Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Roman ArchitectureRoman Architecture casts new light not only on many familiar monuments of the city of Rome, but also on less well-known examples from across the Roman empire. Rome and its empire were fundamental to the development of western architecture, and its forms and motifs...
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Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris ApfelWith remarkable panache and discernment, Iris Apfel combines styles, colors, textures, and patterns without regard to period, provenance, or aesthetic conventions. She is a unique style icon. Over ninety sumptuous color plates, photographed by Eric Boman, show off a selection of Apfel's extraordinary outfits...
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Performance + Assembly: The Experience of SpaceAdrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture's Performance + Assembly: The Experience of Space covers a range of performance and assembly spaces designed by AS+GG from central spaces in the world's largest expositions to small, flexible, high-technology theaters to expressive and functional auditoriums. The book...
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OxfordDiscover Oxford, one of the jewels of European architecture. Much loved and much visited, the city offers an unparalleled collection of the best of English building through the centuries. Matthew Rice's Oxford is a feast of delightful watercolour illustrations and an informed and witty...
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Noguchi's Gardens: Landscape as SculptureWhile sculpture remained central to his artistic practice, Isamu Noguchi's (1904-1988) interests and production spanned an exceptionally broad terrain that included furniture and lamps, stage sets for dance, plazas, courtyards--and gardens. Noguchi made no distinction between design, craft, and the so-called fine arts: in...
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Mrs. Popish's PicklesDo you love pickles? Mr. Popish sure does! But when he "helps" by planting too many cucumbers, he and his wife must figure out a way to get the cukes washed in time to be pickled properly. But how will they wash them? Just...
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Mapping Malcolm"For Harlem is where he worked and where he struggled and fought--his home of homes, where his heart was, and where his people are." Nearly sixty years since the martyrdom of Malcolm X, these words from Ossie Davis's eulogy remind us that Malcolm's political...
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Greenhouse Stories: A Critical Re-Examination of Transparent MicrocosmsReconsidering the harmful consequences of the omnipresent greenhouseShifting away from the celebration of greenhouses, Greenhouse Stories is an invitation to critically look at the buildings as controversial production tools. Reexamining them from a social, historical and environmental perspective, the essays and interviews featured in...
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Design with Colour and StyleLearn how to use color and style to create interior designs that reflect who you are and how you want to live Interior design expert Shaynna Blaze is passionate about helping people uncover their own personal interior style. In this book, she explores the...
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Creative Haven Small-Town CharmTake a stroll down a country road and into this charming coloring book filled with 31 joyful illustrations of familiar, friendly sights. Sweet storefronts, fruit stands, farmhouses, and lots more await your artistry, inviting you to slow down and enjoy the little things. So...
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Contemporary Architecture in Saudi ArabiaThe first building-by-building survey of the remarkable architectural achievements in Saudi Arabia over the last fifty years, featuring case studies of 45 outstanding projects as well as previews of buildings due for completion by 2030.Since the mid-1970s, there has been unprecedented construction in Saudi...
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Climate Action for Busy PeopleAs unprecedented heat waves, storms of the century, and devastating fires impact cities across the country, the time to create climate resilient communities is now. While large-scale innovations in policy and technology are necessary to preserve the planet, the wisest and most lasting adaptation...
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Before / After: Álvaro SizaA curated survey of the legendary Portuguese architect's most interesting buildings, photographed by Duccio MalagambaThe renowned Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza is widely regarded as one of the most important architects of the 20th and 21st centuries. Recognized with numerous awards throughout his career, his...
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Advanced OSINT Strategies: Online Investigations And Intelligence GatheringUnlock the Power of Advanced OSINT StrategiesWelcome to the "Advanced OSINT Strategies" book bundle - your ultimate guide to mastering Online Investigations and Intelligence Gathering. This comprehensive collection spans four volumes, each tailored to take you from a beginner's foundation to expert-level proficiency in...
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The Lustron Home: The History of a Postwar Prefabricated Housing ExperimentAdvertised as "a new standard for living," the Lustron Home was introduced in 1948 in response to the urgent need for housing for veterans returning from World War II and their rapidly growing families. These enameled steel, prefabricated houses became very popular, and were...
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The Loop ProjectThis book collects the work of the MIAS studio over twenty years. Their projects cannot be explained only as finished works, but need an understanding of the design process: everything that happens before the cranes arrive. Based on four concepts, MIAS Universe explains the...
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The Long Life of Design in Italy: B&b Italia, 50 Years and BeyondCelebrating half a century of B&B Italia, a prestigious Italian company that manufactures furniture and furnishing for homes and businessesB&B Italia, established in 1966 by Piero Ambrogio Busnelli, is a prestigious Italian company that manufactures furniture and furnishing for homes and businesses.Author: Stefano CascianiPublisher:...
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Prospect Cottage: Derek Jarman's HouseThe world-famous garden made by Derek Jarman at his home, Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, is much visited and widely featured, but the house has long remained closed to the public. We are now finally permitted to open the door onto this previously undisturbed, unseen...
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Movement: How to Take Back Our Streets and Transform Our Lives"This book will--no question--make you think in new ways. Why have we surrendered our cities to cars? What might it be like to inhabit a space designed for people instead? It's exciting and hopeful--this we can do!" --Bill McKibben, author of The Flag, The...
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London Estates: Modernist Council Housing 1946-1981The most comprehensive photographic document of the once-utopian London council estate buildingsThe UK's landmark Housing Act of 1919 catalyzed the rapid development of state-owned public housing in planned council estates. Construction of these estates has largely ceased since the Thatcherist austerity policies of the...
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