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“In this comprehensive book, Professor Randy Deutsch has unlocked and laid bare the twenty-first century codice nascosto of architecture. It is data. …

An updated edition of the comprehensive resource that covers the various areas associated with representations of diversity within the mass media The …

Highlights how architecture needs to rise to the challenge of a demographic revolution As people sixty-five and older constitute an ever increasingly …

In recent years, questions of space have gained renewed momentum in architecture and urban design, as adaptation, densification and sustainable regene…

The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the history, myriad themes, and critical approaches to the a…

The complete guide to portfolio development for interior designers It's a widely known fact that interior designers need a strong visual presence in t…

Throughout its many editions, The Architect in Practice has remained a leading textbook used in the education of architects. While the content of the …

How do we think about architecture historically and theoretically? Forty Ways to Think about Architecture provides an introduction to some of the wide…

Even more than authorship, ownership is challenged by the rise of digital and computational methods of design and production. These challenges are sim…

Material Synthesis: Fusing the Physical and the Computational Guest-edited by Achim Menges A new understanding of the material in architecture is fast…

The groundbreaking guide to modern leadership in architectural practice Leading Collaborative Architectural Practice is the leadership handbook for to…

A Companion to Media Authorship offers 28 groundbreaking chapters which investigate the practices, attributions, and meanings of authorship. Revitaliz…

At the end of the 20th century, Dubai attracted international media attention as the world sought to make sense of the city’s extraordinary growth. Ex…

Otl Aicher (1922-1991) was an outstanding personality in modern design, he was a co-founder of the legendary Hochschule fur Gestaltung (HfG), the Ulm …

The traditional veneration of architecture for its monumental and enduring qualities seems to be changing. Architects and other designers are moving a…

Family Conflict takes a life course approach as it provides an accessible discussion of family conflict issues, processes, and outcomes. Chapters draw…

"There is today a pronounced and accelerated convergence in architecture. This convergence is occurring by doers not thinkers; in practice not academi…

The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory presents a comprehensive collection of original essays that focus on all aspects of current and cl…

This innovative new history examines in-depth how the growing popularity of large-scale international survey exhibitions, or 'biennials', has influenc…

Construction Specifications provide critical information necessary to convey the design intent of the Architect and the legally enforceable contract r…

Manufacturing and service industries have significantly improved their levels of productivity, quality, and profitability over the past 30 years, wher…

Architecture in Context: Designing in the Middle East provides a foundation for understanding the critical context of architecture and design in this …

Workflows are being rethought and remodelled across the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) spectrum. The synthesis of building informati…

Integrate poetics into real-world spaces by bringing theory down to earth Practical Poetics in Architecture takes poetics out of the theory class and …

Over the last decade, political economy has grown rapidly as a specialist area of research and teaching within communications and media studies and is…

"The book itself is a diagram of clarification, containing hundreds of examples of work by those who favor the communication of information over style…

This authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the rich and innovative history of this period in American cinema. Spa…

The rural is not what it used to be. No longer simply a site for agricultural production for the city, the relationship between the rural and urban ha…

In Transcultural Communication, Andreas Hepp provides an accessible and engaging introduction to the exciting possibilities and inevitable challenges …

The thoroughly expanded and updated New Companion to the Gothic, provides a series of stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and geneal…

Since the publication of the first edition of Architectural Technology, in 2002, there have been significant developments in the number of courses, th…

From the American underground film to the blockbuster superhero, this authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the c…

In the second edition of their award-winning book, W. Timothy Coombs and Sherry J. Holladay provide a broad and thorough look at the field of public r…

Envisioning a positive future through design 2050: Designing Our Tomorrow describes the ways in which architecture and design can engage with the key …

The most comprehensive volume ever published on Alfred Hitchcock, covering his career and legacy as well as the broader cultural and intellectual cont…

An authoritative and much-needed overview of the main issues in the field of early cinema from over 30 leading international scholars in the field Fir…

Delve deep into the complex issues surrounding humanitarian design Ground Rules in Humanitarian Design establishes essential foundations for thinking …

Around the world, a new architectural form is emerging. In public places a progressive architecture is being commissioned to promote open-ended, undet…

Evoking Through Design: Contemporary Moods in Architecture is visually stunning, featuring built work and speculative projects, which highlight how co…

This valuable resource offers a wealth of practical and conceptual guidance to all those engaged in struggles for social justice around the world. It …

This book is the definitive guide to Victorian poetry, which its author approaches in the light of modern critical concerns and contemporary contexts.…

A pioneering title, High Definition explores the onslaught of new and highly accurate digital metrology tools in large- and small-scale 3-D scanning a…

The current trend for constructing experimental structures is now an international phenomenon. It has been taken up worldwide by design professionals,…

What happens when computational design and fabrication technologies ramp up to the urban scale? Though these innovative production processes are curre…

Edited by two renowned Allen experts, A Companion to Woody Allen presents a collection of 26 original essays on the director’s films. Contributions of…