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Alhambra
by Michael Jacobs, Francisco Fernandez
Hardcover from Rizzoli International Publications

The Annotated Arch History Of Architecture Ppb
by Carol Strickland
Paperback from Andrews McMeel Publishing

Architecture in Italy, 1400-1500
(Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)
by Ludwig H. Heydenreich, Paul Davies
(Paperback)

Architecture in Italy, 1500-1600 (Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)
by Wolfgang Lotz, Deborah Howard
(Paperback)

The Architecture of Historic Hungary
by Dora Wiebenson et al.
Listed under Hungary

Art and Architecture in Italy 1250-1400
(Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)
by John White
(Paperback - March 1993)

Architecture in the Scandinavian Countries
Marian C. Donnelly
Hardcover

Architecture of H. H. Richardson and His Times
Henry Hitchcock
Paperback

The Art and Architecture of China (Pelican History of Art)
Laurence C. S. Sickman, Alexander Coburn Soper
Listed under Chinese Art

The Art and Architecture of Japan (Pelican History of Art)
Robert Treat Paine, Alexander Coburn Soper
Listed under Japanese Art
 

Architecture in the Age of Stalin : Culture Two
by Vladimir Paperny, John Hill, Roann Barris
Hardcover from Cambridge University Press
Architecture: From Prehistory to Postmodernity (Second Edition)
by Marvin Trachtenberg, Isabelle Hyman
Hardcover from Harry N Abrams

Asia's Dwellings: Architectural Tradition and Change (Asian Cultural Heritage)
by Ronald G. Knapp
Hardcover from Oxford University Press

 

Bernini and the Art of Architecture
by Tod A. Marder, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Joseph S. Martin
Hardcover from Abbeville Press, Inc.
The Brown Decades : A Study of the Arts in America, 1865-1895
Lewis Mumford; Paperback

Bernini and the Bell Towers: Architecture and Politics at the Vatican
by Sarah McPhee
Hardcover from Yale Univ Pr

Andrea Palladio: The Complete Illustrated Works
by Pino Guidolotti, Howard Burns, Guido Beltramini, Antonio Padoan
Undoubtedly one of the most accomplished architects of the Renaissance, Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) is also the most widely imitated. Drawing inspiration from classical architecture, he created harmoniously proportioned villas and palaces in the Italian Veneto region. The influence of his work was wide-ranging, inspiring stately homes across Europe and America, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.
Paperback from Universe Books

Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer
by Oscar Niemeyer
Hardcover from Phaidon Press Inc.

Chatsworth the House
by Duchess of Devonshire, Simon Upton, Deborah Vivien Freeman- Devonshire
Hardcover: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.94 x 11.38 x 10.46 
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited;
ISBN: 0711216754 

Cuba: 400 Years of Architectural Heritage
by Rachel Carley, Andrea Brizzi
Paperback from Watson-Guptill Pubns

Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture : 800-1200
Conant, Kenneth John
Paperback 4th edition (June 1992)
Yale Univ Pr; ISBN: 0300052987

The Chrysler Building
by David Stravitz
Listed under American Architecture

A Critic Writes : Essays
Reyner Banham, et al; Hardcover

Cosmatesque Ornament: Flat Polychrome Geometric Patterns in Architecture
by Paloma Pajares-Ayuela, et al
Book Description: A richly illustrated study of architectural ornament in the late Middle Ages. This unique study of the distinctive colorful geometric mosaics created in hundreds of late medieval buildings in Rome and environs (and such far-flung locations as Westminster Abbey) by a group of artisans called the Cosmati is a treasure trove of information and pattern for art and architectural historians and designers in every medium. 600 color and black-and-white illustrations.
Hardcover: 320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.01 x 12.02 x 8.64 
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; ; (April )
ISBN: 0393730379

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by Ross King
Listed under Brunelleschi

Churches
by Judith Dupre, Mario Botta
(Hardcover)

Delirious New York : A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
by Rem Koolhaas
Listed under Rem Koolhaas

From Bauhaus to Our House
by Tom Wolfe
Paperback from Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap)

The Genius of Robert Adam: His Interiors
by Eileen Harris
Robert Adam was one of the greatest British architects of the later eighteenth century. So widespread was his influence as a decorator and furniture designer that his name hasbecome a household word.
Hardcover - 400 pages (September 1, )
Yale Univ Pr; ISBN: 0300081294

Gothic Architecture
by Paul Crossley, Paul Frankl
Paperback from Yale Univ Pr
The Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 B.C. to A.D.1600)
by Konstantinos Sp. Staikos
Hardcover from Oak Knoll Books

Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House
by Victoria Kastner et al.
Listed under William Randolph Hearst

History of Architectural Conservation
by Jukka Jokilehto
Paperback from Butterworth-Heinemann

  Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History
by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
(Hardcover)

Leon Battista Alberti : Master Builder of the Italian Renaissance
by Anthony Grafton
(Hardcover)

The Elements of Style: A Practical Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details from 1485 to the Present
by Stephen Calloway (Editor), Elizabeth Cromley (Editor)
(Hardcover)

Edwardian Architecture a Handbook World of Art
Alastair Service; Hardcover

Feng Shui : Environments of Power : A Study of Chinese Architecture
Evelyn, Dr Lip
Listed under Feng Shui

Finnish Architecture and the Modernist Tradition
Malcolm Quantrill; Hardcover

The Golden Ring : Cities of Old Russia
Vadim Evgenevich Gippenreiter, Alexei Komech
Hardcover
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Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture (Pelican History of Art Series)
by Richard Krautheimer, Slobodan Curcic
(Paperback - June 1992)

Greek Architecture (Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)
by A. W. Lawrence, R. A. Tomlinson
(Paperback)

A History of Architecture : Settings and Rituals
Spiro Kostof, Greg Castillo
Hardcover - 816 pages 2nd edition
Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0195083784

A History of Architecture : Settings and Rituals
Spiro Kostof, et al
Paperback

Materials: Architecture in Detail
by Oscar Riera Ojeda, Paul Warchol, Mark Pasnik, James McCown
Hardcover from Rockport Publishers

The Moonlight Garden: New Discoveries at the Taj Mahal
by Elizabeth B. Moynihan
Listed under Taj Mahal

Old Houses of Jordan
by Queen Noor Al-Hussein
Book Description: An introduction to Jordan's old houses, this book is also a practical field-guide to the typical features and reliefs of Jordan's premodern architecture.
Hardcover from Kegan Paul

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On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Life of Sir Christopher Wren
by Lisa Jardine
from HarperCollins

Provencal Interiors: French Country Style in America
by Betty Lou Phillips, Dan Piassick (Photographer)
(Hardcover)

Ruins of Angkor Cambodia in 1909
by Pierre Dieulefils
Listed under Cambodia
 

St. Petersburg: Architecture of the Tsars
by Dmitri Shvidkovsky, Alexander Orloff, John Goodman
Hardcover from Abbeville Press, Inc.

S,M,L,XL
by Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau, Hans Werlemann
from Penguin USA

Sir Edwin Lutyens: Designing in the English Tradition
by Elizabeth Wilhide, Candia Lutyens
(Hardcover)

Sir Banister Fletcher's a History of Architecture
by Banister Fletcher, Dan Cruickshank, Andrew Saint
Hardcover from Architectural Press

Space, Time and Architecture the Growth of a New Tradition
Sigfried Giedion
Hardcover

Urban Design in Western Europe : Regime and Architecture, 900-1900
Wolfgang Braunfels, Kenneth J. Northcott (Translator)
Paperback

Venice and the East : The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture 1100-1500
by Deborah Howard

What Style Is It?
John C. Poppeliers
Designed for easy identification of buildings, this picture and prose handbook offers a unique overview of U.S. architectural styles. Individual chapters on 22 of the most important styles including Gothic Revival, Art Deco, Richardsonian Romanesque and Prairie School provide a concise look at the history and appearance of each.
Paperback - 112 pages 1 edition (June 29, )
John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471144347

The Story of Architecture
by Jonathan Glancey, Norman Foster, Sir Norman Foster
Hardcover from DK Publishing

Modernism
by Richard Weston
Hardcover from Phaidon Press Inc.

The Houses of Philip Johnson
by Stover Jenkins, Steven Brooke, Philip Johnson, Neil Levine
Hardcover from Abbeville Press, Inc.

Saving Historic Roads : Design and Policy Guidelines
by Paul Daniel Marriott, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Hardcover from John Wiley & Sons

Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, 2nd Edition
by Rudolf Wittkower
Paperback from John Wiley & Sons

Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture (Pelican History of Art Series)
by Richard Krautheimer, Slobodan Curcic
Paperback from Yale Univ Pr
1992

Contemporary Doorways: Architectural Entrances, Transitions, and Thresholds
by Catherine Slessor
Hardcover from Mitchell Beazley

Florence: The City and Its Architecture
by Richard J. Goy
Hardcover from Phaidon Press Inc.

Great Buildings Collection : A Designer's Library of Architecture on CD-ROM
by Kevin Matthews
Ring-bound from Artifice Inc

Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture
by Ulrich Conrads
Paperback from MIT Press
1975

On a Grander Scale : The Outstanding Life of Sir Christopher Wren
by Lisa Jardine
Hardcover from HarperCollins

Brick Pavement and Fence - Walls: Authentic Details for Design and Restoration
by Peter Joel Harrison
Hardcover from John Wiley & Sons

Authentic Color Schemes for Victorian Houses: Comstock's Modern House Painting, 1883
by E. K. Rossiter, F. A. Wright
Paperback from Dover Pubns

Palaces of the Sun King: Versailles, Trianon, Marley: The Chateaux of Louis XIV
by Andrew Zega, Bernd H. Dams
Hardcover from Rizzoli

Venice and the East: The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture 1100-1500
by Deborah Howard
Hardcover from Yale Univ Pr

Venice: The City and Its Architecture
by Richard Goy
Paperback from Phaidon Press Inc.

The Five Books of Architecture: An Unabridged Reprint of the English Edition of 1611
by Sebastiano Serlio, Sebastian Serlio
Paperback from Dover Pubns
1982

A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals
by Spiro Kostof, Greg Castillo, Richard Tobias, Gregory Castillo
Hardcover from Oxford University Press

Vitruvius: Ten Books on Architecture
by Vitruvius, Ingrid D. Rowland, Thomas Noble Howe
Paperback from Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd)

Water and Architecture
by Charles W. Moore, Jane Lidz
Hardcover from Harry N Abrams
1994

American Architecture and Urbanism
Vincent Scully; Paperback
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Architecture : From Prehistory to Post-Modernism/the Western Tradition
Isabelle Hyman, Marvin Trachtenberg; Hardcover
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The Architecture of Victorian London
John Newenham, Sir, Summerson; Hardcover
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Great Architecture of the World
John Julius Norwich (Editor), Nikolaus Norwich; Paperback
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