History of architecture books

What building today tells us about tomorrow's Earth and our place on it.  Read More >>

This book is about the architecture and design of broadcasting in the 1920s and 1930s, examining the buildings which...  Read More >>

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From Brooklyn brownstones to Bauhaus blocks, Art Deco icons to towering skyscrapers New York's ever-evolving skyline...  Read More >>

A sweeping history of humanity’s most fundamental creation—the home—and its effects on the land, cities and people...  Read More >>

The Irvine Ranch: Fulfilling the Vision, 1977-2026 continues the story of the planning and development of the Irvine...  Read More >>

The Irvine Ranch: Fulfilling the Vision, 1977-2026 continues the story of the planning and development of the Irvine...  Read More >>

Pulitzer Prize–winner Blair Kamin introduces twenty-five essays, covering each gate at Harvard Yard. Richly illustrated,...  Read More >>

An essay that deftly deconstructs the history of 'Islamic architecture', challenging colonial narratives and promoting...  Read More >>

An expanded new edition of this fascinating and lavishly illustrated landmark volume offers a guided tour of Hamptons...  Read More >>

Look around the room you are in right now. Its dimensions, its layout, its relationship to light and to the street...  Read More >>

From Toledo to Moscow and Stockholm to Seville, discover the continent's finest architecture with the Sunday Times...  Read More >>

A provocative and personal investigation into the intersection of race, identity, and the built environment.  Read More >>

Lavishly illustrated, this is the first book on the global and postcolonial entanglements of Austrian architecture...  Read More >>

This book uses a wide range of textual, visual and material evidence to offer the first comparative, interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

What transforms grief into one of the greatest architectural masterpieces ever created? The Taj Mahal: Eternal Beauty,...  Read More >>

This beautifully illustrated book showcases a selection of 60 remarkable interiors selected from the thousands cared...  Read More >>

Offers a survey of a decade of school building design by Berlin- and Lausanne-based AFF Architekten, a collective...  Read More >>

In this elegant follow-up to the bestselling Brutalist Japan, Paul Tulett brings his distinctive eye to South Korea's...  Read More >>

This study relates Art Deco architecture in Hong Kong with local socioeconomic and political contexts, and adopts...  Read More >>

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This book offers a window into history: to the most famous conflicts fought on American soil, the triumphant victories...  Read More >>

A lavishly illustrated 200-year history of the University of Manchester. For the first time, the story is told in...  Read More >>

Out There is a critical survey of 50 architectural firms working across America's regional cities and small towns....  Read More >>

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