Urban & Land Use Planning
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A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places
$19.99 Add to cartAn “instant classic”, this genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto is a fascinating study for rewilding the city, the self, and society (Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestsel
- Author: Brown, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1643265229
- Language: English
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Industrialize: The Insider’s Guide to Industrial Real Estate
$29.99 Add to cartThe Ultimate Guide to Industrial Real Estate
Whether you’re a seasoned investor, a curious newcomer, or a real estate pro looking to sharpen your edge, this book is your definitive roadmap to the indus
- Author: Griffiths, Chad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: May 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1068947411
- Language: English
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New York’s Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit
$35.00 Add to cartIn the nineteenth century, Manhattan’s streets were so choked with pedestrians, horses, vehicles, and vendors that a trip from City Hall to Central Park could take hours. Alfred Beach had the perfect … [more below]
- Author: Algeo, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833657
- Language: English
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Where the City Meets the Sound: The Story of Seattle’s Waterfront
$34.95 Add to cartThe powerful story of a place shaped by trade, conflict, and continuous transformation
From canoes on the beach at Dzidzilalich to steamships and piers, Seattle’s waterfront was the center of the ci
- Author: Ott, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1933245743
- Language: English
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Housing the Nation: Social Equity, Architecture, and the Future of Affordable Housing
$35.00 Read moreScholars, advocates, and architects assess America’s affordable housing crisis and suggest various strategies to rectify it, including numerous images of important, recently built houses and complexes… [more below]
- Author: Gorlin, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0847873986
- Language: English
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Parks of Oklahoma City: A History
$39.99 Read moreFrom the founding of Oklahoma City in 1889 to the present day, this ambitious narrative documents the evolution of the city’s parks, public places, and open spaces, illuminating the history of iconic
- Author: Blackburn, Bob L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 20 2025
- ISBN10: 9798992359398
- Language: English
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The Art of Play: Designing the World’s Greatest Playscapes
$40.00 Add to cartThis photographic exploration of the world’s most imaginative and surprising playscapes spans artist-designed play sculptures, picturesque soft play spaces and wildly creative conceptual playgrounds,
- Author: Watts, Emmy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1914314697
- Language: English
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Democracy and Urban Form
$27.95 Add to cartIf discourse is the foundation of democracy, how can the design of our cities empower and enable discourse?
“Never have the potential political consequences of architecture been greater, and never has- Series: Sternberg Press / The Incidents
- Author: Sennett, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 191560947X
- Language: English
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Radical Atlas of Ferguson, USA
$34.00 Add to cartFerguson, Missouri, became the epicenter of America’s racial tensions after the 2014 murder of Michael Brown and the protests that followed in its wake.
Though this suburb just outside St. Louis might
- Author: Heyda, Patty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1953368751
- Language: English
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Empire Builders: An Illustrated History of the Rise and Fall of Cleveland’s Van Sweringen Brothers
$45.00 Read moreEmpire Builders tells the story of Oris P. and Mantis J. Sweringen, two brothers from Wooster, Ohio, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Although they were born into abject poverty,
- Author: Pacini, Lauren R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0253069823
- Language: English
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Transit Tourism: The Iconic Art and Design of 22 Subway Systems Around the World
$34.99 Add to cartIn Transit Tourism: The Iconic Art and Design of 22 Subway Systems around the World, readers embark on a visual journey through the world’s bustling subway systems, where each station tells a story of… [more below]
- Author: Seltzer, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 28 2025
- ISBN10: 764369032
- Language: English
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A Paradise of Small Houses: The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
$18.95 Add to cart- Author: Podemski, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0807016152
- Language: English
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Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource
$32.00 Add to cartAn extraordinary investigation into shade, bringing together science, history, urban design, and social justice to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to… [more below]
- Author: Bloch, Sam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0593242769
- Language: English
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Planning Progress: Lessons from Shoghi Effendi
$19.99 Add to cartThis is a practical examination of the idea that planning as a skill is essential to human progress, but that some individual exemplify this skill more than others, and furthermore that such individua
- Author: Manning Thomas, June
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0920904319
- Language: English
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Paris, City of Dreams: Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris
$32.93 Add to cart“Armchair historians in particular will appreciate McAuliffe’s readable yet detailed history supplemented with illustrations and bibliography.” Booklist, Starred Review
Acclaimed historian Mary McAulif
- Author: McAuliffe, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1538181967
- Language: English
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Turf War: How a Band of Activists Saved New York from Donald Trump’s “Masterpiece”
$33.32 Add to cartIn the late 1980s, a band of New York civic groups set out to stop Donald Trump from building his “masterpiece,” a half-mile of gargantuan buildings overlooking the Hudson River on Manhattan’s West Si… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 326
- Publish Date: September 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1665763531
- Language: English
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The Well-Designed Accessory Dwelling Unit: Fitting Great Architecture Into Small Spaces
$34.99 Add to cartADUs offer homeowners opportunities to host family and friends, add studio or office space, or generate passive income through a long-term rental on their existing property. Combine these practical be… [more below]
- Author: Lee, Lydia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0764367390
- Language: English
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City Planning: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartCity planning is a practice and a profession. It is also a set of goals and–sometimes utopian–aspirations. Formal thought about the shaping of cities as physical spaces and social environments calls… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Abbott, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 22 2020
- ISBN10: 019094434X
- Language: English
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Autonomous Urbanism: Towards a New Transitopia
$39.95 Add to cartAutomated vehicles (AVs) are beginning to appear on our roads. Their arrival represents the next disruptive technological innovation to our mobility systems.
In a moment in which the contemporary con- Author: Shieh, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1957183632
- Language: English
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The Urbanist: Dan Doctoroff and the Rise of New York
$65.00 Read moreAn unprecedented look at the central role one man played in the transformation of New York City
Daniel L. Doctoroff served as New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding betwee
- Author: Bloomberg, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 490
- Publish Date: April 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1580936326
- Language: English
