Architecture books

A Companion to Public Art is the only scholarly volume to examine the main issues, theories, and practices of public...  Read More >>

The Beautiful Necessity By Claude Fayette Bragdon. A perfect mix of Architecture and Theosophy.  Read More >>

Assembling the Architect explores the origins and history of architectural practice. It unravels the competing interests...  Read More >>

Culture refers to not only the arts but also other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively....  Read More >>

Fire safety is an important part of building design. It consists of measures to prevent fires from starting, to...  Read More >>

In which ways does a green building contribute to the ecology of its surroundings? And how can ecologically designed...  Read More >>

Professional and Practical Considerations for Landscape Design is a guidebook for students or beginning professionals...  Read More >>

Over the past few decades, Japan has faced severe earthquake disasters, an increasing ageing population, declining...  Read More >>

An approachable history of one of London's most famous landmarks.  Read More >>

Way Beyond Bigness is a design-research project that studies the Mekong, Mississippi and Rhine river basins, with...  Read More >>

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The two Lausanne architects produced an exceptional school facility in Chermignon, Lower Valais. Like a Greek temple,...  Read More >>

A stunning journey through the world's most dramatic and inspiring black architecture - now in a cool, compact new...  Read More >>

The building on Oberwiesenstrasse draws upon a rich vein of traditional building methods, but these references are...  Read More >>

An examination of the use of modernism in the twentieth-century battle for US hegemony, through the activities of...  Read More >>

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When Urbanization Comes To Ground is a loosely congregated collection of essays that reflect an aggregation of encounters...  Read More >>

An imaginative means of looking at the city of Barcelona and its modern history from a new perspective; a series...  Read More >>

The second international (including Australia, Canada, USA and New Zealand) architecture and design book written...  Read More >>

In the tradition of the bestselling Where Chefs Eat: the definitive global hotel guide by the real experts who know...  Read More >>

First in-depth investigation of Allied forces' policies in occupied Austria during the Cold War and their impact...  Read More >>

The German theorist, composer, and musician Christopher Dell, widely known for his performances and teaching in...  Read More >>

This book focuses the need to strengthen social cohesion with the increasing diversity of Eurpe's cities and provides...  Read More >>

This book sheds new light on the Berlin Universities and their development in urban space.  Read More >>