Untimely Moderns
How Twentieth-Century Architecture Reimagined the Past
ISBN: HB: 9780300263954,
Yale University Press,
July 2023
216 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 10 colour illus., 95 black&white illus.
216 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 10 colour illus., 95 black&white illus.
A novel exploration of the idea of nonlinear time and its place at the heart of modern art and architecture.
Through much of the twentieth century, a diverse group of thinkers engaged in an interdisciplinary conversation about the meaning of time a...
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Lauren Halsey
The Roof Garden Commission
ISBN: PB: 9781588397492,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
July 2023
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 40 colour illus.
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 40 colour illus.
Lauren Halsey's diverse artistic influences, including Afrofuturism, ancient Egyptian iconography, and the architecture and community in her native Los Angeles, feature prominently in her latest site-specific installation.
In her 2023 site-specific...
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About Architecture
An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings
ISBN: HB: 9780300263442,
Yale University Press,
May 2023
256 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 154 colour and black&white illus.
256 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 154 colour and black&white illus.
"About Architecture" is an engaging introduction to architecture, exploring the ways in which we construct our built environment, and why. Hugh Pearman guides us through the architecture that shapes our lives – from how our towns and cities are organ...
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Atlas of the Senseable City
ISBN: HB: 9780300247510,
Yale University Press,
April 2023
240 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 101 colour illus., 14 black&white illus.
240 pp., 25.4x22.9 cm, 101 colour illus., 14 black&white illus.
A fascinating exploration of how the growth of digital mapping, spurred by sensing technologies, is affecting cities and daily lives.
What have smart technologies taught us about cities? What lessons can we learn from today's urbanites to make bett...
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Yorkshire: The North Riding
Buildings of England
ISBN: HB: 9780300259032,
Yale University Press,
April 2023
904 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 133 colour illus., 82 black&white illus.
904 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 133 colour illus., 82 black&white illus.
Providing unrivalled coverage of the area, this volume offers a fully revised and updated guide to the North Riding of Yorkshire. From the fells on the Westmorland border, through the unspoilt wild beauty of Swaledale and Wensleydale to the highest c...
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Georgian Arcadia
Architecture for the Park and Garden
ISBN: HB: 9780300249958,
Yale University Press,
March 2023
352 pp., 26.6x21.5 cm, 290 colour and black&white illus.
352 pp., 26.6x21.5 cm, 290 colour and black&white illus.
Explores the origins and evolution of Georgian landscape architecture, a period of innovative and diverse garden structures in which some of the era's greatest architects experimented with different forms, styles, and new technology.
The invention a...
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Isle of Man
Buildings of the Isle of Man
ISBN: HB: 9780300225020,
Yale University Press,
March 2023
464 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 60 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.
464 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 60 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.
The first Pevsner volume to explore the Isle of Man's unique architectural inheritance.
The Isle of Man has had many incarnations – a land of Celtic monks, the realm of the Norse sea-kings, the petty kingdom of the Earls of Derby, a nest of Georgian...
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High Life
Condo Living in the Suburban Century
ISBN: PB: 9780300269192,
Yale University Press,
February 2023
336 pp., 25.4x17.7 cm, 125 black&white illus.
336 pp., 25.4x17.7 cm, 125 black&white illus.
The first comprehensive architectural and cultural history of condominium and cooperative housing in twentieth-century America.
Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather than a single-family hous...
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Story of the Country House
A History of Places and People
ISBN: PB: 9780300267600,
ISBN: HB: 9780300255058,
Yale University Press,
February 2023
256 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm, 72 colour and black&white illus.
256 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm, 72 colour and black&white illus.
"The Story of the Country House" is an authoritative and vivid account of the British country house, exploring how they have evolved with the changing political and economic landscape. Clive Aslet reveals the captivating stories behind individual hou...
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Why Architecture Matters
Revised Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780300267396,
Yale University Press,
January 2023
312 pp., 19.6x12.7 cm, 54 black&white illus.
312 pp., 19.6x12.7 cm, 54 black&white illus.
A classic work on the joy of experiencing architecture, with a new afterword reflecting on architecture's place in the contemporary moment.
"Architecture begins to matter", writes Paul Goldberger, "when it brings delight and sadness and perplexity a...
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