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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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Architectural Thought: The Design Process and the Expectant Eye
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Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture
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Neon Spectacular: Japan: A Photographic Documentary of the Japanese Neon Industry
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Architecture As Space
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Atlanta Architecture: Art Deco to Modern Classic, 1929-1959
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The Function of Form
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John Portman: Art and Architecture
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Paul Goldberger (Contributor)
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Rem Koolhaas: Conversations with Students (Architecture at Rice, 30)
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Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books
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Jo Steffens (Editor)
3.76 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Thinking Hand: Existential and Embodied Wisdom in Architecture
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Earth Architecture: From Ancient to Modern
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Design Like You Give A Damn: Architectural Responses To Humanitarian Crises
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The Tao of Architecture
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The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books)
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Ghostly Ruins: America's Forgotten Architecture
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Human Dimension & Interior Space: A Source Book of Design Reference Standards
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The Architecture of the Shakers
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The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria
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Savannah Revisited: History & Architecture
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3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Architecture of Community
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How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit
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Morality and Architecture: The Development of a Theme in Architectural History and Theory from the Gothic Revival to the Modern Movement
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Buildings without Architects: A Global Guide to Everyday Architecture
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3.72 avg rating — 50 ratings
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A History of Western Architecture, 4th edition
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3.77 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Vernacular Architecture
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3.93 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism
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4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings
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J. Neel Reid, Architect, Of Hentz, Reid & Adler And The Georgia School Of Classicists
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The Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for Green Building
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4.29 avg rating — 333 ratings
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Buddhist Art and Architecture
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The Aesthetics of Architecture
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The Courthouse and Depot in Georgia, 1833-1910: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair
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Modern Architecture Since 1900
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Architecture for Beginners
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Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture
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Architecture's Odd Couple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson
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Hugh Howard (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 95 ratings
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From Bauhaus to Our House
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Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture
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Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
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A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings
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3.70 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Critique of Everyday Life
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Anasazi Architecture and American Design
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Baker H. Morrow (Editor)
3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Image of the City
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Bricks & Balloons: Architecture in comic-strip form
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On Adam's House in Paradise: The Idea of the Primitive Hut in Architectural History
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3.98 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Precolumbian Architecture in Eastern North America (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series)
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Simple Rules: What the Oldtime Builders Knew
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Shannon Taylor Scarlett (Goodreads Author)
3.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Architecture of Francis Palmer Smith, Atlanta's Scholar-Architect
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Building the Past: Prehistoric Wooden Post Architecture in the Ohio Valley Great Lakes
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Brian G. Redmond (editor)
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Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture
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Michael Fazio (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier, Architect of Tomorrow
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Anthony Flint (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 402 ratings
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Proportion: Science, Philosophy, Architecture
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Writing Architecture: A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built Environment
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A Theory of Good City Form
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The Georgia Catalog: Historic American Buildings Survey
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101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School
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Matthew Frederick (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 301 ratings
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The Pinecone: The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine--Antiquarian, Architect, and Visionary
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The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses
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Art and Architecture of Insects
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Architecture: Presence, Language, Place
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The Architecture of James Means
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
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Architecture of Middle Georgia: The Oconee Area
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House Form and Culture
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The Story of Architecture
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The Poetics of Space
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Looking at Atlanta: Architectural Observations and Self-Guided Tours
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Towards a New Architecture
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Labyrinths & Mazes: A Journey Through Art, Architecture, and Landscape (includes 250 photographs of ancient and modern labyrinths and mazes from around the world)
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Invisible Cities
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Moorish Architecture (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series)
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In Praise of Shadows
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Wright and New York: The Making of America's Architect
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Collage City
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Southern Homes and Plan Books: The Architectural Legacy of Leila Ross Wilburn
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A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals
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Architecture in Minutes
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Susie Hodge (Goodreads Author)
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Environmental Science
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
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Environmental Encyclopedia
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Back of the Big House: The Architecture of Plantation Slavery (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)
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Greek Architecture
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Madrid And The Prado: Art and Architecture
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Modern Architecture: A Critical History
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Citizens of No Place: An Architectural Graphic Novel
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Baroque Architecture
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A Sense of Place: Montgomery's Architectural Heritage
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Islamic Architecture
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Aia Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta
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Architecture: Form, Space, & Order
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How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture
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Building Construction Illustrated
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Tennessee Log Buildings: A Folk Tradition
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Architectural Graphics
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Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City
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Interior Design Illustrated
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Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl
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A Global History of Architecture
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Adapt: How Humans Are Tapping into Nature's Secrets to Design and Build a Better Future
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Design Drawing
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