Garden Architecture

Paula Deitz has delighted readers for more than 30 years with her vivid descriptions of both famous and hidden landscapes. Her writings allow readers and listeners to share in the experience of her extensive travels, from the waterways of Britain's Castle Howard to the Japanese gardens of Kyoto, and home again to New York City's Central Park.

The dramatic and consequential history of Germany’s short-lived experiment with democracy between the world wars, when vibrant cultural experimentation collided with political and economic turmoil Out of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launched an unprecedented political project...

In his extraordinary new book, Alain de Botton explores the importance of buildings in our lives, pondering our attachment to our homes and considering such questions as: Why do people disagree about taste? Can beautiful surroundings make us good?

In this mesmerizing memoir-in-essays, New York Times best-selling author Erica Bauermeister renovates a trash-filled house in eccentric Port Townsend, Washington, and in the process takes listeners on a journey to discover the ways our spaces subliminally affect us. A personal, accessible, and literary exploration of the psychology of architecture, this book is designed for homeowners, remodelers, and those who are simply curious about how our built environments shape who we become.

Discover how to partner ornamental plants with edible ones for a garden that offers both storybook appeal and a plethora of culinary delights. Stylish and celebratory, The Elegant and Edible Garden takes food growing to a higher plane. Host of The Potager Blog (@potagerblog), author and garden...

"In this fascinating, witty, and provocative book, Delbourgo's collectors range from emperors to scientists, from shopaholics to taxonomists, from bibliomaniacs to serial killers. Give it to the collector in your life, and watch the sparks fly!"―Cathy Gere, author of The Tomb of Agamemnon A...

調和 Chōwa: Japan's Dance with Tradition and Innovation - Ancient Wisdom for Our Technological Future 🏮 Discover the Secret Balance That Powers the World's Most Fascinating Culture 🤖 What if the answer to our modern dilemma—how to embrace the future without losing our soul—has existed for centuries in Japan? In a Tokyo kindergarten, children bow to a robot before programming it. At Japan's most sacred shrine, priests completely rebuild the entire structure every twenty years—a tradition unchanged since 690 CE. A family sweet shop founded before Columbus discovered America ...

Design your home to optimize your healthy lifestyle with this room-by-room guide from certified kitchen designer and wellness design consultant Jamie Gold. Residential designer Jamie Gold has spent years exploring how simple changes to things like lighting, fixtures, storage, and outdoor space...

A rich, wide-ranging meditation on the iPhone as direct descendant of the 1930s Bauhaus, one of the twentieth century's most influential schools of art and design (summed up in Mies van der Rohe's dictum, "less is more") whose principle aim was to connect art and industry. From one of the...

The man who built the foundations of modern design was nearly forgotten. John Claudius Loudon (1782–1843) was not just a gardener; he was an interdisciplinary visionary. A passionate advocate of utilitarianism and social reform, his work unified architecture, agriculture, botany, and urban planning into a cohesive discipline now known as Landscape Architecture. Loudon pioneered the first illustrated encyclopedias of gardening, farming, and trees, creating the foundational texts for generations of designers. He conceptualized green belts, municipal parks, and groundbreaking transport ...

National Book Award finalist Elizabeth Partridge reveals the life and work of Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park, the United States Capitol building's landscape, and more. Nobody could get Frederick Law Olmsted to sit still. He was filled with energy, adventure, and dreams of...

Escape into the verdure-clad pages of "Urban Canopy," where the intersection of ecology and modern living blossoms across a thriving landscape of knowledge. Imagine a future where cities breathe through verdant rooftops, communities draw together in luscious aerial gardens, and our very buildings pulse with life. "Urban Canopy" unveils the transformative power of green roofs in an urban world—towering oases that could redefine our skylines. Each chapter delves into a specific facet of this marvel, not just as a concept, but as a practical and approachable reality for the world of tomorrow...

Our buildings are making us sick. Our homes, offices, factories, and dormitories are, in some sense, fresh parasites on the sacred Earth, Nahasdzáán. In search of a better way, author Jim Kristofic journeys across the Southwest to apprentice with architects and builders who know how to make buildings that will take care of us. This is where he meets the House Gods who are building to the sun so that we can live on Earth. Forever.

Every 24 minutes, someone somewhere in Britain starts an extension on their house. Regrettably, a shocking number of these building projects ends in total disaster.

Possession, they say, is nine-tenths of the law, but it is also what too many houses and towns lack. We are not possessed by our home places. This lost quality of dwelling—the soul of buildings—haunts most of our houses and our landscape. Dwelling in Possibility is a search for the ordinary qualities that make some houses a home, and some public places welcoming.