History of architecture books

13209 books were found.

Opera and the Built Environment

Opera and the Built Environment

Author: Laura Vasilyeva
ISBN: 9780226844466
Format: Paperback
$49.95

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Castle Howard: The Official Illustrated Tour of Britain's Finest Country House

Castle Howard: The Official Illustrated Tour of Britain's...

Author: Christopher Ridgway
ISBN: 9781785516177
Format: Hardback
$37.99

Castle Howard is the official illustrated guide to Britain’s finest country house, written by its own curator, and...  Read More >>

John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture

John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture

Author: Charles Saumarez Smith
ISBN: 9781848227316
Format: Hardback
$95.99

Sir John Vanbrugh was one of Britain’s greatest architects and the designer of some of the most important and best...  Read More >>

Walter Benjamin Und Adolf Loos: Nachdenken Uber Zerstorung

Walter Benjamin Und Adolf Loos: Nachdenken Uber Zerstorung...

Author: Dietrich Worbs
ISBN: 9783786128717
Format: Hardback
$84.48

Berlin im Dezember 1930: Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) bekommt die Schriften des Architekten Adolf Loos (1870-1933)...  Read More >>

Chinese Experimental Architecture Or French Poststructuralist Theory: Different Patches of the Concrete

Chinese Experimental Architecture Or French Poststructuralist...

Author: Ruo Jia
ISBN: 9781032907321
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book starts with a paradox: how the Chinese Cultural Revolution—through its adaptation by French Theory and...  Read More >>

Behind Office Doors: Use and Users in the History of Office Buildings

Behind Office Doors: Use and Users in the History of...

Author: Jens van de Maele (KU Leuven) ,  Ruth Baumeister
ISBN: 9789462704992
Format: Paperback
$87.98

A transdisciplinary history of the 20th-century office, exploring how its spatial forms, technological systems and...  Read More >>

Lighthouses of Wales

Lighthouses of Wales

Author: Warren Kovach
ISBN: 9781398120624
Format: Paperback
$41.37

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

Art Deco London

Art Deco London

Author: Franco Pfaller
ISBN: 9781398121874
Format: Paperback
$51.72

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Restoring America: Historic Preservation and the New Deal

Restoring America: Historic Preservation and the New...

Author: Stephanie Gray
ISBN: 9781625348975
Format: Paperback
$80.99

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Beauty in Architecture: Perspectives from Theory and Practice

Beauty in Architecture: Perspectives from Theory and...

Author: Nele De Raedt (UCLouvain, Belgium) ,  Maarten Delbeke (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9781350477278
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Brings together the views of architects, artists, critics, historians, and philosophers to explore how beauty can...  Read More >>

Searching for Authenticity: Rustic Architecture in America 1877-1940

Searching for Authenticity: Rustic Architecture in America...

Author: Edward Ford
ISBN: 9781957183947
Format: Paperback
$130.00

A history of a series of misunderstood masterpieces, the log-based architecture that emerged in the Adirondacks...  Read More >>

Stone to Silicon: A History of Technology and Computing

Stone to Silicon: A History of Technology and Computing...

Author: Roger Whatley ,  Bill Inmon
ISBN: 9798898160340
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Ever wonder how we got from the abacus to AI? From the dawn of computation with tally sticks to Charles Babbage's...  Read More >>

Early Architects of Los Angeles: Fifteen Profiles, 1884-1951

Early Architects of Los Angeles: Fifteen Profiles, 1884-1951...

Author: Antonio Gonzalez
ISBN: 9781476692364
Format: Paperback
$131.87

Professional architects first began to arrive in California in the 1880s. These architects wanted to practice their...  Read More >>

Stone to Silicon: A History of Technology and Computing

Stone to Silicon: A History of Technology and Computing...

Author: Roger Whatley ,  Bill Inmon
ISBN: 9798898160166
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Ever wonder how we got from the abacus to AI? From the dawn of computation with tally sticks to Charles Babbage's...  Read More >>

The Alhambra, Spain: Geometry, Light, and the Architecture of Paradise in Granada

The Alhambra, Spain: Geometry, Light, and the Architecture...

Author: Riley Carter
ISBN: 9798275642445
Format: Paperback
$34.06

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The English House: A History in Eight Buildings

The English House: A History in Eight Buildings

Author: Dan Cruickshank
ISBN: 9781529152456
Format: Hardback
$59.99

A brilliant new history of the English house, encapsulated in eight buildings This is the story of the superbly...  Read More >>

Restoring America: Historic Preservation and the New Deal

Restoring America: Historic Preservation and the New...

Author: Stephanie Gray
ISBN: 9781625348982
Format: Hardback
$229.00

Exploring how the New Deal shaped history through politically driven commemoration During the Great Depression,...  Read More >>

The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids—Featuring the Author's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Essays

The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes...

Author: Ms. Alexandra Lange
ISBN: 9781639739288
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of the ways children's playthings and surroundings...  Read More >>

Calatrava. Complete Works 1979–Today. 45th Ed.

Calatrava. Complete Works 1979–Today. 45th Ed.

Author: Philip Jodidio ,  Santiago Calatrava
ISBN: 9783754404614
Format: Hardback
$54.99

From the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan to his UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, discover...  Read More >>

Arts and Crafts Architecture across America

Arts and Crafts Architecture across America

Author: Maureen Meister
ISBN: 9780300281026
Format: Hardback
$103.95

A beautifully illustrated exploration of Arts and Crafts buildings across the United States, showcasing the movement's...  Read More >>

British Interior Design since 1925: A Critical History

British Interior Design since 1925: A Critical History...

Author: Bruce Peter ,  Drew Plunkett
ISBN: 9781848225626
Format: Hardback
$128.00

After the First World War, Interior Design emerged in Britain as a distinctive profession, one that used fresh eyes...  Read More >>

The Architectural Casino: Conversations about Modernism in Haifa

The Architectural Casino: Conversations about Modernism...

Author: Ines Weizman
ISBN: 9783035806878
Format: Paperback
$72.45

A French-language edition, which offers a new approach Weizman names ""documentary architecture,"" meaning that...  Read More >>

Mittelalterliche Rathäuser in Deutschland: Architektur und Funktion

Mittelalterliche Rathäuser in Deutschland: Architektur...

Author: Stephan Albrecht
ISBN: 9783911527408
Format: Paperback
$145.17

Wie sahen die mittelalterlichen Rathäuser aus und woher stammten ihre architektonischen Formen? Wie wurden sie benutzt?...  Read More >>

Waterloo Bridge and London River: Investigations and Reflections

Waterloo Bridge and London River: Investigations and...

Author: Andrew Saint
ISBN: 9781848227347
Format: Hardback
$95.99

As a subject, Waterloo Bridge fascinated writers and artists such as Dickens, Constable, Monet and Derain. This...  Read More >>

Folk Engineering: Planning Southern Regionalism

Folk Engineering: Planning Southern Regionalism

Author: Stephen J. Ramos
ISBN: 9781469690117
Format: Paperback
$69.99

During the interwar years, the discourse of regional planning profoundly reformulated the spatiality of race and...  Read More >>

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