Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Where Is the Parthenon?Discover the ruins of the Parthenon, one of the most famous and beautiful places in the world Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people...
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The Civil War: a Comprehensive TextbookAmerica's evolution during the mid-19th century just prior to the Civil War was amazing. The six-fold increase in population from 1800 to 1860 was fueled by an influx of immigrants into the North and Northcentral, and the 800,000 immigrants into the North between 1861-65...
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The Roman Forum: A Reconstruction and Architectural GuideThe Roman Forum was in many ways the heart of the Roman Empire. Today, the Forum exists in a fragmentary state, having been destroyed and plundered by barbarians, aristocrats, citizens, and priests over the past two millennia. Enough remains, however, for archaeologists to reconstruct...
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Roman Builders: A Study in Architectural ProcessHow were the architectural ideas behind great Roman building projects carried out in practice? Each major phase of the building process is considered in the building histories of the Baths of Caracalla, the Pantheon, the Coliseum, and the great temples at Baalbek. New hypotheses...
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The Tile Book: History, Pattern, DesignThis striking book gathers together an extensive collection of ceramic tiles from around the world and explores their rich history, purpose, and decorative qualities. For centuries, tiles have been used for both functional and aesthetic purposes on the fac, ades and interiors of buildings....
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The Minbar of Saladin: Reconstructing a Jewel of Islamic ArtThe minbar of Saladin, an intricately designed wooden pulpit, was one of the masterpieces of Islamic art. Made in the 12th century, on Saladins conquest of Jerusalem, it was placed in the al-Aqsa Mosque, where it remained for almost 800 years. Then, in 1969,...
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The Iconic Interior: 1900 to the PresentFeaturing one hundred of the most spectacular interiors across the world, this richly illustrated overview spans the entire twentieth century to the present day and includes interiors assembled by leading artists, fashion designers, architects, and interior and set designers. Bringing together diverse design talents,...
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Letarouilly on Renaissance RomeStudent's edition of Letarouilly's five-volume work brings Renaissance Rome's architectural splendors within the grasp of students and other readers. Includes plans, elevations, and details of buildings and monuments designed by Michelangelo, Peruzzi, Vignola, Bernini, others.Author: John Barrington Bayley, Paul Marie LetarouillyPublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished: 10/17/2012Pages:...
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A Concise Dictionary of Architectural Terms: IllustratedJohn Henry Parker's remarkably timeless dictionary of architecture, first published in 1846, became such a success that he continued to revise it for several years. A profusely illustrated manual that is valuable as a reference or as a portable guide on visits to historical...
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Victorian House Designs in Authentic Full Color: 75 Plates from the Scientific American -- Architects and Builders Edition, 1885-1894Exquisitely detailed, exceptionally handsome designs for an enormous variety of attractive city dwellings, spacious suburban and country homes, charming cottages and other structures -- all accompanied by perspective views and floor plans with measurements. Invaluable to architects, home restorers, and preservationists; of immense interest...
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana House: The Illustrated Story of an Architectural MasterpieceMr. Hoffmann's magisterial command of the vast Wright literature is matched by his gift for placing the architect in the broader cultural crosscurrents of his time ... long a respected Wright authority, [he is in] the very forefront of his peers.--The New York TimesBuilt...
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Sears, Roebuck Home Builder's Catalog: The Complete Illustrated 1910 EditionAll across America during the great building boom of the early 20th century, one of the most popular sources for home-building materials, fixtures, and trimmings was the Sears, Roebuck catalog for home builders. This fascinating volume, reprinted from a rare surviving edition of that...
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The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol. II: Volume 2Scientist, painter, mechanical engineer, sculptor, thinker, city planner, storyteller, musician, architect -- Leonardo da Vinci, builder of the first flying machine, was one of the great universal geniuses of Western civilization. His voluminous notebooks, the great storehouse of his theories and discoveries, are presented...
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Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design StrategiesAn updated guide to designing buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky. This fully updated Third Edition covers principles of designing buildings that use the sun for heating, wind for cooling, and daylight for natural lighting....
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The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human DesignThis award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities--their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life--to create better, more habitable urban environments.Author: Anne W. SpirnPublisher: Basic BooksPublished: 09/10/1985Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.02h...
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The Sacred In-Between: The Mediating Roles of ArchitectureThe sacred place was, and still is, an intermediate zone created in the belief that it has the ability to co-join the religious aspirants to their gods. An essential means of understanding this sacred architecture is through the recognition of its role as an...
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The Urban TreeThere is a growing evidence base that documents the social, environmental and economic benefits that urban trees can deliver. Trees are, however, under threat today as never before due to competition for space imposed by development, other hard infrastructures, increased pressure on the availability...
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Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of ArchitectureDesigners around the world are carving out opportunities for new kinds of engagement, new kinds of collaboration, new kinds of design outcomes, and new kinds of practice; overturning the inherited assumptions of the design professions. Seventeen conversations with practitioners from the fields of architecture,...
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Law for Architects: What You Need to KnowLaw for Architects: What You Need to Know guides design professionals through the daunting landscape where design and construction meet the legal system. It provides an introduction--written in clear, reader-friendly language--to issues that arise at every stage in the practice of architecture. For architects...
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Long Island Modernism, 1930-1980An essential reference for architecture buffs, historians, and everyone who lives on or visits Long Island today, this unique resource--the first illustrated history of Long Island's modern architecture--is based on a survey conducted for the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA)....
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