Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Eden - Garden Designs- Paradise gardens by Marcel Wolterinck- A new book by the internationally successful designer and stylist- Takes you through the designs and choice of materials and plants of 25 gardens around the world- Presented in the same luxury linen finish as Designing Your World...
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Our Way Home: Reimagining an American FarmhouseThe glorious Connecticut property of Heide Hendricks and Rafe Churchill (of the architecture and interior design firm Hendricks Churchill) illustrates how a late nineteenth-century farmhouse can be adapted for stylish and comfortable twenty-first-century living. Rafe and Heide discovered their true home in a late...
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African Water CitiesA multipronged study of Africa's innovative approaches to communal living in the face of climate change and urbanizationThis volume presents essays, stories, research and photographs showing how African cities by waterfronts deal with two of the most significant trends of our time: urbanization and...
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Islamic Architecture: A World HistoryIslamic architecture is a broad topic, covering some 1,400 years up to the present day. The richness of building types, regional styles, and architectural details is reflected here, with a striking balance of familiar and unfamiliar, of world-renowned masterpieces and lesser-known gems. All eras...
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Herzog & de Meuron: Zeichnungen DrawingsFirst published in 1997, Herzog & de Meuron: Drawings lays bare the working methods of one of today's greatest architectural firms, reproducing 320 black-and-white drawings from projects dating from 1984 through 1996. These drawings are complemented by 47 photographs of the maquettes and the...
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Aia Guide to St. Paul's Summit Avenue and Hill DistrictLet architecture critic Larry Millett be your guide to one of the most picturesque neighborhoods in the Twin Cities, a treasure trove of architectural styles and storied homes. This guidebook will satisfy your cravings for details about the structures and the people who built...
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The Crosby Arboretum: A Sustainable Regional LandscapeSince its genesis in 1980, Crosby Arboretum in southern Mississippi has attracted international recognition for its contributions to architecture, biology, and landscape design. Now owned and operated by Mississippi State University, Crosby is the first fully realized ecologically designed arboretum in the United States...
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Rooms to Inspire in the City: Stylish Interiors for Urban LivingA follow-up to the successful series Rooms to Inspire, this inspirational design guide presents a selection of novel urban interiors by the leading interior designers of our time. City living evokes cosmopolitan sophistication and artistic expression. This presentation of trend-setting ways to design residences...
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Aia Guide to Boston: Contemporary Landmarks, Urban Design, Parks, Historic Buildings and NeighborhoodsThe most comprehensive guide to Boston architecture ever published, AIA Guide to Boston Architecture documents the dramatic reorganization of the city by the Big Dig and other recent projects. Lucid descriptions of more than 600 sites are enlivened with history, culture, humor, and sharp...
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Me Gusta Construir (I Like to Build)This title invites readers to discover what is fun about building. Simple text, straightforward photos, and a photo glossary make this title the perfect primer on building. The book also includes a table of contents, a picture glossary, and an index. This Little Blue...
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Lost in America: Photographing the Last Days of Our Architectural TreasuresLost in America documents the life and death of America's architectural and historic treasures. The book is based on a remarkable archive created by the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), a Works Progress Administration project that still documents the nation's most important buildings. Lost...
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Chicago Reflected: A Skyline Drawing from the Chicago RiverA unique and playful hand-drawn exploration of the Chicago River's landscape, documented on an eleven-foot-long foldout. In March 2020, architect Ryan Chester began drawing the Chicago River for at least one hour every day. Using only a pen, he moved methodically along a single...
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The Ninety Prettiest County Courthouses in Texas...and the Ten UgliestTexas has 254 counties, and every one has its own county courthouse. Many of these buildings are historic, beautiful, and a fitting tribute to their community! Some of them are...none of those. Native Texan Kevin Miller spent a decade criss-crossing this great state to...
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Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a CityA richly illustrated history of below-market housing in New York, from the 1920s to today A colorful portrait of the people, places, and policies that have helped make New York City livable, Affordable Housing in New York is a comprehensive, authoritative, and richly illustrated...
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The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing: A Blacksmith's Guide to Simple Lock MechanismsRunner-Up for the best HOBBY and CRAFT BOOK 2023, IBPA Book Awards.The New Spruce Forge Manual of Locksmithing: A Blacksmith's Guide to Simple Lock Mechanisms is a totally revised and expanded version of the original work from 1999. This new hardcover edition, at 304...
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Climate InheritanceClimate Inheritance is a speculative design research publication that reckons with the complexity of world and heritage in the Anthropocene. The impacts of climate change on heritage sites-from Venice flooding to extinction in the Galápagos Islands-have garnered empathetic attention in a media landscape that...
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Design for Sustainability Survival GuideDesign for Sustainability Survival Guide concerns all the details on applying sustainability requirements in design. It is a critical and concise overview of the important facts from all imaginable angles. The book is written and illustrated to inform, support and inspire future designers. The...
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Unhoused: Adorno and the Problem of DwellingUnhoused: Adorno and the Problem of Dwelling is the first book-length study of Theodor Adorno as a philosopher of housing. Treating his own experience of exile as emblematic of late modern life, Adorno observed that twentieth-century dwelling had been rendered "impossible" by nativism, by...
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The Architect as Worker: Immaterial Labor, the Creative Class, and the Politics of DesignDirectly confronting the nature of contemporary architectural work, this book is the first to address a void at the heart of architectural discourse and thinking. For too long, architects have avoided questioning how the central aspects of architectural "practice" (professionalism, profit, technology, design, craft,...
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Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher PayneChristopher Payne's Made in America is a photographic celebration of how things are created, honoring the workers who bring craft, passion, and technological savvy to American manufacturing--both traditional and cutting-edge. Foreword by Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, New York Times Magazine Introduction by New...
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