Wiley: All New Arts & Architecture Titles

A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects

Daniel K. Slone, Doris S. Goldstein — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Written by pioneering attorneys in the emerging fields of urbanism and green building, A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects offers you practical solutions for legal issues you may face in planning, zoning, developing, and operating such communities. Find information on legal issues related to urban form, legal mechanisms and ways to incorporate good urban design into local land regulation,

Residential Design for Aging In Place

Drue Lawlor, Michael A. Thomas — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Consult Residential Design for Aging In Place, the key reference for designing homes for aging people, if you seek to understand how to create effective spaces for the elderly. Interior designers, architects, and homebuilders are increasingly asked by clients to design homes to allow for adaptation over time, and this is the definitive guide, endorsed by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).

Architectural Lighting Design, 3rd Edition

Gary Steffy — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Get the definitive, holistic guide to transforming space with light.

There are no shortcuts to designing beautiful and effective architectural lighting. Lighting is both an art and a science that impacts occupants' health and well-being, the Earth's resources, a project's cost, and user satisfaction in the built environment. If you are serious about lighting, Architectural Lighting Design, Third Edition

Mathematics for the Green Industry: Essential Calculations for Horticulture and Landscape Professionals

Michael L. Agnew, Nancy H. Agnew, Christians, Ann Marie VanDerZanden — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Get this comprehensive guide to the use of math in the Green Industry.

Designed for both students and practitioners in the Green Industry, this book offers full coverage of the calculations necessary to effectively, safely, and economically manage a Green Industry operation. The authors provide clear explanations of all relevant mathematical principles and cover calculations inherent in all aspects of the Green Industry,

Italian Baroque Art

Susan M. Dixon (Editor) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

This anthology presents classic and recent scholarship on Italian art from 1600-1750, highlighting the key debates with which art historians continue to grapple.

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Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet

Sharon Ross — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Beyond the Box charts the revolution in television viewing that is currently underway in living rooms across the country. From voting practices on American Idol and text-messaging on Degrassi, to online forums for connecting with other Buffy the Vampire fans and "Save-the-Show" write-in campaigns aimed at television execs, the power of the Internet has fundamentally altered television viewing. Americans no longer just watch TV;

Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet

Sharon Ross — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Research Methods for Construction, 3rd Edition

Richard F. Fellows, Anita M. M. Liu — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

This book provides guidance on research methodologies and methods with particular attention to applications in construction.
Three main sections - producing a proposal, executing the research and reporting the results - discuss the main issues in research and examine the primary approaches, both qualitative and quantitative. The methods adopted for scientific and engineering experiments, model building and simulations are discussed,

Architectural Theory: An Anthology from 1871 to 2005, Volume II

Harry Francis Mallgrave (Editor), Christina Contandriopoulos (Editor) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

This second volume of the landmark Architectural Theory anthology surveys the development of architectural theory from the Franco-Prussian war of 1871 until the end of the twentieth century. The entire two volume anthology follows the full range of architectural literature from classical times to present transformations.

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Italian Baroque Art

Susan M. Dixon (Editor) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

This anthology presents classic and recent scholarship on Italian art from 1600-1750, highlighting the key debates with which art historians continue to grapple.

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Architectural Theory: An Anthology from 1871 to 2005, Volume II

Harry Francis Mallgrave (Editor), Christina Contandriopoulos (Editor) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design: Understanding Form and Function, 2nd Edition

John Bowers — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design, Second Edition provides a solid foundation in timeless design principles. With the help of more than 200 revealing illustrations, the book explores both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of 2D design, interweaving historical accounts with penetrating analyses of visual principles and issues found in important contemporary examples. This new edition demonstrates how competing approaches to 2D design--including

Protoarchitecture: Analogue and Digital Hybrids

Bob Sheil (Editor) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

In the last decade, the interface of CAD (computer-aided drawing) and CAM (computer-aided manufacture) has opened up a whole new range of possibilities for architects. Structures, prototypes, and three-dimensional objects can now be crafted, assembled and installed as a direct consequence of digital drawings and the information/instructions embedded within them. New Proto-Architecture explores the innovative work being done when moving from the world

African American Theater

Glenda Dicker/sun — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Written in a clear, accessible, storytelling style, African American Theater will shine a bright new light on the culture which has historically nurtured and inspired Black Theater. Functioning as an interactive guide for students and teachers, African American Theater takes the reader on a journey to discover how social realities impacted the plays dramatists wrote and produced.

The journey begins in 1850 when most African people were enslaved

African American Theater

Glenda Dicker/sun — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Modernism in China: Architectural Visions and Revolutions

Edward Denison, Guang Yu Ren — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

China remains as conspicuously absent from written histories of Modernism as Modernism does from written histories of China. Modernism in China confronts this by investigating China's unique experience of Modernism, its remarkable variety, striking contradictions and recurrent paradoxes. As occurred elsewhere in the world, Modernism in China acquired its own unique language forged from geographical,