Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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The LightFoot Guide to the via Francigena - Great Saint Bernard Pass to Saint Peter's Square, Rome - Edition 8LightFoot Guides are written for Walkers and Cyclists, helping them to find the route, places to stay and meet their personal goals.There is no right way to make a journey as challenging as this. This book together with the Lightfoot Companion will provide you...
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A+u 16:05 Sp: Beginning with the House - 65 Architects' Visions from Early Residential Workslvaro Siza Vieira recalls the 'emotion and enthusiasm of witnessing' his first built project of houses being constructed An early residential project from 65 successful, international architects are featured in this special edition Read their experiences and vision for their first house design and...
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Ja 115 Autumn, 2019: Manabu ChibaAfter starting his firm in 2001, Manabu Chiba has produced a wide range of works including residences, housing complexes, commercial facilities, schools, and town halls. Additionally, after starting out as an assistant to Tadao Ando at the University of Tokyo, he is now a...
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Across This Land: A Regional Geography of the United States and CanadaA fascinating overview of the lands and peoples of the United States and Canada, both past and present.Based on decades of research and written in clear, concise prose by one of the foremost geographers in North America, John C. Hudson's Across This Land is...
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Design Resilience in Asia: Thinking the Unpredictable, Designing with UncertaintyThe book is organized according to 'seven inspirations' - seven ideas - and presents a collection of theoretical essays and a set of provocative and innovative solutions to design, plan and build urban resilience in uncertain and unpredictable scenarios. Led by the National University...
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Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works. Volume 4: 1968-1999Charlotte Perriand is one of the foremost figures in twentieth-century interior design. Together with her contemporaries and collaborators, such as Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, and Jean Prouv --she created many pieces of furniture we now consider classics, including the instantly recognizable LC4 chaise. Her...
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UtopiaWith an Introduction by Mishtooni Bose. More's Utopia is a complex, innovative and penetrating contribution to political thought, culminating in the famous 'description' of the Utopians, who live according to the principles of natural law, but are receptive to Christian teachings, who hold all...
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The Miralles Projection: Thinking and Representation in the Architecture of Enric MirallesIt is impossible to dissociate the evolution of Enric Miralles' architecture from the development of his own system of representation. Founded on an initial position inherited from his training at the Barcelona School of Architecture and his practice at the office of Viaplana-Pi n,...
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666 Gable WayFans of The House of Seven Gables and Grimm Tales will love this "eerie and tense" thriller. (Screencraft) "666 Gable Way has everything. Witches, horror, thrills, supernatural entities, and even a touch of romance. " --CB Writer, Amazon reviewer Something evil hides within the...
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Double or Nothing: 51n4e51N4E is a Brussels-based architectural practice led by Johan Anrys, Freek Persyn and Peter Swinnen. Founded in 1998, it has drawn increasing attention and renown through projects for the C-mine cultural centre in Genk, the Groeningemuseum and the TID Tower and Skanderbeg Square both...
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Louisiana's Sacred Places: Churches, Cemeteries and VoodooLouisiana's Sacred Places blurs the lines between the sacred and the profane. Author Deborah Burst combines her love for art, history and architecture into a poetic trail of churches, cemeteries and Voodoo ceremonies.Explore Louisiana's most solemn and revered locals, from New Orleans' most telling...
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ShadowplayWINNER: NOVEL OF THE YEAR, An Irish Post Book AwardsA Five Books Best Historical Fiction Book of 2020 Shadowplay by New York Times best-selling author, Joseph O'Connor, is set during the golden age of West End theater in a London shaken by the crimes...
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Why Birds FallWhen Midland Airlines Flight 3182 falls from the sky and kills Callan Morrow's best friend, Callan wants to know what went wrong. Unsatisfied by the official account, he uses his audit and forensic-accounting skills to investigate further, but instead of closure, he finds collusion...
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Amazing Animal HomesHere are some of the most amazIng animal architects in the world. These animals have been building intricate structures since long before humans began constructing complex dwellings: - The log cabin bagworm larva builds a tiny log cabin out of twigs. - Snails make...
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Olmsted's Elmwood: The Rise, Decline and Renewal of Buffalo's Parkway Neighborhood, a Model for America's CitiesThe fascinating story of the historic Elmwood District, named one of America's top ten neighborhoods, is told for the first time. From Joseph Ellicott's arrival in Buffalo, New York and his radical radial street grid, through the role played by Fredrick Law Olmsted and...
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Space and the Architect: Lessons for Students in Architecture 2The work of Herman Hertzberger is internationally esteemed. His Lessons for Students in Architecture was first published in 1991, and has gone through many reprints, with translations into Japanese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Taiwanese, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Iranian, Korean and Chinese. Space and the Architect...
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Not the Classical Ideal: Athens and the Construction of the Other in Greek ArtA vision of reality in which a pre-eminent human type was defined in opposition to non-ideal 'Others' characterized ancient Greece. In democratic Athens the social structure privileged male citizens, and women, resident aliens, and slaves were marginalized. The Persian Wars polarized the opposition of...
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La Galleria Dei Falsi: Dal Vasaio Al Mercato d'AntiquariatoSeven true stories of fake vases and unwary buyers, a catalogue of more than 100 entries of pottery that was the product of imitation, a panorama of the authentic archaeological finds that could have constituted the source of the forger's inspiration: these are the...
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Magnificent MilanThe first pop-up book on Milan, a 3D guide for children and adults. Milan revealed by the spectacular paper architecture of Dario Cestaro, in a pop-up book that recounts the city's history in simple texts and curious anecdotes. A fascinating journey through colorful pages...
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Philippe Weisbecker: Works in ProgressAn exploration of the beauty of simplicity in our everyday life. The collected works of a master. Philippe Weisbecker is an artist and illustrator who currently divides his time between Paris and Barcelona, but who has spent most of his career in New York...
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