An essential toolkit for understanding architecture as both art form and the setting for our everyday lives We spend most of our days and nights in buildings, living and working and sometimes playing. Buildings often overawe us with their beauty. Architecture is both setting for our everyday lives and public art form- but it remains mysterious to most of us. In How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski, one of our best, most stylish critics and...

"Urban planners, architects, and scientists are developing high-rise forests that seek to balance human activity and natural regeneration. Discover how green infrastructure will transform the urban landscape and how we think about our future"--

This concise book contains all you'll ever need to know about perspective drawing. In twenty masterfully organized chapters, from simple to complex, the author explains the basics and not-so-basics of perspective drawing. He includes suggestions on how to make your drawings a lot simpler, drawing methods for observation and space division, a "Remember" section at the end of each chapter in which he summarizes the most important information and principles...

The definitive illustrated history of American house styles -- from the Dutch colonial, to the New England Salt Box, to the 1950s prefab -- the unrivaled reference and useful guide to 103 building styles pays homage to our country's housing heritage.

"These books provide a historical overview of the development of different types of art and artistic movements; explore the roots and influences of the genre; discuss the pioneers of the art and consider the changes the genre has undergone"--

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Sidewalks and streets in cities serve many purposes besides carrying vehicles, and city sidewalks serve many purposes besides carrying pedestrians. These uses are bound up with circulation, but are not identical with it. #2 The public peace of cities is not kept primarily by the police. It is kept primarily by an intricate network of voluntary controls and...

"By the early 1950s Walt Disney's great achievements in animation were behind him, and he was increasingly bored by the two-dimensional film medium. He wanted to work in three, to build an entirely new sort of amusement park, one that relied more on cinematic techniques than on thrill rides ... Disneyland's Main Street sparked an architectural preservation movement that touched every American downtown--and remains controversial: many see it as a retreat...