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History & Theory

1. An Infinity of Graces: Cecil Ross Pinsent, An English Architect in the Italian Landscape

   Ethne Clarke

   An exploration of the work of the English architect and landscape designer who practiced almost exclusively in Italy from 1907 to midcentury.More

2. New York Neon

   Thomas E. Rinaldi

   A brilliant visual tour and history of that iconic element of the cityscape: the neon sign.More

3. Taliesin Diary: A Year with Frank Lloyd Wright

   Priscilla J. Henken, Sarah Leavitt

   The first publication of the diary of a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice, 1942–43, with notes, contextual essays, and contemporaneous photographs.More

4. Andrew Jackson Downing: Essential Texts

   Andrew Jackson Downing, Robert Twombly

   A collection of essential writings by the father of landscape architecture and the urban park movement in the United States.More

5. Law for Architects: What You Need to Know

   Robert F. Herrmann, Menaker & Herrmann LLP

   An essential reference for practitioners, emphasizing how legal concepts affect the process of bringing architectural vision to reality.More

6. Mirrors: Reflections of Style

   Paula Phipps

   A survey of the history, forms, stylistic range, and use of mirrors in interior design.More

7. Saving Wright: The Freeman House and the Preservation of Meaning, Materials, and Modernity

   Jeffrey M. Chusid

   "Dear Mrs. Freeman: I am glad to know that you are still happily 'at home.' Sincerely, Frank Lloyd Wright."More

8. Aesthetic Theory: Essential Texts for Architecture and Design

   Mark Foster Gage

   A collection of pivotal ideas about beauty from throughout history, with an introduction and critical headnotes.More

9. 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

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

    Milton Wilfred Grenfell

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

11. Charles Rennie Mackintosh

    James Macaulay, Mark Fiennes

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Great Public Squares: An Architect's Selection

    Robert F. Gatje

    Forty outstanding urban spaces of the Western world, analyzed and drawn at a common scale for easy comparison.More

15. 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