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Architectural Details from Victorian Homes Stanley Schuler. More than 400 photographs, illustra- tions, and tips to guide the remodeller of Jacobean, Colonial, Georgian, and Federal homes • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 317 color, 10 b/w photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-1829-0•HC•$49.95 The Architecture of Whimsy: Mid-20th-Cen- tury Modern Architecture in South Florida Arthur Jay Marcus. This fascinating lexicon ex- amines the quixotic architectural expressions found on select mid-20th-century modern com- mercial buildings in South Florida. With brief bios of the 13 architects whose work is included and street maps pinpointing the location of each building, this book offers tourists, architects, history buffs, and preservationists a new context and appreciation for these works of art, many of which are endangered. • 93/4" x 63/4" (247 x 171mm) •115 color and b/w images •112pp. •978-0-7643-6027- 5 • HC • $24.99 Arts & Crafts Houses Steven Paul Whitsitt and Tina Skinner. Arts & Crafts Houses. Steven Paul Whitsitt and Tina Skinner. Nearly 300 color photos detail the link between nature and human skill and capture the sig- nature architectural elements of Arts and Crafts bun- galows. This book is a must have for Arts and Crafts followers and is ideal for all woodworkers, glass work- ers, masons, and collectors, offering insight and design inspiration through images of built-in cabinets, stained glass windows, brick fireplaces, and antiques displays. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 295 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-3670-6 • HC • $45.00 Backroads Buildings: In Search of the Vernacular Steve Gross and Susan Daley. From New England to the Deep South, photographers Susan Daley and Steve Gross have captured more than 100 forgotten buildings along America’s old auto routes. Isolated in full-color and black- and-white portraits, the roadside cafés, feed stores, grange halls, juke joints, and general stores are a poignant reminder of the ingenuity of local building practices and the working-class culture during the years between the Civil War and the Great Depression. • 91/8" x 81/8" (231 x 206 mm) • 140 color and b/w images • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-6136-4 • HC • $39.99 Bridges: A Postcard History Geoffrey H. Goldberg, with E. Ashley Rooney, Editor. Learn about the exciting engineering developments that allowed the primitive bridges of ancient man to evolve to the masterworks of today. This unique treatment is illustrated with postcards, archival photographs, and technical draw- ings and diagrams. • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •480+ color & b/w images • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643-3792-5 • HC • $49.99 Classic American Diners: Collectible Post- cards and Matchcovers Don Preziosi. These aluminum gems, whose metal bodies and neon signs came to characterize modernity in the mid-20th century, were mass produced from the 1920s to the 1950s. Nearly 450 examples are included here, along with a history of the diner • 11" x 81/2" (279 x 215mm) •339 color &113b/w images • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-2610-3 • HC • $39.95 Homes in a Box: Modern Homes from Sears Roebuck Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Among the architects who contributed designs was Frank Lloyd Wright, and several homes reflect the Arts & Crafts movement. • 11"x81/2" (279x215mm) • 129 photos • 120 pp. • 978-0-7643-0432-3 • PB • $19.99 The Life and Times of Lilian J Rice, Master Archi- tect Diane Y. Welch. Award-winning author Diane Y. Welch resurrects the story of architect Lilian J. Rice, re- telling the life and times of this controversial woman. Eleven of Rice’s homes are listed on the National Regis- ter of Historic Places, more are county landmarks, and several garnered her honor awards from the American Institute of Architects. • 7" x 10" (177 x 254 mm) • 94 color & b/w images • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-4958-4 • HC • $34.99 Lilian J Rice: Architect of Rancho Santa Fe, California Diane Y. Welch. Lilian J. Rice was given the opportunity of a lifetime in 1922, when she began to design and develop Rancho Santa Fe, the mas- ter-planned, high class community in Southern Cali- fornia now renowned as one of the wealthiest zip codes in the USA. 394 illustrations, floor plans, archi- tectural renderings, and stunning photographs are included. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 390 color photos • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-3456-6 • HC • $49.99 Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House Paul Clemence with Foreword by Dirk Lohan. A revered icon of modern architecture, the Farn- sworth House, near Plano, Illinois, is the only private residence designed by famed modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Striking architectural details are captured in more than 70 eye-catching color and black-and-white pho- tos and drawings. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 40 b/w & 33 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-2443-7 • HC • $34.99 Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House: Postcard Book Paul Clemence. Striking archi- tectural details of the Farnsworth House are captured in 20 eye-catching black-and-white postcards. Whether mailing or framing the stun- ning images, this book is a must-have for devo- tees of architecture, design, Modernism, the Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe, and photography • 7 1/4" x 5" (127 x 184 mm) •20b/wpostcards• pp. •978-0-7643-2376-8•PB•$14.95 Modern American Homes: Prairie & Crafts- man Architecture H. V. von Holst, editor. A faithful reprint of a 1913 classic featuring Amer- ican homes and buildings that embody “the back to nature” movement of the times. Today, this reprint is a treasure of more than 130 houses, including work by venerable Frank Lloyd Wright and Green & Green. • 11" x 81/2" (279 x 215mm) •242b/wphotos, 188 linedrawings•128pp. •978-0-7643-3005-6•HC•$29.99 Moving SamMaloof: Saving an American Wood- working Legend’s Home and Workshops Ann Kovara, AIA, LEED AP. The human side of historic preservation becomes clear in the story of how world- class woodworker Sam Maloof (1916–2009), a belea- guered but plucky elderly California Living Treasure, survived his historic property’s relocation by the gov- ernment. Construction manager and architect Kovara relates the move of the residence, art collection, wood- working studios, guest house, and twenty major trees. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 120 images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-5136-5 • HC • $34.99 Notes from the Underworld: An Architectural Exploration Stefano Corbo. A rare look at old and new subterranean structures from an architect’s perspec- tive, this seminal book examines the underworld through the lenses of wartime, life and death, religious and sec- ular rituals, and adaptive reuse. The 80 international projects range widely in time period and type, from an Arctic seed bank to a Beirut nightclub under a former military helicopter pad. All are surprising examples of how invisible man-made spaces follow the same cultur- al and economic cues as their visible counterparts. • 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" (215 x 165 mm) • 90 color and b/w images • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-5840-1 • HC • $24.99 Ponce City Market: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Atlanta’s Largest Building Blake Burton. Documents the six-year-long adaptive reuse transformation of one of the Southeast’s largest buildings into a civic anchor in 2016. Haunting images of the cavernous Sears, Roebuck and Company distribution and retail center, erect- ed in 1925, record its various forms of construc- tion and reconstruction. Includes essays by architectural historians • 12" x 9" (304 x 228mm) •187 color and b/w images •184 pp. •978-0-7643-5523-3•HC • $45.00 Radford Artistic Homes Tina Skinner. Here are 252 renderings of Arts and Crafts period homes, including bungalows and larger homes in a broad spectrum of styles. Each home has a frontal view, as well as floor plans. • 8 1/2" x 11" (279 x 215 mm) • 272 b/w photos • 264 pp. • 978-0-7643-1455-1 • PB • $19.95 Shaker Architecture Herbert Schiffer. For a small religious community, the Shakers had a major impact on American architecture and furniture design. In this study, each of the Shaker communities is represented with very interesting photographs of the buildings that made up their world. A detailed text completes the study • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •282b/wphotographs • 192 pp. • 978-0-88740-153-4 • PB • $24.95 The Smaller American House Ethel B. Power. This books presents work by some of the early 20th centu- ry’s most notable architects, including Dwight James Baum, Wallace Frost, John F. Staub, Wallace Neff, George Washington Smith, Eleanor Raymond, and Henry Atherton Frost. House styles include Classic Colonial, Spanish Revival, Creole, and Storybook Style. Each home includes a floor plan. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 130 b/w photos & 105 line drawings • 100 pp. •978-0-7643-2769-8•PB•$19.95 Stone in Traditional Architecture David Campbell. An overview of traditional stone architecture of many nations, ranging from simple stone homes and practi- cal farm buildings to imposing town halls and vaulting cathedrals. Learn the history, styles, and techniques of a stone cutters’ and masons’ arts. Includes arches, vaults, stone types, rough dressing hard stones, mold- ings, and wall building with cut or uncut stones. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 378 color photos • 216 pp. • 978-0-7643-3614-0•HC•$45.00 Victorian Architecture: Original Plans for Cot- tages, Small Estates, and Commerce Foreword by Tina Skinner. A rare catalog of residential designs with more than 250 house plans, including bungalow, stick-style, Gothic revival, chateau style, Queen Anne, and Eastlake. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 800+ B/W photos anddrawings •304pp. •978-0-7643-1969-3•PB • $29.95 Villages of West Africa: An Intimate Jour- ney across Time Steven & Cathi House. This book reveals the remarkable beauty of the peo- ple, land, villages, textiles, and traditional archi- tecture across seven countries of West Africa situated between the Sahara Desert and Atlantic Ocean. Through keen observations and more than 500 photographs, award-winning architects Steven & Cathi House celebrate the artisanship of tribal people • 10" x 10" (254 x 254mm) • 512 color and b/w images • 304 pp. • 978-0-7643-5481-6 • HC • $65.00 HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE: GENERAL BACKLIST HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE | 61