Books – Detail

A former New York Times Paris bureau chief explores the Louvre, offering an intimate journey of discovery and revelation.

Bold, stately, and elegant furniture is revealed in this entirely new survey of design, regional varieties and workshop collaborations in the American East Coast in the early nineteenth century.

A timely, and urgently needed, survey of social and environmental justice advocacy in architecture.

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

Generously illustrated, definitive guide to the built world of Missouri.

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

This book addresses the question ‘Why draw?’ by examining the various dynamic relationships between media, process, thought and environment.

Sewell considers the gender of those who create and shape spaces, how gender ideology contributes to and manifests itself in built form, and what research methods make the observation of gendered experience possible.

The first in-depth publication of drawings that reveal the creative genius of H. H. Richardson, the greatest American architect of the nineteenth century

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

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.

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

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.

Never again compromise on style or function. This simple guide from award-winning interior stylist Sofie Hepworth provides 10 straightforward strategies to maximize compact spaces and create your dream home.