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Gyroscopic Horizons
by Neil M Denari  Synopsis This volume profiles the work of the architect, Neil Denari. A mixture of photography, cultural criticism, graphic imagery and architectural work, the heart of this book contains discussion of 20 architectural projects spanning Denari's career....
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The Architecture of Philip Johnson
by Philip Johnson Publisher Comments Philip Johnson's imprint is indelibly stamped on cities across America. From New York's AT&T (now Sony) Building to his famous Glass House in Connecticut, Johnson's innovative designs and widespead influence have made him the undisputed dean of 20th...
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Architecture for People Hassan Fathy
by James Steele Synopsis An account of the career of third world architect Hassan Fathy based on interviews with Fathy before his death, and with family, friends, clients and disciples, and research conducted in Cairo and Greece. The presentation is chronological from Fathy's...
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Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner
by Nicholas (edt) Olsberg Publisher Comments One of the visionary architects of the twentieth century, John Lautner designed dramatically innovative buildings with a rare sensitivity to site, vista, and structure. Accompanying a full-scale exhibition on Lautner at Los Angeles's Hammer Museum, this...
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Brunelleschi's Dome (00 Edition)
by Ross King 
Powells.com Staff Pick Of the many transformations that architecture has undergone throughout history, none is more important to the Renaissance than Filippo Brunelleschi's dome design for the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence. Few books have introduced...
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Frank Gehry in Pop-Up Frank Gehry in Pop-Up
by Jinny Johnson Publisher Comments For over forty years, postmodern architect Frank Gehry has changed skylines with his dramatic forms. Among several other awards, his enchanting body of work earned him the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize-the “Nobel Prize of architecture...
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Plain Modern: The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons (New Voices in Architecture)
by Malcolm Quantrill Publisher Comments It's been our distinct pleasure over the past few years to publish monographs on a select group of young architects and firms whose work represents the best of contemporary design thinking while retaining a distinctive regional sensibility. The Nova...
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Santiago Calatrava: 1951: Architect, Engineer, Artist
by Philip Jodidio Publisher Comments Master of Form: Santiago Calatrava's exquisite fusion of architecture, art and engineering (Complete Works 1979-2007) Santiago Calatrava is not only one of the world's most prominent architects, but also an engineer and an artist. With recent projects...
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Projects in China: Von Gerkan, Marg and Partners
by Meinnhard Von Gerkan Publisher Comments The architectural practice founded in 1965 by Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg has become one of the largest, most wide-ranging and most influential in the world, and has garnered numerous international awards. Since the early 1990s von Gerkan, Marg...
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Le Corbusier in America: Travels in the Land of the Timid
by Mardges Bacon Publisher Comments Le Corbusier's first trip to the United States in 1935 is generally considered a failure because it produced no commissions. The experience nevertheless had a profound effect on him, both personally and professionally. Sponsored by the Museum of Modern...
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A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century
by Witold Rybczynski
Publisher Comments In a brilliant collaboration between writer and subject, the bestselling author of Home and City Life illuminates Frederick Law Olmsted's role as a major cultural figure and a man at the epicenter of nineteenth-century American history. We know Olmsted...
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Radical Reconstruction
by Lebbeus Woods Publisher Comments Contains projects that address the relationships between war, political revolution/reaction and natural disasters....
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House: Black Swan Theory
by Steven Holl Synopsis In 1989, Princeton Architectural Press published "Anchoring," the first book on the work of the then up-and-coming architect Steven Holl. Since then, Holl has become one of the most famous and highly regarded architects in the world through his award...
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Gropius (Basic Architecture)
by Gilbert Lupfer Synopsis Born and educated in Germany, Walter Gropius (1883-1969) belongs to the select group of architects that massively influenced the international development of modern architecture. As the founding director of the Bauhaus, Gropius made inestimable...
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The Charged Void: Urbanism
by Alison Smithson Publisher Comments The Charged Void: Urbanism is the companion volume to The Charged Void: Architecture; the two together comprise the complete works of Alison and Peter Smithson. For the designers, architecture and urbanism were inseparable: buildings encapsualte urban...
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Aalto (Basic Architecture)
by Louna Lahti Synopsis Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (18981976) was not only influenced by the landscape of his native country, but by the political struggle over Finland's place within European culture. Aalto turned to ideas based on Functionalism, subsequently moving toward...
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Cliff May and the Modern Ranch House
by Daniel P. Gregory Publisher Comments Cliff May's modern homes epitomize the indoor-outdoor lifestyle characteristic of the American Dream, fusing the open plan/open living philosophy with the traditional ranch house. Starting in the 1930s, the modern ranch house took the country by storm...
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Rural Studio
by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean
Synopsis For almost ten years, Samuel Mockbee, a recent MacArthur Grant recipient, and his architecture students at Auburn University have been designing and building striking houses and community buildings for impoverished residents of Alabama's Hale County...
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Out of the Ordinary: The Architecture and Design of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates
by David B Brownlee Synopsis This engaging book presents the first critical retrospective look at the extraordinary architectural achievement of Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and their firm. Known for such prominent buildings as the Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in...
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Materializing the Immaterial: The Architecture of Wallace Cunningham
by Joseph Giovannini Publisher Comments This generously illustrated book assesses the architectural vision of Wallace Cunningham, the innovative and intuitive Southern California architect whose buildings reveal light and embody motion and spirituality. From small mountain...
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