizabeth Metcalfe (Author), Dean Hearne (Photographer)A deep-dive into the homes of 22 of England's most exciting creatives, with interiors writer Elizabeth Metcalfe and photographer Dean Hearne.Of the countless interior design trends that come and go every year, there is one that endures: the ever-evolving English style. An inspiration to people across the world, it is a style rich with colour, pattern and a certain eccentricity. Wallpapers, fabrics, charming details and lovingly collect...

Taliesin West: At Home with Frank Lloyd Wright - Hardcover

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by Nora Burba Trulsson (Author), Andrew Pielage (Photographer), Stuart Graff (Foreword by)Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and desert laboratory is a National Historic Landmark and has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This book, the first of its kind in decades, celebrates that recognition and offers a new look at this world treasure. An extraordinary compound of buildings that complements the cactus-studded environs and mountain backdrop of the Scottsdale desert in Arizona, Taliesin ...

Mr. Pei's Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. Pei - Hardcover

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by Julie Leung (Author), Yifan Wu (Illustrator)In this stunning picture book about renowned architect I. M. Pei, award-winning author Julie Leung and captivating illustrator Yifan Wu unite to tell the story of the man who changed architecture forever with his forward-thinking shapes.As a boy in Shanghai, Ioeh Ming Pei was awestruck by the enormous buildings that popped up around him every day. He quickly figured out exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up--an architect who designed skysc...

Conduit Layout and Arrangement: Rack Rules - Paperback

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by Donald S. Billington (Author)Conduit Layout and Arrangement: Rack Rulesis a practical guide for electrical conduit coordination and installation professionals. It presents intuitive methods for multi-conduit layouts, supported by clear visuals and mathematical principles.Expand on Classic Bending Methods: This handbook delivers practical solutions for both simple and complex conduit rack cases, improving efficiency and precision in BIM planning and fieldwork. Detailed sketches and case exa...

Wipe-Clean Construction Site Activities - Paperback

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by Kirsteen Robson (Author), Gareth Williams (Illustrator)This fun book is a playful way for young children to develop their counting, observation and pen control skills. Spot the differences between tower cranes, join the dots to finish building a house, count bricks and lots more. Durable, wipe-clean pages mean children can revisit their favourite activities again and again. Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.3 x 10.6 x 8.7 IN Publication Date: December 03, 2024

Alexander Girard: Let the Sun in - Hardcover

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by Todd Oldham (Author), Kiera Coffee (Author) A comprehensive monograph exploring Alexander Girard's vivid and dynamic design career Alexander Girard was a leading figure in mid-century American design, bringing sensational color and pattern to the modernist aesthetic. Organized by discipline, this stunning monograph covers Girard's prolific and groundbreaking output across textiles, furniture, interior design, graphic design, illustration, and architecture. Favoring geometric patterns in ...

Washington, D.C. Then and Now - Hardcover

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by Emma Tanner (Author) Washington, D.C. Then and Now presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution and history of America's capital city, from the dawn of photography in the mid-nineteenth century through to the present day. Come on a visually stunning journey into the past, learning about the historic sites, and stories, that have built the nation's capital. Pairing vintage black-and-white photographs with splendid color shots taken from the same vantage points today, Washington, D.C. T...

Look Inside Construction Sites - Board Book

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by Rob Lloyd Jones (Author), Stefano Tognetti (Illustrator)An action-packed book filled with construction sites to explore, construction machines to learn about and a demolition site in action. Lift the flaps to discover the work that goes into building a house, a bridge, a skyscraper and more, the jobs people do and the machines that are used. An exciting introduction to how buildings go up - and come down. Number of Pages: 14 Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.6 x 7.8 IN Publication Date: January 07, 2025

Islamesque: The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe's Medieval Monuments - Hardcover

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by Diana Darke (Author)Who really built Europe's finest Romanesque monuments? Clergymen presiding over holy sites are credited throughout history, while highly skilled creators remain anonymous. But the buildings speak for themselves. This groundbreaking book explores the evidence embedded in medieval monasteries, churches and castles, from Mont Saint-Michel and the Leaning Tower of Pisa to Durham Cathedral and the Basilica of Santiago de Compostela. Tracing the origins of key design innovati...

You Can Be, ME TOO! A week in the life of an Architect - Paperback

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by Janel A. Legard (Author), John Savage (Illustrator)You Can Be, ME TOO! A week in the life of an Architect is an informative conversation between a mother and a daughter about her career as an architect. Anjel has to prepare a paper and give a presentation for her Career Day classroom project. She receives detailed day by day insight into the profession and learns how exciting and creative the world of design and construction can be.This children's storybook and coloring book is what, I wi...

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by Zach Klein (Author), Freda Moon (Author)Learn to make your own quiet place somewhere with this inspiring journey inside tranquil cabins and handmade homes, from the creators of the wildly popular Cabin Porn phenomenon. Cabin Porn began as an online project created by a group of friends to inspire their own homebuilding. It has grown into a global phenomenon, attracting thousands of submissions from fellow cabin builders and a passionate audience of millions interested in simple, efficient ...

Cabin Porn: Inspiration for Your Quiet Place Somewhere - Paperback

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by Zach Klein (Author), Steven Leckart (Author), Noah Kalina (Photographer)Are you yearning for a simpler existence? Find the rural escape of your dreams in this beautiful book from the creators of the wildly popular tumblr Cabin Porn. Created by a group of friends who preserve 55 acres of hidden forest in Upstate New York, Cabin Porn began as a scrapbook to collect inspiration for their building projects. As the collection grew, the site attracted a following, which is now a huge and obsessi...

How Was That Built?: The Stories Behind Awesome Structures - Hardcover

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by Roma Agrawal (Author), Katie Hickey (Illustrator)This striking book explains the feats of engineering behind the world's most impressive architectural marvels. From skyscrapers that reach astonishing heights to bridges that span deep and wide rivers, the world is filled with awe-inspiring structures. But how do they work? Meet the extraordinary people who challenged our beliefs about what's possible, pioneering remarkable inventions that helped build the Brooklyn Bridge in the US, the Pant...