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ARCHITECTURE

Aesthetics and Technology in Building: Pier Luigi Nervi; Here is a verbal and pictorial illustration of the credo that has guided one of the world's most distinguished architects throughout his career. "Architecture is, and must be, a synthesis of technology and art." Using nearly 200 drawings and photographs, including plans, interesting details, various stages of construction, and both interior and exterior views of some of his major works, Mr. Nervi shows how his philosophy is put into practice.; Hardcover 1965

Aleppo: The Eighth Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design; Edited by Joan Busquets; In Aleppo: Rehabilitation of the Old City, Busquets describes the value of successful urban rehabilitation in this historic setting. The Syrian city of Aleppo won the prestigious Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design for its urban renewal efforts and Busquets offers an innovative take on how these rehabilitation projects are accomplished effectively.; Paperback 2006

The Alhambra: Robert Irwin; The Alhambra is the only Muslim palace to have survived since the Middle Ages and has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In his absorbing new book, Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its history and allure.; Hardcover 2004

American Garden Literature in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (1785-1900): Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn; Jack Becker; Paperback 1999

Ancient Roman Gardens: Edited by Elizabeth Blair MacDougall; Edited by Wilhelmina F. Jashemski; Hardcover 1981

Ancient Roman Villa Gardens: Edited by Elizabeth Blair MacDougall; Hardcover 1987

The Architecture and Memory of the Minority Quarter in the Muslim Mediterranean City: Edited by Susan Gilson Miller; Edited by Mauro Bertagnin; A collaborative work among historians, literary specialists, and architects, this collection is directed at filling the gap in our knowledge about minority neighborhoods in the southern Mediterranean.; Paperback 2009

Architecture and Politics in Germany, 1918-1945: Barbara Miller Lane; In a close analysis of intellectual, political, social, and economic developments, Lane shows that Nazi views on architecture were generated by a complex of historical factors. Far from being cohesive, Nazi cultural policy was largely the product of the conflicting ideas about art held by the Nazi leaders and their efforts to advance these ideas during internal power struggles.; Paperback

Architecture and Society: Henry Van Brunt; Edited by William A. Coles; Hardcover 1969

Architecture as Signs and Systems: Robert Venturi; Denise Scott Brown; The views of Venturi and Scott Brown have influenced architects worldwide for nearly half a century. Pluralism and multiculturalism; symbolism and iconography; popular culture and the everyday landscape; generic building and electronic communication are among the many ideas they have championed. Here, they present both a fascinating retrospective of their life work and a definitive statement of its theoretical underpinnings.; Hardcover 2004

Baroque Garden Cultures: Michel Conan; Baroque Garden Cultures proposes a new approach to the study of baroque gardens, examining the social reception of gardens as a means to understand garden culture in general and exploring baroque gardens as a feature of baroque cultures in particular.; Hardcover 2005

Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks: Edited by Diane Kostial McGuire; The Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks was prepared as a resource for those charged with maintenance of the gardens following their acquisition by Harvard University in 1941. Beatrix Farrand here explains the reasoning behind her plan for each of the gardens and stipulates how each should be cared for in order that its basic character remain intact.; Paperback 1980

Beatrix Jones Farrand (1872-1959): Edited by Diane Kostial McGuire; Edited by Lois Fern; Hardcover 1982

Borromini: Anthony Blunt; At first glance, Borromini's architecture is a flight of Baroque fantasy, the product of a limitless imagination. A closer look reveals the almost ruthlessly logical geometry underlying his creation. In this richly illustrated book, Anthony Blunt shows how the combination of revolutionary inventiveness and intellectual control gives Borromini's work its great appeal.; Hardcover 1979 / Paperback

Boston: Walter Muir Whitehill; Lawrence W. Kennedy; This urbane and delightful book covering more than 300 years of the course of Boston's history has now been enlarged with an account of the city's new urban design, architecture, and historic preservation and is richly illustrated with 32 additional photographs and drawings. In the last three decades momentous changes have visited this colonial city made modern. Lawrence Kennedy portrays the Boston that preserved much of the intimacy of the remembered place while creating a dramatic new skyline.; Paperback 2000 / Hardcover 2000

Botanical Progress, Horticultural Innovations, and Cultural Changes: Edited by Michel Conan; Edited by W. John Kress; This book highlights the religious, artistic, political, and economic consequences of horticultural pursuits, exploring the roles of peasants, botanists, horticulturists, nurserymen and gentlemen collectors in these developments, and concluding with a reflection on the future of horticulture in the present context of widespread environmental devastation and ecological uncertainty.; Paperback 2007

Bourgeois and Aristocratic Cultural Encounters in Garden Art, 1550-1850: Edited by Michel Conan; Essays in this volume explore this complex framework of relationships the diverse settings of Britain, France, Biedermeier Vienna, and renaissance Genoa. The volume confirms that gardens were objects of conspicuous consumption, but also challenges the theories of consumption set forth by Thorstein Veblen and Pierre Bourdieu, and explores the contributions of gardens to major cultural changes like the rise of public opinion, gender and family relationships, and capitalism.; Hardcover 2002

Byzantine Garden Culture: Antony Littlewood; Henry Maguire; Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn; Individual essays discuss Byzantine conceptions of paradise, the textual evidence for monastic horticulture, animal and game parks, herbs in medicinal pharmacy, and the famous illustrated copy of Dioskorides's herbal manual in Vienna. An opening chapter explores questions and observations from the point of view of a non-Byzantine garden historian, and the closing chapter suggests possible directions for future scholarship in the field.; Paperback 2002

C.R. Mackintosh: David Brett; C.R. Mackintosh; Between 1896 and 1906, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) produced a series of buildings and interiors in and around Glasgow of such startling invention that he immediately established himself as one of the truly great figures in early twentieth-century architecture and design. David Brett argues that Mackintosh's originality was grounded in a highly subjective "poetics of workmanship," in which the structure, features, interiors, and furnishings of each individual building became subject to a unifying system of forms, metaphors, and unconscious associations.; Paperback / Hardcover

Carlos Jimenez: Edited by Darell Fields; Edited by Brooke Hodge; Photographs by Paul Hester; "My proximity to this path's every turn puts me much too close for objective appraisal, yet this position offers an auspicious vantage point from which to reflect on the implications of architecture in one's life. I now gather some observations, memories, and moments, all of which emerge through one biographical detail or another--an inevitable outcome when writing on such a personal work, a work that by its evolving nature is both my first and my most recent project."--from an essay by Carlos Jimenez.; Paperback 2006

The Chinese Garden: Maggie Keswick; Revised by Alison Hardie; Updated and expanded in this third edition, with an introduction by Alison Hardie, many new illustrations, and an updated list of gardens in China accessible to visitors, Maggie Keswick's engaging work remains unparalleled as an introduction to the Chinese garden.; Hardcover 2003

The Colosseum: Keith Hopkins; Mary Beard; The history of the Colosseum--chockfull of romantic but erroneous myths--is, in reality, much stranger than the legend. In this engaging book, we learn the details of how the arena was built and at what cost; we are introduced to the emperors who sometimes fought in gladiatorial games staged at the Colosseum; and we take measure of the audience who reveled in, or opposed, these games. The authors also trace the strange afterlife of the monument--as fortress, shrine of martyrs, church, and glue factory.; Hardcover 2005

Contemporary Garden Aesthetics, Creations and Interpretations: Edited by Michel Conan; The present renewal of garden art demands a new approach to garden aesthetics. This book considers exceptional creations around the world and proposes new forms of garden experience using a variety of critical perspectives.; Paperback 2007

Dangerous Garden: David Stuart; Gardener and botanist David Stuart tells the fascinating story of botanical medicine, and chronicles how the herbal materia medica of healing and killing plants has sparked wars, helped establish intercontinental trade routes, and seeded fortunes.; Hardcover 2004

Desert Tourism: Edited by Virginie Lefebvre; Aziza Chaouni, With; Paperback 2009

Design on the Land: Norman T. Newton; Mr. Newton concludes his book with a timely discussion of the vital role that landscape architecture plays in the conservation of natural resources and in protection of the environment.; Hardcover

The Divine Nature of Power: Tracy Miller; Using an interdisciplinary approach drawing on the research of archaeologists, anthropologists, and religious, social, and art historians, this book seeks to recover the motivations behind the creation of religious art, including temple buildings, sculpture, and wall paintings.; Hardcover 2007

The Dome of the Rock: Oleg Grabar; This book tells the story of the Dome of the Rock, from the first fateful decades of its creation to its modern acquisition of different and potent meanings for Muslim, Christian, and Jewish cultures. Primarily it is as a work of art that the Dome of the Rock stands out from these pages, understood for the quality that allows it to transcend the constrictions of period and perhaps even those of faith and culture.; Hardcover 2006

Dutch Garden in the Seventeenth Century: Edited by John Dixon Hunt; This wide-ranging collection of essays charts the history, scope, and spread of Dutch garden art during the seventeenth century. A group of scholars, mostly Dutch, surveys what has been called the “golden age” of Dutch garden design. Essays discuss the political context of William's building and gardening activities at his palace of Het Loo in the Netherlands; the development of a distinctively Dutch garden art during the seventeenth century; country house poetry; and specific estates and their gardens.; Hardcover 1990

Early Christianity and Greek Paidea: Werner Jaeger; This small book, the last work of a world-renowned scholar, has established itself as a classic. It provides a superb overview of the vast historical process by which Christianity was Hellenized and Hellenic civilization became Christianized.; Hardcover 1961 / Paperback

Enrique Norten: Edited by Brooke Hodge; Photographs by Andrew Bush; From an interview with Enrique Norten by Brigitte Shim: "What I was looking for with this house was probably a return to the main principles of modernism. I was trying to look for the very basics of architecture: a simple structure, simple construction methods, and straightforward spatial conditions that would satisfy the needs of our family. The house was a laboratory where I was looking back to where the tradition of modernity started, and I tried to recapture that."; Paperback 2006

Environmentalism in Landscape Architecture: Edited by Michel Conan; The papers presented in this volume range from proposals for new design approaches, historical analysis of the relationship between the practice of landscape architecture and environmentalism, to the theories of early practitioners of landscape architecture imbued by an environmentalist outlook.; Hardcover 2001

The Favela-Bairro Project: The Sixth Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design; Edited by Rodolfo Machado; Photographs by Jason Schmidt; The favelas of Rio de Janeiro are shantytowns that lack even the most basic infrastructure and services. The Favela-Bairro Project, featuring the work of Jorge Mario Jauregui Architects, seeks to turn these blighted areas into functioning neighborhoods, or bairros.; Paperback 2006

The Forbidden City: Geremie R. Barmé; The Forbidden City (Zijin Cheng) lying at the heart of Beijing formed the hub of the Celestial Empire for five centuries. Over the past century it has been celebrated and excoriated as a symbol of all that was magnificent and terrible in dynastic China’s legacy. In this book, Barmé provides a new and original history of the culture, politics, and architecture of the Forbidden City.; Hardcover 2008

Form, Modernism, and History: Edited by Alexander von Hoffman; Assembled in honor of Eduard F. Sekler, Form, Modernism, and History is a fitting tribute to a man who has been instrumental in restoring history to a prominent place in contemporary architecture. In twenty-two essays, distinguished scholars and designers combine the insights of history, theory, and practice in order to reveal the evolution of design thought and methods.; Hardcover

Fountains, Statues, and Flowers: Elizabeth Blair MacDougall; The essays in this volume focus on the different aspects of Italian gardens of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is divided into two parts, with the first part concentrating on the decorations in Roman gardens of the sixteenth century, and the second considering two particular sites and their histories.; Hardcover 1994

Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Park System: Cynthia Zaitzevsky; Whether flying a kite in Franklin Park, gardening in the Fens, or jogging along the Riverway, today's Bostonians are greatly indebted to the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted. America's premier landscape architect, Olmsted designed New York's Central Park and Boston's "emerald necklace." His invigorating influence shapes the city to this day, despite the encroachment of highways and urban sprawl. Zaitzevsky's book is the first of its kind: a richly detailed, fully illustrated account of the design and construction of Olmsted's Boston parks.; Hardcover 1982 / Paperback

Garden History: Edited by John Dixon Hunt; The study of garden history has grown rapidly over the last twenty years. This collection of essays explores the issues, methods, and approaches that students in landscape architecture have developed during that period to cope with the expanding subject of gardens and their history.; Hardcover 1992

Gardens and Imagination: Edited by Michel Conan; From mirroring the true reality of God in Sufi Persia to the enjoyment of fictitious identities in Rome or present-day Granada, the ways of imagination in gardens are infinitely varied. This book explores how gardens could be imagined, and also how they could be used to trigger the imagination by very different cultures in Japan, China, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Italy, Spain, and Israel.; Paperback 2008

The Gardens at San Lorenzo in Piacenza, 1656-1665: Ada V. Segre; This fascinating two-volume set includes a photographic reproduction of an anonymous seventeenth-century Italian gardener's notebook from Dumbarton Oaks's Rare Books Collection. The notebook is a record of the planting of three flower gardens at San Lorenzo and provides insight into the creation of a seventeenth-century garden. Ada Segre's accompanying study of the notebook is a groundbreaking example of garden archaeology.; Hardcover 2006

The Gardens of Emily Dickinson: Judith Farr; In this first substantial study of Emily Dickinson's devotion to flowers and gardening, Farr seeks to join both poet and gardener in one creative personality. She casts new light on Dickinson's temperament, her aesthetic sensibility, and her vision of the relationship between art and nature, revealing that the gardener's intimate understanding of horticulture helped shape the poet's choice of metaphors for every experience. A chapter by Louise Carter hypothesizes Dickinson's methods of gardening, explaining how one might grow her flowers today.; Hardcover 2004 / Paperback 2005

Gardens, City Life, and Culture: Edited by Michel Conan; Edited by Chen Wangheng; Gardens have exerted a deep influence on the culture of cities. Considering each city as a whole, this book presents the profoundly different roles of gardens in cultural development and social life. Gardens, City Life, and Culture unveils an exciting domain of interplay between public and private action that is little known by citizen groups, city planners, and managers.; Paperback 2008

Greek Architecture and Its Sculpture: Ian Jenkins; From Athens and Arcadia on one side of the Aegean Sea and from Ionia, Lycia, and Karia on the other, this book brings together some of the great monuments of classical antiquity--among them two of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the later temple of Artemis at Ephesos and the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos. With 250 photographs and specially commissioned line drawings, the book comprises a monumental narrative of the art and architecture that gave form, direction, and meaning to much of Western culture.; Hardcover 2007

Han Tümertekin: Hashim Sarkis; Focusing on six recent projects, this publication presents the architecture of renowned Turkish architect Han Tumertekin to the English-speaking world. The book examines in detail his ability to engage in some of the more difficult issues confronting architects throughout the world today, such as suburban tract development, landscape and environment, and the challenges of practicing in different countries throughout the world. It is the first of a new series of occasional monographs on contemporary designers in the Middle East and Muslim world.; Paperback 2007

Harvard: Bainbridge Bunting; Completed and Edited by Margaret Henderson Floyd; Here is an incisive and fully illustrated history of Harvard's architecture told by the distinguished architectural historian Bainbridge Bunting, author of Houses of Boston's Back Bay. The book examines the Federal architecture of Charles Bulfinch, H. H. Richardson's Romanesque buildings, the Imperial manner reflected in Widener Library, as well as the work of such esteemed architects as Charles McKim, Gropius, and Le Corbusier--and it shows us how they all come together to form an amazingly coherent whole. This lively story of a university campus is a veritable microcosm of American architectural experience.; Paperback 1998 / Hardcover

The Hermeneutics of Sacred Architecture: Experience, Interpretation, Comparison, Volume 1, Monumental Occasions: Lindsay Jones; The two volumes of this investigation into how we perceive sacred architecture propose an original interpretation of built environments as ritual-architectural events. Exploring the world's cultures and religious traditions, Volume One maps out patterned responses to sacred architecture according to the human experience, mechanism, interpretation, and comparison of architecture. Volume Two, an exercise in comparative morphology, offers a comprehensive framework of ritual-architectural priorities by looking at architecture as orientation, as commemoration, and as ritual context.; Paperback 2000 / Hardcover 2000

The Hermeneutics of Sacred Architecture: Experience, Interpretation, Comparison, Volume 2, Hermeneutical Calisthenics: Lindsay Jones; The two volumes of this investigation into how we perceive sacred architecture propose an original interpretation of built environments as ritual-architectural events. Exploring the world's cultures and religious traditions, Volume One maps out patterned responses to sacred architecture, while Volume Two serves as an exercise in comparative morphology.; Paperback 2000 / Hardcover 2000

Hortus Librorum: Laura Ten Eyck Byers; Introduction by Elisabeth Blair; Paperback 1983

The Houghton Library, 1942-1967: Introduction by William H. Bond; Houghton Library; This large and sumptuous volume highlights the diversity and value of the Houghton's collections. It contains reproductions ranging from ancient and medieval manuscripts to the earliest printed books to the works of some of the twentieth-century's most important and interesting authors, artists, and designers.; Hardcover 1967

House and Home in Modern Japan: Jordan Sand; A house is a site, the bounds and focus of a community. It is also an artifact, a material extension of its occupants' lives. This book takes the Japanese house in both senses, as site and as artifact, and explores the spaces, commodities, and conceptions of community associated with it in the modern era.; Hardcover 2004 / Paperback 2005

Houses of Boston’s Back Bay: Bainbridge Bunting; With 250 superb illustrations to accompany his text, Bainbridge Bunting focuses on a significant architectural form--the town house--and chronicles its development throughout the period of the Back Bay's greatest growth.; Hardcover 1967 / Paperback 1999

Humphry Repton: Introduction by Stephen Daniels; Humphry Repton; This publication reproduces all the text pages and illustrations from the two Red Books in the collection of the Garden Library at Dumbarton Oaks; that for Brandsbury, produced in 1789 as the first Red Book, and the one for Glemham Hall, produced in 1791.; Hardcover 1994

John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" and European Gardening: Edited by Therese O'Malley; Edited by Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn; John Evelyn (1620-1706), an English virtuoso and writer, was a pivotal figure in seventeenth-century intellectual life in England. The contributors to this volume approach Evelyn and his work from diverse disciplines, including architectural and intellectual history and the histories of science, agriculture, gardens, and literature. They present a rich picture of the "Elysium Britannicum" as one of the central documents of late European humanism.; Hardcover 1998

Kourion: Edited by A. H. S. Megaw; More than fifty years after the earthquake of 365 destroyed Kourion, the seat of the Roman administration of Cyprus, a Christian basilica was built upon the remains of its pagan predecessor. Replete with mosaics and revetment, the basilica was the center of the ecclesiastical administration until its destruction in the late seventh century. In this long-awaited report, Megaw and colleagues present in full the results of excavations from the 1930s, 1950s, and 1970s.; Hardcover 2008

Landscape Design and Experience of Motion: Edited by Michel Conan; Hardcover 2003

Landscapes of Development: Edited by Panayiota Pyla; This book examines the impact of development policies and politics on the physical environment of the Eastern Mediterranean, a region defined here not as a rigid geographical area but as a larger cultural context. Nine essays examine formal manifestations of development, placing the spotlight on urban and rural schemes, housing projects, and agro-landscapes and dams from Israel to Turkey, and from Greece to Syria.; Paperback 2009

Le Corbusier at Work: Eduard F. Sekler; William Curtis; Hardcover 1978

Leonardo da Vinci: Carlo Pedretti; Pedretti has traced the records of the Royal Palace's existence, brought together all possible references to the project in Leonardo's manuscripts, and identified the site of the proposed construction. The style and sources of the project are shown through a wealth of illustrations which bring to life the image of Leonardo's last dream.; Hardcover 1972

Looking at Cities: Allan B. Jacobs; Allan Jacobs has written a city planning book for everyone with a passion for urban environments. His message--conveyed in word and vivid image--is that the people who make changes in cities base their decisions upon what they see, and that their visions and actions, which affect the lives of millions, have too often been faulty. Jacobs shows us how to read cities by identifying and discussing the many visual clues and their various meanings in different environments.; Hardcover 1985

Makina/Medina: Edited by Aziza Chaouni; Edited by Hashim Sarkis; Paperback 2009

Medieval Gardens: Edited by Elizabeth Blair MacDougall; Hardcover 1986

Metamorphosis of the Private Sphere: Xiaoshan Yang; This book deals with the poetic configurations of the private garden in cities from the ninth to the eleventh century in relation to the development of the private sphere in Chinese literati culture. It focuses on the ways in which the new values and rhetoric associated with gardens and the objects found in them helped shape the processes of self-cultivation and self-imaging among the literati, as they searched for alternatives to conventional values at a time when traditional political, moral, and aesthetic norms were increasingly judged inapplicable or inadequate.; Hardcover 2003

Middle East Garden Traditions: Edited by Michel Conan; This book unites new information and surprising results from the last fifteen years of garden research, at a remove from the clichés of Orientalism. Garden archaeology reveals the economic importance of Judean gardens in Roman times and the visual complexity of gardens created and transformed in Moorish Spain. More contemporary approaches unravel the cultural continuities, variations, and differences between gardens in the Middle East since Roman times and in the Islamic world.; Paperback 2008

Modern Housing Prototypes: Roger Sherwood; Here are thirty-two notable examples of multi-family housing from many countries, selected for their importance as prototypes. Designed by such masters as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Alvar Aalto, they range from single-house clusters to terrace houses and urban high-rises. The buildings are illustrated with photographs, site plans, floor plans, elevations, and striking axonometric drawings.; Hardcover 1979 / Paperback

Mughal Gardens: James L. Wescoat; Hardcover 1996

Nature and Ideology: Edited by Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn; Hardcover 1997

New England Forests Through Time: David R. Foster; John F. O'Keefe; In New England Forests through Time historical and environmental lessons are told through the world-renowned dioramas in Harvard's Fisher Museum. These remarkable models have introduced New England's landscape to countless visitors and have appeared in many ecology, forestry, and natural history texts. This first book based on the dioramas conveys the phenomenal history of the land, the beauty of the models, and new insights into nature.; Paperback 2000

New England Natives: Sheila Connor; Taking us back to the birth of New England's forests, Sheila Connor shows us these trees evolving amidst a succession of human cultures, from the Archaic Indians who crafted canoes from white birch and snowshoes from ash, to the colonists who built ships of oak and pine, to the industrialists who laid railroad tracks on chestnut timber, to the tanners who used hemlock bark to treat the leather required to shoe the Union army. Lavishly illustrated.; Paperback 1998 / Hardcover

Notes on the Synthesis of Form: Christopher Alexander; "These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function." This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory on the process of design.; Hardcover 1964 / Paperback

Olympic Sculpture Park for the Seattle Art Museum: Edited by Joan Busquets; Envisioned as a new urban model for sculpture parks, the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park is located on the city’s last undeveloped waterfront property—a nine-acre industrial site sliced by train tracks and an arterial road. The park not only brings art outside the museum walls but also brings the park itself into the landscape of the city. This study offers an opportunity to take a fresh look at the city and explore some hypotheses about the wider meaning of an urban design project.; Paperback 2008

On Architecture, I: Vitruvius; Translated by Frank Granger; Vitruvius' classic work on architecture is the only book of its kind to survive antiquity. Vitruvius was himself an architect and engineer, but this is not a handbook for professionals; rather it serves readers who want to understand architecture. Book 1 discusses town planning and architecture in general; Book 2, building materials; 3 and 4, temples and the architectural orders; 5, other civic buildings. In his preface Vitruvius takes note of the "eminent dignity" of the public buildings Augustus constructed, which express "the majesty of the empire."; Hardcover 1931

On Architecture, II: Vitruvius; Translated by Frank Granger; Book 6 concerns houses; 7, pavements, mosaics, and wall decoration; 8, water supply; 9, measurements; 10, machines.; Hardcover 1934

Palaces of the Ancient New World: Edited by Susan Toby Evans; Edited by Joanne Pillsbury; As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle.; Hardcover 2004 / Paperback 2009

The Pantheon: With a New Foreword by John Pinto; William L. MacDonald; Foreword by John Pinto; The Pantheon in Rome is one of the grand architectural statements of all ages. Built by Hadrian in 118, this temple ranks as an archetype, along with Cheops's pyramid, the Parthenon, Wren's churches, and Mansard's palaces. In this richly illustrated book, William MacDonald analyzes the original design and construction of the Pantheon, discusses the technology that made it possible, and explores its metaphorical meaning.; Paperback 2002

Paris from the Ground Up: James H. S. McGregor; Hardcover 2009

The Parthenon: Mary Beard; At once an entrancing cultural history and a congenial guide for tourists, armchair travelers, and amateur archaeologists alike, this book conducts readers through the storied past and towering presence of the most famous building in the world. Who built the Parthenon, and for what purpose? How are we to understand its sculpture? Why is it such a compelling monument? The classicist and historian Mary Beard offers readers the ultimate tour of the marvelous history and present state of this glory of the Acropolis, and of the world.; Hardcover 2003

Patricia Johanson's House and Garden Commission: Xin Wu; Foreword by Stephen Bann; In 1969, House and Garden magazine commissioned one of the first minimalist artists, Patricia Johanson, to propose new directions for American garden art. Having never been exhibited or published before as a whole, the resulting garden proposals reveal an unknown dimension of the New York art world of the late 1960s.; Paperback 2008

Performance and Appropriation: Edited by Michel Conan; Breaking with the idea that gardens are places of indulgence and escapism, these studies of ritualized practices reveal that gardens in Europe, Asia, the United States, and the Caribbean have in fact made significant contributions to cultural change.; Paperback 2007

Persian Gardens and Garden Pavilions: Donald Newton Wilber; This study traces the history of gardens in Iran from the earliest remains of the Timurid period to those of the Qajar dynasty of the nineteenth century. Illustrations from early travel books and paintings show the original conditions of now ruined gardens.; Hardcover 1979

Perspectives on Garden Histories: Edited by Michel Conan; Hardcover 1999 / Paperback

Places of Commemoration: Edited by Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn; Places of Commemoration examines commemorative sites of different character, including gardens, landscapes, memorials, cemeteries, and sites of former Nazi concentration camps, detailing the ideas behind the creation of memorials and monuments and the struggles over the narratives they present.; Hardcover 2001

The Plants that Shaped Our Gardens: David Stuart; From the Dutch tulip mania, the eighteenth-century European passion for "American gardens," and on to the rhododendron craze of the nineteenth century, Stuart's book traces the shape of the modern garden as it changed with the fashion, returning at last to classic, cottage garden varieties long neglected in favor of the foreign and new. In conclusion, Stuart looks at plant prospecting today--now that the collecting of plants may prove essential to protecting botanical diversity and preserving plant species rapidly disappearing from the wild.; Hardcover 2002

Popular Annuals of Eastern North America, 1865-1914: Peggy Cornett Newcomb; Paperback 1985

Priene: Edited by Nikos A. Dontas; Edited by Kleopatra Ferla; Priene provides the researcher with an unusually clear and complete picture of life in an ancient Greek city of the late Classical and Hellenistic period. This study presents for the first time a comprehensive look at the architecture of the city, combining material from both the first excavation of 1894 and more recent work at the site. It is lavishly illustrated with specially redrawn architectural plans and reconstructions.; Hardcover 2006

Procopius, VII, On Buildings. General Index: Procopius; Translated by H. B. Dewing; Translated by Glanville Downey; The Byzantine historian's graphic description of the churches, public buildings, fortifications, and bridges erected by Justinian throughout his empire--from the Church of St. Sophia in Constantinople to city walls at Carthage--is a rich source of information on architecture of the 6th century. This volume also contains a General Index to all seven volumes of the Loeb edition of Procopius.; Hardcover 1940

Regional Garden Design in the United States: Edited by Therese O'Malley; Edited by Marc Treib; Regionalism has become a much-discussed design issue for landscape architects in recent years. Increased mobility, uprootedness, and the pace of change in an increasingly technological society have contributed to interest in this concept, which places value on cultural continuity in local areas. This approach to garden design attempts to capture the spirit of the place, the plant material, and symbolic qualities that define a region's natural and cultural character. These essays lay the foundation for examining regionalism in American garden design. The organization of the papers is by geographical area, covering the West Coast, the Midwest, the South, and New England.; Hardcover 1995

Residential Waterfront, Borneo Sporenburg, Amsterdam: The Seventh Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design; Edited by Rodolfo Machado; "When one reads or hears about the vicissitudes of the project's evolution--about the long approval processes and the large cast of characters--it all seems like an excellent piece of narrative, a great plot replete with subplots leading us to intense episodes of dramatic action. There is something for everyone in the story of these peninsulas"--from the Introduction; Paperback 2006

A Reunion of Trees: Stephen Spongberg; Prologue by Sam Bass Warner; Stephen Spongberg's vividly written and lavishly illustrated "travel story" of trees and shrubs tells of intrepid explorers who journeyed to the far corners of the globe and brought back to Europe and North America a wealth of exotic plant species.; Hardcover 1990 / Paperback 1998

Rome from the Ground Up: James H. S. McGregor; Rome is not one city but many, each with its own history unfolding from a different center. Beginning with the very shaping of the ground on which Rome first rose, this book conjures all these cities, past and present, conducting the reader through time and space to the complex and shifting realities--architectural, historical, political, and social--that constitute Rome.; Hardcover 2005 / Paperback 2006

Sacred Gardens and Landscapes: Edited by Michel Conan; Studies of rituals in sacred gardens and landscapes offer tantalizing insights into the significance of gardens and landscapes in the societies of India, ancient Greece, Pre-Columbian Mexico, medieval Japan, post-Renaissance Europe, and America. Each section of this book is devoted to a different form of agency, together revealing a profound cultural significance of gardens previously overlooked by studies of garden style.; Paperback 2007

Script and Glyph: Dana Leibsohn; Hardcover 2009 / Paperback 2009

Space, Time and Architecture: Sigfried Giedion; A classic work, first published in 1941, translated into half a dozen languages, and now in a fifth edition, Space, Time and Architecture is an the unparalleled work on the shaping of our architectural environment. The discussions of leading architects--Wright, Gropius, Le Corbusier, Van der Rohe, Aalto, Utzon, Sert, Tange, and Maki--are accompanied by over 500 illustrations.; Paperback 2008 / Hardcover

St. Peter's: Keith Miller; Built by the decree of Constantine, rebuilt by some of the most distinguished architects in Renaissance Italy, emulated by Hitler's architect in his vision for Germania, immortalized on film by Fellini, and fictionalized by a modern American bestseller, St. Peter's is the most recognizable church in the world. This book covers the social, political, and architectural history of the church from the fourth century to the present.; Hardcover 2007

Studio Works 11: Edited by Joe MacDonald; Edited by Paula Meijerink; Edited by Martin Zogran; Foreword by Alan Altshuler; Studio Works 11 features outstanding Harvard Graduate School of Design student work from the school years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, along with material documenting exhibitions, research seminars, and thesis projects. The dramatic tiered, open student work spaces in Gund Hall are vibrant with the talent and energy of future architects, landscape architects, and urban designers and planners.; Paperback 2006

Studio Works 12: Edited by Paula Meijerink; Edited by Laura Miller; Edited by Martin Zogran; The aim of Studio Works is to capture the essential character of the design studio experience at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Studio Works 12 features outstanding GSD student work from school years 2005–2006 and 2006–2007, along with material documenting exhibitions, research seminars, and thesis projects.; Paperback 2008

Theme Park Landscapes: Edited by Terence Young; Edited by Robert Riley; Hardcover

Thoreau's Country: David R. Foster; In 1977 David Foster took to the woods of New England to build a cabin with his own hands. Along with a few tools, he brought the journals of Henry David Thoreau. Foster was struck by how different the forested landscape around him was from the one Thoreau described more than a century earlier. Part ecological and historical puzzle, this book brings a vanished countryside to life and offers a rich record of human imprint upon the land. Foster adds the perspective of a modern forest ecologist and landscape historian, using the journals to trace themes of historical and social change.; Hardcover 1999 / Paperback 2001

Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: Andrew Jackson Downing; Introduction by Therese O'Malley; Hardcover 1991

A Turkish Triangle: Edited by Hashim Sarkis; Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir have been the major poles of growth and development in Turkey since the Republic was formed, although these three cities have followed very different paths. Through a series of three case studies and an introduction by Turkey's most renowned urban historian and theorist, Ilhan Tekeli, the book studies the rise of these three main urban centers in Turkey and their roles in organizing the territory and its future reorganization.; Paperback

Two Squares: Edited by Hashim Sarkis; Two Squares examines the changing role of public space in the cities of Beirut and Istanbul as they undergo major redevelopment. The study of Beirut looks at the redesign of Martyrs' Square, and in Istanbul, the focus is on Sirkeci Square. This book examines the nature of public space in the 21st-century city, the history and evolution of public life in Beirut and Istanbul, and the possibilities of using these vital transportation nodes as opportunities for new design strategies.; Paperback 2006

Venice from the Ground Up: James H. S. McGregor; Venice came to life on mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen and traders who settled there crafted a way of life unlike anything the Roman Empire had ever known. In an astonishing feat of narrative history, James H. S. McGregor recreates this world, with its waterways rather than roads and its livelihood harvested from the sea. The narrative follows both a chronological and geographical organization, so that readers can trace the city's evolution by chapter and visitors can explore it by district on foot and by boat.; Hardcover 2006 / Paperback 2008

The Vernacular Garden: Edited by John Dixon Hunt; Edited by Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn; Hardcover 1995

Washington from the Ground Up: James H. S. McGregor; At the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers, President Washington chose a diamond-shaped site for the city that would bear his name, along with the burdens and blessings of democracy. Moving chronologically and geographically throughout the District, McGregor tells a tale of two cities: official Washington, whose stately neoclassical buildings expressed the government's power and global reach; and DC, whose minority communities, especially African Americans, lived in the shadows of poverty.; Hardcover 2007

Westminster Abbey: Richard Jenkyns; Westminster Abbey is the most complex church in existence. This is both an appreciation of an architectural masterpiece and an exploration of the building's shifting meanings. We hear the voices of those who have described its forms, moods, and ceremonies, from Shakespeare and Voltaire to Dickens and Henry James; we see how rulers have made use of it, from medieval kings to modern prime ministers.; Hardcover 2005

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