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Building Sharjah by Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
RRP: £52.00£39.59Building Sharjah reveals how modern architecture unfurled across the United Arab Emirates' third-largest city. An oil discovery in 1972 positioned Sharjah as one of the world's final cities shaped by transformative fortune. In the footsteps of Kuwait,... -
Old Cuba by Alicia E. Garcia 9780847858477
RRP: £40.00£39.15Cuba dominates the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, fixed between the great continents to the north and to the south, and has long served as a bridge between the Old World and the New. First visited by Christopher Columbus in 1492, its history of... -
Asmara: Africa's Jewel of Modernity by Stefan Boness
RRP: £15.50£13.24Impressive photographs by Stefan Boness convey the unique atmosphere of Asmara as a living museum of modernity. Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, has one of the most extensive surviving ensembles of modernist architecture in the world. To this day, the... -
Temple and Teahouse in Japan Werner Blaser 9783035623475
RRP: £68.00£60.37After a trip to Japan in 1953, Werner Blaser published his landmark book on classical Japanese architecture. His studies of 17th- and 18th-century wooden buildings document minimalist, grid-based structures using stark black-and-white photographs, some... -
Delhi Architectural Guide by Anupam Bansal 9783869221670
RRP: £32.00£26.84The prolific architectural legacy of Delhi is remarkable not only for its antiquity but also its diversity. While the period of antiquity encompass various types of Hindu, Islamic and Colonial architecture, it is modern architecture that laid the... -
Furniture Studio: Materials, Craft, and Architecture by Jeffrey Karl Ochsner
RRP: £39.00£35.12Furniture Studio explores the origins, methods, results, and influence of the unique and highly successful furniture design and fabrication studios offered by the University of Washington Department of Architecture. The furniture program, initiated by... -
Beyond the Port City: The Condition of Portuality and the Threshold's Field Beatrice Moretti 9783868596137
RRP: £26.00£23.27Portuality is a concept that has long been rooted in several urban centers. It denotes a territorial quality specific to those cities and developed through strong relationships with their own port. Beyond the Port City recognizes portuality as a... -
Sofia: Architectural Guide by Georgi Stanishev 9783869226576
RRP: £32.00£26.84Sofia is one of the oldest cities in Europe, though it still remains relatively undiscovered as a destination. Its urban fabric comprises an immense range of architectural cultures, with structures by the ancient Thracians, the Romans, the Byzantines, as... -
Iran: Architectural Guide by Thomas Meyer-Wieser 9783869225708
RRP: £40.00£32.78Iran has one of the oldest town cultures in the world. It goes back more than 4,000 years. Between the Islamic conquest in the seventh century and the westernisation in the second half of the nineteenth century, the cities and towns in today's Islamic... -
The Architecture Of Rome: An Architectural History in 402 Individual Presentations by Stefan Grundmann 9783936681161
£27.90Rome is where the history of European architecture was written. The foundations were laid in ancient Roman times when the first attempts were made to design interiors which could be experienced as something physical. Ancient Roman architects also started... -
Tbilisi: Architectural Guide by Angela Wheeler
RRP: £40.00£32.78This guide presents over 120 buildings and projects in the Georgian capital. It serves not only as a helpful guide for tourists but also as a documentation of the city's social history. The selection of buildings covers a broad spectrum of sights that... -
Stuttgart Architecture Guide by Christiane Fulscher 9783899862645
RRP: £19.00£12.75This book presents around 100 buildings that were erected between 1917 and 2017, and are already considered to be classics of architectural history. With informative texts accentuated by photos, plans, archive material and, most importantly, facts... -
Architectural Guide Riga by Janis Krastins 9783869222868
RRP: £32.00£26.84This guide book is a must-have for all who are interested in European architecture and its rich history of diversified culture. Undoubtedly Riga is famous for its unique mixture of styles and traces of war and politics: German roots, Art Nouveau at its... -
Ailing Cities: History, Assessment, and Remedy Kwaku L. Keddey 9781954081086
RRP: £21.95£14.54Ailing Cities is a book written largely to educate and facilitate a dialogue with people of all backgrounds on environmental sustainability, architecture, urban planning, and design. It has been necessitated by urban ills in Ghana and other sub-Saharan... -
The Garden District of New Orleans by Jim Fraiser 9781934110683
RRP: £49.95£39.16The Garden District of New Orleans has enthralled residents and visitors alike since it arose in the 1830's with its stately white-columned Greek Revival mansions and double-galleried Italianate houses decorated with lacy cast iron. Photographer West... -
Chechnya and the North Caucasus: From the Black Sea to the Caspian Shores: Architectural Guide by Gianluca Pardelli
RRP: £40.00£32.78The Architectural Guide Chechnya and the North Caucasus represents the first pioneering work of its type to shed light on a little-known mountainous region split between Europe and Asia, one of the few places on Earth that can claim a varied amalgam of... -
Encounters and Positions: Architecture in Japan by Susanne Kohte 9783035608465
RRP: £43.50£37.37Now as before, Japanese architecture is very popular in Europe and the western world. This publication provides an overview of its many design concepts and cross-references. Using design examples and interviews, the book presents thirteen current... -
Modern Architecture in Berlin: 466 Examples from 1900 to the Present Day Rolf Rave 9783936681291
RRP: £32.00£22.312019 Edition. Although Berlins history encompasses more than eight hundred years and its beginnings reach back as far as the twelfth century, its present-day urban image is essentially characterized by structures and building measures from the nineteenth... -
Survey of London: Battersea: Volume 49: Public, Commercial and Cultural Andrew Saint 9780300196160
RRP: £75.00£64.21The south London parish of Battersea has roots as a working village, growing produce for London markets, and as a high-class suburb, with merchants' villas on the elevated ground around Clapham and Wadsworth Commons. Battersea enjoyed spectacular growth... -
Yerevan: Architectural Guide by Tigran Harutyunian 9783869223575
RRP: £32.00£26.44Yerevan and Mount Ararat - which is within clear view - occupy significant places within Armenian culture, even allowing that today's capital once lay elsewhere prior to the devastating earthquake of 1679 and also that Mount Ararat now falls within... -
Verona and Lake Garda: Architectural Guide: With an Excursion to Valpolicella by Sergey Nikitin
RRP: £32.00£26.44A city that has existed for over 2,000 years, Verona has a wealth of historic architecture: from Ancient Roman masterworks such as the Arena, through seventeenth-century neoclassical gems like the Gran Guardia Palace, to inventive recent restorations and... -
Tbilisi: It's Complicated by Data Chigholashvili 9789493148109
RRP: £20.00£16.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493148109Author Data ChigholashviliFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint OnomatopeePublisher OnomatopeeWeight(grams) 454g -
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City by Witold Rybczynski
RRP: £16.99£14.61A captivating chronicle of building in modern-day Charleston, making a case for architecture based on historical precedent, local context, and the ability to delight Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America's first historic district, is known for... -
Japanese Creativity: Contemplations on Japanese Architecture Yuichiro Edagawa 9783868595086
RRP: £26.00£23.27What lies at the root of Japanese creativity and its architectural artefacts? In his new book, the Japanese architect Yuichiro Edagwa explores this question in detail. By analysing a wide variety of unique exemplary buildings from the sixth century to... -
Our Voices: Indigeneity and Architecture Rebecca Kiddle 9781940743493
RRP: £22.95£16.14Our Voices: Indigeneity and Architecture is an exciting advance in the field of architecture offering multiple indigenous perspectives on architecture and design theory and practice. Indigenous authors from Aotearoa NZ, Canada, Australia, and the USA... -
Japan: Nation Building Nature by Joachim Nijs 9789462086135
RRP: £44.00£26.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462086135Author Joachim NijsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers) -
Rancho Sisquoc: Enduring Legacy of an Historic Land Grant Ranch Judith Flood Wilbur 9781954081246
RRP: £29.95£20.38Rancho Sisquoc: Enduring Legacy of an Historic Land Grant Ranch celebrates the spectacular landscape, fascinating history, colorful characters, and timeless traditions of one of California's last intact Mexican land grant ranches. The ranch's... -
Rome: Architectural Guide by Marina Kavalirek 9783869226606
RRP: £32.00£26.44Rome has had an enormous influence on European art and art history for over 2,000 years. Indeed, the city was the birthplace of the foundations of western architecture. This architectural guide en-courages visitors to go beyond the most frequently... -
Karnataka's Rich Heritage: Art and Architecture : from Prehistoric Times to the Hoysala Period by Lalit Chugh 9789352068241
RRP: £14.99£13.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789352068241Author Lalit ChughFormat PaperbackPage Count 337Imprint Notion PressPublisher Notion Press -
Harry Bertoia, Printmaker: Monotypes and Other Monographics by June Kompass Nelson 9780814343692
RRP: £29.95£28.88A representation of the principle styles and themes that emerges from Harry Bertoia's printmaking and structure work.Book InformationISBN 9780814343692Author June Kompass NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Wayne State University PressPublisher... -
Victorian Summer: The Historic Houses of Belle Haven Park, Greenwich, Connecticut by Matthew L. Bernard 9781939621757
RRP: £61.50£54.86At the height of the Gilded Age, America's wealthiest families began to build luxurious summer cottages away from the grit and grime of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia in idyllic locales such as, Newport, Southampton, Tuxedo Park, and Lenox. Another... -
Two Sides of the Border: Reimagining the Region by Tatiana Bilbao 9783037786086
RRP: £33.00£23.21Under the direction of Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao, thirteen architecture studios and students across the United States and Mexico undertook the monumental task of attempting to capture the complex and dynamic region of the US/Mexican border. 'Two... -
Working in Mumbai: Rma Architects by Rahul Mehrotra 9783966800075
RRP: £57.50£38.90Working in Mumbai is a critical reflection on thirty years of the practice of RMA Architects. Rahul Mehrotra weaves a narrative to connect his multiple engagements in architectural practice, including teaching, research, documenting, writing and... -
A 21st-Century Socialist Country: Towards Sustainability by Seonhye Sin 9781943532773
RRP: £19.95£17.00North Korea, the world's most closed off country, has begun to make a different move. Kim Jung-un has opened dialogue with South Korea and is also preparing to correspond with other countries. There are both doubtful and positive responses to this change... -
Houston Genetic City by Peter Zweig 9781948765244
RRP: £44.00£31.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948765244Author Peter ZweigFormat HardbackPage Count 420Imprint ActarPublisher Actar -
Outlines of Russian Culture, Part 3: Architecture, Painting, and Music by Paul Miliukov 9781512804508
£79.37This translation makes available to English readers the only comprehensive and thorough history of Russian culture in any language. Endowed with scholarly authority, it traces in broad outline the long rich story of the development of religion,... -
Shared Structures, Intimate Spaces: Housing in Mexico by Fernanda Canales 9781945150883
RRP: £32.00£27.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945150883Author Fernanda CanalesFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar Publishers -
Unfinished: Ideas, Images, and Projects from the Spanish Pavilion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale by Inaqui Carnicero 9781945150685
RRP: £32.00£28.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945150685Author Inaqui CarniceroFormat PaperbackPage Count 482Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar PublishersWeight(grams) 1210g -
Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape by Daniel Kaven 9783035624380
RRP: £40.00£29.54A multimedia exploration of the morphology of architecture in the American Southwest as defined by evolving modes of transportation. In examining advances in transportation, the book asks how we have come to acquiesce to the monotonous, isolating, and... -
Within or Without by Florencia Pita 9781948765473
RRP: £28.00£21.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948765473Author Florencia PitaFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar Publishers