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Iron: Erecting the Walt Disney Concert Hall by Gil Garcetti Publisher Comments The first book on the new Disney Concert Hall, the newest Gehry to be completed.... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover 
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New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars by Robert A M Stern Publisher Comments The definitive work on this period of social upheaval, now back in print.... (read more) List Price $95.00 Your price: $54.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Lost Mansions of Mississippi by Mary Carol Miller Publisher Comments A photographic and historical review of fifty-seven of Mississippi's most notable antebellum mansions, all long... (read more) Your price: $37.00 New - Hardcover
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Plantation Homes of Louisiana and the Natchez Area by David King Gleason Publisher Comments In these 120 resonant full-color photographs, David King Gleason fully captures the aura of Louisiana's plantation homes--some beautiful in the morning light, some shaded by trees and hanging moss, some crumbling in decay and neglect. Taking each house... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Great American Houses and Gardens by Chuck Fischer Publisher Comments Filled with an array of surprises, the book features historically accurate artwork exclusively drawn by artist Chuck Fischer, who combines real photography with his own painting to create a masterpiece in each double-page spread. The spread includes pops... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Concise History of American Architecture (Icon Editions) by Leland M Roth About the Author Leland M. Roth is Marion Dean Ross Professor of Architectural History at the University of Oregon at Eugene. He is the author of American Architecture: A History; A Concise History of American Architecture; McKim, Mead and White, Architects; and other... (read more) List Price $61.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Industry, Architecture and Engineering: American Ingenuity 1750-1950 by Louis Bergeron Book News Annotation This volume provides an illustrated study of American industrial architecture and civil engineering from the mid-18th century to World War II. The 350 compelling b&w photographs (drawn mostly from the Historic American Engineering Record of the... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $9.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Us Holocaust Memorial Museum Aid by Adrian Dannat Publisher Comments - Award-winning architectural series for students and professionals - Each volume focuses on a single celebrated building - Series covers a wide range of periods and building types from houses to public buildings and from the majesty of St Paul's... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Great American Houses and Their Architectural Styles: Twenty-Five Landmarks and Their Architectural Styles by Virginia Mcalester Publisher Comments In this lavishly produced volume, authors Virginia and Lee McAlester explore outstanding landmark houses that exemplify America's major architectural and interior design styles from Colonial times to the mid-twentieth century. These twenty-five houses... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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John Margolies: Roadside America by Jim Margolies Publisher Comments A volume full of the most recent retail spaces in the world Retail Architecture Now! is the one place where the stars of the world of architecture, from David Adjaye to Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid encounter the people who make the world of design turn... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $32.00 Used - Hardcover
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Chicago's Famous Buildings (5TH 04 Edition) by Franz Schulze Publisher Comments One of the premier architectural cities of the United States—if not the world—Chicago boasts a breathtaking skyline, dozens of architectural monuments, and a historic legacy few other cities can equal. And it's still growing! Since... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Precolumbian Architecture in Eastern North America (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen) by William Morgan Publisher Comments "An invaluable, splendidly illustrated overview of the grand construction projects of the precolumbian inhabitants of eastern North America."--Eduard F. Sekler, professor emeritus of architecture, Harvard University William Morgan, one of the... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lost Mansions of Mississippi, Volume II by Mary Carol Miller Publisher Comments As preservationist Mary Carol Miller talked with Mississippians about her books on lost mansions and landmarks, enthusiasts brought her more stories of great architecture ravaged by time. The twenty-seven houses included in her new book are among the... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature by Craig E Colten Publisher Comments Strategically situated at the gateway to the Mississippi River yet standing atop a former swamp, New Orleans was from the first what geographer Peirce Lewis called an "impossible but inevitable city." How New Orleans came to be, taking shape between the... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $31.00 Used - Hardcover
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The New American Cottage: Innovations in Small-Scale Residential Architecture by James G Trulove Publisher Comments Small-scale architectural masterpieces are showcased in this beautifully illustrated, meticulously documented book devoted to some of the most innovative home designs of recent years.... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Up on the Roof: New York's Hidden Skyline Spaces by Alex Maclean Publisher Comments Pilot and photographer Alex MacLean has flown his plane over large areas of the United States, documenting the landscape from beautiful agricultural patterns to geometric city grids. In his new book, he directs his lens at the rooftops of New York City... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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Grand Central: Gateway to a Million Lives by John Belle Publisher Comments It begins with the historic struggle to save Grand Central in the wake of the destruction of Penn Station and in the face of economic forces in the real estate industry that were intent on its demise. There follows a chronological history of the previous... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Chicago Architecture & Design Rev Exp Edition by Jay Pridmore Publisher Comments The birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago is noted for an architectural tradition that has influenced building around the globe. Now the most authoritative text on the subject is completely redesigned, revised, and expanded to bring the history up to... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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A Guide to Smithsonian Architecture: An Architectural History of the Smithsonian by Heather Ewing Publisher Comments The buildings of the Smithsonian Institution not only contain impressive collections; they are themselves icons of great cultural significance, many of them part of the historic National Mall. The Smithsonian's unique buildings illustrate the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Building New York: The Rise and Rise of the Greatest City on Earth by Bruce Marshall Publisher Comments The evolution of New York's built environment is chronicled in this breathtaking history organized chronologically by site-from architectural masterpieces to engineering marvels. Witness New York as it was being built in the years following the Civil War.... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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