Architecture
Historic architecture from the ancient world to Neoclassical elegance and the Gothic revival, as well as some contemporary gems.
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Alston Moor, Cumbria: Buildings in a North Pennines Landscape [Paperback]
Lucy Jessop (Author); Matthew Whitfield (Author); Andrew Davison (Author)
$30.00ISBN: 9781848021174
Published by : English Heritage
Series: Informed Conservation
Alston Moor is a large rural parish in Cumbria which historically both depended upon and provided important services for the agricultural and mineral industries of the North Pennines. Much of the area’s settlement is dispers... .... Learn More -
Buildings of the Labour Movement [Paperback]
Nick Mansfield (Author)
$60.00ISBN: 9781848021297
Published by : English Heritage
This fascinating survey ranges from the communal buildings of the early 19th- century political radicals, Owenites and Chartists, through Arts and Crafts influenced socialist structures of the late Victorian and Edwardian period t... .... Learn More -
Slavery and the British Country House [Hardback]
Madge Dresser (Editor); Andrew Hann (Editor)
$100.00ISBN: 9781848020641
Published by : English Heritage
The British country house has long been regarded as the jewel in the nation’s heritage crown. But the country house is also an expression of wealth and power, and as scholars reconsider the nation’s colonial past, new ... .... Learn More -
The Georgian Churches of Oski and Iskhani: Architecture and Ornament [Hardback]
Dora Piquet-Panayatova (Author)
$240.00ISBN: 9781899828913
Published by : Pindar Press
This study deals with the churches of Oski and Iskhani, in the ancient Georgian province of Tao-Klardeti, now in eastern Turkey.
Each church is examined separately, with a focus on the architecture and carved decoration. The archit... .... Learn More -
Paddington Station: Its History and Architecture [Paperback]
Steven Brindle (Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9781848020894
Published by : English Heritage
Paddington Station in London is one of Britains most splendid and historically significant railway termini, as the home and headquarters of the Great Western Railway, and as one of the masterpieces of its chief engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel ... .... Learn More -
L’Abbazia di San Salvatore a Settimo: Un respiro profondo mille anni [Hardback]
Marco Gamannossi (Author)
$95.00ISBN: 9788859611899
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
The volume is the first important monograph on the Cluniac Benedictine abbey of Badia a Settimo (Florence), reconstructing its history and its main artistic and architectonical features. Covering more than a millennium (a document... .... Learn More -
LaGeS – Laboratorio di Geografia Sociale, Università degli Studi di Firenze. Herat Strategic Masterplan : A Vision for the Future [Paperback]
$149.00ISBN: 9788859612896
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
This Masterplan project is the result of a long and intense collaborative relationship between the University of Florence and the University, the Department for Urban Development and the Municipal Council of Herat, set in motion i... .... Learn More -
Arts and Crafts House Styles [Paperback]
Trevor Yorke (Author)
$14.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9781846742309
Published by : Countryside Books
Series: England's Living History
The Arts and Crafts movement began as an instinctive reaction against the new industrial age. Seeking a return to simple craftsmanship, with traditional materials, its influence spread both to Europe and North America where the term craftsma... .... Learn More -
The Anglo-Saxon Church of All Saints, Brixworth, Northamptonshire: Survey, Excavation and Analysis, 1972-2010 [Hardback]
David Parsons (Author); Diana Sutherland (Author)
$180.00ISBN: 9781842175316
Published by : Oxbow Books
All Saints’ Church, Brixworth lies 7 miles north of Northampton. The core of the
church is Anglo-Saxon and the research published here provides an unprecedented account of one of the most important buildings of its perio... .... Learn More -
Der Kirchliche Zentralbau der Renaissance in Italien: Studien zur Karriere eines Baugedankens im Quattro- und frühen Cinquecento [Hardback]
Jens Niebaum (Author)
$185.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783777480619
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Series: Römische Studien der Bibliotheca Hertziana
Volume: 34
Central-plan buildings, i.e. churches constructed on a ground plan that is circular, square, polygonal or in the shape of a Greek cross, etc., have been among the central paradigms of the architecture of the period in Renaissance studies since Jac... .... Learn More