Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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The New Munsell Student Color SetNow with a new chapter on Color Forecasting and new, easy to use perforated color chip technology, The New Munsell Student Color Set, 7th Edition, is a complete learning package that offers opportunities for experimenting with color effects using paint, paper, and computers. A...
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The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. PeiAward-winning picture book biographer Jeanne Walker Harvey tells the story of the renowned architect I. M. Pei and his triumph in redesigning the Louvre through problem-solving and persistence. In 1981, I. M. Pei was on a mission. A successful architect known for his modern...
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The Airport as Urban Territory: The Spatial Effects of Singapore's Changi AirportA new framework for understanding how airports interact with their surrounding region. Airports are major drivers of economic development. While firmly rooted in local landscapes, they serve as vital links to global networks. However, the massive infrastructures and externalities of airports--like noise and pollution--create...
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Suspended Moment: The Architecture of Frida EscobedoAn illuminating profile of one of today's most innovative and forward-looking architects, whose materials-based practice explores how space can provoke emotional response Frida Escobedo's (b. 1979) designs for public spaces have received global accolades. In 2022 The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that she...
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Socializing the SkyThe book presents the remarkable history of the emergence in the past two decades of the dramatically new design of multi-tower and multi-functional tall building clusters. Based upon a decade of architectural research, the book provides a definition of the new typology, here termed...
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Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural ResourceAn extraordinary investigation into shade, bringing together science, history, urban design, and social justice to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to all. On a 90-degree day in Los Angeles, bus riders across the city line...
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Seeking Sanctuary: Private Residences for True RelaxationAuthor: BETA-PLUS PublishingPublisher: Beta-PlusPublished: 10/08/2023Pages: 224Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 5.70lbsSize: 13.46h x 10.63w x 1.34dISBN: 9782875501271This title is only available via back order
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Rome AnticsA pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour through Rome. As we follow the path of this somewhat wayward bird, we discover that Rome is a place where past and present live side by side. It is a city...
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Pittsburgh's Historic Stadiums and ArenasCompanion book to Pittsburgh's Historic Ballparks, a historical look at sports centers. / Local writer and lifelong baseball fan, author Mark T. Fatla searched a wide variety of sources for photographs to illustrate this history, including team archives, museums, newspapers, and private collections. Author:...
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Marie-Jos? Van Hee Architecten: More Home, More Garden- Fully illustrated with 459 images and 102 sketches and plans - With articles by Helen Thomas, Katrien Vandermarliere, Marie-Jos? Van Hee, Javier Fern?ndez Contreras, Christian Kieckens, Colm mac Aoidh et al - Graphic design by Inge Ketelers - Accompanies the exhibition Marie-Jos? Van...
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Living Design: The Writings of Clara PorsetA collection of the work and writing of celebrated Cuban designer Clara Porset. Cuban-born, Mexico-based designer Clara Porset is renowned for her mid-century modern furniture and interior design and for her collaborations with architects such as Luis Barragán and Mario Pani. She was also...
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Life in Ancient Rome: People & Places: An Illustrated Reference to the Art, Architecture, Religion, Society and Culture of the Roman World with Over 4A wonderfully illustrated history of the great public buildings, palaces and villas of the Roman Empire, and an exploration of the daily life of the people of the time. , Author: Nigel RodgersPublisher: Southwater PublishingPublished: 12/07/2014Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.85lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.90w x...
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Jeff Zimmerman: Glass Light SpaceA decade's worth of spectacular works by renowned glass artist Jeff Zimmerman, a maker at the height of his creative powerCovering the most creative period of this premier glass artist's output, Jeff Zimmerman: Glass Light Space documents how he has pushed the boundaries of...
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It's a Mood: Your Home. Your Vibe.Interior design legend Cara Woodhouse presents a bold, modern aesthetic for a new generation of design enthusiasts--and shows us how to create spaces that we will truly love to inhabit It's a Mood helps readers get in touch with their own design instincts. Organized...
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Is Architecture Art?: An Introduction to the Aesthetics of ArchitectureIs architecture an art, like literature or music? Or is it more akin to science or engineering? Can buildings be artworks, just like paintings and sculptures, or does their fundamentally functional nature mean they cannot be considered pure works of art? Questions of architecture,...
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Improving the Village: Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the Laurel Hill AssociationThe Laurel Hill Association, founded by Mary Hopkins Goodrich in 1853, transformed the Berkshires' village of Stockbridge into a model American town.Improving the Village traces the evolution of the influential volunteer group that inspired like-minded citizens to establish hundreds of village improvement associations throughout...
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Gasholders: A History in PicturesGasholders became one of the most instantly recognisable and iconic features on the landscape since they first appeared in the early 19th century. Their simple but precise engineering, durability and flexibility allowed then to operate over a span of 200 years. They witnessed times...
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Form and Fortification: The Art of Military Architecture in Renaissance ItalyA revelatory exploration of a crucial Renaissance art form--military architecture--and its unexpected connections with contemporary aesthetic, cultural, and technological innovations Urban fortifications were the most colossal artistic achievements of the Italian Renaissance. Celebrated sculptors, painters, and architects such as Michelangelo, Bramante, Leonardo, Francesco Paciotto,...
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Dogm?tica reformada posterior a la Reforma Vol. 2: Sagrada Escritura: El fundamento cognitivo de la teolog?a 2ed.Al sostener que la teolog?a de los siglos XVI y XVII a menudo est? mal representada en las historias de la iglesia y en los tratamientos acad?micos, Richard Muller ha emprendido este estudio exhaustivo de doctrinas espec?ficas para demostrar c?mo se desarroll? la doctrina...
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Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s-1970sAn examination of the complex connections in St. Louis among modern architecture, urban renewal, and racial and spatial change. Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s-1970s features essays on the modernist architects Charles E. Fleming, R. Buckminster Fuller, Eric Mendelsohn, and Gyo Obata...
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