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Architecture For Cars: How cars shaped modern architecture
Christopher Beanland

A smooth ride through the golden age of car travel, looking at both its cultural and architectural impact on the world.

256 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Sarah Wynn-Williams

An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them.

#1 New York Times Bestseller

382 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes
Susan Brown & Alexa Griffith Winton (Editors)

The first major publication devoted to weaver and designer Dorothy Liebes, reinstating her as one of the most influential American designers of the twentieth century

253 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture
Clive Aslet

In King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture, Clive Aslet offers a lively account of the King and his epic engagement with architecture since the ‘carbuncle’ speech of 1984.

236 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of an Era 1850–1950
Arnold Hylen

Discover of a lost Los Angeles from an era before the freeways in this beautiful coffee table book from iconic architectural photographer Arnold Hylen.

191 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

The Master Builder: William Butterfield and his Times
Nicholas Olsberg

William Butterfield was the most daring, rigorous and brilliant architect of his age, whose 60-year practice spanned the entire Victorian era. Drawing extensively on the literature of the time, each chapter discusses a societal shift and surveys Butterfield’s most important architectural contributions.

430 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

Mid-Century Modern Designers
Dominic Bradbury

An homage to the design pioneers who defined the Mid-Century aesthetic through their work in furniture, glassware, ceramics and textiles.

351 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

Persuasion of Place: The Work of Cecil Baker Architect
Cecil Baker

Cecil Baker has designed some of the most prominent buildings in Philadelphia's recent history. Moving fluidly between scales, building types, and price points, his office helped shape the evolution of Philadelphia's City Center and set modernist precedents in its traditionally minded suburbs and beyond. This collection contains 35 of his finest projects, all of which embody the ethos of "persuasion of place."

421 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

Sargent and Paris
Stephanie L. Herdrich

A fascinating look at John Singer Sargent’s formative years as a young painter in Paris, a city that helped forge his artistic identity and sparked his rise to the pinnacle of the nineteenth-century art world.

255 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

Sketchbook Joy: How to embrace your creativity and fill your sketchbooks with colour
Katie Moody

Art can be accessible, so much fun and positive for your mental health, mindfulness, and memory. Kickstart your creative journey with this exciting guide to developing your art skills every day through your sketchbook.

159 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
Adam Moss

From former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art.

New York Times bestseller; one of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024

424 pp. - Art, Architecture & Design

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