Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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The Complete Pattern Directory: 1500 Designs from All Ages and CulturesAn essential resource for any designer, crafter, artist, or historian, The Complete Pattern Dictionary is the most comprehensive, practical, and beautiful directory of patterns throughout history, covering all periods, styles, and cultures. Throughout history, patterns have come in countless permutations of motif, color, and...
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Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-SectionsThis children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings. Whether it's a Spanish galleon or a medieval castle, each cross-section...
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Pyramids of Egypt (Unsolved)Discover the unsolved mystery of the pyramids of Egypt in this beautifully illustrated book for kids, accessible for all readers!The pyramids were built as tombs for the Egyptian Pharaohs. They are an engineering feat that have puzzled scientists and historians for centuries. How did...
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Nineteen Reservoirs: On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York CityFrom 1907 to 1967, a network of reservoirs and aqueducts was built across more than one million acres in upstate New York, including Greene, Delaware, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties. This feat of engineering served to meet New York City's ever-increasing need for water, sustaining...
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Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World*2023 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Green, Restorative Practices /Sustainability"Hannah Lewis describes a gift to a despairing world. . . . There may be no single climate solution that has a greater breadth of benefits than mini-forests. . . [and] can be done...
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London, Block by Block: An Illustrated Guide to the Best of England's CapitalLondon is a spectacular place to visit, and there are endlessthings to see and do all year round. In London Block by Block, illustrator Cierra Blockshares 50 maps showing the best that London has to offer, whether it's thefood, history, culture, shopping, beautiful buildings...
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Kelly Wearstler: Evocative Style: Evocative StyleFor her first book in ten years, Kelly Wearstler, one of the most irreverent and fascinating designers working today, continues to push boundaries with her inventive and opulent interiors, here inviting readers into her latest creations including her newly designed home. Celebrated for luxurious...
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Jewish Country HousesAn exploration of the world of Jewish country houses, their architecture and collections, and the lives of the extraordinary men and women who created, transformed, and shaped them. Country houses are powerful symbols of national identity, evoking the glamorous world of the landowning aristocracy....
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How Was That Built?: The Stories Behind Awesome StructuresThis striking book explains the feats of engineering behind the world's most impressive architectural marvels. One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Children's Books of 2022Featured on the Children's Book Council's 2023 Teacher Favorites Award List From skyscrapers that reach astonishing heights to bridges that...
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Heidi Caillier: Memories of Home: InteriorsIn her debut book, designer Heidi Caillier shows how to mix moody color with layers of pattern, natural materials, and textures to create spaces that are both beautifully curated and comfortably livable. Heidi Caillier believes that our homes should create a sense of place,...
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Forgotten Churches: Exploring England's Hidden Treasures: The Sunday Times BestsellerSpending his weekends exploring historic churches across the idyllic English countryside - and sharing their beauty and unsung history across social media - Luke Sherlock is bringing English history and the heritage of our rural countryside to a new audience. England is full of...
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Desert by Design: Creative Minds, Arid Places, Tailor-Made SpacesDesert by Design celebrates the interior worlds that exist in Earth's most arid climes and, more importantly, the creative minds who inhabit them Marfa, Texas-based desert dwellers Molly Mandell and James Burke traveled the world to explore and photograph thirty incredible spaces. They made...
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Coastal Blues: Mrs. Howard's Guide to Decorating with the Colors of the Sea and SkyFrom design expert--and interior design readers' favorite--Phoebe Howard, comes a book focused on decorating with beautiful blue color schemes. Coastal Blues is a glorious decor book filled with inspiring images of beach houses, seacoast getaways, vacation cottages, and luxurious seaside manors. "Known for her...
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City ShapesHunt for shapes of all kinds on this journey through a bustling city, illustrated by four-time Caldecott Honoree Bryan Collier! From shimmering skyscrapers to fluttering kites to twinkling stars high in the sky, everyday scenes become extraordinary as a young girl walks through her...
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Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith FarnsworthThe iconic Edith Farnsworth House is a singular glass home designed by Mies van der Rohe. But the oft-told history of the house overwrites Farnsworth's role as Mies's collaborator and antagonist while falsely portraying her as the architect's angry ex-lover. Nora Wendl's audacious work...
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Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect: The True Story of Pakistan's First Woman ArchitectA poignant eco-biography about Pakistan's first female architect and humanitarian, Yasmeen Lari, who invented sustainable and affordable housing amid natural disaster, featuring back matter with photographs of Lari and her work.From an inquisitive and compassionate young girl to a world-renowned and award-winning architect and...
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Travel Artist: Sketchbook Drawings and True Stories from the RoadTravel Artist: Sketchbook Drawings and True Stories from the Road is an illustrated travelogue drawn from 20 years of travel to 50 countries, and from the scores of sketchbooks and journals created along the way. A sketchbook changes travel, from checking off an itinerary...
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Towards a New ArchitectureFor the Swiss-born architect and city planner Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), architecture constituted a noble art, an exalted calling in which the architect combined plastic invention, intellectual speculation, and higher mathematics to go beyond mere utilitarian needs, beyond "style," to achieve a pure...
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Tiny House Design & Construction Guide: Your Guide to Building a Mortgage Free, Environmentally Sustainable HomeTake the first step to achieving your dream of building and living in your very own tiny house! The Tiny House Design & Construction Guide is your road map to the entire build process. This guide will help you to understand each step that...
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The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha HadidA Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2017 Parents' Choice Recommended Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect's life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter. Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, and...
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