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Cover of The Men Who Built Louisville
by Bryan S. Bush
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2019

From 1870 to 1900, Louisville became a larger part of the American Industrial Revolution. The expansion of railroads was a key factor to becoming a center for industry, trade and commerce. Paul Jones Jr. helped the city become a world leader in bourbon production, and Louisville was the largest tobacco...
Cover of The Open Office Is Naked
by Theo Compernolle
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015

Because modern ZOO-directors know more about the inborn needs of their animals, than company-directors about the innate needs of people… the cages in modern zoos are better for animals, than modern offices for people. Working in an open plan office reduces your intellectual productivity very significantly....
Cover of Asian Bar and Restaurant Design
by Kim Inglis
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012

Asian Bar and Restaurant Design is a selection sleekly designed and wonderfully executed bars, restaurants and clubs from across Southeast Asia. Author Kim Inglis personally selected 45 bars and restaurants that showcase the new wave of architecture and interior design that combines Eastern...
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 Factories
by Victoria Charles
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015

Born in the Industrial Revolution, the factory has long been considered like a monster of iron, subjugating the individual to the collective in an act of mass dehumanisation.Turning away from the pure functionality for which it was built, the factory is evolving into an aesthetic space, sometimes...

Dam

Cover of Dam

Dam

by Trevor Turpin
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008

Rivers are one of nature’s most vital energy sources, and their power can be efficiently harnessed through the construction of dams. But now dams have become a controversial engine in the race toward technological advancement, so much so that the World Commission on Dams convened in 1998 to debate...
Cover of Architects Who Built Southern California
by Antonio Gonzalez
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2019

In the early 1900s, the population of Southern California exploded, and the cities grew at such a rapid pace that builders could hardly keep up. Among those who settled in the area were ten architects looking to make their marks on the world. Claud Beelman, a man who never received a college degree,...
Cover of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
by Jon Krakauer
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018

Here is Jon Krakauer’s portrait of the iconoclastic architect Christopher Alexander, whose revolutionary human-centered approach has shaken the foundations of modern architecture. Krakauer delves into Alexander’s life and career, from his theories on a timeless “pattern language” that could...
Cover of Toronto Architecture

Toronto Architecture

A City Guide

by Patricia McHugh, Alex Bozikovic
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017

Toronto has been hailed as “a city in the making” and “the city that works.” It’s an ongoing project: in recent years Canada’s largest city has experienced transformative, exciting change. But just what does contemporary Toronto look like? This authoritative architectural guide, newly...
Cover of Architect

Architect

The Pritzker Prize Laureates in Their Own Words

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Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017

**In this completely revised and up-to-date edition, the world's most accomplished architects-**Gehry, Pei, Meier, Nouvel, Piano, and 37 more-express their views on creativity, inspiration, and legacy in this visually stunning, one-of-a-kind collection. The Pritzker Prize is the most prestigious...
Cover of The Gateway Arch
by Tracy Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013

This “fascinating, engaging” history of St. Louis’s monument to American expansion reveals a story of greed, discrimination, and community displacement (NextSTL.com). Rising to a triumphant height of 630 feet, the Gateway Arch is one of the world’s most widely recognized structures...
Cover of Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House

Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House

The Illustrated Story of an Architectural Masterpiece

by Donald Hoffmann
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012

Frank Lloyd Wright firmly believed that "life could be formed anew if new form could be brought to its setting, architecture." His revolt against customary architectural design was shared by rugged individualist Fred C. Robie, who chose Wright to build his dream house in 1908. In this painstakingly...
Cover of Pushing the Limits

Pushing the Limits

New Adventures in Engineering

by Henry Petroski
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007

Here are two dozen tales in the grand adventure of engineering from the Henry Petroski, who has been called America’s poet laureate of technology. **Pushing the Limits **celebrates some of the largest things we have created–bridges, dams, buildings--and provides a startling new vision of engineering’s...
Cover of The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age

The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age

All 203 Photographs from "Artistic Houses," with New Text

by James Turner, Steven McQuillin, Arnold Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016

Originally published in 1883 to 1884, Artistic Houses comprised more than 200 photographs of the interiors of the homes of the well-to-do, with commentary on the woodwork, wall coverings, color schemes, and other aspects of interior décor. Today, historians consider Artistic Houses the best source...
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