Architecture:

Straw and Straw Craftsmen

Written by Arthur R. Staniforth

Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $11.95

Although its uses have dwindled over the years, straw was once a greatly valued by-product of cereal crops. When harvested and stored well, it can be attractive, fragrant and resilient, and for generations straw has been used for decorative and practical purposes. This book explores the many different uses of straw... Read more >

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 >