History of architecture books

13221 books were found.

Ancient Fantasies and Modern Power: Neo-Antique Architecture at American World's Fairs, 1893–1915

Ancient Fantasies and Modern Power: Neo-Antique Architecture...

Author: Elizabeth R. Macaulay (City University of New York)
ISBN: 9781009407106
Format: Paperback
$98.32

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

Modern Architecture of Quito: Global, Local, and the In-Between

Modern Architecture of Quito: Global, Local, and the...

Author: Christian Parreno (San Francisco University of Quito, Ecuador)
ISBN: 9781350454934
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A historical study of Latin American modernism, foregrounding Quito, Ecuador as a point of encounter between local...  Read More >>

Architecture, Media, Archives: The Fun Palace of Joan Littlewood and Cedric Price as a Cultural Project

Architecture, Media, Archives: The Fun Palace of Joan...

Author: Dr Ana Bonet Miró
ISBN: 9781350345409
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A critical investigation of the 1960s Fun Palace that focuses on its ambitious cultural agenda and emphasises the...  Read More >>

Ancient Fantasies and Modern Power: Neo-Antique Architecture at American World's Fairs, 1893–1915

Ancient Fantasies and Modern Power: Neo-Antique Architecture...

Author: Elizabeth R. Macaulay (City University of New York)
ISBN: 9781009407137
Format: Hardback
$284.63

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

Hubris: Pericles, the Parthenon, and the Invention of Athens

Hubris: Pericles, the Parthenon, and the Invention of...

Author: David Stuttard
ISBN: 9780674258471
Format: Hardback
$51.95

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

Aubrey's Villa

Aubrey's Villa

Author: Kate Bennett ,  Peter Davidson
ISBN: 9781918403039
Format: Hardback
$108.21

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

Green-Roof Houses: Environmentally Responsive Architecture

Green-Roof Houses: Environmentally Responsive Architecture...

Author: Oscar Riera Ojeda ,  James Moore McCown
ISBN: 9780847876426
Format: Hardback
$165.00

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

Skywatchers of Prehistory, the Hidden Origins of Ancient Shamanic Astronomy

Skywatchers of Prehistory, the Hidden Origins of Ancient...

Author: Alistair Ravenhurst
ISBN: 9798232810993
Format: Paperback
$100.29

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

Operation Bowler: The Audacious Allied Bombing of Venice

Operation Bowler: The Audacious Allied Bombing of Venice...

Author: Jonathan Glancey
ISBN: 9781836431329
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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

Detailing Worlds: A Conceptual History of Architectural Detail

Detailing Worlds: A Conceptual History of Architectural...

Author: Eric Bellin
ISBN: 9781350204416
Format: Paperback
$49.99

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

Architecture, Empire, and Trade: The United Africa Company

Architecture, Empire, and Trade: The United Africa Company...

Author: Iain Jackson ,  Ewan Harrison
ISBN: 9781350411357
Format: Paperback
$49.99

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

Building Modern Scotland: A Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947–1997

Building Modern Scotland: A Social and Architectural...

Author: Alistair Fair (University of Edinburgh, UK) ,  Lynn Abrams (University of Glasgow, UK)
ISBN: 9781350401747
Format: Paperback
$49.99

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

Building Stories: Perth: Gossip, Ghosts & Good Times: Perth's Most Colourful Building Histories

Building Stories: Perth: Gossip, Ghosts & Good Times:...

Author: Deb Huff
ISBN: 9781923350175
Format: Hardback
$39.99

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Architectural Encounters in Asia Pacific: Built Traces of Intercolonial Trade, Industry and Labour, 1800s-1950s

Architectural Encounters in Asia Pacific: Built Traces...

Author: Amanda Achmadi ,  Paul Walker
ISBN: 9781350421400
Format: Paperback
$49.99

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

Neutra. 45th Ed.

Neutra. 45th Ed.

Author: Barbara Lamprecht ,  Peter Gössel
ISBN: 9783754400043
Format: Hardback
$54.99

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High-Tech Britain: Buildings of the Space Age

High-Tech Britain: Buildings of the Space Age

Author: Geraint Franklin ,  Twentieth Century Society
ISBN: 9781837330379
Format: Hardback
$75.00

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

National Park Style: Patterns from the Golden Age of Rustic Design

National Park Style: Patterns from the Golden Age of...

Author: Albert H. Good
ISBN: 9781493094622
Format: Paperback
$56.99

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

Atlas of Never Built Architecture

Atlas of Never Built Architecture

Author: Sam Lubell ,  Greg Goldin
ISBN: 9781837291427
Format: Hardback
$100.00

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

Norman Foster. Networks

Norman Foster. Networks

Author: Norman Foster
ISBN: 9783754406823
Format: Hardback
$175.00

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Norman Foster. Works

Norman Foster. Works

Author: Philip Jodidio ,  Norman Foster
ISBN: 9783754405840
Format: Hardback
$175.00

Architectural icon Norman Foster walks us through his most famous projects, from the Millennium Bridge and the ""Gherkin"",...  Read More >>

Beyond Building: Architecture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France

Beyond Building: Architecture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Heidi Brevik-Zender
ISBN: 9781487565220
Format: Hardback
$160.00

Beyond Building examines architecture in nineteenth-century France through the lens of gender, making a case for...  Read More >>

World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global Archive of Itō Chūta

World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global...

Author: Matthew Mullane (Assistant Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture)
ISBN: 9780822948445
Format: Hardback
$198.00

World Observation explores the archives and architecture of Itō Chūta (1867–1954), the eminent architectural thinker...  Read More >>

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