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The Four Books of Architecture
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A Field Guide to American Houses
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
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The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books)
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The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter
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The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism, and Historic Preservation
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Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, 1860-1940
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The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City's Historic Buildings
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America's Forgotten Architecture
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The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
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The Timeless Way of Building
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The Smart Growth Manual
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Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York: A Photographic Guide
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Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules-of-Thumb
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Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practice
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The Preservation of Historic Architecture: The U.S. Government's Official Guidelines for Preserving Historic Homes
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Buildings and Landmarks of Old Boston: A Guide to the Colonial, Provincial, Federal, and Greek Revival Periods, 1630-1850
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The Forum of Trajan in Rome: A Study of the Monuments (California Studies in the History of Art) (3 Volume Set)
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Monticello in Measured Drawings
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Lost Plantations of the South
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Architecture: Choice or Fate
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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography
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Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism
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New Civic Art : Elements of Town Planning
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How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture
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Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930
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1001 Traditional Construction Details
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The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age: All 203 Photographs from "Artistic Houses," with New Text
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Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House
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Architecture's Odd Couple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson
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Hugh Howard (Goodreads Author)
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Architectural Elements: Traditional Construction Details on CD-ROM
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Historic Preservation: Curatorial Management of the Built World
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Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia (Barra Foundation Books)
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The New City: Foundations [University of Miami School of Architecture]
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Houses of the Hamptons
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Chicago's Classical Architecture: The Legacy of the White City (Images of America: Illinois)
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Houses of the National Trust
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Gardens of the National Trust
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The National Trust book of English architecture
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The Gardens of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
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Jefferson's Monticello
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Pattern Book of New Orleans Architecture, A
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Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style
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The Early Architecture of Charleston
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The English Country House: From the Archives of Country Life
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Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers
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Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder
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North Shore Long Island: Country Houses, 1890-1950
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Photo Book of Old New York City (1900-1910)
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Photo Book of Chicago World's Columbian Exposition 1893
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Santa Barbara County Courthouse
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Real Life: Construction Management Guide from A-Z
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The Houses of St. Augustine, 1565-1821 (Florida Sand Dollar Books)
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
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Why Old Places Matter: How Historic Places Affect Our Identity and Well-Being
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The Aesthetics of Architecture
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The Old Way of Seeing
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The Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture, 1890-1930
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Leon Krier: Architecture & Urban Design 1967-1992
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Porphyrios Associates: Recent Work (NA Monographs)
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Wright
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Casa Del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial
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Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities
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101 Things I Learned® in Urban Design School
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Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture
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Newport Villas: The Revival Styles 1885-1935
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Fallingwater: A Frank Lloyd Wright Country House
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Adobes in the sun: Portraits of a tranquil era
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Atlanta Architecture: Art Deco to Modern Classic, 1929-1959
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Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral
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American Splendor: The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer
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The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship
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California Splendor
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John Portman: Art and Architecture
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Discovering Timber-framed Buildings
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TRADITIONAL HOUSES OF RURAL SPAIN.
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Aia Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta
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Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Mike Wallace Interviews
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Salinas Pueblo Missions: Abo Quarai and Gran Quivira
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Earth Architecture: From Ancient to Modern
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Anti-architecture and Deconstruction: The Triumph of Nihilism: Fourth Edition
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Arizona Ranch Houses: Southern Territorial Styles, 1867-1900
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A Theory of Architecture
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Unified Architectural Theory: Form, Language, Complexity
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A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings
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A New Theory of Urban Design (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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The Golden City
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The Architecture of Francis Palmer Smith, Atlanta's Scholar-Architect
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From Bauhaus to Our House
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Bricks & Balloons: Architecture in comic-strip form
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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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Writing Architecture: A Practical Guide to Clear Communication about the Built Environment
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Le Corbusier, the Dishonest Architect
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The Georgia Catalog: Historic American Buildings Survey
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Exploding the Myths of Modern Architecture
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A Living Tradition [Architecture of the Bahamas]
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