Architecture - Buildings - Residential

Regrets. We've all had a few. While regrets are all too common in our day-to-day lives, you definitely don't want to have any regrets in your next remodeling project, home addition, or your new custom-built home. Why? Because those regrets are far too costly...

In addition to an incredible collection of outstanding photographs of the House of Light, this book tells the story of how this project proceeded from spatial criteria to conceptual design and final realization. It also tells the story of how Peter and Kay Nosler...

Shortlisted for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2021 (The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain)"It will become the standard work on the subject." Literary Review This major work provides the first comprehensive history of one of modernism's most defining and controversial architectural legacies:...

Prefabricated housing, often associated with blighted urban land-scapes and monotonous grey boxes, has evolved into an approach to housing with a wealth of aesthetic and structural possibilities. Modern methods of constructing and assembling prefabricated buildings - methods that can be traced back to the...

An award-winning architecture firm practicing in the heart of New York City, Oliver Cope Architect has been building exceptional homes since 1988. One of the premier residential firms in the country, they have earned a reputation for creating one-of-a-kind residences of the highest quality,...

Mona Kuhn's lyrical and formally daring portrait of the iconic Schindler House in Los Angeles, supplemented with letters, blueprints and moreIn Kings Road, Californian photographer Mona Kuhn (born 1969) reconsiders the realms of time and space within the architectural elements of the Schindler House...

The mayhaus in Frankfurt's Rerstadt is the only residential building in the style of the Neues Frankfurt of the 1920s that has been completely restored. Text in English and German.Author: Philipp SturmISBN-10: 3899863437ISBN-13: 9783899863437Publisher: AveditionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/11/2021Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.37h x 6.61w x...

Are you looking for an escape in a Cityscapes Coloring Book for Adults that will boost your creativity and make you relax while coloring?Look no more!You and your friends will enjoy coloring various well-known cities worldwide, famous landmarks, and beautiful architectural gems. These hand-drawn...

RESIDENSITY: A Carbon Analysis of Residential Typologies is the culmination of a seven-year study analyzing nine building typologies to understand the relationships between building densities and the amount of land and infrastructure required to support them. The book investigates how much embodied and consumed...

- Fascinating to read and relaxing to color, the book makes a wonderful keepsake and gift idea for architecture enthusiasts and colorists of all ages Experience the iconic Glass House - Philip Johnson's modernist home in New Canaan, Connecticut - in a fun new...

Queens, New York, boasts a rich history that includes dozens of poorly publicized but historically impressive houses. A mix of farmsteads, mansions, seaside escapes, and architecturally significant community dwellings, these homes were owned by America's forefathers, nouveau riche industrialists, Wall Street tycoons, and prominent...

Making Home(s) in Displacement critically rethinks the relationship between home and displacement from a spatial, material, and architectural perspective. Recent scholarship in the social sciences has investigated how migrants and refugees create and reproduce home under new conditions, thereby unpacking the seemingly contradictory positions...

- 30 new residential projects, in a contemporary style, from all over the worldFor more than two decades, Beta-Plus has specialized in exclusive coffee table books on architecture, interiors and gardens. For this new edition of the Yearbook, the focus, as last year, is...

Thoughts and feelings about home traditionally provided people of all cultures with a firm sense of where they belonged, and why. But with the world rapidly changing, many of our basic notions are becoming problematic. Both internationally and within countries, populations are constantly on...

From the author of the successful 150 Best series comes the debut entry in the forward-thinking Open Concept Houses series, filled with nearly 500 pages of color photos--sure to become the ultimate resource for this fast-growing trend in home design and renovation.One of the...

An in-depth review of the latest trends in residential interior designs from internationally renowned architects and designers, showcasing 150 full-color profiles and 500 pages of color photos--an outstanding addition to the popular 150 Best series.In 150 Best Interior Design Ideas you'll find the most...

Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design, an ADDA-approved publication, provides comprehensive instruction for preparing architectural working drawings using traditional and computer-based methods. The text also serves as a reference for design and construction principles and methods. Featuring numerous interesting photos of residences and architectural features,...

Oriental Lifestyle will take you on a journey that explores astonishing artistic and architectural worlds, captured by a poetic eye. Like an enchanter, Guillaume de Laubier brings the ochre of the desert alive and highlights the splendor and wonders of palaces and residences rich...

This sustainable architecture and design book featuring elegant photographs and showcases the ultra-modern homes of Singapore. Singapore is celebrated as one of the most livable cities in Asia, and Sustainable Luxury shows how the prosperous, forward-looking nation is pioneering innovative solutions for environmental, economic,...

Explore the building, heyday and eventual demise of Whitemarsh Hall, once considered the "Versailles of America."Whitemarsh Hall was one of the largest and most exquisite estates in North America. Edward Townsend Stotesbury, one of the wealthiest Philadelphians in the early 20th century, commissioned renowned...

This beautifully-photographed and researched book tells the story of more than 120 historic apartment buildings in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah from the early 20th century. It includes full-color photographs and historical information about the buildings, with brief stories told of some of the...

The dream of owning a private home became a reality for many Americans in the prosperous years immediately following World War I. But not all prospective homeowners could easily afford the services of an architect, so the nonprofit Architects' Small House Service Bureau was...

Americans still build millions of dream houses in neighborhoods that sustain Victorian stereotypes of the home as 'woman's place' and the city as 'man's world.' Urban historian and architect Dolores Hayden tallies the personal and social costs of an American 'architecture of gender' for...

Ranging from the early houses of 1659-1750 through the handsome mansions of the Greek Revival period, this chronological tour offers over 300 black-and-white photographs plus a wealth of information on tasteful adaptations or restorations of old houses.Author: Kenneth DupreyISBN-10: 0942655141ISBN-13: 9780942655148Publisher: Architectural Book Publishing...

Stripped of its original Tiffany light fixtures, lamps, and stained-glass panels, a Lowry Hill mansion was returned to its original grandeur after an owner bought back many of these furnishings. A family in Winona has spent three decades slowly uncovering a landmark Victorian's hidden...

Drawing on examples of her own distinctive, humane modern design, celebrated architect Deborah Berke demonstrates how to create a serene haven for contemporary living. House Rules documents the beauty and relevance of Deborah Berke's vision by articulating eight guiding principles to achieve an enriching...

From 1911 to 1917 Craftsman Farms--now a major museum--was the home of Gustav Stickley, one of the central figures in the American Arts and Crafts Movement. This book unravels the rich and sometimes contradictory ideas that informed not only Stickley but many of the...

This award-winning, lavishly illustrated history displays the wide range of North Carolina's architectural heritage, from colonial times to the beginning of World War II. North Carolina Architecture addresses the state's grand public and private buildings that have become familiar landmarks, but it also focuses...

This portable field guide to the historic architecture of western North Carolina covers 1,200 historic buildings in 25 counties in the foothills and mountains. It introduces readers to the region's rich and diverse architectural heritage--from the log farmstead to the opulent mountain retreat, and...

Established in 1918, Hilton Village was the first public housing project built in the United States. Spurred on by Newport News Shipbuilding president Homer Ferguson, it was created to house shipyard workers during World War I. The village was the city's first planned community...

In the early 1950s, Pruitt-Igoe, a vast public housing project, arose on 57 acres on the near north side of St. Louis. Barely 20 years after construction, the 33 eleven-story buildings that made up the complex were razed, and the vacant land that was...

Traditional Japanese architecture-whether Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines, residences, castles, or teahouses-has become increasingly familiar around the world. Through the media of motion pictures, art books, T.V. documentaries and dramas such as Shogun, as well as through personal experience, more and more people have...

Some of the earliest European settlers colonized Northeast Florida when it was little more than a wilderness. Today, the area is rich in multicultural heritage and historic significance, and its historic homes stand as a testament to its intriguing past. Step inside a Second...

Castles and palaces around the world are structures of grandeur, might and beauty. From the flamboyance of Germany's fairy tale-Neuschwanstein Castle to the gothic, Dracula-inspiring Bran Castle, perched high in the craggy peaks of Romania's Carpathian Mountains; Tokyo's Imperial Palace, previously home to samurai...

Maine has a long and rich history of involvement with outdoorsmen and women. The Great North Woods have long been the destination of choice for residents and visitors alike looking to bag a trophy buck or land a record brook trout. And there have...

The phrase "apartment building" has traditionally brought to mind, at worst, massive blocks of Soviet-era collective housing, and, at best, the rarified lofts of Manhattan's skyscrapers. But a new generation of architects and designers are working to impart to multi-unit housing the degree of...

Led by Pritzker Prize-winning artistic director Alejandro Aravena (born 1967), the Elemental studio, based in Santiago, Chile, possesses a diversely skilled staff whose analytical approach has produced highly original solutions to social challenges such as the housing shortage in Santiago's poorer neighborhoods. Instead of...

This volume brings to mind visions of great locations: white sandy beaches and azure waters as well as spectacular mountain ranges provide the backdrop for these dream getaways. All of these resorts and settings are unique and share certain elements in common - a...

Since the early 1970s, when he began photographing on the streets of his native Los Angeles, Anthony Hernandez has consistently pushed his practice into uncharted territory, challenging himself by adopting new formats and subject matter. Moving from black and white to color, from 35mm...

In 1950, a young Vancouver architectural apprentice was handed a small house project that his boss was too busy to take on. The apprentice, Ron Thom, took the simple plan and rectangular foundation that had been roughed in, and transformed it into a groundbreaking...

Author: Kara RosenlundISBN-10: 1921383887ISBN-13: 9781921383885Publisher: Lantern AustraliaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2016Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.60lbsSize: 11.40h x 8.40w x 1.10d

Unparalleled variety in style and type: traditional and modern, and everything in between; grand villas and homes with small footprints; posh seaside or rural escapes, resplendent and remote cabins; urban townhouses and dream dwellings Coverage of projects ranges across most continents, from alpine regions...

Rounds barns are architectural phenomena that have graced rural America for over a century. Today the few that survive stand as symbols of another generation's innovation and ingenuity. To understand the importance of these buildings is to begin to understand the story of farming...

This exquisite, fully illustrated monograph showcases a curated selection of rarely published projects by Richard Manion Architects, a firm dedicated to distinguished and contemporary classical styles.Author: Adele CygelmanISBN-10: 1864708573ISBN-13: 9781864708578Publisher: Images Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/11/2021Pages: 276Format: HardcoverWeight: 6.65lbsSize: 11.60h x 15.10w x 1.20d

A unique account of how the architectural titan Moshe Safdie's body of unrealised works might have changed the course of history.Author: Michael J. CrosbieISBN-10: 1864708492ISBN-13: 9781864708493Publisher: Images Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/20/2020Pages: 184Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.45lbsSize: 9.50h x 9.50w x 1.00d

Tramonto is a contemporary single-family home that integrates the natural beauty of the adjacent state park and ocean views. The placement of the home overlooks the canyon, the surrounding Santa Monica Mountains, and the California coastline. The diffusion of the built form defines the...

House and home are words routinely used to describe where and how one lives. This book challenges predominant definitions and argues that domesticity fundamentally satisfies the human need to create and inhabit a defined place in the world. Consequently, house and home have performed...

The fastest growing housing market today is in green construction and sustainable systems. The greatest social demand is for community. Developing Sustainable Communities uses the model of cohousing communities as example for developing sustainable neighborhoods. Cohousing recreates the neighborhoods our parents grew up in...

Are you building and want a new home that is healthy and mold-free? This book makes it simple. Each step of construction is covered and explains suggestions on materials to use, the common types of mistakes made, and proper construction.Topics include mold, ventilation, and...

Author: National Committee on Wood Utilization UISBN-10: 0898755212ISBN-13: 9780898755213Publisher: University Press of the PacificLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2001Pages: 228Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d