History of architecture books

Esra Akcan explores architecture's role in the healing processes that take place following socioeconomic, political,...  Read More >>

Reveals the subtle ways in which Roman patrons across the Mediterranean affected perception of change and continuity...  Read More >>

Construct introduces a new category of architecture and engineering in our cities. These structures are highly visible,...  Read More >>

What if the very ground you walked upon held secrets whispered by saints and confirmed by miracles? Prepare to...  Read More >>

He was a 10 year old boy who lived a happy, carefree life in a real, honest-to-goodness castle in Czechoslovakia....  Read More >>

Relax! The Machines Will Do It traces humanity's evolving relationship with technology from the Machine Age to AI....  Read More >>

The Architecture of the Bight of Biafra challenges linear assumptions about agency, progress and domination in colonial...  Read More >>

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First published in 1990, this book was not meant to represent one view or approach. The only unifying element is...  Read More >>

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Historic Vermont is a captivating visual journey through one of America's most beautiful and historically rich states....  Read More >>

Do you seek the spiritual roots that anchor your faith in the grandeur of history? For centuries, Rome has been...  Read More >>

The work of Modernist architect Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) is exemplary of an in-between practice, which is neither...  Read More >>

The importance of place – as a unique spatial identity – has been recognized since antiquity. This volume examines...  Read More >>

This book traces the origins of the exhibition space by studying its visual and written imagery in the early modern...  Read More >>

This book reassesses the origins and significance of “Gothic” architecture and approaches the interpretation of...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1947, this book examines the regional styles of architecture which developed inside England...  Read More >>

Made up of both material and symbolic elements, the urban space is always dynamic and transitional; it brings together...  Read More >>

This book considers post-19th-century Athens as a unique instance of a secret side of metropolitan capitalism.  Read More >>

Arab Modernism(s) is an exploration of how the Arab world encountered modernism – sometimes inadvertently, sometimes...  Read More >>

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The book Modelling Social Housing delves into the intricate relationship between everyday social life and the architectural...  Read More >>