Historical Architecture Gifts

Architecture Books

Resting among the tombs

Artist painting a modern building as a gothic cathedral.

'A portcullis is SO yesterday!'

Aqueduct

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

"I built this tree house for my kids. But it's so private, I've decided to use it as my home office."

'Hmph. College kids.'

'And if you look to your left between the condos and the ABD store, you can see the ocean.'

"Of all the buildings I've designed, it's probably the most handsome."

Pipe Dream.

Leaning Tower -After a bottle, Jean noticed the tower stopped leaning.

Ancient Landmarks of New York City

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

"Like I could date a guy from Notre Dame."

Fabrique en Francais (Made in France).

Polar Bear ice fishing through igloo.

Why it's bad when home owners change their minds about the bathroom's location late in a building project.

Wind-generated power. Wind turbines attached to Battersea Power Station's iconic chimneys

Sales chart is buildings in background.

"You don't think it's too ungapatchka?"

"As I understand it, after this scaffolding comes down the city will be done."

"Yes, I know they fit, it's just not what I pictured for a three car garage!"

"Thanks! Carl put his heart and soul into it, along with, of course, lots of mud and a boatload of his own saliva."

"We're airship people, not mega-airship people."

'Wentworth Street, Whitechapel'

"We're having one heck of a time building that trapezoidal thing of yours..."

Another All Steel Home Built By Wit Construction.

"Early model of baggage claim"

'Humans are so considerate: They put perches like these for us on every one of their houses...'

Paris' magnificent Trifle tower.

Trilby - 'The old studio'.

Cat statues on entrance gate

Building Sandcastles.