Examines the art and architecture of ancient Greece, including temples, pottery, sculpture, and paintings.

Presents an illustrated look at the step-by-step building of a thirteenth-century Gothic cathedral.

Soaring obelisks, graceful arches, and soldiers standing tall atop pedestals recall the memory of the Civil War in Mississippi, a former Confederate state that boasts more Civil War monuments than any other. In Mississippi Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated Field Guide, Timothy S. Sedore combs through the Mississippi landscape, exploring monuments commemorating important military figures and battles and remembering common soldiers, from rugged veterans...

Marie Rose Wong peers through the lens of single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels to capture the 157-year origin story of Seattle's pan-Asian International District. This gorgeous, meticulous book layers together interviews, maps, and insights from over a decade of primary research to provide an urgent history for Asian American activists and urban planners.

Essays on architecture in Kuwait, Iran, Israel, and other nations in the region, and how it can and must address the needs of local residents. As oil-rich countries in the Middle East are increasingly associated with soaring skyscrapers and modern architecture, attention is being diverted away from the pervasive struggles of social housing in those same urban settings. Social Housing in the Middle East traces the history of social housing-both gleaming...

The American townhouse is one of the most popular house types in urban America. This book showcases twenty-five stunning examples of townhouses and rowhouses from Boston to Brooklyn and St. Louis to San Francisco. It explores the townhouse as cultural phenomena, as well as the unique design peculiarities, construction records, and ownership histories of these twenty-five homes. Some of the country's finest townhouses are featured, including the famed...

Offers readers over 320 of our most-successful designs from leading architects and designers. --publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.