STORY OF ARCHITECTURE
An inviting exploration of architecture across cultures and centuries by one of the field's eminent authors "Rybczynski's expansive account traces...
BUILDING TOYS: AN ARCHITECT'S COLLECTION
The book Building Toys: An Architect's Collection documents over 100 architectural building toys from the author's collection, from the mid-1800s to...
Architecture Surveys
IRONY OR THE SELF-CRITICAL OPACITY OF POST-MODERN ARCHITECTURE
Written by Petit, Emmanuel J
In this fascinating reassessment of postmodern architecture at the end of the 20th century, Emmanuel Petit addresses the role of irony and finds a vitality and depth of dialectics largely ignored by historical critiques. A look at five individual architects--Peter Eisenman (b. 1932), Arata Isozaki (b. 1931), Rem Koolhaas (b. 1944), Stanley Tigerman (b. 1930), and Robert Venturi (b.
UNPACKING MY LIBRARY: ARCHITECTS AND THEIR BOOKS OE
"I am unpacking my library. Yes, I am. . . . Be ready to share with me a bit of the mood--it is certainly not an elegiac mood but, rather, one of anticipation--which these books arouse in a genuine collector. . . .
HOUSES OF THE HAMPTONS 1880-1930
Written by Lawrance, Gary
What began as a tiny cluster of settlements established by Puritans fleeing the more restrictive towns to the north had evolved by the late 19th century into one of America's premier resort communities - the Hamptons. This text surveys more than 30 houses, and illustrates a priviledged society at the turn of the century.
NORTH SHORE LONG ISLAND: COUNTRY HOUSES 1890-1950
Written by Mateyunas, Paul J
Studies the builders and occupants of 40 of North Shore Long Island's greatest estates.
HOUSES OF THE BERKSHIRES 1870-1930
Written by Jackson, Richard S
Houses of the Berkshires, 1870 1930, chronicles the distinctive social and literary colony of Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Illustrated with over 300 photographs and floor plans, the volume surveys 37 of the great country houses, including Naumkeag, Wheatleigh, Tanglewood, Blantyre, and the Mount.
EL CROQUIS 219: IBAVI (2019-2023)
Written by Fernando Márquez Cecilia
The Balearic Social Housing Institute (IBAVI) is a public organisation attached to the Mobility and Housing Ministry of the Balearic Islands. Since 1986, its main objective has been the promotion and rental of social housing. The institute bases its constant efforts on two core objectives: tackling both the current housing crisis and the ongoing climate emergency.
TRANSITIONAL SPACE - SIX JAPANESE HOUSES TRAVERSED (PAMPHLET 25)
Written by Christophe Girot
The articulation of transitional space forms a key element in Japanese architecture and its relationship to landscape. Climate and cultural history have shaped myriad forms and expressions of these spaces, which connect as well as separate.
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