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Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form

9780415416351
Dovey, Kim
Presents an account of the nexus between place and power, investigating how the built forms of architecture and urban design act as mediators of social practices of power. Explored through a range of theories and case studies, this volume shows how lives are 'framed' within the clusters of rooms, buildings, streets and cities.
£51.99
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Brunelleschi, Lacan, Le Corbusier: Architecture, Space and the Construction of Subjectivity

9780415419697
Holm, Lorens
Attempts to offer an understanding of spatial issues in the field of architecture. This book elaborates the theoretical link between architecture and psychoanalysis. It argues that perspective remains the primary way of representing form, because it is the paradigmatic form of spatial consciousness. It is illustrated and intended for architects.
£42.99
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Architecture and Narrative: The Formation of Space and Cultural Meaning

9780415343763
Psarra, Sophia
Examines and explores the ways in which conceptual ordering, spatial and social narrative interact in the design and life of buildings. This book is intended for those with an interest in the theory of architecture and architecture's relationship to the cultural human environment.
£46.99
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Vernacular Architecture in the 21st Century: Theory, Education and Practice

9780415357951
Asquith, Lindsay
These essays from leading experts in the field focus on theory, education and practice in this essential sector of architecture, and help to formulate solutions to the challenges facing the global community today.
£46.99
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Rethinking Aesthetics: The Role of Body in Design

9780415534758
Ritu Bhatt
Rethinking Aesthetics is the first book to bring together prominent voices in the fields of architecture, philosophy, aesthetics, and cognitive sciences to ask you to radically rethink the relationship between body and design.
£52.99
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Corrections and Collections: Architectures for Art and Crime

9780415534826
Day, Joe
A fascinating and accessible look at modern American prisons and museums
£39.99
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Architecture and Capitalism: 1845 to the Present

9780415534888
Deamer, Peggy
Architecture and Capitalism tells a story of the relationship between the economy and architectural design. Eleven historians each discuss in brand new essays the time period they know best, looking at cultural and economic issues, which in light of current economic crises you will find have dealt with diverse but surprisingly familiar economic issues.
£51.99
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Architecture, Participation and Society

9780415547246
Jenkins, Paul
Defines how social participation can be incorporated into architecture in a practical manner, which can better serve both architecture and society. This book offers a set of recommendations for architectural practices and other key actors.
£52.99
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The Humanities in Architectural Design: A Contemporary and Historical Perspective

9780415551144
Bandyopadhyay, S. et al
An in-depth consideration of the impact which the humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design. This book asks how we can restore traditional dialogue between intellectual enquiry in the humanities and design creativity.
£42.99
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Relational Architectural Ecologies: Architecture, Nature and Subjectivity

9780415508582
Rawes P
Examining the complex social and material relationships between architecture and ecology which constitute modern cultures, this collection hows how the 'habitats', 'natural milieus', 'places' or 'shelters' that construct architectural ecologies are composed of complex and dynamic material, spatial, social, political, economic and ecological concerns.
£46.99
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