PDF Books in Architecture
The Ten Books on Architecture
by Vitruvius PollioThe Ten Books on Architecture is written by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, an author of Roman Origin, an architect and engineer who has served as artilleryman in the military offices. Probably the only surviving book on architecture from classical antiquity, this treatise on architecture states that a structure must exhibit the three qualities – it mu..
Architecture - Gothic and Renaissance
by Thomas Roger SmithArchitecture: Gothic and Renaissance is written by Thomas Roger Smith, an English architect distinguished for his analysis on public buildings relating to their design, style and acoustics and their impact on other architects. Readers are introduced the common misunderstanding of synonymizing Gothic architecture with Christian religion, though i..
The Stones of Venice Volume I ( of 3 )
by John RuskinThe Stones of Venice is in depth exploration of Venetian art and architecture written by the English writer of Victorian era John Ruskin who has multifaceted personalities as historian, watercolourist, patron, philanthropist and a social thinker. Among his many writings notable one are The Poetry of Architecture, The King of the Golden ..
The Alhambra
by Albert Frederick CalvertThe compilation of a book of this kind reveals in the author a refreshing optimism which does not always survive the ordeal of publication, and it is perhaps out of sympathy with the misgivings that assail him as he approaches the bar of public and critical opinion, that convention cedes to him the privilege of making some apology for the faith tha..
Sticks and Stones - A Study of American Architecture and Civilization
by Lewis MumfordThis is an attempt to evaluate architecture in America in terms of our civilization. I have not sought to criticize particular buildings or tendencies: I have tried, rather, by approaching our modern problems from their historic side, to criticize the forces that from one age to another have conditioned our architecture, and altered its forms. Lest..
The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland - Vol. 3 of 3
by David MacGibbonIn issuing the concluding Volume of this work, we take the opportunity to notice some points in the previous portions which have given rise to discussion. In Vol. I. we express disagreement with Mr. W. Galloway’s opinion regarding the age of the chancel walls of St. Blane’s, Bute. Mr. Galloway having asked for an opportunity of defending his views,..
Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 2 (of 2)
by George Thomas ClarkDOLFORWYN, or “The Maiden’s Meadow,” is a name evidently transposed from the meads of the adjacent Severn to the ridge occupied by the castle, which rises 500 feet or 600 feet above, and half a mile west of, the river, from which it is separated by an intervening hill. The approach is by a steep road, which becomes still more so near the top of the..
The Three Choirs
by Richard KingThe Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester A Complete Description of the Buildings, a History of Each Diocese and Biographical Notices of the Bishops. The single authority for the architectural history of Gloucester Cathedral is Abbot Froucester’s Chronicle of the abbey, including lives of the twenty ..