History of architecture books

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High-Tech Britain: Buildings of the Space Age

High-Tech Britain: Buildings of the Space Age

Author: Geraint Franklin ,  Twentieth Century Society
ISBN: 9781837330379
Format: Hardback
$75.00

A showcase of Britain’s most astonishing examples of High-Tech buildings from the late twentieth century and beyond....  Read More >>

Old Ontario Houses: Traditions in Local Architecture

Old Ontario Houses: Traditions in Local Architecture...

Author: Tom Cruickshank ,  John de Visser, R C a
ISBN: 9780228106036
Format: Paperback
$79.07

A pictorial guide to over 150 homes dating from the late 18th, the 19th and the 20th centuries throughout the province...  Read More >>

Barcelona: The Urban Evolution of a Compact City

Barcelona: The Urban Evolution of a Compact City

Author: Joan Busquets
ISBN: 9781966515715
Format: Paperback
$118.80

An examination of the 2,000 year history of urban development in Barcelona, and prospects for the city in the twenty-first...  Read More >>

National Park Style: Patterns from the Golden Age of Rustic Design

National Park Style: Patterns from the Golden Age of...

Author: Albert H. Good
ISBN: 9781493094622
Format: Paperback
$56.99

Containing over 1200 photographs and detailed line drawings from which one can design and build directly, National...  Read More >>

Crossing Boundaries: How Ornament Led to Architecture

Crossing Boundaries: How Ornament Led to Architecture...

Author: Sidney K Robinson
ISBN: 9781938938801
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Frank Lloyd Wright, America's most noted architect, crossed boundaries as he thought and as he designed. He discussed...  Read More >>

Soviet Scientific Institutes

Soviet Scientific Institutes

Author: Eric Lusito ,  Paul Josephson
ISBN: 9781068294600
Format: Hardback
$69.73

These photographs of once top-secret institutes reveal both fantastical and futuristic technology, alongside crumbling...  Read More >>

Roaming Britain: Gypsy, Traveller and Nomadic Communities in the Built Environment

Roaming Britain: Gypsy, Traveller and Nomadic Communities...

Author: Alice Power ,  Lauren Alderton
ISBN: 9781915722454
Format: Hardback
$116.44

An illustrated history of nomadic living in Britain in the pursuit of more inclusive housing policy and design....  Read More >>

Cartographies of Catastrophes: Disaster Documentation and Reconstruction Plans in Europe, 1821–Present

Cartographies of Catastrophes: Disaster Documentation...

Author: Laura Demeter ,  Carmen M. Enss
ISBN: 9789462705074
Format: Paperback
$182.16

Disaster mapping and reconstruction from the 19th century to the present, with European case studies illustrating...  Read More >>

The Iconic Nordic House: Modern Masterworks Since 1900

The Iconic Nordic House: Modern Masterworks Since 1900...

Author: Dominic Bradbury ,  Richard Powers
ISBN: 9780500026236
Format: Hardback
$110.00

This lavishly illustrated book explores the great exemplars of Nordic residential architecture from the past 120...  Read More >>

Tennessee State Capitol

Tennessee State Capitol

Author: Jane Moorman
ISBN: 9781969868344
Format: Paperback
$42.21

Photographer Jane Moorman displays the architecture and décor of the Tennessee State Capitol in a way that invites...  Read More >>

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Coloring Book: 36 Detachable Drawings to Color from Easy to Difficult

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Coloring Book: 36...

Author: Fallingwater Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
ISBN: 9781938461767
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Coloring Book gives the observer an opportunity to engage with the historical...  Read More >>

Norman Foster: Networks

Norman Foster: Networks

Author: Norman Foster
ISBN: 9783754406823
Format: Hardback
$175.00

In richly visual essays, written and curated by Foster himself, the internationally celebrated architect examines...  Read More >>

Norman Foster: Works

Norman Foster: Works

Author: Philip Jodidio ,  Norman Foster
ISBN: 9783754405840
Format: Hardback
$175.00

Architectural icon Norman Foster walks us through his most famous projects, from the Millennium Bridge and the ""Gherkin"",...  Read More >>

Beyond Building: Architecture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France

Beyond Building: Architecture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Heidi Brevik-Zender
ISBN: 9781487565220
Format: Hardback
$160.00

Beyond Building examines architecture in nineteenth-century France through the lens of gender, making a case for...  Read More >>

World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global Archive of Itō Chūta

World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global...

Author: Matthew Mullane (Assistant Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture)
ISBN: 9780822948445
Format: Hardback
$198.00

World Observation explores the archives and architecture of Itō Chūta (1867–1954), the eminent architectural thinker...  Read More >>

Under the Great Rotunda: Architectural Mastery within the Basilica of San Carlo Borromeo

Under the Great Rotunda: Architectural Mastery within...

Author: T M Aquinas
ISBN: 9798295572340
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Does your soul yearn for a sanctuary that the modern world can no longer provide? In an age where beauty is...  Read More >>

The Baptist's Sanctuary: The Enduring Legacy of the Turin Cathedral...The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist

The Baptist's Sanctuary: The Enduring Legacy of the...

Author: T M Aquinas
ISBN: 9798295572241
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Does your soul ache for a tangible connection to the suffering and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ? Across the...  Read More >>

Under the Golden Keys: How the Basilica of Sant'Andrea Redefined the Renaissance

Under the Golden Keys: How the Basilica of Sant'Andrea...

Author: T M Aquinas
ISBN: 9798295572678
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Can a single drop of Blood hold the weight of the entire world? Step inside the hollowed silence of Mantua, where...  Read More >>

Medieval Dublin: An Illustrated History

Medieval Dublin: An Illustrated History

Author: Pat Dargan
ISBN: 9781916742666
Format: Paperback
$46.55

Explores the architectural heritage of Medieval Dublin in an accessible, illustrated volume for general readers....  Read More >>

American Bridge: Reinventing Building, Making History

American Bridge: Reinventing Building, Making History...

Author: Gregory Dreicer
ISBN: 9780262552110
Format: Paperback
$160.00

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The Threshold: How Doorways, Borders, and In-Between Spaces Shape Everything We Are

The Threshold: How Doorways, Borders, and In-Between...

Author: Mohammad Yusuf
ISBN: 9798233344718
Format: Paperback
$42.21

What happens in the moment before you cross? Every day you walk through dozens of doors without a single thought....  Read More >>

French Gothic Ivories: Material Theologies and the Sculptor’s Craft

French Gothic Ivories: Material Theologies and the Sculptor’s...

Author: Sarah M. Guérin (University of Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9781009018876
Format: Paperback
$103.47

This monograph traces the first century of Gothic ivory sculpture (1230–1330) through a panoply of new sources,...  Read More >>

Excavate, Accrete, Stratify: An Ecology of Ideas

Excavate, Accrete, Stratify: An Ecology of Ideas

Author: Nisha Mathew Ghosh
ISBN: 9781032966755
Format: Paperback
$98.30

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

Excavate, Accrete, Stratify: An Ecology of Ideas

Excavate, Accrete, Stratify: An Ecology of Ideas

Author: Nisha Mathew Ghosh
ISBN: 9781032966748
Format: Hardback
$401.06

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

Stone Echoes: A Guide to the Cave Culture of Khandagiri and Udayagiri

Stone Echoes: A Guide to the Cave Culture of Khandagiri...

Author: Indramani Jena
ISBN: 9781645608455
Format: Paperback
$42.24

Step into the mesmerizing world of the Khandagiri and Udayagiri caves, situated near the vibrant city of Bhubaneswar...  Read More >>

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