Architecture
Schiffer Publishing has produced more than 200 high-end illustrated books on architecture, landscape architecture, art, and interior design. Showcasing the best in contemporary book packaging, these substantive works celebrate how we live, what we build, and the environments that inspire and sustain us.
We also have a long tradition of helping creatives share their body of work with the world. We delight in partnering with thought leaders, focusing on exquisite layouts, quality paper and printing, and special cover treatments that result in one-of-a-kind books. If you have a concept you would like to bring to the public, contact us. We’ll be proud to make it happen.
Creating Curb Appeal
$24.99
This guide helps you create personality and presence for your home. Take a visual tour of architectural styles and design schemes with vitality and impact. 300 full-color photographs and well-researched text explore design elements from lighting, color, and landscaping, to...
A Guide to Baltimore Architecture
$24.95
From eighteenth-century mansions to urban high-rise buildings, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture chronicles two hundred years of architectural history through an exploration of the city’s most beautiful and significant structures. Grouped by neighborhood in fifteen walking and driving tours, more...
Lighting the Bay
$34.95
From the beginning, it was a struggle to light the Chesapeake. Its soft, undulating bottom presented different problems from those faced along the rocky coasts of New England. The bay’s shores shifted before the winds, tides, and hurricanes that plagued...
Colores: Mexican Interiors
$29.99
In many towns throughout Mexico, houses still retain blank exteriors facing the street, some with an occasional window. However, beyond these canyon-forming walls, one is exposed to interiors alive with rainbows of color. The front of the house may be...
Designing & Living with Glass Tiles
$24.99
Glass tile is the hottest trend in today's design tricks bag. Glass tile plays with light, adds liquid sheen and brings any room to life. Glass tiles also add a surprising depth to even the tightest of spaces, creating a...
Showhouses 1
$44.99
Over 370 beautiful color photos capture dynamic and often fantastic rooms created by today's innovative interior designers in elegant homes across the nation for special and much anticipated events, Decorator Showhouses. Working together, interior designers and dedicated volunteers recreate the...
The Big Book of Gazebos, Pergolas, and Other Backyard Architecture
$29.99
Here is a new book rich in visual choices for everyone planning to build in their backyard. Whether you’re hoping to create a simple trellis to train roses or erect a pavilion to entertain the extended family, this is the...
Barns of the Berkshires
$24.99
Explore a rich visual tapestry created by the bucolic countryside of the Berkshire hills and Berkshire County, Massachusetts, through many historic barns that tie the scenery together. 123 full-page color photographs and a detailed, in-depth text trace the history of...
Tobacco Sheds of the Connecticut River Valley
$34.99
Over 200 beautiful color photos provide a detailed look at a wide variety of tobacco sheds in the Connecticut River Valley. An engaging text delivers a unique look at tobacco sheds from a historical, personal, and an agricultural perspective through...
Lighthouses
$34.99
The United States’ East Coast is rich in maritime history, including a wide array of beautiful lighthouses that mark areas laden with dangerous shoals, shallow points, and rocky bluffs. They mark points of particular concern for mariners traveling the nearby...
Outdoor Spaces in the Southwest
$39.99
A stunning collection of landscape design ideas, this book is guaranteed to help you transform an outdoor area into an ultimate personal environment. Over 400 beautiful color images feature 12 actual projects, inspired by Tuscan and Mediterranean to Vegas and...
Fine Kitchens & Cabinetry
$34.99
Today's kitchen has become recognized as the most important room in the home, and the likely congregation spot for any gathering, from family to formal. In this beautiful survey book, kitchen designers from coast to coast show off what they...
Boathouses
$49.99
260 beautiful color photographs capture the beauty and charm of historic and recently designed boathouses at private residences, rowing clubs, preparatory schools, and colleges. Together they provide an historical appreciation and architectural inspiration of this classic building form. In the...
The Architect's Garden
$39.99
Visit 45 varied and strikingly beautiful gardens designed by architects to complement architectural design and function. Gardens surrounding homes are as varied and unexpected as architecture itself and can be designed in ways that are practical, environmentally sound, and strikingly...
Best of Today's Interior Design
$49.99
Tour the work of more than 70 interior decorators around the United States, visiting upscale rooms from luxury spa baths to grand living rooms and incredible kitchens. See media rooms, children's rooms, bedrooms, dens, and dining areas. Decorators from coast...
The Architect’s Garden
$39.99
Visit 45 varied and strikingly beautiful gardens designed by architects to complement architectural design and function. Gardens surrounding homes are as varied and unexpected as architecture itself and can be designed in ways that are practical, environmentally sound, and strikingly...
Outdoor Designs for Living
$24.99
Over 320 beautiful color photos and concise text address reclaiming lost outdoor areas and transitioning them into useful, enjoyable spaces. This delightful book provides ideas to create outdoor rooms for lounging, dining, kitchens, and children's spaces in front and back...
Handmade Houses
$29.99
Visit a dozen exciting homes where the owners have ignored standard building practices in favor of creative alternatives. These homes, found from Massachusetts to California, are expressive of individuality as well as artistry, and you'll be inspired to branch out...
The Al Fresco Life
$39.99
Join the fun of outdoor living and be inspired by pools, spas, and outdoor kitchens displayed in this handsome new book. Ideas abound for creating spaces that are beautiful and convenient for relaxing and entertaining outside. Landscape ideas, custom pool...
Historic Doorways of San Antonio, Texas
$19.99
Doorways, particularly front entrances, are among a building's most significant architectural features. Their powerful visual impact provides a sense of structural design style. The unique and well-preserved historic architecture of San Antonio, Texas, reveals much about the area's history and...
Small Space Living
$34.99
325 beautiful color photos celebrate the dignity of living in small houses. Read the history of small homes, scrutinize why small homes are popular, and identify the people attracted to small living spaces. Explore the concept of dual-use space, as...
Victorian Homes of San Francisco
$19.99
The Victorian architecture of San Francisco is known the world over for its distinctive look and charm. More than 200 color images show broadshot views of homes tightly stacked together along steep streets, as well as close-ups of details. The...
Big Book of Garages
$29.99
From simple upgrades that improve the appearance and value of your home, to incredible makeovers that transform your garage into the greatest fantasy, this book has it all. The garage is often the predominate feature of the home, and its...
The Rain Garden Planner
$29.99
Encourages the homeowner to conserve water by restoring natural processes that filter and return water to groundwater reservoirs. Learn the installation and maintenance of rain gardens. Provides garden plans and plant lists for different conditions and styles, including wildlife habitat,...
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