The Book Company: New Products - Historic Preservation

Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:17:18 +0000

A huge, oversize, fully illustrated look at an American folk-art treasure, complete with hundreds of lavish full-color photographs.

Price: $100.00

Architecture in Conversion and the Work of Carlo Scarpa

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:07:27 +0000

The work of Modernist architect Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) is exemplary of an in-between practice, which is neither architecture nor conservation, but rather, architecture in conversion, dependent upon time, weather, and tempo. This book discusses the notion of architecture in conversion, reveali..

Price: $109.99

1 Finsbury Avenue (Innovative Office Architecture from Arup to AHMM)

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:04:36 +0000

Completed in 1984 by Arup Associates 1 Finsbury Avenue (1FA), the first section of the Broadgate masterplan, was widely acclaimed at the time and has since been listed as a Grade II building by Historic England. It was commonly acknowledged as having set the exemplar for future commercial architec..

Price: $109.99

Diriyah Face to Face

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:48:27 +0000

An intimate portrait of an epic place.

In this lushly produced, oversize volume, Bobby Sager’s Diriyah Face to Face captures a fundamental distinction in our understanding of the world: seeing versus feeling. It begs the questions, “How do we get close enough to someone or som..

Price: $150.00

Soirees, Sojourns, and Stories (By Raffles)

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:39:47 +0000

One of the most revered names in luxury hospitality takes readers on an exhilarating journey throughout its world of timelessly sophisticated hotels.

In this exquisite oversized volume, the prestigious Raffles hotel group explores the heritage, glamour, and intrigue behind its illust..

Price: $100.00

Les Français et la Renaissance (Idées et représentations de l'architecture, 1760-1880) (French Edition)

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:54:44 +0000

The theme of the book is the interpretation of Italian Renaissance art by French artists as of the final decades of the 18th century. In particular, the book examines the origins of the historiographical myth of Tuscan Quattrocento architecture and art and how this myth took shape and spread th..

Price: $91.99

Singapore Shophouses

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:28:01 +0000

The Singapore shophouse is an architectural gem a particular building form that is unique to the island. This book traces its development from rudimentary shophouse through various incarnations of decorative style Neoclassical, Chinese Baroque, Jubilee-style, Edwardian, Rococo, Tropical Modern all..

Price: $50.00

Frank Lloyd Wright: Smith House (A Usonian Dream)

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:16:12 +0000

A jewel of a house that epitomizes Wright’s perfect American home for modern living.

Smith House stands as one of the best-preserved Usonian homes open to the public—a clear expression of Wright’s “Usonian” vision for small, affordable, self-contained homes.

Designed by Wrigh..

Price: $65.00

Architectural Education (Through History to Novelty)

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:14:35 +0000

This book presents thoughtful insights into architectural education while highlighting its journey from past to present times. It describes the contents and methodology and signifies the role of culture in architectural education, especially with reference to communication models.

Price: $60.99

Arthur Kingsley Porter's Pilgrimage to Romanesque Art (From Frontier to Modernity, 1900-1933)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:11:26 +0000

The author of trailblazing studies of medieval art and a globetrotter who vanished in Ireland, Harvard scholar Arthur Kingsley Porter (1883–1933) remains a legendary figure. A century ago Porter and his wife, Lucy Wallace Porter, crossed the Atlantic and enlisted the modern car and camera to re..

Price: $49.95