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This book brings together all of the most important and influential essays about architecture written since the Renaissance, copiously illustrated and neatly organized chronologically by country.
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Japanese homes are refuges of tranquility, crafted in a unique domestic aesthetic of Eastern minimalism. Traditional architecture features alongside cutting-edge contemporary dwellings in this collection of homes, with many never-before-seen…
Style history, graphic design, and visual autobiography combine in this stunning overview of Helmut Newton’s magazine work across Europe and the United States. With facsimiles of more than 500 original…
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Over six years and 35 countries, Sebastiao Salgado documents the story of human migration. From the Hutu population of Rwanda, hiding out in remote jungles, to the first boats filled…
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An opus of building design, this two-volume publication compiles the most significant architecture from the 19th to the 21st century. Detailing key architects as well as the groups, movements, and…
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Since the mid-1800s, San Francisco has attracted artists, free spirits, dreamers and entrepreneurs. With stunning images sourced from dozens of archives and collections, this new edition depicts the city from…
Offrez-vous un voyage a travers trois siecles de tendances. Cette spectaculaire collection de l'Institut du costume de Kyoto, une des plus riches de ce genre dans le monde, presente tout…
Explore the A to Z of modern space. From Gio Ponti’s colored geometries to Zaha Hadid’s free-flowing futurism, this comprehensive overview features almost 300 profiles of architects, styles, movements, and…
Made from glass-like acrylic, and available in three bold, arresting colors to match our audacious catalog, our bookstands are the perfect pedestal to showcase your collection: either closed or open…
In 1940s and ‘50s America girlie magazines couldn’t show much, so publisher Robert Harrison lured his readers in with vibrant covers by top pin-up artists Earl Moran, Billy DeVorss, and…
The most comprehensive photographic study of an extraordinary city, Berlin, Portrait of a City offers some 560 pages of aerial views, street scenes, portraits, and more to trace the city…
With more than 300 photographs from the likes of Steven Meisel, David LaChapelle, Peter Lindbergh, and Corinne Day, this book is a visual testimony to the world’s highest-earning model. Breathtaking…
From the medical student and biology enthusiast to the graphic designer and artist: this life-size model gives everyone access to an age-old classic of scientific illustration. Simply fold the precut…
Following up on the best-selling cookbook Les diners de Gala, in this delightfully eccentric guide the surrealist master shares his passion for the gift of the gods. The book explores…
Grab a front row seat to the creation of "The Strangest Super-Heroes of All!" In this colossal collector's dream, the first 21 X-Men stories from 1963-1966 have been meticulously reproduced…
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Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste … If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating into…
This inventive experience from the socially, economically, and environmentally savvy Bjarke Ingels Group is a radical architectural manifesto inside a comic book. The pioneering firm uses the cartoon format to…
This bantamweight edition of GOAT slims down the heavyweight champion Collector’s Edition from 50 to 15 pounds. ?Smaller in size but not in impact, the book contains all the same…
Discover the latest and the greatest of Japan’s manga scene. This revised and updated edition features classic maestros like Osamu Tezuka (creator of Astro Boy) and Katsuhiro Otomo (creator of…
Savor this collection of vintage sexy photographs, a century’s worth of naughty pictures sourced from the collection of connoisseur Mark Rotenberg. From early monochromes of daringly dropped drawers to seductively…
From delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in history: founder of Kodak George Eastman had a decidedly American career. Upon his death, his house became an international…
Explore the A-Z of modern space. From Gio Ponti’s colored geometries to Zaha Hadid’s free-flowing futurism, this comprehensive overview features more than 280 profiles of architects, styles, movements, and trends…
Bien avant les premieres images en 3D generees par ordinateur, M.C. Escher fut un maitre de la troisieme dimension. Ses compositions geometriques et ses trompe-l'oeil invraisemblables, suspendues entre la science…
Suitable for those of you whose datebooks have been replaced by smartphones, this title lets you enjoy the warm analog feeling of marking every day with the turn of a…