History & Theory of Architecture

1. A History of Design from the Victorian Era to the Present: A Survey of the Modern Style in Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, and Photography

   Ann Ferebee, Jeff Byles

   Second Edition

   An abundantly illustrated overview of modern design across continents and cultures, highlighting key movements and design traditions.More

2. Comparative Architectural Details: A Selection from Pencil Points 1932-1937

   Milton Wilfred Grenfell

   Architectural details indispensable to everyone in the drafting room today.More

3. The Architecture of Harry Weese

   Robert Bruegmann, Kathleen Murphy Skolnik

   This study tells the story of one of America’s most gifted architects of the postwar years.More

4. The Architecture of Patterns

   Paul Andersen, David Salomon, David Carson, Et Al.

   Through a precise and expansive definition of what a pattern is, this book offers ways to understand and use patterns in contemporary design.More

5. Frederick Law Olmsted: Essential Texts

   Robert Twombly

   An anthology of the key writings of the best-known and arguably most prolific landscape architect in U.S. history.More

6. Charles Rennie Mackintosh

   James Macaulay, Mark Fiennes

   A major architectural study of one of the pioneers of modernism.More

7. Key Buildings of the 20th Century: Plans, Sections and Elevations

   Richard Weston

   Second Edition

   An analysis of influential work by seminal architects, including Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, and Rem Koolhaas.More

8. American Art Museum Architecture: Documents and Design

   Eric M. Wolf

   Exploring the intersections of art, architecture, and design, at both renowned institutions and cutting-edge contemporary collections.More

9. Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage

   Cathryn Griffith, Dick Cluster, Eusebio Leal Spengler

   This beautifully illustrated book documents the history, preservation, and present uses of Havana’s most important buildings and urban spaces.More

10. Peabody & Stearns: Country Houses and Seaside Cottages

    Annie Robinson

    A view of the resort and leisure architecture of one of the most popular and prolific firms of the Gilded Age.More

11. Dams

    Christine Macy

    A lavishly illustrated exploration of these landscape-defining structures across the United States.More

12. Historical Building Construction: Design, Materials, and Technology

    Donald Friedman

    Second Edition

    An updated edition of the classic text detailing the ins and outs of old building construction.More

13. The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism, and Historic Preservation

    Steven W. Semes

    A comprehensive and eloquent argument for “new traditional” architecture that preserves the style and character of historic buildings.More

14. Edwin Howland Blashfield: Master American Muralist

    Mina Rieur Weiner

    The first book in several decades to focus on the muralist, an esteemed exemplar and advocate of the classical tradition.More

15. The Architecture of Grosvenor Atterbury

    Peter Pennoyer, Anne Walker, Robert A. M. Stern

    The first close look at an innovative architect and inventor who held that traditional styles could be successfully adapted for modern times.More