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Brunelleschi's Dome

Brunelleschi's Dome

by Ross King

Ross King was born in Canada in 1962 and completed a PhD in English Literature at York University in Toronto. He is the author of two novels, Domino, soon to be made into a film, and Ex-Libris. He lives near Oxford.
The Death and Life Of Great American Cities

The Death and Life Of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs was born on May 4, 1916, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Her father was a physician and her mother taught school and worked as a nurse. After high school and a year spent as a reporter on the Scranton Tribune, Jacobs went to New York, where she found a succession of jobs as a stenographer and wrote free-lance articles about the city's many working districts, which fascinated her. In 1952, after a number of writing and editing jobs ranging in subject matter from metallurgy to a geography of the... Read more about this item
Building Construction Illustrated

Building Construction Illustrated

by Francis D K Ching

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Architecture

Architecture

by Francis D K Ching

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409) and indexes
Experiencing Architecture

Experiencing Architecture

by Steen Eiler Rasmussen

2nd Edition
The Architecture Of Happiness

The Architecture Of Happiness

by Alain De Botton

Alain de Botton is the author of three works of fiction and five of nonfiction, including How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, and The Art of Travel. He lives in London.
Design Of Cities

Design Of Cities

by Edmund N Bacon

"The major contemporary work on urban design . . . Splendidly presented, filled with thoughtful and brilliant intuitive insights." —The New Republic In a brilliant synthesis of words and pictures, Edmund N. Bacon relates historical examples to modern principles of urban planning. He vividly demonstrates how the work of great architects and planners of the past can influence subsequent development and be continued by later generations. By illuminating the historical background of urban design,... Read more about this item
City Of Quartz

City Of Quartz

by Mike Davis

Mike Davis is the author of several books including Planet of Slums, City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear, Late Victorian Holocausts, and Magical Urbanism. He was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. He lives in Papa’aloa, Hawaii.
Cradle To Cradle

Cradle To Cradle

by McDonough- William/ Braungart- Michael

“Reduce, reuse, recycle” urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach perpetuates a one-way, “cradle to grave” manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world?

In fact, why not take nature itself as our... Read more about this item
The Poetics Of Space

The Poetics Of Space

by Gaston Bachelard

Modern Architecture

Modern Architecture

by Kenneth Frampton

Design With Nature

Design With Nature

by Ian L McHarg

Ghosts Along the Mississippi

Ghosts Along the Mississippi

by Clarence John Laughlin

Space, Time and Architecture

Space, Time and Architecture

by Sigfried Giedion

Fundamentals Of Building Construction

Fundamentals Of Building Construction

by Edward Iano, Joseph Allen

The Arts

The Arts

by Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Skyscraper

Skyscraper

by Karl Sabbagh

An Age Of Barns

An Age Of Barns

by Eric Sloane

The Timeless Way Of Building

The Timeless Way Of Building

by Christopher Alexander

The King's England

The King's England

by Mee Arthur

Architecture Books & Ephemera

The Dynamics Of Architectural Form

The Dynamics Of Architectural Form

by Arnheim, Rudolf

Rudolf Arnheim has been known, since the publication of his groundbreaking Art and Visual Perception in 1974, as an authority on the psychological interpretation of the visual arts. Two anniversary volumes celebrate the landmark anniversaries of his works in 2009. In The Power of the Center , Arnheim uses a wealth of examples to consider the actors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. The Dynamics of Architectural Form explores the... Read more about this item
Architecture

Architecture

by Ching, Francis D K

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409) and indexes
Architectural Graphics

Architectural Graphics

by Martin, C Leslie

Intentions In Architecture

Intentions In Architecture

by Norberg-Schulz, Christian

Land Use Without Zoning

Land Use Without Zoning

by Siegan, Bernard H

Modern Architecture

Modern Architecture

by Scully, Vincent, Jr