Given the dead costs involved in moving house more & more people are choosing to make alterations to their existing homes rather than seek pastures new. By choosing to work with an architect many people are aware they will have access to effective quality design expert advice & professional resources. But how do you start this process? When youre already worried about your budget does it make sense to consider the expense of employing an architect on your home? Whether youre looking to simply rearrange your existing rooms or have ambitions towards a kitchen or loft conversion Architect Your Home has every piece of information that you need to run a successful project. Designing Forwards illuminates the possibilities that design can offer & explores step-by-step the decision-making criteria that make great home design. Understanding the process of working with building trade is often half the battle -- not to mention getting to grips with the full range of legal issues planning permissions & building regulations involved. Getting The Builders In takes you systematically through all the stages involved whatever scale of project you are considering. Finally The Information provides a comprehensive illustrated directory of building & interior materials & products. Packed with photographs & case studies plans & illustrations this is a complete & practical guide to achieving your dream home. ...

Autobiographical homes. This title deals with the houses architects design for themselves. The greatest challenge in designing homes is negotiating the delicate balance between aesthetics & the personal desires of the occupants. While it's important for the structure to reflect the vision & style of the architect the client must ultimately feel at home beneath the roof. It is particularly interesting therefore to examine the homes that architects create for themselves. If houses reflect their owners' personalities then architects' own homes are like autobiographies. Location layout style lighting artwork furnishings
- every detail adds color to the story. Each of these dwellings presented A-Z by architect speaks more about its designer than any other building possibly could.
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This handy pocket book brings together a wealth of useful information that architects need on a daily basis
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Architectural Drawing is the classic comprehensive compendium of architectural drawing. Featuring examples from many high-profile architects & firms the nearly one-thousand drawings & photos in this book illustrate all of the various types & methods of architectural drawing. The new Fourth Edition is fully updated throughout to cover all of the latest drawing methods &

Includes:: a new chapter on the convergence of digital & traditional drawing. Online instructor ancillaries will be offered.

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This practical foundation course in architectural design offers key advice on the principles practice & techniques of the subject. Dealing with much more than just the technical aspects of drawing it introduces the reader to the visual language of architecture encouraging them to think spatially & question the built environment. All architecture students & anyone interested in the creative side of architecture will find this book an invaluable tool & reference. ...

The Architectural Uncanny presents an engaging & original series of meditations on issues & figures that are at the heart of the most pressing debates surrounding architecture today. Anthony Vidler interprets contemporary buildings & projects in light of the resurgent interest in the uncanny as a metaphor for a fundamentally unhomely" modern condition. The essays are at once historical
- serving to situate contemporary discourse in its own intellectual tradition & theoretical
- opening up the complex & difficult relationships between politics social thought & architectural design in an era when the reality of homelessness & the idealism of the neo-avant-garde have never seemed so far apart. Vidler one of the deftest & surest critics of the contemporary scene explores aspects of architecture through notions of the uncanny as they have been developed in literature philosophy & psychology from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. He interprets the unsettling qualities of todays architecture
- its fragmented neo-constructivist forms reminiscent of dismembered bodies its "seeing walls" replicating the passive gaze of domestic cyborgs its historical monuments indistinguishable from glossy reproductions
- in the light of modern reflection on questions of social & individual estrangement alienation exile & homelessness. Focusing on the work of architects such as Bernard Tschumi Rem Koolhaas Peter Eisenman Coop Himmelblau John Hejduk Elizabeth Diller & Ricardo Scofidio as well as theorists of the urban condition Vidler delineates the problems & paradoxes associated with the subject of domesticity. Anthony Vidler is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Architecture at Princeton University. His most recent book is Claude-Nicolas Ledoux: Architecture & Social Reform at the End of the Ancien Regime."



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A superb visual reference to the principles of architecture Now including interactive CD-ROM! For more than thirty years the ...

When is a building just a building & when is it art? This accessible guide cuts through the jargon & clearly explains the essentials of architecture demystifying the incredible ways in which structures & spaces come alive. Youll gain a real appreciation for architecture & the confidence to talk about it even to an architect. It provides just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture. It covers the highlights of architectural history from the Great Pyramids to Frank Gehrys Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. It explains how to look at a building & appreciate it. It explains when a buildings a building & when its art. Part of Tens

Includes:: Ten Great Architectural Masterpieces Ten Biggest Architectural & Engineering Failures Ten of the Most Interesting Architects Working Today & more.

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The Architecture of Happiness" is Alain de Botton's exploration of the hidden links between buildings & our well being. Bestselling author Alain de Botton has written about love travel status & how philosophy can console us. Now he turns his attention to one of our most intense but often hidden love affairs: with our houses & their furnishings. He asks: What makes a house truly beautiful? Why are many new houses so ugly? Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas & pictures
- & can differences of taste ever be satisfactorily resolved? Will minimalism make us happier than ornaments? To answer these questions & many more de Botton looks at buildings across the world from medieval wooden huts to modern skyscrapers; he examines sofas & cathedrals tea sets & office complexes & teases out a host of often surprising philosophical insights. " The Architecture of Happiness" will take you on a beguiling tour through the history & psychology of architecture & interior design & will forever alter your relationship with buildings. It will change the way you look at your current home
- & help you make the right decisions about your next one. " Engaging & intelligent.. .full of splendid ideas happily & beautifully expressed". (" Independent"). Alain de Botton was born in 1969 & is the author of non-fiction essays on themes ranging from love & travel to architecture & philosophy. His bestselling books include " Essays in Love"; " The Romantic Movement"; " Kiss & Tell"; " Status Anxiety"; " How Proust Can Change Your Life"; " The Pleasures & Sorrows of Work"; " The Art of Travel"; " The Architecture of Happiness" & " Religion for Atheists". He lives in London & founded The School of Life & Living Architecture."

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This guide describes the buildings created for the London 2012 Games including both permanent & temporary structures built for the Olympic Park & venues across the city. Two of Britains most incisive & entertaining writers on contemporary architecture & design Tom Dyckhoff & Claire Barrett examine whats been built who designed the work & how it is set to transform London itself. Considering the human as well as the architectural stories behind the designs they also look at how the programme for the 2012 Games has pioneered a new level of sustainability & explore the lasting legacy of London 2012. ...