History of architecture books

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Shaping Ceremony offers a fresh approach to ancient Greek architecture, using the overlooked subject of monumental...  Read More >>

A guide to the architecture that gives British railways their identity, from stations to signal boxes.Roots of Britain's...  Read More >>

Reveals the influence and role of Provincial Governors in Vice-Regal policymaking, affecting administration and...  Read More >>

Gray rock fences built of ancient limestone are hallmarks of Kentucky's Bluegrass landscape. Why did Kentucky farmers...  Read More >>

San Francisco is a city designed for artists and wanderers. From North Beach, to Chinatown, to the cold, rough surf...  Read More >>

The 1876 United States Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia was not only the United States' first important world's...  Read More >>

What does jihad really mean? This book unravels the way interpretations of jihad have changed over the years.  Read More >>

The advent of the airplane and skyscraper in 1920s and '30s America offered the population an entirely new way to...  Read More >>

With a Foreword by Roger W. Moss Although Clay Lancaster (1917-2000) established himself as an expert on New York...  Read More >>

During the eight decades preceding the Civil War, Kentucky was the scene of tremendous building activity. In his...  Read More >>

The ante bellum homes of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky, are both more numerous and more distinctive in...  Read More >>

Beyond Live/Work: the architecture of home-based work explores the old but neglected building type that combines...  Read More >>

While the first half of the 20th century in architecture was, to a large extent, characterized by innovations in...  Read More >>

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"272 pictures and an unique Sightseeing Map of Prominent Historic Buildings illustrate this book about Shanghai's...  Read More >>

A historian of medieval art and architecture with a rich appreciation of literary studies, Stephen Murray brings...  Read More >>

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Louis I. Kahn is widely known as an architect of powerful buildings. But although much has been said about his buildings,...  Read More >>

Wie konstituiert sich die offene Stadt nach einer longue durée der Ummauerung als neue räumliche Existenz? Turin,...  Read More >>

A collection of walks around the city, which demonstrate the influence that the different ruling periods have had...  Read More >>

The Tempietto was the pre-eminent commission of the Catholic kings, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel of Castile, in...  Read More >>

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These outstanding photographic reports aim to draw attention to the often dramatic fate of a country’s abandoned...  Read More >>