Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Vermont Firsts and Other Claims to FameVermont may be small in population, but it looms large with innovation. The state constitution was the first in America to ban slavery, provide for universal male suffrage and establish a system for publicly funded education. Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticonderoga for America's First...
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Oase 105: Practices of DrawingHow drawings impact architectural practice: case studies from antiquity to todayThis issue of OASE examines both the role of drawing in architectural thinking and the evolution of drawing practices and technology, gathering case studies from antiquity to today--including George Aitchison, John Ruskin, Heinrich Tessenow,...
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Omar Gandhi: AdaptationA ten-year survey of Omar Gandhi Architect--one of Canada's most influential young firmsCelebrating the Canadian architecture firm Omar Gandhi Architect, this publication chronicles the firm's history through texts, interviews and reproductions of its most important projects. Selected works emphasize Gandhi's commitment to traditional Canadian...
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Barclay & Crousse: Landscapes of IntimacyA look at a leading Peruvian architectural firm through 12 exemplary projectsFrom their Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize-winning design for the University of Piura educational facilities to their design for the Place of Remembrance in Lima, Barclay & Crousse's work binds together the most...
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Decorative Art 60sPublished annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and ceramics. Since the publications went out of print, the now hard-to-find yearbooks have become highly prized by collectors...
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Antarctic ResolutionA master plan for AntarcticaNamed one of the best art books of 2021 by the New York Times Accounting for approximately 10% of the land mass of Planet Earth, the Antarctic is a global commons we collectively neglect. Far from being a pristine natural...
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Living with Palladio in the Sixteenth CenturyHierarchies of the household: how Palladio composed his iconic villas for collective livingVisiting the villas of Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-80), one inevitably asks oneself how people actually occupied them. Palladio conceived his villas as "small towns" (piccole citt ) that formed a single...
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Sverre Fehn: Nordic Pavilion, Venice: Voices from the ArchivesA gem of midcentury architecture examined with previously unpublished archival material Sverre Fehn's Nordic Pavilion in Venice is a masterpiece of postwar architecture. The young Norwegian architect won the competition in 1958; the building was inaugurated in 1962. In minute detail, this book presents...
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German Architecture Annual 2020: Deutsches Architektur Jahrbuch 2020The German Architecture Annual, edited by the German Architecture Museum (DAM), has been documenting contemporary architectural projects in Germany for almost 40 years. This year's edition of the annual, with contributions by renowned authors, presents the shortlist of 26 buildings selected by a jury...
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Vaux-Le-Vicomte: A Private InvitationThis comprehensive monograph is an exclusive look inside the ch teau that inspired the design of Versailles and today continues to enchant visitors and film directors alike. Vaux-le-Vicomte's rich history began in 1641 when infamous French finance minister Nicolas Fouquet, the original owner, surrounded...
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Eileen GrayIrish-born designer Eileen Gray (1878-1976) was an extremely private figure and has remained an elusive subject despite her long-lasting influence. Known primarily for her highly original furniture and interior design, Gray realized nine buildings in her lifetime and recorded more than 45 architectural projects...
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Jen Alkema: Works & ProjectsIf we see minimalism as a derivative of modernism in art, architecture and music, Jen Alkema is not a minimalist. If, however, minimalism is regarded as a way of thinking shared by numerous cultures throughout the ages, Jen Alkema is a minimalist pur sang....
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The Grandest Madison Square Garden: Art, Scandal, and Architecture in Gilded Age New YorkAuthor: Suzanne HinmanPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublished: 06/24/2020Pages: 472Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.90h x 7.60w x 1.00dISBN: 9780815611219About the AuthorSuzanne Hinman holds a PhD in American art history. She has taught courses in art history at a number of colleges and universities, served as director...
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Druid HillsThree remarkable people were responsible for the beginnings of Atlanta's historic Druid Hills. The first was entrepreneur Joel Hurt, who having already experienced success with his rail-served development of Inman Park set his sights on a second community. With remarkable vision, Hurt hired renowned...
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Designing Hollywood Homes: Movie HousesStephen Shadley, interior designer to the stars--from Diane Keaton and Robert Altman to Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Modine, and Ryan Murphy--presents here the first comprehensive volume of his work, which showcases his rare and much-admired ability to set the perfect scene. Designer extraordinaire Stephen Shadley...
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The House of Happy Spirits: A Children's Book Inspired by Friedensreich HundertwasserIn this fairy tale-like story a beloved tree is saved and children learn how architecture can co-exist with nature. The Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser believed that humanity and nature shared a harmonious partnership, a philosophy that he demonstrated with his architectural creations. Filled with...
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Cocoon HouseThe book explores the inspirational and completely unique Cocoon House, a feat of sustainable design.Author: Nina Edwards AnkerPublisher: Artifice PressPublished: 08/31/2021Pages: 192Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.45lbsSize: 11.50h x 8.00w x 0.80dISBN: 9781911339397About the AuthorEdwards Anker, Nina: - Nina Edwards Anker is the founder of nea...
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The Spirit of Egypt in AmericaShows America and how it was built with the same concept as the first Egypt. Pictures and text that shows the similarities. All about the Obelisk, the two nations, About the Khazars, Before Africa. The foundation of the Great whore.Author: Michael Hinds, Tony CastrilliPublisher:...
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A Right to Difference: The Architecture of Jean RenaudieIn France no less than in Britain, the late 1960s saw a rebellion against the relentless anonymity of modernist planning. In the search for alternatives, Jean Renaudie showed an originality and a daring unrivalled up to this day. Conceived along structuralist principles, informed by...
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The Vanishing Stepwells of IndiaSome of the finest architectural structures in India are to be found below ground: these are its ancient stepwells. Stepwells are unique to India; the earliest rudimentary wells date from about the 4th century CE, and eventually they were built throughout the country, particularly...
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