History of architecture books

'I loved this book. What a joy to read a craftsman so clearly in love with his craft' SIMON JENKINS 'A...  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 >>

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'I loved this book. What a joy to read a craftsman so clearly in love with his craft' SIMON JENKINS 'A...  Read More >>

From “tomorrow’s greatest designer” (The Atlantic), a personal and deeply researched look at how the choices we...  Read More >>

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

Choosing Architecture traces the history of arguments about architecture in the West via analyses of key documents...  Read More >>

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

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

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

Manfredo Tafuri was one of the most important historians of architecture in the 20th century, and his work continues...  Read More >>

Explore the rich history of Wrexham in this guided tour through its most fascinating historic and modern buildings....  Read More >>

A fascinating exploration of the windmills of Essex, including those still standing today and those lost in the...  Read More >>

An examination of how immersive colonial revival projects contributed to the formation of a White nationalist identity...  Read More >>

Celebrate the beauty of American design with this stunning hardcover coffee table book that explores traditional...  Read More >>

This book considers the motives, and ambitions of writing architectural history during the 1900s. In reference to...  Read More >>

This will be the first book to focus on the African patrons, who commissioned grand family mansions from the 1860s...  Read More >>

Long before telescopes, observatories, or written calendars, human beings were already studying the sky. Across...  Read More >>

The thrilling true story behind the Allies’ mission to take back Venice from the Germans – and save its artistic...  Read More >>

The first in-depth study of the history of Scottish new towns – their architecture, planning and communities.  Read More >>

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Sanskar Kendra stands as one of Le Corbusier's lesser-known architectural achievements, a cultural center designed...  Read More >>

Architects and artists have always acknowledged over the centuries that Rome is rightly called the »eternal city«....  Read More >>

Country Houses: The Architecture of Mark P. Finlay grants exclusive access beyond the stone walls and the guardhouses...  Read More >>