11 books in Architecture - Planning
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Building Suburbia
Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000
Written by Dolores Hayden
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $16.95
For almost two centuries Americans have been moving to the suburbs in search of affordable
family housing, unspoiled nature, and small-town sociability—only to find that their leafy
new neighborhoods are part of the growing metropolitan sprawl. It is to this contested cultural landscape, where most Americans now live, that Dolores Hayden... Read more >
Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000
Written by Dolores Hayden
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $16.95
For almost two centuries Americans have been moving to the suburbs in search of affordable
family housing, unspoiled nature, and small-town sociability—only to find that their leafy
new neighborhoods are part of the growing metropolitan sprawl. It is to this contested cultural landscape, where most Americans now live, that Dolores Hayden... Read more >
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Wrestling with Moses
How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
Written by Anthony Flint
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $27.00
To a young Jane Jacobs, Greenwich Village, with its winding cobblestone streets and diverse makeup, was everything a city neighborhood should be. The activist, writer, and mother of three grew so fond of her bustling community that it became a touchstone for her landmark book The Death and Life of Great... Read more >
How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
Written by Anthony Flint
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $27.00
To a young Jane Jacobs, Greenwich Village, with its winding cobblestone streets and diverse makeup, was everything a city neighborhood should be. The activist, writer, and mother of three grew so fond of her bustling community that it became a touchstone for her landmark book The Death and Life of Great... Read more >
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Wrestling with Moses
How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
Written by Anthony Flint
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $27.00
To a young Jane Jacobs, Greenwich Village, with its winding cobblestone streets and diverse makeup, was everything a city neighborhood should be. The activist, writer, and mother of three grew so fond of her bustling community that it became a touchstone for her landmark book The Death and Life of Great... Read more >
How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
Written by Anthony Flint
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $27.00
To a young Jane Jacobs, Greenwich Village, with its winding cobblestone streets and diverse makeup, was everything a city neighborhood should be. The activist, writer, and mother of three grew so fond of her bustling community that it became a touchstone for her landmark book The Death and Life of Great... Read more >
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Everyday Urbanism
Expanded
Edited by John Chase, Margaret Crawford and Kaliski John
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: December 23, 2008
Price: $45.00
First published in 1999, Everyday Urbanism has become a classic in the discussion of cities and real life. Within the context of history, theory, and practice of urban design, the essays explore the city as a social entity that must be responsive to daily routines and neighborhood concerns and offer both... Read more >
Expanded
Edited by John Chase, Margaret Crawford and Kaliski John
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: December 23, 2008
Price: $45.00
First published in 1999, Everyday Urbanism has become a classic in the discussion of cities and real life. Within the context of history, theory, and practice of urban design, the essays explore the city as a social entity that must be responsive to daily routines and neighborhood concerns and offer both... Read more >
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Architecture on Architecture
Written by Platt Byard Dovell White
Introduction by Kenneth Frampton
Format: Hardcover, 184 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2007
Price: $40.00
Individually and in partnership, as architects, educators, and advocates, the four principals of Platt Byard Dovell White Architects have made an indelible impression on the contemporary and historic architecture of New York City and beyond. In projects that range from historic preservation--the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center in Central Park and... Read more >
Written by Platt Byard Dovell White
Introduction by Kenneth Frampton
Format: Hardcover, 184 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2007
Price: $40.00
Individually and in partnership, as architects, educators, and advocates, the four principals of Platt Byard Dovell White Architects have made an indelible impression on the contemporary and historic architecture of New York City and beyond. In projects that range from historic preservation--the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center in Central Park and... Read more >
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New York 2000
Architecture and Urbanism Between the Bicentennial and the Millennium
Written by Robert A.M. Stern, David Fishman and Jacob Tilove
Format: Hardcover, 1520 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2006
Price: $100.00
Touted by Publisher's Weekly as "an unprecedented record," the new book in the New York series, New York 2000, is indeed an exceptional survey of this great city's architectural heritage. As the world's financial and cultural capital, New York demands the best in architectural design and balances the constant pressure to... Read more >
Architecture and Urbanism Between the Bicentennial and the Millennium
Written by Robert A.M. Stern, David Fishman and Jacob Tilove
Format: Hardcover, 1520 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2006
Price: $100.00
Touted by Publisher's Weekly as "an unprecedented record," the new book in the New York series, New York 2000, is indeed an exceptional survey of this great city's architectural heritage. As the world's financial and cultural capital, New York demands the best in architectural design and balances the constant pressure to... Read more >
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Architecture Isn't Just for Special Occasions
Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Written by Julie Eizenberg
Format: Hardcover, 357 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2006
Price: $60.00
Urban and suburban living at the outset of the twenty-first century is characterized by myriad interlocking images and experiences. Large-scale social and economic forces lead to a fragmentary daily existence. How can architecture work with these trends -- rather than against them -- to improve the activities of everyday life?
Such... Read more >
Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Written by Julie Eizenberg
Format: Hardcover, 357 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2006
Price: $60.00
Urban and suburban living at the outset of the twenty-first century is characterized by myriad interlocking images and experiences. Large-scale social and economic forces lead to a fragmentary daily existence. How can architecture work with these trends -- rather than against them -- to improve the activities of everyday life?
Such... Read more >
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L.A. 2000+
New Architecture in Los Angeles
Written by John Leighton Chase
Format: Hardcover, 223 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2006
Price: $50.00
Los Angeles is a breeding ground for adventurous experimental architects and a magnet for their high-profile clients. L.A. 2000+ assembles the best work completed in the city since 2000, offering a snapshot of the region and its architecture at the dawn of the twenty-first century. From the widely celebrated Walt Disney... Read more >
New Architecture in Los Angeles
Written by John Leighton Chase
Format: Hardcover, 223 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2006
Price: $50.00
Los Angeles is a breeding ground for adventurous experimental architects and a magnet for their high-profile clients. L.A. 2000+ assembles the best work completed in the city since 2000, offering a snapshot of the region and its architecture at the dawn of the twenty-first century. From the widely celebrated Walt Disney... Read more >
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The Charged Void
Urbanism
Written by Alison Smithson
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2005
Price: $65.00
The Charged Void: Urbanism is the companion volume to The Charged Void: Architecture; the two together comprise the complete works of Alison and Peter Smithson. For the designers, architecture and urbanism were inseparable: buildings encapsulate urban ideas; urban systems are the means by which buildings function effectively. This second book collects... Read more >
Urbanism
Written by Alison Smithson
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2005
Price: $65.00
The Charged Void: Urbanism is the companion volume to The Charged Void: Architecture; the two together comprise the complete works of Alison and Peter Smithson. For the designers, architecture and urbanism were inseparable: buildings encapsulate urban ideas; urban systems are the means by which buildings function effectively. This second book collects... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Building Suburbia
Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000
Written by Dolores Hayden
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $16.95
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: $16.95
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 >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Next Jerusalem
Sharing the Divided City
Written by Michael Sorkin
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: December 2, 2002
Price: $40.00
This important collection brings together noted Israeli, Palestinian, and American architects and urbanists to consider the physical future of Jerusalem and to offer specific proposals for making the city functional, beautiful, and physically generous to its inhabitants' needs. The essays focus on issues of ecology, preservation, neighborhood development, and open space... Read more >
Sharing the Divided City
Written by Michael Sorkin
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: December 2, 2002
Price: $40.00
This important collection brings together noted Israeli, Palestinian, and American architects and urbanists to consider the physical future of Jerusalem and to offer specific proposals for making the city functional, beautiful, and physically generous to its inhabitants' needs. The essays focus on issues of ecology, preservation, neighborhood development, and open space... Read more >
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