Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Die Augen der Haut: Architektur und die SinneArchitektur kann inspirierend und einnehmend sein, sie kann sogar im Sinne Goethes das Leben steigern«. Wie kommt es aber, dass architektonische Entw rfe am Zeichentisch oder am Computer-Bildschirm zwar meist recht gut aussehen, in der gebauten Realit t jedoch oft entt uschen?Die Antwort hierf...
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A Treatise on Stairbuilding and HandrailingExplanations and details of newelled stairs, face moulds, joinery, stone stairs, and more.Author: William Mowat, W. Mowat, A. MowatPublisher: Linden PublishingPublished: 10/01/1997Pages: 390Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.27lbsSize: 11.05h x 7.63w x 1.09dISBN: 9780941936026
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Shigeru Ban: Humanitarian Architecture"Architects are not building temporary housing because we are too busy building for the privileged people.... I'm not saying I'm against building monuments, but I'm thinking we can work more for the public." - Shigeru Ban, Pritzker Prize, 2014In 1994, after seeing photographs of...
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Patkau Architects: Selected Projects 1983-1993Ten projects from the firm whose poetic creativity is at the forefront of contemporary Canadian architecture. Includes foreword by Essy Banissad, essay by Brian Carter, interview with the Patkaus by Marco Polo, Bronwen Ledger and Beth Kapusta and postscript by Kenneth Frampton.Author: Brian CarterPublisher:...
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Anne Tyng: Inhabiting GeometryAnne Tyng (born 1920) explores the potentials of geometry through her architectural and teaching practices. Since the 1950s, when she worked closely with Louis Kahn and independently pioneered space-frame construction, Tyng has applied natural and numeric systems to built forms on all scales, from...
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Legendary Homes of the Minneapolis LakesFor tens of thousands of Minnesotans who walk and bike and paddle around Minneapolis's beautiful chain of lakes every year, the lovely homes that surround these fine city parks are as intriguing as the exquisite views of open space and sparkling water. Legendary Homes...
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The Necessity for Ruins and Other TopicsEssays examine the way we perceive landscape, the effect of gardens and cities of the past on the landscapes of the present, and the way American architecture has broken with tradition. Discussion relates the importance of space to relativism throughout time.Author: J. B. JacksonPublisher:...
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Welsh Castles: A Guide by CountiesHistory of and gazetteer to all surviving Welsh castles - the majority 13c - arranged by county, with full OS details. The medieval castles of Wales are an imposing group of monuments. Although there are examples from the Norman period, the vast majority of...
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Alan I W Frank House: The Modernist Masterwork by Walter Gropius and Marcel BreuerThe first book to feature this modernist masterpiece, one of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer's most important residential commissions. Offering a rare opportunity to explore the largest and most luxurious house designed by Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and Marcel Breuer, leading architect...
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The California MissionsMagical spaces rich in history, the missions of California, featured here in all-new photography, invite reverie and hint of romance. The twenty-one missions of California, from San Diego to San Francisco Solano, are historic treasures and sites of pilgrimage for visitors from the world...
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Veere Grenney: A Point of View: On DecoratingThe first book from AD100 designer Veere Grenney--the master of streamlined, glamorous, classical rooms with an English touch--eloquently explores not only the hows but also the whys of decorating. Featuring thirty years of acclaimed interiors, paired with thoughtful advice and packaged with a real...
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Capability Brown: Designing the English LandscapeIn celebration of his 300th year, a definitive survey of Capability Brown's most famous gardens and landscapes in Britain. Widely acknowledged as the most influential landscape designer of his age, Lancelot Capability Brown was to England what Frederick Law Olmsted was to America--responsible for...
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The Four Elements of Design: Interiors Inspired by Earth, Water, Air and FireFrom interior design icon Vicente Wolf, an inspirational guide for home decorators to designing unforgettable spaces based on the four natural elements. Based on Vicente Wolf's belief that the classical elements--earth, water, air, and fire--form the basic building blocks of great interior design, the...
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Rooms: Interiors and Decorative ArtsINDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards -- 2014 BRONZE Winner for Architecture An invitation into the evocative, human-scaled, and artful interiors designed by Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Rooms presents the warm interior spaces and exceptional design work of this beloved American master. Wright...
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The Home Within Us: Romantic Houses, Evocative RoomsArchitect and designer Bobby McAlpine creates idyllic houses that wed historical precedent with gracious modern living. His distinguished firms, McAlpine Tankersley Architecture and McAlpine Booth & Ferrier Interiors, are renowned nationwide for their talent in designing residences that resonate with nostalgia, fantasy, and a...
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Architecture at the End of the Earth: Photographing the Russian NorthCarpeted in boreal forests, dotted with lakes, cut by rivers, and straddling the Arctic Circle, the region surrounding the White Sea, which is known as the Russian North, is sparsely populated and immensely isolated. It is also the home to architectural marvels, as many...
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The New World Dutch Barn: The Evolution, Forms, and Structure of a Disappearing IconThis architectural study updates John Fitchen's original with extensive new material. Added to Fitchen's descriptions of barn types, framing style and exterior appearance is research information that relates to the form, fabric and essence of each Dutch barn in the United States.Author: John FitchenPublisher:...
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Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of LeisureWinner of the Publication Award for Popular Culture and Entertainment for 2009 from the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in AmericaNamed to Pop Matters list of the Best Books of 2009 (Non-fiction)From the lights that never go out on Broadway to its 24-hour...
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Alexander Girard, Architect: Creating Midcentury Modern MasterpiecesDuring the midcentury period, Michigan attracted visionary architects, designers, and theorists, including Alexander Girard. While much has been written about Girard's vibrantly colored and patterned textiles for Herman Miller, the story of his Detroit period (1937?-53)-encompassing interior and industrial design, exhibition curation, and residential...
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Buildings of New OrleansWinner of Best Guidebook Award 2019 from the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians "New Orleans isn't like other cities," Stella tells her sister Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire. Cradled in the crescent of the Mississippi River and...
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