Art & Architecture
New Books from Wiley, Spring 1999

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ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN
General Architecture


The Environmental Resource Guide on CD-ROM
by American Institute of Architects/Project Editor: Joseph Demkin, Washington, DC
0-471-34618-7 01/99 cd $125.00

Now available on CD-ROM, The Environmental Resource Guide (cloth ed. ISBN 0-471-14043-0) allows design professionals to make environmentally-informed choices when selecting and specifying common building materials. The ERG gives architects and others in the building industry a basis for comparing the environmental impact of building materials, products, and systems. It is the most thorough reference available for architects making environmentally-based design decisions and product specifications.
MARKET: Architects, Designers, Interior Designers, Engineers; Manufacturers of building products and materials; Facilities Managers, Environmental Government Agencies, Environmental Engineers, and Scientists.


Airport Builders
by Marcus Binney, St. Lawrence, Jersey, UK
0-471-98445-0 03/99 224 pp cl $75.00

Poised at the junction of earth and sky, airports present architects with wonderful opportunities for flights of the imagination—as well as massive logistical challenges to overcome. This book provides a comprehensive and well-illustrated global guide to airports and their builders, with historical background, technical information, and instant access to a world of airport design possibilities and solutions.
MARKET: Architects.


Architectural Theory, Vols. 1 and 2
by David Smith Capon, Smith Capon Practice, UK

Vol. 1: The Vitruvian Fallacy: A History of the Categories in Architecture and Philosophies
0-471-98588-0 03/99 256 pp cl $124.50

Vol. 2: Le Corbusier’s Legacy: Principles of Twentieth Century Architectural Theory
0-471-98589-9 03/99 400 pp cl $124.50

Chronicling the evolution of architectural theory from ancient Greece through medieval times to today, this classic reference offers the most coherent and broad survey available. Its breadth of coverage and user-friendly format will make it an ideal reference for anyone in the field.
MARKET: Architects.


Power of Contemporary Architecture
by Peter Cook/Neil Spiller, both of the Bartlett School of Architecture, London, England
0-471-98419-1 03/99 128 pp pa $45.00

This stunning "who’s-who" guide to contemporary architects and their thinking compares and contrasts the fashions and conceptual developments of architects from all over the world, including Cedric Price, Eric Moss, Katherine Ingraham, Nicholas Teherani, Kathryn Findlay, Tom Kovac, and many others. Together, these lectures demonstrate the sheer power and scope of concept architecture and its impact on today’s global landscape.
MARKET: Architects, Designers.


Color Drawing: A Marker/Colored-Pencil Approach for Architects, Landscape Architects, Interior and Graphic Designers, and Artists, 2nd Ed.
by Michael E. Doyle, Communication Arts, Inc., Boulder, Colorado
0-471-29245-1 05/99 416 pp cl $44.95

Illustrated entirely in color, the new edition of the classic book offers a stimulating, easy-to-use approach to design exploration, presentation, and color composition. These are the systematic, easy-to-follow techniques for using felt markers, colored pencils, and the latest computer innovations to explore and present design ideas, and create integrated color compositions.
MARKET: Architects, Landscape Architects, Interior Designers, Environmental Graphic Designers.


Architecture Inside Out
by Karen A. Franck, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark/Bianca Lepori, Rome, Italy
0-471-98466-3 05/99 128 pp pa $45.00

Introducing a different architectural approach that transcends fixed notions of style, this book emphasizes seeing and enhancing the close connections that link both architect and occupant, as well as the material, symbolic, and human aspects of designed spaces. It draws from the rich realm of archetypal psychology to show how in moving from inside out—from people’s activities, dreams, and desires, to the creation of space—architecture can be truly transformative.
MARKET: Architects.


Trellises and Gazebos: Authentic Details for Design and Restoration
by Peter J. Harrison, Raleigh, North Carolina
0-471-32198-2 02/99 256 pp cl $59.95

This unique visual reference brings together almost 200 beautifully-rendered drawings of trellises and gazebos, all based on authentic historic details from field and library research. This is the second in a series meant to address the growing popularity of historical architectural details.
MARKET: Architects, Landscape Architects, Preservationists, Others interested in restoration or in finding design ideas.


Monument Builders: Modern Architecture and Death
by Edwin Heathcote, London, England
0-471-98368-3 04/99 232 pp cl $75.00

Structures built in response to death pose unique architectural challenges—challenges that transcend the physical to encompass symbolism, beliefs, and culture. Monument Builders highlights this rarely discussed yet fascinating building type, exploring the links between different perceptions of death and their expression in architecture over the course of the twentieth century. Sensitive but never somber, it features the work of an impressive international roster of architects as it moves from neoclassicist and modernist treatments of death, to holocaust memorials and other difficult projects.
MARKET: Architects, Designers.


Design Media: Techniques for Watercolor, Pen and Ink, Pastel and Colored Marker
by Ronald J. Kasprisin, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
0-471-29301-6 04/99 224 pp pa $39.95

This book is a complete, practical primer on how to choose and use design media to bring out the best in drawing and rendering. Approaching each medium from the perspective of its use in the design process itself, it offers detailed coverage of the tools and techniques for each of the four major rendering media—pen and ink, pastels, colored marker, and watercolor.
MARKET: Professionals and Students in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design; Graphic Designers; Fine Artists.


Wind Towers
by Christopher McCarthy, Univ. College, London, and the Royal College of Art, UK
0-471-98087-0 05/99 64 pp pa $25.00

Wind towers in architecture provide the means for natural ventilation within a structure, improving the overall atmosphere and reducing energy consumption. This is a unique, step-by-step guide to the design development of modern wind towers for low-energy architecture. Complete with detailed case studies from leading firms and technical information on construction, Wind Towers is an essential, practical reference on this increasingly-important architectural element.
MARKET: Architects, Designers.


Architectural Design for Tropical Regions
by Cleveland Salmon, AIA, Williams-Russell & Johnson, Nashville, Tennessee
0-471-18020-3 04/99 224 pp cl $59.95

Tropical regions present unique design challenges to architects, and this book is a comprehensive guide to addressing these issues. Topics include the effective use of energy and resources; coping with natural forces such as tropical cyclones, heavy rains, intense humidity, and high temperatures; and accommodating local heritage and tropical lifestyles.
MARKET: Architects and Other Building Professionals, Building Developers, Facility Managers, Architecture Students.


Architects in Cyberspace II
by Neil Spiller, Bartlett School of Architecture, London, England
0-471-98467-1 03/99 112 pp pa $36.50

Picking up where Architects in Cyberspace left off, this companion issue of Architectural Design tracks the progress of previously-featured architects along with new players in the field. With exciting developments and projects under way all the time, this part-two installment offers a vital, up-to-date report from the cyberfrontier of modern architecture, complete with a review of the 1997 Paris Cyberspace exhibition, dozens of color illustrations, and more.
MARKET: Architects, Designers.


Des-Res Architecture
by Maggie Toy, London, England
0-471-98617-8 03/99 112 pp pa $36.50

The design of a desirable residence is an exciting if challenging opportunity that often results in an architect’s most imaginative and daring work. Des-Res offers a dazzling contemporary window on the architectural design of these residences, with project examples—illustrated in color—from leading architects that showcase an impressive range of design invention and talent from around the world.
MARKET: Architects, Designers.


Sci-Fi Architecture
by Maggie Toy, London, England
0-471-98712-3 05/99 272 pp pa $36.50

Sci-Fi Architecture places the greatest architectural thinkers of our time alongside the most advanced practitioners and experts from technical fields to predict the future of architectural design. Material possibilities and the use of high technology are two of the many dimensions covered in this lively and multifaceted debate, which features the perspectives of Jean Nouvel, Robert Maxwell, Charles Jencks, Jan Kaplicky, and others.
MARKET: Architects, Designers.


Evolutionary Architecture: Nature as a Basis for Design
by Eugene Tsui, Tsui Design & Research, Emeryville, California
0-471-11726-9 03/99 360 pp cl $49.95

Based on the premise that some of the strongest and most efficient forms known to mankind are derived from nature’s models, Eugene Tsui’s Evolutionary Architecture is an exciting exploration of nature’s contributions to structural form and building systems. Filled with both inspiration and practical lessons from this visionary architect, this book profiles many of the author’s innovative building designs and includes fascinating architectural analyses of structures created by animals and insects, as well as human designs based on these structures.
MARKET: Architects, Builders, Interior Designers, Environmentalists, Scientists.


Hybrid Drawing Techniques by Contemporary Architects and Designers
by Mohammed Saleh Uddin, Southern Univ., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
0-471-29274-5 04/99 192 pp cl $49.95

This book provides a step-by-step introduction to the creation of hybrid drawings, along with a full portfolio of the best hybrid drawings from dozens of internationally-recognized architects and firms. Each visual example is accompanied by helpful descriptive and analytical commentary explaining how and why it was created.
MARKET: Professionals in architecture, design, illustration, and related fields.


The Professional Practice of Architectural Detailing, 3rd Ed.
by Osamu A. Wakita, Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles, California/Richard M. Linde, AIA, Richard M. Linde & Associates, Inc., Torrance, California
0-471-18016-5 01/99 512 pp cl $69.95

This "bible" of architectural detailing promotes a comprehensive mastery of the subject, with everything required to communicate design ideas professionally and effectively.
MARKET: Architecture Students, Architects.


GRAPHIC DESIGN

The Graphic Designer’s Guide to Creative Marketing: Finding and Keeping Your Best Clients
by Linda Cooper Bowen, New York, New York
0-471-29314-8 02/99 192 pp cl $34.95

The intangible and highly-subjective nature of design services creates unique marketing challenges for the graphic designer. This user-friendly guide demonstrates how to tackle these challenges successfully, with complete step-by-step instructions for the development and execution of effective marketing plans and materials.
MARKET: Graphic Designers (including those working on staff as well as freelancers), Graphic Design Students.


INTERIOR DESIGN

Beautiful Universal Design: A Visual Guide
by Cynthia Leibrock, Easy Access Research, Fort Collins, Colorado/James Terry, Evan Terry Associates, Birmingham, Alabama
0-471-29306-7 03/99 208 pp cl $64.95

This superb, visually-oriented guide to universal design reflects a new generation of products and design solutions. Instead of focusing on barrier-free prescriptions for specific disabilities, it emphasizes design and product specification decisions that make facilities more useful to people of all ages and physical abilities.
MARKET: Architects, Interior Designers, Product Designers and Manufacturers, Architecture and Interior Design Students.


Interior Design Visual Presentation: A Guide to Graphics, Models and Presentation Techniques
by Maureen Mitton, Univ. of Wisconsin, Stout, Wisconsin
0-471-29259-1 02/99 192 pp pa $39.95

This book is the first to address the visual design and presentation needs of the interior designer. Combining comprehensive coverage of design graphics, models, and presentation techniques, it uses step-by-step instructions and examples to explain the visual materials and methods available for every stage of the design process.
MARKET: New and experienced Interior Design Professionals, Students; Architects.


Wellness Centers: A Guide for the Design Professional
(The Wiley Series in Healthcare and Senior Living Design)
by Joan Whaley, Ellerbee Beckett, Bethesda, Maryland
0-471-25337-5 03/99 256 pp cl $59.95

A wellness center is a health care center that combines ambulatory care, a fitness center, and complimentary medicine center in one building. Riding the latest trends in healthcare delivery and demographics, these centers are proving popular around the world. Though there have been countless articles and conferences on the design and operation of wellness centers, this is the first book to feature all of this practical and design information in one convenient place.
MARKET: Architects, Interior Designers, Hospital Executives and Administrators.


Landscape Architecture
Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations
(The Wiley Series in Healthcare and Senior Living Design)

Edited by: Clare Cooper Marcus, Univ. of California, Berkeley, California/Marni Barnes, Deva Landscaping, Berkeley, California
0-471-19203-1 03/99 360 pp cl $59.95

Serving as an alternative or supplemental treatment to drug or technology-related therapies, healing gardens are a growth area—literally and figuratively—in institutional settings around the world. This book examines the different therapeutic benefits of healing gardens, and offers essential design guidance from experts in the field.
MARKET: Landscape Architects; Architects; Planners; Healthcare, Retirement, and Other Institutional Administrators; Horticulture Therapists.


Urban Planning
Sociable Cities: The Legacy of Ebenezer Howard
by Peter Hall, Univ. College, London, UK/Colin Ward, Kersey Uplands, Suffolk, UK
0-471-98504-X 02/99 240 pp cl $89.95
0-471-98505-8 02/99 240 pp pa $39.95

A century ago, Ebenezer Howard published Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. Fifty years later, the book led to an Act of Parliament and the designation of over 20 new towns just in the UK. It has since been translated into many languages, and has influenced urban and rural development around the globe. To coincide with the celebration of this landmark book’s centenary, Sociable Cities explores both the impact Howard’s work has had since publication and peers into its potential for influencing the planning for the next century.
MARKET: Urban Planners, Geographers, Architects, Designers.


Los Angeles: Globalization, Urbanization, and Social Struggles
(World Cities Series)
by Roger Keil, York Univ., Ontario, Canada
0-471-98352-7 01/99 256 pp pa $34.95

From the glamour of Hollywood, to the racial tension that sparked the Rodney King race riots, Los Angeles has become the symbol of the modern city, taking in both its advantages and disadvantages. It is a city of palm trees and urban blight; big cars and drive-by shootings. This book tells the story of the formation of this new type of city. It combines a history of urbanization in Los Angeles with an examination of its changing social geography.
MARKET: Urban Planners, Architects, Geographers.

<Body text 2>Cloth edition (0-471-95778-X) appeared in the February 1997 International Preview

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