Welcome to Potterton Books website the one stop source for reference books on Architecture, Antiques, Interior Design and the Decorative Arts. POTTERTON BOOKS : ARCHITECTURE New stone architecture by David Dernie October 2003. 240pp, 366 colour & 66 b&w illus. A discussion of stone construction and the nature of stone as a material. Aimed at practising architects and students, this study describes the new technologies that make the new stone forms possible. This is followed by 33 case studies from around the world. Price:  £40.00 Palladio's Rome: A translated of Andrea Palladio's two guidebooks to Rome 320pp, 50 b&w , 50 colour illus. Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), one of the most famous architects of all time, published two enormously popular guides to the churches and antiquities of Rome in 1554. Striving to be both scholarly and popular, Palladio invited his Renaissance readers to dicover the charm of Rome's ancient and medieval wonders, and to follow pilgrimage routes leading from one church to the next. Palladio's guidebooks allow modern visitors to enjoy Rome exactly as their predecessors did 450 years ago. Like the originals, this new edition is pocket sized and therefore easily read on site. Enhanced with illustrations and commentary, the book also includes the first English translation of Raphael's famous letter to Pope Leo X on the monuments of ancient Rome. This book offers fresh and surprising insights into the antiquarian and ecclesiatical preoccupations of one of the greatest of the Reniassance architectural masters. Price:  £18.99 Small houses by Nicolas Pople June 2003. 208pp, 300 colour & 100 b&w illus. A study offering solutions to special restrictions that all architects have to face at some point. A general move towards compactness means that some of the most exciting architecture in recent years is in the area of small houses. Floor plans in this book range in size from 7 to 150 square metres. Price:  £35.00 Brick: A world history by James W P Campbell & Will Pryce Sept 2003. 320pp, 600 colour illus. Marvellously illustrated with spectacular, specially taken photographs, Brick is at once an historical account of how bricks have been employed by architects of every period, a technical survey of brickmaking and bricklaying , and an essay in architectural and cultural history. Price:  £39.95 Zoomorphic: New animal architecture by Hugh Aldersley-Williams 2003. 176pp, 175 colour ans 75 b&w illus. An examination of contemporary building design inspired by animals, showing various ways in which organic and animal forms architectural ones. The book also includes plans for unbuilt projects by Will Aslopm, Kathryn Findlay and Snohetta, and accompanies an exhibition at the V&A. Price:  £19.95 Treasury of world culture: Archaelogical sites ans urban centres: UNESCO world heritage edited by Valerio Terratoli 2003. 384pp, 350 colour illus. Unesco is an international organization, founded in 1945 with a charter signed by one hundred fifty three nations, dedicated to the identification ansd protection of all those sites - historic, artistic, landscape or nature - threatened with destruction or radical transformation, which have characteristics or values as places of history or memory, identifiable as part of the shared heritage of humanity. Price:  £32.00 A world history of architecture by Martin Moffett, Micheal Fazio & Lawrence Wodehouse 2003. 608pp, 300 colour ans 270 b&w illus, 350 plans & 10 maps. Global coverage of the history of architecture, encouraging consideration of the pragmatic, innovative and aesthetic attributes of buildings and how these may have been praised or critised by contemporary observers. Various contexts are also discussed, such as artistic, social and economic. Price:  £45.00 Materials, form and architecture by Richard Weston 2003. 240pp, 225 colour & 100 b&w illus. After a century dominated largely by discussions of space and form, there is now renewed interest in the material aspects of architecture. This title surveys the field historically, explores the theory of materials and form, and examines contmeporary architecture in the spirit of inquiry. Price:  £35.00 (Excluding: VAT at 17.5%) London: A guide to recent architecture by Samantha Hardingham 2003. 335pp, numerous colour illus. This is the sixth updated edition of one of the most popular architecture books of recent times. This edition includes the controversial headquarters for the greater London assembly - London's first city-wide elected government since the assassination of the GLC - dewellings ranging from riverside apartments for the ultra-rich to social housing in compact prefabs in the East end and live/work spaces for artists in recycled steel shipping containers by the Thames, ecologically driven developments in the shadow of the redundant Millennium dome, a selection of museums, galleries and schools, vast floorplates for bankers at Canary Wharf, business parks at Chiswick Park and Paddington Basin, and some wonderful additions to London's creaky infrastructure - the jubilee Line extension and a rash of extraordinary bridges. Price:  £12.99 Berlin: A guide to recent architecture by Duane Philips 2003. 320pp, 140 colour illus. Following the first edition of this book, which described the city of Berlin in the early stages of transformation following the demise of the wall and reunification, this title shows the resulting projects by leading world architects who left their mark on the city. Price:  £12.99 Architecture of Bali : A sourcebook of traditional and modern forms by Made Wijaya 2003. 224pp, 666 illus, 495 in colour. Renowned architect and landscape designer Made Wijaya has drawn on his extensive photographic archive, a labour of love that has taken over thirty years to compile, to present this beautifully illustrated study of the origins, elements, variations and vagaries of Balinese architecture. Price:  £32.00 Baroque architecture. Text by Christian Norberg-Schulz 2003. 228pp, 315 b&w illus. Authoritative scholars, the combination of texts and illustrations and the careful use of accurate yet accesible terns have contributed to this book. This book examines the principal seventeenth-century architectural themes, studies religious architecture in depth and includes a survey of the local variations in style throughout Europe. Price:  £19.95 The architecture of Bali by Made Wijaya February 2003. 224pp, 495 colour & 171 b&w illus. At once a compendium for designers and an essay on the architecture of Asia's most glamorous tropical island, this is a visual study of Balinese architecture, its origins, elements, variations and vagaries. Price:  £32.00 The Elements of Style : An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail 568pp, with 1,425 photographs, 425 in colour and 3,000 line drawings. Period by period and feature by feature, this highly respected reference work provides a survey of the most significant styles in British and American domestic architecture, from the Tudor and Jacobean period to the most striking of contemporary influences. This unique book will appeal to owners of period homes, restorers, architects, interior designers and those with an interest in building heritage. Price:  £45.00 A concise history of architectural styles Edited by Emily Cole July 2003. 352pp, 750 colour throughout illus. A clear and comprehensive guide to the history of architecture, including such diverse cultures as the Mayas, dynastic China and renaissance Europe. An accessible and succinct way to discover many of the world's classic examples of architecture. A guide to building styles and architectural details. Beautifully and copiously illustrated. Price:  £19.99 The Domestic architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens by A S G Butler 2003. 300pp, 110 plans, 271 b&w illus. A reprint of the popular Country House volume from the Lutyens memorial set. Lutyen's work continues to be widely appreciated. The book can be used to provide working drawings. Essential reading for architects and their students and all those interested in fine building design. Extensively illustrated with luxurious large format reproductions of original measured drawings. Covers all of Lutyen's domestic architecture: cottages, castles, inns and estate buildings. Price:  £95.00 Angkor: An illustrated guide to the temples by Jean Laur 2002. 391pp, 150 colour & 200 b&w illus, 78 maps. A detailed description and historical information of Angkor Wat and fifty other temples, palaces and monuments, each presented with its map and, where possible, elevations of principal facades and line drawings of bas-reliefs. Price:  £19.95 Contemporary windows by Amanda Baillieu Available April 2003. 176pp, c.150 colour photographs. Case studies present domestic, public, commercial, and retail projects from around the world, each one illustrated with colour photographs, architectural drawings, and an incisive descriptive text. This book is a fascinating exploration of one of modernity's enduring themes and will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary building design. Price:  £30.00 American house: Domestic architecture in the USA 448pp, 700 photographs, 700 drawings. This story of the development of domestic architecture in the US includes native American longhouses, pueblos and tipis, postmodern adventures and "planned communities" such as Seaside and celebration. There are biographies of key figures and a guide to identifying the various styles of buildings. Price:  £25.00 The lost houses of Ireland 2002. 224pp, 3 colour, 350 b&w illus. This fascinating record and social history of life in the great Irish houses and castles includes 350 stunning black and white photogrpahs of 25 houses and castles taken between 1947 and 1960 when they were still lived in by the families who owned them. The text describes the architecture of the houses and tells the history of the families, giving a riveting insight into a vanished way of life. Price:  £25.00 The art and architecture of Freemasonry 2002. 272pp, 11 colour and 180 b&w illus. This study aims for a deeper understanding of aspects of Western art by tracing the motifs and legends from Antiquity that have influenced Freemasonry, and explaining the significance of recurring themes. The latter are to be found even in the design of parks gardens and cemeteries. Price:  £19.99 Natural Surfaces : Visual research for artists, architects and designers 2002. 351pp, 1200 colour illus. This volume catalogues hundreds of surfaces and objects found in the natural world for use by artists and designers who wish to draw on nature for imagery. Price:  £60.00 Edwin Lutyens: Country houses from the archive of Country Life by Gavin Stamp 2001. 192pp, 200 duotone images. Two hundred photographs have been beautifully reproduced from the Country Life archive and combined with gavin Stamp's illuminating essay, provide a unique survey of one of Britain's foremost architects. Price:  £35.00 The Mosque: History, Architectural development and regional diversity 2002. 288pp, 170 colour and 208 b&w illus. With contribtuions by 16 scholars, this study traces the history and development of the mosque, explaining its traditional reglious and teaching role in Muslim society, as well as its architectural features. Price:  £19.95 John Pawson Works by D Sudjic 240pp., 250 colour and 50 line illus., chronology and index. John Pawson is the foremost proponent of minimalism in architecture and design. This book features ten of Pawson's objects, each one treated as a case study of the design process as experienced by architect, client and critic. Price:  £35.00 10 x 10 by H Beck 2000. 468pp., 1200 colour and 500 line and b&w illus., references, biographies, acknowledgments and index. This book features the work of 100 exceptional international architect. Ten of the world's best informed critics have chosen ten architects whose work, in their opinion, exemplifies the multifarious nature of architecture at the end of the 20th century. Price:  £45.00 Lancaster House: London's Greatest Town House by James Yorke 2001. 192pp., 100 illus., 50 in colour. Throughout the nineteenth century, Lancaster House acted as a magnet for politics and the arts, attracting some of the most well known personalities of the day, including Lord Shaftesbury, Frederic Chopin, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Garibaldi. The decoration of the house set the fashion for the Louis XIV style that dominated interior design of the nineteenth century, and spectacularly complemented the superb art collections that the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland amassed there. Lancaster House unravels the processes of construction, decoration and design, and traces the many transformations that the house has undergone since its heyday. Price:  £40.00 Houses and Gardens by E L Lutyens by Lawrence Weaver 388pp, 580 illus. First published in 1913, this book established Lutyen's name in domestic architecture of a particular British character. The variety of style and design seen in the houses featured reveals the many strands of Lutyen's fertile mind. Solidly built, imposing, and with strong individual character they embody the Edwardian vision of wealth and power in the early 20th century. Price:  £35.00 Victorian Gothic House Style by Linda Osband 2000. 168pp., 200 colour illus. An invaluable sourcebook for recreating the style and deco of the Victorian Gothic period, from heraldic motifs on stained glass and floral encaustic tiles to painted arches around door and windows. This fact filled volume contains comprehensive information on exteriors and interiors, fixtures and fittings, and garden design, providing the ideal source of inspiration and reference for anyone wishing to recreate Gothic interiors with style and confidence. Price:  £25.00 A history of English Brickwork by Nathaniel Lloyd 464pp, 360 illus, 43 measured drawings. This superb photographic record which is meticulously annotated covers the whole spectrum of the subject, from the practical problems faced by the craftsman shaping a brick or manipulating it to make the glorious decorations found on so many English houses, to the detailed drawings necessary to construct a detailed capital, from the historical aspects of manufacture to the dating of work by the thickness of the joints. Price:  £35.00 Colour by Judith Miller 2000. 240pp., full colour throughout. Judith guides us through the wide range of colour schemes associated with different architectural styles and particular historical periods. Covering every major national and regional palette - from the soft muted early Georgian and American Colonial tones to the bright saturated hues of post modernism - this book will show you how particular colours have been used in different types of houses and in different rooms around the home. Price:  £25.00 New Vernacular Architecture by Vicky Richardson 2001. 240pp., 125 b&w illus. Considering the synthesis of modernity and tradition in contemporary architecture, this book focuses on 37 buildings completed in the 1990's - examples of international architecture that reinterpret rather than revive traditional forms, materials and construction techniques. Price:  £39.99 Cosmatesque ornament: Flat polychrome geometric patterns in architecture by Paloma Pajares-Ayuela 2002. 320pp, 600 illus. Known for their remarkable mosiac work, the "cosmati" stoneworkers of the 12th and 13th centuries left a legacy of some of the most beautfiul ornament in the world. This book richly illustrates Cosmatesque monuments and techniques in over 300 pages of colour photographs, and defines its distinctive geometric and mathematical basis. It provides a revealing look at the state of building in Rome after the fall of the Empire, an analysis of the symbolic meaning behind the quincunx, the quintessentical cosmatesque design; a comparison of different cosmatesque sites; and a close examination of the pavement of the Schola Cantorum in the church of San Clemente, Rome. Price:  £60.00 POTTERTON BOOKS : ARCHITECTURE Buy Online - the best way to buy.