Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Victoria Hagan: Interior PortraitsThe first book to survey the work of this iconic designer, known for her serene new American classic look. One of today's most influential designers, Victoria Hagan exploded onto the scene in 1988 when New York magazine devoted the cover of its design issue...
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Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide: West Coast USAA must-have guide to one of the most fertile regions for the development of Mid-Century Modern architectureThis handbook - the first ever to focus on the architectural wonders of the West Coast of the USA - provides visitors with an expertly curated list of...
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Borderwall as Architecture: A Manifesto for the U.S.-Mexico Boundary"A protest against the wall and a forecast about its future."--Allison Arieff, The New York Times "Rael's courageous mixture of subversion and compromise is not going to hide the affront that the border represents to those who live south of it."--London Review of Books...
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Castles of the World Coloring BookThis carefully researched coloring book offers a fascinating pictorial survey of castles in varying styles from Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and other countries, including Japan. You'll find meticulously accurate depictions -- ready for coloring -- of 31 magnificent structures, from the...
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Where Is the Parthenon?Discover the ruins of the Parthenon, one of the most famous and beautiful places in the world Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people...
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Master Builders: Le Corbusier, Mies Van Der Rohe, and Frank Lloyd Wright (Reissue)The story of modern architecture is told here through the lives and works of three men who changed the face of the cities we live in: France's Le Corbusier, Germany's Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and America's Frank Lloyd Wright. Virtually no modern office...
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The Louvre: All the PaintingsThe most complete collection available, the New York Times bestselling book The Louvre: All the Paintings includes all 3,022 paintings from the permanent collection of the world's most popular museum in a practical and elegant paperback format. The Louvre Museum houses many of the...
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The Mediterranean Home: Residential Architecture and Interiors with a Southern TouchWith their understated beauty and holistic design, Mediterranean homes are a perennial source of inspiration. The Mediterranean Home has an ongoing influence on residential architecture and interior design: from classical to rural styles to more grounded spaces that interweave form and function. Blending the...
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The Oklahoma State CapitolThe story of the Oklahoma State Capitol is as wild and unpredictable as the story of Oklahoma itself. The on-again, off-again effort to construct the statehouse lasted five years as Oklahoma City and Guthrie jockeyed back and forth, each laying claim to the capital...
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One House Per Day No.001-365One House Per Day no.001-365 collects the first 365 drawings from Andrew Bruno's project One House Per Day, along with a foreword by Keith Krumwiede and essay contributions by Malcolm Rio, Alessandro Orsini & Nick Roseboro, and Clark Thenhaus. The drawings are high quality...
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Consuming Landscapes: What We See When We Drive and Why It MattersWhat we see through our windshields reflects ideas about our national identity, consumerism, and infrastructure.For better or worse, windshields have become a major frame for viewing the nonhuman world. The view from the road is one of the main ways in which we experience...
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Nature of EnclosureNature of Enclosure interrogates the role of architecture and urbanization in a post-pandemic society, to discuss topics from closed forms of capital to the exclusive boundaries of environment and politics. From Crystal Palace in 1851 to Buckminster Fuller's Spaceship Earth in 1969, nature became...
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Letting Play Bloom: Designing Nature-Based Risky Play for ChildrenChildren love to play in risky--often misunderstood to mean unsafe--ways. It is often how they learn. Research shows that activities like climbing on trees and boulders, hiking in nature, and playing in a creek are excellent ways for kids to develop their creativity and...
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A Landscape Approach: From Local Communities to Territorial SystemsThe book promotes a landscape approach as a method for understanding and addressing the complex interdependent issues of environmental and climatic change, ecological degradation, and socio-cultural inequalities. The twenty-three book essays are structured into five sections around concepts of urban landscape systems, ecology, politics,...
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Architectural Theory. Pioneering Texts on Architecture from the Renaissance to TodayIf you've ever wondered what goes through architects' minds when they design buildings, you'll be happy to know that there's no shortage of brilliant reading material to satisfy your curiosity. Wading through the archives at your local library may prove fruitful to your endeavor,...
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Paved A Way: Infrastructure, Policy and Racism in an American City"Acknowledgement is the first step in the journey of unpacking the ways our cities are built with systems of power and erasure. True reconciliation requires acknowledgement and acceptance of past injustice. In that journey, we are only at the beginning." Paved A Way tells...
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Dream Play Build: Hands-On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and PlacesThe room is dim, the chairs are in perfectly lined rows. The city planner puts up a color-coded diagram of the street improvement project, dreading the inevitable angry responses. Jana loves her community and is glad to be able to attend the evening meeting,...
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Colossus: The World's Most Amazing Feats of EngineeringColossus explores some of the greatest feats of engineering in history, from ancient pyramids to enormous bridges to towering skyscrapers. Have you ever wondered how it's possible for the tallest buildings in the world to stay standing through the most severe earthquakes? Or how...
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The Eiffel Tower"The Tower is also present to the entire world... a universal symbol of Paris... from the Midwest to Australia, there is no journey to France which isn't made, somehow, in the Tower's name."-- Roland BarthesWhen Gustave Eiffel completed his wrought iron tower on Paris's...
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Off Grid LivingGrowing Tired of Fast City Life and Urban Bustle? Learn How to Live Off Grid With the Help of This Unique Guide.Dear friend, Life in crowded, urban settlements can be overwhelming, bringing so much stress into our lives. Sometimes, we wish that we can...
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