History of architecture books

The Brothel and Beyond deepens our understanding of women’s engagement in urban life through a close study of Venice’s...  Read More >>

Bringing together architectural, urban and social historians, this book charts the extraordinary changes that took...  Read More >>

The Classicist No. 22 explores Ohio's rich architectural history; contemporary examples of classical design through...  Read More >>

Inventing the Built Environment reveals the reconceptualisation of architecture and town planning in Britain c.1964....  Read More >>

This comprehensive and insightful book brings scientific rigor to the problems of reconstructing the Pharos Lighthouse,...  Read More >>

Over the course of their history, the Navajo have constructed many types of architecture, but during the 20th century,...  Read More >>

This is a book about sound studios, focusing on their architectural and geographical aspects. It explores how music...  Read More >>

This book orchestrates a convergence of two discourses from the 1960s—Nelson Goodman’s aesthetic theory on one side,...  Read More >>

This book focuses on understanding how a megacity like Seoul can be read as a formal architectural composition and...  Read More >>

Organized into four sections, this book covers: Theory and Historiography, Geography and Economy, Architecture and...  Read More >>

The Politics of Architectural Pedagogy in Iran explores the evolution of architectural pedagogy during two significant...  Read More >>

A Queer Reading of Nawabi Architecture and the Colonial Archive explores the architectural production of nawabs...  Read More >>

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

A major exploration of the work of American architect Bruce Goff, including the paintings, objects, and ephemera...  Read More >>

The Austrian architect-artist Hans Hollein was appointed in 1972 to design a new museum for the post-industrial...  Read More >>

Die in den Jahren 1929-31 errichtete Villa Beer in Wien darf als „das wohl bedeutendste Beispiel Wiener Wohnkultur...  Read More >>

Traces the history of one of the eight original schools of the University to study the development of the University...  Read More >>

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Explore rich insights into architecture and urban design that challenge conventional paradigms. Incisive analyses...  Read More >>

The first volume of a classic account of 5,000 years of Indian art The Art of Indian Asia is a unique work of scholarship...  Read More >>

The second volume of a classic account of 5,000 years of Indian art The Art of Indian Asia is a unique work of...  Read More >>

This book presents for the first time a coherent analysis of the British Isles as an imperial setting understood...  Read More >>

The first volume of a classic account of 5,000 years of Indian art The Art of Indian Asia is a unique work of scholarship...  Read More >>

The second volume of a classic account of 5,000 years of Indian art The Art of Indian Asia is a unique work of...  Read More >>