Urban Design & Development

1. Understanding Green Building Materials

   Traci Rose Rider, Stacy Glass, Jessica McNaughton

   A companion to Understanding Green Building Guidelines, this primer explains green building products—what they are and how to choose them.More

2. Greening Modernism: Preservation, Sustainability, and the Modern Movement

   Carl Stein

   Greening Modernism addresses the interrelationships between sustainability, architectural preservation, and the Modern movement and places these issues into historical perspective.More

3. Garden Guide: New York City

   Nancy Berner, Susan Lowry, Joseph De Sciose

   Revised Edition

   A horticultural escape and guided tour through all the best- and little-known gardens in New York City’s five boroughs.More

4. 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

5. 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

6. Inclusive Housing: A Pattern Book: Design for Diversity and Equality

   Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, Edward Steinfeld, Jonathan White

   An invaluable resource for designing communities that accommodate social diversity and provide equitable opportunities for all residents.More

7. Four Florida Moderns: The Architecture of Alberto Alfonso, René González, Chad Oppenheim, and Guy Peterson

   Saxon Henry

   A colorful survey explores the diverse styles of the arbiters of modernism in Florida.More

8. 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

9. Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape

   Lynden B. Miller

   An inspirational and practical book about the benefits of enhancing cities with well-planted gardens, parks, and streets.More

10. Understanding Green Building Guidelines: For Students and Young Professionals

    Traci Rose Rider

    Summarizes the main issues and strategies of the forceful and fast-paced green building movement.More

11. The Municipal Art Society of New York: 10 Architectural Walks in Manhattan

    Francis Morrone, Matthew A. Postal, Robin Lynn, Et Al.

    Highlights of architecture, preservation, urban planning, and public art described by two experienced guides, with pictures, route maps, and transit information.More

12. Public Art New York

    Jean Parker Phifer

    A tour of the best permanent public art in all five boroughs of New York City.More

13. Key Urban Housing of the Twentieth Century: Plans, Sections and Elevations

    Hilary French

    The design of multiple housing – a new building type, especially for growing urban populations – was a major new area of activity for architects at the beginning of the twentieth century, and one that continues into the twenty-first century.More

14. Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York

    Hilary Ballon, Kenneth T. Jackson

    A fresh look at the greatest builder in the history of New York City and one of its most controversial figures.More

15. Key Contemporary Buildings: Plans, Sections and Elevations

    Rob Gregory

    A collection of more than one hundred twenty-first-century buildings of particular interest for study by students and professionals.More