This stunning art, culture and history book profiles China's most prolific and dynamic city.Shanghai's tumultuous history has resulted in the progressive and stylish city of today. For more than a...

This lavishly illustrated book is the first architectural history of one of Oxford's most famous colleges. The contributors discuss the foundation of the college, the construction of its medieval...

Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) may well be the single most influential architect ever, and by conspicuously adopting his vocabulary, Michael Graves, Philip Johnson and the post-modernists have made him...

A radical architect examines the changing fortunes of the contemporary cityMichael Sorkin is one of the most forthright and engaging architectural writers in the world. In What Goes Up he takes to...

Features more than 40 stunning show flats Covers soft decoration design from theme conception, style explanation to spatial layout, color matching, decor selection, etc A must-have reference for...

Canada's leading architecture and design critic, Adele Freedman has been writing for The Globe and Mail for almost a decade. This collection of her very best articles begins with a revised and...

A literary and cultural history of the intimate space of the eighteenth-century closet—and how it fired the imaginations of Pepys, Sterne, Swift, and so many other writers Long before it was a hidden...

This wonderfully illustrated and captivating introduction to the wonders of architecture will have young readers poring over each spread and learning as they go. From the top of China's Great Wall...

The description for this book, Monasteries of Western Europe: The Architecture of the Orders, will be forthcoming.

Why some architects fail to realize their ideal buildings, and what architecture critics can learn from novelists.The usual history of architecture is a grand narrative of soaring monuments and...

 The British artist Cornelia Parker is known for her large, site-specific installations. Often composed of ordinary objects, her works makes the familiar extraordinary, whimsical, and even poignant...

With luxury and concise styles as the key tone, the book collects contemporary projects which contain perfect appearances and interior decor, with a wealth of colour pictures, floor plans, diagrams,...

This well-illustrated volume of essays by prominent historians, scholars, and practitioners in architecture today honors the vast and international scope of Kenneth Frampton’s seminal contributions...

The American Academy in Rome developed out of the pioneering spirit of an American artistic Renaissance at the turn of the century. At the time, the predominate view held that classical and...

A lavish monograph featuring the houses of the major Nordic-Canadian architect Todd Saunders.Norway-based Canadian architect Todd Saunders has a unique understanding of the arctic landscape. His...

1700--1846. These farms were designed by architects rather than simply built in the local style. This study places them within the context of the agricultural and social developments of the period.

In this collection, prominent scholars provide new interpretations and useful syntheses of many of the most significant Mesoamerican architectural traditions from the Preclassic to the Postclassic...