Architecture
Historic architecture from the ancient world to Neoclassical elegance and the Gothic revival, as well as some contemporary gems.
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Building the Countryside: Rural Architecture and Settlement in the Tripolitanian Countryside [Paperback]
Nichole Sheldrick (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9781900971775
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
This volume brings together data collected from both previously published surveys and new data collected using satellite imagery on the architecture and construction of over 2,400 rural structures in nine different regions of Tripolitania and dati... .... Learn More -
Faber's Hub: D.E.SY. Design-Oriented Strategies for Studios and House Museums [Paperback]
Anna Mazzanti (Editor)
£17.99ISBN: 9788869772634
Published by : Mimesis International
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The last few years have seen a growing interest in the conservation and enhancement of the working and living spaces of the faber: artists, designers and architects. They include both museums and private places that are waiting for fulfilling thei... .... Learn More -
Evoking the New City: Milan from Post-World War II Reconstruction through the Economic Miracle [Paperback]
Scott Joseph Budzynski (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9788869772627
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Architecture
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The postwar period in Milan was a time in which the transformational possibilities of the Lombard metropolis were palpable. Architects looked to the future in planning an ideal city onto a pre-existing one heavily damaged in World War II. In doing... .... Learn More -
Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present [Hardback]
Irene Cheng (Editor); Charles L. Davis (Editor); Mabel O. Wilson (Editor)
£60.00ISBN: 9780822946052
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Culture, Politics, and the Built Environment
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Although race - a concept of human difference that establishes hierarchies of power and domination - has played a critical role in the development of modern architectural discourse and practice since the Enlightenment, its influence on the discipl... .... Learn More -
Architecture of Good Behavior: Psychology and Modern Institutional Design in Postwar America [Hardback]
Joy Knoblauch (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780822945734
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Culture, Politics, and the Built Environment
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Inspired by the rise of environmental psychology and increasing support for behavioral research after the Second World War, new initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels looked to influence the human psyche through form, or elicit desire... .... Learn More -
The Georgian Churches of Oski and Iskhani: Architecture and Ornament [Hardback]
Dora Piquet-Panayatova (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 9781899828913
Published by : Pindar Press
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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 architectural... .... Learn More -
Further Studies in Islamic Painting [Hardback]
Ernst Grube (Author)
£200.00ISBN: 9781899828500
Published by : Pindar Press
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A collection of Professor Grube's essays on Islamic paintings of the late 14th and 15th century in the Timurid empire and Ottoman Turkey. This is a new revised edition of the 1968 exhibition catalogue The Classical Style of Islamic Painting , ... .... Learn More -
The Julian Basilica: Architecture, Sculpture, Epigraphy [Hardback]
Paul D. Scotton (Author); Catherine de Grazia Vanderpool (Author); Carolynn Roncaglia (Author)
£130.00ISBN: 9780876610237
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Corinth
Volume: 22
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Early-20th-century explorations of the Roman Forum at Ancient Corinth revealed a massive early imperial building now known as the Julian Basilica. The structure stood on a podium over four meters high, and it dominated the east end of the forum in... .... Learn More -
Burgen in umstrittenen Landschaften: Eine Studie zur Entwicklung und Funktion von Burgen im südlichen Jütland (1232–1443) [Paperback]
Stefan Magnussen (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9789088908675
Published by : Sidestone Press
In ganz Europa bestimmten Burgen im hohen und späten Mittelalter die Herrschaftspraxis. Doch während dies in zahlreichen Regionen hinreichend Beachtung findet, wurde das südliche Jütland bislang weder von der Regionalgeschichts- noch von der Burge... .... Learn More -
Burgen in umstrittenen Landschaften: Eine Studie zur Entwicklung und Funktion von Burgen im südlichen Jütland (1232–1443) [Hardback]
Stefan Magnussen (Author)
£195.00ISBN: 9789088908682
Published by : Sidestone Press
In ganz Europa bestimmten Burgen im hohen und späten Mittelalter die Herrschaftspraxis. Doch während dies in zahlreichen Regionen hinreichend Beachtung findet, wurde das südliche Jütland bislang weder von der Regionalgeschichts- noch von der Burge... .... Learn More
