On the Swahili coast of East Africa, monumental stone houses, tombs, and mosques mark the border zone between the interi......more
On the Swahili coast of East Africa, monumental stone houses, tombs, and mosques mark the border zone between the interi......more
’If there is one thing we can learn from John Ruskin, it is that each age must find its own way to beauty’ writes Lars S......more
If there is one thing we can learn from John Ruskin, it is that each age must find its own way to beauty writes Lars Sp......more
First study of the role of architecture in the work of Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American paint......more
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A compelling call to apply Buckminster Fuller’s creative problem-solving to present-day problems A self-professed "compr......more
The typical town springs up around a natural resource--a river, an ocean, an exceptionally deep harbor--or in proximity ......more
The saga of Emerald Ashby is an authentic work of historical fiction. Set in the late 1920s, against the backdrop of arr......more
What should a television look like? How should a dial on a radio feel to the touch? These were questions John Vassos ask......more
What should a television look like? How should a dial on a radio feel to the touch? These were questions John Vassos ask......more
The leading movements, major figures, works, and ideas that shaped the architecture of the twentieth century and the fir......more
This book analyzes the construction of the first Hebrew University, which the author identifies as central to Zionist go......more
Voyage Le Corbusier collects for the first time a compendium of sketchbook drawings and watercolors of Charles-Edouard J......more
A definitive intellectual history of landscape urbanism It has become conventional to think of urbanism and landscape as......more
Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is one the most influential architects of the twentieth century. In the Scandinavian countries,......more
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Until his death at age 104, Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) was something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven d......more
Until his death at age 104, Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) was something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven d......more
Precisions on the Present State of Architecture and City Planning, or Precisions as the book is commonly known, originat......more
Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, who......more
Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, who......more
In the architecture of Richard Neutra (1892-1970), inside and outside find their perfect modernist harmony. As the Calif......more
Building Modern Turkey offers a critical account of how the built environment mediated Turkey s transition from a plural......more
Philip Webb was a British architect known as a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and also a key member of the Pre-......more
Mit Josef Frank (1885-1967) widmet sich der Katalog zur Ausstellung im MAK, Wien, einem der bedeutendsten sterreichische......more
The Wiener Werkstätte ("Vienna Workshop") bears many hallmarks of a modern creative movement. Founded in 1903 by Josef H......more
The Wiener Werkstätte ("Vienna Workshop") bears many hallmarks of a modern creative movement. Founded in 1903 by Josef H......more
The story of Alfred Barr and Philip Johnson, two young men, now acknowledged as giants in the history of modernism, who ......more
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George Gilbert Scott was the most prolific and most famous of Victorian architects. For many, however, blinded by prejud......more
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Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20......more
The seventh book in the Architecture in Context series, this is a comprehensive survey of European architecture from the......more
Famed for his motto "less is more," Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was one of the founding fathers of modern archi......more
Le Corbusier s Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut is one of the most unique and surprising religious buildings of the 20th cen......more
Acclaimed as the "father of skyscrapers," the quintessentially American icon Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an archi......more
Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of......more
"Presents new information about the creation and construction of the Hotel Ponce de Leon, its eighty years as a luxury r......more
American Architects and the Single-Family Home explains how a small group of architects started the Architects’ Small Ho......more
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American Architects and the Single-Family Home explains how a small group of architects started the Architects Small Ho......more
In 1932 nineteen-year-old John H. Howe arrived at Taliesin as a charter member of Frank Lloyd Wright s Taliesin Fellowsh......more
While there are times when the mix of old and new buildings and the chaotic activities of thousands of students can give......more
In a fleeting fourteen year period, sandwiched between two world wars, Germany’s Bauhaus school of art and design change......more
From the towering Sagrada Família to the shimmering, textured façade of Casa Batlló and the enchanting landscape of Park......more
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Carpeted in boreal forests, dotted with lakes, cut by rivers, and straddling the Arctic Circle, the region surrounding t......more
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In the period from 1890 to 1940, landscape architects organized as a profession distinct from art and architecture, brin......more
This groundbreaking book explores postwar Latin American architecture during the dynamic years between 1955 and 1980--a ......more
In 1901, Florence McCrea married into one of the most prosperous families in the Dominion of Canada, becoming Lady Eaton......more
Columns of Smoke is a four-volume collection. The first volume includes Photography or Life and Popular Mies, which ......more
As the symbolists, constructivists and surrealists of the historical avant-garde began to abandon traditional theatre sp......more
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An in-depth look at cutting-edge and modern home designs from around the world. Building a home bridges the individual v......more
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A comparison between the Western and Chinese culture as is expres at least until the Second Post War, when the advent of......more
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A study of London suburban-set writing, exploring the links between place and fiction. This book charts a picture of evo......more
While the first half of the 20th century in architecture was, to a large extent, characterized by innovations in aesthet......more
While the first half of the 20th century in architecture was, to a large extent, characterized by innovations in aesthet......more
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On the Very Edge brings together fourteen empirical and comparative essays about the production, perception, and recepti......more
In a series of three symposia at Columbia University in the 1960s, leading scholars and critics gathered to re-examine t......more
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Runner-up, University Co-op Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, 2015 Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, a......more
A study of London suburban-set writing, exploring the links between place and fiction. This book charts a picture of evo......more
In the west coast port city of Gothenburg, Sweden, the architect Gunnar Asplund built a modest extension to an old court......more
This book was short listed for the Western Australia Premier Book Award in the Western Australia History catagory in Oct......more
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Heritage Toronto Book Award -- Shortlisted, Non-Fiction Book A popular history of the Riverdale area of Toronto, includi......more
The decision to convert the eastern wing of the General Staff Building into a museum of nineteenth- and twentieth-centur......more
Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is one of the giants of twentieth-century architecture and design. Born Charles Edouard Jeanner......more
This book offers the first full-scale examination of the architecture associated with the Arts and Crafts movement that ......more
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From the award-winning author of Wrestling with Moses comes a fascinating, accessible biography of the most important ar......more
By analyzing ten examples of buildings that embody the human experience at an extraordinary level, this book clarifies t......more
By analyzing ten examples of buildings that embody the human experience at an extraordinary level, this book clarifies t......more
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This fascinating chronicle traces New York City s growth from Wall Street at the end of the Revolutionary War to Harlem ......more
A revealing collection of astonishingly fresh and undiscovered midcentury architecture and interiors in Havana. Caribbea......more
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German writer, critic, and theorist Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) died nearly a century ago, but his influence is still be......more
Covered bridges are essential pieces of American and Canadian rural history, gracing the countryside from Oregon to Geor......more
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American cities are constantly being built and rebuilt, resulting in ever-changing skylines and neighborhoods. While the......more