Títulos em Arquitetura

Step behind the gilded gates and discover the extraordinary story of the world’s most famous royal residence. Buckingham Palace: Top 10 Fascinating Facts invites listeners on a captivating journey through history, architecture, and tradition, revealing the secrets and surprises hidden within one of Britain’s greatest landmarks.

Parents obsess over their children's playdates, kindergarten curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but their toys, classrooms, and playgrounds are just as important. These objects and spaces encode decades—even centuries—of ideas about good child-rearing versus bad. What is the Good Toy? Is it wooden, plastic, or even digital? What do youngsters lose when seesaws are deemed too dangerous and slides are designed primarily for safety? How can our built environment help children cultivate self-reliance? In these debates, parents, educators, and kids themselves are often caught in the middle.

For more than 850 years, Notre Dame Cathedral has stood at the heart of Paris—a Gothic masterpiece, a stage for history, and a symbol of resilience that has inspired awe across centuries. From its foundation stone in 1163 to its triumphant reopening after the devastating 2019 fire, this cathedral has witnessed kings and revolutions, processions and protests, literature and legend. It is not only a place of worship but a monument that embodies the very soul of France.

In Top 10 Fascinating Facts About Westminster Abbey, Caspar Dene explores the hidden layers of this extraordinary building and reveals ten surprising truths that will forever change how you see it. With rich storytelling and historical insight, each chapter uncovers a new facet of the Abbey’s incredible past.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by clutter in your small apartment? Struggling to create harmony in your rental space? Looking for practical feng shui solutions that work in modern urban environments? This comprehensive audiobook brings ancient feng shui principles into the 21st century, specifically tailored for renters and lease-restricted spaces.

From one of the world’s most influential designers, a rich tour-de-force that explores how history, character, and vision come together to make a home at once timeless and personal. Nate Berkus is beloved for his elegant, narrative-driven interiors that are layered and deeply personal. In this...

It’s not your fault. In today’s fast-paced world, architects are expected to be experts in everything. But lighting? It’s one of the most misunderstood, under-taught, and under-appreciated tools in your design toolbox. And it’s not just you—most architects feel they’re winging it when it comes to lighting. Meanwhile, your designs are getting value-engineered by people who don’t understand how light shapes experience. You spend months crafting beautiful forms, only to watch them fall flat in poor lighting. And the worst part? You know it could’ve been different.

In today’s busy world, carving out a corner of calm is essential. Designing Peace is your complete guide to creating, maintaining, and living with an indoor Zen garden—an everyday sanctuary that fosters mindfulness, reduces stress, and restores balance.

An in-depth exploration of the design and construction of the US Capitol building, from New York Times bestselling author of Jim Henson and Becoming Dr. Seuss The Capitol is a unique biography of a place, encompassing architecture, history, politics, popular culture, and race in a fascinating exploration of our Capitol's secret history; a history rife with political intrigue, assassination attempts, thwarted bombings, and gunmen on the run.

National Trust houses and landscapes might seem to embody conventional family values, but for generations some very different stories were hidden away. These belong to owners now considered queer for defying the norms of sexual orientation or gender identity – sometimes blatantly, occasionally as open secrets, but most often very discreetly.

"How To Plumb A House From Start To Finish" is your ultimate guide to mastering home plumbing. Whether you're a DIY enthusiast or a beginner, this comprehensive step-by-step manual takes you through the entire plumbing process—starting from the planning stages to the final installation. Learn everything from installing pipes, fixtures, and water systems to troubleshooting common plumbing issues. With easy-to-follow instructions and expert tips, this book equips you with the knowledge and confidence to tackle plumbing projects in your own home.

Living a simpler, happier life in a clean and cozy home environment is within reach with this helpful step-by-step guide. Clutter impacts us all in many negative ways from our mental health to weight gain and more. Bigger Living, Smaller Space will show you the path from taming chaos to harmonious living by decluttering your home and even resizing your living space. Smaller, more thoughtful homes are on the minds of many as inflation rises, along with the demands of managing and maintaining a larger home.

What is creativity? What is the relationship between work life and personal life? How is it possible to live truthfully in a world of contradiction and compromise? These deep and deeply personal questions spring to the fore in Thomas Yarrow's vivid exploration of the life of architects. Yarrow takes us inside the world of architects, showing us the anxiety, exhilaration, hope, idealism, friendship, conflict, and the personal commitments that feed these acts of creativity.

Unlock the secrets to stylish and affordable home decor with "Decorating Cheats, Hacks, Hints, Tips, and Tricks." This essential guide is packed with creative solutions for every room, helping you transform your space without breaking the bank. Discover quick fixes for common design dilemmas, ingenious hacks for maximizing small areas, and expert tips to achieve a polished look effortlessly. Whether you’re a seasoned decorator or just starting out, this book will inspire you to unleash your creativity and elevate your home with confidence.

In a world where housing costs continue to rise and the dream of homeownership seems increasingly out of reach, "Affordable Housing Revolution" offers a compelling solution. This book is your guide to understanding the transformative potential of tiny homes in creating sustainable, affordable living spaces for everyone. Through the lens of VegasTinyHomes.com, a leading platform in the tiny home movement, this book delves into how innovative design, eco-friendly practices, and community-focused developments are transforming the housing market.

For architects working on sites with fewer than 12 units, it’s all too easy to feel stuck. You juggle client pressure, planning constraints, and tight margins—while trying to decipher a habitat metric that reads like a spreadsheet from Mars. And yet, every decision—every hedge, every tree, every layout tweak—can make or break your project. This book shows you how to take back control

We live in a symbiotic relationship with the spaces around us—first we make our spaces, and then our spaces make us. But we’re living in a suboptimal world, one that we designed. The good news: We can redesign it. For twenty years, architect and designer Danish Kurani has been transforming spaces to improve people’s health and happiness through the design of schools, homes, offices, and community centers across four continents.

In the nineteenth century, Manhattan's streets were so choked with pedestrians, horses, vehicles, and vendors that a trip from City Hall to Central Park could take hours. Alfred Beach had the perfect solution: build a giant pneumatic tube underneath Broadway from the Battery to Harlem. Air pressure would shoot passengers up and down the island in clean, quiet carriages. But Beach was up against the operators of the horse-drawn streetcars and the politicians in their pay, most conspicuously William M. Tweed, the notorious "Boss" of Tammany Hall.

A journey through Britain’s chalklands, uncovering the stories, symbolism, and shifting meanings of the mysterious figures carved into our hills. Across southern England and beyond, the land bears the marks of centuries – white horses, giants, crosses, badges, even a lost panda – cut...

Interior designer and television host Jeremiah Brent explores the emotional meaning of home in this warm and inviting book that illuminates what make peoples’ spaces so personally significant. For many of us, our houses are more than just where we hold our belongings. They are reflections of...