Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside AmericanaCelebrate the nostalgic pleasures of America's vintage signs, quirky roadside attractions, and offbeat fast food relics in this irresistible retro road trip across the country. The Great American Retro Road Trip is a coast-to-coast journey chronicling retro roadside America. Discover classic giant roadside attractions,...
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The Fricks Collect: An American Family and the Evolution of Taste in the Gilded AgeBefore his New York home became a museum, Henry Clay Frick engaged some of his era's most important art dealers to build a notable collection and the best decorators to create suitable Gilded Age interiors to accommodate the works. This story traces the journey...
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The Fife ArmsA visually stunning and personal guided tour of the remarkable interiors of one of the world's most exquisite hotels Art-world superstars Iwan and Manuela Wirth saw the poetry in a run-down hotel nestled in the depths of the Scottish Highlands, not far from Balmoral...
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The Cape Cod CottageOriginally developed in the 1600s to withstand harsh Massachusetts winters, the Cape Cod cottage--with its central door and chimney, flanking windows, and steeply pitched roof--is an instantly recognizable architectural form. Thanks to its simple and versatile layout, it has been adapted in countless ways...
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Revitalizing Japan: Architecture, Urbanization, and DegrowthThis book features innovative and productive responses, in the form of architectural design and thinking, to the shift in Japan's social condition under demographic changes that are evident in regional cities. These responses also demonstrate the new wave of architectural practice in Japan, focused...
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Nature-First Cities: Restoring Relationships with Ecosystems and with Each OtherArgues that humans and nature can and should coexist in urban environments. Nature belongs in cities, but how do we put nature first without pushing people aside? Nature-First Cities reveals the false dichotomy of that question by recognizing that people and nature are indivisible....
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My Garden: A Year of Design and ExperimentationA month-by-month tour of the renowned naturalistic garden designer Jacqueline van der Kloet's home garden--a visual feast of perennials, trees, grasses, shrubs, and bulbs that have inspired a generation of gardeners and designers. From a pioneer of the New Perennial movement, My Garden showcases...
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M?usebunker and Hygieneinstitut: Two Berlin Brutalist IconsVom Abriss bedroht, als Ikonen des Brutalismus gefeiert: Der M?usebunker von Gerd und Magdalena H?nska und das Hygieneinstitut von Hermann Fehling und Daniel Gogel in Berlin-Steglitz bilden ein einmaliges Ensemble von Solisten. Die unterschiedliche Architekturauffassung, die den beiden gegen?berstehenden Bauten zugrunde liegt, die intensive...
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Here We Are, Home at Last: The Architecture of NithurstNithurst by Adam Richards Architects is a much-lauded, multi-award-winning house designed by the architect for his family, and situated in the picturesque South Downs National Park. The building intentionally feels both ancient and contemporary and the character of the house is informed by Renaissance...
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Heaven on Earth: The Lives and Legacies of the World's Greatest CathedralsA glorious history of sixteen of the world's greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people who built them. 'An impeccable guide to the golden age of ecclesiastical architecture' The Times 'Vivid, colourful and absorbing' Dan Jones 'An epic ode to some...
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Greek ArchitectureThis splendid book discusses the development of Greek architecture in the Aegean and other Greek lands from its earliest beginnings around 3000 until the first century B.C. The eminent scholar A.W. Lawrence considers the evolution of the magnificent temples of the Hellenic age, focusing...
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Gilardi House: Barragan's Last WitnessGilardi House thoroughly documents Luis Barragan ́s last project, la ́CASA GILARDI ́, an emblem of Mexican architecture. In 1976, 10 years after his retirement from the practice of architecture, Barragan accepted the commission of two young publicists passionate about his architecture and designed...
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Future Public Spaces: Urban Design in Times of CrisisWhat is required to renew and articulate public spaces? The need for, and demands of, public spaces are highly specific to the local spatial and social conditions under which people live. Action at neighborhood level is crucial, and must involve interacting and co-creating with...
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Fallingwater: Living with and in ArtAn international treasure on the UNESCO World Heritage List, Fallingwater is a total work of art. This book, an exciting new look at a masterpiece, is a revelation for the first time seen here in its fullness. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Edgar...
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Defining Style: The Book of Interior DesignDiscover 25 of the most recognizable design styles through 150 residential interiors from the world's leading designersFrom Coastal to Contemporary, Maximal to Mediterranean, Tailored to Textured, this inspirational lookbook guides beginners and enthusiasts alike through the most timeless interior design styles of the last...
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Craftsman HomesGustav Stickley's own compilation of the best of his designs. Author: Gustav StickleyPublisher: Lyons PressPublished: 06/01/2002Pages: 216Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 10.94h x 8.44w x 0.59dISBN: 9781585744923
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Colour in the Flower GardenThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Buddhist Architecture"The volume thoroughly examines the origins and principal types of Buddhist architecture in Asia primarily between the third century BCE-twelfth century CE with an emphasis on India. It aims to construct shared architectural traits and patterns alongwith the derivative relationships between Indian and Asian...
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Brussels Housing: Atlas of Residential Building Types. Second and Expanded EditionSt?dtische Reihenh?user - town houses - entstanden in Europa ab dem 17. Jahrhundert. Im Regelfall zwei- bis dreigeschossig und mit einem Garten auf der R?ckseite ausgestattet, bildeten sie den st?dtischen Block. In Br?ssel hat diese b?rgerliche Wohnform eine besonders vielgestaltige und bis heute inspirierende...
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Architectures of Resistance: Negotiating Borders Through Spatial PracticesBorders between countries, neighbourhoods, people, beliefs, and policies are proliferating and expanding despite what self-proclaimed progressive societies wish or choose to believe. For a wide variety of reasons, the early 21st century is caught struggling between breaking down barriers and raising them. Architecture is...
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