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We've rounded up six books on architecture we think are worth reading.
A comprehensive list of books about traditional architecture for anyone interested in the principles of classic design.
Judy Hayward reviews Diana Waite's latest book, The Architecture of Downtown Troy: An Illustrated History.
A review of the book From Truths to Tools, which explores artisan geometry.
Clem Labine reviews the book McKim, Mead & White: Selected Works 1879-1915.
A review of James Stevens Curl's Making Dystopia by Nikos A. Salingaros.
A book review on Robert Venturi's Rome by Frederick Fisher and Stephen Harby.
Clem Labine reviews The Classicist No. 14: New York City by Charles D. Warren.
Read about the book Cities Alive: Jane Jacobs, Christopher Alexander, and the Roots of the New Urban Renaissance, by Michael W. Mehaffy, reviewed by Emily O'Brien.
Clem Labine's book review of Classic Columns: 40 Years of Writing on Architecture.
John Ochsendorf's book, Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile delves into the technology behind these traditional tile vaults.
American Beaux-Arts institutions welcomed the influx of Chinese students in the early-20th century. As a result, the United States became the main source of education in Beaux-Arts design for Chinese students of architecture through the 1940s.
A review by Clem Labine of the book Harrison Design.
A variety of organizational strategies makes it possible for this to serve as an attractive coffee table book as well as a serious course in design.
Read the review of Classicist No. 13 by Peter H. Miller, president, Home Group, Active Interest Media.
A review of the book Traditional Architecture: Timeless Building for the Twenty-First Century.
Robert A.M. Stern's City Living: Apartment Houses, showcases superlative urban architecture, while analyzing the precedent, context and history of each project.
Two garden design books consider the growth of gardens from highly different perspectives — one macro and the other micro.
Karen Greene and Lynne Lavelle's monograph, Art Deco Mailboxes examines the history and unique designs of this once-ubiquitous architectural element.
Clem Labine reviews David Hayles' book,"The Magic of Scagliola."
