Colin R Davies

The Emergence of Western Society: European History A.D. 300-1200

Key Houses of the Twentieth Century : Plans, Sections, and Elevations

Steel-Concrete Composite Beams for Buildings

Steel-Concrete Composite Beams for Buildings

British Pavilion: Saville Expo

Hopkins: The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners

Hopkins: The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners

Hopkins 2: The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners

limited language: rewriting design

Limited Language"" is a web-platform for generating writing and discussion about the design process. Each of the sub-sections of the book ""limited language : rewriting design"" comprises an article from the website, followed by a reflection/response to the topic by the responses raised on limitedla...

Anagramaphobia: at word's end

Mathamagical II - Anagramaphobia: at word's end The nouns don't know who they are. The verbs have stopped doing anything. And I can't even begin to describe what's happened to the adjectives! Adder's gone missing, the letters are in trouble and Pi hasn't got a clue what's going on. It's been nearl...

Mathamagical

Why would Pi stop Dye Ameter walking more than three times round the table? And why would Mr Ameter do what Pi told him? Ben Small is good at English but rubbish at Mathematics. Branded a cheat by the headmaster of Cottomwall Grammar School because of the inconsistencies in his test results Ben feel...

The Prefabricated Home

From sash windows and ceramic tiles to barracks and warehouses, industrialized building has thrived since the nineteenth century in Europe and America. Yet architects have neglected this area of practical construction in favor of historical, theoretical, and artistic analyses, resulting in the emerg...

Key Houses of the Twentieth Century: Plans, Sections and Elevations (Key Architecture Series)

A companion to the popular Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century, this book includes classic residential works by such seminal architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Alvar Aalto, as well as houses by more recent masters such as Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaas, and Glen Murc...

Thinking About Architecture: An Introduction to Architectural Theory

In order to understand architecture in all its cultural complexity it is necessary to grasp certain basic concepts such as representation, form, and space. The aim of this book is to provide designers, teachers, students, and interested laypersons with a set of ideas that will enrich their conversat...

High Tech Architecture

Hopkins: The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners

Fifteen years ago it was reasonable to apply the label 'high-tech' to the work of Michael Hopkins. Today, however, with buildings such as the Glyndebourne Opera House and the New Parliamentary Building, Hopkins is perceived as a far more complex figure, perhaps even that most paradoxical of creature...