Q. I used to have these books on tape about dinosaurs when I was a kid. There were two of them, and they were pretty similar. In both of them a kid gets lost in a dinosaur theme park sort of like Jurassic Park. I listened to them sometime around 1990, so they would have been out in the late 80s or early 90s. I have no information beyond that. Would really like to find them again for nostalgia. Any tips on how I might go about finding these? Are there people who collect these sorts of things?
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Amazon would probably be your best bet. They have TONS of really old (and obscure) books from when I was kid. As long as you know the title (or at least an author or keyword) you should be fine.
Amazon would probably be your best bet. They have TONS of really old (and obscure) books from when I was kid. As long as you know the title (or at least an author or keyword) you should be fine.
What books would be good to read for someone just starting an architecture degree?
Q. I am starting an architecture degree in September and would really like to try and get ahead with some reading. What books are useful starting points? I know very little about architecture really, I spent my whole life studying for one subject before deciding it was wrong for me at the last moment so I'm almost thinking of some sort of glossary of important architects or architectural terms to start with. Are there any particularly good ones?
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This is a list of books for students studying Architecture:
101 Things I Learned in Architecture by Mathew Frederick
This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom. .
BLDGBLOG Book by Geoff Manaugh
Nearly five million readers have visited the BLDGBLOG Web site since its inception in 2004 for stories about the past news about the present and speculation about the future of how humans shape their environment. The site provides intriguing details from the fringes of contemporary architectural practice in an accessible thought-provoking and highly entertaining manner.
Translation by Aaron Betsky
Fernando Romero graduated from architecture school in Mexico City in 1995, and then worked with Enric Miralles, Jean Nouvel and Rem Koolhaas before setting up his own firm in 1999, called Laboratorio de la Ciudad de Mexico. LCM soon became influential, as one of few officesâif not the only oneâcarrying out experimental projects in Mexico CityÃs economically vulnerable environment. In 2005, .
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
The second of three books published by the Center for Environmental Structure to provide a âworking alternative to our present ideas about architecture, building, and planning,â A Pattern Language offers a practical language for building and planning based on natural considerations. The reader is given an overview of some 250 patterns that are the units of this language, each consisting of a design problem, discussion, illustration, and solution..
Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier
Probably the most important book in Modern Architecture. Certainly the most villified over the years, especially since the death of Le Corbusier. In it he laid the ground work for Modern Architecture, extolling the virtues of an architecture that was the product of the machine age rather than a pastiche of historical styles.
10 x 10 (Architecture) by Editors of Phaidon Press
This is a comprehensive view of contemporary architecture, presenting the work of 100 exceptional international architects. It provides an opportunity to see a diverse, inspirational collection of recent work, selected by 10 of the worldâs best informed architectural critics.
DesignIntelligence Almanac of Architect & Design 2009
For 10 years the Almanac of Architecture & Design, DesignIntelligenceâs annual factbook, has been providing the readers with the critical information it needs about the sweeping events, benchmarks, and successes of the past year in design. Find out which building has assumed the title as tallest, which firms are winning awards, which projects and firms are at the top of their market segment, and who the leaders are in the profession.
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A History of the Future by Donna Goodman
The political, social, and economic upheaval of the early twentieth century generated an extraordinary range of proposals for the future as successive generations grappled with issues of organizing vast urban systems and humanizing dense industrial environments. As conceptual design became the vehicle for exploring ideas and presenting new movements, a dialogue between technology and design began to emerge.
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Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster by Mike Davis
The 1990s have not been kind to Los Angeles. The increasing fear about natureâs reign of terror in Southern California reflected in Hollywoodâs preoccupation with apocalypseâL.A. has been destroyed on screen by everything from lava (Volcano) to nukes (Miracle Mile) to alien death rays (Independence Day)âis in reality a strong case of denial.
Becoming an Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design by Lee W. Waldrep
What do architects do? What are the educational requirements for architects? What does an architectural internship involve? How does one become a licensed architect? What is the future of the architectural profession? Get the answers to these key questions in Becoming an Architect. This completely up-to-date guide to todayâs careers in architecture provides a clear and concise survey of the field and offers advice for navigating a successful career..
This is a list of books for students studying Architecture:
101 Things I Learned in Architecture by Mathew Frederick
This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom. .
BLDGBLOG Book by Geoff Manaugh
Nearly five million readers have visited the BLDGBLOG Web site since its inception in 2004 for stories about the past news about the present and speculation about the future of how humans shape their environment. The site provides intriguing details from the fringes of contemporary architectural practice in an accessible thought-provoking and highly entertaining manner.
Translation by Aaron Betsky
Fernando Romero graduated from architecture school in Mexico City in 1995, and then worked with Enric Miralles, Jean Nouvel and Rem Koolhaas before setting up his own firm in 1999, called Laboratorio de la Ciudad de Mexico. LCM soon became influential, as one of few officesâif not the only oneâcarrying out experimental projects in Mexico CityÃs economically vulnerable environment. In 2005, .
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
The second of three books published by the Center for Environmental Structure to provide a âworking alternative to our present ideas about architecture, building, and planning,â A Pattern Language offers a practical language for building and planning based on natural considerations. The reader is given an overview of some 250 patterns that are the units of this language, each consisting of a design problem, discussion, illustration, and solution..
Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier
Probably the most important book in Modern Architecture. Certainly the most villified over the years, especially since the death of Le Corbusier. In it he laid the ground work for Modern Architecture, extolling the virtues of an architecture that was the product of the machine age rather than a pastiche of historical styles.
10 x 10 (Architecture) by Editors of Phaidon Press
This is a comprehensive view of contemporary architecture, presenting the work of 100 exceptional international architects. It provides an opportunity to see a diverse, inspirational collection of recent work, selected by 10 of the worldâs best informed architectural critics.
DesignIntelligence Almanac of Architect & Design 2009
For 10 years the Almanac of Architecture & Design, DesignIntelligenceâs annual factbook, has been providing the readers with the critical information it needs about the sweeping events, benchmarks, and successes of the past year in design. Find out which building has assumed the title as tallest, which firms are winning awards, which projects and firms are at the top of their market segment, and who the leaders are in the profession.
:
A History of the Future by Donna Goodman
The political, social, and economic upheaval of the early twentieth century generated an extraordinary range of proposals for the future as successive generations grappled with issues of organizing vast urban systems and humanizing dense industrial environments. As conceptual design became the vehicle for exploring ideas and presenting new movements, a dialogue between technology and design began to emerge.
n.
Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster by Mike Davis
The 1990s have not been kind to Los Angeles. The increasing fear about natureâs reign of terror in Southern California reflected in Hollywoodâs preoccupation with apocalypseâL.A. has been destroyed on screen by everything from lava (Volcano) to nukes (Miracle Mile) to alien death rays (Independence Day)âis in reality a strong case of denial.
Becoming an Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design by Lee W. Waldrep
What do architects do? What are the educational requirements for architects? What does an architectural internship involve? How does one become a licensed architect? What is the future of the architectural profession? Get the answers to these key questions in Becoming an Architect. This completely up-to-date guide to todayâs careers in architecture provides a clear and concise survey of the field and offers advice for navigating a successful career..
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