History of architecture books

""Towers of Manhattan"" is a compelling visual and historical survey of the iconic skyline that defined New York...  Read More >>

""Towers of Manhattan"" is a compelling visual and historical survey of the iconic skyline that defined New York...  Read More >>

""Towns and Town-Planning, Ancient & Modern"" offers a sweeping historical survey of the evolution of human settlements...  Read More >>

What if the entire world believed a lie-and only one man dared to question it? In a time when the Church ruled...  Read More >>

Presenting striking images from an amateur photographer’s album depicting a changing Broadway, this book offers...  Read More >>

A stylish exploration of one of the greatest cities for Modernist architecture in the world. Modernism, characterized...  Read More >>

Exquisitely illustrated with new photography, providing comprehensive coverage of Prior's architectural work, as...  Read More >>

The history of Britain told through the stories of twenty-five notable buildings, from the Iron Age fortification...  Read More >>

A lavishly illustrated guide to one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most important residential buildings Completed in 1910,...  Read More >>

In the decades after independence in 1947, architects in Pakistan were enlisted to build a postcolonial future –...  Read More >>

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In the decades after independence in 1947, architects in Pakistan were enlisted to build a postcolonial future –...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive account of the underground shelters in the Cappadocia region of Central Anatolia....  Read More >>

For centuries, both the Aztec and the Spanish sought to control catastrophic flooding in Tenochtitlan and later...  Read More >>

Alvar Aalto's work is strongly influenced by his experience of nature – especially in the deep forests of his Finnish...  Read More >>

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

Frank Lloyd Wright, America's most noted architect, crossed boundaries as he thought and as he designed. He discussed...  Read More >>

What if the origins of civilization are far older than we've been told? Hidden beneath the lush highlands of West...  Read More >>

Beyond the front door... Britain's leading house detective reveals the stories of eight extraordinary buildings...  Read More >>

These photographs of once top-secret institutes reveal both fantastical and futuristic technology, alongside crumbling...  Read More >>

Beneath the rolling hills of southeastern Turkey lies a discovery that rewrites the story of human civilization....  Read More >>

Beneath the rolling hills of southeastern Turkey lies a discovery that rewrites the story of human civilization....  Read More >>

An engaging, beautifully illustrated history of London told through twenty-five lost buildings  Read More >>

A richly illustrated survey of over 50 Brutalist buildings across London, combining sharp architectural insight...  Read More >>

This edition showcases the sites and structures where paranormal activity has occurred due to the often unexplainable...  Read More >>