Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American CitiesConceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco's portal to the world--the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and World's Fair postcards, nothing said "San Francisco" more than its soaring...
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Montreal's Square Mile: The Making and Transformation of a Colonial MetropoleIn nineteenth-century Canada, the Square Mile was an elite residential district in Montreal that represented a dramatic new concentration of wealth. Montreal's Square Mile chronicles the history of the Square Mile, including the diverse and far-reaching sources of its making and its twentieth-century transformations....
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Tbilisi: Architectural GuideThis guide presents over 120 buildings and projects in the Georgian capital. It serves not only as a helpful guide for tourists but also as a documentation of the city's social history. The selection of buildings covers a broad spectrum of sights that are...
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El Libro de la Arquitectura (the Architecture Book)Explora los conceptos arquitectónicos clave que hay detrás de los edificios y estructuras más increíbles del mundo. - Resume las ideas, explora y explica todos los grandes acontecimientos y las personas que los hicieron posibles a través de una combinación de textos accesibles y...
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Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto: A Visual Analysis of ChangeStreetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto visually compares historic and contemporary images of different parts of Toronto to better understand how and why the city has changed.Author: Brian Doucet, Michael DoucetPublisher: University of Toronto PressPublished: 02/22/2022Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.40lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.40w...
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Ocean City OdditiesFor generations, Ocean City has afforded both locals and tourists unforgettable sights and sounds. The boardwalk holds iconic landmarks like Trimper's Rides and the Sand Sculptures, and no visitor will ever forget Boardwalk Elvis. Farther north are Motel Row, Jolly Roger's Muffler Man Pirate...
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Colors: Colorful Home InspirationThe new interior illustrated books complement the exciting living inspiration series and are dedicated to the current living trends Scandi Style and Colors. They impress with a fascinating world of images and an exclusive design. Text in English and German.Author: Claire BinghamPublisher: Te Neues...
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Reconstructing the Future: Cities as Carbon SinksKonferenz von Bauhaus Erde und der Päpstlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Juni 2022 Die gebaute Umwelt ist ein entscheidender Faktor in der Klimagleichung. Gebäude und Infrastrukturen sind für etwa 40 Prozent der weltweiten Treibhausgasemissionen direkt verantwortlich. Glücklicherweise besteht die Möglichkeit, die gebaute Umwelt von einer...
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Skylab: The Nature of BuildingsSkylab: The Nature of Buildings is the first monograph of the Portland, Oregon-based architecture and design studio. Founded by Jeff Kovel in 1999, Skylab has emerged as a leading creative force in the Pacific Northwest and North America. At the vanguard of innovative and...
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Constructing Gardens, Cultivating the City: Paris's New Parks, 1977-1995Constructing Gardens, Cultivating the City is the first cultural history of major new parks developed in Paris in the late twentieth century, as part of the city's program of adaptive reuse of industrial spaces. Thanks to laws that gave the city more political autonomy,...
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Brunelleschi's Dome Lib/E: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented ArchitectureOn August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore was announced: Whoever desires to make any model or design for the vaulting of the main Dome . . . shall do so before the end of the month...
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Old Winnipeg: A History in PicturesA collection of over 140 photographs showing the history of Winnipeg from varying perspectives. Remember the Beachcomber Restaurant, the Assiniboine Park Conservatory, and a very small but well-designed international airport with concrete walls? From the early fortifications of Upper Fort Garry, to the architectonic...
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Up! Up! Up! SkyscraperRhyming text invites "young readers to watch workers dig, pour, pound, and bolt a skyscraper into existence ... Sidebars provide further information about each step in the construction process"--Author: Anastasia SuenPublisher: Charlesbridge PublishingPublished: 05/02/2017Pages: 32Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.50dISBN: 9781580897105Audience:...
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Native Plants for the Short Season Yard: Best Picks for the Chinook and Canadian Prairie ZonesThis is the definitive guide to gardening with native plants on the prairies. Gardening with native plants has lots of advantages, not only for your yard, but also for the ecosystem. What could be better than a beautiful, low-maintenance yard that preserves biodiversity and...
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Sketching Interiors at the Speed of Thought: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card"Books such as this are imperative for our students to learn skills taught as part of a class. Although this book is geared towards interior design, the content and skills development will be as important to students in garden design and soft furnishings alike."...
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The White HouseLocated in Washington, D.C., the White House is one of the best-known structures in the world. It stands as a symbol of power and excellence. Find out more in The White House, a title in the Structural Wonders ofAuthor: Jessica MorrisonPublisher: Av2Published: 08/01/2019Pages: 24Binding...
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Fantastic Cities: Coloring Poster SetAnswering the demand for an even more immersive coloring experience, this poster set presents five of artist Steve McDonald's beautifully detailed cityscapes and presents them in an exciting large (and frame-worthy) format--four favorites from the internationally bestselling Fantastic Cities book, and one image that...
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Scandi Style: Scandinavian Home InspirationThe new interior illustrated books complement the exciting living inspiration series and are dedicated to the current living trends Scandi Style and Colors. They impress with a fascinating world of images and an exclusive design.Author: Claire BinghamPublisher: Te Neues Publishing CompanyPublished: 08/30/2023Pages: 192Binding Type:...
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The Stones of Venice: PlatesThis 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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Jakarta: City of a Thousand DimensionsA study of the forces that shaped Jakarta into the city it is today. Indonesian writer Seno Gumira Ajidarma has called Jakarta a city of a thousand dimensions. A megacity of 30 million under threat from rising sea levels and temperatures, Jakarta and its...
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