Residential Buildings, Domestic Buildings

A presentation of contemporary houses that demonstrates how domesticity can be beautiful and still help the planet. Have we passed a tipping point ...

Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream is an exploration of new architectural possibilities for American cities and suburbs in the aftermath of t...

The aura and romance of Old California lives on in this treasury of inviting homes. The California House presents the magic of the golden state, th...

Charleston Saved 1979-1989 tells the remarkable story of how the home of key members of the Bloomsbury set was brought back from ruin and lovingly ...

Affordable building lots in central locations in the large cities and metropolises are rare. When there are no available gaps in the urban structur...

During the Renaissance, the contest to decide the order of rank among the fine arts, architecture, painting, and sculpture was an issue that also o...

For 70 years, readers have been enjoying Meinecke's classic odes to the simple life, Your Cabin in the Woods (1943) and Cabin Craft and Outdoor Liv...

For 200 years the Thurn und Taxis family have called the palace of St. Emmeram home. Regarded as one of Germany's finest examples of historicist ar...

Michael S. Smiths first collection of new interiors work in seven years. Appearing at a seminal point in Michael Smiths life and career, The Curate...

Dear Mrs. Freeman: I am glad to know that you are still happily 'at home.' Sincerely, Frank Lloyd Wright. Winner of The University of Mary Washingt...

Built for Federico II Gonzaga Duke of Mantua between 1525 and 1536, Palazzo Te is the masterpiece of Renaissance artist, designer and architect Giu...

The history of England is inextricably linked with the stories of its leading aristocratic dynasties and the great seats they have occupied for cen...

While most books on architecture focus on the architectural outcome itself, Architects on Dwelling takes a close look at how that outcome is create...

The largely untold stories of innumerable, rather humble, lives spent ''in service'' are lying just below the surface of many great houses; the phy...

This well-illustrated journey through 50 magnificent villas and palaces built by the Italian aristocracy covers country retreats in Tuscany and the...

Filled with hundreds of color photographs, this comprehensive handbook in the highly successful 150 Best design series showcases the latest in succ...

Eltham Palace is famous for its links with royalty and national events over a period of three and a half centuries, between the reigns of Edward I ...

Who was the most beautiful woman in England in the twentieth century and why did she become the most hated woman? Who spent £500,000 to remodel he...

Treehouses as places of introspection and inspiration, hotels or play areas for children - their different styles, materials and shapes take you in...

This book presents a series of conference papers which explore a topic that has received a good deal of interest in recent years, namely the materi...

Fully revised and updated edition of the classic, stunningly illustrated guide to the country houses in the care of the National Trust, encompassin...

Paris, Antwerp, Zwolle, and Brementhe Atelier Kempe Thill works in these cities on the building typology of the urban villa, which today essentiall...

The apartment house is the most typical form of urban living space. Creating layered living spaces is therefore one of the most important and multi...

Midcentury modernism meets Japanese design in three revolutionary American buildingsthe products of a unique, sustained, cross-cultural collaborati...

The Modern House is, in part, the narrative of how some of the most important examples of modern houses were commissioned and built in the UK. The ...

Winner, AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers and Alcuin Society Book Design Awards Second Prize (Prose Illustrated) A National Bestseller The legacies of thea...