Residential Interior Design: A Guide to Planning Spaces

A Room-by-room guide to home interior design More than a decorating guide, Residential Interior Design teaches the fundamental skills needed to plan interior spaces for all types of homes, in all decorative styles, from remodeling to new construction. Taking a step-by-step approach, this valuable primer reviews all aspects of of

Accessible Home Design: Architectural Solutions for the Wheelchair User

What must I do to install an elevator in my two-story home? Can I retrofit my master bathroom to include a spacious roll-in shower? How can my flower garden be made more accessible? The architecture staff of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) has been solving these and other issues issues

American Houses: The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons

Anne Fairfax and Richard Sammons are at the forefront of a movement among architects today who draw inspiration from the wellspring of the classical traditions in architecture. They have developed a body of work that reflects and adheres to the long-held theories of proportion and order passed down through many past generations of scholarship and practice. practice.

Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture

In this book, Bernard Rudofsky steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. He introduces the reader to communal architecture–architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a whole people with a common heritage, acting acting

Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition, Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)

A milestone in modern thought, Space, Time and Architecture has been reissued many times since its first publication in 1941 and translated into half a dozen languages. In this revised edition of Mr. Giedion’s classic work, major sections have been added and there are 81 new illustrations. The chapters on leading leading

Mies Van Der Rohe: 1886-1969 (Basic Architecture Series)

Less is more: finding perfection in purity Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886?1969) was one of the founding fathers of modern architecture. The creator of the Barcelona Pavilion (1929), the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois (1945?1951) and the Seagram Building in New York (1954?1958), Mies was one of the founders of a new architectural style. Well Well

What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture, Revised Edition

Architectural style is defined as a definite type of architecture, distinguished by special characteristics of structure and ornament. This revised edition of What Style Is It? includes new sections on Neoclassical, Romanesque and Rustic Styles. It also provides more examples of how pure styles vary by geographic region across the US.

Arts & Architecture, 1945-54: The Complete Reprint

Ten years, ten boxes, 118 issues, 6,076 pages!The seminal architecture journal resurrected in facsimile The first part (1945-1954) of our facsimile edition of John Entenza’s groundbreaking magazine, which launched the Case Study House Program; in ten boxes, each containing one year’s worth of magazines “A&A was instrumental in putting American Architecture on the map.” “A legendary West Coast magazine.” magazine.”

Architecture: 2009 Engagement Calendar

The architecture lover’s calendar from the most established and one of the most widely respected architectural organizations in the world.* Features a broad range of images that highlight regional architecture and buildings from around the world, including work from today’s leading internationally recognized architects. * The must-have calendar for architecture enthusiasts. * Showcases the spectacular and evocative photography photography

Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism

Expanding Architecture presents a new generation of creative design carried out in the service of the greater public and the greater good. Questioning how design can improve daily lives, editors Bryan Bell and Katie Wakeford map an emerging geography of architectural activism–or “public-interest architecture”–that might function akin to public-interest law or medicine by expanding architecture’s all all