Architecture Books

New and Published Books

1. Foucault for Architects

   By Gordana Fontana-Giusti

   Series: Thinkers for Architects

   From the mid-1960s onwards Michel Foucault has had a significant impact on diverse aspects of culture, knowledge and arts including architecture and its critical discourse. The implications for architecture have been wide-ranging. His archaeological and genealogical approaches to knowledge have...

   Published May 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Tall Buildings Reference Book

   Edited by David Parker, Antony Wood

   As the ever-changing skylines of cities all over the world show, tall buildings are an increasingly important solution to accommodating growth more sustainably in today’s urban areas. Whether it is residential, a workplace or mixed use, the tower is both a statement of intent and the defining image...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. Community Architecture (Routledge Revivals)

   How People Are Creating Their Own Environment

   By Nick Wates, Charles Knevitt

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1987, this title was one of the first to explore the emerging popular movement of Community Architecture, championed by Prince Charles, which gained momentum throughout Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. The conceptual framework rests fundamentally on the principle that the built...

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
4. Architecture and Energy

   Performance and Style

   Edited by William Braham, Daniel Willis

   Does energy consumption influence architectural style? Should more energy-efficient buildings look different? Can that "look" be used to explain or enhance their performance? Architecture and Energy provides architects and architectural theorists with more durable arguments for environmental...

   Published May 16th 2013 by Routledge
5. Transformations

   From Mannerism to Baroque in the age of European Absolutism and the Church Triumphant

   By Christopher Tadgell

   Series: Architecture in Context

   Unprecedented in scope like its companion volume on the High Renaissance, Transformations, this sixth volume in the Architecture in Context series traces the development of architecture and decoration in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries – particularly the transformation of...

   Published May 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Charles Correa

   India's Greatest Architect

   This book celebrates the work of India's greatest architect, Charles Correa. Born in 1930, Correa is an Indian and international architect who, in a lifetime of achievement, has created work which is consistently beautiful, human and enduring. He played a defining role in the architecture of...

   Published May 13th 2013 by RIBA Publishing
7. Security Glazing: Is It All It's Cracked Up To Be?

   A Guide to the Selection of Effective Security Glazing

   By Craig Devine, Richard Flint

   The BRE Trust-funded research project ‘Security glazing: is it all that it’s cracked up to be?’ followed a spate of burglaries in the West End of London in 2008. The burglaries in London used ‘smash-and-grab’ attacks to steal expensive goods such as jewellery and designer clothing from window...

   Published April 29th 2013 by IHS BRE Press
8. Contemporary Library Architecture

   A Planning and Design Guide

   By Ken Worpole

   Focusing on the practical issues which need to be addressed by anyone involved in library design, here Ken Worpole offers his renowned expertise to architects, planners, library professionals, students, local government officers and members interested in creating and sustaining successful library...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. School Design Together

   Edited by Pamela Woolner

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. Good Practice Guide: Assessing Loss and Expense

    By Jeffrey Whitfield

    Assessing Loss and Expense explains to architects and other construction industry professionals in accessible language how to assess the quantum value of loss and expense claims arising from projects. The book allows architects, assessors and others to understand the principles of evaluation...

    Published April 4th 2013 by RIBA Publishing