Richard Meier, Architect (Galaxy Books)
by Richard Meier, Kenneth Frampton, and Jospeh Rykwert
Richard Meier, Architect - Volume 4 comprehensively documents Meier's work since the publication of the previous volume in 1999. This extensively illustrated presentation, designed by renowned graphic artist Massimo Vignelli, vividly conveys the purity and power of Meier's unique and celebrated vision. Twenty-seven residential, commercial, and civic projects in all are featured, including the two residential towers in New York overlooking the Hudson River; the Yale University History of Art and...
Palaces of Florence
by Francesco Gurrieri, Patrizia Fabbri, and Stefano Girald
The remarkable art, architecture, interiors, and gardens of Florence's most influential families.
From horses to tobacco to bourbon, the barn is at the heart of Kentucky's heritage and industry and is a staple of the Bluegrass landscape. In Kentucky Barns: Agricultural Heritage of the Bluegrass, Carol Peachee showcases the barns with exquisite photography.From elegant Thoroughbred farms to historical treasures like the 1803 stone barn of Runnymede Farm in Bourbon County, Peachee travels across the state to capture and preserve the diverse architecture, heritage, and design that make these...
An exploration of history's greatest achievements in design, engineering and architecture, looking at the art and science behind the world's greatest structures, from Greek temples and Roman aqueducts to iron bridges and skyscrapers of glass and steel.
City Hall is the first book to feature striking contemporary images of the most architecturally significant city halls in the United States. This diverse collection includes New York, the oldest; Philadelphia, once the tallest building in the world; and Boston, the first major brutalist building in the United States. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolution of American civic architecture from the early 19th century to the present day and represents diverse styles such as Federali...
Ned Pratt
by Mireille Eagan, Sarah Fillmore, Ray Cronin, and Jonathan Shaughnessy
The world in bold; Newfoundland in abstract. "It is the landscape that endures, it is the landscape that remains in control." — Ned Pratt With Ned Pratt, there is no nostalgia, no romance, no theatre. His interest in the Newfoundland landscape forms the foundation for his photography. Pratt's approach to the act of looking transcends place. He distills the landscape into abstractions of form and colour. Disrupting depth with close architectural details and incisions of poles and wires, he und...
The relationship between the lovely, unconventional Sunday Simmons, a Brazilian-French starlet, and the internationally renowned British comic actor Charlie Brick, results in passion, perversity, scandal, and death in Hollywood
Shortlisted in the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2022: Photography Travel Book of the Year Nori Jemil's ground-breaking practical photography book considers not just how to get better images, but also why and when to take them. It guides you to becoming a more confident and reflective travel photographer, as well as covering all the technical knowhow needed. Taking a journey around the seven continents, each chapter focuses on the main areas of travel imagery, from people and landscape...
Paul Rudolph the Florida Houses
by Christopher Domin and Joseph King, Jr
Concrete Toronto Map
by Graeme Stewart, Ya'el Santopinto, and Michael McClelland
