This book is top of my list. Approx 440 pages, many photos, covers stupas in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Publishers: Dharmapublishing

Benefits and Practices Related to Statues and Stupas, Part I

Benefits and Practices Related to Statues and Stupas, Part II: Building and Blessing Holy Objects

These two books have been produced recently (2006) by students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche (Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, www.fpmt.org)

This should take you straight to the first book, otherwise, start here on the front page and look for "Foundation Stone".

A Tibeto-Buddhist Perspective/Pema Dorjee.
Contents: Preface. 1. Literary background of the architecture and architectonic principles of the Buddhist stupa. 2. Ritualistic way of constructing the Tibeto-Buddhist stupa architecture. 3. Types of stupas, structural components and proportional differences. 4. Stupa architecture of the upper Indus valley. Appendix: I. 1. Transliteration of the Caitya Vibhanga Vinayoddhrta Sutra. 2. English version of the Caitya Vibhanga Vinayoddhrta Sutra. II. 1. Transliteration of the commentary on Vimalosnisa of Sahajavilasa. 2. English version of the commentary on Vimalosnisa of Sahajavilasa. III. 1. Transliteration of Buston's proportional manual of the stupa of enlightenment. 2. English version of Buston's proportional manual of the stupa of enlightenment. IV. 1. Transliteration of Desid's proportional manual of the stupa architecture. 2. English version of Desid's proportional manual of the stupa architecture. Bibliography. Index.

Publishers: Motilal Banarsidass

Lama Govinda’s highly regarded explication of the history,forms, proportions, and power of the stupa. Photos of famous stupas, line drawings, diagrams. An excellent resource.

Publishers: Dharmapublishing

New book by Joe Cummings, Photos by Bill Wassman. Coffe table book, big and beautiful. Unfortunately, already out of print

Publishers: Lonely Planet

THE LEGEND OF THE GREAT STUPA

Two Treasure Texts of the Nyingma Tradition Related by Guru Padmasambhava The story of building the Great Stupa at Bodhanath, Nepal is a visionary allegory of the spiritual path told by Padmasambhava to his disciples in the eighth century. The second text is a concise biography of Guru Padmasambhava that incorporates an account of the building of Samye, Tibet's first Buddhist monastery. 140 pp Here is a link to a transcript

Publishers: Dharmapublishing

An amazing, very large book, ithas a few pages of stupas, amoungst so many other great pages

Publishers: Shambhala