Glancey, Jonathan
Summary: Architecture tells the story of the world's most incredible buildings, from the ancient world to the present day. Take a closer look at the beautiful details, principal elements, and decorative features of every architectural style, from China's Temple ofHeaven and the Great Mosque of Damascus, to the Guggenheim museum and the London Olympic Velodrome. Architecture offers a truly worldwide look...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 GLASummary: "Explores the variety of minimalist projects in art, design and architecture"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feierabend Verlag 2003
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Summary: "A spellbinding tour, filled with stories and photographs, of some of the world's most fascinating architectural mysteries. This wondrous guide for the curious and the intrepid takes readers on a lushly photographed and lyrically written tour of eighteen of the world's most captivating architectural mysteries. Delve into both the secretive places themselves and the eccentric and obsessive minds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2023
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Summary: "The key to creating a house that is memorable, satisfying, and enduring is to apply a group of design concepts - or patterns - that focus on the experience of being in a home. In this groundbreaking work, internationally respected architects Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, and Barbara Winslow present the ten essential patterns that shape and define a well-crafted home. Patterns explore the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690 JACSater, Dan F.
Contents: Necessity meets function -- Go with the flow: space planning -- High definition: interior detailing -- Out of sight -- Technology : home to stay -- Hidden value: quality for the long term.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins Design 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.37 SLAMitchell, C. Thomas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 720.108 MITHarris, Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Decorative Concrete Institute] 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 693.5 HARDean, Angela M.
Contents: Design intent -- Design process -- Design stratgies -- Design specifics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 728.37 DEAFriedman, Bernard
Summary: "Home is an idea," Meghan Daum writes in her foreword, "a story we tell ourselves about who we are and who and what we want closest in our midst." In The American Idea of Home, documentary filmmaker Bernard Friedman interviews more than thirty leaders in the field of architecture about a constellation of ideas relating to housing and home. The interviewees include Pritzker Prize winners Thom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Texas Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 FRILee, Leslie
Summary: Sacred Space celebrates Pine Hollow, an expansive retreat inspired by the Lake Michigan shoreline. Leslie Lee, who founded the Pine Hollow Institute “to heal people and planet Earth,” pairs her own musings with architectural photographs in this splendidly designed coffee table book. She presents the estate as an exemplar of craftsmanship, and as a regional gift to nourish generations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Leslie Lee Publisher 2014
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 728.37 LEEEck, Jeremiah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720.22 RIEBush, Sophie
Summary: "As space for land development in cities shrinks and city dwellers tire of cookie-cutter apartment towers, a love for historical buildings has returned. The initial interest in 'lofts' began in SoHo, New York, in the 1970s, and the love of warehouse buildings--often in attractive waterside locations--has since become a global phenomenon. Drawing on her personal experience living in a Grade II...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 BUSKerr, Jeffrey
Summary: "Jeffrey Kerr is a Realtor with RE/MAX Unique Inc., Brokerage. He has over 21 years of experience in the exciting and very dynamic Toronto real estate market. He shares his knowledge and extensive experience helping clients buy and sell barrier free, accessible houses and condominiums." - back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Home KerrBrookes, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Celebrated architect Frank Gehry lives and works in Los Angeles-a world away from Finland, where his idol, the late Alvar Aalto, created stunning additions to the urban landscape and helped originate Scandinavian modernism. This film studies parallels between the two creative giants, examining their respective styles and documenting an in-depth conversation about Aalto between Gehry and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Renzo Piano has intentionally defined no signature style because "each time the story you are telling is a different one, using a different expression. This program documents the career and the creations of the Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect, exploring his passion for visual lightness, his belief that buildings should be constructed on a human scale, and his concern that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: City planning that puts people before cars, sculptural museums that are as artistic as the masterpieces they contain, commercial spaces that redefine retail—these are some of the paradigm-shaking ideas of today’s architects at work. This compilation of recent NewsHour segments introduces viewers to Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, Vincent Scully, and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style, with its floating horizontal planes and organic relationship to natural surroundings, changed the face of modern architecture. In this program, Wright's lasting legacy is examined both in one of his own designs and in those of two architects he inspired. Cameras tour Wright's 1904 Tomak House in Illinois, Dan White's house in Vancouver, and the Donald Fraser...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Two designers, two very different digital display technologies: Christopher Pearson has prototyped decorative animated digital wallpaper, while Tom Barker has invented the SmartSlab, a large-scale modular interactive LED panel. Segment one of this program shows how Pearson, having accepted a commission to "wallpaper" an entire restaurant, triumphs over every technological and logistical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Enter the tombs at Tarquinia and Cerveteri, and the walls speak eloquently of the art and culture of ancient Etruria. The superb frescoes painted to enhance the walls of these tombs tell us in detail about the environment in which the Etruscans lived. They also depict the elaborate houses of the dead in which priceless treasures were buried along with the deceased. These detailed and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Suitable for drawing, painting, magazine illustrative painting, image editing, industrial architectural design, game/cartoon movie design, sketching, scenery creation, handwriting recognition, online education and play games.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Huion 2013
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2 available in Young Adult Reference, Call number: YAR INSHaneman, John Theodore.
Summary: Anyone seeking to understand the basic principles underlying architectural design will find this classic source book an invaluable addition to the bookshelf. Haneman's 1,800 captioned, clear line drawings on 70 large-size plates comprise an inexhaustible storehouse of suggestion and inspiration for architects, designs, preservationists and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover 1984