Architectural Industrial category: 165 books

Cover of Look Up Glasgow
by Adrian Searle
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014

A stunning coffee table book of Glasgow's world-class architectural detail, hidden in plain sight at the tops of the city's iconic buildings Glasgow is Scotland's largest city, its streets a constant frenetic bustle of activity, but rarely do its residents take the time to stop and look up...
Cover of Canada

Canada

Modern Architectures in History

by Michelangelo Sabatino, Rhodri Windsor Liscombe
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016

Canada is a country of massive size, of diverse geographical features and an equally diverse population—all features that are magnificently reflected in its architecture. In this book, Rhodri Windsor Liscombe  and Michelangelo Sabatino offer a richly informative history of Canadian architecture...
Cover of A History of the Belknap Mill: The Pride of Laconia's Industrial Heritage
by Carol Lee Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014

Laconia's Belknap Mill thrived in the boom of the Industrial Revolution. The historic mill swiftly rose to the forefront of the city's hosiery industry in the nineteenth century. Lakes Region historian Carol Lee Anderson reveals the mill's unique history, including its inventive, entrepreneurial owners,...
Cover of Architectural Photography, 3rd Edition

Architectural Photography, 3rd Edition

Composition, Capture, and Digital Image Processing

by Adrian Schulz
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015

Architectural photography is more than simply choosing a subject and pressing the shutter-release button; it’s more than just documenting a project. An architectural photograph shows the form and appeal of a building far better than any other medium. With the advent of the digital photographic workflow,...
Cover of Palazzos of Power

Palazzos of Power

Central Stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1900-1930

by Aaron V. Wunsch
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016

"If it isn't Electric, it isn't Modern." Such was the slogan of the Philadelphia Electric Company, developer of an unprecedented network of massive metropolitan power stations servicing greater Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century. These once-brilliant sentinels of civic utility...
Cover of Architectural Photography the Digital Way
by Gerry Kopelow
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013

Architectural Photography the Digital Way teaches the reader how to take first-rate photographs of buildings, inside and out. Step-by-step instructions help you learn how to choose the right kind of camera, to use it effectively, and to enhance and manipulate your images. This complete course begins...
Cover of The Chicago Bungalow
by Chicago Architecture Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2003

The Chicago Bungalow is more than a housing style indigenous to the city. It epitomizes Chicago's work ethic and its rewards for successive waves of ethnic newcomers to the city since the early 20th century. In this book, the Chicago Architecture Foundation interprets both the design and the meaning...
Cover of Century of Progress

Century of Progress

A Photographic Tour of the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair

by Chicago Tribune Staff
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013

Between 1933 and 1934, over 48 million visitors attended "A Century of Progress Exposition," the world's fair located in Chicago, Illinois. Conceived of during the Roaring Twenties and born during the Great Depression, this was a sprawling event celebrating Chicago's 100th anniversary with industrial...
Cover of Rhinebeck's Historic Architecture
by Nancy V. Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2009

Nestled on the banks of the Hudson River, Rhinebeck, New York, is a shining example of American architectural history. Lifelong resident and Town Historian Nancy Kelly scrutinizes Rhinebeck's eclectic structures, from modest cabins to Victorian estates, framed colonial homes to elaborate Beaux Arts mansions....
Cover of One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center

Biography of the Building

by Judith Dupré
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016

The behind-the-scenes story of the most extraordinary building in the world, from the bestselling author of Skyscrapers In this groundbreaking history, bestselling author Judith Dupré chronicles the most astonishing architectural project in memory: One World Trade Center. The new World...
Cover of Art Deco in Detroit
by Rebecca Binno Savage, Greg Kowalski
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2004

Since the 1920s, Art Deco, or "The Modern Style," has delighted people with its innovative use of materials and designs that capture the spirit of optimism to create the style of the future. Although the Detroit metro area is primarily known as an industrial region, it boasts some of the finest examples...
Cover of Philadelphia Architecture
by Thom Nickels
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2005

Philadelphia is a city of Colonial and ghostly architecture with narrow historic streets that open up onto vistas of bold, towering skyscrapers. It is a city of Greek Revival banks, Italian Renaissance, and Second Empire buildings, a city of Beaux-Arts hotels, Byzantine and Gothic churches, and International-style...
Cover of Des Moines Architecture & Design
by Jay Pridmore
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015

Des Moines boasts a remarkable architectural portfolio rich in depth and quality. The town drew wide attention in the nineteenth century with structures like the Iowa State Capitol and the Terrace Hill mansion. Des Moines embraced the City Beautiful movement in the twentieth century and became home...
Cover of A History of Detroit's Palmer Park
by Gregory C. Piazza
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015

Palmer Park is Detroit's underappreciated architectural jewel. Located around the intersection of McNichols Road (Six Mile) and Woodward Avenue, it embraces every style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. United States senator Thomas Palmer originally developed the property as farmland...
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