Americas

The astonishing transformation of a Brazilian favela.

Beautifully photographed, with insightful analysis in terms of both traditional and contemporary contexts, An American Renaissance is a significant compendium of New York City's architecture in the quintessential Beaux-Arts style.

A unique and fascinating study the influence of cultural heritage and imagery on architectural production at the interface of cultural anthropology, diaspora research, and architecture, based on the example of New Glarus, Wisconsin.

This is a comprehensive look at Mexican architecture and related subjects across a span of 11 decades.

An unparalleled architectural powerhouse, Chicago offers visitors and natives alike a panorama of styles and forms. This book brings readers up to date on ten years of dynamic changes with new entries on smaller projects as well as showcases like the Aqua building, Trump Tower, and Millennium Park.

Georgetown's architecture was molded by the French, Dutch, British and Spanish during the C18th/C19th and built in a classical style reinterpreted by local craftsmen largely in wood. The book gives a brief history of Georgetown, explaining the various house types with photographs of the buildings and their particular features

First survey of modernist and contemporary architecture and interiors in the richly layered architectural history of Santa Fe