Architecture
TREATISE ON CIVIL ARCHITECTURE
Written by Chambers, William
A gorgeous, oversize, clothbound facsimile of the classic 18th-century guide to the vocabulary of Western architecture
FLUX REDUX: 9 SITES OF EXPERIMENTATION IN STOCKS AND FLOWS
Written by Draslar, Matej
A critical survey of design experiments on sustainability undertaken by renowned Zurich and Los Angeles-based firm agps architecture. Flux Redux explores design experiments undertaken at agps architecture in Zurich and Los Angeles over the past three decades.
MIAMI ART DECO
Written by Schwartzman, Arnold
A book reviewer once described Arnold Schwartzman as "a trufflehound with a Nikon," praising his passion and inquisitive eye. In Miami Art Deco, Schwartzman's sixth photographic book on Art Deco architecture, he turns his lens on the tropical sun-bleached facades of Miami Beach's pastel palaces.
OFF GRID HOUSE PLANS
Written by Minguet, Anna
Off-Grid House Plans has more than 250 floor plans, sections, sketches, and elevations, as well as all the construction details in all projects. An Off-Grid system allows you to live without using a utility company, generating your own energy.
LONDON TUBE STATIONS: 1924-1961
The history and unique modernist architecture of London Underground stations
KAZUO SHINOHARA: THE UMBRELLA HOUSE PROJECT
Written by Shinohara, Kazuo
The story of Shinohara's exquisite modernist gem, a residential home drawing on Japanese vernacular and religious architecture
ROOM 606: THE SAS HOUSE AND THE WORK OF ARNE JACOBSEN
Written by Sheridan, Michael
An updated, rewritten and expanded edition of the cult classic exploring Jacobsen's midcentury design through the microcosm of a single hotel room
TWENTYFIVE X HERZOG & DE MEURON
Written by Von Moos, Stanislaus
A gorgeous, gargantuan selection of Herzog & de Meuron's key projects, with documentation by leading photographers, essays and archival materials
TINY HOUSE DESIGNING, BUILDING AND LIVING
Written by Morrison, Gabriella
Do you have what it takes to live tiny?
POPLAR FOREST: THOMAS JEFFERSON'S VILLA RETREAT
Written by McDonald, Travis C
"Poplar Forest is one of two personal residences that Thomas Jefferson designed for himself, the other (of course) being Monticello. Despite its audacious design-it was the first octagonal residence in America-and the fact that is one of the very few extant Jeffersonian structures, Poplar Forest is not nearly so well-known today as its sibling seventy miles to the northeast.
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