Arts

Think Like an Architect (Roger Fullington Series i...

The design of cities and buildings affects the quality of our lives. Making the built environment useful, safe, comfortable, efficient, and as beautiful as possible is a universal quest. We dream about how we might live, work, and play. From these dreams come some 95 percent of all private and public buildings; professional architects design only about 5 percent of the built environment. While much of what non-architects...

Eyewitness Companions: Architecture (EYEWITNESS CO...

Explore the world’s greatest buildings! Architecture is filled with amazing illustrations and photographs that take you to the heart of the world’s landmark buildings. Get the opportunity to look beyond the facade. Examine materials and technology that shape buildings, and identify the key elements and decorative features of each architectural style. This is the best definitive visual guide on architecture; it...

The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Arc...

Now available in paperback, The Green House vividly illustrates the emerging collaboration between stylish architecture, interior design, and environmental responsibility. This groundbreaking book features more than thirty-five residences in fifteen countriesand nearly every conceivable natural environmentdesigned by a combination of star architects and lesser-known practitioners, all of whom put “greenness” in...

A text-book of the history of architecture...

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless...

The Poetry of Architecture – Or, the Archite...

The Poetry of Architecture – Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by John Ruskin is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of John Ruskin then we highly recommend this publication for...

Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture: I...

Architectural detailing makes a building unique and an architect outstanding. This book provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in the development of contemporary domestic architecture from 2000 to 2005. Featuring many of the world’s most highlyacclaimed architects, the book presents over 50 of the most recently completed and influential house designs. For each house there are...

Architecture Now! 7...

TASCHEN’s Architecture Now! 7 features an arching overview of today’s architecture, from modern to radically avant-garde. As with previous books in the series, Architecture Now! 7 includes a broad variety of projects from around the world, as well as some works of art that have a direct relation to architecture, from the likes of Giacomo Costa or Shinro Ohtake. It also explores how the recent economic downturn...

The Ten Books On Architecture (1914)...

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed...

Modern Architecture Since 1900...

This work on 20th-century architecture combines a clear general outline with analysis and interpretation of particular buildings. While technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are fully treated, the final emphasis is on individuals and on the qualities that give buildings their lasting value. For this revised and updated third edition, an appreciation of regional identity and variety has been incorporated,...

Story of Architecture...

Guiding readers through a staggering 5,000 years of world architecture, Jonathan Glancey’s eminently knowledgeable, authoritative, and always fascinating insights make reading this book irresistible, despite the enormity of the subject. Featuring influential and innovative architects of every age, along with their masterpieces, from the ziggurat at Ur to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this stylish, lavishly...