Category - Architecture
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Heaven on the Hudson: Mansions, Monuments, and Marvels of Riverside Park
HardcoverOriginal price $39.95Original price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95Current price $36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /Winner, Victorian Society in America Book Awards A colorful tale of a singular New York City neighborhood and the personalities who make it special...
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South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Thirty-five years after this landmark of urban history first captured the rise, fall, and rebirth of a once-thriving New York City borough--ravaged...
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Poplar Forest: Thomas Jefferson's Villa Retreat
HardcoverOriginal price $49.50 - Original price $49.50Original price $49.50$60.99$60.99 - $60.99Current price $60.99| /Poplar Forest is one of two personal residences that Thomas Jefferson designed for himself, the other being Monticello. Jefferson's wife, Martha Wa...
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Charleston Horse Power: Equine Culture in the Palmetto City
PaperbackOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Discover the fascinating history and legacy of working equines in Charleston, South Carolina.Featuring thorough research, absorbing storytelling, a...
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /The New York Times bestselling, award winning story of the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and the Renaissance genius...
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Before Central Park
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /Winner - 2023 John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Prize, UVA Center for Cultural Landscapes With more than eight hundred sprawling green acres in the mid...
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Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards "A smart and accessible cultural history."-Los Angeles Times "A fantastic examination of what b...
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Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut's parents. Akhenaten has been the subject of ra...
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Lost Plantations of the South
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00Original price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00Current price $36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /The great majority of the South's plantation homes have been destroyed over time, and many have long been forgotten. In Lost Plantations of the Sou...
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Experiencing Olmsted: The Enduring Legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted's North American Landscapes
HardcoverOriginal price $50.00Original price $50.00 - Original price $50.00Original price $50.00Current price $43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /200 Iconic Landscapes That Define North America Frederick Law Olmsted is the father of American landscape architecture. His firm, and the success...
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Bartleby and Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener
HardcoverOriginal price $28.99Original price $28.99 - Original price $28.99Original price $28.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /"Literary Legend" (New York) Gay Talese retraces his pioneering career, marked by his fascination with the world's hidden characters.In the conclud...
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Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change
HardcoverOriginal price $39.95Original price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95Current price $36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /The illuminating evolution of the iconic space of Times Square. What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a cent...
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Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne
HardcoverOriginal price $85.00Original price $85.00 - Original price $85.00Original price $85.00Current price $67.99$67.99 - $67.99Current price $67.99| /Christopher Payne's Made in America is a photographic celebration of how things are created, honoring the workers who bring craft, passion, and tec...
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres: Henry Adams' Literary Pilgrimage to Medieval France's Legendary Cathedrals (Annotated)
PaperbackOriginal price $14.99 - Original price $14.99Original price $14.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Embark on a journey into the past with Henry Adams as he brings two of France's most striking medieval landmarks to life in vivid detail. With rich...
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The Cosmos in Stone: Sacred Geometry of a Master Mason
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /This beautiful and groundbreaking book examines the use of sacred geometry and cosmology in Gothic cathedral design. Renowned geometer and lecturer...
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Civic Buildings After the Spanish-American War
HardcoverOriginal price $110.00 - Original price $110.00Original price $110.00$135.99$135.99 - $135.99Current price $135.99| /Following the 1898 Spanish-American War, the United States constructed federal buildings in its newly acquired territories, including Cuba, Puerto ...
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Palaces of Reason: The Royal Residences of Bourbon Naples
HardcoverOriginal price $109.95 - Original price $109.95Original price $109.95$135.99$135.99 - $135.99Current price $135.99| /Palaces of Reason traces the fascinating history of three royal residences built outside of Naples in the eighteenth century at Capodimonte, Porti...
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Chicago Reflected: A Skyline Drawing from the Chicago River
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A unique and playful hand-drawn exploration of the Chicago River's landscape, documented on an eleven-foot-long foldout. In March 2020, architect ...
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Shakespeare's House: A Window Onto His Life and Legacy
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /In the wide realm of Shakespeare worship, the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 - known colloquially as the '...
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Invented History, Fabricated Power: The Narrative Shaping of Civilization and Culture
HardcoverOriginal price $150.00 - Original price $150.00Original price $150.00$172.99$172.99 - $172.99Current price $172.99| /Invented History, Fabricated Power begins with an examination of prehistoric beliefs (in spirits, souls, mana, orenda) that provided personal exp...
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Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A two-time Pulitzer finalist explores the story of American urban design through San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building. Conceived in the Gilded A...
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Reading Kenneth Frampton: A Commentary on 'Modern Architecture', 1980
PaperbackOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00$47.99$47.99 - $47.99Current price $47.99| /This book focuses on the first edition of Kenneth Frampton's Modern Architecture: A Critical History, published in 1980. It searches for clues and ...
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Washington on Foot, Sixth Edition Revised and Expanded
PaperbackOriginal price $14.95 - Original price $14.95Original price $14.95$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /An essential walking tour guide to one of the most walkable and historic cities in the US, perfect for first-time visitors and longtime residents...
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Building Antebellum New Orleans: Free People of Color and Their Influence
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95$47.99$47.99 - $47.99Current price $47.99| /2022 PROSE Award in Architecture and Urban Planning2022 Summerlee Book Prize in Nonfiction, Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and...
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