Architecture & Design
Celebrating the Courthouse: A Guide for Architects, Their Clients, and the Public
Hardback
Illuminates the issues that must be addressed in designing a suitable and successful courthouse.
The Furniture of Sam Maloof
Paperback
An exploration of the life and work of America’s most distinguished craftsman.
Writing for Design Professionals: A Guide to Writing Successful Proposals, Letters, Brochures, Portfolios, Reports, Presentations, and Job Applications
Hardback
How well do you write? Written and oral communication play a vital role in advancing the careers of design professionals (and students), yet few design schools offer training, and few resources exist to help designers improve their writing skills.
Tweed Courthouse: A Model Restoration
Hardback
Focusing on the methodology of preservation technology, this book tells the story of the $90 million historic preservation of a designated New York City landmark. It presents the restoration and adaptive reuse of the magnificent courthouse, built by New York's crooked 'Boss' Tweed, as an exemplar of preservation practice.
Ely Jacques Kahn, Architect
Hardback
One of the fabled "three Napoleons" of New York (with Raymond Hood and Ralph Walker) yet almost unknown today, Ely Jacques Kahn had a nearly half-century career and some three dozen of his buildings still grace the New York cityscape.