Architecture
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The Liar’s Ball
$32.00 Add to cartInside the world of the real Great Gatsby of New York real estate
Harry Macklowe is one of the most notorious wheelers and dealers of the real estate world, and Liar’s Ball is the story of the gambler
- Author: Ward, Vicky
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 27 2014
- ISBN10: 1118295315
- Language: English
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American Barns and Covered Bridges
$11.95 Add to cartWhen this book was first published in the mid-1950s, the author was concerned that such functional structures as the American barn and the covered bridge would soon give way to progress and be replace… [more below]
- Series: Americana
- Author: Sloane, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 27 2003
- ISBN10: 0486425614
- Language: English
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Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture
$19.99 Add to cartBetween a nomad’s tent and the Sears Tower lies a revolution in technology, materials, and structures. Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to buildings methods from ancient times to the pres… [more below]
- Author: Salvadori, Mario
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 17 2002
- ISBN10: 0393306763
- Language: English
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I Love Chicago Buildings
$29.95 Read moreThe book is not a typical guidebook, nor a generic history tale and not even a disguised autobiography. It is a listing of select pairs of buildings that each articulates a formal and abstract concept… [more below]
- Author: Bjone, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1954081693
- Language: English
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Twisted Oak: A Journey to Create a Self-Sustaining Life and Home
$29.95 Add to cartTwisted Oak is the inspiring, true story of a family seeking a more sustainable life in a complex, technology-driven world. Their journey leads them to build a self-sustaining home and lifestyle in th
- Author: Munroe Pe, Kristina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1456629239
- Language: English
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Outdoor Interiors: Bringing Style to Your Garden
$90.00 Add to cart– Tips, tricks, and inspiration for creating wonderful spaces in your garden where you can work, play, entertain, and dine
– Includes over 200 prestigious projects worldwide
Outdoor Interiors showcases
- Author: Roberts, Juliet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 20 2023
- ISBN10: 9401488258
- Language: English
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Chateau Reawakening: One Couple’s Wild and Wonderful Journey to Restore a Crumbling French Masterpiece
$50.00 Read moreChateau Reawakening is the story of the highs and lows of one couple’s journey to save an eighteenth century French chateau.
When former Australian politician Tim Holding and his fiancee Felicity Sel- Author: Holding, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 1743798865
- Language: English
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Plants in Design: A Guide to Designing with Southern Landscape Plants
$65.95 Add to cartPlants in Design emerged from Brad E. Davis’s and David Nichols’s love for plants and well-designed landscapes and a previous frustration with landscape design guidebooks. While most landscape and gar
- Series: Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book
- Author: Davis, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: July 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0820341738
- Language: English
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Victorian Woodturnings and Woodwork
$14.95 Add to cartReproduced from a rare original, this 1893 catalog provides nearly 800 detailed illustrations of stair railings, mantels, gables, moldings, and ornaments. Its varied, unusual examples of woodwork make… [more below]
- Author: Blumer & Kuhn Stair Co
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: August 04 2006
- ISBN10: 0486451143
- Language: English
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The North Atlantic Cities
$29.95 Read moreWhat do Amsterdam, London, Brooklyn, Washington, Boston, and Philadelphia have in common? They are all North Atlantic cities. Charles Duff shows how the Dutch invented a new way of building cities in … [more below]
- Author: Duff, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 279
- Publish Date: July 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1908457538
- Language: English
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Becoming Urban: City of Nomads
$30.00 Read moreThis book positions Ulaanbaatar as a unique case and one that allows us to view our urban world differently. Operating as a primordial soup of emerging conditions, Ulaanbaatar is conceived as an incu… [more below]
- Author: Bolchover, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1954081065
- Language: English
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Decorative Art 70s
$40.00 Add to cartPublished annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and c
- Author: Fiell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 15 2020
- ISBN10: 3836584484
- Language: English
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Schindler
$20.00 Add to cartHailing from Vienna, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887-1953) emigrated to Chicago in 1914, like his lifelong friend and rival Richard Neutra. Eventually hired by Frank Lloyd Wright to work in Los Angele
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Steele, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 16 2019
- ISBN10: 383656436X
- Language: English
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Scoreboard Your Practice: 7 Numbers to Understand Your Design Firm’s Financials
$25.99 Add to cartAre you an architect, engineer, interior designer, landscape architect, planner, or other design professional? Do you currently lead or aspire to lead a small or midsized design firm? Do you want to k… [more below]
- Author: Linley, Rick J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 84
- Publish Date: June 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1039138985
- Language: English
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Domus 1950-1959
$40.00 Add to cartFounded in 1928 as a “living diary” by the great Milanese architect and designer Gio Ponti, domus has been hailed as the world’s most influential architecture and design journal. With style and rigor,
- Author: Fiell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: February 06 2023
- ISBN10: 383659384X
- Language: English
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The Space Between
$60.00 Read moreIn Room Without Roof, the archetypal gabled form of a house takes on a twist to envelop both interior and exterior spaces. In A Tale of Two Courts, a semi-detached house shuts itself from the street b… [more below]
- Author: Architects, Hyla
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1957183179
- Language: English
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Barns of the St Croix Valley: An Architect’s Sketchbook
$24.95 Add to cartIllustrated with 200 barn sketches, diagrams, and maps, this book takes you on a journey through the St Croix River Valley.
It grounds you in the geography, geology and biology of the region and intro
- Author: Lammers, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1954081677
- Language: English
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The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition Paperback
$8.00 Add to cartIn the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night and hotels, restaurants, and service
- Author: Green, Victor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 54
- Publish Date: August 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1639230343
- Language: English
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Piano. Complete Works 1966-Today. 2021 Edition
$100.00 Read moreRenzo Piano rose to international prominence with his co-design of the Pompidou Center in Paris, described by The New York Times as a building that “turned the architecture world upside down.” Since t
- Author: Piano, Renzo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: August 20 2021
- ISBN10: 3836577631
- Language: English
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Understanding Passivhaus: A Simple Guide to Passivhaus Detailing and Design
$59.99 Add to cartUnderstanding Passivhaus is a simple guide to the Passivhaus standard. The book explains the principles behind Passivhaus thinking, and explores numerous construction methods for achieving the Passivh
- Author: Walshaw, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1916334326
- Language: English
