History of architecture books

Heritage of Faith: South Texas Church Architecture and History is a deeply moving and visually captivating journey...  Read More >>

This book is the first to quantify energy inputs for a range of buildings worldwide and across the historical record....  Read More >>

A highly visual and new study of the rustic and whimsical shingled houses of Jamestown, Rhode Island from the colonial...  Read More >>

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

A stunning collection of photographs of London’s Art Deco buildings. Look through these photographs and you will...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of the Lovell Health House in Los Angeles, designed and built by Richard Neutra from 1927...  Read More >>

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

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

As public building projects, theaters are venues that expose ideological conflicts, social issues, and the way society...  Read More >>

Diana Jean S. Martinez examines the US colonial project in the Philippines through the innovative use of reinforced...  Read More >>

Over 300 spectacular photographs of London's lost buildings from the London Metropolitan Archive and other sources...  Read More >>

This book is the first comprehensive work on Russian Fractals in indigenous artifacts. While existing works focus...  Read More >>

Since the publication of the Venice Charter, authenticity has been a central guiding principle of heritage conservation....  Read More >>

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

One hundred and ninety years of hospital building history  Read More >>

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Whether celebrated landmarks or forgotten outliers, Concrete, mon amour unpacks their paradoxical nature: raw yet...  Read More >>

How people can shape a city’s spaces and how a city can shape its people  Read More >>

How people can shape a city’s spaces and how a city can shape its people  Read More >>

A 'backstage' glance, over the course of a year, at the much-loved British institution and home of the real Downton...  Read More >>

How Belgium's decentralised embassy building programme highlights the collaborative nature and diplomatic significance...  Read More >>

Durante l'esilio dei giudei nella città di Susa, capitale dell'antica Persia, una giovane donna di origini modeste...  Read More >>

""Very informative--includes subject areas that have remained underserved in terms of historiography.""--Paul George,...  Read More >>