Richard Weston

This inspiring book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. Entertaining and intelligent, it provides a concise history of the subject, and is also a fascinating resource to dip into. Arranged in a broadly chronological order to show the development of architecture, the ideas that comprise the book include innovative and influential concepts, technologies, techniques and movements. Each idea is presented through interesting text and arresting visuals, and explores when the idea first evolved and the subsequent impact it has had up to the present day.

100 Ideas that Changed Architecture

Plans, Sections, Elevations

Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century

Containing Descriptions of the Species and Varieties of All the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, Flowers, and Fruits, Natives and Exotics, at Present Cultivated in the European Nurseries, Green-houses, and Stoves, Or Described by Modern Botanists; Arranged According to the Linnæan System, with Their Names in English ...

The Universal Botanist and Nurseryman

A comprehensive survey tracing the course of the Modernist movement.

Modernism

"This book aims to counter the tendency to think materials as a 'technical' issue by addressing the subject historically and critically, linking cultural ideas to technical means. It will serve as a stimulating primer, richly illustrated with detailed close-up photography and inspirational examples and quotations." - back cover.

Materials, Form and Architecture

"First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Laurence King Publishing Ltd, London."--T.p. verso.

This inspiring book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. Entertainingly written by an expert on architecture, it provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip into for the general reader. Starting with the basic building 'components' of door, window, column and beam and the Classical orders, it then goes on to explore historical movements such as the Picturesque and Beaux-Arts, innovative materials such as steel and reinforced concrete, technical innovations, such as the lift and electric lighting, through to modern movements such as Universal Design and Deconstruction. Arranged in a broadly chronological order, the ideas are presented through informative text and arresting visuals, exploring when each idea first evolved and the subsequent impact it has had up to the present day.

Arranged According to the Linnaean System : with the Latin Trivial and Common English Names and an English Index Referring to the Latin Names : Also a General Catalogue of Seeds for the Kitchen-garden, Flower-garden, Grass-lands, &c. Usually Raised for Sale, and Those Annually Imported from America

The English Flora, Or, A Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs, Plants, and Fruits, Natives as Well as Exotics, Cultivated for Use Or Ornament in the English Nurseries, Greenhouses, and Stoves

ACCEDIT CATALOGUS GENERALIS SEMINUM, Vulgo venundatorum pro HORTO CULINARIO, FLORALI, AGRIS Gramine fatis; NEC NON Eorum quae quotannis ab AMERICA importantur

FLORA ANGLICANA: SEU, ARBORUM, FRUTICUM, PLANTARUM, ET FRUCTUUM, Tam INDIGENORUM quam EXOTICORUM, Qui in PEPINARIIS, VIRIDARIIS, & HYPOCAUSTIS ANGLICIS, Aut in Usum aut Ornamentum coluntur, CATALOGUS, Secundum SYSTEMA LINNAEENSE in Ordinem reductus: UNA CUM LATINIS TRIVIALIBUS & VULGARIBUS ANGLICIS Nominibus

Featuring more than 100 of the most significant and influential buildings of the twentieth century, this book includes both classic works by seminal architects such as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd and Alvar Aalto as well as the more recent works of Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas and others.

Plans, Sections and Elevations

Also published as: The house in the twentieth-century. London: Laurence King Pub., 2002.

Twentieth-century Residential Architecture

The House in the Twentieth Century describes the history of the modern house, covering all the key design examples together with many others that are less well-known but equally important in an architectural sense.

The House in the Twentieth-century

Alvar Aalto

Drawing on his own experience and intimate knowledge of Nordic architecture in Scandinavia, the author situates Aalto (1898-1976) within the realms of international modernism and Finnish culture, and explores his inspirations: the Finnish landscape and vernacular traditions, Italian domestic architecture, and Greek site planning, as well as the work of architects such as Gunnar Asplund and Le Corbusier. The complete range of Aalto's work is examined through a study of recurring themes and through detailed investigations of key projects. Abundantly illustrated. 10x11.75" c. Book News Inc.

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