Articles Index
IMSI TurboFLOORPLAN Instant Architect
Learn about the TurboFLOORPLAN Instant Architect super-easy home design program and get shopping advice.
IMSI TurboFLOORPLAN Home & Landscape Pro
Learn the pros and cons of TurboFLOORPLAN Home & Landscape Pro home design software and get shopping advice.
Architect Barbie
Mattel has launched an Architect Barbie doll, complete with pink architectural models. Learn about the toy and find Barbie resources, architecture career resources, and more.
House
House by Tracy Kidder is the compelling true story of the construction of a home in Massachusetts. Learn more.
Conversations With Frank Gehry
Review of the book Conversations With Frank Gehry by Barbara Isenberg, with information about architect Frank Gehry and links to photos of his buildings.
Building a Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture
Building a Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture is not a travel guide, a child's storybook or a sugarcoated romanticization of the Disney empire. About.com's guide to Architecture discusses Beth Dunlop's book, Building a Dream.
Adare Manor
The Gothic Revival Adare Manor has towers, turrets, woodwork, stonework, 52 chimneys, and 365 leaded glass windows. Learn more about Adare Manor in Ireland.
Inventing the Skyline: The Architecture of Cass Gilbert
Published by Columbia University Press, Inventing the Skyline: The Architecture of Cass Gilbert is a hefty, picture-packed hardback about the works of skyscraper pioneer Cass Gilbert. Learn more...
A Field Guide to American Houses
A Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia and Lee McAlester provides everything you need to recognize housing styles in the USA.
Architecture: A Crash Course
Architecture: A Crash Course by Hilary French is a handy reference book with photos, illustrations, and a timeline of architecture history.
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
In their book, Suburban Nation, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck describe the chilling prospect of a suburban nation and offer some solutions. Review and excerpt from chapter one of "Suburban Nation, the Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream."
The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale
Author/illustrator Steven Guarnaccia has recreated the three little pigs from the classic fairy tale as architects who design modernist houses and outwit a greedy wolf.
The Fountainhead
From our roundup of popular fiction featuring architecture and architects, a review of Ayn Rand's potboiler, The Fountainhead.
Viva Las Vegas: After-Hours Architecture
Viva Las Vegas by Alan Hess is a slim, lavishly illustrated chronicle of the city's progression from a Western pit stop to a neon Mecca of outrageous signs and buildings.
Becoming an Architect
In this helpful and readable guide, Dr. Lee W. Waldrep channels wisdom gleaned from many years of teaching for the architecture schools at the University of Maryland and the Illinois Institute of Technology.
American Country Building Design
American Country Building Design provides a nostalgic look at America's rural architecture in a format that is entertaining, enlightening and practical.
House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home
House As A Mirror of Self isn't just to read: This is a book to play with, mull over, and dream about. Clare Cooper Marcus, an architecture professor, delves into the realm of psychology, exploring the profound relationship between humans and their dwellings.
A Clearing In The Distance
Witold Rybczynski's book is not merely a biography of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. It is also a portrait of American life in the nineteenth century. Review by Jackie Craven.
The Most Beautiful House in the World
In a compelling narrative, architect and scholar Witold Rybczynski describes how he started out to build a boat shed and ended up with a new home. Book review by Jackie Craven.