Tag: Architecture

Nietzsche and Architecture The Grand Style for Modern Living


Free Download Nietzsche and Architecture: The Grand Style for Modern Living by Lucy Huskinson
English | July 25, 2024 | ISBN: 1350412902, 1350412910 | True EPUB/PDF | 280 pages | 11/18.3 MB
Nietzsche and Architecture explores Nietzsche’s relationship to the architects, buildings, and modern architectural movements he went on to inspire, and situates his philosophy more appropriately and comprehensively within the field of architectural studies, architectural history, and theory.

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MOVE Architecture in Motion – Dynamic Components and Elements


Free Download Michael Schumacher, "MOVE: Architecture in Motion – Dynamic Components and Elements"
English | ISBN: 3764399864 | 2010 | 248 pages | PDF | 37 MB
Dass dynamische Bauteile und adaptive Bauelemente in der aktuellen Architektur an Bedeutung gewinnen, geschieht nicht nur des visuellen Effekts wegen. Wenn Architekten und Ingenieure sich immer mehr mit dem Thema Bewegung – sei es beispielsweise als nachgeführte Solarzelle, als versenkbare Wand oder als intelligent programmierter Aufzug – auseinandersetzen, dann erkunden sie Lösungen für drei Herausforderungen: Wie können wir den Energiebedarf von Gebäuden kontrollieren und reduzieren? Wie können wir die Nutzungsmöglicheiten erweitern? Und wir können wir dynamische Bewegungen in Gebäuden abbilden, aufnehmen und lenken?

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Isfahan Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran


Free Download Isfahan: Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran (Buildings, Landscapes, and Societies) by Farshid Emami
English | April 2, 2024 | ISBN: 0271095520 | True EPUB/PDF | 276 pages | 71.5/118 MB
A vibrant urban settlement from medieval times and the royal seat of the Safavid dynasty, the city of Isfahan emerged as a great metropolis during the seventeenth century. Using key sources, this book reconstructs the spaces and senses of this dynamic city.

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Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture (2024)


Free Download Lilian H. Zirpolo, "Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture"
English | 2018 | pages: 693 | ISBN: 1538111284 | PDF | 152,7 mb
The baroque period deals with the art created roughly between the end of the 16th and the early years of the 18th centuries. The masters of the era include Caravaggio, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Diego Velazquez, and Nicolas Poussin. The Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture, Second Edition covers the most salient works of baroque artists, the most common themes depicted, historical events and key figures responsible for shaping the artistic vocabulary of the era, and definitions of terms pertaining to the topic at hand.

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