Repressed SpacesThe Poetics of Agoraphobia

In Repressed Spaces Paul Carter tours the cultural history of agoraphobia, the fear of open space. Its symptoms were first described in The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) by Robert Burton, the British scholar and writer, although it wasn't until 1871 that Carl Otto Westphal coined the term to describe several of his patients who experienced severe anxiety when walking through streets or squares. …

School

As a specific form of architecture, the school is an amalgam of its function and its history. Though recognizable across cultures, the schoolhouse nevertheless retains the distinctive markings of different nations and eras. School is the first book to examine this institutional building's modern growth on a global scale. Ian Grosvenor and Catherine Burke demonstrate how school buildings help or…

The Prefabricated Home

From sash windows and ceramic tiles to barracks and warehouses, industrialized building has thrived since the nineteenth century in Europe and America. Yet architects have neglected this area of practical construction in favor of historical, theoretical, and artistic analyses, resulting in the emergence of an influential building industry with architects on the far margins. Colin Davies explore…

Travels in the History of Architecture

Mies van der Rohe, master of modern architecture, declared that "Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together." In Travels in the History of Architecture, renowned architectural writer Robert Harbison takes a closer look at these bricks, providing an engaging and concise companion to the great themes and aesthetic movements in architecture from antiquity to the present day. …

Nineteenth Century Home Architecture of Iowa CityA Silver Anniversary Edition

Newly expanded with over twenty new houses and twenty-five new photographs—plus a map that allows readers to explore Iowa City's historic neighborhoods! This silver anniversary edition of Margaret Keyes' 1967 classic will be required reading for all those fascinated by local history and by the development of architectural styles in the Midwest and for all those devoted to restoring and preser…

The University of Iowa Guide to Campus Architecture, Second Edition

In this guide to the University of Iowa's architecture, revised and updated to reflect the numerous changes following the 2008 flood, John Beldon Scott and Rodney P. Lehnertz discuss and illustrate an ensemble of buildings whose stylistic diversity reflects the breadth of Iowa's contributions to research, education, and creative activities. Current students and their parents, alumni, and profes…

The Backstory of WallpaperPaper-Hangings 1650-1750

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From Birdhouses to Tiny HousesCourage Changes Everything

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Cuadernos sudamericanos: Roberto Frangella

Este cuaderno de apuntes, es una especie de diario personal escrito frente a cada suceso que ha conmovido durante un tiempo de mi vida, Cada día frente a un hecho que impacta sobre mi espíritu inmediatamente lo dibujo como una manera de hacerlo mío, de apropiarlo y así procesarlo, A veces son noticias alegres a veces no y siempre es mi deseo que al dibujarlas me siento participe de estos he…

Old CapitolPortrait of an Iowa Landmark

Built between 1839 and 1842, the domed structure of Iowa City's Old Capitol served as the third territorial capitol and the first state capitol of Iowa. In 1857, when the state government was moved to Des Moines, Old Capitol became the first building of the new University of Iowa. It remains today the centerpiece of this handsome campus. The story of its history and restoration, told in this el…