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Saturday, October 8, 2016

The Architecture of the French Enlightenment

The Architecture of the French Enlightenment Published by Univ of California Press

This generously illustrated book provides a vivid commentary on society and manners in pre-Revolutionary France.

Allan Braham's comprehensive treatment of this brilliant and complex period introduces the reader to the major buildings, architects, and architectural patrons of the day. At the same time, it explores the broader determinants of architectural production: the rapid economic expansion of Paris and the main provincial centers and the increasing demand for improved public amenities--theaters, schools, markets, and hospitals. This generously illustrated book provides a vivid commentary on society and manners in pre-Revolutionary France.. The Architecture of the French Enlightenment was ranked 33 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Friday, October 7, 2016

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web

$Information Architecture for the World Wide Web Published by \$

Discusses Web site hierarchy, usability, navigation systems, content labeling, configuring search systems, and managing the information architecture development process.

The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information architecture even more essential. How do you present large volumes of information to people who need to find what they're looking for quickly? This classic primer shows information architects, designers, and web site developers how to build large-scale and maintainable web sites that are appealing and easy to navigate. The new edition is thoroughly updated to address emerging technologies -- with recent examples, new scenarios, and information on best practices -- while maintaining its focus on fundamentals. With topics that range from aesthetics to mechanics, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web explains how to create interfaces that users can understand right away. Inside, you'll find: An overview of information architecture for both newcomers and experienced practitioners The fundamental components of an architecture, illustrating the interconnected nature of these systems. Updated, with updates for tagging, folksonomies, social classification, and guided navigation Tools, techniques, and methods that take you from research to strategy and design to implementation. This edition discusses blueprints, wireframes and the role of diagrams in the design phase A series of short essays that provide practical tips and philosophical advice for those who work on information architecture The business context of practicing and promoting information architecture, including recent lessons on how to handle enterprise architecture Case studies on the evolution of two large and very different information architectures, illustrating best practices along the way How do you document the rich interfaces of web applications? How do you design for multiple platforms and mobile devices? With emphasis on goals and approaches over tactics or technologies, this enormously popular book gives you knowledge about information architecture with a framework that allows you to learn new approaches -- and unlearn outmoded ones.. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web was ranked 3 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Experiencing Architecture

Experiencing Architecture Published by MIT Press

A classic examination of superb design through the centuries.

A classic examination of superb design through the centuries.. Experiencing Architecture was ranked 19 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Just Enough Software Architecture

Just Enough Software Architecture Published by Marshall & Brainerd

This book teaches risk-driven architecting and describes a way to do just enough architecture.

This practical guide seeks to make architecture relevant to all software developers. Developers need to understand how to use constraints as guiderails that ensure desired outcomes, and how seemingly small changes can affect a system's properties.. Just Enough Software Architecture was ranked 10 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings

The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings Published by Simon and Schuster

Can we 3D-print a house? Can we live on the moon? Filled with gorgeous imagery and witty insight, this book is an essential and delightful guide to the future being built around us—a future that matters more, and to more of us, than ever.

The founder of Architizer.com and practicing architect draws on his unique position at the crossroads of architecture and social media to highlight 100 important buildings that embody the future of architecture. We’re asking more of architecture than ever before; the response will define our future. A pavilion made from paper. A building that eats smog. An inflatable concert hall. A research lab that can walk through snow. We’re entering a new age in architecture—one where we expect our buildings to deliver far more than just shelter. We want buildings that inspire us while helping the environment; buildings that delight our senses while serving the needs of a community; buildings made possible both by new technology and repurposed materials. Like an architectural cabinet of wonders, this book collects the most innovative buildings of today and tomorrow. The buildings hail from all seven continents (to say nothing of other planets), offering a truly global perspective on what lies ahead. Each page captures the soaring confidence, the thoughtful intelligence, the space-age wonder, and at times the sheer whimsy of the world’s most inspired buildings—and the questions they provoke: Can a building breathe? Can a skyscraper be built in a day? Can we 3D-print a house? Can we live on the moon? Filled with gorgeous imagery and witty insight, this book is an essential and delightful guide to the future being built around us—a future that matters more, and to more of us, than ever.. The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings was ranked 5 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture

Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture Published by Yale University Press

By now a classic, it presents in a single volume a coherent overall view of the history and the changing character of Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, from Rome and Milan to North Africa, from Constantinople to Greece and the ...

By now a classic, it presents in a single volume a coherent overall view of the history and the changing character of Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, from Rome and Milan to North Africa, from Constantinople to Greece and the Balkans, and from Egypt and Jerusalem to the villages and monasteries of Syria, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Mesopotamia.. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture was ranked 28 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Monday, September 19, 2016

Peter Behrens and a New Architecture for the Twentieth Century

Peter Behrens and a New Architecture for the Twentieth Century Published by MIT Press

The complete story of Behrens' contribution to the history oftwentieth-century architecture.

The complete story of Behrens' contribution to the history oftwentieth-century architecture.. Peter Behrens and a New Architecture for the Twentieth Century was ranked 36 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Lean Architecture

Lean Architecture Published by John Wiley & Sons

In this book the authors help you to find your own path Taking cues from Lean development, they can help steer your project toward practices with longstanding track records Up-front architecture? Sure.

More and more Agile projects are seeking architectural roots as they struggle with complexity and scale - and they're seeking lightweight ways to do it Still seeking? In this book the authors help you to find your own path Taking cues from Lean development, they can help steer your project toward practices with longstanding track records Up-front architecture? Sure. You can deliver an architecture as code that compiles and that concretely guides development without bogging it down in a mass of documents and guesses about the implementation Documentation? Even a whiteboard diagram, or a CRC card, is documentation: the goal isn't to avoid documentation, but to document just the right things in just the right amount Process? This all works within the frameworks of Scrum, XP, and other Agile approaches. Lean Architecture was ranked 7 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Saturday, September 17, 2016

The Architecture of Science

The Architecture of Science Published by MIT Press

The essays are organized into six sections: "Of Secrecy andOpenness: Science and Architecture in Early Modern Europe"; "Displaying and Concealing Technics inthe Nineteenth Century"; "Modern Space"; "Is Architecture Science?

How do the spaces in which science is done shape the identity of the scientist andthe self-conception of scientific fields? How do the sciences structure the identity of thearchitect and the practice of architecture in a specific period? And how does the design of spacessuch as laboratories, hospitals, and museums affect how the public perceives and interacts with theworld of science? The Architecture of Science offers a dazzling set of speculations on these issuesby historians of science, architecture, and art; architectural theorists; and sociologists as wellas practicing scientists and architects. The essays are organized into six sections: \. The Architecture of Science was ranked 26 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Muslim Military Architecture in Greater Syria

Muslim Military Architecture in Greater Syria Published by BRILL

This book investigates the Muslim castles of greater Syria from c.700 to c.1700 from archaeological and historical perspectives.

This book investigates the Muslim castles of greater Syria from c.700 to c.1700 from archaeological and historical perspectives.. Muslim Military Architecture in Greater Syria was ranked 32 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Software Architecture in Practice

Software Architecture in Practice Published by Addison-Wesley Professional

• •A thorough introduction to all aspects of software architecture •Shows how the knowledge and application of software architecture can help an organisation achieve the quality goals of its systems •The field of software ...

• •A thorough introduction to all aspects of software architecture •Shows how the knowledge and application of software architecture can help an organisation achieve the quality goals of its systems •The field of software architecture continues to grow, and this book is the leading introduction. Software Architecture in Practice was ranked 6 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Monday, August 29, 2016

Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture

Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture Published by

. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture was ranked 2 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Why Architecture Matters

Why Architecture Matters Published by University of Chicago Press

"Every building," he writes, "is a new piece of the evolving metropolis, a new layer of the ever-changing urban collage. This collective work of art forms an unflinching record of who we are and what we do.""

For more than a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin has been writing fiery, intelligent essays on the state of contemporary architecture. His subjects range from high-rises to highways, parks to public housing, Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry. Why Architecture Matters collects the best of Kamin's acclaimed columns, offering both a look at America's foremost architectural city and a taste of Kamin's penetrating, witty style of critique.. Why Architecture Matters was ranked 25 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Friday, August 19, 2016

Hitler's State Architecture

Hitler's State Architecture Published by Penn State Press

. Hitler's State Architecture was ranked 17 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture

The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture Published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers

The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, Fourth Edition was recently awarded a "Textbook Excellence Award" ("Texty") from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA) the only association devoted solely to serving ...

The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture
Author:"Linda Null","Pennsylvania State University Linda Null","Julia Lobur"| Published on 2014-02-01 by Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 9781284033151/1284033155 | en | 900 pages | BOOK | 1.0

Updated and revised to reflect the most current data in the field, perennial bestseller The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, Fourth Edition is comprehensive enough to address all necessary organization and architecture topics, but concise enough to be appropriate for a single-term course. Its focus on real-world examples and practical applications encourages students to develop a \. The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture was ranked 13 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Published by Oxford University Press

Containing more than five thousand entries, an authoritative dictionary of architecture covers all periods of Western architectural history, from ancient times to the present day.

Containing more than five thousand entries, an authoritative dictionary of architecture covers all periods of Western architectural history, from ancient times to the present day.. A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture was ranked 15 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Chilean Modern Architecture Since 1950

Chilean Modern Architecture Since 1950 Published by Texas A&M University Press

This volume introduces the modern architecture of Chile to readers in the United States.

Chilean architecture--along with that of Sao Paolo and Mexico City--sets a benchmark for the intersection of modernism with vernacular influences in Latin America. Culture, landscape, and the geology of this earthquake-prone region have all served as important filters for the practice of post-1950s design in Chile. This volume introduces the modern architecture of Chile to readers in the United States. Looking primarily at domestic architecture as a lens for studying the larger movement, Fernando Perez Oyarzun considers the relationship between theory and practice in Chile. As he shows in his chapter, during the early 1950s the School of Valparaiso offered the possibility of developing experimental projects accompanied by theoretical statements. There, visual artists considered poetry the starting point of modern architecture and contributed their radically modern views to the design process of the project. Next, Rodrigo Perez de Arce examines the material context of architecture in Chile: the availability of materials and technologies, the frequency of violent earthquakes and related seismic activity, and the nation's craft-based, labor-intensive building practices. He applies these considerations to a series of case studies to demonstrate how they interact with cultural, historical, economic, and even political influences. In the book's final chapter, Horacio Torrent reviews the interplay between the architectonic culture and modern shapes that came into sharp focus in the 1950s in Chile. In another series of case studies, he highlights the formation of a system of concepts, thought processes, instruments, and values that have given Chilean architecture a certain singularity during the last fifty years.. Chilean Modern Architecture Since 1950 was ranked 31 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Software Systems Architecture

Software Systems Architecture Published by Addison-Wesley

With this book you will learn how to Design and communicate an architecture that reflects and balances the different needs of its stakeholders Focus on architecturally significant aspects of design, including frequently overlooked areas ...

Software Systems Architecture, Second Edition is a highly regarded, practitioner-oriented guide to designing and implementing effective architectures for information systems. It is both a readily accessible introduction to software architecture and an invaluable handbook of well-established best practices. With this book you will learn how to Design and communicate an architecture that reflects and balances the different needs of its stakeholders Focus on architecturally significant aspects of design, including frequently overlooked areas such as performance, resilience, and location Use scenarios and patterns to drive the creation and validation of your architecture Document your architecture as a set of related views Reflecting new standards and developments in the field, this new edition extends and updates much of the content, and Adds a “system context viewpoint” that documents the system’s interactions with its environment Expands the discussion of architectural principles, showing how they can be used to provide traceability and rationale for architectural decisions Explains how agile development and architecture can work together Positions requirements and architecture activities in the project context Presents a new lightweight method for architectural validation Whether you are an aspiring or practicing software architect, you will find yourself referring repeatedly to the practical advice in this book throughout the lifecycle of your projects. A supporting Web site containing further information can be found at www.viewpoints-and-perspectives.info.. Software Systems Architecture was ranked 11 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Toward an Architecture

Toward an Architecture Published by Getty Publications

This edition includes a new translation of the original text, a scholarly introduction, and background notes that illuminate the text and illustrations.

Published in 1923, Toward an Architecture had an immediate impact on architects throughout Europe and remains a foundational text for students and professionals. Le Corbusier urges readers to cease thinking of architecture as a matter of historical styles and instead open their eyes to the modern world. Simultaneously a historian, critic, and prophet, he provocatively juxtaposes views of classical Greece and Renaissance Rome with images of airplanes, cars, and ocean liners. Le Corbusier's slogans--such as \. Toward an Architecture was ranked 8 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.

Saturday, August 6, 2016

The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture Published by

This exciting reference work is accessible to scholars, students, and general readers, making it a reliable and essential resource covering this topic of burgeoning importance in world history and the visual arts.

Oxford University Press is proud to present the most up-to-date and comprehensive encyclopedia in this field. In three illustrated volumes with more than 1,500 entries, the Encyclopedia deals with all aspects of this important area of study, ranging from the Middle East to Central Asia to Southeast Asia and Africa as well as Europe and North America. The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture covers all subject areas including: artists, ruler, writers, architecture, ceramics, sculpture, painting, calligraphy, coins, textiles, and much more. The Encyclopedia offers fully-updated articles and bibliographies that draw upon the expansive scholarship of The Dictionary of Art, as well as more than 500 plans, maps, diagrams, illustrations, and color plates. This exciting reference work is accessible to scholars, students, and general readers, making it a reliable and essential resource covering this topic of burgeoning importance in world history and the visual arts.. The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture was ranked 34 by Google Books for keyword Architecture.