FTG_Los Angeles Houses

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Cristina Montes "Los Angeles Houses [Architecture / Design]"
400 pages | Publisher: Te Neues Publishing Company (November 2002) | English | ISBN: 3823855948 | PDF | 12.7 MB



Architecture is perhaps not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Los Angeles, but there’s no doubt that the city has its own unique style. Large in scale, its rolling, densely lit nightscape suggests the pockets of heavy population that spread out from downtown. In fact, most people from LA don’t actually live there, but in a suburb.
The result of all this suburban living is a hugely diverse residential area with spectacular houses in the hills and canyons, surrounded by trees and stunning views of the city. This book examines some of the highlights of domestic living around Los Angeles, and points out some of the major influences: Art Deco, Spanish, and contemporary architecture; spacious, light-filled rooms; and plenty of wood, steel and concrete. It examines how the city’s flamboyant past has shaped the landscape, as well as how cutting-edge architects and interior designers continue to create exciting new styles and structures. Acclaimed architects such as Richard Meier are featured here along with firms such as Bobrow Thomas & Associates, Legorreta and Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. Filled with photographs, floor plans, sketches, and informative text, this collection of stunning houses proves that the City of Angels is making its mark in the world of home design.


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Integral Urbanism

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Nan Ellin “Integral Urbanism"
Routledge | 2006-06-28 | ISBN: 041595228X | 232 pages | PDF | 15,5 MB

Integral Urbanism is an ambitious and forward-looking theory of urbanism that offers a new model of urban life. Nan Ellin's model stands as an antidote to the pervasive problems engendered by modern and postmodern urban planning and architecture: sprawl, anomie, a pervasive culture—and architecture—of fear in cities, and a disregard for environmental issues. Instead of the reactive and escapist tendencies characterizing so much contemporary urban development, Ellin champions an "integral" approach that reverses the fragmentation of our landscapes and lives through proactive design solutions.




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Construction Databook

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Sidney M. Levy “Construction Databook"
McGraw-Hill Professional | 1998-10-30 | ISBN: 0070383650 | 688 pages | PDF | 68 MB

Stay on top of construction details and procedures with the help of this illustrated data handbook. It offers fast access to hundreds of tables, charts, diagrams, and illustrations, covering all the components of construction utilized at a typical job site.This complete reference manual will provide you wiht a single source of specifications, codes, checklists, conversion factors, and "how-to" instructions for the most commonly used construction materials, including lumber, masonry, concrete, steel, doors, windows, hardware, and mechanical and electrical components.



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100 More of the World's Best Houses

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Robyn Beaver "100 More of the World's Best Houses"
Publisher:Images Publishing Dist A/C | pages: 350 | 2006-07-19 | ISBN: 1920744983 | DJVU | 30 MB

Popular demand has led IMAGES' team of researchers to scour the world for yet another stunning collection of homes. The 100 fabulous homes carefully selected for this volume represent contemporary residential architecture in all its myriad forms. Vast differences in location, climate, culture, style, materials, interiors, and even furniture result in a collection that showcases, with full-colour photographs, plans and drawings, the best in international residential architecture. This is a book that can be browsed through time after time, with each viewing guaranteed to inspire, delight and surprise.




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Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture, Vol 1 1st edition

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R. Sennott "Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture, Vol 1 1st edition"
Publisher: Routledge | Pages: 2640 | 2003-12-09 | ISBN: 1579582435 | PDF | 8 MB

Focusing on architecture from all regions of the world, this three-volume set profiles the twentieth century's vast chronicle of architectural achievements, both within and well beyond the theoretical confines of modernism. Unlike existing works, this encyclopedia examines the complexities of rapidly changing global conditions that have dispersed modern architectural types, movements, styles, and building practices across traditional geographic and cultural boundaries.

An international team of 300 writers--architectural historians, architects, engineers, preservationists, urban historians, critics, and scholars--presents a comprehensive and critical assessment of buildings, architects, cities, and numerous related topics. In addition to a list of further readings, essays are supported with photographs as well as architectural drawings and plans.

With 700 cross-referenced articles, this encyclopedia provides experts and general readers alike with an integrated view of the practice ofarchitecture around the world in the twentieth century.



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Design Hotels: Architectural Design


Links Editorial "Design Hotels: Architectural Design"
Publisher: Links | Pages: 238 | 1998-06 | ISBN: 8489861013 | PDF | 48 Mb

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A Living Architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Architects

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John Rattenbury "A Living Architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Architects"
Publisher:Pomegranate Communications | Pages: 296 | 2000-09 | ISBN: 0764913662 | PDF | 80 Mb

Three hundred full-color illustrations and elucidating text showcase the work of the Taliesin Architects, a firm started by the students and coworkers of legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright after his death in 1959. Guided by a desire to create buildings in harmony with nature; to make a positive contribution to the way people live; and to keep Wright's vision alive, this book offers an overview of Taliesin Architects' work of the past forty years and a succinct summary of his design principles.

"John Rattenbury worked and studied with Frank Lloyd Wright for eight years. Since he cofounded Taliesin Architects, he has designed more than two hundred architectural and planning projects. Rattenbury teaches design and professional practice at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture and lectures throughout the United States.

"296 pages, size: 10.5" square. 300 color photographs and drawings. Casebound book, with dust jacket. ISBN: 0-7649-1366-2."--© Pomegranate





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Sherpa Architecture

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Valerio Sestini "Sherpa Architecture"
Publisher: Unipub | Pages: 78 | 1978-06 | ISBN: 9232016125 | PDF | 1 Mb

For many years Nepal had been closed to visitors, except for rare permission given to groups seeking to climb its towering peaks or to small numbers of scientists carrying out research on the flora and fauna of the Himalayas. The resultant static situation, in which the art, architecture, religion and way of life remained medieval in character during much of the twentieth century, came to an abrupt end in the 1950s with the restoration of the monarchy to power and the opening of the country to visitors. The long period of isolation ensured the survival of many examples of traditional art and architecture. During the past twenty years changes have been accelerating throughout Nepal and particularly in Katmandu. The government, conscious of the need to protect or to record its heritage before changes become too radical has called upon Unesco, and in turn Unesco is mobilizing the support of the international community, to aid it in carrying out a programme of conservation. This publication is one of the means through which one of the architectural traditions of Nepal is being recorded for posterity and the information widely diffused. The report, prepared by the Italian architects Valerio Sestini and Enzo Somigli, has been illustrated with their drawings and a selected number of their photographs. It has been translated into English by Timothy Paterson of Florence, Italy, and into French by Raymonde Frin, of Paris, France. The opinions and views expressed are those of the authors.





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