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Chicago's Bridges
Written by Nathan Holth
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $7.95
Stretching more than 150 miles and cutting through the city that bears its name, the Chicago River divides the Second City into the North Side and the South Side. In 1832, the first bridge across the river was constructed. In 1834, the first moveable bridge was erected. Today, Chicago is home... Read more >
Written by Nathan Holth
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $7.95
Stretching more than 150 miles and cutting through the city that bears its name, the Chicago River divides the Second City into the North Side and the South Side. In 1832, the first bridge across the river was constructed. In 1834, the first moveable bridge was erected. Today, Chicago is home... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Tube
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: eBook, 120 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $7.95
From Norman Foster’s remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London’s tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings. This beautiful hardback edition is a fantastic gift-book, publishing in the run up to Christmas, and sales... Read more >
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: eBook, 120 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $7.95
From Norman Foster’s remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London’s tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings. This beautiful hardback edition is a fantastic gift-book, publishing in the run up to Christmas, and sales... Read more >
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Southern Plantations
Written by Robin Lattimore
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $9.95
Once the lifeblood of large estates and farms throughout the American South and East, antebellum plantations today serve as windows into one of the most controversial eras of U.S. history. Though many of these grand homes have been lost, scores more still exist, some as National Memorial sites, National Historic Landmarks... Read more >
Written by Robin Lattimore
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $9.95
Once the lifeblood of large estates and farms throughout the American South and East, antebellum plantations today serve as windows into one of the most controversial eras of U.S. history. Though many of these grand homes have been lost, scores more still exist, some as National Memorial sites, National Historic Landmarks... Read more >
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Contemporary Follies
Written by Keith Moskow and Robert Linn
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $40.00
Contemporary Follies showcases outstanding examples of contemporary design that address our place in nature. Emerging from the Enlightenment spirit of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson, the English picturesque folly, and the forest retreats of Scandinavian modernists, these projects inspire contemplation and creativity in their spatial energy and alliance with the environment... Read more >
Written by Keith Moskow and Robert Linn
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $40.00
Contemporary Follies showcases outstanding examples of contemporary design that address our place in nature. Emerging from the Enlightenment spirit of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson, the English picturesque folly, and the forest retreats of Scandinavian modernists, these projects inspire contemplation and creativity in their spatial energy and alliance with the environment... Read more >
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Capital Views
Historic Photographs of Washington, DC, Alexandria and Loudoun County, Virginia, and Frederick County, Maryland
Written by James M. Goode
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $39.95
Metropolitan areas change over the time. These changes come together and create a city's character and personality. Renowned Washington, DC, historian James Goode has assembled an incredible collection of images that look back at a Washington before it developed into the international metropolitan city it is today. The impactful historic photography... Read more >
Historic Photographs of Washington, DC, Alexandria and Loudoun County, Virginia, and Frederick County, Maryland
Written by James M. Goode
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $39.95
Metropolitan areas change over the time. These changes come together and create a city's character and personality. Renowned Washington, DC, historian James Goode has assembled an incredible collection of images that look back at a Washington before it developed into the international metropolitan city it is today. The impactful historic photography... Read more >
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The Tube
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.95
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Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.95
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Georgian Garden Buildings
Written by Sarah Rutherford
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $15.95
Georgian garden buildings often seem monuments to rich mens' folly and whimsy, but they always had a purpose, whether functional or ornamental. Today they are valued for their social history and their key place in the history of architecture and landscape design, as well as often for their sheer beauty or... Read more >
Written by Sarah Rutherford
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $15.95
Georgian garden buildings often seem monuments to rich mens' folly and whimsy, but they always had a purpose, whether functional or ornamental. Today they are valued for their social history and their key place in the history of architecture and landscape design, as well as often for their sheer beauty or... Read more >
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Chicago's Bridges
Written by Nathan Holth
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
Stretching more than 150 miles and cutting through the city that bears its name, the Chicago River divides the Second City into the North Side and the South Side. In 1832, the first bridge across the river was constructed. In 1834, the first moveable bridge was erected. Today, Chicago is home... Read more >
Written by Nathan Holth
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
Stretching more than 150 miles and cutting through the city that bears its name, the Chicago River divides the Second City into the North Side and the South Side. In 1832, the first bridge across the river was constructed. In 1834, the first moveable bridge was erected. Today, Chicago is home... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Mail-Order Homes
Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses
Written by Rebecca Hunter
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
At the turn of the last century, the American middle class was expanding rapidly as homesteaders moved west and as trains took travellers across the country, where they established themselves in the depot towns that erupted along train lines. With that growth came the demand for new homes, and from that... Read more >
Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses
Written by Rebecca Hunter
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
At the turn of the last century, the American middle class was expanding rapidly as homesteaders moved west and as trains took travellers across the country, where they established themselves in the depot towns that erupted along train lines. With that growth came the demand for new homes, and from that... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Traditional Building Materials
Written by Matthew Slocombe
Format: eBook, 104 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $10.95
Steel and glass now dominate modern British cities, but the country can still boast millions of older houses constructed of more traditional building materials. Many date from the period before easy nationwide transportation, when these materials were usually grown on or extracted from land in the locality. As a result, Britain... Read more >
Written by Matthew Slocombe
Format: eBook, 104 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $10.95
Steel and glass now dominate modern British cities, but the country can still boast millions of older houses constructed of more traditional building materials. Many date from the period before easy nationwide transportation, when these materials were usually grown on or extracted from land in the locality. As a result, Britain... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Mail-Order Homes
Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses
Written by Rebecca Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $9.95
At the turn of the last century, the American middle class was expanding rapidly as homesteaders moved west and as trains took travellers across the country, where they established themselves in the depot towns that erupted along train lines. With that growth came the demand for new homes, and from that... Read more >
Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses
Written by Rebecca Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $9.95
At the turn of the last century, the American middle class was expanding rapidly as homesteaders moved west and as trains took travellers across the country, where they established themselves in the depot towns that erupted along train lines. With that growth came the demand for new homes, and from that... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Traditional Building Materials
Written by Matthew Slocombe
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $15.95
Steel and glass now dominate modern British cities, but the country can still boast millions of older houses constructed of more traditional building materials. Many date from the period before easy nationwide transportation, when these materials were usually grown on or extracted from land in the locality. As a result, Britain... Read more >
Written by Matthew Slocombe
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $15.95
Steel and glass now dominate modern British cities, but the country can still boast millions of older houses constructed of more traditional building materials. Many date from the period before easy nationwide transportation, when these materials were usually grown on or extracted from land in the locality. As a result, Britain... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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SHoP
Out of Practice
Written by SHoP Architects
Contribution by Sharples, Holden and Pasquarelli
Introduction by Philip Nobel
Format: Hardcover, 420 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $50.00
An insider's look into one of contemporary architecture's most cutting-edge firms. SHoP's striking projects and unique business model are captured in this thoughtful and inventively organized monograph.
Designed in a playful and intricate manner, SHoP: Out of Practice reflects the character and attitudes of the firm itself. Thirteen projects are shown... Read more >
Out of Practice
Written by SHoP Architects
Contribution by Sharples, Holden and Pasquarelli
Introduction by Philip Nobel
Format: Hardcover, 420 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $50.00
An insider's look into one of contemporary architecture's most cutting-edge firms. SHoP's striking projects and unique business model are captured in this thoughtful and inventively organized monograph.
Designed in a playful and intricate manner, SHoP: Out of Practice reflects the character and attitudes of the firm itself. Thirteen projects are shown... Read more >
The 1960s Home
Written by Paul Evans
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $9.95
The 1960s witnessed a sustained period of economic growth, consumer spending and stable employment. This hitherto unknown prosperity enabled a market growth in levels of owner occupation and a subsequent boom in the sale of household furnishings and luxury goods. The 1960s Home looks at the styles and fashions in domestic... Read more >
Written by Paul Evans
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $9.95
The 1960s witnessed a sustained period of economic growth, consumer spending and stable employment. This hitherto unknown prosperity enabled a market growth in levels of owner occupation and a subsequent boom in the sale of household furnishings and luxury goods. The 1960s Home looks at the styles and fashions in domestic... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Discovering London's Docklands
Written by Christopher Fautley
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $13.95
Thriving port, dereliction, renaissance as a vibrant business center: few places in Britain have seen such extreme changes of fortune as London's Docklands. This book reveals the area's mysteries and secrets, such as the launch site of the Great Eastern, where pink pigeons were a common sight, where to find a... Read more >
Written by Christopher Fautley
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $13.95
Thriving port, dereliction, renaissance as a vibrant business center: few places in Britain have seen such extreme changes of fortune as London's Docklands. This book reveals the area's mysteries and secrets, such as the launch site of the Great Eastern, where pink pigeons were a common sight, where to find a... Read more >
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Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden
Written by Laura Mayer
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. Rising to the position of Master Gardener to George... Read more >
Written by Laura Mayer
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. Rising to the position of Master Gardener to George... Read more >
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The American Style
Written by Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2011
Price: $50.00
Easily the most recognizable architectural style in America, with its brick or shingled facades trimmed in white and ornamented with restrained classical detail, the Colonial Revival emerged in the late nineteenth century and is still the basis for classical design today. The American Style surveys the evolution of the Colonial Revival... Read more >
Written by Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2011
Price: $50.00
Easily the most recognizable architectural style in America, with its brick or shingled facades trimmed in white and ornamented with restrained classical detail, the Colonial Revival emerged in the late nineteenth century and is still the basis for classical design today. The American Style surveys the evolution of the Colonial Revival... Read more >
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Bathing Houses and Plunge Pools
Written by Vivien Rolf
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $12.95
In the eighteenth century most large country estates boasted a bathing house or plunge pool in their grounds: fashionable theories promoted a cold plunge for both sexes for health and hygiene purposes. Built in all shapes and sizes, sometimes just for one person, occasionally for group bathing, they often reflected classical... Read more >
Written by Vivien Rolf
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $12.95
In the eighteenth century most large country estates boasted a bathing house or plunge pool in their grounds: fashionable theories promoted a cold plunge for both sexes for health and hygiene purposes. Built in all shapes and sizes, sometimes just for one person, occasionally for group bathing, they often reflected classical... Read more >
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Gargoyles and Grotesques
Written by Alex Woodcock
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $12.95
Gargoyles are an architectural feature designed to throw rainwater clear of the walls of a building. Widely used on medieval churches, these water spouts were often richly decorated, and fashioned as serpents' heads and other fanciful shapes. Today, the term gargoyle is also popularly applied to any carved decorative head or... Read more >
Written by Alex Woodcock
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $12.95
Gargoyles are an architectural feature designed to throw rainwater clear of the walls of a building. Widely used on medieval churches, these water spouts were often richly decorated, and fashioned as serpents' heads and other fanciful shapes. Today, the term gargoyle is also popularly applied to any carved decorative head or... Read more >
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Immaterial World
Transparency in Architecture
Written by Marc Kristal
Format: Hardcover, 216 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $45.00
Today the excitement in architecture derives from the tension between the need for privacy and the impulse toward community. This unique survey of buildings and interiors captures the multilayered experience that is engaged whenever we look out of—or into—a work of architecture.
Immaterial World examines the built environment as a reflection of... Read more >
Transparency in Architecture
Written by Marc Kristal
Format: Hardcover, 216 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $45.00
Today the excitement in architecture derives from the tension between the need for privacy and the impulse toward community. This unique survey of buildings and interiors captures the multilayered experience that is engaged whenever we look out of—or into—a work of architecture.
Immaterial World examines the built environment as a reflection of... Read more >
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Medieval Church and Churchyard Monuments
Written by Sally Badham
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $12.95
Churches contain much of the most interesting medieval sculpture in Britain. Magnificent effigies, whether of cast copper-alloy or stone, never cease to provoke awe and wonder, conjuring up glamorous images of an age of chivalry.
Among the many joys of visiting churches is the experience of discovering sculptural treasures; monuments open... Read more >
Written by Sally Badham
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $12.95
Churches contain much of the most interesting medieval sculpture in Britain. Magnificent effigies, whether of cast copper-alloy or stone, never cease to provoke awe and wonder, conjuring up glamorous images of an age of chivalry.
Among the many joys of visiting churches is the experience of discovering sculptural treasures; monuments open... Read more >
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Wrought Iron
Written by Richard Hayman
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $11.95
Wrought iron has been used as a decorative element in architecture from the eleventh century to the twentieth. At first a device to strengthen and embellish doors, wrought iron was soon adopted for free-standing screens and railings, examples of which can still be seen in churches and cathedrals. At the end... Read more >
Written by Richard Hayman
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $11.95
Wrought iron has been used as a decorative element in architecture from the eleventh century to the twentieth. At first a device to strengthen and embellish doors, wrought iron was soon adopted for free-standing screens and railings, examples of which can still be seen in churches and cathedrals. At the end... Read more >
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The Scenes of the Street and Other Essays
Written by Anthony Vidler
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: March 15, 2011
Price: $50.00
Anthony Vidler, an internationally recognized scholar, theorist, and critic of modern and contemporary architecture, is widely known for his essays on the most pressing issues and debates in the field. This volume brings together a collection of such writings—including the iconic, long unavailable “Scenes of the Street”—into one volume. Scenes of... Read more >
Written by Anthony Vidler
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: March 15, 2011
Price: $50.00
Anthony Vidler, an internationally recognized scholar, theorist, and critic of modern and contemporary architecture, is widely known for his essays on the most pressing issues and debates in the field. This volume brings together a collection of such writings—including the iconic, long unavailable “Scenes of the Street”—into one volume. Scenes of... Read more >
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Bandstands
Written by Paul Rabbitts
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $12.95
Bandstands are a distinctive feature of the public parks and boardwalks all over Britain. But what do we actually know about them? Why did they appear in Britain's earliest parks? When were they erected, and who made them?
This book explores and provides answers to these questions, showing how they evolved from... Read more >
Written by Paul Rabbitts
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $12.95
Bandstands are a distinctive feature of the public parks and boardwalks all over Britain. But what do we actually know about them? Why did they appear in Britain's earliest parks? When were they erected, and who made them?
This book explores and provides answers to these questions, showing how they evolved from... Read more >
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Brochs of Scotland
Written by J.N.G. Ritchie
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $13.95
This book examines some of the most spectacular ancient monuments in Britain - the iron age brochs of north and west Scotland. It sets the building of these unique fortifications into context and examines some of the impressive sites that may still be visited, including the brochs of Mousa and Clickhimin... Read more >
Written by J.N.G. Ritchie
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $13.95
This book examines some of the most spectacular ancient monuments in Britain - the iron age brochs of north and west Scotland. It sets the building of these unique fortifications into context and examines some of the impressive sites that may still be visited, including the brochs of Mousa and Clickhimin... Read more >
