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Fourth Wing
Fourth Wing
"The most brutally addictive fantasy I've read in a decade!" --#1 NYT bestselling author Tracy Wolff"Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end. Brutal games, grumpy dragons, complex characters, sizzling sexual tension, magic, and war...a fantasy like you've never read before."...
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by Grann, David
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The...
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Maame by George, Jessica
Maame
"An utterly charming and deeply moving portrait of the joys--and the guilt--of trying to find your own way in life." --Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Meeting Maame feels like falling in love for the first time: warm, awkward, joyous, a little...
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The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants by Ortega-Medina, Orlando
The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants
Award-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns to 1990s San Francisco in The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, a powerful family drama that plays out within a captivating legal thriller.Attorney Marc Mendes, the estranged son of a prominent Rabbi and a burned-out lawyer with...
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Divine Rivals by Ross, Rebecca
Divine Rivals
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever. After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to...
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Big Swiss by Beagin, Jen
Big Swiss
"Wild...hilarious...so good." --Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year * "A laugh-out-loud bad romance for Gen Xers and an ode to misfits who just want to belong." --Oprah Daily * "Always interesting...too fun to stop." --Vanity Fair "One of the funniest books of the last...
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  • Embracing Beauty: Serene Spaces for Living by Webb, Beth
    Embracing Beauty: Serene Spaces for Living
    The highly anticipated second book from esteemed, Atlanta-based interior designer Webb, known for her ethereal, lushly textured interiors, is a study in organic elegance. Webb is an internationally recognized interior designer admired for her exquisite, light-filled residences. Her second book features homes from across...
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  • Cooling our Environment: An Architect's Vision to Combat Global Warming by Sutaria, Kalpana
    Cooling our Environment: An Architect's Vision to Combat Global Warming
    Buildings are places for comfort and joy. Buildings account for more than 40 percent of all emissions and have a huge impact on our environment. Professionals in the building industry are implementing sustainable building practices to create green buildings and infrastructure to lower emissions....
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  • Toward Re-Entanglement: A Charter for the City and the Earth by Bauhaus Earth
    Toward Re-Entanglement: A Charter for the City and the Earth
    Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual edition (English/German) Angesichts des drohenden Klimakollapses und des Massensterbens hat die globale Initiative Bauhaus Earth ein Team von Wissenschaftler*innen, Architekt*innen, Raumplaner*innen und politischen Entscheidungstr?ger*innen aus aller Welt zusammengerufen, um ein Manifest zu verfassen. Toward Re-Entanglement ist ein Aufruf zu...
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  • The Secrets of Finnish Sauna Design by Liikkanen, Lassi
    The Secrets of Finnish Sauna Design
    A Handbook for Experience-Driven Sauna DesignFor Builders of Rustic Sauna Cabins and Designers of Contemporary Apartment SaunasAre you planning a new sauna, renovating an old one, or just dreaming? Do yourself a favor. Save your sauna project and read this wonderfully illustrated book about...
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  • Temples to the Buddha and the Gods: Transnational Drāviḍa Tradition of Architecture in Sri Lanka by Meegama, Sujatha Arundathi
    Temples to the Buddha and the Gods: Transnational Drāviḍa Tradition of Architecture in Sri Lanka
    Temples to the Buddha and the Gods analyzes the patronage of diverse image houses built in the transnational Drāviḍa tradition of architecture in Sri Lanka--an architectural tradition that has been adopted across the Indian Ocean, from the premodern to the contemporary. Although the Drāviḍa...
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  • Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread by Taylor, Leila
    Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread
    Explores the architecture of haunted houses, uncanny domestic spaces, and how the horror genre subverts and corrupts the sanctity of home. Horror begins at home From family homes in Amityville to Gothic mansions in Los Angeles and the Unabomber's cabin, houses often capture and...
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  • Playgrounds: The Experimental Years by Highmore, Ben
    Playgrounds: The Experimental Years
    A history of post-war playgrounds and their enduring legacy. After World War II, a new kind of playground emerged in Northern Europe and North America. Rather than slides, swings, and roundabouts, these new playgrounds encouraged children to build shacks and invent their own entertainment....
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  • O'Neil Ford & Arch Swank: The Little Chapel in the Woods: Volume 8 by Ford, O' Neil
    O'Neil Ford & Arch Swank: The Little Chapel in the Woods: Volume 8
    Celebrating a gem of Great Depression-era architectureAs part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Program Administration building projects, the Little Chapel in the Woods was constructed in Denton, Texas, toward the end of the Great Depression, by O'Neil Ford (1902-82), a leading architect of the...
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  • Off Grid Homesteading for Beginners by Works, Wellness Wisdom
    Off Grid Homesteading for Beginners
    Simple, Sustainable Freedom: Transform your home into a self-sufficient oasis and achieve financial independence in just one year-even if you've never planted a seed!Are you overwhelmed by the thought of living off the grid? Do stress and uncertainty creep in when you imagine being...
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  • Notre-Dame's Dark Secrets: Unveiling the Mysteries Unearthed by the 2019 Fire by Martin, Louis
    Notre-Dame's Dark Secrets: Unveiling the Mysteries Unearthed by the 2019 Fire
    Notre-Dame de Paris is more than a cathedral-it's a living testament to history, art, and resilience. For centuries, it has stood as a beacon of faith and a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, captivating visitors and inspiring countless legends. But the devastating fire of 2019...
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  • Major: Rmit Architecture Graduating Projects 2019-2022 by Mitsogianni, Vivian
    Major: Rmit Architecture Graduating Projects 2019-2022
    RMIT Architecture is interested in ideas-led venturous design exploration that aspires to contribute to the future of our discipline and an increasingly complex world. This publication contains a selection of RMIT Master of Architecture independent graduating projects from seven semesters between 2019 and 2022....
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  • Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space by Gehl, Jan
    Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space
    ". . .thoughtful, beautiful, and enlightening..." --Jane Jacobs "This book will have a lasting infl uence on the future quality of public open spaces. By helping us better understand the larger public life of cities, Life between Buildings can only move us toward more...
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  • Kimbell Art Museum: Guide by Kimbell Art Museum
    Kimbell Art Museum: Guide
    Completely updated, this comprehensive guide covers the Kimbell Art Museum's world-renowned collection of masterpieces. Its publication is timed to coincide with the highly anticipated opening of the museum's new building, designed by Renzo Piano. The book highlights more than 250 works of art from...
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  • Isometric Graph Paper Notebook: Gear Wheel Mechanism Background 1/4 Inch Equilateral Triangle 3D Graph Paper Engineer Notebook Drafting Paper Isometri by Studios, Rosa
    Isometric Graph Paper Notebook: Gear Wheel Mechanism Background 1/4 Inch Equilateral Triangle 3D Graph Paper Engineer Notebook Drafting Paper Isometri
    Isometric Graph Paper Notebook Book Details: This Isometric Graph Paper Notebook for engineer sketching, drawing and writing Engineering Notebook, Isometric Paper Drawings Drafting & Mechanical Drawing Journal Graph Paper 120 pages Size 8.5 x 11 Inches Matte Cover Paperback Cover Author: Rosa StudiosPublisher: Independently...
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  • Invisible by Woofter, Heather
    Invisible
    Invisible introduces the works of Axi: Ome--a design practice led by Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim formerly in St. Louis and now in Cleveland and Austin--through a collection of essays and projects that map the firm's trajectory across seven years, from 2015 to...
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  • Interiors of a Storyteller by Sabbe, Stephanie
    Interiors of a Storyteller
    Through tales of triumph and tragedy, Sabbe leads readers on her personal journey to becoming both the designer and person she is today with intimate (and hilarious) essays that give a glimpse into the motivation behind her incredible work.Nashville-based interior designer Stephanie Sabbe's career...
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  • How to Redesign Kitchens - Upgrade Cabinets, Counters, Floors, and Layouts: Ideas and DIY Projects for Refacing Cabinets, Installing New Countertops, by Homer, Jack
    How to Redesign Kitchens - Upgrade Cabinets, Counters, Floors, and Layouts: Ideas and DIY Projects for Refacing Cabinets, Installing New Countertops,
    Breathe New Life into Your Kitchen: The Ultimate Guide to Kitchen Redesigns!Is your kitchen stuck in a time warp? Do outdated cabinets, tired countertops, and a cramped layout leave you yearning for a more inspiring space? How to Redesign Kitchens empowers you to transform...
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  • House Precinct Territory: Design Strategies for the Productive City by Luna, Rafael
    House Precinct Territory: Design Strategies for the Productive City
    The book departs from a reflection on contemporary issues of environmental and social sustainability.With buildings and cities being one of the primary accelerators of climate change, the tightening of urban environments is one of the mechanisms by which architects and urban planners can affect...
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  • History of the United States Capitol: A Chronicle of Design, Construction, and Politics by Allen, William C.
    History of the United States Capitol: A Chronicle of Design, Construction, and Politics
    CONTENTS List of Illustrations Foreword-Alan M. Hantman Preface Chapter 1. GRANDEUR ON THE POTOMAC Chapter 2. JEFFERSON AND LATROBE Chapter 3. DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION, 1814-1817 Chapter 4. THE BULFINCH YEARS, 1818-1829 Chapter 5. AN UNSETTLED TIME, 1830-1850 Chapter 6. THOMAS U. WALTER AND THE...
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  • Global Asias: Tactics & Theories by Chen, Tina
    Global Asias: Tactics & Theories
    Global Asias: Tactics & Theories is the inaugural volume in an exciting new series that explores critical concerns animating Global Asias scholarship. It challenges the silos of academic knowledge formation that currently make legible and organize the study of Asia and its multiple diasporas....
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Explore Architecture Design Books

Architecture books provide invaluable insights into the world of building design, architectural history, and the creative process behind some of the world's most iconic structures. Whether you're an aspiring architect, a professional in the field, or simply someone with an interest in architecture, this article highlights some of the best architecture books available, including essential architecture design books and comprehensive collections like "Ten Books on Architecture."

One of the most celebrated books in the field is "Towards a New Architecture" by Le Corbusier. This seminal work offers a revolutionary perspective on modern architecture, advocating for functionalism and simplicity. It's a must-read for anyone interested in the evolution of architectural thought.

"The Architecture of Happiness" by Alain de Botton explores the profound connection between our surroundings and our well-being. De Botton's eloquent prose and insightful analysis make this book a delightful read for both architects and laypeople.

"Architecture: Form, Space, and Order" by Francis D.K.Ching is an essential architecture design book. Ching's clear explanations and detailed illustrations make complex concepts accessible, making this book a valuable resource for both students and professionals.

Another highly recommended book is "S, M, L, XL" by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau. This extensive volume combines essays, illustrations, and project descriptions to provide a comprehensive look at contemporary architecture and urbanism.

For those interested in architectural history, "A History of Western Architecture" by David Watkin offers an in-depth exploration of architectural styles and movements from ancient Greece to the present day. It's an excellent resource for understanding the historical context of architectural developments.

FAQ's

Q. What are the different types of architecture books available?

A. Architecture books can help aspiring architects by providing foundational knowledge on architectural principles, design techniques, and history. They offer insights into successful projects, innovative designs, and influential architectural movements, which can inspire and guide future work.

Q. Are there architecture books focused on sustainable design?

A. Yes, there are many architecture books focused on sustainable design. Titles like "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things" by William McDonough and Michael Braungart and "Sustainable Architecture: A Critical Guide" by James Steele provide valuable information on eco-friendly building practices and sustainable architecture principles.

Q. What should I look for when choosing an architecture book?

A. When choosing an architecture book, consider your interests and needs. Look for books that cover specific topics you want to learn about, such as design principles, architectural history, or sustainable practices. Additionally, read reviews and check the book's contents to ensure it meets your expectations and provides valuable information.

Q. Can I find architecture books that focus on specific architectural styles or periods?

A. Yes, there are many architecture books that focus on specific styles or periods. For example, "Gothic Architecture" by Paul Frankl covers the Gothic style, while "Modern Architecture Since 1900" by William J.R. Curtis explores modern architectural movements. These books offer in-depth analyses of particular styles and their historical contexts.

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