History of architecture books

An in-depth account of the life and career of Minnesota's first modern architect 2024 Docomomo US Modernism in...  Read More >>

A new, concise history of buildings erected all over Britain and its colonial empire during the long nineteenth...  Read More >>

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World's fairs are among the most significant modern phenomena. Between 1893 and 1915, classical and Egyptian architecture...  Read More >>

World's fairs are among the most significant modern phenomena. Between 1893 and 1915, classical and Egyptian architecture...  Read More >>

The so-called Golden Age of Athens, during and after the primacy of Pericles, was in fact a time of ruinous culture...  Read More >>

This book presents a critical vision of the role of architecture and design in constantly changing cities, territories...  Read More >>

John Aubrey frs (1626-1697) was an antiquary, natural philosopher, biographer, folklorist, proto-anthropologist,...  Read More >>

Discover extraordinary homes that blur the line between architecture and nature, where living rooftops elevate beauty,...  Read More >>

Long before telescopes, observatories, or written calendars, human beings were already studying the sky. Across...  Read More >>

The thrilling true story behind the Allies’ mission to take back Venice from the Germans – and save its artistic...  Read More >>

Examines the history of the concept of “detail” in architecture from the 18th century to the present day  Read More >>

Tells the untold history of West African architecture in the colonial era, as revealed for the first time through...  Read More >>

The first in-depth study of the history of Scottish new towns – their architecture, planning and communities.  Read More >>

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Architectural Encounters in Asia Pacific explores the architecture of colonial trade and industry, revealing a complex...  Read More >>

Meet the structures of Austrian-American Richard Neutra, master of postwar architecture, whose cool, sleek style...  Read More >>

A showcase of Britain’s most astonishing examples of High-Tech buildings from the late twentieth century and beyond....  Read More >>

Containing over 1200 photographs and detailed line drawings from which one can design and build directly, National...  Read More >>

A French-language edition, which offers a new approach Weizman names ""documentary architecture,"" meaning that...  Read More >>

Sanskar Kendra stands as one of Le Corbusier's lesser-known architectural achievements, a cultural center designed...  Read More >>

Discover more than 300 extraordinary unbuilt architecture projects that never made it off the drawing board  Read More >>

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