Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Cape May's Gingerbread GemsSixty-five color images of summer cottages and guesthouses create a treasured souvenir for all who have visited New Jersey's southern cape, and an indispensable reference for anyone who loves Victorian Era architecture and exterior ornamentation. This is a visual smorgasbord of Victorian architecture and...
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Workstead: Interiors of BelongingPresenting acclaimed design studio Workstead's trendsetting commercial projects, public places of both beauty and necessity that embrace a distinct sense of place while making us feel almost right at home. Over the past decade, Brooklyn-based Workstead has earned wide acclaim for its signature residential...
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The Unicorn Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe unicorn tapestries are one of the most popular attractions at The Cloisters, the medieval branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Traditionally known as The Hunt of the Unicorn, this set of seven exquisite and enigmatic tapestries was likely completed between 1495 and...
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The Gardens of Los PoblanosIn The Gardens of Los Poblanos, landscape designer and garden writer Judith Phillips recounts the history of these world-renowned gardens and demonstrates the ways in which the farm's owners, designers, and gardeners have influenced the evolution of this unique landscape. Phillips showcases how the...
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The Formation of the Classical Tafsīr Tradition: The Qurʾān Commentary of Al-Thaʿlabī (D. 427/1035)This work is both an introduction to the genre of classical tafsīr and a detailed study of one of its major architects, al-Thaʿlabī (d. 427/1035). The book offers a detailed study of the hermeneutical principles that governed al-Thaʿlabī's approach to the Qurʾān, principles which...
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Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South SideSouthern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side is the first book devoted to the South Side's rich and unfairly ignored architectural heritage. With lively, insightful text and gallery-quality color photographs by noted Chicago architecture expert Lee Bey, Southern Exposure documents the remarkable...
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Small Spaces: Recasting the Architecture of EmpireSmall Spaces recasts the history of the British empire by focusing on the small spaces that made the empire possible. It takes as its subject a series of small architectural spaces, objects, and landscapes and uses them to narrate the untold stories of the...
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Projecting Urbanity: Architecture for and Against the CityExisting histories of modern architecture typically give their highest praise to private houses and their most severe condemnation to architect-authored urban plans, often neglecting the built works that are no smaller than a single building and possibly as large as an urban block, the...
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Political Theory and ArchitectureWhat can political theory teach us about architecture, and what can it learn from paying closer attention to architecture? The essays assembled in this volume begin from a common postulate: that architecture is not merely a backdrop to political life but a political force...
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Nordic Homes in Colour: The New Scandi StyleThe Nordic color palette has seen a dramatic shift in recent years - plain white walls and monochrome tones have been replaced with rich, complex and vibrant hues. As well as discussing the theories behind this shift and analyzing the most popular colour schemes,...
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New Nordic Colour: Decorating with a Vibrant Modern PaletteScandinavian style has long been associated with light, pared-down spaces and monochrome interiors. However, in recent years the colour palette has moved away from pale shades and rich characterful hues are appearing in Nordic homes. Scandinavian style has long been associated with light, clean-lined...
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Lost SeattleLost Seattle traces the cherished places in a city that time, progress and fashion have swept aside before concerned citizens or the National Register of Historic Places could save them from the wrecker's ball or the graveyard of history.Organised chronologically starting with the earliest...
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In The VillageAnthony Bailey's intimate look at life in Stonington borough made waves when it was published. First appearing in 1971 as a serialized version in the New Yorker, a hard-cover version was published soon thereafter. In 1992, a second paperback edition was printed locally and...
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Contemporary Native American ArchitectureAuthor: Carol Herselle KrinskyPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 12/19/1996Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.00lbsSize: 9.92h x 8.46w x 0.68dISBN: 9780195097405Review Citation(s): Library Journal 09/01/1996 pg. 174About the AuthorCarol Herselle Krinsky is Professor of Fine Arts at New York University. Former president of the Society of...
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Cave Paintings of Baja CaliforniaAuthor: Harry Crosby, CrosbyPublisher: Sunbelt PublicationsPublished: 01/01/1998Pages: 246Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.50lbsSize: 9.80h x 10.10w x 0.60dISBN: 9780932653239Review Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 11/15/1997 pg. 1699Publishers Weekly 01/05/1998 pg. 53Booklist 04/01/1998 pg. 1298Library Journal 09/01/1998 pg. 176Publishers Weekly 01/01/1998
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Brutalist London MapNEW REVISED EDITION! Produced in collaboration with Henrietta Billings and Simon Phipps, Brutalist London Map is a two-sided folding map features over fifty leading examples of Brutalist architecture in London, from the Alexandra Road Estate to World's End Housing. Celebrated Brutalist buildings such as...
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Atmospheric Architectures: The Aesthetics of Felt SpacesThere is fast-growing awareness of the role atmospheres play in architecture. Of equal interest to contemporary architectural practice as it is to aesthetic theory, this 'atmospheric turn' owes much to the work of the German philosopher Gernot B hme. Atmospheric Architectures: The Aesthetics of...
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Antique Locks and Keys: Their History, Uses and MechanismsThis is the most beautiful, complete, and largest book on antique locks and keys ever published. Not only are there over one-thousand stunning high-resolution photos of European locks and keys from Roman times through the Industrial Revolution, all with dates, dimensions, and provenance, but...
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An Organic ArchitectureIn May 1939, the celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright visited London and gave four lectures at the Royal Institute of British Architects. The meetings were hailed at the time as the most remarkable events of recent architectural affairs in England, and the lectures...
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Shakespeare's House: A Window Onto His Life and LegacyIn the wide realm of Shakespeare worship, the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 - known colloquially as the 'Birthplace' - remains the chief shrine. It's not as romantic as Anne Hathaway's thatched cottage, it's not where he wrote any...
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