ledochowicz.com

Architecture

Emerging Nature Precursor of Architecture and Design

Ambasz Emilio

ISBN: PB: 9783037785263, Lars Muller Publishers, October 2017
312 pp., 29.5x21 cm, 160 illus.

"Emerging Nature" documents the work of the Argentinian architect, graphic designer and industrial designer Emilio Ambasz. The publication discusses his projects ranging from buildings and urban gardens including green facade vertical gardens to exhi...

PB:

£32,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Landscape Architecture

Gardening

Cool Plants for Cold Climates A Garden Designer's Perspective

Adams Brenda C.

ISBN: PB: 9781602233256, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2017
256 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 338 colour illus.

A cold climate is no excuse for a dull, colorless garden. The key is knowing the right plants that will survive and thrive in even the chilliest environments. Who better to guide gardeners than an expert from the far north? Award-winning designer and...

PB:

£26,50

QTY:

add books to the list

Architecture

Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright A Complete Catalog (Updated Fourth Edition)

Allin Storrer William

ISBN: PB: 9780226435756, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
528 pp., 22.1x14.5 cm, 371 colour plates, 99 halftones, 32 line drawings

From sprawling houses to compact bungalows and from world-famous museums to a still-working gas station, Frank Lloyd Wright's designs can be found in nearly every corner of the country. While the renowned architect passed away more than fifty years a...

PB:

£34,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Architecture

Obsolescence An Architectural History

Abramson Daniel M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226478050, ISBN: HB: 9780226313450, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
208 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 68 halftones

In our architectural pursuits, we often seem to be in search of something newer, grander, or more efficient – and this phenomenon is not novel. In the spring of 1910 hundreds of workers labored day and night to demolish the Gillender Building in New...

PB:

£21,00

QTY:

HB:

£28,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Architecture

Constructed Narratives

Adjaye David

ISBN: HB: 9783037785171, Lars Muller Publishers, January 2017
320 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 361 illus.

"Constructed Narratives" brings together essays and several recently completed buildings by David Adjaye, in the United States and elsewhere. In the essays, Adjaye shows how his approach to the design of temporary pavilions and furniture, private hou...

HB:

£35,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Architecture

Hardwick Hall A Great Old Castle of Romance

Adshead David, Taylor David, Cooper Nicholas, Cowell Ben, Garnett Oliver, Henderson Paula, Jervis Simon, Rowell Christopher, Wells-Cole Anthony, Hirst Matthew

ISBN: HB: 9780300218909, Yale University Press, November 2016
384 pp., 29.2x24.1 cm, 320 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.

Originally constructed in the late 16th century for the notorious Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, Hardwick Hall is now among the National Trust's greatest architectural landmarks, with much of its original interior and ornamentation still i...

HB:

£75,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Architecture

Building

Araguez Jose

ISBN: HB: 9783037784983, Lars Muller Publishers, October 2016
416 pp., 24x17 cm, 244 illus.

For nearly fifty years "the building" has primarily been viewed as a means rather than an end within architectural history and theory. This volume presents an alternative to that trend by reconceiving it as a central discursive category in its own ri...

HB:

£35,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Architecture

Bulldozer Demolition and Clearance of the Postwar Landscape

Ammon Francesca Russello

ISBN: HB: 9780300200683, Yale University Press, May 2016
392 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 79 black&white illus.

Although the decades following World War II stand out as an era of rapid growth and construction in the United States, those years were equally significant for large-scale destruction. In order to clear space for new suburban tract housing, an ambiti...

HB:

£35,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Architecture

New Nature

Abraham Anders

ISBN: PB: 9783037784822, Lars Muller Publishers, November 2015
600 pp., 28x23 cm, 574 illus.

"A New Nature" is a book about architecture as the organization of material. It unfolds an idea of working with architecture and urbanity as conditions rather than form. By experiencing cities and cultural landscapes as states of change, the author i...

PB:

£50,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Landscape Architecture

Dan Graham The Roof Garden Commission

Alteveer Ian, Wagstaff Sheena

ISBN: MIX MEDIA: 9780300208757, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2014
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 60 colour illus.

The artist Dan Graham (b. 1942) has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses writing, performance art, installation, video, photography and architecture. Throughout his career, Graham has examined the symbiosis between architectural environments and...

MIX MEDIA:

£6,95

QTY:

add books to the list