History of architecture books

A beautifully illustrated look at the complex past of Princeton's Mallorcan stairway and gallery In preparation...  Read More >>

Mapping has evolved beyond navigation into a method for interpreting spatial, ephemeral, and sociopolitical dimensions...  Read More >>

This book offers a novel twist, combining intra-/inter-disciplinary research across the humanities and social sciences...  Read More >>

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

One part photo essay, one part urban archeology adventure, and one part rally cry for historic preservation, this...  Read More >>

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

National Socialism did not emerge in an intellectual vacuum, nor can its philosophical structure be adequately understood...  Read More >>

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

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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 >>

Using rarely published archival materials as well as new drawings produced by the book’s author, Oblique Experiments...  Read More >>

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This book offers one of the first critical, research-oriented biographies of an architectural practice from the...  Read More >>