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An Architectural Guidebook to Portland by Bart King Publisher Comments Portland strikes a unique balance between the rich architectural traditions of the past and the cutting-edge creative developments of modern architecture. Within a small downtown area can be found 19th-century cast-iron-front buildings, skyscrapers, old... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper 
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick Staff Pick This small, pocket-size book, 101 Things I Learned in Architectural School, is a surprise smash hit — over 100,00 copies have been sold since it was published in September 2007. As a working architect and urban planner, Matthew Frederick distills... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture by Ulrich Conrads Publisher Comments The present volume offers eloquent testimony that many of the master builders of this century have held passionate convictions regarding the philosophic and social basis of their art. Nearly every important development in the modern architectural... (read more) List Price $24.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stairways (Urban Details Series) by Virginia Comer Publisher Comments Stairways, fountains, and streetlights are among the many over-looked small things that grace our cityscapes. Seeing and appreciating them is the idea behind the Urban Details series. Many have significant histories and are associated with important... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home by George Howe Colt Publisher Comments In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Most Beautiful House in the World by Witold Rybczynski Publisher Comments A book about architecture: what architects do, how they get it right, what an architectural genius can see, and what distinguishes architecture from other arts. Illustrated.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Modular Structures in Design and Architecture by Bis Publishers Synopsis This book examines morphogenetic processes based on a combination of digital and analogue modeling and manufacturing techniques. These modules can in many cases be translated into architectural designs. They show an exciting new avenues in educational... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Perfect House: A Journey with the Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio by Witold Rybczynski Publisher Comments Before Andrea Palladio began designing his simple, gracious, perfectly proportioned villas, architectural genius was reserved for temples and palaces. Palladio elevated the architecture of the private house into an art form, and he not only designed and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Universe of Stone: Chartres Cathedral and the Invention of the Gothic by Philip Ball Publisher Comments Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to those who constructed it in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries--and why was it built at such immense... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Paris: Architecture and Design by Chris Van Uffelen Publisher Comments One of a series of authoritative pocket guides that provides tourists and professionals alike with an overview of new and notable architecture and interior design created in the City of Light.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Flexible
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An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area by Susan Cerny Publisher Comments An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area is the definitive guide to the history and architecture of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. This compendium has been written and photographed by Susan Cerny and twelve Bay Area experts... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $13.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Frank Lloyd Wright: American Master Architect (Tiny Folios) by Kathryn Smith Publisher Comments A pocket-sized overview of the architect's entire career, with more than zoo photographs, drawings, and examples from Wright's own collection of Asian art.<P>A master of modern architecture, an artist of unrivaled international stature, Frank Lloyd... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Seeing the Getty Villa by Richard Ross Publisher Comments This beautiful souvenir book captures the visual delights, both man-made and natural, of the newly renovated Getty Villa, set to reopen in 2005. More than seventy color photographs artfully record the stunning architecture and grounds of the Villa... (read more) List Price $10.75 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Urban Details Los Angeles: Fountains (Urban Details Series) by Virginia Comer Publisher Comments Stairways, fountains, and streetlights are among the many over-looked small things that grace our cityscapes. Seeing and appreciating them is the idea behind the Urban Details series. Many have significant histories and are associated with important... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Hamburg: Architecture & Design (And Guides) by Christian Datz Publisher Comments Since the days of the Hanseatic League, Hamburg has been one of the most important commercial centers in Germany. Its long history of international trade has imbued its architectural legacy with a rich variety of influences. However, lest you think it is... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Flexible
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London Houses: A Handbook for Visitors by Vicky Wilson Publisher Comments London has an amazing range of historic houses open to the public--and this compact, easy-to-carry visitor's guide covers them all. The spectacular buildings range from a 14th century manor to one still being built, from Buckingham and Kensington Palaces... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ammar Eloueini: Corefab by Ammar Eloueini Synopsis This study of five polycarbonate structures designed by Chicago/Paris based architect Ammar Eloueini, documents a retail space for Issey Miyake in Berlin, installations in Kansas City and New York, a runway backdrop, and the portable interactive set for... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Flexible
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Young Architects #09: Proof by Sarah Whiting Synopsis Proof is the ninth in an annual series of publications that features the best young practicing architects as selected by the Architectural League of New York in their annual Young Architects competition. Competition entrants were asked to use the theme... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Charles Mackintosh by Nikolaus Pevsner Publisher Comments Published in 1950 by Il Bacone this monograph on Charles Rennie Mackintosh was one of a series on Architects of the Modern Movement edited byLodovico Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti and Ernesto N. Rogers. The interest of the present text (republished in... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Typen: Good, Bad and Ugly Houses by Oda Palmke Synopsis This volume endeavors to identify, classify and distinguish those qualities that characterize effective or inspired residential architecture from the nonfunctional--or those houses that simply exhibit bad taste or judgment. Berlin- based architect Oda... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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