New York House Magazine, July 2008
EXE ( Digital Magazine ) | 30 MB | 104 Pages | English
Each month New York House magazine offers a unique mix of property listings and editorial on progressive design, building practices, eco-friendly products and services.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
New York House Magazine, July 2008
New York House Magazine, June 2008
New York House Magazine, June 2008
EXE ( Digital Magazine ) | 30 MB | 104 Pages | English
Each month New York House magazine offers a unique mix of property listings and editorial on progressive design, building practices, eco-friendly products and services.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
University Builders by Martin Pearce
Martin Pearce | Publisher:Academy Press | Pages: 224 | 2001-06-27 | ISBN: 0471988340 | PDF | 12 MB
The building of a university campus is an extremely challenging you an extensive study of a variety of styles of universities from around the world. This excellent reference portrays expert architects and their work in designing outstanding educational establishments.
Full of impressive colour and black and white images
Features the most influential architects of this century
The range of styles and philosophies covered in this book will prove an indispensable reference in assisting you with planning and designing architecture of the learning environment.
Expert architects showcase their work including:
Foster Partners - Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
Henri Gaudin - Amiens, France
Antoine Predock - UCSC, California, USA
Stirling Wilford - Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
John Outram, Rice University, Texas, USA
Eduardo Souta de Moura - Aveiro University, Portugal
Michael Hopkins - Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK
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Sunday, July 6, 2008
Architecture and Modernity: A Critique by Hilde Heynen
Hilde Heynen | The MIT Press (February 28, 2000) | ISBN: 0262581892 | 276 pages | PDF | 7MB
Heynen (architecture, Catholic Univ., Leuven, Belgium) explores the philosophical idea of modernityAthe conditions of living imposed by the socioeconomic process of mechanizationAand its intersection with examples of modern architecture. Her central question is whether modernity is a "temporary aberration," as Christopher Alexander suggests, or an accurate reflection of the essential human condition. The methodology of the book moves in three directions: examining how architecture relates to modernity, drawing a conclusion to that examination by citing major representatives of the modern movement, and referring to theories in opposition to the modern movement.
The chapters are built around key figures in philosophy (Martin Heidegger, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin) as well as figures in architectural theory (Christian Norberg-Schulz, Sigfried Giedion). The point is best illustrated by an excellent analysis of Adolf Loos's Moller House and his technique of the Raumplan. The illustrations are few but judiciously chosen. Recommended for philosophy collections and advanced students in architectural theory.APaul Glassman, New York Sch. of Interior Design Lib.
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A Living Architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Architects by John Rattenbury
John Rattenbury | Publisher:Pomegranate Communications | Pages: 296 | 2000-09 | ISBN: 0764913662 | PDF | 100 MB
Three hundred full-color illustrations and elucidating text showcase the work of the Taliesin Architects, a firm started by the students and coworkers of legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright after his death in 1959. Guided by a desire to create buildings in harmony with nature; to make a positive contribution to the way people live; and to keep Wright's vision alive, this book offers an overview of Taliesin Architects' work of the past forty years and a succinct summary of his design principles.
"John Rattenbury worked and studied with Frank Lloyd Wright for eight years. Since he cofounded Taliesin Architects, he has designed more than two hundred architectural and planning projects. Rattenbury teaches design and professional practice at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture and lectures throughout the United States.
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The Portfolio: An Architectural Student's Handbook by Katerina Ruedi Ray, Lesley Lokko, Igor Marjanovic
Katerina Ruedi Ray, Lesley Lokko, Igor Marjanovic | Publisher:Architectural Presss | Pages: 148 | 2003-06-12 | ISBN: 0750657642 | PDF | 3 MB 
The portfolio is the single most important part of every architectural student's education. This book proides a complete guide to preparing, compiling and presenting this crucial element of the architecture course.
The experienced author team gives practical advice for the creation of the portfolio covering issues of size, storage, layout and order. They go on to guide the student through the various forms a portfolio can take: the Electronic Portfolio, the Academic Portfolio and the Professional Portfolio suggesting different approaches and different media to use in order to create the strongest portfolio possible. The team also presents the best examples from international student portfolios to show the reader their recommendations in practice.
The book has a companion website where full colour representations of the best examples of portfolio work can be accessed.
Also in the Seriously Useful Guides series:
* The Dissertation
* The Crit
* Practical Experience
* Offers step-by-step advice for students on how to prepare and present their portfolios
* Advice from the experts on how to make portfolios the best they can be
* Fully illustrated with examples of the best students' work from around the world
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Architectural Tiles: Conservation and Restoration by Lesley Durbin
Lesley Durbin | Butterworth-Heinemann (2004) | ISBN: 0750658320 | 240 pages | PDF | 6MB
Though the material condition of the tile scheme is the primary concern of the conservator, attribution is another area of interest which is of great value.
Practical advice from one of the leading experts in architectural tile schemes. Providing hands on advice for the conservator, Architectural Tiles: Conservation and Restoration is a unique and valuable guide.
Topics covered offer practical guidance on conservation and restoration techniques including the problems of manufacture, cleaning, replacement or repair and mortars. Techniques are illustrated by comprehensive case studies, against a background of the role of past architects and designers in historic schemes.
The author began work in architectural ceramic conservation in 1983 with the Ironbridge Gorge Museum, and became head of the conservation department the following year. From 1987 to 1990 she moved to Naylor Conservation and worked on sculpture restoration, but returned to Ironbridge in 1990 to open Jackfield Conservation Studio as an independent workshop within the Jackfield Tile Museum. She has published several articles and her projects include the successful completion of the Royal Doulton Frieze 'Pottery Through The Ages' by Bayes, the largest piece of polychromatic ceramic sculpture in the world.
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Modernism and the Architecture of Private Life by Victoria Rosner
Victoria Rosner | Publisher:Columbia University Press | Pages: 240 | 2004-12-29 | ISBN: 0231133049 | PDF | 2 MB
Modernism and the Architecture of Private Life offers a bold new assessment of the role of the domestic sphere in modernist literature, architecture, and design. Elegantly synthesizing modernist literature with architectural plans, room designs, and decorative art, Victoria Rosner's work explores the collaborations among modern British writers, interior designers, and architects in redefining the form, function, and meaning of middle-class private life.
Drawing on a host of previously unexamined archival sources and works by figures such as E. M. Forster, Roger Fry, Oscar Wilde, James McNeill Whistler, and Virginia Woolf, Rosner highlights the participation of modernist literature in the creation of an experimental, embodied, and unstructured private life, which we continue to characterize as "modern."
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History of Architectural Conservation by Jukka Jokilehto
Jukka Jokilehto | Butterworth-Heinemann (2002) | ISBN 0750655119 | 368 pages | PDF | 16MB
A History of Architectural Conservation expands knowledge about the conservation of ancient monuments, works of art and historic buildings. It includes the origins of the interest in conservation within the European context, and the development of the concepts from Antiquity and the Renaissance to the present day. Jokilehto illustrates how this development has influenced international collaboration in the protection and conservation of cultural heritage, and how it has formed the principal concepts and approach to conservation and restoration in today's multi-cultural society.
This book is based on archival research of original documents and the study of key restoration examples in countries that have influenced the international conservation movement. Accessible and of great interest to students and the general public it includes conservation trends in Europe, the USA, India, Iran and Japan.
* Uses world-wide examples to give a complete overview of the modern approach to conservation and restoration
* Provides a thorough explanation of the development of the concepts of conservation from traditional to modern society
* Learn from the knowledge of this experienced and well respected author
'For anyone who might still doubt the existence of an overall European culture and its coexistence in permanent dialogue with national cultures, the history of restoration, as presented by architect Jukka Jokilehto, should be a convincing demonstration'
Paul Philippot, Director Emeritus of ICCROM and Universite Libre of Brussels
'An excellent review of attempts over a vast sweep of historical time to preserve our built heritage.'
Heritage Development
'This book is a thought provoking and illuminating read.'
EASA Newsletter
'This book is a scholarly work, based on archival research of original documents and the study of key restoration examples in countries that have influenced the international conservation movement. It includes conservation trends in Europe, the USA, India, Iran and Japan. The book is accessible in style and highly relevant to all practitioners.'
Conservation Forum
'Jokilehto deserves praise for bringing together for the first time the chief sources of western European conservation ethics in a readable and thoughtful...style.'
The Architects' Journal
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Dictionary of Architecture and Construction by Cyril M. Harris
Cyril M. Harris | Publisher:McGraw-Hill Professional | Pages: 1040 | 2005-08-15 | ISBN: 0071452370 | PDF | 22 MB
Updated and expanded, this Fourth Edition of the most trusted reference in architecture offers the most comprehensive coverage of architectural and construction terms available. This classic dictionary now features nearly 25,000 definitions (including 2,800 new terms), 2,500 illustrations (including 200 new illustrations), and maintains its extraordinary visual appeal and easy-to-read page design.
Prepared by a renowned architectural editor in association with expert contributors and incorporating the work of many standards groups, the book presents clear, concise definitions of terms in nearly 80 working areas. The Fourth Edition covers new industry terms which have emerged due to changes in engineering and building technologies, organizations, materials, and legal developments, and has been expanded to include more historic architectural styles.
New terms include: Legal Architectural Barriers Act Wheelchair Accessible Materials Fibrous Concrete Latex Mortar Polymer-Based Stucco Concrete Compliance Conformity Refractory Mortar Organizations Building Research Establishment (formerly Building Research Station) of Great Britain ASTM Historic Architectural Styles Anglo-Palladianism French Victorian Isabellino Mudajar Mozarabic Neo-Rococo
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Architecture in Japan by Philip Jodidio
Philip Jodidio | Taschen | 2006-05-02 | ISBN: 3822839884 | 192 pages | PDF | 94 MB 
TASCHEN's new architecture series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects—from the firmly established to the up-and-coming—with the focus on how they have contributed to very recent architecture in the chosen nation. Entries include contact information and short biographies in addition to copiously illustrated descriptions of the architects' or firms' most significant recent projects. Crossing the globe from country to country, this new series celebrates the richly hued architectural personality of each nation featured.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Architectural Digest, June 2008
Architectural Digest, June 2008 
English | PDF | 23.8 MB
Ted Turner
On His Armendaris Ranch Wild Animal Preserve, the Media Magnate Builds a Lodge in Tune with the Land.
Invoking an Ideal
Romanticized Forms Pay Homage to Southern Architectural Traditions in a Historic Landscape.
Deer Cabin Reverie
On the Wooded Shore of Flathead Lake, a One-Room Hideaway Celebrates Authentic Camp Living.
Seaside Sanctuary
A Cluster of Cottages on Martha's Vineyard Defines Simplicity and Charm.
Inner Directed
Modern Pieces Bring a Former Barn into the 21st Century.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
100 More of the World's Best Houses (Architecture) by Robyn Beaver
Robyn Beaver | Images Publishing Dist A/C (July 19, 2006) | English | ISBN-10: 1920744983 | ISBN-13: 978-1920744984 | DJVU | 31MB
Popular demand has led IMAGES' team of researchers to scour the world for yet another stunning collection of homes. The 100 fabulous homes carefully selected for this volume represent contemporary residential architecture in all its myriad forms. Vast differences in location, climate, culture, style, materials, interiors, and even furniture result in a collection that showcases, with full-colour photographs, plans and drawings, the best in international residential architecture. This is a book that can be browsed through time after time, with each viewing guaranteed to inspire, delight and surprise.
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Another 100 of the World's Best Houses (Architecture) by Robyn Beaver
Robyn Beaver | Images Publishing Dist A/C (February 1, 2004) | English | ISBN-10: 192074424X # ISBN-13: 978-1920744243 | DJVU | 30.5MB
Following the success of IMAGES' first 100 of the World's Best Houses book, we searched the globe for another collection of amazing houses. The result of this search is Another 100 of the World's Best Houses . Each house in this new volume has been selected for its unique and extraordinary qualities. The overwhelming theme is the way in which architects use their remarkable skills to relate these masterpieces to their various contexts and landscapes. Locations are as diverse as the houses themselves and include the coast of Peru, inner-city London, rugged Australian coastal sites, urban Sao Paulo, spectacular New Zealand alpine retreats and coastal hideaways, American prairies, frosty Oslo, the gorgeous West Indies, tropical Southeast Asia, suburban Lithuania, Costa Rica, and many other fascinating sites.
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
100 of the World's Best Houses (Architecture) by Catherine Slessor
Catherine Slessor | Images Publishing Dist A/C (August 3, 2006) | English | ISBN-10: 1876907428 # ISBN-13: 978-1876907426 | DJVU | 25MB
100 of the World's Best Houses features exciting contemporary houses from some of the greatest architects, including Hugh Newell Jacobsen (Buckwalter House), Daryl Jackson Architects (Jackson House), Glenn Murcutt (Southern Highlights House), Kisho Kurokawa (Residence), Eric Owen Moss (Lawson-Western House), Ray Kappe (Shapiro Residence), Harry Seidler Hamilton House), Steven Ehrlich (Canyon Residence), Sean Godsell Architects (Carter/Tucker House), Rick Joy (Tyler Residence), and Alberto Campo Baeza (De Blas House). Many of this these inspirational structures are accompanied by detailed plans. The book is inspirational in its many varied designs. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, the book has wide appeal to both the layperson and those interested in the finer aspects of design. UK Architects featured Ken Shuttleworth, Architect, Harper Mackay Architects, Marsh &Grochowski, Jestico + Whiles, Foster and Partners, Brookes Stacey Randall, Graham Phillips, Architect, John Wint
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