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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.
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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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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The Art of Clairtone
The Making of a Design Icon, 1958-1971
Written by Nina Munk and Rachel Gotlieb
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2008
Price: $45.00
A fully illustrated, stylish look back at the story behind a Canadian design icon.
For a decade, in the 1960s, Clairtone Sound Corporation captured the spirit of the times: sophisticated, cosmopolitan, liberated. From its modern oiled-walnut and teak stereos to its minimalist logos and promotional materials, Clairtone produced a powerful and enduring... Read more >
The Making of a Design Icon, 1958-1971
Written by Nina Munk and Rachel Gotlieb
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2008
Price: $45.00
A fully illustrated, stylish look back at the story behind a Canadian design icon.
For a decade, in the 1960s, Clairtone Sound Corporation captured the spirit of the times: sophisticated, cosmopolitan, liberated. From its modern oiled-walnut and teak stereos to its minimalist logos and promotional materials, Clairtone produced a powerful and enduring... Read more >
The Architecture of Happiness
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $26.95
One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings and streets that surround us.
And yet a concern for architecture and design is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. The Architecture of Happiness starts from... Read more >
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $26.95
One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings and streets that surround us.
And yet a concern for architecture and design is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. The Architecture of Happiness starts from... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Grand Avenues
The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.
Written by Scott W. Berg
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $15.95
In 1791, shortly after the United States won its independence, George Washington personally asked Pierre Charles L’Enfant—a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many friends among the Founding Fathers—to design the new nation's capital. L’Enfant approached this task with unparalleled vigor and passion; however, his imperious and unyielding... Read more >
The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.
Written by Scott W. Berg
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $15.95
In 1791, shortly after the United States won its independence, George Washington personally asked Pierre Charles L’Enfant—a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many friends among the Founding Fathers—to design the new nation's capital. L’Enfant approached this task with unparalleled vigor and passion; however, his imperious and unyielding... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
Monuments
America's History in Art and Memory
Written by Judith Dupre
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $45.00
From the Alamo and Gettysburg to Mount Rushmore and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Monuments is celebrated architectural historian Judith Dupré’s sweeping tribute to classic American landmarks. But included too are contemporary monuments that are changing the way we think about commemoration–the AIDS Quilt, a traveling memorial made for the people by... Read more >
America's History in Art and Memory
Written by Judith Dupre
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $45.00
From the Alamo and Gettysburg to Mount Rushmore and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Monuments is celebrated architectural historian Judith Dupré’s sweeping tribute to classic American landmarks. But included too are contemporary monuments that are changing the way we think about commemoration–the AIDS Quilt, a traveling memorial made for the people by... Read more >
AIA Guide to New York City
The Classic Guide to New York's Architecture
Written by Norval White and Elliot Willensky
Format: Trade Paperback, 1088 pages
On Sale: June 27, 2000
Price: $37.50
Since the AIA Guide to New York City was first published in 1967, it has been recognized as the ultimate guide to the metropolis's buildings, in all five boroughs -- Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island -- from nineteenth-century brownstones and tenements to modern high-rise apartments and museums. The... Read more >
The Classic Guide to New York's Architecture
Written by Norval White and Elliot Willensky
Format: Trade Paperback, 1088 pages
On Sale: June 27, 2000
Price: $37.50
Since the AIA Guide to New York City was first published in 1967, it has been recognized as the ultimate guide to the metropolis's buildings, in all five boroughs -- Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island -- from nineteenth-century brownstones and tenements to modern high-rise apartments and museums. The... Read more >
Building Suburbia
Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000
Written by Dolores Hayden
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $15.95
A lively history of the contested landscapes where the majority of Americans now live, Building Suburbia chronicles two centuries in the birth and development of America’s metropolitan regions.
From rustic cottages reached by steamboat to big box stores at the exit ramps of eight-lane highways, Dolores Hayden defines seven eras of suburban... Read more >
Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000
Written by Dolores Hayden
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $15.95
A lively history of the contested landscapes where the majority of Americans now live, Building Suburbia chronicles two centuries in the birth and development of America’s metropolitan regions.
From rustic cottages reached by steamboat to big box stores at the exit ramps of eight-lane highways, Dolores Hayden defines seven eras of suburban... Read more >
