Architecture : Design & Drafting

Narrated, painted and filmed, American landscapes have been central to the construction of a national identity. This book explores how such rhetorical landscapes have also been designed into the built environment of architecture. more...

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Architecture Design Notebook focuses on the process of design as pragmatic and non-theoretical. Dealing systematically with the core design curriculum, it clearly demonstrates the skills required for designing at undergraduate level. Providing students with fundamental maxims of design, and a framework within which they can approach their work, this book supports undergraduates as they learn to produce solutions to design challenges. This vital design companion underpins the cornerstone of an architectural undergraduates' studies - studio design projects. With over 100 sketches included, the book inspires student's design ideas. This updated edition includes new sections on green architecture, urban space typology, and the virtual building. A. Peter Fawcett is an architect and critic who combines teaching with sporadic practice; he is currently Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Nottingham and visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln. more...

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This major reference describes and analyses the recent developments in the architectural application of the latest digital design and fabrication technologies. more...

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Carla Yanni tells a compelling story of therapeutic design, from Americas earliest purpose-built institutions for the insane to the asylum construction frenzy in the second half of the century. Generously illustrated, The Architecture of Madness is a fresh and original look at the American medical establishments century-long preoccupation with therapeutic architecture as a way to cure social ills. more...

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Architectures: Modernism and After surveys the history of the building from the advent of industrialization to the cultural imperatives of the present moment.:.; Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment.; Presents crucial "moments" in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances.; Provides a view of architectural history as a part of a continuing dialogue between aesthetic criteria and social and cultural imperatives.; Part of the New Interventions in Art History Series, which is published in conjunction with the Association of Art Historians. more...

Price: $93.95