General Architecture
GREGOTTI & ASSOCIATES: THE ARCHITECTURE OF URBAN LANDSCAPE
Written by Morpurgo, Guido
To be published on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Vittorio Gregotti, founder and principal of the world-renowned Gregotti Associati. Gregotti reigned as editor of Casabella, Italy's leading interior design and architecture magazine, for fourteen years. This book is a survey of his career and highlights his most important projects in architecture, urban design, and graphic design.
JANE JACOBS: THE LAST INTERVIEW: AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS
Written by Jacobs, Jane
"Jane Jacobs is the kind of writer who produces in her readers such changed ways of looking at the world that she becomes an oracle, or final authority." --The New York Sun
COMMON GROUND: IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Teller, Juergen
An unprecedented attempt to capture the life of the Biennale. A portrait of the exhibition during the last days of installation and the first days of vernissage in Venice, conducted through a tightly scheduled but lively photoshoot by one of the masters of contemporary photography.
HOW TO READ BRIDGES
Written by Stewart, Ian
This accessible book is a visual guide to understanding and identifying architectural styles and engineering techniques of all types of bridges, from ancient Roman arch bridges and nineteenth-century truss bridges prevalent in the United States, to the latest high-design cantilever and suspension bridges of the moment.
HOW TO READ CHURCHES
Written by McNamara, Denis R
Small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, this primer is a must-have for architecture and history buffs, tourists, and churchgoers interested in decoding the styles and symbols of religious buildings.
HOW TO READ BUILDINGS
Written by Davidson Cragoe, Carol
This practical primer is a handbook for decoding a building's style, history, and evolution. Every building contains clues embedded in its design that identify not only its architectural style but also the story of who designed it, who it was built for, and why.
HOW TO READ HOUSES
Written by Jones, Will
Small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, this charmingly illustrated book is the ultimate field guide to domestic architecture. This sixth entry in the hugely popular How to Read series is a one-stop guide to understanding house styles.
OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ARCHITECTURE
Written by James Stevens Curl
Containing over 6,000 entries from Aalto to Zwinger and written in a clear and concise style, this authoritative dictionary covers architectural history in detail, from ancient times to the present day. It also includes concise biographies of hundreds of architects from history (excluding living persons), from Sir Francis Bacon and Imhotep to Liang Ssu-ch'eng and Francis Inigo Thomas.
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