Death & Life of Great American Cities

J. Jacobs

This book is an attack on current methods of city planning and re-building. It is also an explanation of new principles and an argument for different methods from those now in use. It is the first real alternative to conventional city planning that we...

Cena 104,50  zł     Kup teraz

Idea of Town Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome Italy & Anci

Rykwert

Looks at the Roman town as a work of art, discusses the mythical, historical, and ritual aspects of ancient towns, and examines the implications for modern urban design.

Cena 118,80  zł     Kup teraz

Koetter Kim & Associates

A. Plattus

This monograph presents 32 urban and campus projects in detail, explaining Koetter Kim's component based design process through photographs, plans and diagrams. The book contains 16 built buildings, 3 realized master plans and 16 unrealized/unbuilt projects

Cena 224,20  zł     Kup teraz

Metropolis Now Urban Cultures in Our Global Cities

R. Biswas

The metropolis, in all its inspiring and intimidating vigour, has become the paradigm of human settlement. These portraits of 15 cities, their bustling centres and wild peripheries, their troubles and aspirations, their hot pavements and cold nights,...

Cena 148,20  zł     Kup teraz

Projecting Beirut

'Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City' deals with two specific periods in urban development in modern Beirut. The first coincides with the government intervention of the late 1950s to the late 1960s, and...

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Taj Mahal

A. Okada

The construction of the world's most splendid mausoleum, the Taj Mahal, is surrounded by a haze of romanticized legends. Did the powerful seventeenth-century Mughal emperor Shah Jahan build this filigreed marvel of white marble, gems, and semiprecious...

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Vertigo Strange New World of the Contemporary City

Moore

Dissecting the new architectural landscape of the industrialized world, this collection of essays explores 10 recently completed projects which exemplify the forces that are shaping contemporary cities. It responds to a particular moment when architects...

Cena 164,30  zł     Kup teraz

Mediterranean Country Houses

Having a country house with all the comforts of a city dwelling is a dream that many aspire to. Mediterranean Country Houses is a superbly reproduced book that demonstrates how going back to the country and enjoying rural life need no longer mean giving...

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