Architecture category: 43274 books
Greece
Modern Architectures in History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
The remains of antiquity define Greek architecture in the popular imagination, but Greek edifices encompass far more than these ancient structures. Offered here is a comprehensive survey of modern Greek architecture of the past hundred-plus years.
The book explores the buildings and architects...
Architecture and Capitalism
1845 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Architecture and Capitalism tells a story of the relationship between the economy and architectural design. Eleven historians each discuss in brand new essays the time period they know best, looking at cultural and economic issues, which in light of current economic crises you will find have dealt...
by Philip Wilkinson
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
A skyscraper one mile high, a dome covering most of downtown Manhattan, a triumphal arch in the form of an elephant: some of the most exciting buildings in the history of architecture are the ones that never got built.
These are the projects in which architects took materials to the limits,...
Saint John's Abbey Church
Marcel Breuer and the Creation of a Modern Sacred Space
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
In the 1950s the brethren at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint John the Baptist in Collegeville, Minnesota—the largest Benedictine abbey in the world—decided to expand their campus, including building a new church. From a who’s who of architectural stars—such as Walter Gropius, Richard Neutra, Pietro...
The Chicago World's Fair of 1893
A Photographic Record
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
Originally conceived to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America, the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was one of the largest (633 acres) and most influential aggregations of human talent, energy, and industry ever assembled. More than 27 million visitors entered the...
Brunelleschi
Studies of His Technology and Inventions
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
A pioneer of Italian Renaissance architecture, Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446) is most famous for his daring and original ideas, among them the magnificent dome of Florence's famed cathedral — Santa Maria del Fiore. For the project, which was started in 1420 and substantially completed by 1434,...
A Place of My Own
The Architecture of Daydreams
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
A captivating personal inquiry into the art of architecture, the craft of building, and the meaning of modern work
“A room of one’s own: Is there anybody who hasn’t at one time or another wished for such a place, hasn’t turned those soft words over until they’d assumed a habitable...
Mickey Muenning
Dreams and Realizations for A Living Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
This is the first monograph featuring the work of architect Mickey Muennig. Muennig is an important proponent of organic architecture, creating highly individualized structures and spaces that express the dreams and needs of his clients, while complementing the natural environment. He has designed...
by Lilian H. Zirpolo
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
The baroque period deals with the art created roughly between the end of the 16th and the early years of the 18th centuries. The masters of the era include Caravaggio, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Diego Velazquez, and Nicolas Poussin. The Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture,...
Brownsville Architecture: A Visual History
Pino Shah and Eileen Mattei
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Brownsville Architecture: A Visual History reveals the heritage and history of Texas’s southernmost city as told by its buildings. Outstanding architectural images by Pino Shah show the influence of diverse cultures and regional styles that have shaped the border city’s built environment since...
by Jonathan Hill
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Architecture can be analogous to a history, a fiction, and a landscape. We expect a history or a novel to be written in words, but they can also be cast in concrete or seeded in soil. The catalyst to this tradition was the simultaneous and interdependent emergence in the eighteenth century of new...
by Allison Lee Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
At the end of the 18th century, a philosophical shift in idea and form occurred that shaped the basis for the Romantic era. This age was achieved self-consciously through theory and encompassed the arts and literature. It includes a plethora of styles that are today gathered together under the umbrella...
Hassan Fathy and Continuity in Islamic Arts and Architecture
The Birth of a New Modern
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Hassan Fathy, the Egyptian architect known for his recognition of the potential of vernacular forms as a vital force in contemporary architectural design, sought to integrate the traditions of Islamic art with his modern visions for living. Guided by Fathy's principles, Ahmad Hamid, an architect who...
Drawing
The Motive Force of Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book by one of its greatest proponents, Peter Cook, is an established classic. It exudes Cook's delight and catholic appetite for the architectural. Readers are provided with perceptive insights at every turn. The...