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Spencer Bailey
Explore iconic destinations with The Leading Hotels of the World in this celebration of exceptional hospitality through architecture and design
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Paul Goldberg
This Element argues that Heidegger's concept of science has two core features. Heidegger critiques a security-oriented concept of science, meanwhile advancing an access-oriented concept of science.
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"A feast for serious fiction readers." --Wendy Smith, The Washington Post
"A dead-serious, dead-funny, no-he-didn't marvel." --Joshua Cohen, author of The Netanyahus
A thrilling, witty, and slyly original Cold War…
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Eran Chen, Paul Goldberger
This first book to comprehensively consider ODA s range in architecture, from apartment to building to neighborhood. Projects underline a humanistic philosophy seeking community engagement, social connectivity, and above all…
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David Netto, Paul Goldberger
Masterworks of the Jazz Age architect whose residential buildings are as significant in their impact on the character of New York as the skyscrapers of Wall Street.
An unprecedented look at the central role one man played in the transformation of New York City
Paul Goldberger
The story of the creation of an astonishing house that renews and reinvigorates the spirit of the avant-garde in the Hamptons
Architecture critic Paul Goldberger tells the story of an…
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A debut novel of daring originality, The Yid guarantees that you will never think of Stalinist Russia, Shakespeare, theater, Yiddish, or history the same way again.
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The acclaimed author of The Yid takes us behind the scenes of a Florida condo board election, delivering a wild spin on Miami Beach, petty crime, Jewish identity, and life…
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As hilarious as it is moving, as intellectual as it is violent with echoes of Inglourious Basterds and Seven Samurai - The Yid is a tragicomic masterpiece of historical fiction.
From Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic Paul Goldberger- an engaging, nuanced exploration of the life and work of Frank Gehry, undoubtedly the most famous architect of our time. This first full-fledged…
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The illustrated history of a seminal New York neighborhood a story of birth, decline, and renewal, of high design, of grit and glamour a tale of real estate wrangling, of…
Beautiful, bespoke, environmentally sensitive houses by the award-winning architecture firm known for clean, modern, soulful design for such leading proponents of contemporary modernism as Calvin Klein and Hugh Jackman feature…
An exhilarating, splendidly illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball- told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by…
A classic work on the joy of experiencing architecture, with a new afterword reflecting on architecture’s place in the contemporary moment
Highlights structures, both in the planning and executed stages, designed in the 1990s by the firm of Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects, that demonstrate the firm’s sculptural achievements, including Da Monsta…
"A novel set in 1970s Moscow following a group of Jewish dissidents"--
The essays collected in Interstitial Private Law encourage the next generation of private law theorists to engage with the 'connective tissue' of private law. Internationally prominent scholars introduce and analyse…
Lauren Rottet
A luxurious presentation of the work of a celebrated American designer and architect known for creating spaces that balance modern simplicity and historic detail.
Paul Goldberger,Clifford Ross
Multimedia artist Clifford Ross looks beyond the natural world to uncover a world bound only by the imagination, much like in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. Images are reversed…
Jake Rajs
Acclaimed photographer Jake Rajs creates a compelling portrait of the stylish Hamptons, one of America’s most famous summer resorts, making this an attractive volume for anyone visiting or living in…
Daniel Libeskind,Paul Goldberger
This monograph on internationally renowned architect Daniel Libeskind is the first to cover the full range of his work. Sure to appeal to those with an interest in architecture, the…
Powerful photographic record of the destruction of the USA’s most famous resort town. Contains commentaries by news and broadcast media, juxtaposed with contemporary tweets by Donald Trump
The sun-splashed countries of the Mediterranean are shown here as never before. Photographer Jeffrey Becom focuses on how people live and celebrate living in the exquisite details of their humble…
Ma Yansong,Paul Goldberger
A seductive vision of the future from the most promising firm in China led by Ma Yansong, an important voice in the new generation of architects.
Jay Johnson
Jed Johnson: Opulent Restraint, the first book to chronicle the fascinating career, work and times of an interior design superstar, is now back in print after many years.
Panagiotis Karkanas,Paul Goldberg
A guide to the systematic understanding of the geoarchaeological matrix Reconstructing Archaeological Sites offers an important text that puts the focus on basic theoretical and practical aspects of depositional processes…
Paul Goodman,Percival Goodman
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Otis Webb Brawley,Paul Goldberg
Exposes the underbelly of healthcare today - the under treatment of the poor, the over treatment of the rich, the financial conflicts of interests physicians face, insurance that doesn’t demand…
Matteo Pericoli
Pericoli gathers this unique collection of illustrations of cityscapes as seen through the windows of both prominent and lesser-known New Yorkers.
David Anderson,Author Paul Goldberger
During the 1970s, a lot of glass-and-steel, boxlike buildings were going up in New York City. David Anderson realized that the architecturally elaborate and stylistic buildings of the late nineteenth…
Designed by the award-winning architectural firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, soaring 60 stories above Fifth Avenue, 400 Fifth Avenue seamlessly integrates a collection of condominium tower residences with the…
Rising dramatically above other skyscrapers at the tip of Manhattan, the World Trade Center symbolized New York. From any direction the Towers were lodestars, Manhattan’s local mountains. This book presents…
Michael Gericke
A richly illustrated monograph profiling the extensive and influential work across four decades of Michael Gericke, designer and partner with internationally acclaimed and independently owned design studio, Pentagram.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Internet and Network Economics, WINE 2012, held in Liverpool, UK, in December 2012.
Richard I. Macphail (University College London),Paul Goldberg (Boston University)
This book provides the most up-to-date information on soil science and its applications in archaeology. It covers the use of complimentary methods for interpretation and key topics in the field…
First available as a signed Collector’s Edition designed by Christo himself, this updated XXL edition is the most comprehensive overview of Christo and Jeanne-Claude to date. Hundreds of photographs and…
Paul Goldberger,Peter G. Rowe,Witold Rybcynski
Volume 2 features an essay by Safdie presenting his current thoughts on the significant issues facing architecture today. Accompanying it are texts by William Mitchell on the theme of a…
Eric Blair
A retelling of the tall tale about Paul Bunyan.
Robert A.M. Stern,Gideon Fink Shapiro
Celebrating Yale’s first new residential colleges in fifty years, The New Residential Colleges at Yale examines the role of the residential college system and the evolution of Yale’s urban campus…
Nina Freelander Gibans,James D. Gibans
Based on the award-winning exhibition of the same name, Cleveland Goes Modern examines modern movement houses in greater Cleveland within the context of American Modernism as a whole. The authors…
This volume brings together contributions from an experienced group of archaeologists and geologists whose common objective is to present thorough and current reviews of the diverse ways in which methods…
