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  • Constructing Arizona

    Embracing an Architecture of Place in the Sonoran Desert

    by Chad Schwartz ...
    Constructing Arizona is the first book to comprehensively present the architecture of the Sonoran Desert region of Arizona, balancing a breadth of projects with a depth of analysis.Building on over fifty interviews with noted members of the architecture community in Arizona and critical first-hand analysis of their built work, this book reveals the inherent principles, vocabulary, and influences ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Introducing Architectural Tectonics

    Exploring the Intersection of Design and Construction

    by Chad Schwartz ...
    The second edition of Introducing Architectural Tectonics is an exploration of the poetics of construction. Tectonic theory is an integrative philosophy examining the relationships formed between design, construction, and space while creating or experiencing a work of architecture. In this text, author Chad Schwartz presents an introductory investigation into tectonic theory, subdividing it into ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Situate, Manipulate, Fabricate

    An Anthology of the Influences on Architectural Design and Production

    Edited by Chad Schwartz ...
    This anthology of selected works outlines three critical instigators of architecture, all tied directly to the tectonic makeup of our built environment – place, material, and assembly. These catalysts provide the organizational framework for a collection of essays discussing their significant influence on the processes of architectural design and construction.With content from a diverse collection ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Introducing Architectural Tectonics

    Exploring the Intersection of Design and Construction

    by Chad Schwartz ...
    Introducing Architectural Tectonics is an exploration of the poetics of construction. Tectonic theory is an integrative philosophy examining the relationships formed between design, construction, and space while creating or experiencing a work of architecture. In this text, author Chad Schwartz presents an introductory investigation into tectonic theory, subdividing it into distinct concepts in ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

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    Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design

    by Lance Hosey ...
    Does going green change the face of design or only its content? The first book to outline principles for the aesthetics of sustainable design, The Shape of Green argues that beauty is inherent to sustainability, for how things look and feel is as important as how they’re made.In addition to examining what makes something attractive or emotionally pleasing, Hosey connects these questions with ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Green Imperative

    Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture

    by Victor Papanek ...
    A fresh edition of the sustainable design pioneer Victor Papanek’s classic and ever-relevant book examining the important role of design in combating climate change.Whether it’s horror at the plastic littering the world’s beaches or despair at the melting polar ice caps, the world is gradually waking up to the impending climate disaster. In The Green Imperative, Papanek argues for design that ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • The 99% Invisible City

    A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

    by Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt ...
    **A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER“[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . The 99% Invisible City is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces.”—The New York Times Book Review**“Here is a field guide, a boon, a bible, for the urban curious. Your city’s secret anatomy laid bare—a hundred things you look at but don’t ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

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  • Introduction to Architecture

    by Francis D. K. Ching, James F. Eckler ...
    A survey of the built environment distills the work of legendary author and illustrator Francis D. K. Ching into a single volumeIntroduction to Architecture presents the essential texts and drawings of Francis D. K. Ching for those new to architecture and design. With his typical highly graphic approach, this is the first introductory text from Ching that surveys the design of spaces, buildings, ... Read more

    $48.00 USD

  • The Nature Principle

    Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age

    by Richard Louv ...
    For many of us, thinking about the future conjures up images of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: a post-apocalyptic dystopia stripped of nature. Richard Louv, author of the landmark bestseller Last Child in the Woods, urges us to change our vision of the future, suggesting that if we reconceive environmentalism and sustainability, they will evolve into a larger movement that will touch every part of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Painting and Understanding Abstract Art

    by John Lowry ...
    Painting and Understanding Abstract Art is a practical book on how to paint abstracts but it also explains how to approach and understand abstract art. It moves the teaching of art from a doing level of painting a certain subject in a particular medium to a thinking level of 'what am I doing when I paint?' and 'what am I trying to say in this painting?' Using practical exercises with explanatory ... Read more

    $17.69 USD

  • How Buildings Learn

    What Happens After They're Built

    by Stewart Brand ...
    A captivating exploration of the ever-evolving world of architecture and the untold stories buildings tell.When a building is finished being built, that isn’t the end of its story. More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time—if they’re allowed to. Buildings adapt by being constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and in that way, architects can become artists of time ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Manual of Section

    by Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis ...
    Along with plan and elevation, section is one of the essential representational techniques of architectural design; among architects and educators, debates about a project's section are common and often intense. Until now, however, there has been no framework to describe or evaluate it. Manual of Section fills this void.Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and David J. Lewis have developed seven categories ... Read more

    $19.49 USD