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Architecture & Design

1. The Acoustics of Performance Halls: Spaces for Music from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl

   J. Christopher Jaffe, Leo L. Beranek

   An acclaimed acoustician presents a proven methodology for designing successful venues for concert performance in a variety of building types.More

2. Frederick Law Olmsted: Essential Texts

   Frederick Law Olmstead, Robert Twombly

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

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

   Milton Wilfred Grenfell

   Architectural details from an architectural journal of the 1930s indispensable to everyone in the drafting room today.More

4. Key Buildings of the Twentieth 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Charles Rennie Mackintosh

   James Macaulay, Mark Fiennes

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

8. 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

9. Urban Integration / Bishopsgate Good Yards: Johnson, Nick and FAT Architects

   Yale School of Architecture, Andrei Harwell, Lydia Miller, Et Al.

   The fourth book in this series records the collaboration of Nick Johnson, development director of Urban Splash, Manchester, with Kahn Visiting Professors Sean Griffiths, Charles Holland, and Sam Jacob, who worked with a studio of Yale students to investigate alternative possibilities for development of the derelict Bishopsgate Goods Yard in East London.More

10. 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

11. Dams

    Christine Macy

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

12. Animals in Stone: Architectural Sculpture in New York City

    Robert Arthur King

    A delightful collection of creatures that adorn New York City buildings.More

13. Negotiated Terrains

    Yale School of Architecture, Heather Kilmer, Nina Rappaport

    Negotiated Terrains is the second book that features the work of the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professors, a chairmanship endowed in 2004 to bring young innovators in architectural design to the Yale School of Architecture.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. 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