Books from Academy Press
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Architecture from the Inside Out: From the Body, the Senses, the Site and the Community
By Karen A. Franck, R. Bianca LeporiIntroducing a basis for design that transcends fixed notions of style and emerging technologies, this book emphasizes feeling, moving and the experiential.
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Sociable Cities: The Legacy of Ebenezer Howard
By Peter Hall, Colin WardThis landmark book will be of interest to all who are concerned for the future of our cities and the future of our countryside.
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Competing Globally in Architecture Competitions
By G. Stanley CollyerThis is an invaluable companion for any architect or student who is intent on growing or establishing their practice.
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FRS Yorke: and the Evolution of English Modernism
By Jeremy MelvinSee the Building Research Establishment Report by E Grant on the Telford House , Ci / SfB ( 99.71 ) H : h2 ( A7 ) ... The Allford Yorke Archive , Folder 8 , has a loose leaf torn from a book - possibly the 52 - page booklet mentioned by ...
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Library Builders
By Michael BrawneAmong the many library types presented here are the national: Dominique Perrault's Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Colin St John Wilson's British Library; the city: Richard Meier's City Library in The Hague, Bolles-Wilson's Münster ...
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Ecocells: Landscapes and Masterplans by Hamzah & Yeang
By Leon van SchaikThe ecocell is a vertical integrating device to bring landscape elements, daylight, rainwater, natural ventilation and sewage recycling vertically across all levels of the builtform.
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Beirut Reborn: The Restoration and Development of the Central District
By Angus Gavin, Ramez MalufThis book tells the story of the plan to renew Beirut's 180 hectare Central District - the heart of the capital, site of ancient settlements and that part of the city most devastated by the long conflict.
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New Babylonians
By Iain Borden, Sandy McCreeryIt is, however, through the publication that a highly disparate group of architectural practices and cultural thinkers emerge - the New Babylonians - all inspired in very different ways by situationism.
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The Personality Disorders Treatment Planner
By Neil R. Bockian, Arthur E. JongsmaTable of contents
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Cedric Price: Opera
By Samantha HardinghamCharting works from 1984 to the present this book features Price’s original drawings for some 45 projects, many of which are annotated with incisive observations on the subject of architecture and its impact on human beings and the ...
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Architecture from the Inside Out: From the Body, the Senses, the Site and the Community
By Karen A. Franck, R. Bianca LeporiIntroducing a basis for design that transcends fixed notions of style and emerging technologies, this book emphasizes feeling, moving and the experiential.
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Petronas Twin Towers: The Architecture of High Construction
By Michael J. Crosbie, Cesar PelliPETRONAS TWIN TOWERS In a world with jumbo jets, microchips and artificial hearts architecture had appeared to have losts its wonder, but with the building of the petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, now thw tallest buildings on earth, ...
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Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture
By Charles Jencks, Karl KropfThis is now ejected with greater currency with extracts from: Cecil Balmond, Foreign Office Architects, Daniel Libeskind, MVRDV, Lars Spuybroek, UN Studio and West 8.
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Terror Out of Zion: The Fight for Israeli Independenxe 1929-1949 : Irgun Zvai Leumi, LEHI, and the Palestine Underground
By J. Bowyer BellTerror Out of Zion: The Fight for Israeli Independenxe 1929-1949 : Irgun Zvai Leumi, LEHI, and the Palestine Underground
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Architecture and Beauty: Conversations with Architects about a Troubled Relationship
By Yael Reisner, Fleur WatsonOffering up rare and often highly personal insights into the minds of today's most progressive and high-profile architects, the book is lusciously illustrated with the works that the architects discuss.
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Versioning: Evolutionary Techniques in Architecture
By SHoP/Sharples Holden Pasquarelli'Versioning' is a new term coined by the award-winning, young New York practice SHoP/Sharples Holden Pasquarelli to represent an entirely new model for architectural practice.
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Collective Intelligence in Design
By Chris Perry, Christopher HightAdditionally, the issue features essays from a diverse pool of academics and designer,s including Alexander Galloway and Eugene Thacker, Michael Hensel, Therese Tierney, Pia Ednie-Brown and Brett Steele, as well as an extensive interview ...
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Houses in Motion: The Genesis, History and Development of the Portable Building
By Robert H. KronenburgThis book offers readers a unique insight into this increasingly important field of design.
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The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses
By Juhani PallasmaaSince the book's first publication, interest in the role of the body and the senses has been emerging in both architectural philosophy and teaching.