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  • The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus by Zanker, Paul
    Paul Zanker

    The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus

    "Art and architecture are mirrors of a society. They reflect the state of its values, especially in times of crisis or transition." Upon this premise Paul Zanker builds an interpretation of Augustan art as a visual language that both expressed and furthered the transformation...
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  • The Stones of Venice by Ruskin, John
    John Ruskin

    The Stones of Venice

    "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 was Ruskin's war cry as he entered the now...
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  • York's Historic Architecture by Butcher, Scott D.
    Scott D. Butcher

    York's Historic Architecture

    From early Colonial taverns and ornate Victorian homes to the postmodern office towers of today, York's streetscape features almost every style and era of American architecture. In the city where the Second Continental ongress governed the fledgling United States, a virtually unparalleled diversity of...
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  • The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts and Walled Cities of the Middle Ages by Kaufmann, J. E.
    J. E. Kaufmann

    The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts and Walled Cities of the Middle Ages

    The castles of the Medieval world continue to interest readers, both as architectural wonders and because of their dramatic role in world history. The general public is largely unaware of just how many castles survive today or over how wide an area of Europe...
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  • Mission 66: Modernism and the National Park Dilemma by Carr, Ethan
    Ethan Carr

    Mission 66: Modernism and the National Park Dilemma

    "an intelligent and level-headed look at the great promise and the great problems associated with the Park Service's Mission 66 program." (Ken Burns, filmmaker)Winner Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award, Society of Architectural Historians Winner J. B. Jackson Book Prize, Foundation for Landscape StudiesIn the...
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  • The Architecture of Bathing: Body, Landscape, Art by Pearson, Christie
    Christie Pearson

    The Architecture of Bathing: Body, Landscape, Art

    A celebration of communal bathing--swimming pools, saunas, beaches, ritual baths, sweat lodges, and more--viewed through the lens of architecture and landscape.We enter the public pool, the sauna, or the beach with a heightened awareness of our bodies and the bodies of others. The phenomenology...
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  • Mechanick Exercises: Or the Doctrine of Handy-Works by Moxon, Joseph
    Joseph Moxon

    Mechanick Exercises: Or the Doctrine of Handy-Works

    Mechanick Exercises: Or The Doctrine Of Handy-Works, was written, printed and published by Joseph Moxon between 1683 & 1685 and reprinted in 1703. Breaking away from Guild restrictions, Moxon wrote of what he knew from his experiences as a practitioner of skilled trades. A...
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  • Buildings of Savannah by Williams, Robin B.
    Robin B. Williams

    Buildings of Savannah

    Winner 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 brings streams of tourists and architects to the city, and daily engages residents...
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  • The Decoration of Houses by Wharton, Edith
    Edith Wharton

    The Decoration of Houses

    Thousands of books on interior design have come and gone since the 1897 publication of this pioneering manual, but The Decoration of Houses remains, thanks to the insightful and inspiring advice of its co-authors. Before she became the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Age...
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  • Such Places as Memory by Hejduk, John
    John Hejduk

    Such Places as Memory: Poems 1953-1996

    The poems of an architect whose affection for urban reality and imagined space is as evident in his writing as in his buildings and drawings.The poems of John Hejduk are almost nonpoetic: still lives of memory, sites of possessed places. They give a physical...
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  • Mid-Century Britain: Modern Architecture 1938-1963 by Harwood, Elain
    Elain Harwood

    Mid-Century Britain: Modern Architecture 1938-1963

    Leading expert and passionate advocate of modern British architecture Elain Harwood gives the best overview of British architecture from 1938 to 1963 - mid-century buildings.Growing in popularity and with an increasing understanding of their importance as a background to our lives, the buildings range...
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  • Follies in America: A History of Garden and Park Architecture by Carso, Kerry Dean
    Kerry Dean Carso

    Follies in America: A History of Garden and Park Architecture

    Follies in America examines historicized garden buildings, known as "follies," from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876. In a period of increasing nationalism, follies--such as temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins--brought a range of European architectural styles to the United States....
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  • Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens by Paga, Jessica
    Jessica Paga

    Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens

    In 508/7 B.C.E., after years of chaos and uncertainty, the city of Athens was rocked by a momentous occurrence: the passage of a series of reforms that resulted in what has come to be known as the world's first democracy. Exactly how the Athenians...
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  • 100 Ideas That Changed Architecture by Weston, Richard
    Richard Weston

    100 Ideas That Changed Architecture

    Written by an expert, 100 Ideas that Changed Architecture provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip into for the general reader. Starting with the basic building 'components' of door, window, column and beam and the Classical orders,...
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  • Temples of Deccan India: Hindu and Jain, 7th to 13th Centuries by Michell, George
    George Michell

    Temples of Deccan India: Hindu and Jain, 7th to 13th Centuries

    A visual exploration of the Deccan Indian architectural history. Contains maps guiding would-be travellers to these temple sites.Author: George MichellISBN-10: 1788841387ISBN-13: 9781788841382Publisher: Acc Art BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2021Pages: 384Format: HardcoverWeight: 6.56lbsSize: 13.23h x 10.08w x 1.65d
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  • Carmel: A History in Architecture by Seavey, Kent
    Kent Seavey

    Carmel: A History in Architecture

    Carmel is a microcosm of California's architectural heritage, sited at one of the most scenic meetings of land and sea in the world. Mission San Carlos Borromeo became a root building for California's first regional building style, the Mission Revival. "Carmel City," as it...
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  • Steven Holl: Making Architecture by Carso, Kerry Dean
    Kerry Dean Carso

    Steven Holl: Making Architecture

    Kerry Dean Carso is Associate Professor of Art History at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Steven Holl is one of America's most acclaimed architects, recognized for his ability to blend space and light with great contextual sensitivity. Nina Stritzler-Levine is...
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  • Timeless Cities: An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy by Mayernik, David
    David Mayernik

    Timeless Cities: An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy

    For Italian city builders over the course of a thousand years, the urban realm was the great theater where their best aspirations were played out, the place where society said the most substantial things about who they were and what they longed for. In...
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  • The American Construction Industry: Its Historical Evolution and Potential Future by Bowen, Brian
    Brian Bowen

    The American Construction Industry: Its Historical Evolution and Potential Future

    The American Construction Industry meticulously chronicles the evolution of the construction industry from its roots in the medieval guild system to the high-tech jobsite of tomorrow. While celebrating more than two millennia of progress and innovation, this resource for students and professionals uncovers the...
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  • California Crazy. American Pop Architecture by Heimann, Jim
    Jim Heimann

    California Crazy. American Pop Architecture

    At the dawn of the automobile age, Americans' predilection for wanderlust prompted a new wave of inventive entrepreneurs to cater to this new mode of transportation. Starting in the 1920s, attention-grabbing buildings began to appear that would draw in passing drivers for snacks, provisions,...
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  • Savannah College of Art and Design: Restoration of an Architectural Heritage by Pinkerton, Connie Capozzola
    Connie Capozzola Pinkerton

    Savannah College of Art and Design: Restoration of an Architectural Heritage

    In 1979, a small art college with 71 students opened its doors in a renovated 19th-century building in the urban heart of colonial Savannah, Georgia. One of the most historic cities on the eastern seaboard, Savannah is noted for its architectural treasures, urban forest...
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  • Houses: Extraordinary Living by Phaidon Press
    Phaidon Phaidon Editors

    Houses: Extraordinary Living

    The world's most innovative and influential architect-designed houses created since the early 20th centuryThroughout history, houses have presented architects the world over with infinite opportunities to experiment with new methods and materials for domestic living. Houses: Extraordinary Living celebrates the incredible diversity and beauty...
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  • Thomas Jefferson: Architect: The Built Legacy of Our Third President by Howard, Hugh
    Hugh Howard

    Thomas Jefferson: Architect: The Built Legacy of Our Third President

    This is the first volume to include all of the existing work by Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and the father of American architecture. Along with his numerous political achievements, Thomas Jefferson was also the first great architect of the...
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  • A History of Street Networks: from Grids to Sprawl and Beyond by Aurbach, Laurence
    Laurence Aurbach

    A History of Street Networks: from Grids to Sprawl and Beyond

    Roadway networks are the basic frameworks of cities. They endure for centuries, influencing the ways that cities operate and their residents' quality of life. A History of Street Networks explores the origins and institutionalization of modern roadway networks, particularly the networks of urban sprawl....
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  • Indian Art by Mitter, Partha
    Partha Mitter

    Indian Art

    This concise yet lively new survey guides the reader through 5,000 years of Indian art and architecture. A rich artistic tradition is fully explored through the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, Colonial, and contemporary periods, incorporating discussion of modern Bangladesh and Pakistan, tribal artists, and the...
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  • Memoirs of a Mansion by Pritchett De Martini, Phyllis
    Phyllis Pritchett De Martini

    Memoirs of a Mansion

    Although it may shock you, I was conceived on a drafting board. It happened on a rainy day in the office of my architect, Monsieur Ernest Devolz, in the city of Fribourg in Switzerland. The name I was given at birth was The Villa...
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  • Pour Yourself a House; Low-cost Building With Concrete and Stone by Peters, Frazier Forman
    Frazier Forman Peters

    Pour Yourself a House; Low-cost Building With Concrete and Stone

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Asher Benjamin: American Architect, Author, Artist by Ranauro, Bill
    Bill Ranauro

    Asher Benjamin: American Architect, Author, Artist

    From the rural backwater of Hartland, Connecticut, Asher Benjamin would rise to become one of the most important yet overlooked figures of American architecture in the first half of the nineteenth century. Taking inspiration from the neoclassical designs of the Boston architect Charles Bulfinch,...
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  • Dark Space: Architecture, Representation, Black Identity by Gooden, Mario
    Mario Gooden

    Dark Space: Architecture, Representation, Black Identity

    This collection of essays by architect Mario Gooden investigates the construction of African American identity and representation through the medium of architecture. These five texts move between history, theory, and criticism to explore a discourse of critical spatial practice engaged in the constant reshaping...
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  • Stone Circles by Newman, Hugh
    Hugh Newman

    Stone Circles

    In this beautifully illustrated book, Hugh Newman takes us on a fascinating journey around the world, examining mysterious stone circles of the megalithic culture. Stone circles conjure up a lost world of mysterious ceremonies, druid astronomers and pagan dances. How such mighty rings were...
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  • Historic Plantations of Alabama's Black Belt by Hale, Jennifer
    Jennifer Hale

    Historic Plantations of Alabama's Black Belt

    Once the center of agricultural prosperity in Alabama, the rich soil of the Black Belt still features beautiful homes that stand as a testimony to the region s proud heritage. Join author Jennifer Hale as she explores the history of seventeen of the finest...
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  • Kitchens, Smokehouses, and Privies by Olmert, Michael
    Michael Olmert

    Kitchens, Smokehouses, and Privies

    In Kitchens, Smokehouses, and Privies, Michael Olmert takes us into the eighteenth-century backyards of colonial America. He explores the many small outbuildings that can still be found at obscure rural farmsteads throughout the Tidewater and greater mid-Atlantic, in towns like Williamsburg and Annapolis, and...
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  • Art Deco Architecture: Miami Beach Postcards by Clemence, Paul
    Paul Clemence

    Art Deco Architecture: Miami Beach Postcards

    Photographer Paul Clemence captures the emblematic forms of Miami Beach's Art Deco architecture in 20 dramatic black-and-white postcards. Mail them or frame and hang as the fine art they are This book is the perfect souvenir, and a must-have for lovers of South Beach,...
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  • Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture by Oliver, Paul
    Paul Oliver

    Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture

    The study of vernacular architecture explores the characteristics of domestic buildings in particular regions or localities, and the many social and cultural factors that have contributed to their evolution. In this book, vernacular architecture specialist Paul Oliver brings together a wealth of information that...
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  • Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930 by Wright, Frank Lloyd
    Frank Lloyd Wright

    Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930

    Modern Architecture is a landmark text--the first book in which America's greatest architect put forth the principles of a fundamentally new, organic architecture that would reject the trappings of historical styles while avoiding the geometric abstraction of the machine aesthetic advocated by contemporary European...
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  • The Place of Houses by Moore, Charles
    Charles Moore

    The Place of Houses

    With a new epilogue Richly illustrated with houses large and small, old and new, with photographs, plans, and cutaway drawings, this is a book for people who want a house but who may not know what they really need, or what they have a...
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  • Country Houses and Seaside Cottages of the Victorian Era by Comstock, William T.
    William T. Comstock

    Country Houses and Seaside Cottages of the Victorian Era

    This fascinating book presents a series of 44 designs for vacation homes of varying styles and sizes, created over a century ago by a select group of New York and New Jersey architects. Many of them are two-story, and most were intended to be...
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  • The International Style by Hitchcock, Henry-Rusell
    Henry-Rusell Hitchcock

    The International Style

    Initially produced as the catalog to accompany a controversial and groundbreaking 1932 Museum of Modern Art show of the then new architecture emerging in Europe and America, The International Style quickly became the definitive statement of the principles underlying the work of such giants...
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  • The Four Books on Architecture by Palladio, Andrea
    Andrea Palladio

    The Four Books on Architecture

    The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio was one of the most influential figures that the field of architecture has ever produced. For classical architects, the term Palladian stands for a vocabulary of architectural forms embodying perfection and beauty. Of even greater significance than Palladio's buildings...
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  • Eastern Medieval Architecture: The Building Traditions of Byzantium and Neighboring Lands by Ousterhout, Robert G.
    Robert G. Ousterhout

    Eastern Medieval Architecture: The Building Traditions of Byzantium and Neighboring Lands

    Aside from Hagia Sophia, the monuments of the Byzantine East are poorly understood today. This is in sharp contrast to the well-known architectural marvels of Western Europe龝 Middle Ages. In this landmark survey, distinguished art historian Robert Ousterhout introduces readers to the rich and...
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  • First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC by John Von Neumann
    John Von Neumann

    First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Modern Architecture in Mexico. Arquitectura Moderna En México by Cetto, Max L.
    Max L. Cetto

    Modern Architecture in Mexico. Arquitectura Moderna En M騙ico

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Experiencing Architecture; 0 by Rasmussen, Steen Eiler 1898-1990
    Steen Eiler 1898-1990 Rasmussen

    Experiencing Architecture; 0

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Borders of Chinese Architecture by Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman
    Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt

    The Borders of Chinese Architecture

    An internationally acclaimed expert explains why Chinese-style architecture has remained so consistent for two thousand years, no matter where it is built. For the last two millennia, an overwhelming number of Chinese buildings have been elevated on platforms, supported by pillars, and covered by...
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  • Our Voices II: The De-Colonial Project by O'Brien, Kevin
    Kevin O'Brien

    Our Voices II: The De-Colonial Project

    Our Voices II: the DE-Colonial Project will showcase decolonizing projects which work to destable and disquiet colonial built environments. The land, towns, and cities on which we live have always been Indigenous places yet, for the most part our Indigenous value sets and identities...
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  • Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters by Globe, Paul
    Paul Goble

    Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters

    Award-winning author Paul Goble examines the construction, art, and significance of the tipi to the Plains Indians in his newest book, entitled Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters. Through a re-telling of the old-timer's stories, Goble shows how the tipi was more than...
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  • Toronto Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen by Taylor, Doug
    Doug Taylor

    Toronto Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen

    The history, heritage, and architectural significance of Toronto's most notable theatres and movie houses. Movie houses first started popping up around Toronto in the 1910s and '20s, in an era without television and before radio had permeatedAuthor: Doug TaylorISBN-10: 1626194505ISBN-13: 9781626194502Publisher: History PressLanguage: EnglishPublished:...
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  • Chicago's Classical Architecture: The Legacy of the White City by Stone, David
    David Stone

    Chicago's Classical Architecture: The Legacy of the White City

    Chicago's architecture has been called the most important in the United States by the American Institute of Architects, and perhaps no other type of architecture has had as significant of an impact on the city's look, feel, and character as classical architecture. Chicago's connection...
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  • Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability by Hamraie, Aimi
    Aimi Hamraie

    Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability

    "All too often," wrote disabled architect Ronald Mace, "designers don't take the needs of disabled and elderly people into account." Building Access investigates twentieth-century strategies for designing the world with disability in mind. Commonly understood in terms of curb cuts, automatic doors, Braille signs,...
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  • New Hampshire Covered Bridges by Stiver, Harold
    Harold Stiver

    New Hampshire Covered Bridges

    A new guide to the more than 50 historic Covered Bridges in the New Hampshire area. Up to date information on each one. Included for each bridge are detailed directions and GPS coordinates. If you've ever spent time looking for a Covered Bridge and...
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