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The Bauhaus Group
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 40.00Nicholas Fox Weber, for thirty-three years head of the Albers Foundation, spent many years with Anni and Josef Albers, the only husband-and-wife artistic pair at the Bauhaus (she was a textile artist; he a professor and an artist, in glass, metal, wood, and photography). The Alberses told him their own stories and described life at the Bauhaus with... more...
From a Cause to a Style
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 24.95Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades of writing and thinking about what this architectural movement will bequeath to future generations. In From a Cause to a Style , he proclaims his disappointment with modernism... more...
Materials and Skills for Historic Building Conservation
Wiley 2008; US$ 49.95This book is the third in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials, and structural and constructional conservation techniques and technology: Understanding Historic Building Conservation Structures & Construction in Historic Building Conservation Materials &... more...
Triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 40.00A rich, fascinating saga of the most influential, far-reaching architectural firm of their time and of the dazzling triumvirate?Charles McKim, William Mead, and Stanford White?who came together, bound by the notion that architecture could help shape a nation in transition. They helped to refine America?s idea of beauty, elevated its architectural practice,... more...
The Egypt Code
The Disinformation Company 2008; US$ 19.95The Orion Mystery, published in 1994, introduced the world to a highly original, and now internationally famous, star-correlation theory about the Giza pyramids in Egypt, and sent a huge shock wave of controversy throughout the scientific community, the effects of which are still felt today. The Egypt Code not only develops this pyramid-stars correlation,... more...
Architecture; A Spotter's Guide
Andrews UK 2010; US$ 17.49Confused about the difference between Baroque and Rococo? Curious about the latest architectural trends (organic houses, critical regionalism, conceptual architecture and more) or maybe the ancient traditions of Japan? Wondering if the White House has Doric or Corinthian columns? "Architecture: A Spotter's Guide" takes you on a whirlwind... more...
The Architecture of Information
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 49.95This book looks at relationships between the organization of physical objects in space and the organization of ideas. Historical, philosophical, psychological and architectural knowledge are united to develop an understanding of the relationship between information and its representation. Despite its potential to break the mould, digital information... more...
A Global History of Architecture
Wiley 2011; US$ 95.00Praise for the First Edition "Because of its exceptionally wide perspective, even architectural historians who do not teach general survey courses are likely to enjoy and appreciate it." — Annali d'architettura "Not only does A Global History of Architecture own the territory (of world architecture), it pulls off this audacious task with... more...
The Roman Forum
Profile 2011; US$ 14.38There can be few more historic places in the world. Caesar was cremated there. Charles V and Mussolini rode by it in triumph. Napoleon celebrated his Festival of Liberty there. David Watkin's Forum is the site as it was famous for centuries, celebrated in the romantic views of the Grand Tour, not the archaeologists' building site it has become.... more...
Architecture's Evil Empire?
Reaktion Books 2010; US$ 27.95From Chicago to Toronto to Shanghai, cities around the world have sprouted “iconic” buildings by celebrity architects like Frank Gehry and Daniel Libeskind that compete for attention both on the skyline and in the media. But in recent years, criticism of these extreme “gestural” structures, known for their often-exaggerated... more...









