The Luminous Ground: The Nature of Order, Book 4

An Essay of the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe

By Christopher Alexander

Book Four presents a new cosmology that arises from the careful study of architecture and art, and above all from the practice of the arts....

Published July 15th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Phenomenon of Life: The Nature of Order, Book 1

An Essay of the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe

By Christopher Alexander

In Book One of this four-volume work, Alexander describes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life, and establishes...

Published July 15th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Process of Creating Life: The Nature of Order, Book 2

An Essay of the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe

By Christopher Alexander

Christopher Alexander's masterwork, the result of 27 years of research, considers three vital perspectives: a scientific perspective; a perspective based on beauty and grace; a...

Published July 15th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras

By Roger Stonehouse, Gerhard Stromberg

In a series of interrelated essays, this book describes the British Library and the issues surrounding its design, construction, purpose and place in the architectural...

Published June 24th 2004 by Taylor and Francis.

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Dictionary of Architectural and Building Technology

Edited by Henry Cowan, Peter Smith

A comprehensive summary of the vocabulary used across the building industry, from the preparation of an architectural brief, through creative and technical design, to construction...

Published June 10th 2004 by Routledge.

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Archispeak

An Illustrated Guide to Architectural Terms

By Tom Porter

Widely used in architectural circles in the heat of discussion, the recurrent use of particular words and terms has evolved into a language of design...

Published June 3rd 2004 by Routledge.

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American Architectural History

A Contemporary Reader

Edited by Keith Eggener

This major new text presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporary...

Published April 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Beyond Description

Singapore Space Historicity

Edited by Ryan Bishop, John Phillips, Wei-Wei Yeo

This book addresses issues of space, historicity, architecture and textuality by focusing on Singapore's singular position in the region and as a global city....

Published April 15th 2004 by Routledge.

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Place, Time and Being in Japanese Architecture

By Kevin Nute

This work examines built forms which, by actively celebrating a particular place, time or pattern of material being, seem able in a number of ways...

Published April 8th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Emergence of Modern Architecture

A Documentary History, from 1000 to 1810

Edited by Liane Lefaivre, Alexander Tzonis

A cognitive history of the emergence of modern architecture. Cutting across disciplinarian and institutional divisions as we know them today, this book reconstructs developments within the framework of...

Published March 4th 2004 by Routledge.

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