How to judge architecture A popular guide to the appreciation of buildings. The opening chapter deals with early Greek design, and the last two with the imitative and original design in the 19th century. The book seeks to give the reader an independ…
The seven lamps of architecture John Ruskin I never Intended to have republished this book, which has become the most useless I ever wrote ; the buildings it describes with so much delight being now either knocked down, or scraped and patched up in…
The architecture of the renaissance in Italy The architecture of the renaissance in Italy A general view for the use of students and others. The work has become a classic in the literature of architecture. Finely illustrated. It may be desirable to…
Architectural drawing - Illustrated Architectural drawing An exhaustive treatment of the subject of Architectural Drawing presents so many ramifications that, to cover them fully, several volumes of text and many expensive plates are required. Almo…
The cheap cottage and small house - a manual of economical building The cheap cottage and small house Review A manual of economical building. Includes chapters on Site and Water Supply, Plan, Rooms, Exterior, Interior, Materials, Sanitation and Lig…
Vitruvius - the ten books on architecture During the last years of his life, Professor Morgan had devoted much time and energy to the preparation of a translation of Vitruvius, which he proposed to supplement with a revised text, illustrations, and …
Retaining walls; their design and construction The presentation of another book on retaining walls is made with the plea that it is essentially a text on the design and construction of retaining walls. The usual text on this subject places much emp…
Lessons on decorative design. From introduction: The want for inexpensive textbooks on the subject of Decorative Design has long been felt both by students and teachers; hence the present publication. Its object is to assist young students in their…
The lighting art - its practice and possibilities The lighting art Mankind has enjoyed such an abundance of natural daylight throughout the entire existence and evolution of the human race that the present general indifference to the possibilities …
Gothic architecture Review A useful manual belonging to the series " Great Buildings and How to Enjoy Them." Furnishes practical hints and contains illustrations of the principal Gothic edifices, with explanatory notes and contains variou…
