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Book Letters to a Young Architect

Download or read book Letters to a Young Architect written by Christopher Benninger and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Architect of Letters

Download or read book Architect of Letters written by Florian Strob and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: News on Ludwig Hilberseimer! Ludwig Hilberseimer (1885–1967) is regarded as one of the leading theorists of the Neues Bauen movement in pre-War Germany, and of modern, functional urbanism. This set of accomplishments still dominates the public image of the architect, urban planner, teacher and art critic to this day. His development beyond that period has long been neglected. The essays in this collection seek to fill this gap, offering an exciting and wide-ranging new perspective on the work of a central protagonist of modernism. Until now, most critical studies of Hilberseimer's work came from his place of exile in Chicago and his work in Germany/Europe and the USA tended to be viewed separately; this volume is the first to attempt to end this separation and encourage a complete overview of is work. Previously unknown archival discoveries With contributions by Alexander Eisenschmidt, Magdalena Droste, Christine Mengin, Philipp Oswalt, Robin Schuldenfrei, Charles Waldheim and others

Book The Little Architect s Alphabet

Download or read book The Little Architect s Alphabet written by Lora Nicole Teagarden Aia and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-18 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This alphabet book teaches concepts of architecture and design through materials, buildings, and shapes - all while learning your ABCs! Each letter is taught through a main lesson page and a secondary page where the child can see, learn, and find more of the letter being learned. Here's to all of the little future architects learning their letters and words!

Book Letters to Architects

Download or read book Letters to Architects written by Frank Lloyd Wright and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters to Architects presents letters addressed to architects practicing throughout the world, many of them contemporaries with Frank Lloyd Wright during the first half of the twentieth century. Taken as a whole, this selection of letters aims at revealing an underlying unity of purpose: the growth of his work and the unquestionable magnitude of influence it engendered in the world of architecture. The letters are organized into five sections. Section One presents the first publication ever to be made of the letters between Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis H. Sullivan. Section Two traces Wright's concern, through letters addressed to both European and American architects, that his work be understood as the cornerstone of an American Culture. In Section Three, correspondence has been selected to include three specific persons: Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Lewis Mumford, and Howard Myers. These men offered Wright a special forum from which he could speak to the profession as a whole, most particularly through the medium of publication. Section Four narrates, by means of letters to various architects concerned with the assembling and exhibition of the largest one man architectural exhibition ever to be produced, the details, trials, problems, and results of such a large undertaking. Section Five recounts the honors bestowed on Frank Lloyd Wright first in England, in 1941, and then in his own country, in 1949. It shows his concern for the profession of architecture in the moving address he gave at the occasion of his receiving the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects.

Book Architect of Letters

Download or read book Architect of Letters written by Florian Strob and published by Birkhaüser. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: News on Ludwig Hilberseimer! LudwigHilberseimer (1885-1967) is regarded as one of the leading theorists ofthe Neues Bauen movement in pre-War Germany, and of modern, functionalurbanism. This set of accomplishments still dominates the public imageof the architect, urban planner, teacher and art critic to this day. Hisdevelopment beyond that period has long been neglected. Theessays in this collection seek to fill this gap, offering an excitingand wide-ranging new perspective on the work of a central protagonist ofmodernism. Until now, most critical studies of Hilberseimer's work camefrom his place of exile in Chicago and his work in Germany/Europe andthe USA tended to be viewed separately; this volume is the first toattempt to end this separation and encourage a complete overview of iswork. Previously unknown archival discoveries Withcontributions by Alexander Eisenschmidt, Magdalena Droste, ChristineMengin, Philipp Oswalt, Robin Schuldenfrei, Charles Waldheim and others

Book The Architecture of Persuasion

Download or read book The Architecture of Persuasion written by Michael Masterson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the metaphor of an Indiana Jones-type archeology professor on a quest, Michael Masterson describes specific techniques and overall strategies on how to improve and construct a powerful sales letter.

Book How to Architect

    Book Details:
  • Author : Doug Patt
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2012-02-17
  • ISBN : 0262301008
  • Pages : 138 pages

Download or read book How to Architect written by Doug Patt and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basics of the profession and practice of architecture, presented in illustrated A-Z form. The word "architect" is a noun, but Doug Patt uses it as a verb—coining a term and making a point about using parts of speech and parts of buildings in new ways. Changing the function of a word, or a room, can produce surprise and meaning. In How to Architect, Patt—an architect and the creator of a series of wildly popular online videos about architecture—presents the basics of architecture in A-Z form, starting with "A is for Asymmetry" (as seen in Chartres Cathedral and Frank Gehry), detouring through "N is for Narrative," and ending with "Z is for Zeal" (a quality that successful architects tend to have, even in fiction—see The Fountainhead's architect-hero Howard Roark.) How to Architect is a book to guide you on the road to architecture. If you are just starting on that journey or thinking about becoming an architect, it is a place to begin. If you are already an architect and want to remind yourself of what drew you to the profession, it is a book of affirmation. And if you are just curious about what goes into the design and construction of buildings, this book tells you how architects think. Patt introduces each entry with a hand-drawn letter, and accompanies the text with illustrations that illuminate the concept discussed: a fallen Humpty Dumpty illustrates the perils of fragile egos; photographs of an X-Acto knife and other hand tools remind us of architecture's nondigital origins. How to Architect offers encouragement to aspiring architects but also mounts a defense of architecture as a profession—by calling out a defiant verb: architect!

Book Vitruvius

    Book Details:
  • Author : Indra Kagis McEwen
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2004-09-17
  • ISBN : 9780262633062
  • Pages : 516 pages

Download or read book Vitruvius written by Indra Kagis McEwen and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004-09-17 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical study of Vitruvius's De architectura, showing that his purpose in writing "the whole body of architecture" was shaped by the imperial Roman project of world domination. Vitruvius's De architectura is the only major work on architecture to survive from classical antiquity, and until the eighteenth century it was the text to which all other architectural treatises referred. While European classicists have focused on the factual truth of the text itself, English-speaking architects and architectural theorists have viewed it as a timeless source of valuable metaphors. Departing from both perspectives, Indra Kagis McEwen examines the work's meaning and significance in its own time. Vitruvius dedicated De architectura to his patron Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, whose rise to power inspired its composition near the end of the first century B.C. McEwen argues that the imperial project of world dominion shaped Vitruvius's purpose in writing what he calls "the whole body of architecture." Specifically, Vitruvius's aim was to present his discipline as the means for making the emperor's body congruent with the imagined body of the world he would rule. Each of the book's four chapters treats a different Vitruvian "body." Chapter 1, "The Angelic Body," deals with the book as a book, in terms of contemporary events and thought, particularly Stoicism and Stoic theories of language. Chapter 2, "The Herculean Body," addresses the book's and its author's relation to Augustus, whose double Vitruvius means the architect to be. Chapter 3, "The Body Beautiful," discusses the relation of proportion and geometry to architectural beauty and the role of beauty in forging the new world order. Finally, Chapter 4, "The Body of the King," explores the nature and unprecedented extent of Augustan building programs. Included is an examination of the famous statue of Augustus from Prima Porta, sculpted soon after the appearance of De architectura.

Book The Architects Guide to Writing

Download or read book The Architects Guide to Writing written by Bill Schmalz and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a lot of good books available to help people write better. They include dictionaries, usage guides, and various types of writers’ manuals – and professional writers ought to have many of those books on their bookshelves. But most architects and other design and construction professionals are not professional writers. Instead, they are people who spend a large part of their professional lives writing. That’s a big difference, and that’s where this book will help. The Architect’s Guide to Writing has been written not by an English major, but by Bill Schmalz, an architect who knows the kinds of documents his fellow professionals routinely have to write, and understands the kinds of technical mistakes they often make in their writing. This book is designed to meet the specific needs of design and construction professionals. It’s not going to waste their time with the things that most educated professionals know, but it will help them with the things they don’t know or are unsure of. It’s not a Chicago Manual-sized encyclopaedic reference that includes everything any writer would ever need to know, because architects don’t need to know everything. But what they do need to know – and what they use every day in their professional lives – has been assembled in this book.

Book Letters of an Architect  from France  Italy  and Greece

Download or read book Letters of an Architect from France Italy and Greece written by Joseph Woods and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Letters Trilogy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1986-08-01
  • ISBN : 9780809313556
  • Pages : 789 pages

Download or read book Letters Trilogy written by Frank Lloyd Wright and published by . This book was released on 1986-08-01 with total page 789 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mary Colter

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arnold Berke
  • Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 156898295X
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Mary Colter written by Arnold Berke and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter ... was an architect and interior designer who spent virtually her entire career working simultaneously for the Fred Harvey Company and the Santa Fe Railway."--p. 9.

Book Letters to Clients

Download or read book Letters to Clients written by Frank Lloyd Wright and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Letters of an Architect  From France  Italy  and Greece

Download or read book Letters of an Architect From France Italy and Greece written by Joseph Woods and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Book Letters of an Architect  From France  Italy  and Greece  In Two Volumes

Download or read book Letters of an Architect From France Italy and Greece In Two Volumes written by Joseph Woods and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Book Writing About Architecture

Download or read book Writing About Architecture written by Alexandra Lange and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extraordinary architecture addresses so much more than mere practical considerations. It inspires and provokes while creating a seamless experience of the physical world for its users. It is the rare writer that can frame the discussion of a building in a way that allows the reader to see it with new eyes. Writing About Architecture is a handbook on writing effectively and critically about buildings and cities. Each chapter opens with a reprint of a significant essay written by a renowned architecture critic, followed by a close reading and discussion of the writer's strategies. Lange offers her own analysis using contemporary examples as well as a checklist of questions at the end of each chapter to help guide the writer. This important addition to the Architecture Briefs series is based on the author's design writing courses at New York University and the School of Visual Arts. Lange also writes a popular online column for Design Observer and has written for Dwell, Metropolis, New York magazine, and The New York Times. Writing About Architecture includes analysis of critical writings by Ada Louise Huxtable, Lewis Mumford, Herbert Muschamp, Michael Sorkin, Charles Moore, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Jane Jacobs. Architects covered include Marcel Breuer, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Field Operations, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Frederick Law Olmsted, SOM, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Book Standard Letters in Architectural Practice

Download or read book Standard Letters in Architectural Practice written by David Chappell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides over 300 standard letters for architects andcontract administrators to use at all stages of contractadministration. The letters are grouped into sections whichcorrespond with the RIBA Plan of Work: the aim is to cover all thecommon situations encountered in practice. This Fourth Edition has been revised to take account of theextensive changes to virtually the whole of the JCT suite ofbuilding contracts. Unless otherwise stated, all letters aresuitable for use with: ? JCT Standard Building Contract (SBC) ? JCT Intermediate Building Contract (IC) ? JCT Intermediate Building Contract with contractor's design(ICD) ? JCT Minor Works Building Contract (MW) ? JCT Minor Works Building Contract with contractor's design(MWD) ? JCT Design and Build Contract (DB) ? GC/Works/1 (1998) With Quantities Contract The latest edition also takes account of the CDM Regulations 2007,the revised RIBA Code of Conduct and its associated guidance notes,and the RIBA standard agreements for the appointment of anarchitect issued in 2007. Architects and contract administrators spend a great deal of timewriting letters of various types. Many of them are routine andrepetitive in character, but they require proper consideration ifpotentially dangerous liability situations are to be avoided. Thebook will be of use not only to architects and contractadministrators but also to project managers and employers' agents.