No comments about Eduardo Souto De Moura (Architectural Documents).

No comments about Manuel de Sola-Morales: A Matter of Things.

No comments about Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road, with the Phoenix Park (Pevsner Architectural Guides).

1 comments about Mexico: Architecture - Interiors - Design.

1. Outstanding in its ability to capture the range of Mexican architecture and design from the historic haciendas to the stunning modernist houses of Mexico City.
   The best part, however, are the amazing sensual houses of Careyes and Cuixmala, you can practically feel the sea breezes.

2 comments about Eiffel: The Genius Who Reinvented Himself.

1. We owe Eiffel a great debt just for his Paris tower, but who has heard of his stupendous viaduct at Garabit? His works should be more widely know and this new biography goes some way down that path. It is a well researched book, and exposes much about him as a methodical and systematic engineer who created structures of outstanding beauty and integrity. And he cared about the workers who actually built his designs, a rarity in Victorian times. The book can be criticised for being too brief about his achievements, especially the engineering principles which guided him through his career. And the illustrations are frustratingly sparse and unimaginative for his creations. Some of the early works, for example, are the dramatic viaducts on the Gannat railway, and surely deserve modern pictures (they are still standing and still carrying trains). The book deserves a wide readership, but the defintive bio of Eiffel has yet to be written.



2. Eiffel: The Genius Who Reinvented Himself isn't just for history buffs: it's an excellent survey of an architect's unique challenges producing a tower which combined the needs of art and industry alike, and as such will appeal beyond history audiences into the arts. Those who know little about Eiffel other than his associations with his famous tower will be fascinated to learn of his collaboration on the Statue of Liberty and the locks for the French Panama Canal, as well as other endeavors. It's the perfect pick for a general-interest lending library collection.
   
   Diane C. Donovan
   California Bookwatch

No comments about Art Spaces: Centre Pompidou--L' esprit du Lieu (Art Spaces).

No comments about The Art of Structural Engineering: The Work of Jorg Schlaich and His Team.

1 comments about A Pride of Place: Rural Residences of Fauquier County, Virginia.

1. This is a must have for any owner of a home built in Fauquier county in the 18th or early 19th century. It is also appealing to general historians and residents of the county and of Virginia.
   
   While I was disappointed that my 150 year old home was not listed or its carpenter discussed (he was after all a Yankee transplant after the war between the states) the historical information was fascinating and is a very good reference for both County history and Architecture.

No comments about The All-American Outhouse: Stories, Design & Construction.

4 comments about The Persian Garden: Ecohoes of Paradise.

1. The pictures, the stories, it is all one great inspiring read, and so much more awesome than i had expected.



2. This is a great book to have, it begins to illustrate ancient Iran historical castles from Ctesiphon all the way to Safavid Dynasty of Iran and how Iranian people has been contributing to arts, agriculture and watering system of Iran which comes to point of paradise. And paradise is a Persian word.
   
   The book also can be used for travel agency because it has countless colorful pictures about Iran.
   
   Enjoy reading this book.



3. This is a beautiful book that perfectly balances information with stunning photographs.



4. I loved this book. And it's not because I've been to some of the places that are studied in the book. The pictures take you to the gardens that were at the heart of the great residences of kings and leaders...In a time when few get the chance to see the beauty of Iran and the culture that arose from it, this book shows a world of culture, history and color. Look, read and with your mind's eye see an old world that gave much to this new one.