The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books)
By: Aldo Rossi
4.05
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Aldo Rossi was a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza …
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1. The Death and Life of Great American Cities
By: Jane Jacobs
4.30
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arroganc… read more
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"We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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"Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
"When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away."-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
2. The Image of the City
By: Kevin Lynch
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the … read more
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"El propio observador debe desempeñar un papel activo al percibir el mundo y tener una participación creadora en la elaboración de su imagen. Debe contar con el poder de cambiar esa imagen para adapta…"-Kevin Lynch, The Image of the City
3. Thinking Architecture
By: Peter Zumthor
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
In order to design a building with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes… read more
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4. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more
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5. Towards a New Architecture
By: Le Corbusier , None
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
For the Swiss-born architect and city planner Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), … read more
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6. Architecture: Form, Space, & Order
By: Francis D.K. Ching
4.33
Format: None pages,
Hand-lettered explanations demonstrate the principles of form, space, and order that underlie archi… read more
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7. Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
By: Charles Montgomery
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Charles Montgomery's Happy Citywill revolutionize the way we think about urban life. After decades … read more
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8. Experiencing Architecture
By: Steen Eiler Rasmussen
2.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Profusely illustrated with fine instances of architectural experimentation through the centuries, E… read more
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9. Modern Architecture: A Critical History
By: Kenneth Frampton
3.30
Format: 107 pages,
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10. The Ten Books on Architecture
By: Morris Hicky Morgan , None
3.94
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
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11. The Architecture of Happiness
By: Alain de Botton
3.57
Format: None pages,
One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our en… read more
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12. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
By: Francis D.K. Ching
2.50
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
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13. Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form
By: None , None , None
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Format: 404 pages,
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14. 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
By: Matthew Frederick
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
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15. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
By: Christopher W. Alexander , None , None , None , None , None
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
At the core of A Pattern Languageis the philosophy that in designing their environments people alwa… read more
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16. Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
By: None
3.87
Format: 515 pages,
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17. Atmospheres: Architectural Environments. Surrounding Objects
By: Peter Zumthor , None
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
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18. Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
By: Rem Koolhaas
4.16
Format: None pages,
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19. The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books)
By: Aldo Rossi
4.05
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Aldo Rossi was a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza … read more
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20. A Feeling of History
By: Peter Zumthor
4.29
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
While he was working to complete the Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum in southern Norway in 2016, Swi… read more
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