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Magali Larson’s comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the pos......more

- Explains the fundamental spatial and perceptual attributes of the elements of ’spacemaking’critical to effective desig......more

A lively new history of London told through twenty-five buildings, from iconic Georgian townhouses to the Shard A walk a......more

This companion investigates the ways in which designers, architects, and planners address ecology through the built envi......more

This book tracks the development of Marcel Breuer’s aesthetic clash between uniformity and singularity through the detai......more

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The architecture of the Albanian capital is pre-sented for the first time in this guide as a collection of 100 buildings......more

Graz is widely deemed Austria’s capital of architecture. The Alpine country’s second largest city boasts both an Old Tow......more

From the Arab conquest to the Arab Spring: in its capacity for architectural and social transformation and in its tensio......more

Ontario has over 150 Lighthouses and Stands. Nova Scotia is the only Canadian province with more. This is a source book ......more

"A singularly impressive volume featuring 300 examples of the most incredible and inspiring concrete architecture from t......more

Death of Hope: Israel-Palestine" by Ali Azam is an introspective examination of the enduring conflict between Israel and......more

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A history of architecture, not as the art of what stays but of what changes and moves. We tend to think of architecture ......more

Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of exper......more

This book brings together a number of important older texts and three new, unpublished essays on the work and reception ......more

Discover Oxford, one of the jewels of European architecture. Much loved and much visited, the city offers an unparallele......more

On the intersection of royalty and architecture throughout the ages This volume looks at the robust link between archite......more

Being a civil engineer is a fulfilling profession. Civil engineers design sustainable infrastructure. We build houses, r......more

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In this book, rock-cut and underground structures of Koramaz Valley on the Anatolian Plateau in Turkey are described in ......more

In the heart of Tamil Nadu, a famous temple dedicated to Sri Ranganatha houses a sanctum for a Mughal princess worshippe......more

This book engages readers in an enlightening exploration of cities’ identities, sustainability, and urban development. D......more

Twelve studies by eminent art historian James S. Ackerman. This collection contains studies written by art historian Jam......more

Although Hong Kong has produced many internationally renowned architects and designers who have contributed signifi cant......more

The Architecture of the Bight of Biafra challenges linear assumptions about agency, progress, and domination in colonial......more

A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world’s greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories ......more

In 1742, when the legendary dome atop St. Peter’s Basilica--designed by Michelangelo--cracks and threatens to collapse, ......more

Former Delaware journalists Rachel Kipp and Dan Shortridge document the past, present, and sometimes the future of Delaw......more

This book introduces interior design as a conceptual way of thinking, which is about ideas and how they are formulated. ......more

Omar Khayyam’s Secret: Hermeneutics of the Robaiyat in Quantum Sociological Imagination, by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi, is a 1......more

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024*** The word time occurs more than seven times as often as space in......more

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024*** The word time occurs more than seven times as often as space in......more

The first detailed publication of three of the earliest Christian churches known in Egypt....more

Wales boasts a stunning array of castles, the most per square mile of any country in Europe, from the earliest stone for......more

A major new history of architecture in Britain and Ireland that looks at buildings and their construction in detail whil......more

An American farmer shoots an English pig, sparking a war over an international boundary. Explore the disputed islands th......more

Old Materials, New Climate: Traditional Building Materials in a Changing World is an accessible guidebook to understandi......more

The former American History editor explores the creation and restoration of an essential part of a twentieth-century hom......more

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2024 Spiro Kostof Book Award, Society of Architectural Historians 2022 PROSE Award in Architecture and Urban Planning 20......more

Architecture manifests as a space of concealment and unconcealment, lethe and alêtheia, enclosure and disclosure, where ......more

Architecture manifests as a space of concealment and unconcealment, lethe and alêtheia, enclosure and disclosure, where ......more

Before the Mughal style came to dominate the Islamic architecture of the Indian sub-continent, Bengal and its rulers had......more

Building/Object addresses the space in between the conventional objects of design and the conventional objects of archit......more

This new and revised edition of Hilary Macaskill’s classic book, with many new illustrations, offers an insight into the......more

Byoung Cho is Korea’s leading architect, with almost three decades of experience shaping the city where he grew up and s......more

The Peruvian capital is a city of paradox. The urban layout of its historic centre is the most perfect Cartesian grid in......more

Anyone concerned with the history, tradition, and culture of our built environment will come across the term ’public hum......more

This book outlines, within the Italian national framework, the current and potential paths oriented towards a new concep......more

This book intends to focus exclusively on anamorphic experiments in contemporary art and design, leaving an in-depth his......more

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In times of crisis: Quo vadis, architecture? Driven by the desire to create better worlds in the face of multiple crises......more

Global pandemics, smart technologies, demographics and climate change are just some of the external disruptors that may ......more

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The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities is a comparative study of architectural space in four (post-)colonial capital......more

Dedicated to the tracing of continuity across sectarian divides, Christopher Tadgell’s History of Architecture in India ......more

A multiauthored portrait of the Swiss open-air museum documenting centuries of historic homes and the enchanting details......more

Longlisted for the 2024 Berger Prize. A beautifully illustrated exploration of the impact of Chinese and Japanese materi......more

This book is the first comprehensive monograph on Polish modern architect Jerzy Soltan’s work including his designs, the......more

"Notes on Old Edinburgh" by Isabella Lucy Bird offers a compelling glimpse into the historical and architectural tapestr......more

A must-read for those seeking to understand the intersection of politics and art in a pivotal moment of European history......more

Lying in the Dark Room: Architectures of British Maternity returns to and reflects on the spatial and architectural expe......more

Environments associated with migration are often seen as provisional, lacking both history and architecture. As Anooradh......more

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Urban Phantasmagorias examines the legacies of socialist housing in the city of Bucharest during the period of communist......more

Outgrowth of the author’s thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2018, under the title: Maids, wives and widows: fe......more

Outgrowth of the author’s thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2018, under the title: Maids, wives and widows: fe......more

"Mirage of the North Sea" is a story that unfolds in a fictional world surrounded by a strange and mysterious North Sea.......more

The construction of sacred spaces has been shaped throughout millennia by the idea of a divine presence within the realm......more

The book focuses on all typological aspects of arches and vaults within the heritage of design and construction, while b......more

A BREAKTHRU HISTORICAL NOVEL THAT BRINGS NEW DEPTH AND INSIGHT INTO THE LIFE OF THE MAN WHO IS ABOUT TO TRANSFORM THE WO......more