"This book explores 72 buildings from around the world and throughout history and enables readers to experience the projects through text, photos and drawings; the perfect introduction to reading architectural plans. Intended both as an introductory text for students and profess…
This book explores 72 buildings from around the world and throughout history and enables readers to experience the projects through text, photos and drawings; the perfect introduction to reading architectural plans. Intended both as an introductory text for students and professi…
The theory of architecture implicit in our world today, Christopher Alexander believes, is bankrupt. More and more people are aware that something is deeply wrong. Yet the power of present-day ideas is so great that many feel uncomfortable, even afraid, to say openly that they d…
The theory of architecture implicit in our world today, Christopher Alexander believes, is bankrupt. More and more people are aware that something is deeply wrong. Yet the power of present-day ideas is so great that many feel uncomfortable, even afraid, to say openly that they d…
Flood control in urban areas can be feasibly and cost-effectively enhanced by implementing flood proofing approaches to risk reduction in the context of environmental and land-use planning and management. Indeed, flood proofing makes it possible to improve, integrate and in some…
Flood control in urban areas can be feasibly and cost-effectively enhanced by implementing flood proofing approaches to risk reduction in the context of environmental and land-use planning and management. Indeed, flood proofing makes it possible to improve, integrate and in some…
"Buildings Are for People: Human Ecological Design offers a new approach to the process of conceiving architectural design, one that considers the interactions of the built environment with people and the natural environment. The book exposes our visceral and experiential connec…
This is the first-ever English translation of Daniele Barbaro's 1567 Italian translation of and commentary on Vitruvius's Ten Books of Architecture, an encyclopaedic treatment of science and technology whose influence extended far beyond its day. Intended to both interpret and e…
This is the first-ever English translation of Daniele Barbaros 1567 Italian translation of and commentary on Vitruviuss Ten Books of Architecture, an encyclopaedic treatment of science and technology whose influence extended far beyond its day. Intended to both interpret and exp…
This is the first-ever English translation of Daniele Barbaro's 1567 Italian translation of and commentary on Vitruvius's Ten Books of Architecture, an encyclopaedic treatment of science and technology whose influence extended far beyond its day. Intended to both interpret and e…
Daniele Barbaro's Vitruvius of 1567
This is the first-ever English translation of Daniele Barbaro's 1567 Italian translation of and commentary on Vitruvius's Ten Books of Architecture, an encyclopaedic treatment of science and technology whose influence extended far beyond its day. Intended to both interpret and e…
Arquitecturas en conflicto: Conflicting architectures
by Frampton, Kenneth, Ábalos, Iñaki, Roca, Miguel Angel, Pallasmaa, Juhani, Ledgard, Reynaldo, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Buchanan, Peter, Arquitecturas en conflicto, Lima and Cusco, Peru), Belaúnde M., Pedro, Ciriani, Henri, Cooper Llosa, Frederick, Crousse, Jean Pierre, Chauhan, Akhtar, Dam, Paulo, Davey, Peter, Dujovne, Berardo, Hernández de León, Juan Miguel, Kalach, Alberto, Mutal, David, Neri, Gianfranco, Pérez Oyarzún, Fernando, Ruiz Cabrero, Gabriel, Thermes, Laura