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14. Leerräume

Many listed castles and stately homes—not only in the new federal states—are threatened by vacancy and decay. How can we find suitable new uses and responsible owners for such buildings? How do we lend fresh, significant orientation to the ...

ISBN: 9783868590814
Nils Meyer
Paperback with CD-ROM, 272 pages
August 2009
€28,11 (excl. VAT)

A City Called Spain

A City Called Spain is a book that reflects the landscape of Spanish contemporary architecture, constructing a large city with the most significant elements projected through a magnificent constellation of architects in the first decade of this ...

ISBN: 9788425223822
Manuel Blanco
Paperback, 361 pages
September 2010
€30,00 (excl. VAT)

A History of Architectural Theory

As the first comprehensive encyclopedic survey of Western architectural theory from Vitruvius to the present, this book is an essential resource for architects, students, teachers, historians, and theorists.

ISBN: 9781568980102
Hanno-Walter Kruft
Paperback, 800 pages
March 1994
€34,00 (excl. VAT)

After Crisis

After Crisis concentrates around the new conditions for architectural practice and around the new epistemologies that may inform it in the next future. That is, in the period after the financial bubble has collapsed and living and working conditions ...

ISBN: 9783037782309
Josep Lluís Mateo, Krunoslav Ivanišin Ed(s)
Paperback, 160 pages
November 2010
€25,00 (excl. VAT)

After the Crash

After the Crash is an anthology of essays that draw on firsthand observations of the built environment and architectural culture that emerged from the economically sober post-bubble period of Japan in the 1990s.

ISBN: 9781568987767
Thomas Daniell
Paperback, 192 pages
October 2008
€19,00 (excl. VAT)

An Outline of European Architecture

For over 60 years Sir Nikolaus Pevsner’s study of European architecture has been regarded as a seminal work which has inspired countless students of architecture around the world. In this updated, larger format edition, which also has a new and ...

ISBN: 9780500342411
Nikolaus Pevsner
Hardcover, 256 pages
September 2009
€37,69 (excl. VAT)

Andrea Palladio – Unbuilt Venice

After the successful conclusion of the centenary celebrations of Andrea Palladio’s birth, there are still many unanswered questions about his work. Antonio Foscari retraces Palladio’s life and offers new perspectives on the architect's built and ...

ISBN: 9783037782224
Antonio Foscari
Hardcover, 288 pages
August 2010
€40,00 (excl. VAT)

Archigram

Archigram, provides a chronicle of the work of a group of young British architects that became the most influential architecture movement of the 1960s, as told by the members themselves.

ISBN: 9781568981949
Peter Cook
Paperback, 148 pages
September 1999
€26,50 (excl. VAT)

Architectural Positions

The changing public sphere is one of the crucial themes of contemporary architectural debate. In today’s world, where can we find collective spaces in which people can meet and form public opinion?