History of architecture books

13141 books were found.

The Three Natures: Gardens and Landscapes of the Italian Renaissance

The Three Natures: Gardens and Landscapes of the Italian...

Author: Anatole Tchikine
ISBN: 9781915487230
Format: Hardback
$414.48

This book offers new scholarly perspectives on diverse roles that gardens played in Italian Renaissance culture...  Read More >>

Design as Communication: An Architectural History of Christian Universities in China

Design as Communication: An Architectural History of...

Author: Yinrui Xie
ISBN: 9781032901893
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explores the architectural history of Christian universities in China, revealing how quasi-colonial power...  Read More >>

Modelling Social Housing: Exploring the Interplay of Social Life and Built Environments on European Social Housing Estates

Modelling Social Housing: Exploring the Interplay of...

Author: Mikkel Høghøj (Aarhus University, Denmark) ,  Mette My Madsen
ISBN: 9781032934020
Format: Hardback
$375.19

The book Modelling Social Housing delves into the intricate relationship between everyday social life and the architectural...  Read More >>

Flats and Cottages: Herbert Simms and the Housing of Dublin’s Working Class 1932–1948

Flats and Cottages: Herbert Simms and the Housing of...

Author: Eoin Ó Broin ,  Mal McCann
ISBN: 9781785375736
Format: Hardback
$77.60

An exploration of the incredible career and legacy of Herbert Simms, Dublin’s first dedicated housing architect....  Read More >>

Design Strategies in Architecture: Collage, from Paper to Digital

Design Strategies in Architecture: Collage, from Paper...

Author: Anna Rosellini ,  Mariabruna Fabrizi
ISBN: 9782889154883
Format: Paperback
$82.95

A groundbreaking and interdisciplinary work on architectural collage.   Design Strategies in Architecture collects...  Read More >>

Alvar Aalto and Urban Design

Alvar Aalto and Urban Design

Author: Robert Cody ,  Angela Amoia
ISBN: 9781032779362
Format: Paperback
$83.99

 Read More >>

Le Corbusier frente a Charles Jencks: Conversaciones hipotéticas sobre el fin de la modernidad

Le Corbusier frente a Charles Jencks: Conversaciones...

Author: Rodolfo Arniches ,  Rodolfo Arniches
ISBN: 9798275767520
Format: Paperback
$32.76

¿Sigue viva la modernidad arquitectónica? ¿O fue Le Corbusier su último gran profeta... y su víctima final? Desde...  Read More >>

Alvar Aalto and Urban Design

Alvar Aalto and Urban Design

Author: Robert Cody ,  Angela Amoia
ISBN: 9781032779393
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book provides a fresh look at Alvar Aalto’s regional and community planning work, particularly the ways in...  Read More >>

Art Nouveau: The Architecture of Modern Life

Art Nouveau: The Architecture of Modern Life

Author: Paul Greenhalgh
ISBN: 9781911736189
Format: Hardback
$110.00

Leading expert Paul Greenhalgh presents a groundbreaking visual and scholarly journey through Art Nouveau – spanning...  Read More >>

Birmingham: A Drone's Eye View

Birmingham: A Drone's Eye View

Author: Jonathan Berg ,  Jonathan Berg
ISBN: 9781739645731
Format: Hardback
$51.75

From street level to skyline, discover Birmingham through stunning drone photography. Landmarks and hidden corners...  Read More >>

Architecture in the Baltic States: Cities, Landscapes and Heritage of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Architecture in the Baltic States: Cities, Landscapes...

Author: Marco Falsetti
ISBN: 9781032381848
Format: Hardback
$375.19

This book explores the architecture of the Baltic States, a region still relatively unexplored in architectural...  Read More >>

Institution Architecture: Building the Avant-Garde: A Sociological Approach

Institution Architecture: Building the Avant-Garde:...

Author: Lina Stergiou
ISBN: 9781032191270
Format: Hardback
$305.00

 Read More >>

Walter Benjamin Und Adolf Loos: Nachdenken Uber Zerstorung

Walter Benjamin Und Adolf Loos: Nachdenken Uber Zerstorung...

Author: Dietrich Worbs
ISBN: 9783786128717
Format: Hardback
$84.48

Berlin im Dezember 1930: Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) bekommt die Schriften des Architekten Adolf Loos (1870-1933)...  Read More >>

Rudolph M. Schindler’s Unbuilt Architecture: Design Theory, Languages and Methods Toward Space Making

Rudolph M. Schindler’s Unbuilt Architecture: Design...

Author: Jin-Ho Park
ISBN: 9781041104681
Format: Hardback
$375.19

This book explores Rudolph M. Schindler’s design theory, architectural language, and methods, with a focus on his...  Read More >>

Behind Office Doors: Use and Users in the History of Office Buildings

Behind Office Doors: Use and Users in the History of...

Author: Jens van de Maele (KU Leuven) ,  Ruth Baumeister
ISBN: 9789462704992
Format: Paperback
$87.98

A transdisciplinary history of the 20th-century office, exploring how its spatial forms, technological systems and...  Read More >>

Art Deco London

Art Deco London

Author: Franco Pfaller
ISBN: 9781398121874
Format: Paperback
$51.72

 Read More >>

Lighthouses of Wales

Lighthouses of Wales

Author: Warren Kovach
ISBN: 9781398120624
Format: Paperback
$41.37

A fascinating illustrated history of the lighthouses around the coast of Wales from their beginnings to the present...  Read More >>

Restoring America: Historic Preservation and the New Deal

Restoring America: Historic Preservation and the New...

Author: Stephanie Gray
ISBN: 9781625348975
Format: Paperback
$80.99

 Read More >>

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 >>

The Monuments of Westminster Abbey: Power and Memory in Early Modern Britain

The Monuments of Westminster Abbey: Power and Memory...

Author: Peter Sherlock
ISBN: 9781032383262
Format: Paperback
$103.47

This is the first critical history of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century monuments of Westminster Abbey.  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 >>

The Monuments of Westminster Abbey: Power and Memory in Early Modern Britain

The Monuments of Westminster Abbey: Power and Memory...

Author: Peter Sherlock
ISBN: 9781032383248
Format: Hardback
$375.19

This is the first critical history of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century monuments of Westminster Abbey.  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 >>

Latest Reading Guide

NOV RG 20252

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List