Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Dressage in the French TraditionNuno Oliveira said of the author: " I have the honor to declare that Dom Diogo de Bragan a has been one of my best students and that I consider him as one of the rare riders I know who is capable of taking...
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Anish Kapoor: MemorySince the early 1980s, Anish Kapoor's investigations into objecthood, materiality and gravity have explored the concept of the void, or objects becoming space. His sculptures, installations and public art test the phenomenology of space and have historically been characterized by intensely tactile or reflective...
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Beauport: The Sleeper McCann HouseBeauport is the tantalizing personal statement of interior designer Henry Davis Sleeper. Built as a summer home, each room presents a theme that showcases Sleeper's amazing collection of thousands of decorative arts objects. This dazzling book of photographs and text offers an intriguing window...
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With Light SteamIn 1996 Bryon MacWilliams left the relative stability of the United States for the chaos of post-Soviet Russia and stayed. Over the course of nearly twelve years he reported on academe and the sciences for the world's leading publications and sought out the best...
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Cabins of MinnesotaThe lake cabin. Early mornings on the sleeping porch, lunches on the dock, late-night cleanings in the fish house. But Minnesota's seasonal getaways aren't limited to its bountiful lakes: vacationers trek to hideaways in the woods, to ice shacks along the Mississippi River; even...
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Diner À La Maison: A Parisian's Guide to Cooking and Entertaining at HomeA charming approach to cooking, entertaining, and table-setting with all the chicness of Parisians at home. The Parisian dinner party is the ideal of entertaining chic: the style of the host, the quality of the food and wine, and the beauty of the setting....
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Personal Space: Trip HaenischPossessing a refined eye for detail and unwavering commitment to style, this book showcases the sophisticated yet effortlessly laid-back West Coast homes designed by the award-winning celebrity interior designer Trip Haenisch. Trip Haenisch has decorated homes for celebrities over the past three decades, and...
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The Art of Elegance: Classic InteriorsMarshall Watson's first book reveals how to make traditional interiors fresh. Known for his meticulously researched, European-inspired style, Marshall Watson creates interiors that are rich in texture, detail, and simple luxuries. In his first book, Watson shares his finest work, demonstrating that while each...
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Architecture in Translation: Germany, Turkey, & the Modern HouseIn Architecture in Translation, Esra Akcan offers a way to understand the global circulation of culture that extends the notion of translation beyond language to visual fields. She shows how members of the ruling Kemalist elite in Turkey further aligned themselves with Europe by...
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Nantucket DoorwaysOnce a major whaling center, Nantucket today draws thousands to its New England shores as one of America's leading summer resorts. The author gives guided tour of the homes of such noted families as the Macys, the Folgers and the Starbucks.Author: Edward A. Stackpole,...
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The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United StatesElaborately conceived, grandly constructed insane asylums--ranging in appearance from classical temples to Gothic castles--were once a common sight looming on the outskirts of American towns and cities. Many of these buildings were razed long ago, and those that remain stand as grim reminders of...
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Border Spaces: Visualizing the U.S.-Mexico FronteraThe built environment along the U.S.-Mexico border has long been a hotbed of political and creative action. In this volume, the historically tense region and visually provocative margin--the southwestern United States and northern Mexico--take center stage. From the borderlands perspective, the symbolic importance and...
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Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design and ConstructionEarth is the oldest and most widely used building material in the world today. It's abundant, inexpensive, and energy-efficient. But if you're building with earth, simplicity of material needn't be an excuse for poor planning. Paul Graham McHenry, author of the best-selling Adobe -...
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Skyscraper Gothic: Medieval Style and Modernist BuildingsOf all building types, the skyscraper strikes observers as the most modern, in terms not only of height but also of boldness, scale, ingenuity, and daring. As a phenomenon born in late nineteenth-century America, it quickly became emblematic of New York, Chicago, and other...
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Oscar Niemeyer and Brazilian Free-Form ModernismAuthor: David Kendrick UnderwoodPublisher: George BrazillerPublished: 08/17/1994Pages: 127Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.94h x 7.28w x 0.60dISBN: 9780807613368
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Virginia Plantation HomesDavid King Gleason provides a grand tour of Virginia's distinctive plantation homes. As the architectural historian Calder Loth states in his prefatory note, "Gleason's elegant photographs provide a seductive image of life in 'Old Virginia.' He presents one inviting house after another, complete with...
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Sri Lanka Style: Tropical Design & ArchitectureSri Lanka Style showcases 30 of the finest traditional and modern dwellings in Sri Lanka. Reflecting its location and status as a hub of Indian Ocean trade from time immemorial, the tropical island of Sri Lanka has always been open to the movements and...
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Anjalendran: Architect of Sri LankaThis beautifully illustrated book showcases the works of one of Sri Landa's most influential architects--Anjaledran, an ethnic Tamil and visionary artist. During the past 25 years of civil war in Sri Lanka, Anjalendran has stayed on, creating architecture that has attracted interest across the...
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Flying Star Feng ShuiLearn to change your outlook and amplify your good luck with specific advice from a feng shui expert. Feng shui is the Chinese art of improving quality of life by making specific changes to the arrangement of a landscape, a house, or a room....
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Kitchens, Smokehouses, and PriviesIn Kitchens, Smokehouses, and Privies, Michael Olmert takes us into the eighteenth-century backyards of colonial America. He explores the many small outbuildings that can still be found at obscure rural farmsteads throughout the Tidewater and greater mid-Atlantic, in towns like Williamsburg and Annapolis, and...
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