Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United StatesElaborately conceived, grandly constructed insane asylums--ranging in appearance from classical temples to Gothic castles--were once a common sight looming on the outskirts of American towns and cities. Many of these buildings were razed long ago, and those that remain stand as grim reminders of...
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Border Spaces: Visualizing the U.S.-Mexico FronteraThe built environment along the U.S.-Mexico border has long been a hotbed of political and creative action. In this volume, the historically tense region and visually provocative margin--the southwestern United States and northern Mexico--take center stage. From the borderlands perspective, the symbolic importance and...
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Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design and ConstructionEarth is the oldest and most widely used building material in the world today. It's abundant, inexpensive, and energy-efficient. But if you're building with earth, simplicity of material needn't be an excuse for poor planning. Paul Graham McHenry, author of the best-selling Adobe -...
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Skyscraper Gothic: Medieval Style and Modernist BuildingsOf all building types, the skyscraper strikes observers as the most modern, in terms not only of height but also of boldness, scale, ingenuity, and daring. As a phenomenon born in late nineteenth-century America, it quickly became emblematic of New York, Chicago, and other...
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Oscar Niemeyer and Brazilian Free-Form ModernismAuthor: David Kendrick UnderwoodPublisher: George BrazillerPublished: 08/17/1994Pages: 127Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.94h x 7.28w x 0.60dISBN: 9780807613368
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Virginia Plantation HomesDavid King Gleason provides a grand tour of Virginia's distinctive plantation homes. As the architectural historian Calder Loth states in his prefatory note, "Gleason's elegant photographs provide a seductive image of life in 'Old Virginia.' He presents one inviting house after another, complete with...
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Sri Lanka Style: Tropical Design & ArchitectureSri Lanka Style showcases 30 of the finest traditional and modern dwellings in Sri Lanka. Reflecting its location and status as a hub of Indian Ocean trade from time immemorial, the tropical island of Sri Lanka has always been open to the movements and...
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Anjalendran: Architect of Sri LankaThis beautifully illustrated book showcases the works of one of Sri Landa's most influential architects--Anjaledran, an ethnic Tamil and visionary artist. During the past 25 years of civil war in Sri Lanka, Anjalendran has stayed on, creating architecture that has attracted interest across the...
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Flying Star Feng ShuiLearn to change your outlook and amplify your good luck with specific advice from a feng shui expert. Feng shui is the Chinese art of improving quality of life by making specific changes to the arrangement of a landscape, a house, or a room....
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Kitchens, Smokehouses, and PriviesIn Kitchens, Smokehouses, and Privies, Michael Olmert takes us into the eighteenth-century backyards of colonial America. He explores the many small outbuildings that can still be found at obscure rural farmsteads throughout the Tidewater and greater mid-Atlantic, in towns like Williamsburg and Annapolis, and...
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The Architecture of Herod, the Great BuilderHerod the Great, one of the most famous builders of the biblical world, is a name well known to readers of the New Testament. Recently a team led by Ehud Netzer, a leading Israeli archaeologist of the Herodian period, discovered the tomb of Herod....
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XS: Small Structures, Green ArchitectureA follow-up to the highly successful XS: Big Ideas, Small Buildings, this book features contemporary solutions to two of today's most challenging problems-how to conserve space and help save the environment. The design goals of the 40 houses included here are to build as...
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Charles Garnier: Designs for the Paris Opera House Colouring BookCasebound book with a special lay-flat binding and sturdy, flexible cover. 108 pages with 50 images to color on high-quality paper. Size: 8 x 11 in. Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed.Author: Charles GarnierPublisher: Pomegranate...
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Architecture for DummiesSei es Michael Graves Bestseller-Produktdesign für Target oder Sir Norman Fosters Renovierung des Berliner Reichstagsgebäudes: Architektur ist nach wie vor ein Thema, das im Zentrum des kulturellen Interesses steht und gro en Neuigkeitswert genie t. "Architecture For Dummies" Ein Crashkurs in Sachen Architektur -...
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Mueve Tus Cosas y Cambia Tu Vida (Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life): Como El Feng Shui Te Puede Traer Amor, Dinero, Respeto y Felicidad (How to Use FCon la promesa de salud, riqueza y felicidad, el feng shui tiene un inmenso atractivo, por lo menos en concepto. Desafortunadamente, los métodos aparentemente complicados del feng shui son a menudo difíciles de aprender y de aplicar de una manera útil. Por suerte, Mueve...
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Bannerman CastleBannerman Castle of the Hudson River was an island arsenal built to resemble a Scottish castle. Follow along with this recanting of the history of this awe-inspiring work of architecture.For generations, boaters and train passengers have been mystified and intrigued by the sight of...
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Cleveland's Lake View CemeteryCleveland's Lake View Cemetery reveals the profound effects the cemetery and the City of Cleveland had on one another.Founded in 1869, this garden cemetery served as an escape and a model for Cleveland parks and suburbs, such as University Circle, Little Italy, East Cleveland,...
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Los Angeles Art DecoArt Deco made its formal appearance in Paris at the 1925 L'Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, a showcase for art, architecture, and design that promoted progress, modernity, and the present. The greatest export from this exhibition was a style that has...
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New Haven: Reshaping the City, 1900-1980In never-before-published photographs from the archives of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, New Haven: Reshaping the City, 1900-1980 portrays the twentieth-century changes that altered the face of a major Connecticut port.New Haven, as its name implies, has always strived to be a place...
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The Evolution of Urban Form: Typology for Planners and ArchitectsWhy are so many of our urban environments so resistant to change? The author tackles this question in her comprehensive guide for planners, designers, and students concerned with how cities take shape. This book provides a fundamental understanding of how physical environments are created,...
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