Architecture & Design
Theaters
Hardback
The latest title in the Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks series, Theaters offers a richly illustrated history of a revered cultural artifact and a technological challenge, following its progression from the eighteenth-century opera house to the modern movie multiplex.
Ranches, Rowhouses, and Railroad Flats: American Homes: How They Shape Our Landscapes and Neighborhoods
Paperback
An introduction to housing in the United States: its characteristic forms and its environmental implications.
Windows of the World
Paperback
Here are bay, rose, lancet, and half-fan windows, oculi, shutters, and blinds, testimony to the creative genius of architects, artisans, and the...
Dinner for Architects
Paperback
Included in this beautifully produced volume--an ideal gift not only for architects--are contributions by Tadao Ando, Mario Botta, Steven Holl, Josef Paul Kleihues, Dominique Perrault, Venturi, Scott Brown, and many more.
Churches for the Southwest: The Ecclesiastical Architecture of John Gaw Meem
Hardback
John Gaw Meem, the principal architect of the Santa Fe style, is well known for his houses and public buildings.