Criticism Books


The Evolution of 20th Century Architecture: A Synoptic Account Best Price: $21.89 From Kenneth Frampton, the doyen of architectural history, comes The Evolution of 20th-Century...	Architectural Theory: An Anthology from 1871 to 2005 (Architectural Theory) Best Price: $40.00 This second volume of the landmark Architectural Theory anthology surveys the development of...	The Architecture of Entertainment: LA in the Twenties Best Price: $5.48 The difference about Los Angeles in the 1920's was money. New money for people who previously...	In The Scheme Of Things: Alternative Thinking on the Practice of Architecture Best Price: $11.75 This book is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of architectural education...	Designing Dreams: Modern Architecture in the Movies (Architecture and Film, 2) Best Price: $20.32 Modernism and commercial cinema were both born at the turn of the century and came into maturity...



Architect and Engineer: A Study in Sibling Rivalry Best Price: $43.22 How architects and engineers relate to one another has long been debated but never before...	Multi-National City: Architectural Itineraries Best Price: $20.70 Multi-National City follows three architectural itineraries through three cities and their...	Outhouses by Famous Architects Best Price: $7.99 I found this book both fun and informative. The drawings are excellent and the text really...	Perspecta 39 "Re_Urbanism: Transforming Capitals": The Yale Architectural Journal (Perspecta) Best Price: $6.70 This edition of Perspecta, the oldest and most distinguished student-edited architectural...	The City as a Work of Art: London, Paris, Vienna Best Price: $33.95



Domesticity at War Best Price: $22.45 This book is both original and exciting in terms of both content and layout. It offers a fresh...	L'Architecture (Reprint Series) Best Price: $43.37 Few architects have had a vision of architecture as provocative as that of Claude-Nicolas...	Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art) Best Price: $24.80 This account begins in 1400 BC with the primitive villages of the Italic tribes. The scene was...	Giuseppe Terragni: Transformations, Decompositions, Critiques Best Price: $45.50 Over the years (decades actually), Peter Eisenman's "Terragni" took on something of...	The New American House 4: Innovations in Residential Design and Construction (New American) Best Price: $24.99 As with everything else from this author, it is just a collection of pretty pictures, with...

Architecture in Italy, 1500-1600 (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art) Best Price: $28.87 Wolfgang Lotz's Architecture in Italy, 1500-1600 is a wonderful introduction and survey of the...	Roman Baroque Best Price: $12.77 The Baroque, for many the most thrilling architectural style ever created, was born in Rome and...	Philadelphia Architecture: A Guide to the City, Third Edition Best Price: $16.50 This is the foremost guide book to Philadelphia's buildings; unfortunately, anyone who knows...	Sacred Connections: Stories Of Adoption Best Price: $1.96 This was given to me by one of the people featured in the book while on a business trip to...	Verb Matters Best Price: $27.35 The second issue of "Verb" asks: What can we really build? "Verb Matters"...

The Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping / Harvard Design School Project on the City 2 Best Price: $199.95 no problems, I live in chile and i receipt my books in less than two months, maybe they could...	Roman Art and Architecture (World of Art) Best Price: $4.42 This is an excellent read and also a must to have in your library. The author disusses in great...	Architecture: From Pre-history to Postmodernism Best Price: $59.92 received the book in time and hardly any traces of wear and tear. the book looks like new and it...	Nature and Architecture Best Price: $56.46 This is an interesting research and an excellent resource for information about the relationship...	Eero Saarinen: An Architecture of Multiplicity Best Price: $6.87 A handsome, long-overdue monograph on an architect who, between 1948 and his untimely death in...

From Bauhaus to Our House Best Price: $121.92 I am apparently getting really good at randomly picking up books that few people have reviewed....	The Ethical Function of Architecture Best Price: $27.64 Harries, a professor of philosophy at Yale, has a long-standing interest in architecture....	American City: Detroit Architecture 1845-2005 (Painted Turtle Book) Best Price: $40.62 My only complaint is that these are obviously digital photos. They just can't match the...	Tall Building Structures: Analysis and Design Best Price: $209.08 Es muy agradable poder contar con un texto que contenga una descripción completa de la...	Yale in New Haven: Architecture and Urbanism Best Price: $31.77 In this first major book devoted to the history of Yale s architecture and planning, four...

Single Building: Type Variant House: The Process of an Architectural Work Best Price: $4.48 Despite its modest format, this elegant monograph more than does justice to Vincent James'...	Architecture of Fear Best Price: $49.00 The articles were interesting. However, the direction of the articles fell like scattered shot....	Houses of Puebla: The Cradle of Mexican Architecture Puebla, perhaps the most enchanting colonial city of Mexico, was proclaimed a "heritage of...	L.A. 2000+: New Architecture in Los Angeles Best Price: $30.23 John Leighton Chase has provided Angelenos with a Pride Book that investigates the superb...	SOM Journal 4 Best Price: $18.18 Since 1936, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has set the standard for corporate design, producing...

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.	Architectural Regionalism: Collected Writings on Place, Identity, Modernity, and Tradition Best Price: $19.99 The intent of this volume was to construct a coherent history of the idea of regionalism from...	Surface Consciousness (Architectural Design) Best Price: $7.83 "Surface" is the current buzz-word in contemporary architecture and is the main focus...	The Virtual Dimension: Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture Best Price: $6.89 It is hard to find books on architecture and information technology which do not read like a...	Paris: An Architectural History Best Price: $14.00 This slim guide is one of the most comprehensive guides to Paris architectural style over its...

Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago Best Price: $12.55 This is essentially a collection of updated columns from Blair Kamin's 1990s-era reports on the...	The Judicious Eye: Architecture Against the Other Arts Best Price: $33.00 Is architecture art? This vexed question has been posed since the 1700s, when?breaking from...	The Aesthetics of Architecture Best Price: $5.99 Scruton takes his readers on a journey through aesthetic theory and tries in every sense to...	The Architectural Guidebook to New York City Best Price: $2.00 I was a bit disapointed by this book. There is information on a lot of NY buildings, but the...	San Diego Architecture from Mission to Modern: Guide to the Buildings, Planning, People, and Spaces That Shape the Region Best Price: $16.20 Very dissapointing. I expected a detailed architecture book of San Diegan monuments and...

Architectural and Perspective Designs (Dover Pictorial Archives) Best Price: $21.78 I bought this book because the Bibiena family were such a profound influence on the spatial...	Hagia Sophia: Architecture, Structure, and Liturgy of Justinian's Great Church Best Price: $30.36 This is one of the most thorough books about the Hagia Sophia church ever printed. However, it...	Tilting: House Launching, Slide Hauling, Potato Trenching, and Other Tales from a Newfoundland Fishing Village Best Price: $13.39 A wonderful portrait of a small fishing village through examination of its buildings and -...	The World's Greatest Buildings: Masterpieces of Architecture & Engineering (Time-Life Guides) Best Price: $42.88 it's an awesome book for everyone; those who are interesting in architecture and for those who...	Le Corbusier and Britain: An Anthology Best Price: $57.48 Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is arguably the most influential architect of the twentieth century....

Perspecta 37 "Famous": The Yale Architectural Journal (Perspecta) Best Price: $14.17 Does fame empower architecture or undermine it? Does the star power or cult status of an...	Spirit and Place Best Price: $35.30 Built environment surrounds us for 90% of our lives but only now are we realising its influence...	Venice: The City and Its Architecture Best Price: $20.00 The author has certainly accomplished what he set out to do, "The purpose of this book is...	Mormon Pioneer Trail, The Best Price: $3.10 THE MORMON PIONEER TRAIL guide is provided for modern-day travelers who are making their own...	Europan 9 (Europan) Best Price: $29.69 This year's Europan architecture competition focuses on the sustainable city and new public...

A Critic Writes: Selected Essays by Reyner Banham (Centennial Books) Best Price: $27.94 Few twentieth-century writers on architecture and design have enjoyed the renown of Reyner...	City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn Best Price: $5.58 It's interesting to read after all these years the comments made some time after the publication...	Postcolonial Spaces Best Price: $1.67 The postcolonial world is currently undergoing rapid development and?dramatic change. Radical...

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