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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
ByChristopher W. Alexander,Sara Ishikawa,+4 more

1977 • 71 Readers • 1,171 pages • 4.6

Faeries

Faeries
ByBrian Froud,Alan Lee

1978 • 20 Readers • 194 pages • 4.7

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
ByFrancis D.K. Ching

1995 • 4 Readers • 340 pages

Living with Books

Living with Books
ByAlan Powers

1999 • 3 Readers • 144 pages

Architecture 101: From Frank Gehry to Ziggurats, an Essential Guide to Building Styles and Materials

Architecture 101: From Frank Gehry to Ziggurats, an Essential Guide to Building Styles and Materials
ByNicole Bridge

2015 • 3 Readers • 256 pages • 3

The Stones of Venice: Volume I. The Foundations

The Stones of Venice: Volume I. The Foundations
ByJohn Ruskin

1886 • 3 Readers

The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture

The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture
ByVictor Papanek

1995 • 3 Readers • 256 pages • 5

Architecture's Odd Couple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson

Architecture's Odd Couple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson
ByHugh Howard

2016 • 2 Readers • 369 pages

The Memory Palace: A Book of Lost Interiors

The Memory Palace: A Book of Lost Interiors
ByEdward Hollis

2013 • 2 Readers • 351 pages • 3

The edifice complex

The edifice complex
ByDeyan Sudjic

2005 • 2 Readers • 403 pages

Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning

Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning
ByJulius Panero,Martin Zelnik

1991 • 2 Readers • 1,689 pages

The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories

The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
ByEdward Hollis

2009 • 2 Readers • 352 pages • 4

World Architecture: The Masterworks

World Architecture: The Masterworks
ByWill Pryce

2008 • 2 Readers • 320 pages

Supertall: How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives

Supertall: How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives
ByStefan Al

2022 • 1 Reader • 320 pages • 3

Geometry of Design, revised edition: Studies in Proportion and Composition

Geometry of Design, revised edition: Studies in Proportion and Composition
ByKimberly Elam

2001 • 1 Reader • 143 pages

Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture

Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture
ByRobert Neuman

2012 • 1 Reader • 480 pages

Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail

Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
ByMatthys Levy,Mario Salvadori

1992 • 1 Reader • 334 pages

How to Read Modern Buildings: A Crash Course in Architecture of the Modern Era

How to Read Modern Buildings: A Crash Course in Architecture of the Modern Era
ByWill Jones

2017 • 1 Reader • 256 pages

Kicked a Building Lately?

Kicked a Building Lately?
ByAda Louise Huxtable

1976 • 1 Reader • 304 pages

Modern Architecture Since 1900

Modern Architecture Since 1900
ByWilliam J.R. Curtis

1982 • 1 Reader • 746 pages

The Garden District of New Orleans

The Garden District of New Orleans
ByJim Fraiser

2012 • 1 Reader • 264 pages

Minnesota's Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes

Minnesota's Own: Preserving Our Grand Homes
ByLarry Millett

2014 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

The House of Narcissus

The House of Narcissus
ByMargaret Wild

2001 • 1 Reader • 31 pages

Seven Wonders Of The Modern World

Seven Wonders Of The Modern World
ByDoreen Gonzales

2005 • 1 Reader • 48 pages

Building Utopia: The Barbican Centre

Building Utopia: The Barbican Centre
ByNicholas Kenyon(Editor)

2022 • 1 Reader • 288 pages

Harry Potter: The Blueprints

Harry Potter: The Blueprints
ByJody Revenson

2022 • 1 Reader • 288 pages

Power at Ground Zero: Politics, Money, and the Remaking of Lower Manhattan

Power at Ground Zero: Politics, Money, and the Remaking of Lower Manhattan
ByLynne B. Sagalyn

2016 • 1 Reader • 938 pages

NorCalMod: Icons of Northern California Modernism

NorCalMod: Icons of Northern California Modernism
ByPierluigi Serraino

2006 • 1 Reader • 300 pages • 2

Bicycle City: Riding the Bike Boom to a Brighter Future

Bicycle City: Riding the Bike Boom to a Brighter Future
ByDan Piatkowski

2024 • 1 Reader • 194 pages

The Making of Hong Kong: From Vertical to Volumetric

The Making of Hong Kong: From Vertical to Volumetric
ByBarrie Shelton,Justyna Karakiewicz,+1 more

2010 • 1 Reader

American Architecture since 1780: A Guide to the Styles

American Architecture since 1780: A Guide to the Styles
ByMarcus Whiffen

1969 • 1 Reader • 326 pages • 3

Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World

Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World
BySara C. Bronin

2024 • 1 Reader • 208 pages • 4

How to Read Modern Buildings

How to Read Modern Buildings
ByWill Jones

2012 • 1 Reader

Mini Houses

Mini Houses
ByFKG

2009 • 1 Reader • 580 pages • 3

Henri Lefebvre

Henri Lefebvre
ByAndy Merrifield

2005 • 1 Reader • 240 pages

Круг тотальной архитектуры

Круг тотальной архитектуры
ByWalter Gropius

1956 • 1 Reader • 1 page • 2

Building the Great Pyramid

Building the Great Pyramid
ByKevin Jackson,Jonathan Stamp

2003 • 1 Reader • 204 pages

The Houses We Live In: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Domestic Architecture

The Houses We Live In: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Domestic Architecture
ByJeffery W. Howe(editor)

2002 • 1 Reader • 448 pages

City Trees: A Historical Geography from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century

Center Books

City Trees: A Historical Geography from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century
ByHenry W. Lawrence

2006 • 1 Reader • 356 pages

Between Cultures: Continuity and Change in the Lives of Young Asians

Between Cultures: Continuity and Change in the Lives of Young Asians
ByMuhammad Anwar

1998 • 1 Reader • 236 pages

New York New York: Mini

New York New York: Mini
ByRichard Berenholtz

2003 • 1 Reader • 216 pages

The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945–1976

The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945–1976
ByJohn Harwood

2011 • 1 Reader • 278 pages

City and Soul in Divided Societies

City and Soul in Divided Societies
ByScott A. Bollens

2011 • 1 Reader • 278 pages

Brooklyn: The Once and Future City

Brooklyn: The Once and Future City
ByThomas Campanella

2019 • 1 Reader • 549 pages

Architecture

Architecture
ByJonathan Glancey

2021 • 1 Reader

Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Culture, and Use

Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Culture, and Use
ByFerrell M. Bridwell

2001 • 1 Reader • 610 pages

Pub Scene

Pub Scene
ByJane Peyton

2006 • 1 Reader • 216 pages • 4

Sketchup for Interior Design: 3D Visualizing, Designing, and Space Planning

Sketchup for Interior Design: 3D Visualizing, Designing, and Space Planning
ByLydia Cline

2014 • 1 Reader • 304 pages

Rock the Shack: The Architecture of Cabins, Cocoons and Hide-Outs

Rock the Shack: The Architecture of Cabins, Cocoons and Hide-Outs
BySven Ehmann(editor),Sofia Borges(Editor)

2013 • 1 Reader • 239 pages

The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism

The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism
ByBarry Stroud

1984 • 1 Reader • 294 pages

Egypt on the Potomac

Egypt on the Potomac
ByAnthony T. Browder

2004 • 1 Reader • 72 pages

The Exposed City: Mapping the Urban Invisibles

The Exposed City: Mapping the Urban Invisibles
ByNadia Amoroso

2010 • 1 Reader • 176 pages

Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections

Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections

Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections
ByStephen Biesty,Richard Platt

1992 • 1 Reader • 48 pages

Unpacking the Archive

Unpacking the Archive
ByFrank Lloyd Wright(artist),John Desmond(Contributor)

2017 • 1 Reader • 256 pages

Cómo leer ciudades : una guía de arquitectura urbana

Cómo leer ciudades : una guía de arquitectura urbana
ByJosé Miguel Gómez Acosta(Translator),Jonathan Glancey

2016 • 1 Reader • 256 pages

DETOUR Architecture and Design Along 18 National Tourist Routes in Norway

DETOUR Architecture and Design Along 18 National Tourist Routes in Norway
ByNina Berre(Editor),Hege Lysholm(Editor)

2010 • 1 Reader • 212 pages

Historical Truth, Historical Criticism, And Ideology: Chinese Historiography And Historical Culture From A New Comparative Perspective

Historical Truth, Historical Criticism, And Ideology: Chinese Historiography And Historical Culture From A New Comparative Perspective
ByHelwig Schmidt-Glintzer(editor)

2004 • 1 Reader • 489 pages

Renaissance

Renaissance
ByAndrew Graham-Dixon

1999 • 1 Reader • 344 pages • 4

My Father had this Luger... A true story of Hitler's Greece: A true story of Hitler's Greece

My Father had this Luger... A true story of Hitler's Greece: A true story of Hitler's Greece
ByEvangelos Louizos

2012 • 1 Reader • 320 pages • 5

Archi-Graphic: An Infographic Look at Architecture

Archi-Graphic: An Infographic Look at Architecture
ByFrank Jacobus

2015 • 1 Reader • 160 pages

Horror in Architecture

Horror in Architecture
ByJoshua Comaroff,Ong Ker-Shing

2013 • 1 Reader • 225 pages

A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture

A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture
ByVirginia Savage McAlester

2013 • 1 Reader • 881 pages

New York Vertical

New York Vertical
ByHorst Hamann

1998 • 1 Reader • 196 pages • 5

Urban Versioning System 1.0

Urban Versioning System 1.0
ByMatthew Fuller,Usman Haque,+1 more

2008 • 1 Reader • 62 pages

The Language of Architecture

The Language of Architecture
ByAndrea Simitch,Val Warke

2013 • 1 Reader • 227 pages

Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design

Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design
ByStephanie Travis

2015 • 1 Reader • 128 pages

Lake Tahoe's Rustic Architecture

Images of America: Nevada

Lake Tahoe's Rustic Architecture
ByPeter B. Mires

2016 • 1 Reader • 1 page

Werewolf

Werewolf
ByCaroline O’Donnell(Editor),JOSE IBARRA(Editor)

2021 • 1 Reader • 450 pages

Architecture of the Sun

Architecture of the Sun
ByThomas S. Hines

2010 • 1 Reader

Architecture in Italy, 1400-1500

Architecture in Italy, 1400-1500
ByLudwig H. Heydenreich

1996 • 1 Reader • 198 pages

Green Interior Design

Green Interior Design
ByLori Dennis

2010 • 1 Reader • 160 pages • 2

Architecture in Wood

Architecture in Wood
ByWill Pryce

2005 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

Architecture and Violence

Architecture and Violence
ByBechir Kenzari(Editor)

2011 • 1 Reader • 290 pages

Humanize: A Maker's Guide to Designing Our Cities

Humanize: A Maker's Guide to Designing Our Cities
ByThomas Heatherwick

2023 • 1 Reader

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Castles, Palaces & Stately Houses of Britain & Ireland

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Castles, Palaces & Stately Houses of Britain & Ireland
ByCharles Phillips

2007 • 1 Reader

Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country House in a Time of War and Revolution

Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country House in a Time of War and Revolution
ByTerence A.M. Dooley

2022 • 1 Reader • 367 pages

A Landscape of Events

A Landscape of Events
ByPaul Virilio,Julie Rose(Translator)

1996 • 1 Reader • 124 pages

The Pyramids of Egypt

The Pyramids of Egypt
ByI.E.S. Edwards

1947 • 1 Reader • 404 pages

Rhodes - Lindos - Kamiros - Filerimos

Rhodes - Lindos - Kamiros - Filerimos
Byfilerimos-lindos-kamiros

1982 • 1 Reader • 132 pages • 3

The House of God: Church Architecture, Style and History

The House of God: Church Architecture, Style and History
ByEdward Norman

1990 • 1 Reader • 312 pages

Cities of the Dead: The world's most beautiful cemeteries

Cities of the Dead: The world's most beautiful cemeteries
ByYolanda Zappaterra

2022 • 1 Reader • 242 pages

Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design

Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design
ByBradley Cantrell,Wes Michaels

2010 • 1 Reader • 341 pages

Jens Jensen

Creating the North American Landscape

Jens Jensen
ByRobert E. Grese

1992 • 1 Reader • 326 pages

Palm Springs Weekend: The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis

Palm Springs Weekend: The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis
ByAndrew Danish,Alan Hess

2001 • 1 Reader • 180 pages

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg
ByDimitri Shvidkovsky(Photographer),Alexander Orloff(Photographer)

1996 • 1 Reader • 360 pages

Boredom, Architecture, and Spatial Experience

Boredom, Architecture, and Spatial Experience
ByChristian Parreno

2021 • 1 Reader • 273 pages

The Oxford Handbook of Pre-Roman Italy

The Oxford Handbook of Pre-Roman Italy
ByJane Botsford Johnson(primary_contributor),Marco Maiuro(Editor)

2024 • 1 Reader • 881 pages

PALLAVAS AND CHALUKYAS: Coopetition in Stone

PALLAVAS AND CHALUKYAS: Coopetition in Stone
ByGurpreet Chopra,Bharath

2021 • 1 Reader • 388 pages

Architecture

Architecture
ByDaniel Borden,Jerzy Elzanowski,+3 more

2008 • 1 Reader • 512 pages

Unjustified Texts: Perspectives on Typography

Unjustified Texts: Perspectives on Typography
ByRobin Kinross

2002 • 1 Reader • 338 pages • 3

Vestiges of Grandeur: Plantations of Louisiana's River Road

Vestiges of Grandeur: Plantations of Louisiana's River Road
ByRichard Sexton

1999 • 1 Reader • 324 pages • 3

Rem Koolhaas: Elements of Architecture

Rem Koolhaas: Elements of Architecture
ByRem Koolhaas

2014 • 1 Reader • 2,528 pages

Architecture

Architecture
ByMarvin Trachtenberg,Isabelle Hyman

1986 • 1 Reader • 624 pages

The Architecture of Emergence: The Evolution of Form in Nature and Civilisation

The Architecture of Emergence: The Evolution of Form in Nature and Civilisation
ByMichael Weinstock

2008 • 1 Reader

Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, And Environmental Knowing

Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, And Environmental Knowing
ByMalcolm McCullough

2004 • 1 Reader • 272 pages

Rendering in SketchUp: From Modeling to Presentation for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design

Rendering in SketchUp: From Modeling to Presentation for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design
ByDaniel Tal

2013 • 1 Reader • 645 pages

Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream

Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream
ByReinhold Martin

2012 • 1 Reader • 188 pages

The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark

The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark
ByTom Stanton

2001 • 1 Reader • 270 pages

The Transformation of Urban Space in Post-Soviet Russia

The Transformation of Urban Space in Post-Soviet Russia
ByIsolde Brade,Konstantin Axenov,+1 more

2006 • 1 Reader • 200 pages

Placing Words: Symbols, Space, and the City

Placing Words: Symbols, Space, and the City
ByWilliam J. Mitchell

2001 • 1 Reader • 320 pages