Architecture

>Between the Stock Market Crash and the Vietnam War, American corporations were responsible for the construction of thousands of headquarters across the United States. Over this time, the design of corporate headquarters evolved from Beaux-Arts facades to bold modernist expressions.<

No single book can capture the multifarious characteristics of a city.

Living in a world beset by rising sea level, floods in urban and suburban areas, air pollution, and food security risks, it is urgent to mitigate threats by adapting to climate change.

Few books on buildings speak as directly to the heart and soul of the citizen as this gazetteer of Henry J Lyons' early architecture speaks to the Dubliner. 

Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean? Or stopped to ponder who gets to name the streets we walk along? Or what the story is behind those dancing inflatable figures in car dealerships?

This highly acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980, and has helped to shape architectural practice and discourse worldwide.<

Includes views of Howth Harbour, Trinity College Dublin, the Ha’penny Bridge, Dublin Bay, O’Connell Street, St Stephen’s Green, Clontarf Castle and many more.100 colour prints

In this fully updated new edition, Frank Sear offers a thorough overview of the history of architecture in the Roman Empire.

This book is the first national history of the building of some of Ireland's most important historic public buildings.

In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written.