Art&DesignWinter2024

Wood in Traditional Architecture David Campbell. See how wood has shaped traditional architecture around the world in a panorama of more than 400 color images. From France to Russia, from Norway to Romania, see landmarks built in traditional architecture of wood and learn the carpentry techniques of the Old World • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 407 color images & 31 b/w drawings • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-3581-5 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD WPA Buildings: Architecture and Art of the New Deal Joseph Maresca. In a fully illustrated, well-doc- umented study, a uniquely American, yet historically underappreciated style gets its due. This survey explores the often overlooked social impact of imposing gov- ernment buildings in American cities, large and small, that were funded by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 195 b/w& color photos & drawings • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-5211-9 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD Architectural Details: Spain and the Mediterra- nean Jerry S. F Cook III & Tina Skinner. Architect Richard S. Requa traveled the Mediterannean, docu- menting authentic architecture, and published his portfolio of images in 1926, helping to fuel architecture’s Spanish Revival movement (1915–1940). • 9"x12" (228 x304mm) •178b/wphotos •144pp. •978-0-7643-2307- 2 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD 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 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD 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 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD 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 / £18.99 / $28.95 CAD 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 / £22.99 / $34.95 CAD 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 / £18.99 / $28.95CAD 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 / £40.99 / $64.00CAD 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 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Walker & Gillette, American Architects: From Classicism through Modernism (1900s - 1950s) Edith Crouch. Over 800 photos illustrate the first book about the architectural practice of Walker & Gillette, covering the range of their work and featuring unpub- lished works by the firm. Residential country estates, urban mansions, town homes, and apartments are explored, as are commercial, corporate, and govern- mental architecture, Art Deco skyscrapers, and unique commissions. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 822 photos • 320 pp. • 978-0-7643-4524-1 • HC • $99.99 / £90.99 / $140.00 CAD 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 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD 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 / £45.99 / $72.00 CAD 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 / £31.99 / $48.95 CAD 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 dev- otees of architecture, design, Modernism, the Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe, and photography • 7 1/4" x 5" (127 x 184 mm) • 20 b/w postcards • pp. • 978-0-7643-2376-8 • PB • $14.95 / £13.99 / $19.95 CAD 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 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD 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 / £18.99 / $28.99 CAD 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 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Lost Places: Images of Bygone America Heribert Niehues. Heribert Niehues's Hopperesque images of "lost" and lonely gas stations, diners, motels, houses, and cars are a reminder of the rise and former glory of a legendary America. Hauntingly beautiful, the photos document Amer- ican mobility and portray the poetry of transience: from east to west, America as it is rarely seen. • 9" x 10 1/2" (228 x 209 mm) • 95 color images • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-6394-8 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Christmas at America's Landmark Houses, 2nd Ed . Patricia Hart McMillan. Some 360 gorgeous, in- spiring images provide leisurely looks at historic house interiors magically decked out for Christmas. Some houses' Christmas decorations are period correct; others are strikingly modern. • 8 1/2" x 11" (279 x 215 mm) • 363 color images • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643-6443-3 • HC • $45.00 US / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD 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. Architect Kovara relates the move of the residence, art collection, woodworking studios, guest house, and twenty major trees. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 120 images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-5136-5 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD HISTORICALARCHITECTURE: INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE: GENERAL • INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES | 71