History of architecture books

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

Diese Publikation eröffnet neue Einblicke in die Geschichte der römischen Basilika San Giovanni in Laterano. Sie...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking study examines courtyard architecture across Paris, Florence, Siena, Granada, and Yazd to reveal...  Read More >>

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

This new English edition of Roman Building makes available the most up-to-date revision of the text to a new generation...  Read More >>

This book is the first comprehensive account of the architecture, history and significance of the building that...  Read More >>

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

This study is devoted to the Gothic cathedral in Cracow, analysed in the broad context of the stylistic transformations...  Read More >>

This book is an attempt to comprehend the reasons for modernity in the Balkans, through the figures of Le Corbusier...  Read More >>

Does a house built of stone truly possess a soul, or is it the collective spirit of the faithful that breathes life...  Read More >>

Die in den Jahren 1929-31 errichtete Villa Beer in Wien darf als „das wohl bedeutendste Beispiel Wiener Wohnkultur...  Read More >>

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

The French Hôtel, an aristocratic Paris townhouse, is to the art of the plan as the Venetian Palace is to the art...  Read More >>

Charles III of Croy, Duke of Aarschot, was one of the highest noblemen of the Low Countries and a foremost patron...  Read More >>

Explore the haunting allure of forgotten industrial giants in this evocative photo book of abandoned factories,...  Read More >>

The stories behind the most glamorous houses on the French Riviera.  Read More >>

The first publication of artist and architect Frederick Kiesler s epoch-spanning history of human architecture,...  Read More >>

This book seeks to answer seminal questions in the field of architectural history, with specific concern to architectural...  Read More >>

Humanity didn't lose its history - we buried it. Forgotten Architects rips the dust sheets off humanity's oldest...  Read More >>

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

Discover the timeless charm and mechanical poetry of historic windmills in this captivating photo book of fifty...  Read More >>

New England Lighthouses There are over 200 historic Lighthouses surviving in New England and their natural setting...  Read More >>

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

How Was the Great Pyramid of Cheops Really Built? For centuries, theories have been repeated that, when examined...  Read More >>

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