History of architecture books

Our image of Antioch on the Orontes, a metropolis of the Roman world, is largely shaped by the reports of ancient...  Read More >>

Twenty-one houses in and around Marfa, Texas, provide a glimpse at creative life and design in one of the art world’s...  Read More >>

Presenting over two hundred previously unpublished images from the city's largest and most comprehensive photographic...  Read More >>

A must-have guide to one of the most fertile regions for the development of Mid-Century Modern architecture  Read More >>

The global success story of the architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron is intimately bound up with Basel....  Read More >>

Die Akropolis ist in Le Corbusiers Werk allgegenwärtig. Sie war Inspirationsquelle, Prüfstein für die eigene Architektur...  Read More >>

Kritische Analyse der Architekturdebatte nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in der DDR: Herrschten in der DDR anfangs noch...  Read More >>

English summary: This text provides a translation of Book XV of Isidore of Seville's Etymologies. Beginning with...  Read More >>

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This book analyses Wright’s innovative, profoundly universal theory of architecture that drew upon geometry and...  Read More >>

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First full-length study of the impact of the Gothic Revival across the arts, from literature and architectural theory...  Read More >>

"At the end of the Second World War, Italian architects began to pay increasing attention to examples imported from...  Read More >>

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An enlightening, accessible guide to understanding and appreciating European art from the Middle Ages  Read More >>

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A fascinating pictorial history of Scottish lighthouses.  Read More >>

Modernism was instrumental in the development of twentieth and twenty-first century Scandinavian architecture. This...  Read More >>

Explores the rich and fascinating history of the city through an examination of some of its greatest architectural...  Read More >>

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In Kabul: A History, 1773-1948 May Schinasi provides a richly detailed, thoroughly documented, and well-illustrated...  Read More >>