George Everard Kidder Smith (1913–1997) was a multidimensional figure within the wide-ranging field of North American architectural professionals in the second half of the twentieth century.Although he trained as an architect, he chose not to practice...

[edited By] Karin Hindsbo, Mai Britt Guleng, Claudia Conforti. Series Number Appears On Half Title And Spine. Guicciardini & Magni Architetti Is An Architectural Firm Based In Florence, Italy, With A Vast Experience In Cultural Heritage Projects At...

Combining extensive field research from West Africa to the Horn with findings culled from American and European museum archives, Labelle Prussin and the book's other contributors - including Peter A. Andrews, Uta Holter, Anders Grum, Amina H. Adan, and...

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These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and specific works of Renaissance architecture. The largest group of...

Architecture and Utopia leads the reader beyond architectural form into a broader understanding of the relation of architecture to society and the architect to the workforce and the marketplace.Written from a neo-Marxist point of view by a prominent...

Throughout Russian history, local craftsmen have shown remarkable skill in fashioning wood into items of daily use, from bridges and street paving to carts and boats to household utensils and combs. Russia has the largest forested zone on the planet, so...

A richly illustrated look at the lives and collaborations of two unsung giants of American landscape and urban designGilmore D. Clarke and Michael Rapuano were the foremost spatial designers of the American century. Their vast portfolio of public...

Yearning for rustic simplicity? Open the door to Cabins, a gorgeous showcase of minimal, low-impact, peaceful abodes around the world. From contemplative bliss in an English coastal studio to a bamboo bungalow in Sri Lanka, each of these minimal homes...

The material legacies of slavery across the Atlantic world Atlantic slavery has bequeathed architectural legacies from the plantation ruins that fill the valleys of Cuba to the servant's quarters of middle-class apartment housing in Brazil; from...

Fifty bridges from all over the world to be crossed on foot or with one's imagination.,/p>Bridges can both link people and cultures, providing access and communication, or divide them. They are both steady and fragile, have architectural style and...

Explore over 500 masterpieces of modern architecture in this celebration of the most iconic buildings in the world.Written by acclaimed architecture expert Jonathan Glancey, Modern Architecture is a beautifully illustrated guide to the key styles,...

Is the skyscraper really just a manifestation of America's pragmatic values? Thomas van Leeuwen rejects the functionalist view of skyscraper production put forth by Sigfried Giedion, Nikolaus Pevsner, and others, and instead sets up a very different...

A stunning photographic tour of more than twenty sites―both abandoned and operational―that are emblematic of America’s industrial heritageAmerican culture and politics are shot through with nostalgia for the country’s industrial past, a time when we...

A architectural perspective on urban development explains how cities have evolved into the individual locales of the present, focusing on places as diverse as New York City, Charleston, Chicago, and New Orleans. 40,000 first printing. BOMC & QPB Alt...

"Warum tragen Architekten eigentlich Schwarz?", wurde Cordula Rau während eines Architektenwettbewerbs von einem Manager der Autoindustrie gefragt. Obwohl sie selbst Architektin ist und auch schwarz trägt, wusste sie spontan keine Antwort. Sie beschloss,...

"The Great Miscalculation is the compelling true story of a structural engineering crisis and one man's confrontation with principle - both mathematical and ethical. It is the story of a moral dilemma that threatened a building, a career, and the lives...

Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards“A smart and accessible cultural history.”-Los Angeles TimesA portrait--by turns celebratory, skeptical, and surprisingly moving--of one of America's most iconic institutions, from an author who “might be...

A study of the campus projects designed by R&R Studios to invite community bonding.In 2022, Princeton University inaugurated Yeh College and New College West and introduced a new addition to its extensive collection of site-responsive campus art...

How can we live without plastics? But, also, how can we live without plastics? These two questions, which index a different set of urgent concerns, haunt Everlasting Plastics. Exploring the infinite ways in which plastics permeate our bodies and our...