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Architecture and Movement(1st Edition)
the Dynamic Experience of Buildings and Landscapes
by Peter Blundell Jones, Mark Meagher
Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-72535-4, ISBN: 0-415-72535-6

"The experience of movement, of moving through buildings, cities, landscapes and in everyday life, is the only involvement most individuals have with the built environment on a daily basis. User experience is so often neglected in architectural study and practice. Architecture and Movement tackles this complex subject for the first time, providing the wide range of perspectives needed to tackle this multi-disciplinary topic. Organised i ..."






Architecture and Participation(1st Edition)
by Peter Blundell Jones, Jeremy Till, Doina Petrescu
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2005 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-31746-7, ISBN: 0-415-31746-0

"Bringing together leading international practitioners and theorists in the field, ranging from the 1960s pioneers of participation to some of the major contemporary figures in the field, Architecture and Participation opens up the social and political aspects of our built environment, and the way that the eventual users may shape it. Divided into three sections, looking at the politics, histories and practices of participation, the book ..."






Architecture and Ritual
How Buildings Shape Society
by Peter Blundell Jones
Hardcover, 392 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-7747-4, ISBN: 1-4725-7747-7

"Architecture and Ritual explores how the varied rituals of everyday life are framed and defined in space by the buildings which we inhabit. It penetrates beyond traditional assumptions about architectural style, aesthetics and utility to deal with something more implicit: how buildings shape and reflect our experience in ways of which we remain unconscious.Whether designed to house a grand ceremony or provide shelter for a daily meal, a ..."






Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945 to 1990(1st Edition)
by Peter Blundell Jones, Eamonn Canniffe, Eammon Canniffe
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2007 by Taylor & Francis
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6374-8, ISBN: 0-7506-6374-X

"Once again, new interpretations are presented of some of the most famous architecture of the period. Work by lesser-known architects, whose influence and role have been overlooked by conventional histories of the subject, is discussed. The case study structure allows each example to be discussed and used as a springboard to explore different theoretical approaches. Filled with beautiful photographs, plans and architect's drawings, this ..."






Modern Architecture Through Case Studies(1st Edition)
by Peter Blundell Jones
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2002 by Architectural Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-3805-0, ISBN: 0-7506-3805-2

"Peter Blundell Jones details the inadequacy of the first histories of the Modern Movement by revealing the existence of suppressed alternative traditions within the movement and shows their great diversity through the use of case studies. Each case is analysed in detail then used as a springboard to explore different theoretical approaches.Case studies are shown to be the most effective way to explore this diversity and to get closer to ..."






Architecture and Ritual
How Buildings Shape Society
by Peter Blundell Jones
Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-7748-1, ISBN: 1-4725-7748-5

"Architecture and Ritual explores how the varied rituals of everyday life are framed and defined in space by the buildings which we inhabit. It penetrates beyond traditional assumptions about architectural style, aesthetics and utility to deal with something more implicit: how buildings shape and reflect our experience in ways of which we remain unconscious. Whether designed to house a grand ceremony or provide shelter for a daily meal, ..."






Gunnar Asplund(Reprint)
by Peter Blundell Jones, Gunnar Asplund, Phaidon Press
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2012 by Phaidon Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-6315-3, ISBN: 0-7148-6315-7

"A contemporary of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Gunnar Asplund pursued a unique architecture that displayed a blend of classical tradition, vernacular architecture and Modernism. ove all, he achieved a sensitive understanding of the relationship between architecture and its surrounding landscape, and it is such contributions that have made him recognized as Sweden's leading architect of the twentieth century. His ilities are amply de ..."






Architecture and Movement(1st Edition)
the Dynamic Experience of Buildings and Landscapes
by Peter Blundell Jones, Mark Meagher
Hardcover, 310 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-72534-7, ISBN: 0-415-72534-8

"The experience of movement, of moving through buildings, cities, landscapes and in everyday life, is the only involvement most individuals have with the built environment on a daily basis. User experience is so often neglected in architectural study and practice. Architecture and Movement tackles this complex subject for the first time, providing the wide range of perspectives needed to tackle this multi-disciplinary topic. Organised i ..."






Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture.(20th Edition)
( Twentieth Edition )
by Dan Cruickshank, Sir Banister Fletcher, Peter Blundell Jones, Kenneth Frampton, Andrew Saint, Andrew Saint Etc
Hardcover, 1,696 Pages, Published 1996 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-2267-7, ISBN: 0-7506-2267-9

"The 20th edition of Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture is the first major work of history to include an overview of the architectural achievements of the 20th Century. Banister Fletcher has been the standard one volume architectural history for over 100 years and continues to give a concise and factual account of world architecture from the earliest times. In this twentieth and centenary edition, edited by Dan Cruickshan ..."






Gunnar Asplund
by Peter Blundell Jones
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Phaidon Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-3976-9, ISBN: 0-7148-3976-0

"A contemporary of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Asplund pursued a unique architecture that displayed a blend of classical tradition, vernacular architecture and Modernism. Above all, he achieved a sensitive understanding of the relationship between architecture and its surrounding landscape, and it is such contributions that have made him recognized as Sweden's leading architect of the twentieth century. His abilities are amply demon ..."






Architecture and Ritual
How Buildings Shape Society
by Peter Blundell Jones
392 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-7749-8, ISBN: 1-4725-7749-3

"How Buildings Shape Society Peter Blundell Jones. Standing in the center ... As I was crying and saying this, there soared a spotted eagle from the west and whistled shrill and sat upon a pine tree east of me. I walked backwards ... Until now I had only been trying to weep, but now I really wept, and tears ran down my face; for as I looked yonder towards the place whence come the life of things, the nation's hoop and the flowering ..."






Architecture and Ritual
How Buildings Shape Society
by Peter Blundell Jones
392 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-7750-4, ISBN: 1-4725-7750-7

"... 1985, and later celebrated in Architecture and Participation, edited jointly with Sheffield colleagues Jeremy Till and Doina Petrescu. ... The following persons and institutions have provided material without which this book would not have been possible: Akademie der Künste Berlin, Architectural Association Library Eleanor Gawne and Sue Barr, Claire Blundell Jones, British Library, Bundesarchiv Koblenz, Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv ..."






Architecture and Movement
the Dynamic Experience of Buildings and Landscapes
by Peter Blundell Jones, Mark Meagher
298 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-65529-9, ISBN: 1-317-65529-X

"Jan Woudstra When theEnglishman Richard Ford published A Handbookfor Travellers inSpain (1845), he claimed that, aNo Spaniard.. . ever took aregular walk on his own two feet ¥ a walkfor the sake of merehealth«.1 Inthis, he not only pinpointed cultural differences between the two nations with respect to attitudes towards walking, but also the long-held British belief that walking was beneficial to physical and mental health. As earl ..."






Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945 to 1990
by Peter Blundell Jones, Eamonn Canniffe
Digital, 256 Pages, Published 2012 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-135-14409-8, ISBN: 1-135-14409-5

"Once again, new interpretations are presented of some of the most famous architecture of the period. Work by lesser-known architects, whose influence and role have been overlooked by conventional histories of the subject, is discussed. The case study structure allows each example to be discussed and used as a springboard to explore different theoretical approaches. Filled with beautiful photographs, plans and architect's drawings, this ..."






Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945 To 1990
by Peter Blundell Jones, Eamonn Canniffe
256 Pages, Published 2012 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-135-14408-1, ISBN: 1-135-14408-7

"47 Though internationally respected for a long series of good buildings and decorated with prestigious awards such as the Pritzker Prize,1 Gottfried Böhm (b. 1920) has remained a marginal figure in the architectural debates of the last forty years. ... The reason is his great sensitivity to site and region, attending to land form, building profile and local style, the building being shaped by its context. The work examined here is ..."






The London 2012 Velodrome, Hopkins Architects
Hopkins Architects; Expedition Engineering; BDSP; Grant Associates
by Peter Blundell Jones, Peter Buchanan, Paul Finch, Felix Mara, Hattie Hartman, James Pallister
Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 2011 by The Architects' Journal, Emap Inform
ISBN-13: 978-0-9567877-1-2, ISBN: 0-9567877-1-1

"One of the four permanent venues on the Olympic Park, the Velodrome provides a landmark venue for the indoor track cycling events at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games."






University of Sheffield School of Architecture 1908-2008(1st Edition)
a Centenary History
by Peter Blundell Jones
Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 2008 by Bdr Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-9556536-1-2, ISBN: 0-9556536-1-4






Hans Scharoun
Buildings in Berlin (3 View-Master reels)
by Peter Blundell Jones, Michael Kaplan
Misc. Supplies, 2 Pages, Published 2002 by View Productions
ISBN-13: 978-0-9714091-2-5, ISBN: 0-9714091-2-9

"The importance of Hans Scharoun (1893-1972) as one of the leading figures in the Modern movement has only recently been acknowledged. His use of non-rectilinear geometry in plan and creation of expressive flowing spaces define his place in architectural history. Two of his public buildings in Berlin, the Philharmonic concert hall (1963) and the State Library (1979) are photographed for the first time in three dimensions and presented on ..."






Hans Scharoun(Updated)
(ARCHITECTURE GENERALE)
by Peter Blundell Jones
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1997 by Phaidon Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-3628-7, ISBN: 0-7148-3628-1

"Hans Scharoun (1893-1972) was the most significant German architectural Modernist of the 1920s and an important exponent of organic architecture. Scharoun first achieved international recognition with his controversial house for the Stuttgart Weissenhofsiedlung in 1927. His experiments with free planning and dynamic interior space continued throughout the war and are exemplified in the highly acclaimed Philharmonie concert hall in Berli ..."






Ahrends Burton and Koralek(1st Edition)
(Architectural Monographs No 15)
by Peter Blundell-Jones, Richard F. Burton, Peter Ahrends, Paul Koralek, Architectural Monographs, Academy Editions
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 1991 by Academy Editions
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-06191-3, ISBN: 0-312-06191-9



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