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Building 3000 years of design engineering and construction

Addis, William

   

 

 

 

Architecture from without theoretical framings for a critical practice

Agrest, Diana

   

 

 

 

City is Not a Tree

Alexander, Christopher

   

 

 

 

New Theory of Urban Design

Alexander, Christopher

   

 

 

 

Pattern Language, Towns, Buildings, Construction

Alexander, Christopher

   

 

 

 

Process of Creating Life, The Nature of Order

Alexander, Christopher

   

 

 

 

Timeless Way of Building

Alexander, Christopher

   

 

 

 

How Buildings Work, The Natural Order of Architecture

Allen, Edward

   

 

 

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Architectures, Modernism and After

Ballantyne, Andrew

   

 

 

 

Age of the Masters, A Personal View of Modern Architecture

Banham, Reyner

   

 

 

 

Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment

Banham, Reyner

   

 

 

 

Aspen papers, twenty years of design theory from the International Design Conference in Aspen

Banham, Reyner

   

 

 

 

Critic Writes, Selected Essays by Reyner

Banham, Reyner

   

 

 

 

Theory and Design in the First Machine Age

Banham, Reyner

   

 

 

 

Architecture of the Renaissance

Benevolo, Leonardo

   

 

 

 

History of modern architecture, Vol. 1

Benevolo, Leonardo

   

 

 

 

History of Modern Architecture, Vol. 2

Benevolo, Leonardo

   

 

 

 

History of the City

Benevolo, Leonardo

   

 

 

 

Origins of Modern Town Planning

Benevolo, Leonardo

   

 

 

 

European Architecture 1750-1890, Oxford History of Art

Bergdoll, Barry

   

 

 

 

Architecture Matters

Betsky, Aaron

   

 

 

 

Monumental Era, European Architecture and Design, 1929-1939

Borsi, Franco

   

 

 

 

Puzzle of Architecture

Boyd, Robin

   

 

 

 

Architectural thought, the design process and the expectant eye

Brawne, Michael

   

 

 

 

Failure of Modern Architecture

Brolin, Brent C.

   

 

 

 

Architecture and modern life

Brownell, Baker

   

 

 

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European domestic architecture, its development from early times

Cantacuzino, Sherban

   

 

 

 

Great Modern Architecture

Cantacuzino, Sherban

   

 

 

 

Against Architecture

Cecla, Franco La

   

 

 

 

Architecture in Uniform, Designing and Building for World War II

Cohen, Jean-Louis

   

 

 

 

Future of architecture, since 1889

Cohen, Jean-Louis

   

 

 

 

Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950

Collins, Peter

   

 

 

 

Modern Architecture

Colquhoun, Alan

   

 

 

 

Modernity & the Classical Tradition

Colquhoun, Alan

   

 

 

 

Twentieth-century World Architecture

Copplestone, Trewin

   

 

 

 

History of Architecture in 100 Buildings

Cruickshank, Dan

   

 

 

 

Modern Architecture since 1900

Curtis, William J. R.

   

 

 

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Anybody

Davidson, Cynthia

   

 

 

 

Anyhow

Davidson, Cynthia

   

 

 

 

Anymore

Davidson, Cynthia

   

 

 

 

Anyplace

Davidson, Cynthia

   

 

 

 

Anywise

Davidson, Cynthia

   

 

 

 

Architecture from the Outside, Essays on Virtual and Real Space

Davidson, Cynthia

   

 

 

 

Thinking About Architecture, An Introduction to Architectural Theory

Davies, Colin

   

 

 

 

Culture of Building

Davis, Howard

   

 

 

 

Constructing Architecture, Materials, Processes, Structures

Deplazes, Andrea

   

 

 

 

Architecture in the Public Realm

Dietsch, Deborah

   

 

 

 

Twentieth-century Architecture

Doordan, Dennis P.

   

 

 

 

Transformations in modern architecture

Drexler, Arthur

   

 

 

 

Précis of the Lectures on Architecture, With Graphic Portion of the Lectures on Architecture

Durand, Jean-Nicolas-Louis

   

 

 

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Histories of the Immediate Present, Inventing Architectural Modernism

Eisenman, Peter

   

 

 

 

Technics & Architecture, The Development of Materials & Systems for Buildings

Elliott, Cecil D

   

 

 

 

Architectural Theory From the Renaissance to the Present

Evers, Bernd

   

 

 

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Story of Contemporary Architecture

Favole, Paolo

   

 

 

 

Classic Modern Homes of the Thirties

Ford, James

   

 

 

 

Evolution of 20th Century Architecture, A Synoptic Account

Frampton, Kenneth

   

 

 

 

Modern Architecture, A Critical History

Frampton, Kenneth

   

 

 

 

World Architecture 1900-2000, A Critical Mosaic, South Asia, Vol.8

Frampton, Kenneth

   

 

 

 

World Architecture 1900-2000, A Critical Mosaic, Southeast Asia and Oceania, Vol. 10

Frampton, Kenneth

   

 

 

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Sources of Architectural Form, A Critical History of Western Design Theory

Gelernter, Mark

   

 

 

 

Architecture and the Phenomena of Transition, The Three Space Conceptions in Architecture

Giedion, Sigfried

   

 

 

 

Eternal Present, Vol. I, The Beginnings of Art

Giedion, Sigfried

   

 

 

 

Eternal Present, Vol. II, The Beginnings of Architecture

Giedion, Sigfried

   

 

 

 

Space, Time and Architecture, The Growth of a New Tradition

Giedion, Sigfried

   

 

 

 

20th century architecture, the structures that shaped the twentieth century

Glancey, Jonathan

   

 

 

 

Why Architecture Matters

Goldberger, Paul

   

 

 

 

Architecture in the Twentieth Century

Gössel, Peter

   

 

 

 

Apollo in the democracy, the cultural obligation of the architect

Gropius, Walter

   

 

 

 

Rebuilding Our Communities

Gropius, Walter

   

 

 

 

Scope of total architecture

Gropius, Walter

   

 

 

 

Mir arkhitektury, Litso goroda (The World of Architecture, The Face of the City)

Gutnov, A. E.

   

 

 

 

Philosopher Looks at Architecture

Guyer, Paul

   

 

 

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Good, the bad, and the ugly, cities in crisis

Hackney, Rod

   

 

 

 

Architecture of The Early 20th Century

Haiko, Peter

   

 

 

 

Forms and Functions of Twentieth-Century Architecture, Building Types, Vol.1

Hamlin, Talbot

   

 

 

 

Forms and Functions of Twentieth-Century Architecture, Building Types, Vol.2

Hamlin, Talbot

   

 

 

 

Forms and Functions of Twentieth-Century Architecture, Building Types, Vol.3

Hamlin, Talbot

   

 

 

 

Forms and Functions of Twentieth-Century Architecture, Building Types, Vol.4

Hamlin, Talbot

   

 

 

 

Lessons for students in architecture

Hertzberger, Herman

   

 

 

 

Architecture, Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries

Hitchcock, Henry

   

 

 

 

Architecture for people, Explorations in a new humane environment

Holt, Rinehart

   

 

 

 

Architecture from commission to construction

Hudson, Jennifer

   

 

 

 

On Architecture, Collected Reflections on a Century of Change

Huxtable, Ada Louise

   

 

 

I        
 

Design and Form, The Basic Course at the Bauhaus and Later

Itten, Johannes

   

 

 

J        
 

Architecture of Oppression, The SS, Forced Labor and the Nazi Monumental Building Economy (Architext)

Jaskot , Paul B.

   

 

 

 

Twentieth-Century Building Materials, History and Conservation

Jester, Thomas C.

   

 

 

 

New Forms, Architecture in the 1990s

Jodidio, Philip

   

 

 

 

Architecture the whole story

Jones, Denna

   

 

 

 

Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945 to 1990

Jones, Peter Blundell

   

 

 

K        
 

Architecture as Metaphor, Language, Number, Money

Karatani, Kojin

   

 

 

 

Architecture since 1400

Kathleen, James-Chakraborty

   

 

 

 

Perfect acts of architecture

Kipnis, Jeffrey

   

 

 

 

Architecture of Modern Italy, Vol. 1, The Challenge of Tradition 1750-1900

Kirk, Terry

   

 

 

 

Architecture of Modern Italy: Vol. 2, Visions of Utopia, 1900–Present

Kirk, Terry

   

 

 

 

20th century architecture, drawings, models

Klotz, Heinrich

   

 

 

 

Junkspace with Running Room

Koolhaas, Rem

   

 

 

 

Town and Revolution

Kopp, Anatole

   

 

 

 

City Shaped, Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History

Kostof, Spiro

   

 

 

 

Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings

Kushner, Marc

   

 

 

L        
 

City of Tomorrow

Le Corbusier

   

 

 

 

Concerning Town Planning

Le Corbusier

   

 

 

 

Precisions

Le Corbusier

   

 

 

 

Rethinking Architecture

Leach, Neil

   

 

 

 

Breaking Ground, Adventures in Life and Architecture

Libeskind, Daniel

   

 

 

 

Growing Up in Cities

Lynch, Kevin

   

 

 

 

Image of the City

Lynch, Kevin

   

 

 

M        
 

Investigations in Collective Form

Maki, Fumihiko

   

 

 

 

Nurturing Dreams, Collected Essays on Architecture and the City

Maki, Fumihiko

   

 

 

 

Architect's Brain, Neuroscience, Creativity, and Architecture

Mallgrave, Harry Francis

   

 

 

 

Architectural Theory, Vol. 1

Mallgrave, Harry Francis

   

 

 

 

Architectural Theory, Vol. 2

Mallgrave, Harry Francis

   

 

 

 

Companions to the History of Architecture, Eighteenth-Century Architecture, Vol. 2

Mallgrave, Harry Francis

   

 

 

 

Companions to the History of Architecture, Nineteenth-Century Architecture, Vol. 3

Mallgrave, Harry Francis

   

 

 

 

Companions to the History of Architecture, Renaissance and Baroque Architecture, Vol. 1

Mallgrave, Harry Francis

   

 

 

 

Companions to the History of Architecture, Twentieth-Century Architecture, Vol. 4

Mallgrave, Harry Francis

   

 

 

 

Introduction to Architectural Theory, 1968 to the Present

Mallgrave, Harry Francis

   

 

 

 

Modern Architectural Theory, A Historical Survey, 1673-1968

Mallgrave, Harry Francis

   

 

 

 

Architecture of Form

March, Lionel

   

 

 

 

Geometry of environment

March, Lionel

   

 

 

 

Ancient Wisdom and Modern Knowhow, Learning to Live with Uncertainty

Maxwell, Robert

   

 

 

 

Neoclassical and 19th Century Architecture

Middleton, Robin

   

 

 

 

Theoretical anxiety and design strategies in the work of eight contemporary architects

Moneo, José Rafael

   

 

 

 

Why We Build, Power and Desire in Architecture

Moore, Rowan

   

 

 

 

News from nowhere, and other writings

Morris, William

   

 

 

 

Architecture of the Italian Renaissance

Murray, Peter

   

 

 

 

Sir Banister Fletcher's a History of Architecture

Musgrove, John

   

 

 

N        
 

Aesthetics and Technology in Building

Nervi, Pier Luigi

   

 

 

 

Friedrich Gilly Essays on Architecture, 1796–1799

Neumeyer, Fritz

   

 

 

 

Survival Through Design

Neutra, Richard Joseph

   

 

 

 

Architecture presence, language, and place

Norberg-Schulz, Christian

   

 

 

 

Concept of dwelling, On the way to figurative architecture

Norberg-Schulz, Christian

   

 

 

 

Existence Space and Architecture

Norberg-Schulz, Christian

   

 

 

 

Genius Loci, Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture

Norberg-Schulz, Christian

   

 

 

 

Intentions in Architecture

Norberg-Schulz, Christian

   

 

 

 

Late Baroque and Rococo Architecture

Norberg-Schulz, Christian

   

 

 

 

Meaning in Western Architecture

Norberg-Schulz, Christian

   

 

 

 

Principles of Modern Architecture

Norberg-Schulz, Christian

   

 

 

 

Story of architecture

Nuttgens, Patrick

   

 

 

O        
 

Bruno Zevi On Modern Architecture

Oppenheimer Dean, Andrea

   

 

 

 

Decoding Theoryspeak, An Illustrated Guide to Architectural Theory

Ots, Enn

   

 

 

P        
 

Proportion, Science, Philosophy, Architecture

Padovan, Richard

   

 

 

 

Understanding Architecture

Pallasmaa, Juhani

   

 

 

 

Interventions in historic centres the buildings of Magdalen College, Oxford

Papadakis, Andreas

   

 

 

 

New Spirit in Architecture

Papadakis, Andreas

   

 

 

 

Contemporary World Architecture

Pearman, Hugh

   

 

 

 

Chora 1, Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture

Perez-Gomez, Alberto

   

 

 

 

Chora 2, Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture

Perez-Gomez, Alberto

   

 

 

 

Chora 3, Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture

Perez-Gomez, Alberto

   

 

 

 

Chora 4, Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture

Perez-Gomez, Alberto

   

 

 

 

Oral History of Modern Architecture, Interviews With the Greatest Architects of the Twentieth Century

Peter, John

   

 

 

 

Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture

Pevsner, Nikolaus

   

 

 

 

History of Building Types

Pevsner, Nikolaus

   

 

 

 

Sources of Modern Architecture and Design

Pevsner, Nikolaus

   

 

 

 

Classical Architecture

Porphyrios, Demetri

   

 

 

 

Rethinking Global Modernism, Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial

Prakash, Vikramaditya

   

 

 

Q        
R        
 

Goroda budushchego (Cities of the Future)

Ragon, Mishel

   

 

 

 

Experiencing Architecture

Rasmussen, Steen Eiler

   

 

 

 

Towns and Buildings

Rasmussen, Steen Eiler

   

 

 

 

Architecture and its Ethical Dilemmas

Ray, Nicholas

   

 

 

 

Critical History of Contemporary Architecture, 1960-2010

Rifkind, Elie G

   

 

 

 

Byzantine art and architecture, An introduction

Rodley, Lyn

   

 

 

 

Collage City

Rowe, Colin

   

 

 

 

Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays

Rowe, Colin

   

 

 

 

Reckoning with Colin Rowe, ten architects take position

Rowe, Colin

   

 

 

 

Tvorcheskie protivorechiya v noveyshey arkhitekture Zapada (Creative Contradictions in Contemporary Western Architecture)

Ryabushin, A. V.

   

 

 

 

Look of architecture

Rybczynski, Witold

   

 

 

S        
 

Complex fate Gustav Stickley and the Craftsman Movement

Sanders, Barry

   

 

 

 

Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture

Schwartz, Ellen C.

   

 

 

 

Architecture, The Natural and the Manmade

Scully, Vincent

   

 

 

 

Modern architecture, the architecture of democracy

Scully, Vincent Joseph

   

 

 

 

Four Elements of Architecture and Other Writings

Semper, Gottfried

   

 

 

 

Twentieth Century Architecture, A Visual History

Sharp, Dennis

   

 

 

 

Architectural Culture Around 1900, Critical Reappraisal and Heritage Preservation

Shmidt, Claudia

   

 

 

 

Ethical architect, the dilemma of contemporary practice

Spector, Tom

   

 

 

 

Architecture of Rasem Badran, Narratives on People and Place

Steele, James

   

 

 

 

Modern classicism

Stern, Robert A. M

   

 

 

 

Edifice Complex, How the Rich And Powerful and Their Architects shape the World

Sudjic, Deyan

   

 

 

 

Language of Cities

Sudjic, Deyan

   

 

 

 

Genius and the Mobocracy

Sullivan, Louis Henry

   

 

 

 

Heavenly Mansions, And Other Essays on Architecture

Summerson, John

   

 

 

 

Introduction to Architectural Science

Szokolay, Steven

   

 

 

T        
 

Architecture and Utopia, Design and Capitalist Development

Tafuri, Manfredo

   

 

 

 

History of Italian Architecture, 1944-1985

Tafuri, Manfredo

   

 

 

 

Interpreting the Renaissance

Tafuri, Manfredo

   

 

 

 

Modern architecture, Vol. 2

Tafuri, Manfredo

   

 

 

 

Theories and History of Architecture

Tafuri, Manfredo

   

 

 

 

Designing Memory, The Architecture of Commemoration in Europe, 1914 to the Present

Tanović, Sabina

   

 

 

 

Representing Landscape Architecture

Treib, Marc

   

 

 

 

Architecture in Europe Since 1968

Tzonis, Alexander

   

 

 

 

Architecture of Regionalism in the Age of Globalization, Peaks and Valleys in the Flat World

Tzonis, Alexander

   

 

 

 

Classical architecture, the poetics of order

Tzonis, Alexander

   

 

 

 

Critical Regionalism, Architecture and Identity in a Globalised World

Tzonis, Alexander

   

 

 

U        
 

Analysing Architecture

Unwin, Simon

   

 

 

V        
 

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture

Venturi, Robert

   

 

 

 

Architecture in the Age of Divided Representation

Vesely, Dalibor

   

 

 

 

Vitruvius. The Ten Books on Architecture

Vitruvius, Marcus Pollio

   

 

 

W        
 

Modern Architecture, A Guidebook for His Students to This Field of Art

Wagner, Otto

   

 

 

 

History of Western Architecture

Watkin, David

   

 

 

 

Architectural Reflections. Studies in the Philosophy and Practice of Architecture

Wilson, Colin St John

   

 

 

 

Future of Architecture

Wright, Frank Lloyd

   

 

 

 

Living City

Wright, Frank Lloyd

   

 

 

 

When Democracy Builds

Wright, Frank Lloyd

   

 

 

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Reality Modeled After Images

Young, Michael

   

 

 

Z        
 

Architecture As Space

Zevi, Bruno

   

 

 

 

Modern Language of Architecture

Zevi, Bruno

   

 

 

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Creative Perspective In Architecture

   

 

 

 

Philosophy and Architecture

   

 

 

 

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