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Robert A. M. Stern
Buildings & Projects 2004-2009
Written by Robert A.M. Stern and Paul Goldberger
Edited by Peter Morris Dixon
Format: Hardcover, 648 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $75.00
I think that all architecture comes from what went before. And how carefully one hews to precedent or how many liberties one takes, in my view, is part of a larger set of judgments as to what is, or could be called, “appropriate.” Appropriate from every point of view, especially from... Read more >
Buildings & Projects 2004-2009
Written by Robert A.M. Stern and Paul Goldberger
Edited by Peter Morris Dixon
Format: Hardcover, 648 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $75.00
I think that all architecture comes from what went before. And how carefully one hews to precedent or how many liberties one takes, in my view, is part of a larger set of judgments as to what is, or could be called, “appropriate.” Appropriate from every point of view, especially from... Read more >
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The 1950s Home
Written by Sophie Leighton
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $12.95
In the aftermath of World War II, design was key to a new way of living as carefully thought-out principles were applied to new homes and commercial buildings across the country. From open plan living to new materials in buildings and furnishing, the 1950s marked a bright new era. Read more >
Written by Sophie Leighton
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $12.95
In the aftermath of World War II, design was key to a new way of living as carefully thought-out principles were applied to new homes and commercial buildings across the country. From open plan living to new materials in buildings and furnishing, the 1950s marked a bright new era. Read more >
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Hearts of the City
The Selected Writings of Herbert Muschamp
Written by Herbert Muschamp
Introduction by Nicolai Ouroussoff
Format: Hardcover, 912 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
From the late Herbert Muschamp, the former architecture critic of The New York Times and one of the most outspoken and influential voices in architectural criticism, a collection of his best work.
The pieces here—from The New Republic, Artforum, and The New York Times—reveal how Muschamp’s views were both ahead of their... Read more >
The Selected Writings of Herbert Muschamp
Written by Herbert Muschamp
Introduction by Nicolai Ouroussoff
Format: Hardcover, 912 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
From the late Herbert Muschamp, the former architecture critic of The New York Times and one of the most outspoken and influential voices in architectural criticism, a collection of his best work.
The pieces here—from The New Republic, Artforum, and The New York Times—reveal how Muschamp’s views were both ahead of their... Read more >
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Jim Olson Houses
Written by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen
Introduction by Michael Webb
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00
The sixteen houses and apartments featured here respond to different needs and sites, but all share a common DNA. They are the product of a singular vision and a collaborative process.
—Michael Webb
Seattle-based architect Jim Olson, the founding partner of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, is particularly known for his subtly elegant... Read more >
Written by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen
Introduction by Michael Webb
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00
The sixteen houses and apartments featured here respond to different needs and sites, but all share a common DNA. They are the product of a singular vision and a collaborative process.
—Michael Webb
Seattle-based architect Jim Olson, the founding partner of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, is particularly known for his subtly elegant... Read more >
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Juan Montoya
Written by Juan Montoya
Text by Elizabeth Gaynor
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $75.00
Always on the cutting edge, Juan Montoya's work exudes refinement and simplicity. Each of his designs features an exquisite juxtaposition of textures, colors, and volumes; an attention to scale, lighting, and spatial qualities; and objects that reflect an interest in a variety of cultures. In addition to creating beautiful, eclectic rooms... Read more >
Written by Juan Montoya
Text by Elizabeth Gaynor
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $75.00
Always on the cutting edge, Juan Montoya's work exudes refinement and simplicity. Each of his designs features an exquisite juxtaposition of textures, colors, and volumes; an attention to scale, lighting, and spatial qualities; and objects that reflect an interest in a variety of cultures. In addition to creating beautiful, eclectic rooms... Read more >
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Ken Smith
Landscape Architect
Written by Ken Smith
Introduction by John Beardsley
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
Both a landscape designer and a public artist, Ken Smith produces designs that range in scale from small public installations to vast parks. He is known for inventive and imaginative gardens and landscapes, some of which use little or no natural plant material. His projects include public, commercial, and private work... Read more >
Landscape Architect
Written by Ken Smith
Introduction by John Beardsley
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
Both a landscape designer and a public artist, Ken Smith produces designs that range in scale from small public installations to vast parks. He is known for inventive and imaginative gardens and landscapes, some of which use little or no natural plant material. His projects include public, commercial, and private work... Read more >
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Medieval Masons
Written by Malcolm Hislop
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $13.95
This book explains in detail the practice of masoncraft in the Middle Ages, using evidence from a number of sources. Monastic chronicles, building contracts and other contemporary documents have already revealed a good deal of information on the subject but less attention has, until now, been paid to archaeological evidence preserved... Read more >
Written by Malcolm Hislop
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $13.95
This book explains in detail the practice of masoncraft in the Middle Ages, using evidence from a number of sources. Monastic chronicles, building contracts and other contemporary documents have already revealed a good deal of information on the subject but less attention has, until now, been paid to archaeological evidence preserved... Read more >
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SOM
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1950-1962
Commentaries by Ernst Danz
Introduction by Henry-Russell Hitchcock
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $45.00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for... Read more >
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1950-1962
Commentaries by Ernst Danz
Introduction by Henry-Russell Hitchcock
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $45.00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for... Read more >
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SOM
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1963-1973
Commentaries by Axel Menges
Introduction by Arthur Drexler
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for... Read more >
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1963-1973
Commentaries by Axel Menges
Introduction by Arthur Drexler
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for... Read more >
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SOM
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1973-1983
Introduction by Albert Bush-Brown
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $60.00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for... Read more >
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1973-1983
Introduction by Albert Bush-Brown
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $60.00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for... Read more >
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SOM
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1984-1996
Introduction by Detlef Mertins
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $60.00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for... Read more >
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1984-1996
Introduction by Detlef Mertins
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $60.00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for... Read more >
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SOM
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1997-2008
Introduction by Kenneth Frampton
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $60.00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for... Read more >
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1997-2008
Introduction by Kenneth Frampton
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $60.00
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for... Read more >
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The Art of Living
Text by Claudia Steinberg
Photographed by Barbel Miebach
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00
To artists and designers, a home is a canvas on which they can project themselves, a testing ground for creative impulses, a place to display the objects that inspire them, a venue for experimentation with forms and materials that later appear in their own work. In this unique volume, photographer Bärbel... Read more >
Text by Claudia Steinberg
Photographed by Barbel Miebach
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00
To artists and designers, a home is a canvas on which they can project themselves, a testing ground for creative impulses, a place to display the objects that inspire them, a venue for experimentation with forms and materials that later appear in their own work. In this unique volume, photographer Bärbel... Read more >
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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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Lasting Elegance
English Country Houses 1830-1900
Written by Michael Hall
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $65.00
The great English country house tradition reached its apotheosis in the nineteenth century. Designed by all the most eminent architects of the age, houses constructed during this period were larger, more elaborate, and more lavishly furnished than ever before, and they became famous throughout Europe and America for their luxury, technological... Read more >
English Country Houses 1830-1900
Written by Michael Hall
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $65.00
The great English country house tradition reached its apotheosis in the nineteenth century. Designed by all the most eminent architects of the age, houses constructed during this period were larger, more elaborate, and more lavishly furnished than ever before, and they became famous throughout Europe and America for their luxury, technological... Read more >
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Inside Outside
Written by Petra Blaisse
Format: Hardcover, 504 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $65.00
Petra Blaisse and her firm, Inside Outside, specialize in the rare combination of interior and landscape design, interweaving architecture and context. Interior projects use materials that introduce visual effects such as color, flexibility, seasonal change, and movement and solve acoustic, climatic, shading, and spatial issues. Landscape projects reflect a fascination with... Read more >
Written by Petra Blaisse
Format: Hardcover, 504 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $65.00
Petra Blaisse and her firm, Inside Outside, specialize in the rare combination of interior and landscape design, interweaving architecture and context. Interior projects use materials that introduce visual effects such as color, flexibility, seasonal change, and movement and solve acoustic, climatic, shading, and spatial issues. Landscape projects reflect a fascination with... Read more >
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Building Up and Tearing Down
Reflections on the Age of Architecture
Written by Paul Goldberger
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $35.00
PAUL GOLDBERGER
ON THE AGE OF ARCHITECTURE
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank Gehry, the CCTV Headquarters by Rem Koolhaas, the Getty Center by Richard Meier, the Times Building by Renzo Piano: Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Paul Goldberger’s tenure at The New Yorker has documented a captivating era in the world of architecture, one... Read more >
Reflections on the Age of Architecture
Written by Paul Goldberger
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $35.00
PAUL GOLDBERGER
ON THE AGE OF ARCHITECTURE
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank Gehry, the CCTV Headquarters by Rem Koolhaas, the Getty Center by Richard Meier, the Times Building by Renzo Piano: Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Paul Goldberger’s tenure at The New Yorker has documented a captivating era in the world of architecture, one... Read more >
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Living West
New Residential Architecture in Southern California
Written by Sam Lubell
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $50.00
A dense concentration of design talent, uniquely varied topography, and one of the world’s most pleasant climates have made Southern California a crucible of architectural innovation. There, forward-looking clients respond to dramatic modern interpretations of form and site that capitalize on natural light and magnificent ocean views, perch delicately on steeply... Read more >
New Residential Architecture in Southern California
Written by Sam Lubell
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $50.00
A dense concentration of design talent, uniquely varied topography, and one of the world’s most pleasant climates have made Southern California a crucible of architectural innovation. There, forward-looking clients respond to dramatic modern interpretations of form and site that capitalize on natural light and magnificent ocean views, perch delicately on steeply... Read more >
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The Architecture of Natural Light
Written by Henry Plummer
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $65.00
Shelter and natural light are fundamental elements of architecture. The first is concerned with protection from natural elements; the second with the creative and sometimes spiritual interaction between the man-made and the natural worlds. One is solid and static, the other illuminates and animates.
Architects through the ages have preoccupied themselves with... Read more >
Written by Henry Plummer
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $65.00
Shelter and natural light are fundamental elements of architecture. The first is concerned with protection from natural elements; the second with the creative and sometimes spiritual interaction between the man-made and the natural worlds. One is solid and static, the other illuminates and animates.
Architects through the ages have preoccupied themselves with... Read more >
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Beatrix Farrand
Private Gardens, Public Landscapes
Written by Judith B. Tankard
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $60.00
Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes presents the life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (she was the niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the traditional social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for... Read more >
Private Gardens, Public Landscapes
Written by Judith B. Tankard
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $60.00
Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes presents the life and work of one of the foremost landscape designers of the early 1900s. Born into a prominent New York family (she was the niece of Edith Wharton), Farrand eschewed the traditional social life of the Gilded Age to pursue her passion for... Read more >
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Dark Nostalgia
Written by Eva Hagberg
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $45.00
As the late twentieth-century fascination with rounded shapes, organic influences, and plastics fades, interior designers are increasingly drawn to deep colors, polished woods, velvets, furs, leather, dark metals, and brick that have a nostalgic quality—materials used liberally in centuries gone by. Efforts to shape a more authentic, less austere present by... Read more >
Written by Eva Hagberg
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $45.00
As the late twentieth-century fascination with rounded shapes, organic influences, and plastics fades, interior designers are increasingly drawn to deep colors, polished woods, velvets, furs, leather, dark metals, and brick that have a nostalgic quality—materials used liberally in centuries gone by. Efforts to shape a more authentic, less austere present by... Read more >
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Rooms to Remember
The Classic Interiors of Suzanne Tucker
Written by Suzanne Tucker
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $65.00
In the work of interior designer Suzanne Tucker, art and artifact collections are displayed to best advantage for daily enjoyment by their owners, custom-mixed wall colors are set off by richly sensual textiles and forms, and inherited pieces are blended with newly found treasures to bestow a subtle aura of age... Read more >
The Classic Interiors of Suzanne Tucker
Written by Suzanne Tucker
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $65.00
In the work of interior designer Suzanne Tucker, art and artifact collections are displayed to best advantage for daily enjoyment by their owners, custom-mixed wall colors are set off by richly sensual textiles and forms, and inherited pieces are blended with newly found treasures to bestow a subtle aura of age... Read more >
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Selldorf Architects
Written by Annabelle Selldorf
Introduction by Jane Withers
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $50.00
The work of Selldorf Architects is known for its clarity of distribution, elegant proportions, deliberate rendering of light, and integrity of structure. This monograph, the first published on the firm, concentrates on twenty major projects from institutional, commercial, high-end retail, residential, and art-related spaces.
Projects featured include the acclaimed Neue Galerie... Read more >
Written by Annabelle Selldorf
Introduction by Jane Withers
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $50.00
The work of Selldorf Architects is known for its clarity of distribution, elegant proportions, deliberate rendering of light, and integrity of structure. This monograph, the first published on the firm, concentrates on twenty major projects from institutional, commercial, high-end retail, residential, and art-related spaces.
Projects featured include the acclaimed Neue Galerie... Read more >
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Green Design
Creative Sustainable Designs for the Twenty-First Century
Written by Marcus Fairs
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
In this timely book, author Marcus Fairs helps readers understand the shift of green design from marginal to mainstream by featuring products and buildings that address immediate concerns about global warming and environmental degradation. Through vast architectural projects to modest one-off pieces of salvaged furniture, the book shows how the design... Read more >
Creative Sustainable Designs for the Twenty-First Century
Written by Marcus Fairs
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
In this timely book, author Marcus Fairs helps readers understand the shift of green design from marginal to mainstream by featuring products and buildings that address immediate concerns about global warming and environmental degradation. Through vast architectural projects to modest one-off pieces of salvaged furniture, the book shows how the design... Read more >
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Village Pumps
Written by Richard Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.95
The village pump was once the focal point of rural life, providing the only water supply to communities and offering a place in town squares and village greens for people to come together. Sadly, with the introduction of piped mains, the village pump rapidly fell out of favor, often neglected or... Read more >
Written by Richard Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.95
The village pump was once the focal point of rural life, providing the only water supply to communities and offering a place in town squares and village greens for people to come together. Sadly, with the introduction of piped mains, the village pump rapidly fell out of favor, often neglected or... Read more >
