|
There are 2266 books in this aisle.
Browse the aisle by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.
Featured Titles in Architecture - Used Books
Page 1 of 114 next
Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Touchstone Books)
by David McCullough
Publisher Comments
This monumental book is the enthralling story of one of the greatest events in our nation's history, during the Age of Optimism -- a period when Americans were convinced in their hearts that all things were possible. In the years around 1870, when the... ( read more)
List Price $18.00
Your price: $9.95
Used - Trade Paper
The Salk Institute (Building Blocks)
by Ezra Stoller
Synopsis
These new titles in the Building Blocks Series showcase four more icons of modern architecture, as portrayed by renowned architectural photographer Ezra Stoller. Two buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater and Taliesin West, Louis Kahn's Salk... ( read more)
List Price $19.95
Your price: $1.38
Used - Hardcover
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs
Staff Pick
Ever wonder why we have suburbs? Or why we wanted them in the first place? What about the lovely ideal of the Parisian street lined with cafes and shops? Why don't we have more of those? Or would we want them at all? Then read this! If you live in, near,... ( read more)
List Price $15.95
Your price: $10.95
Used - Trade Paper
Learning from Las Vegas - Revised Edition: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form
by Robert Venturi
Publisher Comments
Learning from Las Vegas created a healthy controversy on its appearance in 1972, calling for architects to be more receptive to the tastes and values of andquot;commonandquot; people and less immodest in their erections of andquot;heroic,andquot; self... ( read more)
List Price $23.95
Your price: $15.95
Used - Trade Paper
The American Bungalow: 1880-1930
by Clay Lancaster
Publisher Comments
A well-known architectural historian explores the bungalow both as an evolving art form and an architectural document reflecting middle-class life in early 20th-century America. Special sections feature bungalow plans, interiors, furnishings, typical... ( read more)
List Price $17.95
Your price: $11.95
Used - Trade Paper
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by Ross King
Publisher Comments
Anyone alive in Florence on August 19, 1418, would have understood the significance of the competition announced that day concerning the city’s magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, already under construction for more than a century... ( read more)
List Price $24.00
Your price: $12.50
Used - Hardcover
Cities of Tomorrow an Intellectual H 3RD Edition
by Peter Geoffrey Hall
Publisher Comments
Cities of Tomorrowis a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. A critical history of planning in theory and practice in the... ( read more)
List Price $53.25
Your price: $28.00
Used - Trade Paper
Green Architecture
by James Wines
Staff Pick
This sturdy little book from Taschen provides an exciting visual portrait of some of the great examples of contemporary ecological architecture, as well as the history behind the trend towards "green" design. Wines compares and contrasts these modern... ( read more)
List Price $24.99
Your price: $7.50
Used - Flexible
Architectural Graphics 4TH Edition
by Francis D K Ching
Publisher Comments
Architectural Graphics, Fourth Edition maintains the simplicity and conciseness of previous editions, while expanding and updating coverage of computer technologies and drawing tools and materials. An updated industry classic, this edition emphasizes the... ( read more)
List Price $45.00
Your price: $22.00
Used - Trade Paper
The Portland Bridge Book
by Sharon Wood Wortman and Ed Wortman
Publisher Comments
The Portland Bridge Book, now in its third edition, is a richly detailed history of the bridges spanning the Willamette and Columbia Rivers in Portland, Oregon.
This edition is totally new, with over 175 photographs and illustrations. The book makes... ( read more)
List Price $24.95
Your price: $16.95
Used - Trade Paper
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (Princeton Paperbacks)
by Henry Adams
Review
One has the feeling that during the process of writing, the book grew way beyond its original plan and intention to be the informal travel talk of an art tourist, or an art-uncle for nieces with Kodaks. At a certain point it almost ceases to deal with... ( read more)
List Price $54.95
Your price: $4.95
Used - Trade Paper
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
by Christopher Alexander and Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein
Staff Pick
Although I am not an architect, I keep this book on my bedside table at all times, so that I can pick it up and read about how the world should be, according to Christopher Alexander. The world is made of "patterns" that work organically. These patterns... ( read more)
List Price $65.00
Your price: $32.00
Used - Hardcover
The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape
by Brian Ladd
Publisher Comments
In this compelling work, Brian Ladd examines the ongoing conflicts radiating from the remarkable fusion of architecture, history, and national identity in Berlin. Ladd surveys the urban landscape, excavating its ruins, contemplating its buildings and... ( read more)
List Price $20.00
Your price: $9.95
Used - Trade Paper
Santiago Calatrava: The Poetics of Movement
by Tzonis Alexander
Publisher Comments
Very few designers of this century-- a century dominated by specialization and fragmentation-- can be called universal, but Santiago Calatrava is one of these few. In his numerous buildings, engineering projects, sculptures, and furniture designs, this... ( read more)
List Price $29.95
Your price: $21.00
Used - Trade Paper
Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon: 1850-1950
by William Hawkins
Publisher Comments
The majority of Portland's classic houses are still standing, a rich legacy and essential link to a time of stunning architectural accomplishment. This lavishly illustrated volume features more than 300 residences representing twenty-three distinct... ( read more)
List Price $49.95
Your price: $34.95
Used - Hardcover
Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
by Rem Koolhaas
Publisher Comments
Since its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first... ( read more)
List Price $35.00
Your price: $19.95
Used - Trade Paper
Stretto House (One House)
by Steven Holl
Publisher Comments
The Stretto House, built near Dallas, Texas, in 1992, exemplifies the poetic nature of his architecture, as well as his method of following an initial concept to its fullest realization. The need for protection from the scorching Texas sun led the... ( read more)
List Price $19.95
Your price: $8.95
Used - Trade Paper
Wright
by Bruce Broo Pfeiffer
Publisher Comments
A new title in this popular Taschen series.... ( read more)
List Price $9.99
Your price: $6.50
Used - Trade Paper
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
by Mike Davis
Publisher Comments
To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To its detractors, it is "The Big Nowhere." No one has better captured L.A.'s bizarre role as both utopia and dystopia than Davis, the author of this mordantly elegant and wide-ranging work... ( read more)
List Price $15.95
Your price: $7.95
Used - Trade Paper
A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
by Francis D K Ching
Publisher Comments
This book defines over 5,000 terms relating to architectural design, history, and technology. It is the only dictionary that provides concise, accurate definitions illustrated with finely detailed, hand-rendered drawings, each executed in Mr. Ching's... ( read more)
List Price $49.95
Your price: $28.00
Used - Trade Paper
|
see more featured titles
|  |
| 
Don't Miss