234 books in Architecture
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The Architecture of Happiness
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $16.95
The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.
One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs... Read more >
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $16.95
The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.
One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
Vogue Living
Houses, Gardens, People
Written by Hamish Bowles
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $75.00
Houses, Gardens, People
Written by Hamish Bowles
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $75.00
This unique book of thirty-six spectacular houses and gardens—whose owners come from the worlds of fashion, music, art, and society—draws not only on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue and Vogue Living over the past two decades but also on images that have never before been published. Vogue...
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A Field Guide to American Houses
Written by Virginia McAlester and Lee McAlester
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 12, 1984
Price: $24.95
The guide that enables you to identify, and place in their historic and architectural contexts, the houses you see in your neighborhood or in your travels across America. 17th century to the present. Read more >
Written by Virginia McAlester and Lee McAlester
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 12, 1984
Price: $24.95
The guide that enables you to identify, and place in their historic and architectural contexts, the houses you see in your neighborhood or in your travels across America. 17th century to the present. Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
740 Park
The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building
Written by Michael Gross
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.95
The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building
Written by Michael Gross
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.95
For seventy-five years, it’s been Manhattan’s richest apartment building, and one of the most lusted-after addresses in the world. One apartment had 37 rooms, 14 bathrooms, 43 closets, 11 working fireplaces, a private elevator, and his-and-hers saunas; another at one time had a live-in service staff of 16. To this day...
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Olin
Placemaking
Written by Laurie Olin, Dennis C. McGlade, Robert J. Bedell, Lucinda R. Sanders and Susan K. Weiler
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $65.00
With increased attention to sustainability and environmental concerns, landscape architects now lead teams of urban planners and architects in developing new outdoor space and reconfiguring existing designs. As the preeminent landscape architecture firm in the United States, Olin is at the forefront of this movement with completed projects across the country... Read more >
Placemaking
Written by Laurie Olin, Dennis C. McGlade, Robert J. Bedell, Lucinda R. Sanders and Susan K. Weiler
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $65.00
With increased attention to sustainability and environmental concerns, landscape architects now lead teams of urban planners and architects in developing new outdoor space and reconfiguring existing designs. As the preeminent landscape architecture firm in the United States, Olin is at the forefront of this movement with completed projects across the country... Read more >
Delirious New York
A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
Written by Rem Koolhaas
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1997
Price: $35.00
Since its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts... Read more >
A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
Written by Rem Koolhaas
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1997
Price: $35.00
Since its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts... Read more >
S, M, L, XL
Written by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau
Format: Hardcover, 1376 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1997
Price: $85.00
S,M,L,XL presents a selection of the remarkable visionary design work produced by the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) and its acclaimed founder, Rem Koolhaas, in its first twenty years, along with a variety of insightful, often poetic writings. The inventive collaboration between Koolhaas and designer Bruce Mau is a... Read more >
Written by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau
Format: Hardcover, 1376 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1997
Price: $85.00
S,M,L,XL presents a selection of the remarkable visionary design work produced by the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) and its acclaimed founder, Rem Koolhaas, in its first twenty years, along with a variety of insightful, often poetic writings. The inventive collaboration between Koolhaas and designer Bruce Mau is a... Read more >
Robert A. M. Stern
Houses and Gardens
Written by Robert A.M. Stern
Introduction by Witold Rybczynski
Format: Hardcover, 632 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2005
Price: $85.00
Robert A. M. Stern is dedicated to the synthesis of tradition and innovation. In more than thirty-five years of practice, he has produced a wide range of building types with a variety of stylistic influences, all inspired by the great legacy of American architecture. His firm, Robert A. M. Stern Architects... Read more >
Houses and Gardens
Written by Robert A.M. Stern
Introduction by Witold Rybczynski
Format: Hardcover, 632 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2005
Price: $85.00
Robert A. M. Stern is dedicated to the synthesis of tradition and innovation. In more than thirty-five years of practice, he has produced a wide range of building types with a variety of stylistic influences, all inspired by the great legacy of American architecture. His firm, Robert A. M. Stern Architects... Read more >
The Pentagon
A History
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2008
Price: $18.00
The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built an institution that ranks with the White... Read more >
A History
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2008
Price: $18.00
The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built an institution that ranks with the White... Read more >
Making the Modern Garden
Written by Christopher Bradley-Hole
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2007
Price: $45.00
A superlative analysis of contemporary gardens as well as a fascinating collection of landscapes around the world, Making the Modern Garden is a definitive study of the philosophy and practice of garden design at the outset of the twenty-first century. Author Christopher Bradley-Hole, himself a landscape designer of note, discusses the... Read more >
Written by Christopher Bradley-Hole
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2007
Price: $45.00
A superlative analysis of contemporary gardens as well as a fascinating collection of landscapes around the world, Making the Modern Garden is a definitive study of the philosophy and practice of garden design at the outset of the twenty-first century. Author Christopher Bradley-Hole, himself a landscape designer of note, discusses the... Read more >
