The only text in English that describes, step by step, the system of architectural education developed in France and commonly known as the Beaux-Arts method as it was adapted and refined to suit the structure and demands of American schools of architecture. Until the late 1940s this system was used to train every architect in America. Students and practitioners can now recover the classic course of study for use today, from the making of the initial sketch, through development, to the rendering of the project for presentation to clients.

Destined to become a valuable reference for builders, contractors, homeowners, and homebuyers, this comprehensive guide describes the essential elements of a house, how they work together, and how to use them appropriately. It also shows how to avoid common mistakes during the design and construction process. Nearly 1,000 meticulous line drawings illustrate errors to avoid and correct approaches to use when designing the components of a house. It’s also a rich source of inspiration and pleasure for armchair architects, design enthusiasts, and everyone who appreciates a beautiful building.

James ‘Athenian’ Stuart and Nicholas Revett’s monumental Antiquities of Athens was the first accurate survey of ancient Greek architecture ever completed. Based on precise measured drawings done between 1751 and 1754, these books set a new standard for archaeological investigation in the 18th century. They transformed our understanding of Greek architecture and by pointing up differences between Greek and Roman examples fundamentally challenged prevailing notions about a universal classical ideal, and fueled the Greek Revival movement that dominated British, European, and American architecture and design for over a century. This new edition includes all plates from the original masterwork.

Between the years 1906–1914, New York architect Frank M. Snyder published Building Details, a serial produced in twelve parts over eight years. This new edition features 120 plates of architectural details showing the work of many of America’s foremost practitioners working in the earlier part of the last century. The accompanying CD contains printable versions of the plates. The reprint volume includes a new Introduction by ICA&CA Members Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker.

With the revival of interest in traditional design, practitioners, students, and historians have begun to study and use the vocabulary of forms that so enriched our architectural heritage. None are as ubiquitous as mouldings, yet an in-depth analysis of them has been absent. This book fills an important gap in the current discourse of building.

Designed by celebrated French architect Ernest Sanson, in collaboration with Willis Polk, and landscape designer Achille Duchêne, Carolands became one of the grandest American residences. Michael Middleton Dwyer’s essay gives a rich historical background for the magnificent portfolio of photographs showing the house and gardens today. The book includes reproductions of original drawings by Sanson, Duchêne, and Polk, making the volume an exceptionally thorough tool for the study of its design.

The beautiful, often breathtakingly lavish architecture and interiors of Sweden between the 1600s and early 1800s have been among the art world’s best-kept secrets. Overshadowed by the high-profile splendors of Italy and France, Sweden’s majestic palaces, stately manor houses, and tapestry-like gardens have seemed as remote as the Nordic country itself.

An inspiring panorama of our nation’s greatest classical building, this new volume also showcases the building’s painted and sculpted decoration. Featured are architects William Thornton, Charles Bulfinch, Benjamin Latrobe, and Thomas Walter; patron Montgomery Meigs; muralist Constantino Brumidi; and sculptor Thomas Crawford, among others.

A ground-breaking thematic study of the architectural design of rooms in the classical tradition, this new volume features interiors from antiquity to the present, from monumental to modest in scale, and both public and private in character. From general principles to particular elements—such as ceilings, wall treatments, the orders, doors and windows, stairs, casework, etc.—the book embraces architecture, interior design, and the decorative arts.

The author presents the history, design, and continuing importance of the New York townhouse as a building type and a constituent of a lively urbanism. The book showcases the variety of styles and levels of sophistication found across a century or more of development and experimentation, and offers guidance to the preservationist and restorer.

A sumptuous volume of exquisite watercolor renderings and line drawings, this book illustrates the principal constructions of Louis XIV at Versailles and Marly, including the authors’ graphic reconstructions of structures no longer standing. The abundance of ornament is especially apparent in this celebration of the grandeur of high French classicism.

This essential portfolio of measured drawings and photographs illustrates many of the most important models of classical design, from the Parthenon to the Petit Trianon. The informative text by a leading professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, is supplemented by valuable essays by Henry Hope Reed, Richard Franklin Sammons, and Steven W. Semes.

An outstanding resource for accurate drawings and details of the principal ancient monuments and their ornament, this volume is also an unparalleled collection of artistry in watercolor wash rendering by students at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the French Academy in Rome.

Perhaps the finest book ever written about architecture in English, this is also the best general defense of the classical tradition, and the Baroque in particular. The modern “fallacies” Scott rebuts (Romantic, Ethical, Mechanical, etc.) are still with us, but his arguments remain as compelling as ever. This edition includes a portfolio of historic and contemporary classical design illustrating Scott’s thesis.

The leading textbook for learning to draw and design with the classical orders—Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite—that are the essential genetic material of classical architecture. Ware also discusses composition and application of the orders to building design. Clearly illustrated, this edition includes a valuable introduction by Henry Hope Reed and John Barrington Bayley.

An indispensable overview of the intersection of architecture, interior design, and the decorative arts, this book offers wisdom applicable to public as well as domestic interiors. The authors also discuss furniture, finishes, and decorative accessories. This edition includes a portfolio of historic and contemporary interiors, and insightful introductory and concluding essays by Henry Hope Reed, William A. Coles, John Barrington Bayley, and Alvin Holm.

The opening essay, “The Classic Sprit,” is one of the finest statements of the classical viewpoint in the visual arts ever written. Cox, a leading figure in mural painting in the American Renaissance, goes on to discuss the essentials of subject matter, composition and design, drawing, light and color, and technique. Introductory essays by Henry Hope Reed and Pierce Rice put Cox and his point of view in context.

An excellent collection of critical essays by one of America’s finest decorative painters, Cox covers topics relating to the painting of the figure, landscape, and architectural decoration.

A seminal study by a superb teacher, critic, painter, and founder of Classical America, Rice’s book underscores the central importance of the human figure—in all its various types, poses, and characters—in the mainstream tradition of Western painting and sculpture. Lauded by Tom Wolfe, this book is a gem in the literature of classical art.

This informative guide to one of our finest public monuments—and the masterpiece of its architects, Carrere and Hastings—this book underscores the close relation between architecture and decorative painting and sculpture. The volume features superb photographs by Anne Day and the illustrated glossary is an essential resource for the student of classical design.

French architect Paul Letarouilly compiled comprehensive folios of measured drawings showing the principal monuments of renaissance and baroque Rome. His drawings are not only essential resources for the designer, but also stunning works of graphic art. Bayley’s essays reveal the heart of classical architecture and decoration, with his insightful commentaries on piazzas, courtyards, palaces, and domes, culminating in the magnificence of St. Peter’s basilica and the Vatican.

This valuable compilation of measured drawings and vintage photographs documents monuments of British and Irish architecture, including familiar works of Chambers, Soane, and Cockerell, as well as less well known buildings by Inwood, Gandy, and Elmes..

An expanded version of the original Classical America edition, this beautiful volume highlights the superb decorative painting and sculpture that places this building among the greatest achievements in American art and architecture. Superb photographs by Anne Day culminate in an extensive illustrated glossary. Essays by Henry Hope Reed, Pierce Rice, and others put the building and its contributing artists in context.

This abridged edition of the classic monograph includes the measured drawings from the original folios at reduced scale for convenient reference. An unparalleled resource for anyone interested in the most impressive body of work in American architecture, including such monuments as New York’s Pennsylvania Station, the Boston Public Library, and the campus of Columbia University.

A lively tour of the great gardens of the Renaissance, the book discusses the history and design of gardens along Lakes Maggoire and Como, in the Veneto, Tuscany, and near Rome. Illustrated by the evocative watercolors of Maxfield Parrish, this edition also includes introductory essays by Henry Hope Reed and Thomas S. Hayes.

The book that started the renewal of the classical tradition in 1959, this is a blistering critique of modernist art and architecture and a passionate call for a return to the classical tradition of urbanism and decoration. Reed’s famous “city of contrasts” juxtaposes modern and classical images to great effect, and his presentation includes new proposed designs by John Barrington Bayley and others. Henry Hope Reed, a founder of Classical America, and ICA&CA Scholar in Residence, is the leading authority on classical art and architecture in the United States.

A practical text for learning how to design buildings in the classical tradition today. This book is an exceptionally approachable, thorough, informative guide to the theory and technique of designing classical buildings, as taught by a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts. Generously illustrated with sketches, freehand diagrams, renderings, and photographs, the book gives a lively, contemporary reality to what sometimes seems a remote subject.

The first full study of the life and career of architect Arthur Brown Jr. (1874-­1957). This book examines Arthur Brown Jr.’s achievements within their architectural and social context, and details the development of his major works, including San Francisco’s City Hall, the Labor-ICC complex at the Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C., and many other, civic, commercial, religious, academic, and residential buildings.