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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $7.98
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Manufacturer: Princeton Architectural Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Kimberly Elam
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Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 686.22
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Publication Date: 2007-05-03
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Reading Level: 160
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Description: Typographic organization has always been a complex system in that there are so many elements at play, such as hierarchy, order of reading, legibility, and contrast. In Typographic Systems, Kim Elam, author of our bestselling books, Geometry of Design and Grid Systems, explores eight major structural systems beyond the traditional ordering systems of the grid – including random, radial, modular, and bilateral systems. By taking the reader through exercises, student work, and professional examples, Elam offers a broad range of design solutions. Once essential visual organization systems are understood the designer can fluidly organize words or images within a structure, combination of structures, or a variation of a structure. With clarity and substance, each system – from the structured axis to the nonhierarchical radial array – is explained and explored so that the reader comes away with a better understanding of these intricate complex arrangements. Typographic Systems is the sixth title in our bestselling Design Briefs series, which has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide.
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Sale: $93.75
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Manufacturer: Professional Publications, Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David Kent Ballast
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Publisher: Professional Publications, Inc.
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Edition: Fourth Edition, New Edition
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Dewey Decimal Number: 729
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Publication Date: 2007-05-01
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Reading Level: 656
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Description: Successful exam preparation depends on studying with the best resources, and the Interior Design Reference Manual offers the most complete preparation available for the NCIDQ exam – preparation that has enabled thousands of other candidates to receive their certifications. Prepare to pass the NCIDQ exam with Updated code references to reflect the 2006 IBC and current and proposed ADA Accessibility Guidelines Sample problems in the same format as the exam, with multiple-choice for Parts I and II, and a design practicum for Part III More than 320 exam-like practice problems, with complete explanations of the answers A 2-part sample design practicum, similar to the graphic section of the exam Study guidelines to effectively focus your preparation What's new in the 4th edition Updated to reference the 2006 International Building Code (IBC) New section on Fabric Quantity Calculations Updates to section on Finishes Updates to section on Mixed Occupancy and Occupancy Separation Updates to section Accessory and Incidental Use Areas Updates to section on Corridors Updates to section on Doors Updates to section on Signage and Alarms Revisions to key tables and figures |
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Price: $22.95
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Sale: $12.99
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Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Anthony Vidler
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Publisher: The MIT Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 724.6
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Publication Date: 2008-06-30
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Reading Level: 239
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Description: Architecture, at least since the beginning of the twentieth century, has suspended historical references in favor of universalized abstraction. In the decades after the Second World War, when architectural historians began to assess the legacy of the avant-gardes in order to construct a coherent narrative of modernism's development, they were inevitably influenced by contemporary concerns. In Histories of the Immediate Present, Anthony Vidler examines the work of four historians of architectural modernism and the ways in which their histories were constructed as more or less overt programs for the theory and practice of design in a contemporary context.
Vidler looks at the historical approaches of Emil Kaufmann, Colin Rowe, Reyner Banham, and Manfredo Tafuri, and the specific versions of modernism advanced by their historical narratives. Vidler shows that the modernism conceived by Kaufmann was, like the late Enlightenment projects he revered, one of pure, geometrical forms and elemental composition; that of Rowe saw mannerist ambiguity and complexity in contemporary design; Banham's modernism took its cue from the aspirations of the futurists; and the "Renaissance modernism" of Tafuri found its source in the division between the technical experimentation of Brunelleschi and the cultural nostalgia of Alberti. Vidler's investigation demonstrates the inevitable collusion between history and design that pervades all modern architectural discourse—and has given rise to some of the most interesting architectural experiments of the postwar period.
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Price: $27.50
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Sale: $12.95
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Manufacturer: Quantuck Lane
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: John Silber
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Publisher: Quantuck Lane
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Dewey Decimal Number: 724.6
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Publication Date: 2007-11-12
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Reading Level: 128
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Description: Have you ever wondered why the Guggenheim is always covered in scaffolding? Why the random slashes on the exterior of Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum, supposed to represent Berlin locations where pre-war Jews flourished, reappear, for no apparent reason, on his Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto? Or why Frank Gehry's Stata Center, designed for MIT's top-secret Cryptography Unit, has transparent glass walls? Not to mention why, for $442 per square foot, it doesn't keep out the rain? You're not alone.
In Architecture of the Absurd, John Silber dares to peek behind the curtain of "genius" architects and expose their willful disdain for their clients, their budgets, and the people who live or work inside their creations. Absurdism in a painting or sculpture is one thing—if it's not to your taste, you don't have to look—but absurdism in buildings represents a blatant disregard for the needs of the building, whether it be a student center, music hall, or corporate headquarters.
Silber admires the precise engineering of Calatrava, the imaginative shapes of Gaudi, and the sleek beauty of Mies van der Rohe. But he refuses to kowtow to the egos of those "geniuses" who lack such respect for the craft. Absurdist architects have been sheltered by the academy, encouraged by critics, and commissioned by CEOs and trustees. They stamp the world with meaningless monstrosities, justify them with fanciful theories, and command outrageous "genius fees" for their trouble.
As a young man, Silber learned to draw blueprints and read elevations from his architect father. In twenty-five years as president of Boston University, Silber oversaw a building program totaling 13 million square feet. Here, Silber uses his experience as a builder, a client, and a noted philosopher to construct an unflinchingly intelligent illustrated critique of contemporary architecture.
Le Corbusier's megalomaniacal 1930s plan for Algiers, which called for the demolition of the entire city, was mercifully never built. But his blatant disregard for context and community lives on. In Boston, Josep Lluis Sert's unprotected northeast-facing entrance to the B.U. library flooded the first floor with snow and ice every New England winter. In Los Angeles, sunlight glinting off the sharply angled steel curves of Gehry's Walt Disney Music Hall raises the temperature of neighbors' houses by 15 degrees. And of course, Libeskind's World Trade Center plan, with its spindly 1776-foot tower and quarter-mile-high gardens, proved so impractical it had to be re-designed, in an exasperating negotiation hardly worthy of the complex tragedy of the site.
Dr. Silber, an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, asks all the questions that critics dare not. He challenges architects to derive creative satisfaction from meeting their clients' practical needs. He appeals to the reasonable public to stop supporting overpriced architecture. And most of all, he calls for responsible clients to tell the emperors of our skylines that their pretensions cannot hide the naked absurdity of their designs. 103 color illustrations.
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Price: $9.99
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Sale: $5.96
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Manufacturer: Taschen
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Claire Zimmerman
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Publisher: Taschen
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Dewey Decimal Number: 720
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Publication Date: 2006-10-01
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Reading Level: 96
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Description: Less is more: finding perfection in purity Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) was one of the founding fathers of modern architecture. The creator of the Barcelona Pavilion (1929), the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois (1945–1951) and the Seagram Building in New York (1954–1958), Mies was one of the founders of a new architectural style. Well known for his motto "less is more," he sought a kind of refined purity in architectural expression that was not seen in the reduced vocabulary of other Bauhaus members. His goal was not simply building for those of modest income but building economically in terms of sustainability, both in a technical and aesthetical way; the use of industrial materials such as steel and glass were the foundation of this approach. Though the extreme reduction of form and material in his work garnered some criticism, over the years many have tried—mostly unsuccessfully—to copy his original and elegant style. This book explores more than 20 of his projects between 1906 and 1967, from his early work around Berlin to his most important American buildings.
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Price: $85.00
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Sale: $67.01
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Manufacturer: Verlag Scheidegger and Spiess
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Sigrid Hauser
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Publisher: Verlag Scheidegger and Spiess
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Dewey Decimal Number: 720
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Publication Date: 2007-03-15
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: Therme Vals, the spa complex built in the Swiss Alps by celebrated architect Peter Zumthor, became an icon of contemporary architecture soon after its opening in 1996. Inspired by the spa’s majestic surroundings, Zumthor built the structure on the sharp grade of an Alpine mountain slope with grass-topped roofs to mimic Swiss meadows, captured here in a series of sumptuous images. Peter Zumthor Therme Vals, the only book-length study of this singular building, features the architect’s own original sketches and plans for its design as well as Hélène Binet’s striking photographs of the structure. Architectural scholar Sigrid Hauser contributes an essay on such topics as “Artemis/Diana,” “Baptism,” “Mikvah,” and “Spring”—drawing out the connections between the elemental nature of the spa and mythology, bathing, and purity. Annotations by Peter Zumthor on his design concept and the building process elucidate the structure’s symbiotic relationship to its natural surroundings, revealing, for example, why he insisted on using locally quarried stone. Therme Vals’s scenic design elements, and Zumthor’s contributions to this book, reflect the architect’s commitment to the essential and his disdain for needless architectural flourishes. This lavishly illustrated volume about the spa that catapulted a remote Swiss village onto the international architecture scene will entrance all enthusiasts of contemporary design. |
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Price: $9.99
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Sale: $6.05
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Manufacturer: Taschen
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Masao Furuyama
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Publisher: Taschen
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Dewey Decimal Number: 720
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Publication Date: 2006-10-01
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Reading Level: 96
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Description: Modern minimalism with a Japanese touch Philippe Starck describes him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Drew Philip calls his buildings "land art" that "struggle to emerge from the earth." He is the only architect to have won the discipline’s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. His name is Tadao Ando, and he is one of the world’s greatest living architects. Combining influences from Japanese tradition with the best of Modernism, Ando has developed a completely unique building aesthetic that makes use of concrete, wood, water, light, space, and nature in a way that has never been witnessed elsewhere in architecture. This book provides the perfect introduction to Ando’s work, including private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and cultural spaces throughout Japan, and in France, Italy, Spain, and the USA.
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Price: $35.00
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Sale: $22.14
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Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Steve Gross::Sue Daley
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Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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Dewey Decimal Number: 728.09763
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Publication Date: 2007-04-01
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: Creole houses, found from New Orleans to northern Louisiana, are one of the nation’s unique architectural treasures. A blend of French and Spanish colonial styles, with West Indian, Canadian, and other influences, these lovely houses were astutely designed to withstand their sultry, subtropical environment. Significantly, most major examples withstood the devastating hurricanes of 2005.
No other book of photography evocatively examines the development of this singular American style, embracing architecture and interior decoration, which thrived from the early eighteenth through the mid-nineteenth century. Creole Houses offers an appreciation of Creole culture as seen through its historic homes and celebrates not only a memorable way of life, but the history, and the unique sensibility, that produced it.
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Sale: $141.25
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Manufacturer: Professional Publications, Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David Kent Ballast::Steven E. O'Hara
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Publisher: Professional Publications, Inc.
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Edition: For the ARE 4.0
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Dewey Decimal Number: 720
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Publication Date: 2007-12-12
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Reading Level: 744
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Description: Successful exam preparation requires the best resources, and the ARE Review Manual gives you the power to pass all seven divisions of the ARE 4.0. This one book, with over fifty chapters, provides you with a complete and comprehensive review of the topics covered on the ARE divisions. Additional chapters covering basic mathematics, important building regulations, and barrier-free design supplement your preparation regime. Prepare to Pass All Seven Divisions of the ARE with A thorough review of the topics covered on all seven exam divisions Hundreds of tables and figures Exam advice to help you avoid common problems Guidelines to effectively focus your preparation ARE Divisions Covered Building Systems Building Design and Construction Systems Construction Documents and Services Programming, Planning, and Practice Schematic Design Site Planning and Design Structural Systems |
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $16.50
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Manufacturer: Kaplan Business
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Patricia W. Atallah
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Publisher: Kaplan Business
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Dewey Decimal Number: 624.0684
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Publication Date: 2006-08-28
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Building a Successful Construction Company by Patricia W. Atallah is a straightforward, conversational guide that emphasizes how strategic thinking is essential for starting and running a construction company today. With over 10 years of experience consulting on construction business practices, Atallah has worked with hundreds of companies and knows the tricks of the trade that continually prove successful. In Building a Successful Construction Company, the 2.7 million new and experienced contractors in the U.S. alone will welcome a practical, easy-to-read book that lays out the facts needed to get started, provides valuable resources and interactive tools, offers insightful anecdotes from top experts in the field, and helps them incorporate much-needed strategy and structure into their businesses. Armed with a real appreciation for the challenges that contractors face every day, Atallah has developed practical tools and advisory services aimed at helping contractors avoid the pitfalls and build a solid, stable, and profitable business. And, unlike other books, Building a Successful Construction Company is written to all commercial, institutional and residential contractors. |
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