Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Effortless Style: Casa LopezPierre Sauvage, designer of luxury homewares and interiors, brings the reader inside his French homes--both urban and country--providing inspiration and advice for creating effortlessly elegant interiors and garden spaces. Against the backdrop of his exceptional homes in France, Pierre Sauvage--owner and art director of...
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History and Culture of Vanuatu Island: People and TraditionHistory and Culture of Vanuatu Island. People and Tradition. Vanuatu is a Pacific island adventure far beyond any notions of cruise-ship ports and flashy resorts. Deserted beaches, ancient culture, remote and rugged islands and world-class diving are just a small part of the magnetism...
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Cleopatra's Needles: The Lost Obelisks of EgyptIn the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586 - one of the great engineering achievements of the Renaissance. Roman emperors moved more...
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Reflections on Seaside: Muses/Ideas/InfluencesThe sequel to the critically acclaimed Visions of Seaside (2013), Reflections on Seaside celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the town of Seaside, returning to the place that has inspired countless designers, architects, urban planners, and everyday citizens in the search for the ideal home....
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The Intimate Beauty of a Japanese Courtyard- The Japanese-style courtyard pursues the ultimate in being an area of calm, held in nature's embrace- More than 30 case studies of Japanese courtyard and garden design that reflect the fundamentals of Japanese courtyard design.- With a wealth of pictures to show the...
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A History of Rice in ChinaA History of Rice in China contains more than twenty major research works on the history of rice written by Mr. Zeng Xiongsheng since 1986. Zeng is a doctoral supervisor at the Institute of the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and...
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Learning by Design: Live Play Engage CreateA major premise of this book is that the physical environments in which we learn should reflect our most powerful aspirations and our most promising ideas about learning. The designs that are showcased here are about expanding rather than containing learning, opening access rather...
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Building Democracy in Late Archaic AthensIn 508/7 B.C.E., after years of chaos and uncertainty, the city of Athens was rocked by a momentous occurrence: the passage of a series of reforms that resulted in what has come to be known as the world's first democracy. Exactly how the Athenians...
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Building for HopeWhen Marwa al-Sabouni published Battle for Home in 2016, she was a little-known architect, living in battle-ravaged Homs, Syria, unable to practice her profession. She turned her fierce intelligence to chronicling how her city and country were undone through decades of architectural mismanagement and...
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The Art Museum in Modern TimesHow have art museums changed in the past century? Where are they headed in the future? Charles Saumarez Smith is uniquely qualified to answer these questions, having been at the helm of three major institutions over the course of his distinguished career. For The...
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Floodscapes: Contemporary Landscape Strategies in Times of Climate ChangeAn acutely relevant account of recent solutions to flooding in EuropeThis important book tells the multifaceted story of humankind's relationship with flooding, a story that is permeated with a history of both worship and fear. Modern water engineering has turned plains and valleys into...
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Container & Prefab Housing: Sustainable and Affordable ArchitectureThe making of architectural projects partly or totally from recycled freight containers is getting more and more common. The need for a more sustainable construction is also becoming increasingly necessary. Lots of architects and designers have reinvented the prefabricated house with new materials and...
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The Earth Is ArchitectureA history of architecture as planetary sculptureSince the dawn of humankind, our planet has been profoundly affected by the exponential increase in the world's population. Having gone from being a flat disc to a sphere in the conception of our species, the Earth is...
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African American Architects: Embracing Culture and Building Urban CommunitiesMelvin Mitchell believes that the 2016 opening of the NMAAHC signals either a black architect renaissance or the demise of the black architect-practitioner corps in the U.S. by 2040 if not earlier...along with the demise of Black America's cultural, political, and spatial beachheads in...
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Maker.Home: 15 Step-By-Step Projects to Transform Your HomeLearn how to make 15 beautifully crafted projects for your home using sustainable and upcycled materials. Step-by-step photography and clear instructions will guide you through projects ranging from the utterly simple to the technically advanced, that will elevate your interior from the everyday to...
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The Last of the Californios: The Pico Family, 1775-1894The name "Pico" is known to many Californians, especially in Southern California.There are streets, canyons, buildings and sites with that name; but most do not know about the persons behind these names. The story about Pio Pico and his large extended family reflects the...
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Paperscapes: Paris: The Book That Transforms Into a CityscapeTurn your Paperscapes book into a work of art and the perfect gift.Paperscapes Paris features over 50 of the city's seminal buildings. Accompanying illustrations press out of the page, transforming your book into a cityscape to treasure and display. Described in authoritative and compelling...
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Life Meets Art: Inside the Homes of the World's Most Creative People"... a gorgeous compilation of interiors from the homes of famous artists past and present as a way of exhibiting each creator's 'power and legacy.'"- Publishers WeeklyAn inspiring collection of the extraordinary private spaces of 250 of the world's most creative people, past and...
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The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban HabitatsHow does a bird experience a city? A backyard? A park? As the world has become more urban, noisier from increased traffic, and brighter from streetlights and office buildings, it has also become more dangerous for countless species of birds. Warblers become disoriented by...
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Garden Neighborhoods of San Francisco: The Development of Residence Parks, 1905-1924San Francisco is not known for detached houses with landscaped setbacks, lining picturesque, park-side streets. But between 1905 and 1924, thirty-six such neighborhoods, called residence parks, were proposed or built in the city. Hundreds like them were constructed across the country yet they are...
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