Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Great Afterschool Programs and Spaces That Wow!Does your afterschool program have the WOW factor? Create a high quality school-age program that is exciting, inviting, and reflects the interests, abilities, and needs of the children. Whether your program operates before or after school, on non-school days, during the summer, or overnight,...
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Lost Churches of MississippiLost Churches of Mississippi is a collection of archival photographs, postcards, and drawings of more than one hundred notable churches and synagogues vanquished by fire, disaster, development, or neglect. Constructed primarily from the mid-1800s through the early 1900s, these places of worship were often...
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Writing Architecture: A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built EnvironmentWriting Architecture considers the process, methods, and value of architecture writing based on Wiseman's 30 years of experience in writing, editing, and teaching young architects how to write. This book creatively tackles a problematic issue that Wiseman considers crucial to successful architecture writing: clarity...
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Along Bungalow Lines: Creating an Arts & Crafts HomeThere is an old saying that says, "Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it." However, homeowners who claim to have a love of historic homes (or at least for new ones inspired by them) still haven't learned some of...
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Adirondack HomeFrom cabins to great camps and everything in between, the author leads a personal tour of fifteen Adirondack homes, including boathouses, riverside cabins, and grand historical great camps, including Top Ridge. He also explores a variety of interpretations of the Adirondack style - from...
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Now We See Now: Architecture and Research by the LivingNow We See Now chronicles the projects and findings of a firm that is charting bold new directions in generative design and other intersections of science and architecture. In the context of massive and accelerating change - in technology, science, climate, and society -...
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Business and Legal Forms for Interior Designers [With CDROM]Here you will find forms with step-by-step instructions that can be used as is, or easily tailored to meet a specific business situation. Readers will find a model job master index, product plan and budget, time sheet, contract with frabricator, estimate request form, client...
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Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern CityFrom the same team that produced the monumental five-volume architectural history of New York comes the definitive work on the development of the garden suburb, a phenomenon that first emerged in England in the 1830s and still dominates residential architecture today.Paradise Planned is the...
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Wood-Framed Shear Wall Construction--an Illustrated GuideWood-framed shear walls are a crucial part of modern residential and small commercial buildings. Shear walls resist wind and earthquake forces to protect buildings from collapse. This book explains the engineering principles involved with shear wall design and proper construction. It is written in...
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A Master Course in Feng-ShuiThis fully illustrated, comprehensive workbook is designed primarily for homeowners, renters, architects, and business owners who want to put feng-shui to practical personal use--to choose a home, build a house, select an office, or find a retail space. Real estate agents, interior designers, and...
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Hand Drawing for Designers: Communicating Ideas through Architectural GraphicsHand drawing remains a powerful tool in conceptual design. Hand Drawing for Designers: Communicating Ideas through Architectural Graphics will show you how to use hand drawing to explore multiple design responses quickly and intuitively and to develop a successfully responsive design solution. The text...
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The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-By-Step Guide for Owner-BuildersWriter Charles Long has a well-earned reputation as one of North America's self-sufficiency experts. More than 20 years ago, he and his wife, Elizabeth, fled city life and conventional employment for the country, and have flourished there ever since. Now back by popular demand...
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The Architectural Jewels of Rochester, New Hampshire: A History of the Built EnvironmentRochester may be better known for its rolling hills and lilac fields than for its architecture, but look closely and the city s hidden gems reveal themselves. In this survey of Rochester s historic architectural elements and styles, city planner Michael Behrendt encourages you...
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Pewabic Pottery: A History Handcrafted in DetroitAt the height of America's Arts and Crafts movement, Detroit neighbors Horace J. Caulkins and Mary Chase Perry pooled their talents together to found Pewabic Pottery. With modest beginnings in 1903, Pewabic transformed from a rented stable in Brush Park to an English Tudor...
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South Temple Street Landmarks: Salt Lake City S First Historic DistrictFrom the earliest days of settlement, South Temple was Salt Lake s most prestigious street. In 1857, William Staines built the Devereaux House, Salt Lake s first of many mansions. The once-bustling Union Pacific Depot eventually found itself increasingly isolated. Downtown s gleaming copper...
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Lost CincinnatiCincinnati earned its nickname of "Queen City of the West" with a wealth of fine theaters and hotels, a burgeoning brewery district and the birth of professional baseball. Though many of these treasures have vanished, they left an indelible mark on the city. Revisit...
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Asheville's Historic ArchitectureAsheville, known for its architectural diversity and intriguing Art Deco style, has been fortunate in attracting brilliant architects who, with imaginative foresight and design expertise, have created lasting testaments in brick and stone. Local architectural enthusiast Richard Hansley recounts the history behind dozens of...
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Mason City: Architectural Heart of the PrairieIn the early 1900s, Frank Lloyd Wright transformed a small midwestern prairie community into one of the world s most important architectural destinations. Mason City, Iowa, became home to his City National Bank and Park Inn the last surviving Wright hotel. In addition, his...
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Tiny Cottages and Small Homes: Economical, Ecological Homes Inspired By A Pattern LanguageIf you're thought about living in a smaller house, but you're worried that you'll have to sacrifice comfort and design, this book will put your mind at ease and show you why "small" is the best way to live Paul Perlman, P.E., is a...
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Made Up: Design's FictionsThrough essays, interviews, and narratives by Bruce Sterling, Fiona Raby, Sam Jacob and other significant voices in the field, this volume questions the initial discourses around "design fiction"--a broad category of critical design that includes overlapping interests in science fiction, world building, speculation, and...
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