History of architecture books

The tiny 1 sq km precinct of Potts Point & Elizabeth Bay is a national treasure containing the best collection of...  Read More >>

This book offers a vivid collection of reminiscences from Margaret Horn's early years in the rural fishing village...  Read More >>

The Labour Party, Housing and Urban Transformation explores how the urban transformation of Britain between 1945...  Read More >>

Reveals the subtle ways in which Roman patrons across the Mediterranean affected perception of change and continuity...  Read More >>

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Let yourself be transported by the beauty of royal palaces and castles: find your next destination by leafing through...  Read More >>

""An alphabetic bestiary of 26 scholars and architects, writing about 26 different instances of architects basing...  Read More >>

This book is a historical and cultural study of the work of the Jewish women architects who flourished in Palestine...  Read More >>

The work of Modernist architect Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) is exemplary of an in-between practice, which is neither...  Read More >>

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Diese Publikation eröffnet neue Einblicke in die Geschichte der römischen Basilika San Giovanni in Laterano. Sie...  Read More >>

Bringing together architectural, urban and social historians, this book charts the extraordinary changes that took...  Read More >>

One part photo essay, one part urban archeology adventure, and one part rally cry for historic preservation, this...  Read More >>

A major exploration of the work of American architect Bruce Goff, including the paintings, objects, and ephemera...  Read More >>

The Austrian architect-artist Hans Hollein was appointed in 1972 to design a new museum for the post-industrial...  Read More >>

Die in den Jahren 1929-31 errichtete Villa Beer in Wien darf als „das wohl bedeutendste Beispiel Wiener Wohnkultur...  Read More >>

Sir John Vanbrugh was one of Britain’s greatest architects and the designer of some of the most important and best...  Read More >>

""A comprehensive, first-of-its-kind book about Chicago's residential architecture and the stories that shaped it....  Read More >>

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Castle Howard is the official illustrated guide to Britain’s finest country house, written by its own curator, and...  Read More >>

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The first book to examine the classic Italian opera house in a global context. In Opera and the Built Environment,...  Read More >>

This book starts with a paradox: how the Chinese Cultural Revolution—through its adaptation by French Theory and...  Read More >>