Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Penny's Paris Tour: A Travel Troupe AdventureEmbark on a wondrous journey through the enchanting streets of Paris with Penny! From savoring delectable pastries to exploring world-renowned museums, Penny's day is filled with art, history, and the magic of the City of Light. As she explores iconic landmarks like Notre-Dame and...
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Outside in: Interiors Born from NatureDesigner Brian Paquette shows how a connection to nature is key in creating a meaningful and supportive home environment.An honest, introspective essay introduces Paquette's second book, which represents the most recent steps in his evolution as an interior designer. Some are ground-up homes that...
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Oregon CityOregon City's storied past remains embedded in its architecture, where impressions of earlier generations linger beneath bricks and plaster. These structures narrate the city's growth and are concrete reminders of those who labored in its transition. Anchored between historical and modern lenses, writer...
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Monumental Cares: Sites of History and Contemporary ArtMonumental cares links the monument debate of the last decade to the history of realism, showing how art can address problems like the climate crisis, migration and authoritarian politics. Case studies range from Chicago and Berlin to Oslo, Bucharest and Hong Kong, in media...
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Medieval CathedralsAn introduction to the medieval cathedral, those churches that are regarded as the greatest achievements of medieval architecture. Details their social history, who built them, how they were built, and why. Forty photos and maps help to guide the reader through a narrated tour...
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Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places That Bring People TogetherDo we still need physical places like grocery stores, restaurants, and office buildings? Or will the "Replacement Economy" led by the tech titans and retail giants wipe out these venues in their rapid ascent to unicorn status? What about museums, universities, and performing arts...
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In ItalyArtists and designers have recorded places, people, and life in drawings and sketchbooks for centuries. Over the past fifty years, Laurie Olin, one of America's most distinguished landscape architects, has recorded aspects of life and the environment in Italy: its cities and countryside, streets...
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How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for EveryoneCharles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for most of us, it is experienced as a blur of habit. Our reactions towards the...
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Houses Transformed: Anthropological Perspectives on Changing Practices of Dwelling and BuildingOver the decades, there has been a world-wide transformation of so-called 'vernacular houses'. Based on ethnographic accounts from different regions, Houses Transformed investigates the changing practices of building houses in a transnational context. It explores the intersection of house biographies and social change, the...
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Horror in Architecture: The Reanimated EditionA new edition of this extensive visual analysis of horror tropes and their architectural analogues Horror in Architecture presents an unflinching look at how horror genre tropes manifest in the built environment. Spanning the realms of art, design, literature, and film, this newly revised...
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Fifth Avenue: History of America's Street of DreamsNew York's Fifth Avenue, America's 'Street of Dreams' is one of the most remarkable thoroughfares in the world. Shown on the Commissioners' map of 1807 emerging from a country road, then in the proposed grid plan of 1811 as one of the major boulevards,...
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Design Thinking and Storytelling in ArchitectureDieses Buch bietet eine systematische Darstellung des Entwurfsprozesses in der Architektur. Entwurfsdenken ("Design Thinking") kann als eine besondere Herangehensweise an gestalterische Fragen, betrachtet werden. In dieser Publikation erkunden die Autoren die vielfältigen und oft kontroversen theoretischen Standpunkte zu diesem Thema. Allen Entwürfen liegen Untersuchungsprinzipien...
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Cemberlitas Hamami in Istanbul: The Biographical Memoir of a Turkish BathBathhouses (hamams) play a prominent role in Turkish culture, because of their architectural value and social function as places of hygiene, relaxation and interaction. Continuously shaped by social and historical change, the life story of Mimar Sinan's emberlitaş Hamamı in Istanbul provides an important...
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Cairo: Architectural GuideFrom the Arab conquest to the Arab Spring: in its capacity for architectural and social transformation and in its tension between religious tradition and modern glitter, Cairo is like no other city in the Islamic world. In this book, Swiss architect Thomas Meyer-Wieser explores...
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Café Cool: Feel-Good Inspiring Designs- Stunning group of well-crafted architecturally designed thirty-nine projects in twenty-six cities around the world, all selected for their unique design, personality, and atmosphere- Features an expertly curated list of architectural interior spaces from around the globe, including from Australia, Britain, Canada, China, Czechia,...
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Buildings for Books: Contemporary Library ArchitectureFunctionally and esthetically compelling solutions for library building and spaces today that work for all users. Libraries are spaces for learning, discovery, and also for interaction. Their architecture is currently the subject of much discussion, as the demands on these cornerstones of modern civilization...
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Bootleg Homes of Frank Lloyd Wright: His Clandestine Work RevealedUncover the secret Chicago laboratory of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style. Before Frank Lloyd Wright officially launched America's most famous architectural career, he was designing the building blocks of his legendary prairie style on the side. In violation of his contract with his employers,...
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Bedroom Feng Shui: Revised EditionBedroom Feng Shui was a best-seller when The Crossing Press first published it in 2001. It is now available in a revised, expanded edition. In feng shui, the bedroom is the most important room. It has the most influence in a person's life, because...
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Architect AcademyFrom designing a residential street and your perfect play park to learning some of the math skills used by architects, how to read floor plans, and the basics of interior design, the activities in this innovative book encourage imaginative play and problem solving. Includes...
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A Place to Call Home: Timeless Southern CharmModern design for a new age of Southern living. Combining the rich traditions of the past with the sensibilities of contemporary life, interior and garden designer James Farmer of Perry, Georgia, is unapologetically Southern. Tour eleven diverse homes in the deep South--makeovers, remodels, and...
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