Criticism Books


Roman Imperial Architecture (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art) Best Price: $29.00 I found this book to be an excellent, even masterly, coverage of the subject. It is bound by its...	The Interior Dimension: A Theoretical Approach to Enclosed Space Best Price: $85.40	Gender Space Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction (Architext Series) Best Price: $47.35 I am writing because in my opinion the editorial description of this book doesn't give readers a...	Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and Environmental Knowing Best Price: $10.49 The book digital ground presents new ideas about place and technology. I was particularly struck...	Archigram: Architecture without Architecture Best Price: $20.50 Shortlisted for the 2008 Bruno Zevi Award presented by International Committee of Architectural...



Perspecta 39 "Re_Urbanism: Transforming Capitals": The Yale Architectural Journal (Perspecta) Best Price: $5.75 This edition of Perspecta, the oldest and most distinguished student-edited architectural...	The Evolution of 20th Century Architecture: A Synoptic Account Best Price: $24.80 This is the genealogy of architecture in the 20th century by Kenneth Frampton - the doyen of...	Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City Best Price: $25.05 I purchased this book as a retirement gift for my husband's boss. I decided not to give it as...	Islamic Architecture: Form, Function, and Meaning Best Price: $34.00 This is an excellent book about Islamic Architecture. It offers a comprehensive coverage of...	False Flat: Why Dutch Design is so Good Best Price: $29.16 The Netherlands is currently one of the world's poles of great modern design, a center of...



The Architectural Guidebook to New York City Best Price: $8.98 I was a bit disapointed by this book. There is information on a lot of NY buildings, but the...	Perfect Acts Of Architecture Best Price: $29.85 This is a great book, awesome spine and cover design, and the typeset plays really well with the...	The Most Beautiful House in the World Best Price: $1.97 This book is like a conversation with an architect and as conversations sometimes go, Rybczynski...	Origins of Architectural Pleasure Best Price: $28.95 Do survival instincts have anything to do with our architectural choices--our liking for a...	Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. ( Twentieth Edition ) Best Price: $152.00 I purchased this book for my daughter as a Christmas gift. She works for an architecture firm...

In Detail: Building in Existing Fabric Best Price: $41.74 Very informative and gives a clear precise description of varying types on renovation and...	Western Architecture: From Ancient Greece to the Present (World of Art) Best Price: $13.10 As an architectural novice who recently decided to learn more about it, I checked three books...	Built upon Love: Architectural Longing after Ethics and Aesthetics Best Price: $8.38 This book cannot come at a better time in my life. I've been asking questions (to people who...	Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred Best Price: $11.47 This book makes the case for both traditional urbanism and new urbanism by laying the solid...	Architectural Theory: An Anthology from 1871 to 2005 (Architectural Theory) Best Price: $43.26 This second volume of the landmark Architectural Theory anthology surveys the development of...

Florence: The City and Its Architecture Best Price: $26.17 While spending a week in Florence in April, visiting many museums that do not allow interior...	Beyond the Edge: New York's New Waterfront Best Price: $15.49 Raymond Gastil has written an elegant, comprehensive account of the New York waterfront, but the...	Architecture as Signs and Systems: For a Mannerist Time (The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization) Best Price: $21.94 It is difficult to imagine an architect more genuinely American than Robert Venturi. His...	The Presence of the Case Study Houses Best Price: $59.25 I found this latest Case Study book written by two European architects an interesting overview...	Verb Matters Best Price: $26.64 The second issue of Verb asks: What can we really build? Verb Matters explores the formal and...

Radical Reconstruction Best Price: $17.99 One of the first architectural books I bought, because it was different. I didn't know who he...	Great Architecture Of The World Best Price: $79.99 This is a great resource for anyone interested in Architecture. It gives really good background...	The Unreal America: Architecture and Illusion Best Price: $4.82 The main thrust of The Unreal America is that commercial interests are choking out our...	Tall Building Structures: Analysis and Design Best Price: $208.98 Es muy agradable poder contar con un texto que contenga una descripci?n completa de la mayor?a...	Robert A. M. Stern: Buildings and Projects 1998-2003 Best Price: $13.98 This is a beautifully done book, the photos just pop off the page and the buildings are just...

Verb Conditioning: Architectural Boogazine (Architecture Boogazine) Best Price: $30.85 In its latest issue, Conditioning, the groundbreaking and visually engaging architecture...	Paris: An Architectural History Best Price: $10.00 This slim guide is one of the most comprehensive guides to Paris architectural style over its...	Pamphlet Architecture 26: Thirteen Projects for the Sheridan Expressway Best Price: $7.51 Conceived as a set of "Flexible Standards," this new addition to the Pamphlet...	Nothing Less than Literal: Architecture after Minimalism Best Price: $12.00 In Nothing Less than Literal , Mark Linder shows how minimalist art of the 1960s was...	The Singular Objects of Architecture Best Price: $14.36 What is a singular object? An idea, a building, a color, a sentiment, a human being. Each in...

Japan-ness in Architecture Best Price: $18.65 I ordered this book before publication and it wasn't until the summer of 2006 that i read it....	The Situationist City Best Price: $16.22 You could hardly find a greater betrayal of the Situationist movement in all of its aspects,...	Order in Space: A Design Source Book Best Price: $17.85 This was one of the books that first showed many people the interrelationships between the...	Built in Boston: City and Suburb, 1800-2000 Best Price: $21.75 Having read reviews of Shand-Tucci's biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner, I approached this...	Contested Symmetries and Other Predicaments in Architecture Best Price: $29.78 Architect Preston Scott Cohen combines the use of the most advanced digital modeling...

From Control to Design: Parametric/Algorithmic Architecture Best Price: $39.95 Along with the new architectural freedoms offered by contemporary technologies come new...	Greene & Greene Best Price: $19.66 I have read every book available today on Greene & Greene and have found Mr. Bosley's to be...	Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes (Creating the North American Landscape) Best Price: $21.25 Wonderful book with very detailed information regarding architectual styles and construction...	The Story of Western Architecture: Third Edition Best Price: $37.00 This book is taxing. While the book is generally interesting and concise it is overwhelmed by...	The New American House 4: Innovations in Residential Design and Construction (New American) Best Price: $15.22 As with everything else from this author, it is just a collection of pretty pictures, with...

Lucien Lagrange: Search For Elegance: The Search for Elegance: The Master Architect Series Best Price: $42.14 A monograph on the work of Lucien Lagrange.	Screen Deco (Architecture and Film, 3.) Best Price: $19.66 During the Great Depression, American movie studios embraced the new Art Deco Movement. In a...	Rem Koolhaas & Hans-Ulrich Obrist: The Conversation Series: Volume 4 (Conversation Series) Best Price: $10.79 In this traditional paperback, renowned critic and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist teams up with...	New Urbanism (Michigan Debates on Urbanism) Best Price: $10.74 In this volume Peter Calthorpe, renowned West Coast town planner and author, presents the case...	The Architecture of Deconstruction: Derrida's Haunt Best Price: $15.98 Originally written as a PhD thesis in 1986, this book should have been published sooner than it...

Shrinking Cities: Volume 2 Best Price: $36.78 Shrinking cities have pushed urban design and classical city planning to their limits. The new...	I AM A MONUMENT: On Learning from Las Vegas Best Price: $19.77 Learning from Las Vegas, originally published by the MIT Press in 1972, was one of the most...	Everyday Urbanism (Michigan Debates on Urbanism) Best Price: $10.75 Everyday Urbanism draws attention to the otherwise neglected ways of promoting street-life and...	In the Victorian Style Best Price: $13.82 San Francisco is famous for its distinctive and well-preserved Victorian architecture. Victorian...	Los Angeles: An Architectural Guide Best Price: $39.99 This book is a great resource for those interested in architecture in Los Angeles, but it has...

Placing Words: Symbols, Space, and the City Best Price: $10.45 I enjoyed reading this book because it was very thought provoking and especially was fun to...	A History of Russian Architecture Best Price: $34.99 I suppose I was set up for disappointment by the four 5-star reviews, so this is to balance...	Domesticity at War Best Price: $24.95 In the years immediately following World War II, America embraced modern architecture-not as...

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