Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Living in the Desert: Stunning Desert Homes and HousesA carefully curated and beautifully photographed selection of 50 architect-designed houses that reflects contemporary concerns about the unique challenges presented by life in the desert's sensitive environmentThe desert provides a sense of mystery and rugged beauty that attracts architects, home owners, vacationers, and anyone...
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Secret Houses of the CotswoldsA personal tour of twenty of the UK's most beguiling houses in this much loved area of western England. Author and architectural historian, Jeremy Musson, and Cotswolds-based photographer Hugo Rittson Thomas, offer privileged access to twenty houses, from castles and manor houses, as well...
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Gropius: The Man Who Built the Bauhaus"This is an absolute triumph--ideas, lives, and the dramas of the twentieth century are woven together in a feat of storytelling. A masterpiece."--Edmund de Waal, ceramic artist and author of The White Road The impact of Walter Gropius can be measured in his buildings--Fagus...
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Harvard: An Architectural History (Revised)Here is an incisive and fully illustrated history of Harvard's architecture told by the distinguished architectural historian Bainbridge Bunting, author of Houses of Boston's Back Bay. The book examines the Federal architecture of Charles Bulfinch, H. H. Richardson's Romanesque buildings, the Imperial manner reflected...
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AthensRevered as the birthplace of Western thought and democracy, Athens is much more than an open-air museum filled with crumbling monuments to ancient glory. Athens takes readers on a journey from the classical city-state to today's contemporary capital, revealing a world-famous metropolis that has...
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Passive Annual Heat Storage: Improving the Design of Earth Shelters (2013 Revision)Still the World's Most Advanced Text on Earth Sheltering and Passive Solar Design Passive Annual Heat Storage (PAHS) is a method of collecting heat in the summertime, by cooling the home naturally, storing it in the earth naturally, then returning the heat to the...
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The Art Museum from Boullee to BilbaoArt museums have emerged in recent decades as the most vibrant and popular of all cultural institutions. Though art museums have never been more popular, their direction and values are now being contested as never before--both in the media and in the art world...
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Craftsman Bungalows: Designs from the Pacific NorthwestFrom the late nineteenth century to the early 1920s, the Arts and Crafts Movement spread with great popularity across America. With origins in Britain, the Craftsman style was a reaction against the excesses of the Victorian era. Craftsman bungalows were distinguished by their charming...
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Brunelleschi: Studies of His Technology and InventionsA pioneer of Italian Renaissance architecture, Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) is most famous for his daring and original ideas, among them the magnificent dome of Florence's famed cathedral -- Santa Maria del Fiore. For the project, which was started in 1420 and substantially completed by...
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Everyday Fashions of the Forties as Pictured in Sears CatalogsFew publications illustrate so comprehensively what American men, women, and children wore in the 1940s than the Sears catalogs of those years, when the company's fashions typified the tastes of the American mainstream. This book is a compilation of 122 fully illustrated and captioned...
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Miró LithographsAs regards my means of expression, I try my hardest to achieve the maximum of clarity, power, and plastic aggressiveness; a physical sensation to begin with, followed up by an impact on the psyche. -- MiróMiró's line recalls Picasso's in clarity and power; the...
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American Country Houses of the Gilded Age: (Sheldon's Artistic Country-Seats)The Gilded Age, the three decades following the Civil War, were years of astounding economic growth. Vast empires in oil, shipping, mining, banking, lumber, transportation, and related industries were formed. It was an era in which fortunes were made and lost quickly, almost easily;...
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Henry Hobson Richardson and His WorksAlthough he was known in his own time as a leader of the so-called Romanesque Revival, the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-86) is today regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture -- a man who, in the words of Lewis Mumford,...
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The Painter's Methods and MaterialsMany of the valuable techniques and materials formerly used in painting have been lost or forgotten. With the convenience of the art supply store, the artist is no longer forced to acquaint himself with many of the operations performed by the great craftsmen-painters of...
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The Autobiography of an IdeaThe famous American architect's fascinating look at the early years of his pioneering work, which led to his being called the "father of the skyscraper." Far from an ordinary document of records and dates, Sullivan's passionate book crystallizes his insights and opinions into an...
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Residential Building Codes IllustratedAn easy-to-use illustrated guide to building codes for residential structures As the construction industry moves to a single set of international building codes, architects and construction professionals need an interpretive guide to understand how the building code affects the early design of specific projects....
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Model Making: A Basic GuideModel Making is an introduction to the craft for students of architecture; landscape architecture; urban, interior, and theatrical design; or anyone who has the need or desire to make the large small. In concise instructions and nearly 200 charming, easy-to-follow drawings the book details...
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An Architectural Masterpiece in Hyderabad: From British Residency to Osmania University College for Women- Reveals significant discoveries from the past 140 years of the building's history - Includes a detailed account of the recent conservation program coordinated by World Monuments Fund In the heart of Hyderabad, India, is the majestic Osmania University College for Women. The building...
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Roman WoodworkingThis book presents an authoritative and detailed survey of the art of woodworking in the ancient Roman world. Illustrated with over 200 line drawings and photographs, Roman Woodworking covers topics such as the training and guild memberships of Roman carpenters, woodworking tools and techniques,...
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Think Like an ArchitectThe design of cities and buildings affects the quality of our lives. Making the built environment useful, safe, comfortable, efficient, and as beautiful as possible is a universal quest. We dream about how we might live, work, and play. From these dreams come some...
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