architecture

This eco-friendly title focuses on green homes. Readers will learn how architect's apply sustainable practices to earth-friendly structures. Recycled materials, solar panels, and more are explored through engaging illustrations and accessible text.

Presents color-illustrated profiles of one hundred of the world's most significant structures, arranged geographically, including Stonehenge, the Parthenon, the Taj Mahal, and the Golden Gate Bridge.

A catalog of one thousand structural and decorative architectural details, featuring photographs, descriptions, and drawings of building elements, grouped in the categories of structure, facades, roofs and decks, horizontal and vertical connections, enclosure, finishings, framework and glasswork, ironwork and blinds, installations, lighting, new technologies, miscellaneous, environmentalism and sustainability, water features, and landscape design.

Surveys the history of modernism in architecture from 1890 through the mid-1960s, discussing the motivations behind the movement, and looking at the work of architects representative of the period.

Presents a guide to becoming an architect, covering topics such as selecting a school, meeting educational requirements, choosing a path in architecture, and obtaining professional experiences while in school. Includes insights from current architecture students and established professionals, as well as appendixes with additional career-related information and recommended reading.

Traces the history of western architecture, spanning the period of early Mesopotamia and Egypt to twentieth-century uses of computer-aided design. Focuses on the Classical language of architecture and how it has been vitalized throughout the years.

Contains photographs and descriptions of over one thousand buildings around the world noted for their architecture, each with information on its designer, construction history, why it was commissioned, and factors that influenced the design.