History of architecture books

From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of the ways children's playthings and surroundings...  Read More >>

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David Scott, writer, U.K. Dracula. First light"" is the book we've all been waiting for since 1897. Since the launching...  Read More >>

A beautifully illustrated exploration of Arts and Crafts buildings across the United States, showcasing the movement's...  Read More >>

Forgotten chapter in early 20th-century European planning history, offering a fresh perspective on urbanism, grounded...  Read More >>

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This volume is a history of monuments, primarily exploring Kinkakuji, the Golden Pavilion of Japan. It adopts a...  Read More >>

The overlooked history of modern church architecture in post-war Australia Over 1,650 churches were built in Queensland,...  Read More >>

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After the First World War, Interior Design emerged in Britain as a distinctive profession, one that used fresh eyes...  Read More >>

What if the greatest mystery of human achievement wasn't lost to time, but hidden in plain sight? Beneath the blazing...  Read More >>

Wie sahen die mittelalterlichen Rathäuser aus und woher stammten ihre architektonischen Formen? Wie wurden sie benutzt?...  Read More >>

As a subject, Waterloo Bridge fascinated writers and artists such as Dickens, Constable, Monet and Derain. This...  Read More >>

This publication, the second volume of a broader project, presents the immured glazed vessels (the bacini) located...  Read More >>

During the interwar years, the discourse of regional planning profoundly reformulated the spatiality of race and...  Read More >>

This volume offers multiple perspectives on the study of the 'petrification of wealth' during the central Middle...  Read More >>

The Architecture of the Bight of Biafra challenges linear assumptions about agency, progress and domination in colonial...  Read More >>

This volume proposes an interdependent relationship between progress and obstacles in architecture and the built...  Read More >>

During the interwar years, the discourse of regional planning profoundly reformulated the spatiality of race and...  Read More >>

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Between 1950 and 1971 in Germany, 26 new synagogues were built. The consecration of the synagogues in Saarbrücken...  Read More >>

This volume proposes an interdependent relationship between progress and obstacles in architecture and the built...  Read More >>

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This volume examines this increased emphasis on motion with eight essays encompassing a geographical span of Portugal...  Read More >>