21 books in Architecture - Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings
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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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Piers and Other Seaside Architecture
Written by Lynn F. Pearson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $12.95
Originally constructed as landing stages for trippers by boat in the nineteenth century, piers later developed into attractions in themselves, with ornate pavilions, delicate ironwork and exotic lighting. Lynn F. Pearson, an architectural historian, outlines the fascinating history of pier and pavilion construction, using colour illustrations and photographs to show the... Read more >
Written by Lynn F. Pearson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $12.95
Originally constructed as landing stages for trippers by boat in the nineteenth century, piers later developed into attractions in themselves, with ornate pavilions, delicate ironwork and exotic lighting. Lynn F. Pearson, an architectural historian, outlines the fascinating history of pier and pavilion construction, using colour illustrations and photographs to show the... Read more >
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British Theatres and Music Halls
Written by John Earl
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Written by John Earl
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Discovering Cathedrals
Written by David Pepin
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $17.95
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Written by David Pepin
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $17.95
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Clay and Cob Buildings
Written by John McCann
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Written by John McCann
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
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Egyptian Towns and Cities
Written by Eric Uphill
Format: Trade Paperback, 72 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
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Written by Eric Uphill
Format: Trade Paperback, 72 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
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Old Cinemas
Written by Allen Eyles
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
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Written by Allen Eyles
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
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Discovering Timber-framed Buildings
Written by Richard Harris
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
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Written by Richard Harris
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
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The President's House
1800 to the Present The Secrets and History of the World's Most Famous Home
Written by Margaret Truman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.00
As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting–but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence, part goldfish bowl, and part national shrine, the White House is both the most important address in America and the most intensely scrutinized... Read more >
1800 to the Present The Secrets and History of the World's Most Famous Home
Written by Margaret Truman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.00
As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting–but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence, part goldfish bowl, and part national shrine, the White House is both the most important address in America and the most intensely scrutinized... Read more >
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Pushing the Limits
New Adventures in Engineering
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
In the ever increasing push for longer bridges, taller buildings, bigger stadiums, and grander projects of all kinds, engineers face new challenges that redefine our sense of both aesthetics and functionality. Pushing the Limits describes two dozen adventures in engineering that provide a fresh look at the past, a unique view... Read more >
New Adventures in Engineering
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
In the ever increasing push for longer bridges, taller buildings, bigger stadiums, and grander projects of all kinds, engineers face new challenges that redefine our sense of both aesthetics and functionality. Pushing the Limits describes two dozen adventures in engineering that provide a fresh look at the past, a unique view... Read more >
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Towards a New Museum
Written by Victoria Newhouse
Format: Trade Paperback, 349 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2007
Price: $50.00
Since first publication in 1998, Towards a New Museum has achieved iconic status as a seminal exploration of the late-20th-century revolution in museum architecture: the transformation from museum as restrained container for art to museum as exuberant companion to art. Author Victoria Newhouse critiqued numerous institutions for the display of art... Read more >
Written by Victoria Newhouse
Format: Trade Paperback, 349 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2007
Price: $50.00
Since first publication in 1998, Towards a New Museum has achieved iconic status as a seminal exploration of the late-20th-century revolution in museum architecture: the transformation from museum as restrained container for art to museum as exuberant companion to art. Author Victoria Newhouse critiqued numerous institutions for the display of art... Read more >
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Water-Works
The Architecture and Engineering of the New York City Water Supply
Edited by Kevin Bone and Gina Pollara
Contribution by Albert F. Appleton
Format: Hardcover, 268 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2007
Price: $50.00
The fresh, clean taste of New York's water is legendary. Less well known is the fascinating story of the massive program of exploration and construction that was required to achieve such purity. The story of that monumental undertaking is told in Water-Works and illustrated with an astonishing archive of drawings and... Read more >
The Architecture and Engineering of the New York City Water Supply
Edited by Kevin Bone and Gina Pollara
Contribution by Albert F. Appleton
Format: Hardcover, 268 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2007
Price: $50.00
The fresh, clean taste of New York's water is legendary. Less well known is the fascinating story of the massive program of exploration and construction that was required to achieve such purity. The story of that monumental undertaking is told in Water-Works and illustrated with an astonishing archive of drawings and... Read more >
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1100 Architect
1998-2006
Contribution by Donald Albrecht
Format: Hardcover, 244 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2006
Price: $60.00
For more than twenty years, David Piscuskas and Juergen Riehm, principals of 1100 Architect, have honed a distinctive architecture informed by proportion, materiality, light, and detail. The firm's designs do not adhere to any specific stylistic codes but do share an understated architectural signature: an elegance of proportion, an innovative yet... Read more >
1998-2006
Contribution by Donald Albrecht
Format: Hardcover, 244 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2006
Price: $60.00
For more than twenty years, David Piscuskas and Juergen Riehm, principals of 1100 Architect, have honed a distinctive architecture informed by proportion, materiality, light, and detail. The firm's designs do not adhere to any specific stylistic codes but do share an understated architectural signature: an elegance of proportion, an innovative yet... Read more >
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Pushing the Limits
New Adventures in Engineering
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $14.95
Here are two dozen tales in the grand adventure of engineering from the Henry Petroski, who has been called America’s poet laureate of technology. Pushing the Limits celebrates some of the largest things we have created–bridges, dams, buildings--and provides a startling new vision of engineering’s past, its present, and its future. Along... Read more >
New Adventures in Engineering
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $14.95
Here are two dozen tales in the grand adventure of engineering from the Henry Petroski, who has been called America’s poet laureate of technology. Pushing the Limits celebrates some of the largest things we have created–bridges, dams, buildings--and provides a startling new vision of engineering’s past, its present, and its future. Along... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The President's House
1800 to the Present The Secrets and History of the World's Most Famous Home
Written by Margaret Truman
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2005
Price: $13.00
As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting–but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence, part goldfish bowl, and part national shrine, the White House is both the most important address in America and the most intensely scrutinized... Read more >
1800 to the Present The Secrets and History of the World's Most Famous Home
Written by Margaret Truman
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2005
Price: $13.00
As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting–but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence, part goldfish bowl, and part national shrine, the White House is both the most important address in America and the most intensely scrutinized... Read more >
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eBook.
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16 Houses
Written by Michael Bell
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2004
Price: $40.00
In April 1998, sixteen architecture firms were brought together to design single-family houses for the Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas, one of the country's lowest-income neighborhoods. Studio Works from Los Angeles, Lindy Roy from New York, Carlos Jimenez from Houston, and Stanley Saitowitz from San Francisco, among others, worked with the... Read more >
Written by Michael Bell
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2004
Price: $40.00
In April 1998, sixteen architecture firms were brought together to design single-family houses for the Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas, one of the country's lowest-income neighborhoods. Studio Works from Los Angeles, Lindy Roy from New York, Carlos Jimenez from Houston, and Stanley Saitowitz from San Francisco, among others, worked with the... Read more >
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Gotham Restored
The Preservation of Monumental New York
Text by Thomas Mellins
Photographed by James Rudnick
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2003
Price: $50.00
James Rudnick moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1977 to attend graduate school and almost immediately began to photograph two nearby landmarks: the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge. Both structures were approaching their centennials, and Rudnick was soon drawn into the resulting restorations as a documentary photographer. He followed... Read more >
The Preservation of Monumental New York
Text by Thomas Mellins
Photographed by James Rudnick
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2003
Price: $50.00
James Rudnick moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1977 to attend graduate school and almost immediately began to photograph two nearby landmarks: the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge. Both structures were approaching their centennials, and Rudnick was soon drawn into the resulting restorations as a documentary photographer. He followed... Read more >
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The Light Construction Reader
Written by Jeffrey Kipnis and Todd Gannon
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2002
Price: $45.00
The exhibition "Light Construction," held at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1995, maintains a lasting influence on contemporary architecture. Architects represented in the show, such as Steven Holl and Toyo Ito, continue to win prestigious commissions. Others, such as Herzog and de Meuron and Frank Gehry, have risen to... Read more >
Written by Jeffrey Kipnis and Todd Gannon
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2002
Price: $45.00
The exhibition "Light Construction," held at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1995, maintains a lasting influence on contemporary architecture. Architects represented in the show, such as Steven Holl and Toyo Ito, continue to win prestigious commissions. Others, such as Herzog and de Meuron and Frank Gehry, have risen to... Read more >
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The Seduction of Place
The History and Future of Cities
Written by Joseph Rykwert
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2002
Price: $14.95
No other place on earth is as full both of promise and of dread as the city; it is at once alienating and exciting. These concentrations of people have not, however, come about as the result of vast immutable, impersonal forces, but because of human choices. The worsening or betterment of... Read more >
The History and Future of Cities
Written by Joseph Rykwert
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2002
Price: $14.95
No other place on earth is as full both of promise and of dread as the city; it is at once alienating and exciting. These concentrations of people have not, however, come about as the result of vast immutable, impersonal forces, but because of human choices. The worsening or betterment of... Read more >
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CAC Investigation
Yale 2000 Zaha Hadid
Written by Nina Rappaport
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2001
Price: $29.95
In spring 2000, as the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at Yale University, Zaha Hadid led an intense and wildly creative studio on the topic of the contemporary art center. Such centers are proliferating across the United States and around the world; yet their architectural form remains abstract and open-ended, subject to... Read more >
Yale 2000 Zaha Hadid
Written by Nina Rappaport
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2001
Price: $29.95
In spring 2000, as the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at Yale University, Zaha Hadid led an intense and wildly creative studio on the topic of the contemporary art center. Such centers are proliferating across the United States and around the world; yet their architectural form remains abstract and open-ended, subject to... Read more >
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Morphosis- Diamond Ranch High School
Source Books in Architecture
Written by Jeffrey Kipnis, Todd Gannon and Thom Mayne
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2001
Price: $29.95
Morphosis/Diamond Ranch High School presents a detailed story of the design and construction of a single building, Diamond Ranch High School by avant-garde California architecture firm Morphosis. The volume opens with an interview with Thom Mayne, founder and principal of Morphosis and winner of the 2005 Pritzker Prize. The interview outlines... Read more >
Source Books in Architecture
Written by Jeffrey Kipnis, Todd Gannon and Thom Mayne
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2001
Price: $29.95
Morphosis/Diamond Ranch High School presents a detailed story of the design and construction of a single building, Diamond Ranch High School by avant-garde California architecture firm Morphosis. The volume opens with an interview with Thom Mayne, founder and principal of Morphosis and winner of the 2005 Pritzker Prize. The interview outlines... Read more >
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