History of architecture books

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

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

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

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

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

A facsimile of Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei, Fausto and Felice Niccolini’s extraordinary Pompeii publication,...  Read More >>

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This book collects thirteen exhibitions that read architecture as a field coordinated by documents with distinct...  Read More >>

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Once regarded as a cheap and easy solution, prefab houses are now seen as synonymous with ambitious design and sophisticated...  Read More >>

This is not only a book about Vittorio Gregotti’s projects and works, but rather a historical-critical analysis...  Read More >>

This comprehensive and cross-cultural study examines three-dimensional structural replicas of the Santa Casa, or...  Read More >>

As the first monograph dedicated to Walter Gropius’s activity in Britain, this book provides a comprehensive account...  Read More >>

When you leave a house for the last time and take one last look around before closing the door, it is as if you...  Read More >>

A uniquely personal biographical account of Louchheim's life and work that takes readers inside the rarified world...  Read More >>

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A sweeping narrative tracing the emergence and fate of each racial origin, follows the migrations that carried them...  Read More >>

Illustrated with case studies spanning 1,400 years, this volume unpacks the rich history, enduring influence and...  Read More >>

For over 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza has stood as an unyielding sentinel, mocking the passage of time...  Read More >>

A sweeping narrative tracing the emergence and fate of each racial origin, following the migrations that carried...  Read More >>

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

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Set against a social and political urban landscape of segregation and forced removals, this book unpacks postmodernism...  Read More >>