Historic Preservation
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Charleston Horse Power: Equine Culture in the Palmetto City
$27.99 Read moreDiscover the fascinating history and legacy of working equines in Charleston, South Carolina.
Featuring thorough research, absorbing storytelling, and captivating photographs, Charleston Horse Power ta
- Author: Butler, Christina Rae
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1643364022
- Language: English
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Wright Sites: A Guide to Frank Lloyd Wright Public Places (Field Guide to Frank Lloyd Wright Houses and Structures, Includes Tour In
$22.95 Add to cartA comprehensive guide to Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings open to the public–revised and updated.
Features 74 sites you can visit of America’s best-known architect of the 20th century — Frank L- Author: Hoglund, Joel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1616895772
- Language: English
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The Road to Blair Mountain: Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal
$27.99 Add to cart“Keeney delivers a riveting and propulsive story about a nine-year battle to save sacred ground that was the site of the largest labor uprising in American history. . . . He unveils a powerful playboo… [more below]
- Author: Keeney, Charles B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: January 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1949199851
- Language: English
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Winfield-Living in the Shadow of the Woolworths
$21.95 Add to cartMonica Randall grew up on the Gold Coast of Long Island and was fascinated by the massive estates and their tantalizing stories. Millionaire F. W. Woolworth built Winfield, the grandest of its manors
- Author: Randall, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: November 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1899694072
- Language: English
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Kominka: The Beauty and Wisdom of Japanese Traditional House
$28.95 Add to cartFor centuries, the traditional folk houses known as ” kominka” have provided shelter and embodied the values of the agrarian, merchant and samurai society of pre-modern Japan. Their huge sturdy posts … [more below]
- Author: Hasegawa, Kazuo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 411
- Publish Date: July 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1940842700
- Language: English
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Inside Yucatán: Hidden Mérida and Beyond
$75.00 Add to cartExploring forgotten regions of Mexico’s Yucat?n Peninsula, Susana Ordov?s and photographer Guido Taroni uncover the faded splendor of both neglected and restored homes.
Susana Ordov?s’s Inside Yucat?- Author: Ordovás, Susana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 086565445X
- Language: English
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Hidden White House
$26.00 Add to cartCritically acclaimed author Robert Klara’s The Hidden White House leads readers through an unmatched tale of political ambition and technical skill: the Truman administration’s controversial rebuildin
- Author: Klara, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 21 2014
- ISBN10: 1250053935
- Language: English
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New Orleans Architecture: Volume IX: Carrollton
$59.95 Add to cartAn essential reference guide to one of New Orleans’s most iconic Uptown neighborhoods, New Orleans Architecture: Volume IX documents the remarkable architectural history of the former city of Carrollt
- Author: Cangelosi, Robert J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: December 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0807174211
- Language: English
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Historic Homes and Inns of Carmel-By-The-Sea
$31.99 Add to cartHistoric Homes and Inns of Carmel-by-the-Sea showcases the creativity, talent, and originality of the town s residents, designers, and builders over a span of 80 years, from the pioneering days of the… [more below]
- Author: Dramov, Alissandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: July 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1531699154
- 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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Restoring Notre-Dame de Paris: Rebirth of the Legendary Gothic Cathedral
$45.00 Add to cartMagnum photographer Patrick Zachmann was on the scene when the disastrous fire erupted in Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on the evening of April 15, 2019. At the time he did not yet know that he would … [more below]
- Author: Zachmann, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764367277
- Language: English
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Historic Rural Churches of Georgia
$53.95 Add to cartAspects of Georgia’s unique history can only be told through its extant rural churches. As the Georgia backcountry rapidly expanded in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the churches
- Author: Seals, Sonny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0820349356
- Language: English
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Southern Splendor: Saving Architectural Treasures of the Old South
$40.00 Add to cartFew things evoke thoughts and memories of the past more than a house from a bygone era, and few places are identified and symbolized more by historic dwellings than the American South. Plantation hous… [more below]
- Author: Matrana, Marc R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 404
- Publish Date: March 22 2018
- ISBN10: 1496811003
- Language: English
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Restoring Your Historic House: The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners
$49.95 Add to cartAlthough there are other books about renovating old houses, this is the first that prioritizes the identification and preservation of the historic, character-defining features of a house as a starting… [more below]
- Author: Hanson, Scott T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: June 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1684751160
- Language: English
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Buying Time for Heritage: How to Save an Endangered Historic Property
$39.00 Add to cartWhat does it take to save endangered historic properties? This practical guide builds on decades of historic preservation experience to provide readers with legal, financial, political, and technical … [more below]
- Author: Howard, J. Myrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1469677008
- Language: English
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Palm Springs: A Modernist Paradise
$80.00 Add to cartPaying homage to the seminal mid-century modern architecture of Palm Springs, this luxurious book showcases historic jet-set homes designed by legendary talents such as Richard Neutra, Albert Frey, an… [more below]
- Author: Street-Porter, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0847861872
- Language: English
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Case Study Houses. the Complete CSH Program 1945-1966
$100.00 Add to cartThe Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles a
- Author: Smith, Elizabeth A. T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 3836510219
- Language: English
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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built
$45.00 Add to cartA captivating exploration of the ever-evolving world of architecture and the untold stories buildings tell.
When a building is finished being built, that isn’t the end of its story. More than any othe- Author: Brand, Stewart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0140139966
- Language: English
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Country Life: Homes of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley
$60.00 Read moreA celebrated photographer focuses his lens on distinctive period and contemporary residences amid the natural beauty of New York’s Catskill Mountains and Hudson River Valley.
The majestic panoramas,- Author: Abranowicz, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 08, 2023
- ISBN10: 086565431X
- Language: English
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Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir
$40.00 Add to cartBunker Hill is the highest point of downtown Los Angeles, both literally and figuratively. Its circle of life has created a continuous saga of change, each chapter rich with captivating characters, st
- Author: Marsak, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 1626400679
- Language: English
