Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Operative Design: A Catalogue of Spatial VerbsThe core idea for this book is the use of operative verbs as tools for designing space. These operative verbs abstract the idea of spatial formation to its most basic terms, allowing for an objective approach to create the foundation for subjective spatial design....
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On the Construction Site (a Truck-Shaped Novelty Board Book for Toddlers)In this sturdy, shaped novelty book, kids are introduced to life on a construction site and all the types of trucks that build in a fun and tactile way! Explore the sights, sounds, and smells of a construction site with this hands-on novelty board...
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Mosque: An Architect's Exploration of Form, Faith and MeaningToday, there are an estimated 3.6 million mosques around the world, which vary enormously in shape, size, and design. Told from an architect's perspective, this book offers an illuminating account of mosques--from the history and setting of significant structures to reflections on identity, modernity,...
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Monumental: A Stonemason's TaleAround the world and across time, the buildings of the gods and royalty have mostly been made of stone. For more than forty years, the eminent stonemason and conservator Simon Warrack has worked on many of the greatest of them. In Monumental, Warrack takes...
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Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided CommunitiesTransportation planners, engineers, and policymakers in the US face the monumental task of righting the wrongs of their predecessors while charting the course for the next generation. This task requires empathy while pushing against forces in the industry that are resistant to change. How...
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Gracious Interiors: Thoughtful Decorating for Beautiful LivingA celebration of gracious living, radiant color, and the enduring charm of traditional decorating--brought to life through vibrant rooms designed for beauty, comfort, and ease. Designer Braff is known for an exuberant approach to classic interiors, creating spaces that balance playful glamour with polished...
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Charlotte Moss: At Home in VirginiaThe celebrated designer opens the doors to a most personal project--her refined house and glorious garden in Virginia, which offer endless inspiration for a life of comfort and style. With the insight of a design historian and the sensibility of a seasoned tastemaker, Moss...
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Cathy Kincaid Memorable Rooms: Artisanal CollaborationsCelebrated interior designer Kincaid, known for her exquisite color palettes, custom details, and timeless style, opens the door to rooms where color, light, and bespoke dressmaker details, elevate a space from polished to unforgettable. Kincaid explains how the foundations of great design--proportion, layout, and...
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Bunny Williams and Elizabeth Lawrence: DecorationThis powerhouse duo distills their combined wisdom into an essential resource for creating rooms of enduring beauty. With academic rigor and characteristic charm, Williams and Lawrence describe their unique approach to every commission with insights from collaborations with clients, architects, landscape designers, and a...
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Broken Glass: Mies van der Rohe, Edith Farnsworth, and the Fight Over a Modernist MasterpieceThe true story of the intimate relationship that gave birth to the Farnsworth House, a masterpiece of twentieth-century architecture--and disintegrated into a bitter feud over love, money, gender, and the very nature of art. "An intimate portrait . . . alive with architectural intrigue."--Architect...
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Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western AfricaA stunning survey of the boom in independence-era building by western African architects in the mid-20th century, expressed across universities, hotels, banks, museums and moreBeginning in the late 1950s and continuing to the 1980s, the independence period in Africa was a time of prolific--and...
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Anarchitecture After Everything: A Trans ManifestoA revolutionary way of seeing bodies and built environment that unites radical politics and trans aesthetics. From a leading author and queer theorist known for reframing many of the most pressing questions about counter-intuitive ways of being. Anarchitecture, a radical aesthetic practice of unmaking...
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An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles: Updated Sixth EditionThe bible of Los Angeles Architecture, and an iconic guide to the buildings to see in the City of Angels. First published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1965, An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles has long been the definitive reference...
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A Conscious Home: Spaces Shaped by Stories and IntentionA Conscious Home is a beautifully crafted interior design book that balances heart and style in equal measure. Showcasing 20 unique homes by designer Georgia Ezra, it invites you to create spaces that tell your story, celebrate traditional craftsmanship, and embrace the beauty of...
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The Landscape of Man: Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present DayNow available in a new, updated edition, The Landscape of Man is a formative study on the history of landscape architecture. From small gardens to megacities, humans have always molded their environment to express or symbolize ideas---power, order, comfort, harmony, pleasure, and mystery, to...
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The Functional Home: A Practical Guide to Planning Intentional Living SpacesDiscover how to design a home that works beautifully for the way your family actually lives. Make your home work for you! The Functional Home delivers expert-level insight made approachable and easy to follow, without the high price tag of hiring a home design...
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The Builders: Six Master Carpenters Who Shaped Louisiana's Antebellum Lafourche CountryBetween 1828 and 1850, antebellum Louisiana experienced a period of immense economic and population growth. During this era of unprecedented change, six master carpenters, all native to other parts of the United States, migrated to the Lafourche region of southeast Louisiana. In The Builders,...
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Penn's Sylvania: The Campus as LandscapeThe story of one of the most beloved campus landscapes in America as told by the designers and historians charged with its care William Penn envisioned Philadelphia as a "greene country towne." Perhaps nowhere has this ideal been realized more than the University of...
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An Opinionated Guide to New York ArchitectureAuthor: Allison MeierPublisher: Hoxton Mini PressPublished: 08/25/2026Pages: 176Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 6.30h x 4.33w x 0.55dISBN: 9781917719179About the AuthorAllison C. Meier is a Brooklyn-based writer and researcher focused on architecture, visual culture, and overlooked histories. She is the author of Grave (Bloomsbury, 2023), editor...
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The Story of the City: From Mud Brick to Metropolis, How Cities Have Shaped the WorldA fascinating journey through the history of cities, from their origins to their future Have you ever looked at the towers, houses, bridges and parks around you, and wondered how they got there? The answer is in the greatest experiment in human history: the...
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