Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Pete Cromer: FurMore bold and beautiful portraits from Pete Cromer, reimagined in this stunning new board book for little people to enjoy. Seven more paper-cut artworks featured in this title, with a new focus on 'Fur' to complement existing titles 'Big' and 'Small'. A beautifully illustrated...
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Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul RudolphA reassessment of the career of architect Paul Rudolph, from his modernist Sarasota houses to his controversial Brutalist buildings and later international projects, featuring unpublished drawings, models, and furniture Architect Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) was known for his iconic modern houses and exemplary Brutalist buildings...
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Living in Asia. 40th Ed.Zen, soothing, mystical, meditative--words cannot do justice to Asia's most beautiful interiors. Whether it's a gilded Tibetan monastery, a plantation in Sri Lanka, or a private villa in Thailand, each of the havens featured in this book are remarkable not only in aesthetic, but...
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GlassThis book offers readers a fascinating look at glass, with an overview of how the material was first developed, how it is produced today, and the many ways that people use it. The book also includes an "That's Amazing!" special feature, several "Did You...
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Everything Is Beautiful Boxed SetAll three of the beloved interior designer's inspiring volumes--Beautiful, More Beautiful, and his latest, Forever Beautiful--in a handsome and giftable boxed set. AD100 and Elle Decor A-List designer and tastemaker Sikes believes there's beauty everywhere: all we have to do is look for it....
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Event-Cities 5: PoeticsAn essential resource on the work of Bernard Tschumi Architects, with a focus on how concept, context, and program intersect with intuition in singular and unexpected ways. Event-Cities 5 is the fifth and final volume in the MIT Press series documenting recent built and...
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Design: The Leading Hotels of the WorldExplore iconic destinations with The Leading Hotels of the World in this celebration of exceptional hospitality through architecture and designEmbark on a stunning visual journey through The Leading Hotels of the World, a collection of the world's most exclusive independent luxury hotels, which consistently...
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Designing for Empathy: The Architecture of Connections in Learning EnvironmentsIn today's polarized world, we are increasingly pulled into echo chambers where it becomes harder to understand perspectives other than our own. To have a pluralistic worldview, we need to learn how to consider other vantage points. Can we be nudged to do that?...
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Construction Through the Ages: From Pyramids to PlumbingAncient societies built massive monuments, many of which still stand. How did ancient engineers and builders raise up the Great Wall of China or the Great Pyramids of Egypt? They often needed new materials and building techniques, both of which required studying construction technology.Around...
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Constructed Geographies: Paulo Mendes Da RochaThe first major retrospective to emerge from the archive of Paulo Mendes da Rocha, shining important new light on his work One of the most acclaimed architects working in Brazil since the mid-twentieth century, Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021) began building in the 1950s,...
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Conscious CommunityThis book of three Kahn Visiting Assistant Professors at Yale School of Architecture includes the projects of Chris T Cornelius focusing on "Decolonizing Indigenous Housing"; Abeer Seikaly "Conscious Skins" on materiality, making, and place; and Rodney Leon for a concept for a National Slavery...
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Concrete Century: Julius Kahn and the Construction RevolutionAt the turn of the 20th century, industrial manufacturing was expanding dramatically while factory buildings remained fire-prone relics of an earlier age. That is, until a 28-year-old civil engineer finally achieved what engineers around the world had unsuccessfully attempted. Working in his brother's basement...
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Cabana Anthology: The Anniversary EditionTo celebrate 10 years of the sumptuous, sought-after, limited-edition Cabana magazine, editor Martina Mondadori presents the most revered Cabana-approved designers and their works alongside previously unseen interiors projects in this unique, superbly produced addition to any design enthusiast's library. "Cabana is my favorite interior...
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Building Little Saigon: Refugee Urbanism in American Cities and SuburbsAn in-depth look at the diverging paths of Vietnamese American communities, or "Little Saigons," in America's built environment. In the final days before the fall of Saigon in 1975, 125,000 Vietnamese who were evacuated or who made their own way out of the country...
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Breuer'The most complete monograph on the pioneering modernist.' - Fast Company This acclaimed book is the most comprehensive published on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), looking in detail at all the houses, furniture, and public buildings he designed in Europe and the United...
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Boston's Oldest Buildings and Where to Find ThemA lavishly illustrated look at some of Boston's most historic buildings, now available in a new, updated edition. Winner of the Historic New England Book Prize and a Boston Preservation Alliance Annual Achievement Award. As Boston fast approaches its four-hundredth anniversary, the city's architecture...
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Beyond Architecture: The New New YorkA volume of new essays by a range of contributors--architectural critics, city planners, historians, scholars, journalists, and more--to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the passage of the New York City Landmarks Law, exploring the past, present, and future of historic preservation in America's great...
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Autonomous Urbanism: Towards a New TransitopiaAutomated vehicles (AVs) are beginning to appear on our roads. Their arrival represents the next disruptive technological innovation to our mobility systems. In a moment in which the contemporary conversation around driverless technology largely neglects its longer-term spatial implications, this book argues that AVs...
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Architecture of Segregation: The Hierarchy of Spaces and PlacesIn Architecture of Segregation, the intricate interplay between architecture and societal divisions is meticulously explored, providing a comprehensive analysis of how built environments have shaped and reflected racial, ethnic, and social segregation throughout history. This groundbreaking work delves deep into the historical contexts of...
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Animal Matter: Ritual, Place, and Sovereignty at the Moon Pyramid of TeotihuacanBased on primary data and analyses from the Moon Pyramid Project at the center of the UNSECO World Heritage site at Teotihuacan, Mexico (1-550 CE), Animal Matter questions how the inhabitants of this ancient metropolis elevated a monumental earthwork into a sacred mountain that...
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