Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Urban Street Design GuideThe NACTO Urban Street Design Guide shows how streets of every size can be reimagined and reoriented to prioritize safe driving and transit, biking, walking, and public activity. Unlike older, more conservative engineering manuals, this design guide emphasizes the core principle that urban streets...
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The Joy of Decorating: Southern Style with Mrs. HowardPhoebe Howard, known affectionately as Mrs. Howard to her clients, has a penchant for creating stylish spaces, which has evolved into her own critically acclaimed brand of interior design. Mrs. Howard's first book features several of her largest design projects and addresses the most...
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Holdouts!: The Buildings That Got in the WayThe story of urban development and the buildings--for whatever reasons--that wouldn't be moved. A "hold-out" is a building that got in the way of another building. They appear whenever urban densities make land valuable and wherever a profit motive exists to trigger change. Holdouts...
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The Cabin: Inspiration for the Classic American GetawayThe Cabin is our heart's retreat write the authors, and what a wonderful place to escape to. Building on the theory that less is more, The Cabin takes this idyllic retreat from mind's eye to reality--with striking photographs and ample charm. In this one-of-a-kind...
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Graphic Guide to Interior Details: For Builders and DesignersWhen Rob Thallon's Graphic Guide to Frame Construction was first published, it quickly became the indispensable guide to framing a house. Now Thallon offers Graphic Guide to Interior Details, the essential second volume that picks up where the first one leaves off; it helps...
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Build It! World Landmarks: Make Supercool Models with Your Favorite Lego(r) PartsWith simple, step-by-step directions and a visually rich design, the unique Build it! series of instruction books for LEGO(R) creations helps young children learn and have fun simultaneously.Inside World Landmarks you'll find instructions for creating three of the world's most famous buildings with no...
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The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous HotelJournalist Julie Satow's thrilling, unforgettable history of how one illustrious hotel has defined our understanding of money and glamour, from the Gilded Age to the Go-Go Eighties to today's Billionaire Row. From the moment in 1907 when New York millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt strode...
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Justice and the Interstates: The Racist Truth about Urban HighwaysWhen the U.S. interstate system was constructed, spurred by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, many highways were purposefully routed through Black, Brown, and poor communities. These neighborhoods were destroyed, isolated from the rest of the city, or left to deteriorate over time....
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Japan's Clay Walls: A Glimpse Into Their Plaster CraftPlease join the Facebook group Japanese Plaster CraftEarthen walls have always been a part of Japanese culture. Due to habits of aesthetic interpretation, few people realize that all of Japan's castles, temples and tea houses are maintained using their traditional methods. Clay, sand, straw...
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Julia Morgan: Architect of BeautyJulia Morgan, America's first truly independent female architect, left a legacy of more than 700 buildings, many of which are now designated landmarks, in cities throughout California, as well as in Hawaii, Utah, and Illinois. Her work spanned five decades, and the total of...
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Tony Duquette's DawnridgeDesigner Tony Duquette's legendary Dawnridge, located in Beverly Hills, is one of the most creatively designed private homes in America. Built in 1949 by Duquette and his wife, Elizabeth, the original structure was a modest 30 x 30 foot box. Hutton Wilkinson purchased the...
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Mounton House: The Birth and Rebirth of an Edwardian Country HomeThe most ambitious project of Henry Avray Tipping, the influential architectural editor of Country Life, Mounton was a new country house and garden, designed without limitations of expense to be the perfect expression of his immense knowledge of history, architecture, and horticulture. Featuring a...
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Corner Windows and Cul-De-Sacs: The Remarkable Story of Newfoundland's First Garden SuburbAuthor: C. a. Sharpe, A. J. ShawyerPublisher: Memorial University PressPublished: 12/31/2021Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.95dISBN: 9781990445019
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Life with Durham Cathedral: A Laboratory of Community, Experience and BuildingAn ethnographic account of daily life in Durham Cathedral, this book examines the processes of negotiation and change between a community and their cathedral. Focusing on the role of sound, light, time, space, building and dwelling, the author argues that Durham Cathedral is much...
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Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and CultureRising on the National Mall next to the Washington Monument, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is a tiered bronze beacon inviting everyone to learn about the richness and diversity of the African American experience and how it helped shape this...
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A+u 21:11, 614: Feature: Johnston Markleea+u's November issue features the work of Johnston Marklee and Associates. Founded in 1998 and rooted in the cultural landscape of Los Angeles, their office has continuously sought dialog with modern and contemporary art not only through clientele and project programs but also in...
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A+u 21:12, 615: Feature: Paulo Mendes Da Rochaa+u's December issue is dedicated to Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, who passed away in May. Born in Vitória, Brazil, in 1928, Mendes da Rocha played a central role in the making of a Brazilian modernism, the Paulista School in particular, through a...
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Shinkenchiku March 2022 Special Issue: Feature: Japan National StadiumThe Japan National Stadium was completed at the end of November 2019. The new stadium connects to the surrounding environment through its abundant use of wood, building height reduced to a minimum, and intermediate spaces created by eaves and engawa, despite being a massive...
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Influences from Japan in Danish Artand DesignAuthor: Mirjam Gelfer-JrgensenPublisher: Danish Architectural PressPublished: 01/01/2013Pages: 422Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 5.20lbsSize: 11.00h x 10.10w x 1.60dISBN: 9788774074151
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Walls - Challenges of a City: The Case of BaghdadFor almost 30 years, the face of Baghdad has been littered with military control, and thus, it has affected the city intensely. Constant wars left behind blank, concrete walls (T-Walls), surrounding communities and isolating neighborhoods. The T-Walls were implemented by the US-led Multinational Forces...
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