Following the success of Archidoodle, this new title focuses on the city. Filled with an array of beautiful & fun drawings, it poses 75 architectural challenges for the user: from building an underground community or designing your own imaginary city to creating a new park for New York, plus many more. Aimed at at anyone who loves drawing buildings & cities, it encourages the users to imagine their own creative solutions by sketching, drawing & painting in the pages of the book. In so doing, they will learn about a whole range of significant issues, such as the importance of transport, lighting & green spaces, the history of urban design & planning, & the use of monuments & symbols. The book also

Includes:: numerous examples of works & ideas by major architects to draw inspiration from & will appeal to everyone from children to students & professional architects.

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Series of folded maps from Archimap Publishers highlighting significant architecture in the European & selected world cities, with an architectural guide on the reverse. The maps focus on contemporary architecture, urban developments & public spaces, with some also exploring historic architecture in selected European cities. The cartography is designed to show clearly the buildings included in the guide, with only street names & train stations indicated; certain areas have been enlarged for easier navigation, although the level of map detail remains the same. The maps also have architectural walking tours marked on them that are described in greater detail in boxes surrounding the maps themselves. The guide on the reverse gives you a short description & history of the building & the relevant architects involved; a small colour photo of the building is shown next to the description. ...

When a flood destroys Gavin Weald`s home, tearing apart his family & his way of life, he doesn`t know how to continue. A year later, he returns to his rebuilt home & tries to start again, but when the new rainy season arrives, so do his daughter`s nightmares about the torrents, & life there becomes unbearable. So father & daughter
- & their dog
- embark upon a voyage to make peace with the waters. Their journey will take them far from their Caribbean island home, into other unknown harbours & eventually across a massive ocean. They will sail through archipelagos, encounter the grandeur of the sea, meet with the challenges & surprises of the natural world. A miraculous future lies ahead of them, unknown territories await to be discovered. But it will take more than an ocean to put the memory of the flood behind them…

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When a flood destroys Gavin Weald's home, tearing apart his family & his way of life, he doesn't know how to continue. A year later, he returns to his rebuilt home & tries to start again, but when the new rainy season arrives, so do his daughter's nightmares about the torrents, & life there becomes unbearable. So father & daughter
- & their dog
- embark upon a voyage to make peace with the waters. Their journey will take them far from their Caribbean island home, into other unknown harbours & eventually across a massive ocean. They will sail through archipelagos, encounter the grandeur of the sea, meet with the challenges & surprises of the natural world. A miraculous future lies ahead of them, unknown territories await to be discovered. But it will take more than an ocean to put the memory of the flood behind them...

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Stretching from the tip of Florida to the mouth of the Orinoco & west to Panama, this is an interesting map dating from 1700. Towns are marked & named, mountain ranges are drawn in as are major rivers. The sea is embellished with drawings of ships & whales, & latitude & longitude lines are drawn. In the top right hand corner of the map is a picture of settlers disembarking from their ships. Reproduced on heavyweight, parchment effect paper, with a generous border area. Paper size; 40 x 28.5 cm (15 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches) Map

Size: 34.2 x 22.7 (13 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches)

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Here is a beautifully presented set of notecards with a coolly modern twist. Presented in an attractive, souvenir box with paper-&-string closure, each notecard features a different pop-up design. They are ideal to send to friends or family, or to keep as a lasting reminder of some of the world`s best-loved buildings, including the Guggenheim Museum, New York, Pompidou Centre, Paris; Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany; Sydney Opera House; Villa Savoye, Poissy, France; & the Royal Festival Hall, London. ...

Discover the essential skills required on the way to becoming an architect in this innovative activity book. Architect Academy gives kids the know-how to plan & draw all sorts of structures, from bridges & schools, to parks & pyramids. Activities range from designing a residential street, & your perfect play park to learning some of the maths skills used by architects, how to read floor plans, & the basics of interior design. The Architect Toolbag section contains all sorts of goodies, such as Architect Task stickers to use when a challenge is completed, a pull-out poster, & press-out game cards to share with friends. Encourages imaginative play & problem solving Fresh, contemporary artwork helps to make basic design & space-planning concepts accessible

Includes:: loads of great extras: stickers, a pull-out poster, a game, & cards to play with

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Do you know a Doric column when you see one? Of course. But what about an entablature, a hypostyle, a pylon, or a pagoda? Architecture Styles uses beautifully engraved plates from the great works of architectural history to illustrate a show-&-tell journey round the architecture of civilizations east & west, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution. Most of the drawings & engravings have been taken from early sources, unparalleled for their elegance & delicacy of line, as well as for the amount of fine detail they offer. Extended captions & annotation supply you with a complete naming of parts which, as well as identifying & defining the correct terminology, will help you to understand how architects have planned & made the buildings of the past, from Amenhotep to Palladio, & Vitruvius to Wren. ...

Brazil, the big B of the BRIC countries, is in high spirits. The current upswing involving booming economic growth & cultural development is accompanied by good architecture: a great number of outstanding buildings have emerged, reviving international interest in Brazilian architecture. This publication provides an exciting selection of 220 modern buildings from the canonical works of Brazilian modern architecture to barely-known buildings; from works of the six best-known Brazilian masters namely, Oscar Niemeyer, Lucio Costa, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Joao Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi, & Joao Filgueiras Lima (Lele) to those of young aspiring architectural offices. Coming from different cultural contexts & professional backgrounds, the three authors favoured an open-minded approach to Brazilian production. Considering the vastness of the country & the enormous number of projects, the selection presented here is far from exhaustive but presents a panoramic overview that helps the traveller to see good architecture. ...

This guide book is a must-have for all who are interested in European architecture & its rich history of diversified culture. Undoubtedly Riga is famous for its unique mixture of styles & traces of war & politics: German roots, Art Nouveau at its highest quality, Soviet Modernism, & a young European`s nation on its way to architectural profile. In 1997 the central part of Riga was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Daugava embankment & numerous streets with medieval roots encircle this special area. The author`s selection provides descriptions of nearly 800 buildings & various places in Riga & its vicinity. Buildings of all historical periods & architectural styles are described, ranging from centuries old monuments to buildings currently under construction. ...