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ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION ANNUAL VOL 2 (HB)
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Architecture Form Space And Order 5Ed (Pb 2023)
0Original price was: ₹4,979.55.₹4,581.19Current price is: ₹4,581.19.Discover the foundational principles of architectural design with Architecture: Form, Space, and Order, 5th Edition. This essential guide, a cornerstone text for over forty years, provides a clear, illustrated introduction to the vocabulary every architect needs. The fully updated fifth edition incorporates contemporary digital and building technologies, exploring how they shape architectural forms and spaces. It also highlights the growing importance of environmentally responsible design. Featuring over 800 detailed illustrations, many hand-drawn, this book distills complex concepts, bringing abstractions to life and fostering a deeper understanding of form, space, light, and scale across cultures and eras. A must-have for aspiring and practicing architects alike, this edition offers new urban design precedents and dives into the latest trends in structure, materials, and sustainability.
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Architecture in Development: Systems and the Emergence of the Global South
0₹3,219.82Uncover the pivotal role of architecture in shaping global development. This critical analysis delves into how architects and planners responded to post-WWII ‘development’ discourses, charting the emergence of the Global South. Explore the systems and contexts that defined modern architectural history, offering profound insights relevant to India’s own developmental narrative. An essential read for students, architects, urban planners, and anyone interested in the complex interplay of built environments and socio-political change in developing nations.
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ARCHITECTURE OF COLLAPSE: THE GLOBAL SYSTEM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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Architecture of Great Expositions 1937-1959: Messages of Peace, Images of War (Ashgate Studies in Architecture)
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Architecture of Sovereignty: Stone Bodies, Colonial Gazes, and Living Gods in South India
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Architecture of the Periphery and Minimalism: Cartography and Minimalism (Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics)
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Architecture’s Theory (Writing Architecture)
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Architectures of Emergency in Turkey: Heritage, Displacement and Catastrophe (Contemporary Turkey)
0Original price was: ₹9,036.00.₹9,036.00Current price is: ₹9,036.00.Explore the profound link between Turkey’s states of emergency and its built environment. This seminal work by Dr. Eray Çayli reveals how architecture, heritage, and displacement actively shape political realities and are central to understanding catastrophe. Through rigorous critical-spatial research, the book challenges traditional analyses, offering nuanced insights into urban-architectural affairs and crisis. Essential reading for students, academics, architects, and political scientists interested in the spatial dimensions of emergency, heritage, and contemporary Turkey.
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Architectures of Transversality: Paul Klee, Louis Kahn and the Persian Imagination (Routledge Research in Architecture)
0₹13,809.80Explore the profound link between architectural modernity and the Persian imagination. Shima Mohajeri’s insightful work investigates Paul Klee and Louis Kahn’s spatial contributions, defining ‘transversality’ as a key to understanding space, power, and culture in Iran. This essential volume critically examines modernist architecture, offering a unique perspective that challenges universalist and nationalist accounts. Ideal for architects, design theorists, students, and anyone interested in cultural studies and the built environment, this book illuminates the dialogue between the unbuilt and contemporary identity.
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ARCHITEKTEN PROFILE 2007 / 2008 / ARCHITECTS PROFILE 2007 / 2008: ARCHITEKTEN STELLEN SICH VOR DEUTSCHLAND, OSTERREICH, SCHWEIZ / ARCHITECTS PRESENT THEMSELVES GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND
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ARCHITEKTEN PROFILE 2009/2010: ARCHITEKTEN STELLEN SICH VOR – DEUTSCHLAND, OSTERRREICH, SCHWEI: Architekten Stellen Sich Vor – Deutschland, … Themselves – Germany, Austria, Switzerland
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