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Architecture - HOME Architecture Architecture and Its Image: Four Centuries of Architectural Representation: Works from the Collection of the Canadian Centre for Architecture by Eve Blau, Drawing on an incomparable collection of architectural drawings and prints, photographs, books, and periodicals, "Architecture and Its Image "explores the idea of serial imagery in architectural representation through works dating from the Renaissance to today.Although drawings and photographs of architecture are often viewed as single images, they are generally produced in series. The most basic of these is the set of drawings that shows a building in plan, ...

Architectural Illustrations - HOME Architectural Illustrations Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture by Ernest E. Burden, "An excellent resource for interested laypeople as well as professionals in the field . . . recommended as a ready reference tool for public, academic, and highschool libraries." An Architectural Dictionary Written in the Language of Design. . . and Heavily Illustrated! Unlike any other architectural dictionary currently available, the Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture,2e is focused almost entirely on design. While other design dictionaries are overloaded with construction-related terms, this unique resource contains nearly 4000 design-related definitions and more than 3000 illustrations - far more ...

Byzantine Architecture - HOME Byzantine Architecture Byzantine Art and Architecture: An Introduction by Lyn Rodley, The Byzantine empire began with the transformation of the Roman empire initiated by the official acceptance of Christianity and the establishment of Constantinople as the capital city. It ended with the fall of that city to the Ottoman Turks in 453. The art and architecture of the empire reflects its changing fortunes, the development of Christianity, and the cultural influences that affected it. This book offers a systematic introduction to the material culture of the Byzantine empire, from the fourth to ...

Architecture Book - HOME Architecture Book Architecture and Its Image: Four Centuries of Architectural Representation: Works from the Collection of the Canadian Centre for Architecture by Eve Blau, Drawing on an incomparable collection of architectural drawings and prints, photographs, books, and periodicals, "Architecture and Its Image "explores the idea of serial imagery in architectural representation through works dating from the Renaissance to today.Although drawings and photographs of architecture are often viewed as single images, they are generally produced in series. The most basic of these is the set of drawings that shows a building in ...

Architecture Software - HOME Architecture Software Large-Scale Software Architecture: A Practical Guide Using UML by Jeff Garland, Software architecture is critical to the success of software development projects. Unfortunately, many projects are unsuccessful in their attempts to leverage architecture-based development, especially large-scale projects. Lost in a myriad of possible UML diagrams, project teams often resort to ineffective ad-hoc techniques. The purpose of this book is to enable software architects, their managers, and other development team members to become more effective in directing the course of large-scale software development projects. Written by ...

Renaissance Architecture - HOME Renaissance Architecture Architecture and Its Image: Four Centuries of Architectural Representation: Works from the Collection of the Canadian Centre for Architecture by Eve Blau, Drawing on an incomparable collection of architectural drawings and prints, photographs, books, and periodicals, "Architecture and Its Image "explores the idea of serial imagery in architectural representation through works dating from the Renaissance to today.Although drawings and photographs of architecture are often viewed as single images, they are generally produced in series. The most basic of these is the set of drawings that shows a building in ...

Islamic Architecture - HOME Islamic Architecture Dictionary of Islamic Architecture by Andrew Peterson, Now in an affordable paperback edition, this critically acclaimed dictionary is an invaluable source of artistic, technical, archaeological, cultural and biographical data on Islamic architecture from its beginnings to the present day. Covering the Islamic world from West Africa through the Middle East to Indonesia, the dictionary features over 500 entries and 100 plans, sketch maps, photographs and other illustrations. The A-Z entries are fully cross-referenced and indexed, and range from the major individuals and sites in Islamic architecture, to building ...

Religious Architecture - HOME Religious Architecture Religious Architecture in Louisiana by Robert W. Heck, An enormous number of places of worship have been built in Louisiana during the past 250 years, many of which still stand. Today in New Orleans alone there are more than 850 churches representing over seventy denominations. The state's religious buildings encompass not only a wide range of faiths but also a striking diversity of architectural forms. In Religious Architecture in Louisiana, Robert W. Heck and Otis B. Wheeler provide the first photographic survey of this rich architectural heritage. Their goal ...

Architecture Dallas - HOME Architecture Dallas New Museums: Contemporary Museum Architecture Around the World Since the opening in 1997 of the Guggenheim Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, museum architecture has enjoyed worldwide attention on an unprecedented scale. That single watershed project demonstrated to municipalities that architecture has the power to transform the image of an entire city, thus making the turn of the twenty-first century the unofficial age of the museum building. New Museums examines the boom in high-design museum projects in detail, beginning with the Guggenheim Bilbao's groundbreaking role in the development ...

Greece Architecture - HOME Greece Architecture Socrates' Ancestor: An Essay on Architectural Beginnings by Indre Kagis McEwen, "Socrates' Ancestor" is a rich and poetic exploration of architectural beginnings and the dawn of Western philosophy in preclassical Greece. Architecture precedes philosophy, McEwen argues, and it was here, in the archaic Greek polis, that Western architecture became the cradle of Western thought. McEwen's appreciation of the early Greek understanding of the indissolubility of craft and community yields new insight into such issues as orthogonal planning and the appearance of the encompassing colonnade - the "ptera or "wings" - that ...

Baroque Architecture - HOME Baroque Architecture The Colonial Architecture of Mexico by James Early, X A passion for Mexican architecture drives James Early's examination of the most notable post-Columbian architecture constructed on the American continent prior to the emergence north of the border of Henry Hobson Richardson, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright. In colorful and lucid prose Early introduces his subject with an overview of the city of Mexico and surrounding areas at the time of the first Spanish contact, discussing two great programs of building that followed and the patterns of living ...

Landscape Architecture - HOME Landscape Architecture Landscape Architecture Construction by Harlow Landphair, The most complete, up-to-date reference to landscape architecture. New edition: More examples, more technical content, more illustrations. Software tools, Clean Water Act changes, and more New technologies, new regulations, new opportunities. The most complete, up-to-date reference to landscape architecture. Since it was first published, "Landscape Architecture Construction" has been the most useful guide and reference of its kind. This eagerly anticipated Third Edition has been completely revised to reflect every critical change in landscape construction, especially the dramatic changes in ...

Architectural Cabinetry - HOME Architectural Cabinetry Cabin Kitchens & Baths As the most complex and highly used rooms of any log home, kitchens and bathrooms offer unique challenges to creating stylish, efficient, and beautiful spaces. Cabin Kitchens & Baths is the first sourcebook to offer solutions to the most frequently asked questions faced in designing these spaces. With ideas on cabin design and decor as well as expert sidebars from manufacturing, design, building professionals, and homeowners, you will learn the secrets to designing a kitchen and bathroom that is not only functional but uniquely your own. Cabin Kitchens & Baths is the book to buy before you design and build your dream cabin. In it you will find tips from some of the industry's top professionals in terms of cabinetry, appliances, architectural details, color, and floor plans. Armed with this information-and inspired by the beautiful photography within its pages-you will find the motivation to create and enjoy the spaces that truly make up the heart of the log home. Historic Millwork: A Guide to Restoring ...

Arts Architecture - HOME Arts Architecture The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique by Thomas Wells Schaller, Buildings always begin as drawings. As concepts on paper, architectural drawings are essential to planning, designing, and executing structures. Conversely, buildings can also inspire drawings. In The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique, Thomas Schaller examines the interdependence of architectural drawing, art, and the built environment. He explores the symbiotic relationship between the fine art of architectural drawing, the artistic nature of standing edifices, and architecture in art. The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique compares ...

Computer Architecture - HOME Computer Architecture Computer Architecture and Implementation by Harvey Cragon, In this textbook Harvey Cragon provides a clear introduction to computer architecture and implementation. He interweaves two important themes throughout: the major concepts and design philosophies of computer architecture and organization, and analytic modeling of computer performance. The author begins by describing the classic von Neumann architecture, and then details a number of performance models and evaluation techniques. He goes on to cover user instruction set design--including RISC architecture, pipelined processors, input/output techniques, queuing modes, and extended instruction set architectures. A ...

Architecture Sustainability - HOME Architecture Sustainability Sustainable Architecture: The Green Buildings of Nikken Sekkei by Anna Ray-Jones, The relationship between architecture and the environment has historically been and continues to be a complex interaction of site, technology, climate and other natural forces, building materials, and the human presence. In the new century this affinity is gradually assuming a powerful profile as architecture moves away from former design paradigms to a more defined alliance with nature. The burgeoning Green movement in architecture has its origins in the activism of the sixties, the alternative societies of the ...

Architecture Style - HOME Architecture Style American House Styles: A Concise Guide by John Milnes Baker, "Colonial", "Victorian", "Neoclassical", "Modern" - what distinguishes one architectural style from another? How and where did these different styles develop? America has an abundance of fascinating and varied house styles, as fascinating and diverse as its people. When we explore our neighborhoods and travel around the country, how do we recognize the kind of architecture we see? Even people interested in houses can rarely identify the style of their own homes with any precision. This unique book will allow readers to ...

Architecture Minneapolis - HOME Architecture Minneapolis The Lake District of Minneapolis: A History of the Calhoun-Isles Community The Lake District of Minneapolis: A History of the Calhoun-Isles Community Architectural Metals: A Guide to Selection, Specification, and Performance by L. William Zahner, This is a comprehensive guide to the various metals available for use in architecture. Technological advances in metal finishing and processing have increased the number of metals available to the building professional. The market is now scrambling for detailed information regarding their options. From Frank Gehry's Weisman Museum of Art in Minneapolis ...

Romanticism Architecture - HOME Romanticism Architecture Lost Architectures by Neil Spiller, This book stands in opposition to the popular notion that the best architecture is built on compromise. Rather, Neil Spiller argues, the most original and brave products of the architectural mind are often to be found in those projects which, for whatever reason, never came to fruition. "Lost Architectures presents an array of such projects from the last decades of the twentieth century, consituting the unrealised dreams of some of the most inspirational architects working in the period. Most of the projects featured here have ...

Architecture Interior Design - HOME Architecture Interior Design Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning by Joseph De Chiara, Interior architectural details, planning standards, and reference data, for use by architects, interior designers, space planners, facility managers, builders, and design students. Long recognized as one of the most comprehensive architectural and interior design reference resources and known as "the silver bible," this new edition of Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning is an excellent source of easily accessible design criteria, planning standards, and technical guidelines. The vast array of design information, all ...

Art Architecture - HOME Art Architecture The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique by Thomas Wells Schaller, Buildings always begin as drawings. As concepts on paper, architectural drawings are essential to planning, designing, and executing structures. Conversely, buildings can also inspire drawings. In The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique, Thomas Schaller examines the interdependence of architectural drawing, art, and the built environment. He explores the symbiotic relationship between the fine art of architectural drawing, the artistic nature of standing edifices, and architecture in art. The Art of Architectural Drawing: Imagination and Technique compares ...

Architecture Design - HOME Architecture Design Software Architecture in Practice by Len Bass, This award-winning book, substantially updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, introduces the concepts and best practices of software architecture--how a software system is structured and how that system's elements are meant to interact. Distinct from the details of implementation, algorithm, and data representation, an architecture holds the key to achieving system quality, is a reusable asset that can be applied to subsequent systems, and is crucial to a software organization's business strategy. Drawing on their own ...

Architecture Naval Principle - HOME Architecture Naval Principle Software Architecture: Organization Principles and Patterns by David Dikel, Unique "how-to" focus is invaluable whether you're a software architect, software engineer, or IT executive Implementing and managing software architecture across a value chain, product line, or enterprise can be tremendously difficult. "Software Architecture: Organizational Principles and Patterns" offers the first complete roadmap for building software architectures that achieve the most demanding goals--now, and for years to come. Discover how to: Establish a product-line architectural framework and vision that managers, administrators, and developers can buy into ...

Architecture Firm - HOME Architecture Firm The Familiar and Unfamiliar in Twentieth-Century Architecture by Jean La Marche, X This ambitious study uses the concept of the familiar and the avant-garde practice of defamiliarization to reexamine some of the most important buildings of the twentieth century. In approaching the history of twentieth-century Western architecture from the perspective of the architectural subject--the person architects imagine experiencing their work--Jean La Marche reveals new insights into the ways humans are imagined in relation to architecture. The Familiar and the Unfamiliar in Twentieth-Century Architecture examines ...

Modern Architecture - HOME Modern Architecture White Walls, Designer Dresses: The Fashioning of Modern Architecture by Mark Wigley, In a daring reconsideration of modern architecture, Mark Wigley opens up a new understanding of the historical avant-garde. He explores the most obvious but least discussed feature of modern architecture: white walls. Although the white wall exemplifies the stripping away of the decorative costumes worn by nineteenth-century buildings, Wigley argues that modern buildings are not naked. The white wall is itself a form of clothing - the newly athletic body of the building, like that of its ...

Chinese Architecture - HOME Chinese Architecture Architectural Encounters with Essence and Form in Modern China Built around snatches of discussion overheard in a Beijing design studio, this book explores attitudes toward architecture in China since the opening of the Treaty Ports in the 1840s. Central to the discussion are the concepts of ti and yong, or "essence" and "form," Chinese characters that are used to define the proper arrangement of what should be considered modern and essentially Chinese. Ti and yong have gone through various transformations--for example, from "Chinese learning for essential principles and Western ...

Romanesque Architecture - HOME Romanesque Architecture Design and Construction in Romanesque Architecture: First Romanesque Architecture and the Pointed Arch in Burgundy and Northern Italy Edson Armi offers an original interpretation of Romanesque architecture by focusing on buildings in northern Italy, Switzerland, southern France, and Catalonia, the regions where Romanesque architecture first appeared around 1000 AD. He integrates the study of medieval structure with a knowledge of construction, decoration and articulation to determine the origins of medieval architecture and the High Romanesque style. Armi's in depth study reveals new knowledge about design decisions in the early ...

Greek Architecture - HOME Greek Architecture Socrates' Ancestor: An Essay on Architectural Beginnings by Indre Kagis McEwen, "Socrates' Ancestor" is a rich and poetic exploration of architectural beginnings and the dawn of Western philosophy in preclassical Greece. Architecture precedes philosophy, McEwen argues, and it was here, in the archaic Greek polis, that Western architecture became the cradle of Western thought. McEwen's appreciation of the early Greek understanding of the indissolubility of craft and community yields new insight into such issues as orthogonal planning and the appearance of the encompassing colonnade - the "ptera or "wings" - that ...

Japanese Architecture - HOME Japanese Architecture Hiroshi Hara by Botond Bognar, One of Japan's most prominent and internationally renowned architects today, Hiroshi Hara has been responsible for the designs of many of the most significant and largest projects in his country, including major urban complexes such as the Iida City Museum, the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, the Miyagi Prefectural Library in Sendai, the Kyoto Station Complex, and the recently completed Sapporo Dome. Nevertheless, in addition to extensive public buildings, Hara has, throughout his career, continued to turn out numerous small private residences, the design of which is nothing short of revolutionary. The past few decades have witnessed the further maturation and flourishing of Hara's works which, taken as a whole, have constituted one of the most original contributions to the increasingly varied and widely recognised stage of Japanese architecture since the 1960s. Featuring an in-depth critical analysis by Professor Botond Bognar, a scholar of Japanese architecture, and seven short theoretical essays by Hiroshi Hara, as well as a selection of 29 individual projects, this richly illustrated book introduces the best of Hara's ...

Renaissance Art and Architecture - HOME Renaissance Art and Architecture Distance Points: Studies in Theory and Renaissance Art and Architecture by James S. Ackerman, These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and specific works of Renaissance architecture.The largest group of essays, dealing with the character of Renaissance architecture, are models of art historical scholarship in their direct approach to identifying the essentials of a building and the social and intellectual context in which they should ...

Sustainable Architecture - HOME Sustainable Architecture Sustainable Architecture: The Green Buildings of Nikken Sekkei by Anna Ray-Jones, The relationship between architecture and the environment has historically been and continues to be a complex interaction of site, technology, climate and other natural forces, building materials, and the human presence. In the new century this affinity is gradually assuming a powerful profile as architecture moves away from former design paradigms to a more defined alliance with nature. The burgeoning Green movement in architecture has its origins in the activism of the sixties, the alternative societies of the ...

Ancient Roman Architecture - HOME Ancient Roman Architecture Roman Architecture and Society by Anderson, James C., Jr., Focusing primarily on Rome and other cities of central Italy, James C. Anderson, jr., describes the training, career path, and social status of both architects and builders. He explains how the construction industry was organized -- from marble and timber suppliers to bricklayers and carpenters. He examines the political, legal, and economic factors that determined what would be built, and where. And he shows how the various types of public and private Roman buildings relate to the urban space as a ...

Architecture Miami - HOME Architecture Miami Coral Gables: Miami Riviera: An Architectural Guide Coral Gables: Miami Riviera: An Architectural Guide Tropical Deco: The Architecture and Design of Old Miami Beach by Laura Cerwinske, Shows Art Deco apartments, hotels, and theaters in old Miami Beach and highlights the architectural details and murals of those historic buildings Miami Modern Architecture - The postwar craving for futuristic became evident in Miami Beach, Florida, where during the 1950s and 1960s, a wildly inventive mode of architectural design emerged to satiate the requirements of the prosperous new vacationing middle-class. Resort area ...

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Architecture As Signs And Systems: For A Mannerist Time (The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures In The History Of American Civilization) (Hardcover) : Two architectural theorists and designers look back over their influential professional careers, their dedic...

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