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Skyscraper Cinema: Architecture and Gender in American Film Skyscraper Cinema Architecture and Gender in American Film Merrill Schleier 2008 Fall
From the silent era until the advent of the Cinemascope—the skyscraper as movie star
194X: Architecture, Planning, and Consumer Culture on the American Home Front 194X Architecture, Planning, and Consumer Culture on the American Home Front Andrew M. Shanken 2009 Spring
Rediscovering the visionary designs and idealistic rhetoric of American architecture during World War II
Urban Design Urban Design Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders, Editors 2008 Fall
Highlights key issues in contemporary urban design through a discussion of its origins, current state, and future
Relearning from Las Vegas Relearning from Las Vegas Aron Vinegar and Michael J. Golec, Editors 2008 Fall
Evaluates for the first time one of the foundational works in architecture criticism
A Women’s Berlin: Building the Modern City A Women’s Berlin Building the Modern City Despina Stratigakos 2008 Fall
The modern city as the birthplace of the modern woman
Cultural Landscapes: Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice Cultural Landscapes Balancing Nature and Heritage in Preservation Practice Richard Longstreth, Editor 2008 Spring
Innovative essays on establishing best practices in cultural landscape preservation.
Nature, Landscape, and Building for Sustainability: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader Nature, Landscape, and Building for Sustainability A Harvard Design Magazine Reader William S. Saunders, Editor 2008 Spring
Thought-provoking essays on bridging the destructive divide between humanity and the natural world
Writing and Seeing Architecture Writing and Seeing Architecture Christian de Portzamparc and Philippe Sollers 2008 Spring
A stimulating and surprising conversation between architecture and literature experts
Medicine by Design: The Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893–1943 Medicine by Design The Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893–1943 Annmarie Adams 2007 Fall
Reveals the impact of hospital design on early twentieth-century medicine
Making Lahore Modern: Constructing and Imagining a Colonial City Making Lahore Modern Constructing and Imagining a Colonial City William J. Glover 2007 Fall
Establishes Lahore as a key site for understanding modernity as a global phenomenon
Designs on the Public: The Private Lives of New York’s Public Spaces Designs on the Public The Private Lives of New York’s Public Spaces Kristine F. Miller 2007 Fall
Analyzes the significant role of designers in defining public spaces
The New Architectural Pragmatism: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader The New Architectural Pragmatism A Harvard Design Magazine Reader William S. Saunders, Editor 2007 Fall
Explores the tension between adaptation and resistance to commercial conditions in architectural practice and theory
The Aesthetics of Equity: Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music The Aesthetics of Equity Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music Craig L. Wilkins 2007 Spring
A provocative examination of how and why African Americans have been excluded from the study and practice of architecture.
America Town: Building the Outposts of Empire America Town Building the Outposts of Empire Mark L. Gillem 2007 Spring
How the United States has exported the suburban way of life through the design of its military bases
Building a Century of Progress: The Architecture of Chicago’s 1933–34 World’s Fair Building a Century of Progress The Architecture of Chicago’s 1933–34 World’s Fair Lisa D. Schrenk 2007 Spring
The first in-depth look at the architecture of the second Chicago World’s Fair