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• The Philosophy of Symbiosis (14-chapter version, ca. 1994), by Kishō Kurokawa (HTML in Japan)
• Imperial Matter: Ancient Persia and the Archaeology of Empires (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, c2016), by Lori Khatchadourian
  • multiple formats with commentary at Luminos
  • PDF files at JSTOR
• Style-Architecture and Building-Art: Transformations of Architecture in the Nineteenth Century and Its Present Condition (based on first and second editions; Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1994), by Hermann Muthesius, ed. by Stanford Anderson (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Urban Forms and Colonial Confrontations: Algiers Under French Rule (Berkeley: University of California Press, c1997), by Zeynep Çelik (HTML at UC Press)

• Expressions of Islam in Buildings (1990), ed. by Robert Powell (PDF with commentary at archnet.org)

• Brokers of Modernity: East Central Europe and the Rise of Modernist Architects, 1910-1950 (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2019), by Martin Kohlrausch (HTML at Project MUSE)

• Brokers of Modernity: East Central Europe and the Rise of Modernist Architects, 1910-1950 (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2019), by Martin Kohlrausch (HTML at Project MUSE)

• Passages: Explorations of the Contemporary City (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, c2004), by Graham Livesey (PDF files at University of Calgary)

• Designs on the Public: The Private Lives of New York's Public Spaces (Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, c2007), by Kristine F. Miller (illustrated HTML with commentary at umn.edu)

• Amps: Architecture_Media_Politics_Society (2012-) (full serial archives)

• The Via Gabina Villas: Sites 10, 11, and 13, ed. by Walter M. Widrig (illustrated HTML at Rice)

• Exploring the Architecture of Place in America's Farmers Markets (Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati Press, c2020), by Kathryn Clarke Albright (HTML and Epub with commentary at University Cincinnati Press)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Architectural Knowledge and Cultural Diversity (1999), ed. by William O'Reilly (PDF at archnet.org)

• A Reader in Themed and Immersive Spaces (Pittsburgh: ETC Press, c2016), ed. by Scott A. Lukas (PDF at CMU)

• Architecture at Rice University (partial serial archives)
• In What Style Should We Build? The German Debate on Architectural Style (Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, c1992), ed. by Wolfgang Herrmann, contrib. by Heinrich Hübsch, Rudolf Wiegmann, Carl Albert Rosenthal, Karl Bötticher, and Johann Heinrich Wolff (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• The Active Eye in Architecture (1977), by George Trevelyan (illustrated HTML with commentary at sirgeorgetrevelyan.org.uk)
• Architecture and Democracy (1918), by Claude Fayette Bragdon
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • Gutenberg text
• The Beautiful Necessity: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture (Rochester, NY: Manas Press, 1910), by Claude Fayette Bragdon (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Beautiful Necessity: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture (1922), by Claude Fayette Bragdon (Gutenberg text)
• Cyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Descriptive, Typographical, Decorative, Theoretical and Mechanical (Home Cyclopedia #7, 2 volumes in 1; New York: A. S. Barnes and Co.; Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1854), ed. by Robert Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Descriptive Handbook of Architecture (London: G. Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton, ca. 1905), by Martin A. Buckmaster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Six Lectures on Architecture (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1917), by Ralph Adams Cram, Thomas Hastings, and Claude Fayette Bragdon (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Trattato di Architettura Civile e Militare (in Italian; Turin: Tip. Chirio e Mina, 1841), by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, ed. by Carlo Promis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Architecture, Mysticism, and Myth (London: Percival and Co., 1892), by Ch. Letourneau (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• The Crown of Wild Olive (New York: H. M. Caldwell Co., n.d.), by John Ruskin
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Formal Structure in Islamic Architecture of Iran and Turkistan, by Klaus Herdeg (PDF files at archnet.org (scroll down to "Child Publications" for chapter links and downloads))

• Beautiful Buildings in France and Belgium, Including Many Which Have Been Destroyed During the War (New York: Hubbell Pub. Co., c1916), by Charles Harrison Townsend (illustrated HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)

• George A. Fuller Company, General Contractors, 1882-1937: A Book Illustrating Recent Works of This Organization (New York et al.: G. A. Fuller Co., 1937), by George A. Fuller Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• In What Style Should We Build? The German Debate on Architectural Style (Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, c1992), ed. by Wolfgang Herrmann, contrib. by Heinrich Hübsch, Rudolf Wiegmann, Carl Albert Rosenthal, Karl Bötticher, and Johann Heinrich Wolff (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• Friedrich Gilly: Essays on Architecture, 1796-1799 (Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, c1994), by Friedrich Gilly, trans. by David Britt, contrib. by Fritz Neumeyer (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Congrès International des Architectes: Cinquième Session, Tenue à Paris du 29 Juillet au 4 Août 1900; Organisation, Compte Rendu et Notices (in French; Paris: Chaix, 1906)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places (2 volumes; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2007), contrib. by Robin Letellier, Werner Schmid, François LeBlanc, Rand Eppich, and Amel Chabbi
  • Volume I (Guiding Principles): PDF at getty.edu
  • Volume II (Illustrated Examples): PDF files at getty.edu

• Soft Architecture Machines (c1976), by Nicholas Negroponte (PDF files at MIT Press)
• The Architecture Machine: Toward a More Human Environment (originally published 1970), by Nicholas Negroponte
  • interactive edition: illustrated HTML at pubpub.org
  • PDF files at MIT Press

• Colonial Architecture, for Those About to Build: Being the Best Examples, Domestic, Municipal and Institutional, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, With Observations Upon the Local Building Art of the Eighteenth Century (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1913), by Herbert C. Wise and H. Ferdinand Beidleman
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Bicknell's Village Builder: Elevations and Plans for Cottages, Villas, Suburban Residences, Farm Houses, Stables and Carriage Houses, Store Fronts, School-Houses, Churches, Court-Houses, and a Model Jail; and Exterior and Interior Details for Public and Private Buildings (revised edition; New York: A. J. Bicknell and Co., 1872) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Book of Architectural and Decorative Drawings (New York: Architectural Book Pub. Co., 1914), by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (page images at HathiTrust)
• Livre d'Architecture de Jacques Androuet, du Cerceau; Auquel Sont Contenues Diverses Ordonnances de Plants et Elevations de Bastiments pour Seigneurs, Gentilshommes, et Autres qui Voudront Bastir aux Champs (in French; Paris: J. Androuet, 1582), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images and PDF transcription with commentary at Architectura)
• Livre d'Architecture de Jaques Androuet du Cerceau: Contenant les Plans et Dessaings de Cinquante Bastimens Tous Differens (in French; Paris: B. Prévost, 1559), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images and PDF transcription with commentary at Architectura)

• The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs, or, The Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture (London: S. Harding, 1756), by Batty Langley (page images at Wisconsin)
• Guide for Drawing the Acanthus, and Every Description of Ornamental Foliage (London: B. Quaritch, reprinted 1886), by James Page
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Interiors Beautiful, and the Decoration of the Home (6th revised edition; Minneapolis: M.L. Keith, ca. 1922)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Modern Builder's Guide (New York: Paine and Burgess, 1846), by Minard Lafever
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Second Livre d'Architecture par Jaques Androuet du Cerceau: Contenant Plusieurs et Diverses Ordonances de Cheminees, Lucarnes, Portes, Fonteines, Puis, et Pavillons, Pour Enrichir Tant le Dedans que le Dehors de Tous Edifices (in French; Paris: A. Wechel, 1561), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images with commentary at Architectura)
• A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture (with added notes by Gwilt and a life of the author by Hardwick; 2 volumes; London: Priestly and Weale, 1825), by William Chambers, ed. by Joseph Gwilt, contrib. by Thomas Hardwick (page images at HathiTrust)
• New England Georgian Architecture: 55 Measured Drawings With Full Size Details (New York: Architectural Book Pub. Co., 1913), by Ralph Clarke Kingman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Practical House Carpenter; or the Youth's Instructor (London: William Pain, 1792), by William Pain (page images at Wisconsin)
• Fragments d'Architecture Antique, d'Après les Relevés & Restaurations des Anciens Pensionnaires de l'Académie de France à Rome (2 volumes in French; Paris: Lib. Generale de l'Architecture et de Travaux Publics, n.d.), ed. by H. d' Espouy
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org

• Handbook of Technical Terms Used in Architecture and Building and Their Allied Trades and Subjects (London: Scott, Greenwood, and Co.; et al., 1904), by Augustine C. Passmore
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Andrea Palladio's Architecture, In Four Books: Containing a Dissertation on the Five Orders and ye Most Necessary Observations Relating to All Kinds of Building (revised by Hoppus; London: Printed for B. Cole and J. Wilcox, 1736), by Andrea Palladio and E. Hoppus, illust. by Inigo Jones
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• De Re Aedificatoria (in Latin; Florence: N. di Lorenzo, 1485), by Leon Battista Alberti (page images with commentary at Architectura)
• Di Lucio Vitruuio Pollione De Architectura Libri Dece: Traducti de Latino in Vulgare Affigurati; Comentati e con Mirando Ordini Insigniti (in Italian; 1521), by Vitruvius Pollio, ed. by Cesare Cesariano (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Four Books of Architecture (based on the third English edition of 1738), by Andrea Palladio, trans. by Isaac Ware (illustrated HTML with commentary at c82.net)
• La Nuova Architettura Famigliare di Alessandro Capra, Architetto, e Cittadino Cremonese: Divisa in Cinque Libri Corrispondenti a' Cinque Ordini, Cioè Toscano, Dorico, Ionico, Corintio, e Composito (in Italian; Bologna: G. Monti, 1678), by Alessandro Capra
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Livre d'Architecture de Jacques Androuet, du Cerceau; Auquel Sont Contenues Diverses Ordonnances de Plants et Elevations de Bastiments pour Seigneurs, Gentilshommes, et Autres qui Voudront Bastir aux Champs (in French; Paris: J. Androuet, 1582), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images and PDF transcription with commentary at Architectura)
• Livre d'Architecture de Jaques Androuet du Cerceau: Contenant les Plans et Dessaings de Cinquante Bastimens Tous Differens (in French; Paris: B. Prévost, 1559), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images and PDF transcription with commentary at Architectura)
• Ornamental Architecture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste (London: Printed for R. Sayer, 1758), by Charles Over (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Pain's British Palladio: or, The Builder's General Assistant (London: I. and J. Taylor, 1788), by William Pain (page images at Wisconsin)
• The Practical House Carpenter; or the Youth's Instructor (London: William Pain, 1792), by William Pain (page images at Wisconsin)
• Second Livre d'Architecture par Jaques Androuet du Cerceau: Contenant Plusieurs et Diverses Ordonances de Cheminees, Lucarnes, Portes, Fonteines, Puis, et Pavillons, Pour Enrichir Tant le Dedans que le Dehors de Tous Edifices (in French; Paris: A. Wechel, 1561), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images with commentary at Architectura)
• A Treatise of Architecture: With Remarks and Observations, Necessary for Young People Who Would Apply Themselves to That Noble Art (London: R. Ware, 1732), by Sébastien Le Clerc, trans. by Ephraim Chambers, illust. by John Sturt
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Ordonnance for the Five Kinds of Columns after the Method of the Ancients (translated from the 1683 original; Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1993), by Claude Perrault, ed. by Alberto Pérez Gómez, trans. by Indra Kagis McEwen (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• The Genius of Architecture; or, The Analogy of That Art with Our Sensations (Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, c1992), by Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières, trans. by David Britt, contrib. by Robin Middleton (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, in Ten Books, by Vitruvius Pollio, trans. by Joseph Gwilt (HTML at Chicago)
• Discours Historial de l'Antique et Illustre Cité de Nismes en la Gaule Narbonoise (in French; Lyon: G. Roville, 1559), by Jean Poldo d'Albenas (page images with commentary at Architectura)
• Useful Architecture (London: Robert Sayer, 1760), by William Halfpenny (page images at Wisconsin)
• The Country Gentleman's Pocket Companion, and Builder's Assistant, for Rural Decorative Architecture (second edition; London: Robert Sayer, 1756), by William Halfpenny and John Halfpenny (page images at Wisconsin)

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