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The Philadelphia School and the Future of Architecture

The Philadelphia School and the Future of Architecture

Flourishing from 1951 to 1965 the Philadelphia School was an architectural golden age that saw a unique convergence of city practice and education all in renewal. And it was a bringing together of architecture city and regional planning and landscape architecture education under the leadership of Dean G. Holmes Perkins. During that time at the architecture school at the University of Pennsylvania (known as the Graduate School of Fine Arts or GSFA) Louis Kahn and Robert Venturi were transforming modern architecture; Romaldo Giurgola was applying continental philosophy to architectural theory; Robert Le Ricolais was building experimental structures; Ian McHarg was questioning Western civilization and advancing urban and regional ecology; Herbert Gans was moving into Levittown; and Denise Scott Brown was forging a syncretism of European and American planning theory and discovering popular culture. And in the city Edmund Bacon was directing the most active city planning commission in the country. This book describes the history of the school the transformation of the city of Philadelphia and the philosophy of the Philadelphia School in the context of other movements of the time and looks at what the Philadelphia School has to offer to architecture today and in the future all from the point of view of a student who was there. | The Philadelphia School and the Future of Architecture

GBP 130.00
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Art And Architecture In Medieval France Medieval Architecture Sculpture Stained Glass Manuscripts The Art Of The Church Treasuries

Art And Architecture In Medieval France Medieval Architecture Sculpture Stained Glass Manuscripts The Art Of The Church Treasuries

This is an English-language study on the architecture and art of medieval France of the Romanesque and Gothic periods between 1000-1500. In addition to essays on individual monuments there are general discussions of given periods and specific problems such as: why did Gothic come into being? Whitney Stoddard explores the interrelationship between all forms of medieval ecclesiastical art and characterization of the Gothic cathedral which he believes to have an almost metaphysical basis. | Art And Architecture In Medieval France Medieval Architecture Sculpture Stained Glass Manuscripts The Art Of The Church Treasuries

GBP 130.00
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Architecture and the Housing Question

Architecture and the Housing Question

Architecture and the Housing Question examines how the design and provision of housing around the world have become central both to competing political projects and to the architecture profession. How have architects acting as housing experts helped alleviate or enforce class race and gender inequality? What are the disciplinary implications of taking on shelter for the multitude as an architectural assignment and responsibility? The book features essays in the historiography of architecture and the housing question and a collection of historical case studies from Belgium China France Ghana the Netherlands Kenya the Soviet Union Turkey and the United States. The thematic organization of the collection interrogating housing expertise the state apparatus segregation and colonialism highlights the methodological questions that underpin its international outlook. The book will appeal to students and scholars in architecture architectural history theory and urban studies.

GBP 130.00
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Waterford Crystal Love Happiness Champagne Flute Set of 2

Waterford Crystal Love Happiness Champagne Flute Set of 2

Waterford Love Champagne Toasting Flutes are an exquisite crystal commemorative of this enduring love and everlasting commitment. Crafted with a sleek, pulled stem and unique Waterford cutting pattern symbolic of the occasion - perfect for the memorable toast to the day, and the memories to follow.HappinessWedding anniversaries are more than a ritual observance of another year gone by - they're an annual celebration of happiness and shared love. The butterfly, a universal icon of joy, adorns the Waterford Happiness toasting flutes, perfect for an intimate party of two or the ideal gift for any joyous anniversary year. Size | Width 8cm | Length 8cm | Height 26cm | 210ml

GBP 150.00
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The Ambiguous Legacy of Socialist Modernist Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe

The Ambiguous Legacy of Socialist Modernist Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe

This book examines the unique socialist-modernist architecture built in the twentieth century in Central and Eastern Europe as a source of heritage and of existing and potential value for the present and future generations. Due to the historical context in which it was created such architecture remains ambiguous. On the one hand the wider public associates it with the legacy of the unpleasant period of the real socialist economic regime. Yet on the other hand it is also a manifestation of social modernization and the promotion of a significant proportion of the population. This book focuses particularly on concrete heritage a legacy of modernist architecture in Central and Eastern Europe and it was this material that enabled their rebuilding after World War II and modernization during the following decades. The authors search for the value of modernist architecture and using case studies from Poland Bulgaria Northern Macedonia Lithuania and Slovenia verify to what extent this heritage is embedded in the local socio-economic milieu and becomes a basis for creating new values. They argue that the challenge is to change the ways we think about heritage from looking at it from the point of view of a single monument to thinking in terms of a place with its own character and identity that builds its relation to history and its embeddedness in the local space. Furthermore they propose that the preservation of existing concrete structures and adapting them to modern needs is of great importance for sustainability. With increasing awareness of the issue of preserving post-war architectural heritage and the strategies of dissonant heritage management this multidisciplinary study will be of interest to architecture historians conservators heritage economists urban planners and architects. | The Ambiguous Legacy of Socialist Modernist Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe

GBP 120.00
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Security Architecture – How & Why

Security Architecture – How & Why

Security Architecture or Enterprise Information security architecture as it was originally coined by Gartner back in 2006 has been applied to many things and different areas making a concrete definition of security architecture a difficult proposition. But having an architecture for the cyber security needs of an organization is important for many reasons not least because having an architecture makes working with cyber security a much easier job since we can now build on a hopefully solid foundation. Developing a security architecture is a daunting job for almost anyone and in a company that has not had a cyber security program implemented before the job becomes even harder. The benefits of having a concrete cyber security architecture in place cannot be overstated! The challenge here is that a security architecture is not something that can stand alone it absolutely must be aligned with the business in which it is being implemented. This book emphasizes the importance and the benefits of having a security architecture in place. The book will be aligned with most of the sub-frameworks in the general framework called SABSA or Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture. SABSA is comprised of several individual frameworks and there are several certifications that you can take in SABSA. Aside from getting a validation of your skills SABSA as a framework focuses on aligning the Security Architecture with the business and its strategy. Each of the chapters in this book will be aligned with one or more of the components in SABSA the components will be described along with the introduction to each of the chapters. | Security Architecture – How & Why

GBP 94.99
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A History of Cast Iron in Architecture

A History of Cast Iron in Architecture

Originally published in 1948 A History of Cast Iron in Architecture is a comprehensive history of the part that has been played by cast iron in architecture and the allied arts in Britain. Any history of the rise and development of the iron-founding industry becomes virtually a history of the First Industrial Revolution. Examining the use of cast iron by builders and architects from late medieval times to the middle of the 20th Century the authors have also recorded a miniature history of British Industry. The introduction throws light on the early developments of iron-founding. The main sections of the book describe the rise and expansion of the cast-iron industry and its gradually increasing significance in architecture from 1650 to 1945. There are over 500 illustrations.

GBP 115.00
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Scope of Total Architecture

Scope of Total Architecture

Originally published in 1956 this book provides a non-technical analysis of contemporary building by on the of the world’s greatest architects. Published a few years after the end of WW2 it was an inspiring and constructive picture of what kind of living could lie ahead for Western industrial society. This book the result of many year in the forefront of architectural experiment and achievement by the author outlines in practical terms the road to improved existence through science mass production in building and renewed emphasis on the individual. | Scope of Total Architecture

GBP 90.00
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American Architecture A History

American Architecture A History

More than fifteen years after the success of the first edition this sweeping introduction to the history of architecture in the United States is now a fully revised guide to the major developments that shaped the environment from the first Americans to the present from the everyday vernacular to the high style of aspiration. Eleven chronologically organized chapters chart the social cultural and political forces that shaped the growth and development of American towns cities and suburbs while providing full description analysis and interpretation of buildings and their architects. The second edition features an entirely new chapter detailing the green architecture movement and architectural trends in the 21st century. Further updates include an expanded section on Native American architecture and contemporary design by Native American architects new discussions on architectural education and training more examples of women architects and designers and a thoroughly expanded glossary to help today's readers. The art program is expanded including 640 black and white images and 62 new color images. Accessible and engaging American Architecture continues to set the standard as a guide study and reference for those seeking to better understand the rich history of architecture in the United States. | American Architecture A History

GBP 130.00
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Architecture and Extraction in the Atlantic World 1500-1850

Architecture and Extraction in the Atlantic World 1500-1850

This edited collection examines the development of Atlantic World architecture after 1492. In particular the chapters explore the landscapes of extraction as material networks that brought people space and labor together in harvesting raw materials cultivating agriculture for export-level profits and circulating raw materials and commodities in Europe Africa and the Americas from 1500 to 1850. This book argues that histories of extraction remain incomplete without careful attention to the social physical and mental nexus that is architecture just as architecture’s development in the last 500 years cannot be adequately comprehended without attention to empire extraction colonialism and the rise of what Immanuel Wallerstein has called the world system. This world system was possible because of built environments that enabled resource extraction transport of raw materials circulation of commodities and enactment of power relations in the struggle between capital and labor. Separated into three sections: Harvesting the Environment Cultivating Profit and Circulating Commodities: Networks and Infrastructures this volume covers a wide range of geographies from England to South America from Africa to South Carolina. The book aims to decenter Eurocentric approaches to architectural history to expose the global circulation of ideas things commodities and people that constituted the architecture of extraction in the Atlantic World. In focusing on extraction we aim to recover histories of labor exploitation and racialized oppression of interest to the global community. The book will be of interest to researchers and students of architectural history geography urban and labor history literary studies historic preservation and colonial studies. | Architecture and Extraction in the Atlantic World 1500-1850

GBP 130.00
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Architecture in Detail II

Architecture in Detail II

Following on from Graham Bizley's successful Architecture in Detail Architecture in Detail II presents forty case studies of detailing on recent construction projects. Over 150 full colour drawings and photos provide a reference compendium for the professional architect seeking detailing inspiration. Originally featured in Building Design's in Detail magazine the included projects represent some of the most interesting and innovative techniques in recent architecture. Graham Bizley's beautifully presented detail drawings allow the architect to easily see how ideas and techniques can be applied to other projects. The book is organized by building type for quick and easy reference.

GBP 170.00
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Developing Iran Company Towns Architecture and the Global Powers

Developing Iran Company Towns Architecture and the Global Powers

This book examines the emergence of modern company towns in Iran by delineating the architectural political and industrial histories of three distinct resource-based ‘company town’ projects built in association with the ‘Big Three’ powers of World War II. The book’s narrative builds upon a tripartite research design that chronologically traces the formation and development of the oil steel and copper industries respectively favoured by Great Britain the Soviet Union and the United States in this part of the world. By applying three sets of comparative studies the book provides critical vantage points to three different ideological design paradigms: postcolonial regionalism socialist universalism and rationalist modern nation building. From a global political context the book contributes to the disclosure of new information about the geopolitical confrontation of these three nations in the Global South to increase their sphere of influence after the Second World War. Furthermore it demonstrates how postwar architectural modernism was adopted by each power and adapted to their ideological mind frame to fulfil distinct social cultural political and economic targets. This book examines multiple interconnections between architecture politics and industrial development by adopting a transdisciplinary approach based on comprehensive fieldwork site surveys and the analysis of original multilingual documents. As such it will be of interest to researchers and students of architecture history international relations and Middle Eastern studies. | Developing Iran Company Towns Architecture and the Global Powers

GBP 130.00
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Liquid Architecture Experimental Practices of Design in a State of Flux

Liquid Architecture Experimental Practices of Design in a State of Flux

Liquid Architecture challenges the idea of architecture as a fixed inert container and reconceptualises it as a body whose boundaries are rather blurred and ever-changing. This book moves away from form as the primary driver of spatial protocols and explores what the built environment might look like when viewed through the lenses of a ‘wet ontology’ that is attentive to fluidity flows and territorial dynamism. A reconfiguration of architectural materials and authorship is thus considered leading in turn to an exploration of the ethical dimensions of co-designing with natural systems (of various viscosities) through liquid paradigms. The book examines a set of principles for practice-led discoveries that incorporate hybrid mixed media with the author’s intersubjective relationship with liquid matter. Drawing from qualitative-based analytical investigation models the text allows comprehension of the liquid phenomena via material contextualisation of an ever-becoming research setting. Through a practical and theoretical engagement with the ontology of liquids the reader is exposed to a range of design-led experiments and creative propositions visualisation systems construction and testing of physical models that collectively translate into a series of novel insights for architectural agendas. This book will be of interest to architecture and design research students and academics because it advocates the need for a more symbiotic and resilient approach to natural systems which could benefit from the integration of regenerating material flows into our buildings and urban settlements. | Liquid Architecture Experimental Practices of Design in a State of Flux

GBP 130.00
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Exteriorless Architecture Form Space and Urbanities of Neoliberalism

Exteriorless Architecture Form Space and Urbanities of Neoliberalism

The current phase of capitalist development manifests itself through a very diverse range of spatial byproducts: data centers warehouses container terminals logistics parks and many others. Generally considered as mediocre and banal examples that sit outside of pre-established disciplinary canons these architectural episodes are extremely relevant. They are relevant not for their aesthetic or historic qualities but for what they represent – for the system of values these spaces embed. They express specific power relations exacerbate issues of labor and generate dramatic processes of subjectivity. Most importantly these architectures despite their formal and typological heterogeneity belong to a common paradigm: the EXTERIORLESS. How can an architecture of the EXTERIORLESS be defined? How does it differentiate from examples and manifestations of the past? How do notions of legibility form versus function typological articulation come into play? In situating the spatialities of contemporary capitalism within the larger debate on Anthropocene Post-Anthropocene and Capitalocene the book attempts to answer those questions by delineating three main characteristics for an architecture of the EXTERIORLESS: its physical and symbolic role as interface; its ambiguous condition of being at the same time local and global isolated and connected compressed and expanded; and lastly its contribution to new forms of urbanity in absence of the traditional city. These three defining aspects constitute the main sections of the book. Each section includes two chapters covering a wide spectrum of themes and examples. In its tripartite organization the book describes the influence that the experimental architecture of the 1960s has exerted on late-capitalist spatial byproducts; it analyzes the impact of logistics on the redesign of the territory; and it introduces the radical processes of urban transformation generated by the EXTERIORLESS. | Exteriorless Architecture Form Space and Urbanities of Neoliberalism

GBP 120.00
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Daylighting Architecture and Health

Daylighting Architecture and Health

Daylighting Architecture and Health examines the relationship between natural light in buildings and human health considering both psychological and physiological issues and bringing together a range of research in the field. As we are becoming increasingly conscious of global warming and pushing towards energy efficiency in buildings the book examines the question of daylighting from the perspective of the health of building occupants. It gathers and reviews all the latest and pertinent medical and architectural research related to natural light or lack thereof and its effect on people. Documents medical research findings which establish a link between light quality and health Considers design strategies for increasing daylight in buildings Develops understanding and awareness of the importance of natural light in buildings. Daylighting Architecture and Health: Building Design Strategies is a timely and essential text for professional architects and all others concerned with the effects of daylighting on health architecture and building design.

GBP 175.00
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Consuming Happiness Aspirational Practices in Global Perspective

Consuming Happiness Aspirational Practices in Global Perspective

This book offers a collection of scholarly writing on the meanings of happiness in relation to consumption. The concept of happiness in relation to consumption deserves critical attention. While administrative marketing scholars might take for granted the notion that consumption and brand engagement produces positive affects in consumers such as enjoyment and thrill more analysis and theoretical exploration are needed to shed light on what that satisfaction and pleasure means in the context of an increasingly unjust and unequal world. This question is particularly pressing in terms of exploring consumer cultures in the global south. The chapters in this volume explore how material practices link to structures of power and exploitation. Taken together they offer nuanced insight into what notions of a good and fulfilling life mean both to individual consumers and to the societies in which they participate especially when those societies are characterised by inequality and poverty alongside wealth and elite consumption. This collection places the spotlight on consumption practices that is the various forms of social action including communication and marketing that are implemented in everyday life in relation to the market economy with and through it. This book will be of great value to students and scholars who are interested in the everyday practices of consumption within a range of fields such as business and management sociology media and cultural studies. The chapters in this book were originally published in Consumption Markets & Culture. | Consuming Happiness Aspirational Practices in Global Perspective

GBP 130.00
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Advances in Traffic Transportation and Civil Architecture Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Traffic Transportation and Civil

Advances in Traffic Transportation and Civil Architecture Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Traffic Transportation and Civil

Advances in Traffic Transportation and Civil Architecture focuses on the research of traffic infrastructure. This proceedings gathers the most cutting-edge research and achievements aiming to provide scholars and engineers with a preferable research direction and engineering solutions as reference. Subjects in this proceedings include: - Road Engineering- Bridge Engineering- Tunneling- Construction Technology and Processes The works of this proceedings aim to promote the development of civil engineering and construction technology. Thereby promote scientific information interchange between scholars from the top universities research centers and high-tech enterprises working all around the world. | Advances in Traffic Transportation and Civil Architecture Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Traffic Transportation and Civil

GBP 130.00
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Emotions and Architecture Forging Mediterranean Cities Between the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time

Emotions and Architecture Forging Mediterranean Cities Between the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time

Emotions and Architecture: Forging Mediterranean Cities Between the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time explores architecture as a medium to arouse or conceal emotions to build consensus through shared values or to reconnect the urban community to its alleged ancestry. The chapters in this edited collection outline how architectonic symbols images and structures were codified – and sometimes recast – to match or to arouse emotions awakened by wars political dominance pandemic challenges and religion. As signs of spiritual and political power these elements were embraced and modulated locally providing an endorsement to authorities and rituals for the community. This volume provides an overview of the phenomenon across the Italian region stressing the transnationality of selected symbols and their various declinations in local contexts. It deepens the issue of refitting symbols artworks and structures to arouse emotions by carefully analysing specific cases such as the Septizodium in Rome the Holy House of Loreto in Venice and the reconstruction of L'Aquila. The collection through its variegated contributions offers a comprehensive view of the phenomenon: exploring the issue from political social religious and public health perspectives and seeking to propose a new definition of architecture as a visual emotional language. Together the chapters show how the representation of virtues and emotions through architecture was part of a symbolic practice shared by many across the Italian context. This book will be of interest to researchers and students studying architectural history the history of emotions and the history of art. | Emotions and Architecture Forging Mediterranean Cities Between the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time

GBP 130.00
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Arieh Sharon and Modern Architecture in Israel Building Social Pragmatism

Arieh Sharon and Modern Architecture in Israel Building Social Pragmatism

Arieh Sharon and Modern Architecture in Israel: Building Social Pragmatism offers the first comprehensive survey of the work of Arieh Sharon and analyzes and discusses his designs and plans in relation to the emergence of the State of Israel. A graduate of the Bauhaus Sharon worked for a few years at the office of Hannes Mayer before returning to Mandatory Palestine. There he established his office which was occupied in its first years in planning kibbutzim and residential buildings in Tel Aviv. After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 Arieh Sharon became the director and chief architect of the National Planning Department where he was asked to devise the young country’s first national masterplan. Known as the Sharon Plan it was instrumental in shaping the development of the new nation. During the 1950s and 1960s Sharon designed many of Israel’s institutions including hospitals and buildings on university campuses. This book presents Sharon’s exceptionally wide range of work and examines his perception of architecture in both socialist and pragmatist terms. It also explores Sharon’s modernist approach to architecture and his subsequent shift to Brutalist architecture when he partnered with Benjamin Idelson in the 1950s and when his son Eldar Sharon joined the office in 1964. Thus the book contributes a missing chapter in the historiography of Israeli architecture in particular and of modern architecture overall. This book will be of interest to researchers in architecture modern architecture Israel studies Middle Eastern studies and migration of knowledge. | Arieh Sharon and Modern Architecture in Israel Building Social Pragmatism

GBP 130.00
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London's Contemporary Architecture An Explorer's Guide

London's Contemporary Architecture An Explorer's Guide

London is a living architectural exhibition. This tried and trusted portable guide will help you to find your way around one of the worlds most exciting cities offering architectural experiences and insights into London‘s finest contemporary architecture. features more than 400 buildings including key venues from the 2012 Olympic Park provides a superb full colour photographic record of the capital aids navigation of the city‘s greatest architectural sights with a clear map-based format considers each district in turn identifying the buildings most worthwhile visiting and providing essential information and insights into each includes a large scale portable lightweight map for use when walking the tours Jam packed with the author‘s intimate architectural experience and knowledge of London‘s buildings the accompanying commentary is both lively and entertaining providing all the information that any architectural explorer will need to appreciate and experience London‘s contemporary architecture. | London's Contemporary Architecture An Explorer's Guide

GBP 175.00
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Rem Koolhaas as Scriptwriter OMA Architecture Script for West Berlin

Rem Koolhaas as Scriptwriter OMA Architecture Script for West Berlin

This book is the first survey of a new field in architecture theory: script writing. Rem Koolhaas as Scriptwriter explores the intersection of architecture film and text using the example of the working method of scriptwriter Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). This book argues that Koolhaas formulates his approach to architecture on the basis of the “written sketch” or script and questions its transformations into built environment in the oeuvre of OMA. Divided into two parts the first part is a theoretical outline that explores the notion of scriptwriting in film. It provides in-depth insights into the definition and historical evolution of the script - as a blueprint Hollywood script avant-garde script storyboard the relation to auteur theory and the difference between the script and scenario. It surveys the first original script for the Exodus of the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture. The second part offers a unique perspective on the urban development of West Berlin in which Koolhaas created a metropolitan script or blueprint that spans the period 1971–1989 from his first visit to Berlin to the fall of the Berlin Wall. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of architectural theory urban history and film studies. | Rem Koolhaas as Scriptwriter OMA Architecture Script for West Berlin

GBP 130.00
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