"Primeval architecture is an architecture of necessity. Nothing is there to excess, no matter whether stone, clay, reeds or wood, animal skins or hair are used. It is minimal. It can be very beautiful even amidst poverty and is good in the ethical sense. Good architecture seems to be more important than beautiful architecture. Beautiful architecture is not necessarily good. Onl...(展开全部)

*** Featuring a foreword by Pritzker Prize Winner Shigeru Ban *** Bringing together experts from research and practice, Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architecture and engineering practitioners and...(展开全部)

Architectural form reconsidered in light of a unitary conception of architecture and the city.

This revised edition with new Introduction from a leading anthropologist and an economist is unique in being about consumption but not a sermon for consumers, nor a moan against consumerism. The World of Goods bridges the gap between what anthropologists know about why objects are desired and what economists say about the specialised topic called consumption behaviour. The econ...(展开全部)

This revised edition with new Introduction from a leading anthropologist and an economist is unique in being about consumption but not a sermon for consumers, nor a moan against consumerism. The World of Goods bridges the gap between what anthropologists know about why objects are desired and what economists say about the specialised topic called consumption behaviour. The econ...(展开全部)

For the Swiss-born architect and city planner Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965), architecture constituted a noble art, an exalted calling in which the architect combined plastic invention, intellectual speculation, and higher mathematics to go beyond mere utilitarian needs, beyond "style," to achieve a pure creation of the spirit which established "emotional r...(展开全部)

诺伯舒兹Christian Norberg－Schulz，1926年生于挪威奥斯陆.1949年获得瑞士苏黎士理工学院（ETH）建筑文凭.1952－1953年在哈佛大学以及1956－1958年在罗马继续研习。1978年荣获德国汉诺威技术大学荣誉博士学位。2000年4月辞世。

诺伯舒兹Christian Norberg－Schulz，1926年生于挪威奥斯陆.1949年获得瑞士苏黎士理工学院（ETH）建筑文凭.1952－1953年在哈佛大学以及1956－1958年在罗马继续研习。1978年荣获德国汉诺威技术大学荣誉博士学位。2000年4月辞世。

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the whole architectural phenomenon; logical and methodical extraction of general principles from the prevailing pluralism of approaches.

In this third, revised edition of his eidely acclaimed book, Dr. Geoffrey Baker explains the complexities of Le Corbusier's oeuvre using a three-dimensional diagrammatic analysis to identify major themes and influences. The narrative and fine illustration, enhanced by the inclusion of color plates, cover the key buildings from the four developmental stages of his work, makin...(展开全部)