Architecture & Design
Twentieth-Century American Architecture: The Buildings and Their Makers
Paperback
An authoritative and richly illustrated narrative history of the buildings that shaped the American century and the architects who gave them form.
The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design
Paperback
"Engaged in fascinating and useful multidisciplinary research, Cranz is an avatar for body-friendly design. . . . Read [The Chair] and cheer."--Elizabeth Zimmer, Village Voice
Heavenly Mansions: and Other Essays on Architecture
Paperback
Brilliantly written essays on the aesthetic principles and enduring motives of architecture.
Why the Earth Quakes: The Story of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Paperback
“At last an inviting book on earthquakes, written by scientists whose easily understandable prose takes us on a tour not only of seismology but also of modern building technologies, volcanoes, and that California constant, the magnificent rubbing and pushing of tectonic plates beneath us.” —San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Master Builders: Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Frank Lloyd Wright
Paperback
The story of modern architecture is told here through the lives and works of three men who changed the face of the cities we live in.