History of architecture books

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Beauty in Architecture: Perspectives from Theory and Practice

Beauty in Architecture: Perspectives from Theory and...

Author: Nele De Raedt (UCLouvain, Belgium) ,  Maarten Delbeke (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9781350477278
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Brings together the views of architects, artists, critics, historians, and philosophers to explore how beauty can...  Read More >>

Dead Mall Rising: The Story of El Con Mall

Dead Mall Rising: The Story of El Con Mall

Author: Jon Paul Callahan ,  Joya Stevenson
ISBN: 9798999200303
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Haunting. Surreal. Nostalgic. These are words that come to mind when discussing dead malls. Not long ago, the mall...  Read More >>

The Hôtel Solvay: Victor Horta’s Art Nouveau Masterpiece

The Hôtel Solvay: Victor Horta’s Art Nouveau Masterpiece...

Author: Françoise Aubry
ISBN: 9782390253501
Format: Hardback
$75.00

Recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Hôtel Solvay is widely acclaimed as the pinnacle of Victor Horta's...  Read More >>

California Crazy. American Pop Architecture. 45th Ed.

California Crazy. American Pop Architecture. 45th Ed....

Author: Jim Heimann
ISBN: 9783754400180
Format: Hardback
$54.99

In this vivid examination of a rogue architectural style, discover the roadside structures of California. Fresh...  Read More >>

Was ist (und was ist nicht) das Tschechische an der Architektur in Böhmen?: Architekturgeschichte und Historiographie in Mitteleuropa

Was ist (und was ist nicht) das Tschechische an der...

Author:
ISBN: 9783035629866
Format: Hardback
$121.61

In this pointed collection of texts, Jindřich Vybíral questions national images of history and examines the architecture...  Read More >>

Searching for Authenticity: Rustic Architecture in America 1877-1940

Searching for Authenticity: Rustic Architecture in America...

Author: Edward Ford
ISBN: 9781957183947
Format: Paperback
$130.00

A history of a series of misunderstood masterpieces, the log-based architecture that emerged in the Adirondacks...  Read More >>

Stone to Silicon: A History of Technology and Computing

Stone to Silicon: A History of Technology and Computing...

Author: Roger Whatley ,  Bill Inmon
ISBN: 9798898160340
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Ever wonder how we got from the abacus to AI? From the dawn of computation with tally sticks to Charles Babbage's...  Read More >>

Stone to Silicon: A History of Technology and Computing

Stone to Silicon: A History of Technology and Computing...

Author: Roger Whatley ,  Bill Inmon
ISBN: 9798898160166
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Ever wonder how we got from the abacus to AI? From the dawn of computation with tally sticks to Charles Babbage's...  Read More >>

Stanley Tigerman: Drawing on the Ineffable

Stanley Tigerman: Drawing on the Ineffable

Author: George Papamattheakis ,  Patrick Burke
ISBN: 9780300278279
Format: Hardback
$103.95

A vibrant presentation of Stanley Tigerman's imaginative architectural drawings and working methods  Read More >>

The Archival Exhibition: A Decade of Research at the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, 2006–2016

The Archival Exhibition: A Decade of Research at the...

Author: Mark Wasiuta
ISBN: 9781941332849
Format: Paperback
$92.40

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The Labour Party, Housing and Urban Transformation: In Place of Squalor

The Labour Party, Housing and Urban Transformation:...

Author: Phil Child
ISBN: 9781350423657
Format: Paperback
$59.99

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

Restoring America: Historic Preservation and the New Deal

Restoring America: Historic Preservation and the New...

Author: Stephanie Gray
ISBN: 9781625348982
Format: Hardback
$229.00

Exploring how the New Deal shaped history through politically driven commemoration During the Great Depression,...  Read More >>

Rebuilding Histories in the Roman World: Architectural Restoration and Temporality from Augustus to Justinian

Rebuilding Histories in the Roman World: Architectural...

Author: Ann Marie Yasin (University of Southern California)
ISBN: 9781009564700
Format: Hardback
$336.38

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

Forms of Belonging: Armenian Architects, Vernacular Style and Architectural Placemaking in the Ottoman East

Forms of Belonging: Armenian Architects, Vernacular...

Author: Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan
ISBN: 9780755655076
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Identifies the role of Armenian architects in reinventing traditional, or vernacular, architectural style as central...  Read More >>

How Structures Work: Design and Behaviour from Bridges to Buildings

How Structures Work: Design and Behaviour from Bridges...

Author: David Yeomans (University of Liverpool, UK)
ISBN: 9781394340132
Format: Paperback
$93.95

HOW STRUCTURES WORK DESIGN AND BEHAVIOUR FROM BRIDGES TO BUILDINGS, THIRD EDITION DAVID YEOMANS Structural engineering...  Read More >>

Retrospective Columns: Ionic Capitals and Perceptions of the Past in Greek Architecture

Retrospective Columns: Ionic Capitals and Perceptions...

Author: Samuel Holzman (Assistant Professor)
ISBN: 9780691262550
Format: Hardback
$115.00

An innovative study of how and why ancient Greek builders sometimes combined older and contemporary carving styles...  Read More >>

The Architectural Casino: Conversations about Modernism in Haifa

The Architectural Casino: Conversations about Modernism...

Author: Ines Weizman
ISBN: 9783035806878
Format: Paperback
$72.45

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

Chetham’s Library

Chetham’s Library

Author: Chetham’s Library
ISBN: 9781836360377
Format: Paperback
$20.57

An illustrated guide to Chetham’s Library, the oldest surviving...  Read More >>

Building for Belgium: Belgian Embassies in a Globalising World (1945–2020)

Building for Belgium: Belgian Embassies in a Globalising...

Author: Bram De Maeyer (KU Leuven)
ISBN: 9789462704886
Format: Paperback
$87.98

How Belgium's decentralised embassy building programme highlights the collaborative nature and diplomatic significance...  Read More >>

Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles

Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of...

Author: Andrew Ziminski
ISBN: 9781800818699
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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