Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Cleo and Roger Discover Columbus, Indiana - ArchitectureWhy are two squirrels running around Columbus, Indiana? Why to see the architecture, of course! Cleo and Roger are squirrels with a spirit of adventure and a head for architecture. Join them on their journey as they travel around the city, meeting delightful characters...
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The Story of Your Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to Designing with Purpose and PersonalityA Practical Guide to Decorating Your Home with Purpose and PersonalityFull of practical action items and bursting with unique and inspiring photos, The Story of Your Home is your room-by-room guide to creating a home that reflects the personality and purpose of the people...
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Well-Intentioned Whiteness: Green Urban Development and Black Resistance in Kansas CityThis book documents how whiteness can take up space in U.S. cities and policies through well-intentioned progressive policy agendas that support green urbanism. Through in-depth ethnographic research in Kansas City, Chhaya Kolavalli explores how urban food projects--central to the city's approach to green urbanism--are...
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Monumental Controversies: Mount Rushmore, Four Presidents, and the Quest for National UnityIn recent years the United States has witnessed major controversies surrounding past American presidents, monuments, and sites. Consider Mount Rushmore, which features the heads of the nation's most revered presidents--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Is Rushmore a proud national achievement...
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The Synagogue Project: On the Reconstruction of Synagogues in GermanyA significant contribution to the debate on the reconstruction of German synagogues destroyed under Nazi rule in the 1930s. Text in English and German.Author: Jörg SpringerPublisher: Park Publishing (WI)Published: 05/24/2023Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.24lbsISBN: 9783038603009About the AuthorJörg Springer is principal of the Berlin-based firm...
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Urban Block Cities: 10 Design Principles for Contemporary PlanningDense, organic cities with interconnected building structures and easily accessed common urban spaces. Cities that offer variety, vibrancy and architectural qualities that tempt people to go exploring on foot or by bike. Cities that have a sense of openness, make people feel safe and...
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DK Super Readers Pre-Level Big BuildingsWhat's the biggest and most amazing building you can think of? Make reading your superpower with DK's beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the world's biggest buildings, from modern skyscrapers to ancient pyramids - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader...
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Heidi Caillier: Memories of Home: InteriorsIn her debut book, designer Heidi Caillier shows how to mix moody color with layers of pattern, natural materials, and textures to create spaces that are both beautifully curated and comfortably livable. Heidi Caillier believes that our homes should create a sense of place,...
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Boughton: The House, Its People and Its CollectionsIn this sumptuous portrait of the house known as 'the English Versailles', the Duke of Buccleuch sets the scene with a history of his ancestors, the Montagus of Boughton, who acquired the manor in Northamptonshire in the reign of Henry VIII.Ralph, 1st Duke of...
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National Geographic Readers: Animal Architects (L3)Independent readers will learn all about nature's most amazing builders in this new leveled reader from National Geographic Kids. Ever wondered why beavers build dams? Or how spiders weave their intricate webs? In this reader, you'll meet brilliant birds, inventive insects, and amazing mammals...
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DK Super Readers Level 4 Knights and CastlesAll about magnificent medieval fortresses and the people who lived in them. Make reading your superpower with DK's beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about medieval knights and their castles - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to...
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Cottages, Cabins, and Unique RetreatsSmaller = Smarter. Smaller homes like cabins and cottages are becoming more popular due to economic factors, smaller family sizes, tighter building lots, and the desire to use fewer natural resources and build sustainably. These days, builders and designers alike are getting creative and...
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Call It Home: The Details That MatterThrough gorgeous photography and heartfelt essays, the interior designer and author of Made for Living reveals her detail-oriented approach to renovating, decorating, and building a beautiful home. The details can make a room. The bullnose edge of a marble countertop. The wood grain and...
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Impossible and Hyper-Real Elements of ArchitectureHow and why do architects, artists and designers manipulate reality? This book answers that question by examining what it means to render, draw, represent, and mediate the elements that make up and affect our digital and physical worlds. From pixels and rooms to gaming...
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Exclusive Living in the MountainsFollowing on from the successful Modern Mountain Hideaways (2018) and Mountain Retreats (2020), this beautiful coffee table book showcases 17 new mountain chalets from all over Europe .Author: BETA-PLUS PublishingPublisher: Beta-PlusPublished: 04/25/2023Pages: 304Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9782875501219This title is only available via back order
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Mark Candelaria Homes: Designs for Inspired LivingArizona-based architect Mark Candelaria is recognized for his timeless luxury designs and signature style rooted in classical form and functionality. In Mark Candelaria Homes, the architect presents 12 new projects and shares the stories behind them. Each project is accompanied by full-color photographs, floor...
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Frances Elkins: Visionary American DesignerA wide-ranging book on the timeless, elegant interiors of the versatile Frances Elkins, the grande dame of early twentieth-century design who influenced so many important designers of our time. Called "the most creative designer we have ever had" by Billy Baldwin, Frances Elkins has...
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Adaptive Reuse in Architecture: A Typological IndexLiliane Wongs neuester Band über Bauen im Bestand präsentiert 50 spektakuläre Umbau- und Umnutzungsprojekte weltweit, darunter Bauten wie das TWA Hotel am New Yorker John F. Kennedy-Flughafen, das CaixaForum in Madrid oder das Neue Museum in Berlin. Die Projekte werden mittels eines neuen Klassifizierungssystems...
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Making Waves: Floating Homes and Life on the WaterEvery boat has a story. For thousands of years, water vessels have provided livelihoods, catered to our spirit of adventure, and served as retreats from the pressures of modern life. It is little wonder that life on the water calls out to the creative...
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Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the CityFrom skyline-defining icons to wonders of the world, the second period of the Chicago skyscraper transformed the way Chicagoans lived and worked. Thomas Leslie's comprehensive look at the modern skyscraper era views the skyscraper idea, and the buildings themselves, within the broad expanse of...
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