Criticism Books


Jan Duiker (Obras y Proyectos / Works and Projects) Best Price: $37.50 ISBN: 842521520X ONLY is an exclusively black & white, concise, and copiously illustrated...	Nature and the Idea of a Man-Made World: An Investigation into the Evolutionary Roots of Form and Order in the Built Environment Best Price: $23.95 Nature and the Idea of a Man Made World describes the origins of a built environment and its...	The Foundations of Architecture: Selections from the Dictionnaire Raisonne	Architectures of Time: Toward a Theory of the Event in Modernist Culture Best Price: $50.00 Kwinter's analysis is extraordinary. His method is fairly eclectic, however, as some would issue...	Architecture Tours L.A. Guidebook: Hollywood Best Price: $6.74 I loved Laura's architectural tour of Hollywood. Her directions are clear. She includes lots...



Heavenly Mansions and Other Essays on Architecture (Norton Books for Architects & Designers) Best Price: $10.10 Certain architectural writers are a pleasure to read. John Summerson is one of them, approaching...	Aldo Rossi (Obras y Proyectos / Works and Projects) Best Price: $35.00 ISBN: 8425215390 ONLY is an exclusively black & white, concise and copiously illustrated...	Mexico: Architecture - Interiors - Design Best Price: $23.35 Outstanding in its ability to capture the range of Mexican architecture and design from the...	Tropical Architecture: Critical Regionalism in the Age of Globalization Best Price: $66.99 This collaborative effects breaks the back on often overlooked issues of globalization. Tzonis...	Siena: Constructing the Renaissance City Best Price: $40.93



The Charged Void: Architecture Best Price: $51.75 Alison and Peter Smithson, founders of Team X and authors of the classic Team X Primer , are...	Proportion: Philosophy, Science and Architecture Best Price: $63.78 The book looks great. Haven't had time to open it yet, but it looks like it's in great condition.	The Fourth Dimension in Architecture: The Impact of Building on Behavior : Eero Saarinen's Administrative Center for Deere & Company, Moline, Illino Best Price: $4.62	Colonial Revival Maine Best Price: $27.17 Maine, especially the coast, is a beautiful setting for almost any style of residence, but it...	Architecture: As a Synthesis of the Arts Best Price: $20.24

The Stones of Venice: Volume III. The Fall (Stones of Venice) Best Price: $10.97 No architect ignorant of "The Stones of Venice", or incapable of understanding the...	Dutch Vernacular Architecture in North America, 1640-1830 Best Price: $50.00	L.A. 2000+: New Architecture in Los Angeles Best Price: $29.79 John Leighton Chase has provided Angelenos with a Pride Book that investigates the superb...	Writing Urbanism (ACSA Architectural Education Series) Best Price: $42.66	Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects Best Price: $6.34 Philip Johnson, who died in 2005, was a towering figure in American architecture, both sensing...

Glenn Murcutt: A Singular Architectural Practice Best Price: $26.40 This basically documents the architect's work but is not a great book. The photos, although...	Abstract Space: Beneath the Media Surface Best Price: $61.20 This rich and imaginative book investigates the cultural connection between new media and...	Albuquerque: City at the End of the World Best Price: $12.66 A friend of mine just moved to Albuquerque so I sent him this book. He really enjoyed reading...	Informal City: Caracas Case Best Price: $43.80 This unique urban research project examines the often overlooked areas known as "the...	Stanford University: The Campus Guides Best Price: $0.94 This is another volume is the Princeton series on U.S. universities, using a similar format: the...

Chile: Crypt and House (O'Neil Ford Duograph) Best Price: $35.48 This volume focuses on two architectural projects that, taken together, provide a telling...	If You Lived Here : The City in Art, Theory, and Social Activism : A Project by Martha Rosler (Discussions in Contemporary Culture , No 6) Best Price: $6.44 This book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in questions of urbanism and...	Architecture Theory: A Reader In Philosophy And Culture Best Price: $33.98 Includes writings by some of the foremost contemporary Continental thinkers on culture: Zizek;...	Historic Hudson: An Architectural Portrait Best Price: $16.61 A thoroughly entertaining account of a Hudson River city with a truly fascinating history. I...	Hagia Sophia: Architecture, Structure, Liturgy of Justinian's Great Church

The Architecture of New York City: Histories and Views of Important Structures, Sites, and Symbols Best Price: $32.77 This is a wonderful book that extensively covers the architecture of buildings in New York, from...	Gingerbread Gems: Victorian Architecture of Cape May Best Price: $15.49 This is a beautiful picture book showing many of the wonderful houses one would see on a tour of...	The House Book (Architecture) Best Price: $5.50 As with all books in this series, its about big pictures and only a small amount of text. Great...	Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture Best Price: $21.22 Architects' Journal 19/12/2002, Pages: 44,45 BOOKS OF THE YEAR COMPILED BY ANDREW MEAD Body...	Mexican Contemporary (World Design Series) Best Price: $24.97 While this is a nice enough book, there isn't a whole lot here. Photos are lovely, but they...

Hans Ulrich Obrist & Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: The Conversation Series The challenging French conceptualist Gonzalez-Foerster is prominent on the international scene....	Viva Las Vegas: After-Hours Architecture Best Price: $50.00 I've read other Alan Hess books- Googie come to mind. I really enjoyed Hess's style for this...	Lost Landmarks of Mississippi Best Price: $22.99 Mississippi's architectural heritage is one of columns and capitals, most readily envisioned in...	Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope Best Price: $104.02 Has globalization replaced colonization as a threat to the heritage and identity of the Middle...	Design and Feminism: Re-Visioning Spaces, Places, and Everyday Things Best Price: $22.00

Interpretations on Behalf of Place: Environmental Displacements and Alternative Responses (Suny Series in Environmental and Architectural) Best Price: $7.80	Architecture Bali: Birth of the Tropical Boutique Resort	Young Architects 7: Situating (Young Architects) Best Price: $148.76 Architecture has become an increasingly multidisciplinary profession, where concepts,...	Burley Katon Halliday Best Price: $15.60	Vernacular Modernism: Heimat, Globalization, and the Built Environment Best Price: $21.31 Vernacular Modernism challenges the common perception of modern architecture as the example of...

Outhouses by Famous Architects Best Price: $5.72 I found this book both fun and informative. The drawings are excellent and the text really...	The Stones of Venice: Volume I. The Foundations (Stones of Venice) Best Price: $32.00 No architect ignorant of "The Stones of Venice", or incapable of understanding the...	Architecture Tours L.A. Guidebook: West Hollywood - Beverly Hills Best Price: $6.74 Very very useful! Every building has a short description of its history and main features. I'm...	Great Buildings of Boston Best Price: $11.15 204 black-and-white photographs of Boston architecture, neighborhoods. Revere's home, Trinity...	Jean Prouv? - Oeuvre compl?te / Complete Works: Volume 2: 1934-1944 (Jean Prouve: Complete Works) Best Price: $73.69 Despite the importance of his work, Prouve has largely been neglected in books about mid-century...

Drifting: Architecture and Migrancy (The Architext Series) Best Price: $51.19 In an era of globalisation, there is an unprecedented scale and nature of contemporary migrant...	Buildings of Michigan (Society of Architectural Historians) Best Price: $20.61 Buildings of Michigan presents a pictorial survey of Michigan architecture from 1831 to the...	Lost Twin Cities Best Price: $20.20 A really fun book. Outstanding photos. Made me want to go out and see what is there now!! ...	Philadelphia Preserved Pb Best Price: $19.95	Survey of Chester County, Pennsylvania Architecture Best Price: $26.60 Chester County is one of the three original counties formed in 1682 in southeastern Pennsylvania...

Classical And Gothic: Studies in the History of Art Best Price: $58.50	Miami: Trends and Traditions Best Price: $24.95 Some of the outstanding structures featured include: - Vanderbilt mansion and vizcaya house and...

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