Renzo Piano - Fondation Beyeler: A Home for Art
Birkhäuser, December 1998. Hardcover. More
Birkhäuser, December 1998. Hardcover. More
Schiffer Publishing, February 2011. Hardcover. Take an adventure into the abandoned structures of the American mid-Atlantic region through 560 startling photos and compelling text. These surreal images were captured in abandoned power plants, mental asylums, military bases, prisons, hospitals, schools, and cathedrals. Explore St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C.; Baltimore's..... More
University of Georgia Press, August 2016. Oversized Hardcover. Aspects 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 erected on this newly parceled land became the center of community life..... More
Rizzoli International Publications, September 2023. Oversized Hardcover. The debut book from award-winning Southern architect Stan Dixon, one of a highly influential group of Atlanta-based architects and designers who are revolutionizing the design world with their work. Stan Dixon's edited approach to the classical elements of architecture creates an understated aesthetic..... More
Urban Land Institute, August 2010. Oversized Hardcover. Practical how-to information for conservation-minded urban-planning professionals is provided in this invaluable guide. The importance of natural lands or open space in master-planned communities--either in the suburbs or on the edge of existing cities--is thoroughly explained and coupled with examples of conservation-oriented housing..... More
Phaidon Press, February 2003. Oversized Hardcover. The architecture of the people represents in excess of 90 per cent of the world's buildings, including some 800 million dwellings. This text responds to a worldwide growth of interest in the subject of vernacular architecture; a term widely applied to forms of traditional..... More
Scribner's, 1972. Paper Back. More
The MIT Press, September 2007. Hardcover. Concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation, from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the complexities of color theory. This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks..... More
Bloomsbury Publishing, May 2019. Trade Paperback. Winner of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books The wonders of engineering revealed--by the inspirational female engineer behind the Shard, Western Europe's tallest building. While our cities are full of incredible engineering feats, most of us live with little idea of..... More
Little Brown and Company, November 1992. Oversized Hardcover. Kostof follows The City Shaped with a brilliant study of the component parts that make up urban life. All cities consist of certain basic elements--streets, parks, public places, and boundaries--and it is to these day-to-day pieces of urban experience that this book..... More
Yale University Press, September 1985. Oversized Hardcover. More
Horizon Press, 1960. Oversized Hardcover. Hinges starting. Bump at bottom of front cover. More
ABRAMS, September 1996. Hardcover. Comprehensive guide to the Walt Disney Company's architecture - featuring corporate offices, resorts and theme parks. Comprehensive guide to the Walt Disney Company's architecture - featuring corporate offices, resorts and theme parks. From fairy-tale castles to extraordinary buildings designed by the world's most distinguished architects, The..... More
Planners Pr, January 1999. Oversize Softcover. More
John Wiley & Sons, November 1996. Oversize Softcover. An insightful analysis of the history of suburban development . . .and an exciting new approach to suburban planning YARD-STREET-PARK This book was devised to help designers, planners, and developers of suburban communities deliver on their traditional promise to offer "the best..... More
University of Miami School of Architecture, January 1991. Oversize Softcover. A bit of cover wear and fading. Previous owner's name. More
Museum of Modern Art, June 1986. Oversize Softcover. More
Konemann, July 2000. Oversized Hardcover. More
Phaidon Press, September 1999. Oversize Softcover. During the nineteenth century a fascination with the Orient spread across Europe. The landscapes, townscapes and costumes of the Ottoman, Arab and Mogul worlds provided inspiration for painters from Delacroix to Matisse. When expressed in architecture and design, this phenomenon became known as the..... More
Images Publishing Group, February 2012. Oversized Hardcover. * Lavishly illustrated and richly detailed, this book takes readers on an intimate tour of the opulent houses designed by LA-based master architect William Hefner An insightful monograph highlighting the illustrious design of master architect William Hefner - lavishly illustrated and richly detailed..... More
Bonanza, 1951. Oversized Hardcover. More
Frederick A. Praeger, 1968. Soft Cover. Octavo.Cover page curls toward fore-edge side. Edgeworn cover. Cover laminate is torn in a few places, especially along spine where it also bubbles. Foxing inside, especially first inside page and last page of textblock. {216 pages.]. More
Princeton Architectural Press, September 1996. Hardcover. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe reigns as one of the most richly complex figures in architecture's pantheon of classical modernists. Buildings such as his Barcelona Pavilion and New York City's Seagram Building have become 20th century landmarks and prototypes for building in the West..... More
St. Martin's Press / Academy Editions, 1985. First Thus. Paper Back. {11' x 11'} Moderate edgewear/use wear. Bumped soundly upper left corner. [97 pages]. More
Wiley, April 1994. Oversize Softcover. Gives historical, artistic descriptions plus original photographs of more than 90 major structures, sites and symbols--from Indian coves and trails and Dutch canals to contemporary skyscrapers. Contains a comprehensive analysis of the major architectural styles that have helped create the New York City skyline. More