Best of
Architecture

1991

Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning


Joseph De Chiara - 1991
    But now,Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning,Second Edition goes even further to truly make the classic interior design reference the standard in its field. From standard furniture dimensions to architectural woodwork details,you'll find a vast array of time-saving data and details. Editors Joseph DeChiara,Julius Panero,and Martin Zelnik have brought together contributions from well-known architectural and interior design firms to give you details derived from actual designs and working drawings,showing various solutions for typical design problems encountered in interior architecture. You get a wide range of typical layouts and residential spaces,offices,conference rooms,and reception areas,in addition to details of bars,restaurants,and public toilets. This exciting new edition includes new international examples and metrification — and provides you with full coverage of healthcare spaces,educational spaces; home offices; videoconferencing spaces; green design; project forms and schedules. Two outstanding sections cover historic styles and woodworking. Interior architectural details,planning standards,and reference data,for use by architects,interior designers,space planners,facility managers,builders,and design students. Long recognized as one of the most comprehensive architectural and interior design reference resources and known as "the silver bible,"this new edition of Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning is an excellent source of easily accessible design criteria,planning standards,and technical guidelines. The vast array of design information,all contained in a single volume,facilitates and expedites the completion of programming,preliminary planning,design development,and working drawing services. This updated and revised edition of Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning serves as a primary source of information for all design professionals. Organized in an easily accessible format,the book contains key criteria useful to every design professional and builder involved in the planning of a large variety of interior projects. It includes,among other changes,entirely new sections dealing with healthcare spaces,hospitality spaces,banking spaces,conference centers,and accessible design,featuring the latest ADA design requirements. Moreover,many of the existing sections of the book have been significantly expanded to include such new material as design and planning criteria for video-conference spaces,as well as a host of additional lighting design details,workstation configurations,and reference standards. *Accessible Design*ADA*Architectural Woodwork*Audio-Visual Systems*Auditoriums*Banking Spaces*Bars & Restaurants*Bedrooms*Ceiling Types & Details*Classrooms*Closets*Coat Rooms*Conference Centers & Rooms*Construction Details/Interiors*Department Stores*Dining Rooms*Elevators*Fabrics & Furniture*Floor & Wall Coverings*Furniture Hardware *Healthcare Facilities*Home Offices*Hotel Rooms & Suites*Human Factors*Indoor Recreation*Institutional Interiors*Interior Architecture*Kitchens*Libraries*Lighting*Marble Finishes*Mathematical Tables & Formulas*Motels*Nurseries*Offices & Office Planning*Partition Types*Planning Standards*Primary Care Centers*Programming Standards*Ramps*Reference Standards*Residential Design*Restaurants*Retail Spaces*Revolving Doors*Shops*Signage & Graphics*Space Planning*Stairs & Ramps*Stores*Theaters*Universal Design*Wheelchair Lifts*Window Treatments*Wood Veneer Finishes

The Production of Space


Henri Lefebvre - 1991
    His work spans some sixty years and includes original work on a diverse range of subjects, from dialectical materialism to architecture, urbanism and the experience of everyday life. The Production of Space is his major philosophical work and its translation has been long awaited by scholars in many different fields. The book is a search for a reconciliation between mental space (the space of the philosophers) and real space (the physical and social spheres in which we all live). In the course of his exploration, Henri Lefebvre moves from metaphysical and ideological considerations of the meaning of space to its experience in the everyday life of home and city. He seeks, in other words, to bridge the gap between the realms of theory and practice, between the mental and the social, and between philosophy and reality. In doing so, he ranges through art, literature, architecture and economics, and further provides a powerful antidote to the sterile and obfuscatory methods and theories characteristic of much recent continental philosophy. This is a work of great vision and incisiveness. It is also characterized by its author's wit and by anecdote, as well as by a deftness of style which Donald Nicholson-Smith's sensitive translation precisely captures.

The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History


Spiro Kostof - 1991
    Widely used by both architects and students of architecture, The City Shaped won the AIA's prestigious book award in Architecture and Urbanism. With hundreds of photographs and drawings that illustrate Professor Kostof's innovative ideas, this has become one of the most important works on urbanization.

Lessons for Students in Architecture


Herman Hertzberger - 1991
    It presents a broad spectrum of subjects and designs, with practical experience and evaluation of the use of these buildings serving as a leitmotif. This immensely successful book has gone through many reprints and has also been published in Japanese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Taiwanese, Dutch, Greek, Chinese, French, Polish and Persian. More than 750 illustrations give a broad insight into Hertzberger's 'library' and a stimulating impression of the influences and sources of inspiration of one of the Netherlands' major postwar architects.

Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence


Norman K. Booth - 1991
    The text provides a thorough, how-to explanation of each of the steps of the design process--from initial contact with the client to a completed master plan. The text's numerous illustrations and useful case study examples offer a rich learning experience for students. Whether you are just starting your design career or are a current practitioner, this valuable resource is sure to enhance your skills and knowledge.

Elements of Style Revised Edition: A Practical Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details from 1485 to the Pres


Stephen Calloway - 1991
    Examines the details of architectural styles from 1485 to 1996, and provides a directory of suppliers and biographical data on select architects and designers.

Brodsky & Utkin: The Complete Works


Lois Nesbitt - 1991
    Many of their elaborate etchings, in which they depicted outlandish, often impossible, structures and cityscapes of allegorical content, were collected in our 1990 book Brodsky & Utkin. Now, with the addition of forty-three new and never-before-published prints, we are pleased to announce this updated edition.In their designs, by turns funny, cerebral, and deeply human, Brodsky & Utkin borrow from Egyptian tombs, Ledoux's visionary architecture, Le Corbusier's urban master plans, and other historical precedents, collaging these heterogeneous forms in learned and layered scrambles. Underlying the wit and visual inventiveness is an unmistakable moral: that the dehumanizing architecture of the sort seen in Russian cities in the 1980s and 1990s, and elsewhere around the globe, takes a sinister toll.A new preface assesses the works of Brodsky & Utkin and reminds us that the greatest art is often born of adversity. Beautifully printed in 300-screen dry-trap duotones by the Steinhauer Press, Brodsky & Utkin is a book for artists, architects, and collectors alike.Author Biography: Lois Nesbitt is a writer on art and architecture who lives in New York.

Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Design Methods for Architects


Norbert Lechner - 1991
    * Useful appendices provide sun path diagrams and solar site evaluation tools. Appendices new to this edition include practical checklists of strategies and issues in evaluating energy use in the building design stage, and an annotated list of helpful sustainability videos to use in class, professional meetings, or with clients. * A new chapter on photovoltaics discusses their use as an ideal energy source, offers design options, and case studies as well as their future role in building design. * A new chapter on sustainable "green" design includes case studies and examples of water conservation measures, effects from energy production and consumption, and an analysis of indoor air quality. * Mathematical formulas are excerpted from the text and appear in side boxes, so they don't cloud the text with overly-technical information.

Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture


David B. Brownlee - 1991
    Photographs and descriptive analysis are followed by a biographical chronology of the architect's life and a complete list of his buildings and projects from 1925 to 1974. The primary texts critically address different dimensions and periods of Kahn's production.

Chartres Cathedral


Malcolm B. Miller - 1991
    Malcolm Miller's illuminating text is supported by Sonia Halliday and Laura Lushington's stunning photographs. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British and French history, heritage and travel. Contents:Plan of the windows of Chartres Cathedral --The History of the Chartres Cathedral: Chartres from Roman Times Until 1194 --1194-1260: The Gothic Cathedral --The Donors' Windows --Chartres Cathedral Since 1260 --Architechture --The 12th Century: Sculpture --The Royal Portal --Glass --The Jesse Window --The Incarnation Window --The Passion and Resurrection Window --The Blue Virgin Window --The 13th Century: Sculpture --The North Proch --Glass --The North Rose Window --The Symbolic Window of the Redemption --The Joseph Window --The Noah Window --The john the Divine Window --The Mary Magdalene Window --The Good Samaritan and Adam and Eve Window --The Assumption Window --The Life of Mary Window --The Zodiac Signs Window --The Charlemagne Window --The Parable of the Prodigal Son Window --The Upper Storey Windows --Sculpture --The South Porch --Glass --The West Rose Window --The South Rose Window --The Heavenly Jerusalem --

Graphic Guide to Frame Construction


Rob Thallon - 1991
    This revised fourth edition reflects the most recent changes in residential frame construction. It contains more details for engineered wood products, fasteners, and seismic hold-down requirements, as well as the latest IRC code updates. It is well annotated and covers foundations, floors, walls, stairs, and roofs. Because examples are taken from actual job sites by a trusted expert, this book is an invaluable visual aid that can help builders and homeowners alike to tackle a wide range of framing projects.

Fire and Memory: On Architecture and Energy


Luis Fernández-Galiano - 1991
    Beginning with the mythical fire in the origins of architecture and moving to its symbolic representation in the twentieth century, Galiano develops a theoretical dialogue between combustion and construction that ranges from Vitruvius to Le Corbusier, from the mechanical and organic to time and entropy. Galiano points out that energy, so important to the origin of architectural theory in Vitruvius's time, has been absent from architectural theory since the introduction of the dictatorship of the eye over that of the skin. With Fire and Memory, he reintroduces energy to the discussion of architecture and reminds us that the sense of touch is as necessary to an understanding of the environment as the sense of sight.

Lebek: A City of Northern Europe Through the Ages


Xavier Hernàndez - 1991
    Describes the development of a fictional city in Northern Europe through the ages.

Small Houses of the Twenties: The Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog


Sears, Roebuck and Co. - 1991
    Many of these homes are still a common feature in cities and towns across America.The present volume, a meticulous reproduction of a rare Sears, Roebuck catalog of 1926, provides a thorough, accurate record of the company's "Honor Bilt Modern Homes." Over 300 photographs and illustrations, with full descriptions, offer views of 86 different houses and cottages of widely varying sizes and designs. Readers may recognize familiar architectural styles in designs such as the cozy six-room "Homewood" bungalow or the elegant "Lexington," a nine-room, green-shuttered colonial. Also shown are several room interiors for each of 14 homes, along with photographs and plans for nine garages and a hunter's cabin. In addition to visual documentation, the catalog provides extensive, detailed construction information, ranging from the grade of exterior siding to the type of wood used for flooring, windows, and trim.An invaluable primary source illustrated for anyone engaged in the study, authentication, or restoration of antique homes or furnishings, this period catalog will also be of special value to architectural and social historians, Americana enthusiasts, and general readers.

Village Buildings of Britain


Matthew Rice - 1991
    It is not only a collection of architectural drawings, but also a guide for those people who would like to maintain or convert a country cottage in such a way that it continues to stand in harmony with its surroundings.

Lost Broadway Theatres


Nicholas van Hoogstraten - 1991
    The extensive redevelopment of Times Square by Disney has focused attention on the architectural glories of the Great White Way, as the recent and much-anticipated reopening of the New Amsterdam Theater demonstrates. Princeton Architectural Press is pleased to announce a revised and updated edition of Lost Broadway Theatres, as part of the renewed interest in Broadway.Lost Broadway Theatres is the only definitive, comprehensive history of the New York playhouses of the past. Over fifty theaters, dating from the 1880s to the 1930s, are presented through brief histories and period photographs. Some of the theaters included are the Ziegfeld, the Lyric, Hammerstein's, and the Republic. This new edition includes additional photos and updated historical information on this fascinating piece of New York City's past. Emmy award-winner Nick van Hoogstraten has included two new theaters, the Biltmore and the Mark Hellinger, as well as images of newly restored theaters the New Amsterdam and the New Victory.

The Vanderbilts and the Gilded Age: Architectural Aspirations, 1879-1901


John Foreman - 1991
    The lavishly illustrated and definitive social and architectural history of the most prominent family of the Gilded Age.

Louis I. Kahn: Writings, Lectures, Interviews


Louis I. Kahn - 1991
    

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design


Timothy Crowe - 1991
    The concepts presented in this book explain the link between design and human behavior. Understanding this link can enable a planner to use natural environmental factors to minimize loss and crime and to maximize productivity.This practical guide addresses several environmental settings, including major event facilities, small retail establishments, downtown streets, residential areas, and playgrounds. A one-stop resource with explanations of criminal behavior and the historical aspects of design, it teaches both the novice and the expert in crime prevention how to use the environment to affect human behavior in a positive manner.

Mathographics


Robert Dixon - 1991
    Aimed at a wide range of ages and abilities, this engrossing book explores the possibilities of mathematical drawing through compass constructions and computer graphics.Compass construction is an extremely ancient art, requiring no special skills other than the care it takes to place a compass point accurately. For the computer graphics part of the present work, however, readers will need some familiarity with basic high school mathematics-mainly algebra and trigonometry. Still, much of the book can be enjoyed even by "mathophobes," for it is about lines and circles and how to put them together to make various patterns, both abstract and natural.One hundred and six full-page drawings, ranging from totally abstract to somewhat pictorial, demonstrate the possibilities of mathematical drawing and serve as inspiration to readers to carry out their own creative investigations. Among the illustrations are such intriguing configurationsas a five-point egg, golden ratio, 17-gon, plughole vortex, blancmange curve, Durer's pentagons, pentasnow, turtle geometry, and many more. In guiding students toward the comprehension and creation of such figures, the author explains helpful basic principles (of number, length and angle) as well as reviewing relevant fundamentals of trigonometry. In addition, he has provided numerous useful exercises (with answers} at the ends of the chapters, together with recommended further reading, detailed in the bibliography. 211 black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography. Index.

Real Estate Development: Principles and Process


Mike E. Miles - 1991
    Thoroughly updated, the book includes material on financing and marketing.

City Limits: Memories of a Small-Town Boy


Terry Teachout - 1991
    City Limits is the story of Teachout’s as he grew up in small town of Silkeston, Missouri, filled with countless adventures and embarrassments. Beginning with his life as a young boy and progressing to eventual his decision to leave the only place he knew for New York City, Teachout gives readers a glance into the mind of small-town boy that grew into a big-city man.

Houston's Forgotten Heritage: Landscape, Houses, Interiors, 1824-1914


Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton - 1991
    “Houston’s Forgotten Heritage stands out because of its integration of architecture, landscape, social history, and interior design, along with the authors’ ability to place Houston within the broader context of American history.”—Texas Architect“ . . . a solidly researched, enlightening work.”—Houston Chronicle

Russian Houses


Elizabeth Gaynor - 1991
    The rough-hewn beauty of traditional peasant homes--with their samovars, stoves, and ornate exteriors--is portrayed with knowledgeable and insightful authority. The breathtaking photographs and evocative text guide the reader through the homes of Pasternak, Gorky, Dostoevsky, and other artists and intellectuals. Over 300 full color photographs.

Precisions on the Present State of Architecture and City Planning


Le Corbusier - 1991
    Concise summations of the Swiss-born French architect’s pioneering philosophy, the lectures contain some of Le Corbusier’s most compelling aphorisms and cover topics from technique, design and human scale, and the 1927 League of Nations competition to the teaching of architecture and an analysis of the transformation of his own work over time. On his return, Le Corbusier reconstructed the lectures, publishing them in French in 1930. Published to honor the fiftieth anniversary of Le Corbusier’s passing, this new and expanded edition presents the Precisions lectures to a new audience. During the lectures, Le Corbusier punctuated his points with a series of improvised crayon-on-paper drawings. This is the first edition to reproduce all forty drawings in color. The book also includes Le Corbusier’s introduction, appended in the 1960s, which describes the tremendous impact the city of Buenos Aires had on the architect—its beauty and vast potential, as well as the considerable challenges presented by this city “trembling on the verge of great works.” A second, new introduction by British art historian Tim Benton places the lectures in context with the larger body of Le Corbusier’s work and its lasting significance. Finally, an appendix has been added to this edition to provide new generations of architects and students with a brief description of key figures and events discussed. For many, including Le Corbusier himself, the Precisions lectures marked an important shift in the architect’s thinking and are considered one of his most mature statements on modern architectural revolution. This new edition sheds light on the principles that informed his work.

The American Houses of Robert A. M. Stern


Robert A.M. Stern - 1991
    Presents photographs and plans of thirty-one of the architect's most significant houses in the United States.

Medieval Craftsmen: Glass-Painters


Sarah Brown - 1991
    marvels at the inestimable beauty of the glass and the infinitely rich and various workmanship." (Theophilus, early twelfth century) But what do we really know of the men and women who made stained glass windows, and the methods they used?Stained glassed was an invaluable medium for communicating religion to a largely illiterate populace and the glass-painter was its creator. This book describes the fascinating origins of the cragt and the techniques emplyed - including the design, colouring, and use of pattern books. The authors explain the circumstances of commission, who the patrons were, and how the glass-painter both designed and executed the window. They then discuss evidence of the education, position in society, and working practices of glass-painters. Finally, the recount the decline of this resplendent craft and the sad destruction of the windows as the Reformation and changes in fashion both took their toll.Beautifully illustrated with examples from cathedrals, churches, and castles throughout Europe, this book will enrich the understanding of all lovers of medieval art and architecture.

The Cook's Room: A Celebration of the Heart of the Home


Alan Davidson - 1991
    The cook's room - the heart of the house - and how it has evolved in different nations, is revealed in essays and photographs by an international group of food writers including Diana Kennedy and Julie Sahni.

Frank Furness: The Complete Works


George E. Thomas - 1991
    Apprenticed in the atelier of Richard Morris Hunt and inspired by the values of his father's friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Furness derived architectural form from the representation of purpose and turned architecture away from history toward the forces of the present. This encyclopedic book is the first complete monograph of Furness's work. More than 670 projects are presented through 700 photographs and drawings. Critical essays by George Thomas link Furness to Emersonian naturalism and to the political reform movement in Philadelphia that supported his independent stylistic direction; Jeffrey Cohen explores the personal style and motives of the architect; and Michael Lewis assesses local and national criticism of Furness and the changing perception of style-based history. An introduction by Robert Venturi offers a personal appreciation of the work of this remarkable architect.

Outsider Art II : Visionary Environments (Art Random No 75)


Marcus Schubert - 1991
    

Building in Egypt: Pharaonic Stone Masonry


Dieter Arnold - 1991
    Dr. Arnold covers all aspects of building, including planning, measuring, quarrying and production, transporting heavy monuments, building, digging shafts, repairing damages, and securing tombs. Richly illustrated with photos and field drawings by the author, ancient representations of building activities, and illustrations of tools and objects in museum collections, this book offers a frank appraisal of current knowledge of the process of Egyptian stone construction.

Homeplace: The Social Use and Meaning of the Folk Dwelling in Southwestern North Carolina


Michael Ann Williams - 1991
    Michael Ann Williams bases much of her study on interviews with some of the people most intimately familiar with her subject: more than fifty individuals born and raised in southwestern North Carolina in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their testimony links the perspective of former occupants and the experiential aspects of folk architecture with more traditional scholarly studies.Most scholarship on vernacular architecture emphasizes form and structure and is based primarily on the examination of extant buildings. While Homeplace contains floor plans and historical photographs, it also illustrates how oral history is often a more reliable guide in the interpretation of folk buildings than artifactual or documentary evidence. By foregrounding inhabitants' reminiscences, Williams brings rural Appalachian architecture to life by emphasizing human experience within the dwelling.An examination of universal concerns--continuity and change in the inhabitants' uses and conceptualizations of interior spaces, domestic life and cultural change in southern Appalachia, the shifting importance of formal and informal spaces--Homeplace offers new insights into the folk building tradition and its cultural context that will be most helpful to those seeking a broader understanding of Appalachian life.

New Orleans in the Fifties


Mary Lou Widmer - 1991
    In her third book in the series of volumes describing past decades in New Orleans' history, local author and historian Mary Lou Widmer offers readers unique glimpses into the celebrated fifties.

Ticket to Paradise: American Movie Theaters and How We Had Fun


John Margolies - 1991
    John Margolies has been documenting theatres and drive-ins aross America. Emily Gwathmey's introduction traces the evolution of the movie theatre.

Architectural Drafting and Design


Alan Jefferis - 1991
    To enable you to make optimal use of one of today's popular design tools - AutoCAD 2000 - this comprehensive handbook also contains a "try & die" copy of the AutoCAD 2000 software and .dwg files of selected plans in the book, supplemented by expanded coverage of CADD and freehand sketching techniques. As they work through Architectural Drafting & Design, 4th Edition, readers are challenged to think through and solve numerous design problems while adhering to the latest International Building Code; meeting requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act; taking into account the latest NDS wood design standards; and considering the growing popularity of engineered lumber and steel construction. Keywords: Architectural Drafting and Design

Harwell Hamilton Harris


Lisa Germany - 1991
    Harris was a sculptor who changed careers when he saw Wright's Hollyhock House and realized that an architect could make sculpture on a monumental scale that both functioned as a home and moved in and out of nature. Germany traces the development of Harris's life and career, assessing his place in American modernism, in the development of regionalist architecture, and in the interpretation of a modern California lifestyle that would gain admirers throughout the world. Her discussion opens a window into the complexities of modernism in America during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

Richard Meier Architect, Vol. 1 (1964-1984)


Joseph Rykwert - 1991
    Documents the complete work, both projected and realized, of one of the original New York Five architects, whose work has won National Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects.

Distance Points: Studies in Theory and Renaissance Art and Architecture


James S. Ackerman - 1991
    The largest group of essays, dealing with the character of Renaissance architecture, are models of art historical scholarship in their direct approach to identifying the essentials of a building and the social and intellectual context in which they should be viewed. Another group of essays explores encounters between the traditions of artistic practice and early optics and color theory. The three essays that begin this collection bring to light the intellectual and moral concerns that underlie all of Ackerman's art historical work.

David Gentleman's Paris


David Gentleman - 1991
    He now ventures beyond his own shores to express his passion for the beautiful city of Paris, with its leafy boulevards, Metro, Luxembourg Gardens, and "architectural survivors" of a time gone by. A palpable sense of history emerges in representations of the splendid seventeenth-century buildings and courtyard of the Marais and the Faubourg St. Germain, while he catches Paris's vitality in its vibrant café life. "A marvelous watercolour guide to the splendours of the city."--The Sunday Times. "A satisfying and strongly personal celebration of the sights of Paris..."--Spectator.

Washington On View: The Nation's Capital Since 1790


John W. Reps - 1991
    

The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the Present Day


Monique Mosser - 1991
    As object and as literature, it is a sumptuous and unprecedented resource. The more than seventy essays by scholars from Europe and America all commissioned for this book - and over 650 illustrations raise the standard of garden literature to a new level. The result is an invaluable compendium that will serve as a fundamental starting point for exploring the many expressions of the place where nature and culture, project and diversion, work and pleasure meet.Organized chronologically, the essays and illustrations make up a mosaic of the garden in the Western world. The humanist garden in Renaissance Italy, the concepts of the "Sublime" and the "Picturesque," mazes, grottoes, and other curiosities, city parks, American land art, and even Disneyland are among the topics treated. Discussions of characteristic aspects of history and theory are followed by analyses of individual gardens as paradigms of their type: the Hortus Palatinus in Heidelberg, the Parc Monceau in Paris, the Park Guell in Barcelona, Stowe in England, and many more.The illustrations are a model of how iconography can function as text. They include ground plans meticulously redrawn from original archival material to provide precise information on the scale and nature of many of the projects, as well as a wealth of drawings, reconstructions, paintings, and photographs.

Tomorrow's Architectural Heritage: Landscape and Buildings in the Countryside


J.M. Fladmark - 1991
    This is an analysis of architectural design in relation to place, advocating that by seeking to put landscape design back into architecture, a countryside legacy will be left for future generations to admire.

Formal Structure In Islamic Architecture


Klaus Herdeg - 1991
    With some 150 measured drawings and analytical diagrams and 1

Naval Architecture For Non Naval Architects


Harry Benford - 1991
    Even those who are merely curious about the fascinating mysteries of ships and the sea may find this book worth reading.Are you a yachtsman, or a passenger about to embark on an ocean cruise? Then this book should enhance your pleasure and understanding of your waterborne activities. If, on the other hand, you are in a maritime-related career such as oceanography, marine underwriting, admiralty law, or civil engineering designing locks or docks, this book should enhance your professional qualifications because it will allow you to communicate more effectively with those naval architects with whom you need to work.Young people who may be considering a career as a naval architects or marine engineers should find this book of particular value and interest as a means of testing the intellectual waters.Finally, and perhaps above all others, this book may prove a blessing to those patient souls, the spouses of professional naval architects. With what they can learn here they need no longer stand around in mystified silence during social gatherings of the maritime clan.Written in engineering and easily understood terms, this in everyman's (and everywoman's!) guide to the fascinating subject of naval architecture.

Modern Architecture Vol. 2 (History of World Architecture)


Manfredo Tafuri - 1991
    Casts light on the varied and original paths that modern architects have taken in their search for new forms, documenting with hundreds of photographs and diagrams superb engineering feats in Europe and America.

The Culture of Nature: North American Landscape from Disney to the EXXON Valdez: North American Landscape from Disney to the EXXON Valdez


Alexander Wilson - 1991
    Extensively illustrated.

Zen Gardens: Kyoto's Nature Enclosed


Tom Wright - 1991
    Each garden's location, visiting hours and admission policies are noted.