Methods & Materials
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Stone
$49.95 Read moreStone is a fascinating, fresh and insightful global tour of the world’s oldest and most beautiful building material
Featuring more than 170 structures, from prehistory through to today, the book includ
- Author: Hall, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 25 2019
- ISBN10: 0714879258
- Language: English
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U-Joints: A Taxonomy of Connections
$135.00 Read moreA colossal, spectacularly designed encyclopedia of the countless forms of joints, from the welded and knotted to wood-on-wood and beyond
“U-joints” is short for “universal joints.” A joint is defined a
- Author: Caputo, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 943
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 9791221003420
- Language: English
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How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone
$25.00 Read moreCharles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture
Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for mos- Author: Holland, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300263937
- Language: English
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Inca Apocalypse: The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World
$40.99 Add to cartA major new history of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, set in a larger global context than previous accounts
Previous accounts of the fall of the Inca empire have played up the importance of- Author: Covey, R. Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: July 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0190299126
- Language: English
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Down to Earth: Rammed Earth Architecture
$49.95 Read moreAn ancient building method that has experienced a renaissance in recent years as people seek greener and more sustainable building materials and construction methods, rammed earth is a wall building t… [more below]
- Author: Asensio, Sergio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 8499366465
- Language: English
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Digitalstructures: Data and Urban Strategies of the Civic Future
$35.00 Add to cartdigitalSTRUCTURES: Data and Urban Strategies of the Civic Future engages with digital property and data infrastructures, and explores new modes and impacts of data collection affecting architecture an… [more below]
- Author: Fok, Wendy W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1954081812
- Language: English
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Building Toys: An Architect’s Collection
$45.00 Read moreThe book Building Toys: An Architect’s Collection documents over 100 architectural building toys from the author’s collection, from the mid-1800s to the present, from the U.S. and abroad.
Each toy has… [more below]- Author: Rock, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1954081987
- Language: English
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Outdoor Domesticity: On the Relationships Between Trees, Architecture, and Inhabitants
$34.95 Add to cartTrees have been deliberately connected with houses since they were introduced as a prominent part of architectural design. The relationships of contiguity between houses and trees have existed since a… [more below]
- Author: Devesa, Ricardo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1948765713
- Language: English
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Simple S.I.P. Homes
$23.95 Add to cartSIMPLE SIP HOMES describes two major building technologies to achieve high quality, low energy, homes slated for downsizing, particularly suitable for retirement living.
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- Author: Smith, Art
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 106
- Publish Date: August 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0578697009
- Language: English
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Computational Drawing: From Foundational Exercises to Theories of Representation
$35.00 Read moreThis book explores computation, specifically the craft of writing computer code, as a medium for drawing.
Exercises, essays, algorithms, diagrams, and drawings are woven together to offer instruction,
- Author: Lostritto, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1957183454
- Language: English
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Concrete Approximations: In Pursuit of Absolute Space
$35.00 Read moreConcrete is ubiquitous but contentious: culturally, environmentally, and often politically. Yet, the architecture it produces across fields of practices remains pertinent to the architectural discipli… [more below]
- Author: Ottevaere, Olivier
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1957183535
- Language: English
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Impossible and Hyper-Real Elements of Architecture
$39.95 Read moreHow and why do architects, artists and designers manipulate reality?
This book answers that question by examining what it means to render, draw, represent, and mediate the elements that make up and af
- Author: Lostritto, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1951541553
- Language: English
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The House of Green
$75.00 Add to cartIn the search for the sweet spot where nature and modern-day living meet, The House of Green delivers solutions for a perfect blend of both worlds.
Longing for nature is no strange feeling for anyone.
- Author: Gestalten
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 3967041409
- Language: English
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The Cannibal’s Cookbook: Mining Myths of Cyclopean Constructions
$24.95 Add to cartThe Cannibal’s Cookbook fiercely consumes the body of past cyclopean constructions. It assembles, re-packages, and offers this latent knowledge for your contemporary consumption. It is a manual for th… [more below]
- Author: Clifford, Brandon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 195154143X
- Language: English
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Architecture Inside-Out: Understanding How Buildings Work
$17.98 Read moreFifty of the world’s most important buildings seen through specially commissioned isometric illustrations and detailed photographs and plans, providing the perfect introduction to architecture for stu… [more below]
- Author: Zukowsky, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0789337002
- Language: English
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Designing the Computational Image, Imagining Computational Design
$35.00 Read more- Author: Llach, Daniel Cardoso
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1954081340
- Language: English
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Megalith: Studies in Stone
$22.00 Read moreFollowing the success of Quadrivium, Sciencia, Designa, and Trivium in the acclaimed Wooden Books series, Megalith is a compendium of writings about stone structures throughout history.
How do you- Series: Wooden Books
- Author: Various
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1635573157
- Language: English
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Hand Hewn: The Traditions, Tools, and Enduring Beauty of Timber Framing
$37.00 Add to cartHand Hewn is a gorgeous celebration of the traditions and artistry of timber-frame building, a 7,000-year-old craft that holds an enduring attraction for its simple elegance and resilience. Internatio… [more below]
- Author: Sobon, Jack A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1635860008
- Language: English
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The City as a Technical Being: On the Mode of Existence of Architecture
$35.00 Add to cartThe city is the largest human artifact. It is made by us, yet simultaneously it makes us, as well as all other nonhuman entities.
The particular discourse to which this book on the city contributes i- Author: Trummer, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 307
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1957183551
- Language: English
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Contemporary Concrete Buildings
$25.00 Read moreConcrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of building substances, and, when
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: October 26 2018
- ISBN10: 3836564939
- Language: English
