Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Patrimonio y CrisisFalar, então, sobre patrimônio e crise é falar sobre o nosso tempo, profundamente marcado por uma crise inédita, a maior que nossa geração já experimentou, aprofundada, sem dúvida, pelo advento da pandemia do covid19. Para falar sobre essa crise de dimensões inauditas talvez não...
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The Appearance of the Form: Four Essays on the Position Designing Takes Between People and ThingsOriginally published in 1985 this book explores, in four interwoven essays, the many ways human life and built form interact and the place that professional designing takes in this interaction. Together, the essays touch on a number of ideas: the idea that our position...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Collection: Smith House: Officially Licensed Jigsaw Puzzle by Jc RichardThe Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and Recess Puzzles are pleased to present a new 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle featuring original artwork by acclaimed illustrator JC Richard. This beautifully illustrated puzzle is a great family activity for adults and kids alike. High quality puzzle pieces...
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Unique Christmas Decorating Ornaments for Your Tree: Amazingly Simple-to-Make Christmas OrnamentsUnique Christmas Decorating Ornaments for Your Tree: DIY Christmas Ornaments You'll Want to Get Started on nowWhen it comes time to decorate your Christmas tree this season, why not craft some DIY Christmas ornaments? Ornaments can get pricey fast, and a DIY ornament project...
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: American Architecture in the Depression EraNew Deal Book Award 2022 Honourable MentionFrank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater explores the relationship between the economic tumult in the United States in the 1930s, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the construction of his most famous house, Fallingwater. The book reinterprets the history of this iconic...
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Space Planning BasicsConquer the complexity of interior design with a logical, methodical approach Space Planning Basics is a definitive introduction and principle resource for thousands of designers. With step-by-step methodology based on the author's several decades of design experience, this authoritative guide has become the de...
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Tadao Ando: Living with LightThis book showcases recent houses by the world-renowned Japanese minimalist architect, offering unprecedented access to his thought process through more than 100 photographs, line drawings, sketches, and plans. Tadao Ando is one of the best-known and most influential contemporary architects with a minimalistic aesthetic...
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The Patterned InteriorA new collection of the most graphic and vibrant interiors designed by the multi-award-winning designer Greg Natale. Greg Natale presents his signature approach to the juxtaposition of graphics and patterns within each space. At once sophisticated and characterful, Natale's interiors are renowned for marrying...
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Biltmore Estate: The Most Distinguished Private PlaceThe most distinguished private place - that is how, in 1893, the great landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted described Biltmore Estate, perhaps the most ambitious private building project of America's Gilded Age. It was only five years earlier that George Washington Vanderbilt purchased the...
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The Perfect BathA chic, polished guide to creating your dream bathroom, including engaging interviews with top designers and practical advice for homeowners. Whether you call it your sanctuary, retreat, oasis, or spa, the bath is unlike any other room in the house. It can be the...
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Exceptional TreehousesIn Exceptional Treehouses, author and treehouse builder Alain Laurens reveals 30 gorgeous treehouse structures, 25 of which are entirely new creations, all illustrated with Daniel Dufour's beautiful watercolors as well as photographs by Jacques Delacroix, commissioned specially for this book.As in his first book,...
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Louis I. Kahn: Building Art, Building SciencePhiladelphia architect Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974) was one of the most influential American architects of the twentieth century. His work, widely recognized as a link between modern and classical traditions, is distinguished by its simple yet monumental design. In this book, Thomas Leslie shows...
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The Architecture of LSUThe core of the LSU campus is an example of what we can do when we set our sights high. It stands out today as one of the most successful and inspiring examples in the state, one meant by its architect to become an...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition, vol. 2 (4Q273-11Q31)The complete, authoritative study guide to one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time--the Dead Sea Scrolls. This indispensable two-volume compendium of the Dead Sea Scrolls contains newly edited English translations and summaries of all the biblical and nonbiblical scrolls found at Qumran....
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ArchitekAn introduction to architectural creation, the 95 precut cardboard elements in this book can be combined in an infinite variety of ways to build all sorts of fantastical structures. Follow the full-color idea diagrams to create more than 20 unique projects, then disassemble them...
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The Historic Core of Los AngelesIn the early 20th century, there was no better example of a classic American downtown than Los Angeles. Since World War II, Los Angeles's Historic Core has been passively preserved, with most of its historic buildings left intact. Recent renovations of the area for...
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Lina Bo Bardi, DrawingsThe first authoritative collection of drawings by legendary modern architect Lina Bo Bardi Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) was one of the most prolific and visionary architects of the twentieth century. Raised in Italy under Mussolini's Fascist regime and emigrating to Brazil after World War...
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Taj MahalAn enduring monument of haunting beauty, the Taj Mahal seems a symbol of stability itself. The familiar view of the glowing marble mausoleum from the gateway entrance offers the very picture of permanence. And yet this extraordinary edifice presents a shifting image to observers...
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The Art and Science of Lightning ProtectionA lightning strike to an unprotected object or system can be disastrous - in the United States lightning is responsible for over 30% of all electric power failures, causes billions of dollars' worth of property damage, and an average of 85 fatalities a year....
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Mosaics of the Greek and Roman WorldMosaics reached their fullest development under the Romans who used them to decorate the floors of their houses and public buildings. This book gives a comprehensive and fully illustrated history of mosaics in the Greek and Roman world, and studies their development over a...
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