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"Portuguese" Style and Luso-African Identity
Indiana University Press 2002; US$ 19.95In this detailed history of domestic architecture in West Africa, Peter Mark shows how building styles are closely associated with social status and ethnic identity. Mark documents the ways in which local architecture was transformed by long-distance trade and complex social and cultural interactions... more...
10 Buildings that Changed America
Agate Publishing 2013; US$ 35.0010 Buildings that Changed America is the story of our country's most influential works of architecture and the people who imagined them. It is a journey across America and inside these groundbreaking works of art and engineering. more...
101 Farmhouse Favorites
Gooseberry Patch, LLC 2013; US$ 11.99Afternoons at Grandma's farmhouse always seemed to be sunny...a warm breeze blowing through cotton curtains, endless fields of green, relaxing on the porch with a glass of lemonade and looking forward to what she'd make for dinner. No matter what was served in her kitchen, the meals were always made with love and the recipes were treasures passed... more...
150 Best Eco House Ideas
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 23.99Featuring an extensive collection of full-color photographs, 150 Best Eco House Ideas features eco-friendly house designs created by internationally renowned architects and designers who have achieved practical, innovative, and stunning solutions adapted to the specific needs and tastes of their clients. Included here are the latest innovations... more...
21st Century Security and CPTED
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 97.95Offering an answer to concerns with violence and terrorism, this book examines trends in the field of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED). It addresses application of CPTED to high-security environments, as well as public and private sector buildings. It explains the architecture process to security directors. more...
25 Tropical Houses in Indonesia
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 44.9525 Tropical Houses in Indonesia offers a selection of the best contemporary architecture in the archipelago, ranging from a new type of urban shop house to dramatic and flamboyant buildings emerging from the countryside. Drawing on classical Indonesian aesthetics and conventions and blending these with dynamic, cutting-edge design ideas, modern... more...
25 Tropical Houses in the Philippines
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 45.0025 Tropical Houses of the Philippines features top Filipino architects and designers with ideas that are stylish, contemporary, and show twenty-first century savvy. These distinctive homes showcase the best residential work by Filipino architects--outstanding works by 20 designers stepping beyond traditional conventions toward Asian fusion trends... more...
The A to Z of Architecture
Scarecrow Press 2009; US$ 33.99The A to Z of Architecture provides information on architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Tadao Ando, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, and Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, as well as on famous structures like the Acropolis, the Colosseum, the Forbidden City, Machu Pichu, Notre Dame, the Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge, and the World... more...
AIA Guide to New York City
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 29.99Hailed as "extraordinarily learned" (New York Times), "blithe in spirit and unerring in vision," (New York Magazine), and the "definitive record of New York's architectural heritage" (Municipal Art Society), Norval White and Elliot Willensky's book is an essential reference for everyone with an interest in architecture... more...









