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...

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...

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,...

Le Corbusier's (1887-1965) Poésie sur Alger, written in 1942 and first published in 1950, is a self-mocking examination of 13 intensive years of ultimately abortive work, during which Le Corbusier devoted himself to the drawing up of extensive urban...

Explore America's industrial heritage in this breathtaking--and moving--photo book. "This book . . . documents better than any economic historian could some of the enormous changes our economy and our society have been going through." --From the...

Distinguished Favorite, 2025 NYC Big Book Award: NonfictionHow an engineering crisis threatened a career, a building, and the lives of countless New YorkersThe Citicorp Center, a fifty-nine-story skyscraper built in 1977, immediately became one of the...

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...

Ukraine's overlooked modernist buildings are under threat from development, decommunization and war. Photographer Dmytro Soloviov has crossed Ukraine documenting them to form the most comprehensive publication available on the subject. What does...

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Outline of European Architecture, An

This is a history of the ideas, events and personalities that shaped the cities of the world during the twentieth century. Peter Hall shows the benevolent influence of the anarchist ideals of Reclus and Kropotkin in the work of Howard, Geddes and Lloyd...

"These are just a few highlights amongst the 43 projects featured in Architects at Home, but each is certain to reveal both the pleasures and challenges of designing a home for oneself." — Canadian Interiors This stunning revised and updated edition...

This beautifully illustrated monograph features the kitchen design work of renowned classicist designer, Sarah Blank The works featured in this book take the reader through the studio's design process, how it looks closely at the architecture's heritage...

IN THE FOLLOW-UP to the critically acclaimed The Art of Classical Details, Phillip James Dodd continues his look at some of the finest examples of contemporary classical architecture in Great Britain and the United States, while...

"Modern life getting on top of you? You'll find inspiration for an escape to the wild in the pages of this new photo book, which showcases spectacular cabins in breathtaking locations." — The Daily Mail "If you're a cozy cabin enthusiast, this coffee...

These days, the architect and designer are both tasked with the challenge of designing the 'perfect' new home, be it traditional or modern in style, and everything in between. This grand edition pulls together an exceedingly diverse collection of 100 of...

This richly illustrated monograph delves into the innovative output of one of the world's most prolific international design and architecture practitioners, Tokyo-based Shigeru Ban. Canvassing an enormous compilation of works, this title is a significant...