When Georgia O Keeffe first visited New Mexico in 1917, she was instantly drawn to the stark beauty ... more

Ideas for small bank buildings; store buildings; double or twin houses; and two-, four-, six- and ni... more

"Palladio is the Bible," Thomas Jefferson once said. "You should get it and stick to it." With his s... more

Frames recoge los ultimos cinco anos del trabajo del arquitecto italiano Massimiliano Fuksas. La ide... more

Bringing together essays by museum professionals and academics from both sides of the Atlantic, Art ... more

Prints and drawings have been keenly collected in Europe since at least the early sixteenth century.... more

On the afternoon of 6 June 1889, a fire in a cabinet shop in downtown Seattle spread to destroy more... more

In the late nineteenth century, Germans spearheaded a worldwide effort to preserve the material trac... more

This book is a unique comparative study of two of the very greatest figures in modern architecture -... more

Readings from the Architecture of Louis I. Kahn seeks to remedy the dearth of close analyses of many... more

The sequel to Bernard Tschumi s best-selling Event-Cities, documenting his recent architectural proj... more

Museums have become ground zero in America’s culture wars. Whereas fierce public debates once center... more

Buckminster Fuller, the brilliant and eccentric futurist philosopher best known as the inventor of t... more

Carter Wiseman presents an original, readable, and literate overview of the major figures, influenti... more

Soon after 1900 in both North America and Europe the evolution from the tradition of Mediterranean a... more

Inigo Jones, the first English classical architect, was famous in his own time and was the posthumou... more

This sociological analysis of Wright’s architecture examines the interaction between people and the ... more

Sir John Soane: The Royal Academy Lectures contains the full text of Soane s letters, carefully edit... more

Museums were originally established as centres of high culture, intended to showcase the achievement... more

This book addresses the educational role museums play from an international perspective. Ideally sui... more

From the first major discoveries a century ago, the painted portraits of Roman Egypt were a revelati... more

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Ll... more

Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre-with the greatest collection of Old Mast... more

A study of the American cultural wars taking place in controversial museum exhibitions Museums have ... more

At a star-studded auction in 1990, a painting was sold for the record-breaking price of $82.5 millio... more

From its inception in the early nineteenth century, the museum has been more than a mere historical ... more

A. Hays Town changed the face of the Louisiana house. In a career that includes designing more than ... more

In an age of virtual offices, urban flight and planned gated communities, are cities becoming obsole... more

Jens Jensen was one of America’s greatest landscape designers and conservationists. Using native pla... more

Lewis Mumford and American Modernism examines the career and writings of America s leading critic of... more

Meryle Secrest s Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography focuses on Wright s family history, personal advent... more

The contributors to this volume trace the life history of artifacts that were brought to Europe and ... more

The contributors to this volume trace the life history of artifacts that were brought to Europe and ... more

In Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos: Issues and Examples of Culturally Competent Services, you will l... more

In this study, Joseph Siry examines the building in the light of Wright s earlier religious architec... more

Learning in the Museum examines major issues and shows how research in visitor studies and the philo... more

After beginning his career as an architect in London, Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) came to the Hudson Ri... more

Erich Mendelsohn s buildings, erected throughout Germany between 1920 and 1932, epitomized architect... more

For more than half a century, Peter Blake has lived in the mainstream of contemporary architecture a... more

"This book fills one of the many gaps in our knowledge of twentieth-century architects who were not ... more

A richly illustrated, full color survey of the valuable and unusual materials in the Smithsonian Lib... more

Illustrated with over fifty photos, Civilizing Rituals merges contemporary debates with lively discu... more

Confronting contemporary issues in museum practice, this collection provides a practical guide to al... more

O’Gorman discusses the individual and collective achievement of the recognized trinity of American a... more

Written in accessible, nontechnical language, this book s twenty-three essays provide invaluable con... more

The ideas that later had such a marked influence on the architecture of Walter Gropius and others of... more

"Tavernor has done a first-rate job. His study is the most up-to-date Palladian book currently on th... more

Francesco Borromini is one of the great geniuses of Baroque architecture, perhaps the greatest in in... more

The Legacy of Albert Kahn salutes the achievements of one of America’s most distinguished architects... more

Samuel Sloan: Architect of Philadelphia, 1815-1884 is a comprehensive study of one of America s most... more

In this widely acclaimed work, James Ackerman considers in detail the buildings designed by Michelan... more