Architecture category: 43274 books
by Stephen Verderber, Ben J. Refuerzo
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Providing much-needed focus on hospice projects in the context of unprecedented rates of societal ageing, this new reference book presents an overview of major recent developments in this rapidly evolving building type. The authors present an overview of the historical origins of the contemporary...
Architecture and Politics in Nigeria
The Study of a Late Twentieth-Century Enlightenment-Inspired Modernism at Abuja, 1900–2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
In 1975, the Nigerian authorities decided to construct a new postcolonial capital called Abuja, and together with several internationally renowned architects these military leaders collaborated to build a city for three million inhabitants. Founded five years after the Civil War with Biafra, which...
The Ten Most Influential Buildings in History
Architecture’s Archetypes
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Even the most inventive and revolutionary architects of today owe debts to the past, often to the distant past when architecture really was being invented for the first time. Architects depend on their own imaginations for personal insights and originality but their ideas may be stimulated (consciously...
Julian Abele
Architect and the Beaux Arts
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Julian Abele, Architect and the Beaux Arts uncovers the life of one of the first beaux arts trained African American architects. Overcoming racial segregation at the beginning of the twentieth century, Abele received his architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1902.
Wilson...
Living on Campus
An Architectural History of the American Dormitory
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
An exploration of the architecture of dormitories that exposes deeply held American beliefs about education, youth, and citizenship
Every fall on move-in day, parents tearfully bid farewell to their beloved sons and daughters at college dormitories: it is an age-old ritual. The residence hall...
by Vitruvius
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2019
The Roman engineer Vitruvius is the author of the celebrated treatise ‘De architectura’, a handbook for ancient architects. Vitruvius studied Greek philosophy and science and gained experience in the course of his professional work. Appointed to be an overseer of imperial artillery and military...
by Hélène Frichot
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Set amidst the experimental ecology of practices that supports feminist thinking and doing in architecture, this small book outlines an instruc- tion guide that presents six provocative steps toward the invention of productive concept-tools. It invites readers to explore creative and messy methodologies...
Nature Modern
The Place of Landscape in the Modern Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Nature is not simply "green” or the "opposite of culture.” Essentially, it is an intellectual construct. The relationship between man and Nature, for instance, articulates itself architectonically. Now what could one see as the possible role of Nature in projects of architects representative...
Representing Landscapes
Analogue
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
The fourth book in Nadia Amoroso‘s Representing Landscapes series, this text focuses on traditional methods of visual representation in landscape architectural education. Building on from the previous titles in the series, which look at digital and hybrid techniques, Representing Landscapes: Analogue...
by Matyas Gutai
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Architecture is based upon the misconception that strong is stable, both in sense of energy and structure, as an unchanged state of microclimate would require more material or insulation. Trans-structures are the opposite: building elements with the response-ability to change according to external...
Building Serverless Applications with Python
Develop fast, scalable, and cost-effective web applications that are always available
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Building efficient Python applications at minimal cost by adopting serverless architectures
Key Features
Design and set up a data flow between cloud services and custom business logic
Make your applications efficient and reliable using serverless architecture
Build and deploy scalable serverless...
Serverless Design Patterns and Best Practices
Build, secure, and deploy enterprise ready serverless applications with AWS to improve developer productivity
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Get started with designing your serverless application using optimum design patterns and industry standard practices
Key Features
Learn the details of popular software patterns and how they are applied to serverless applications
Understand key concepts and components in serverless designs
Walk...
by Paul Coates
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
Programming.Architecture is a simple and concise introduction to the history of computing and computational design, explaining the basics of algorithmic thinking and the use of the computer as a tool for design and architecture.
Paul Coates, a pioneer of CAAD, demonstrates algorithmic thinking...
'Designing Women'
Gender and the Architectural Profession
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2000
Historically, the contributions of women architects to their profession have been minimized or overlooked. 'Designing Women' explores the tension that has existed between the architectural profession and its women members. It demonstrates the influence that these women have had on architecture in...