The Book Company: New Products - Artists, Architects, Photographers

Great Female Artists of Detroit

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 11:56:50 +0000

With a fresh perspective and rare images from twelve of Detroit’s finest artists, gain a new appreciation for the city’s art legacy. See the romantic flourish of Patricia Hill Burnett’s mayoral portraits, Niagara’s biting pen-and-ink social commentary and the monumental works of Gilda Snowden that..

Price: $21.99

Bertram Goodhue (His Life and Residential Architecture)

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:45:56 +0000

This book enlarges our understanding of Goodhue, neither fully researched nor justly appreciated until now, by examining his residential designs within the framework of his better-known ecclesiastical and secular projects. At the same time it takes a closer look at the man behind the drawing ..

Price: $60.00

Louis I. Kahn: Beyond Time and Style (A Life in Architecture)

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:43:19 +0000

Now ranked with Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe, Louis I. Kahn brought a reverence for history back into modern architecture while translating it into a uniquely contemporary idiom. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews with colleagues, coworkers, clients, and family ..

Price: $60.00

Frank Furness (Architecture and the Violent Mind)

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 18:39:52 +0000

This first biography details his abolitionist upbringing in staid Philadelphia, the horror of war and its translation into aggressive architecture - train stations, banks, and libraries - and illuminates his influence on his century and the world.

Price: $45.00

Quest for Architectural Excellence (A Malaysian Experience)

Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:18:11 +0000

A long standing architect and academic, Dato' Ruslan Khalid's memoir is an inspirational read, particularly for ‘late starters' as he himself was. He tells of his struggles, betrayals, lost loves and ultimately, success. He freely shares with us his very personal experiences and lets us in on neve..

Price: $15.00