2012 | ISBN: 0824833635 | English | 304 Pages | PDF | 10 MB This book investigates the historical tradition of Chinese architectural writing from antiquity to the Song period, with a focus on a building manual titled Yingzao Fashi (Building Standards 1103). It explores the rich cultural...
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English | June 28, 2009 | ISBN: 0754648273 | 352 Pages | PDF | 9 MB Travel, Space, Architecture defines a new theoretical territory in architectural and urban scholarship that frames the processes of spatial production through the notion of travel. By aligning architectural thinking with current critical...
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2014 | ASIN: B00HUDO0B0 | English | 340 Pages | EPUB | 92 MB Diana E. E. Kleiner has shared her deep knowledge and passion for the history and architecture of ancient Rome with thousands of students, travelers, and enthusiasts through her lectures. She is indeed “the traveler’s...
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English | March 17, 2011 | ISBN: 1597265799 | 496 Pages | PDF (True) | 80 MB Leon Krier is one of the best-known-and most provocative-architects and urban theoreticians in the world. Until now, however, his ideas have circulated mostly among a professional audience of architects, city planners,...
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ISBN: 1107002354 | 2011 | EPUB | 262 Pages | 6 MB This book examines the application of drawing in the design process of classical architecture, exploring how the tools and techniques of drawing developed for architecture subsequently shaped theories of vision and representations of the universe in...
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English | 2011 | ISBN: 184467651X, 1844677001 | 400 Pages | EPUB | 12 MB Back in 1997, New Labour came to power amid much talk of regenerating the inner cities left to rot under successive Conservative governments. Over the next decade, British cities became the laboratories of...
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2012 | ISBN: 0747812276 | English | 120 Pages | EPUB | 10.6 MB From Norman Foster’s remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London’s tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings....
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1987 | ISBN: 089236128X | English | PDF | 102 Pages | 2.3 MB Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Chapters I. Cultural Heritage and Earthquakes II. Before Disaster III. Emergency Action IV. After the Earthquake Appendices 1. Fire Protection of Historic Buildings 2. Computerized Listing 3. Photogrammetry and Earthquakes...
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English | 2014 | ISBN: 1616891904 | 272 Pages | PDF | 59 MB As architecture and design programs throughout the world break out of the classroom and adopt the holistic methods of design/build programs, the need for a textbook that bridges the gap between construction materials and...
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