Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial books

A narrative history of the motion picture exhibition business and the moviegoing experience in Baltimore from 1894....  Read More >>

Commercial architecture in Mexico today has reached an uncommon level of specialization. With globalization and...  Read More >>

From health spas to schools, country clubs to corporate office buildings, industrial warehouses to restaurants,...  Read More >>

Examines an important selection of the important and experimental contemporary designs for public spaces throughout...  Read More >>

Provides an illustrated guide to the historic county jails of Texas. This book takes readers to each of the 254...  Read More >>

How a building and the reaction to it signaled the end of an era; the transformation of architectural practice in...  Read More >>

Concentrates on extraordinary Canadian and American hotels. Ranging from funky and inexpensive to elegant and wildly...  Read More >>

Addresses the design needs of older people in the outdoor environment. This book provides the six design principles...  Read More >>

A comprehensive look at Brunel's most famous and his lesser-known achievements. This remarkable book takes each...  Read More >>

Drawing on material presented at the OECD Programme on Educational Building's conference in London on Creating...  Read More >>

Remembering Women Murdered by Men features the voices of memorial makers and the struggle of bringing public attention...  Read More >>

The format of this book, with its cloth cover and three different paper stocks, will appeal to architects. The adaptation...  Read More >>

Picture postcards have provided a visual record of courthouses since the late 1800's. That history is chronicled...  Read More >>

Addresses the design needs of older people in the outdoor environment. This book provides the six design principles...  Read More >>

The latest title in the Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks series, Theaters offers a richly illustrated...  Read More >>

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Takes readers on a tour of the University of Chicago, an institution that since its founding in 1890 has exerted...  Read More >>

Ford Peatross, Library of Congress; Pamela Scott, American University; William Seale, White House Historical Association;...  Read More >>

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Describing how presidential commemoration has evolved over the past century, this book explores the visual and material...  Read More >>

Illustrated with 250 reproductions of works of art, this book presents the history of the Getty Museum, its renowned...  Read More >>

The Getty Villa in Malibu includes the only museum in the United States devoted solely to classical antiquities....  Read More >>

Illustrated with 250 reproductions of works of art, this book presents the history of the Getty Museum, its renowned...  Read More >>

Inscribed as World Heritage by UNESCO in 1993, the Qutb groups of monuments contains over 70 heritage buildings...  Read More >>

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