- 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
- Architecture and Society
- Henry Van Brunt
- Edited by William A. Coles
- Hardcover 1969
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Form, Modernism, and History
- Alexander von Hoffman, Editor
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- On Architecture, I
- Vitruvius
- Frank Granger, Translator
- 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
- Frank Granger, Translator
- Book 6 concerns houses; 7, pavements, mosaics, and wall decoration; 8, water supply; 9, measurements; 10, machines.
- Hardcover 1934
- 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
- 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
- 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
