Category: Architecture

A national bestseller, Brunelleschi's Dome recounts how one genius bent men, materials, and the very forces of nature to engineer the impossible--the construction of a dome over the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in 1418. An ALA Notable Book of the Year. Illustrations & halftones throughout.
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A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals

By: Kostof, Spiro

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press : May 1995

Seller ID: 178599

ISBN-13: 9780195083781

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

When the late Spiro Kostof's A History of Architecture appeared in 1985, it was universally hailed a
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The Image of the City (Harvard-MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies Series)

By: Lynch, Kevin

Price: $17.40

Publisher: The MIT Press : June 1960

Seller ID: 142274

ISBN-13: 9780262620017

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The classic work on the evaluation of city form.What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--imageability--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dwell...
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Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction

By: Macaulay, David

Price: $7.79

Publisher: Sandpiper : October 1981

Seller ID: 177047

ISBN-13: 9780395316689

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A 1974 Caldecott Honor Book Readers worldwide recognize Caldecott Medal winner David Macaulay's imaginary Cathedral of Chutreaux. This critically acclaimed book has been translated into a dozen languages and remains a classic of children's literature and a touchstone for budding architects. Cathedral's numerous awards include a prestigious Caldecott Honor and designation as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year for Macaulay's intricate pen-and-ink illustrations.Journey back to centuries long ago and visit the fictional people of twelfth-, thirteenth-, and fourteenth-century Europ...
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How To Build Your Own Tiny House

By: Marshall, Roger

Price: $26.95

Publisher: Taunton Press : September 2019

Seller ID: 131326

ISBN-13: 9781631869075

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Tiny homes are all the rage these days, especially among young people new to the housing market, for people wanting a small dwelling as a second home or as a studio, and among singles and empty nesters. As millions are experiencing the "magic" of tidying up and reducing the number of their possessions, many are also seeing the value of living with less space, while environmentalists are also valuing a smaller carbon footprint. How to Build Your Own Tiny House is a comprehensive guide to the actual construction process, building codes, and regulations, not another pretty picture book about tin...
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Prince Charles and the Architectural Debate (Architectural Design Profile)

By: Martin, Christopher

Price: $10.98

Publisher: St Martins Pr : January 1990

Seller ID: 73193

ISBN-13: 9780312040482

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Built to last: A handbook on recycling old buildings

By: Massachusetts,

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Preservation Press : January 1977

Seller ID: 167206

ISBN-13: 9780891330547

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Designing with Models: A Studio Guide to Making and Using Architectural Design Models

By: Mills, Criss B.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Wiley : February 2000

Seller ID: 151117

ISBN-13: 9780471345893

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Park Town Estate and the Battersea Tangle

By: P. Metcalf

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London Topographical Society : January 1978

Seller ID: 60915

ISBN-13: 9780902087149

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams

By: Pollan, Michael

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Penguin Books : December 2008

Seller ID: 194378

ISBN-13: 9780143114741

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A captivating personal inquiry into the art of architecture, the craft of building, and the meaning of modern work "A room of one's own: Is there anybody who hasn't at one time or another wished for such a place, hasn't turned those soft words over until they'd assumed a habitable shape?" When Michael Pollan decided to plant a garden, the result was the acclaimed bestseller Second Nature. In A Place of My Own, he turns his sharp insight to the craft of building, as he recounts the process of designing and constructing a small one-room structure on his rural Connecticut property--a place in w...
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The Town That Got Out of Town

By: Priest, Robert

Price: $8.97

Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher : January 1989

Seller ID: 158023

ISBN-13: 9780879237868

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Architecture of the Yale Center for British Art

By: Prown, Jules David

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Yale Center for British Art : April 1986

Seller ID: 167208

ISBN-13: 9780930606404

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Architecture: The Natural and the Manmade

By: Scully, Vincent

Price: $12.48

Publisher: St Martins Pr : August 1993

Seller ID: 151124

ISBN-13: 9780312097424

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Mittel Europa: Rediscovering the Style and Design of Central Europe

By: Slesin, Suzanne

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Clarkson Potter : October 1994

Seller ID: 145947

ISBN-13: 9780517588031

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practice

By: Tyler, Norman

Price: $10.00

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : October 1999

Seller ID: 150595

ISBN-13: 9780393730395

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

" T]he best published overview of historic preservation... I use it as a course text." --Lauren Sickels-Taves, architectural conservator, Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village Historic Preservation provides a thorough overview of the theory, technique, and procedure for preserving our architectural heritage. The perfect introduction for architecture students, local officials, community leaders, and the interested layperson, it covers preservation philosophy, the history of the movement, the role of national, state, and local government, the designation and documentation of historic structures...
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