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Towards a New Architecture
$34.99 Add to cartThe only piece of architectural writing that will be classed among the essential literature of the 20th century.
- Author: Corbusier, Le
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: January 06 2009
- ISBN10: 1638232571
- Language: English
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How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone
$25.00 Add to cartCharles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture
Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for mos- Author: Holland, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300263937
- Language: English
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World Architecture: The Masterworks
$50.00 Add to cartWill Pryce unveils a world of beauty and genius in this unparalleled, specially photographed survey of the world’s architectural master- pieces. More than 350 color photographs celebrate the finest bu… [more below]
- Author: Pryce, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0500342741
- Language: English
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Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
$49.95 Read moreIn this volume, noted Columbia University Professor of Architecture Cyril M. Harris offers a unique tour through the entire history of architecture: an extraordinary compendium of clear, concise defin
- Series: Dover Architecture
- Author: Harris, Cyril M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 01 1983
- ISBN10: 048624444X
- Language: English
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Adaptive Reuse in Architecture: A Typological Index
$67.99 Read moreLiliane Wongs neuester Band ?er Bauen im Bestand pr舖entiert 50 spektakul舐e Umbau- und Umnutzungsprojekte weltweit, darunter Bauten wie das TWA Hotel am New Yorker John F. Kennedy-Flughafen, das C
- Author: Wong, Liliane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 12 2023
- ISBN10: 3035625638
- Language: English
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Aegean Art and Architecture
$30.99 Add to cartThis is the first comprehensive introduction to the art and architecture of mainland Greece, Crete, and the Cycladic Islands from 3300 to 1000 BCE. Ancient Aegean culture has a particularly important … [more below]
- Series: Oxford History of Art (Paperback)
- Author: Preziosi, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: February 24 2000
- ISBN10: 0192842080
- Language: English
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Japan Modern: New Ideas for Contemporary Living
$30.00 Read moreThis Japanese design book, featuring over 200 stunning photographs, captures the delightful, modern style of the Japanese home.
Japan has always intrigued the world with its deceptively simple blendin- Author: Nose, Michiko Rico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 15 2005
- ISBN10: 079460398X
- Language: English
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Borrowed Landscapes: China and Japan in the Historic Houses and Gardens of Britain and Ireland
$45.00 Read moreA beautifully illustrated exploration of the impact of Chinese and Japanese material culture on the historic houses and gardens of Britain and Ireland.
The art and ornament of China and Japan have had- Series: National Trust
- Author: Bruijn, Emile de
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1781300984
- Language: English
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The 50 Greatest Architects: The People Whose Buildings Have Shaped Our World
$24.99 Read more“Engaging biographies alongside showstopping photos […] A book that’s both enlightening and beautiful” – LoveReading
In this stunning jacketed hardback, award-winning architecture writer Ike Ijeh in- Series: 50 Greatest
- Author: Ijeh, Ike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1839406690
- Language: English
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Buildings of Savannah
$34.95 Read moreWinner of Best Guidebook Award 2018 from the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
While Savannah’s famous urban plan is rightly renowned in many studies of urban history, what
- Series: Sah/Bus City Guide
- Author: Williams, Robin B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 11 2016
- ISBN10: 0813937442
- Language: English
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Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon
$32.00 Add to cart“What William Cecil has accomplished at Biltmore Estate is one of the great preservation success stories of all time. He has set a high standard for what all historic house museums strive for: magnifi
- Author: Covington, Howard E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0471758183
- Language: English
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Thinking Architecture: Third, Expanded Edition
$49.00 Add to cart- Author: Zumthor, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 111
- Publish Date: June 21 2010
- ISBN10: 3034605854
- Language: English
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Amongst the Ruins: Why Civilizations Collapse and Communities Disappear
$35.00 Read moreAmongst the Ruins explores the loss of ancient civilizations, the collapse of ruling elites, and the disappearance of more recent communities and their local traditions. Some of these are now sealed u… [more below]
- Author: Darlington, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 030025928X
- Language: English
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The Art of the Architect
$65.00 Read more– For the first time in printed form, Michael G. Imber reveals the artwork that has inspired his architecture. This book is a beautiful collection of over 230 historic and contemporary paintings, sket
- Author: Imber, Michael G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1916355498
- Language: English
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About Architecture: An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings
$40.00 Read moreHugh Pearman deftly guides us through the compelling stories of fifty-five buildings that explain our world, from antiquity to the present day
About Architecture is an engaging introduction to archite- Author: Pearman, Hugh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0300263449
- Language: English
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How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone
$25.00 Add to cartCharles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture
Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for mos- Author: Holland, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300263937
- Language: English
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Great Houses of the South
$60.00 Read moreAn exquisitely photographed collection of the great houses and mansions of the South.
In the tradition of Rizzoli’s Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley and Great Houses of New England, Great Houses o… [more below]- Author: Ossman, Laurie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 23 2010
- ISBN10: 0847833097
- Language: English
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The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age: All 203 Photographs from Artistic Houses, with New Text
$19.95 Read moreOriginally published in 1883 to 1884, Artistic Houses comprised more than 200 photographs of the interiors of the homes of the well-to-do, with commentary on the woodwork, wall coverings, color scheme… [more below]
- Series: Dover Architecture
- Author: Lewis, Arnold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 20 2016
- ISBN10: 0486252507
- Language: English
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The French Quarter of New Orleans
$45.00 Add to cartThere is no place in America like New Orleans’s famed French Quarter.
With photographs and history, The French Quarter of New Orleans explores the unique evolution of this district. The author and ph- Author: Fraiser, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: September 05 2003
- ISBN10: 1578065240
- Language: English
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The Stones of Venice
$17.99 Add to cart“It is in Venice, and in Venice only, that effectual blows can be struck at this pestilent art of the Renaissance. Destroy its claims to admiration there, and it can assert them nowhere else.” This wa… [more below]
- Author: Ruskin, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 10 2003
- ISBN10: 030681286X
- Language: English
