Architecture
Historic architecture from the ancient world to Neoclassical elegance and the Gothic revival, as well as some contemporary gems.
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Medieval Bridges of Middle England [Hardback]
Marshall G. Hall (Author)
Regular Price: £40.00
Special Price: £32.00
ISBN: 9781914427299
Published by : Windgather Press
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Throughout history, rivers have been a hub for human settlement and have long been a key part of local livelihoods, history, and culture, as well as still playing a present-day role in providing services and leisure to people who live around them.... .... Learn More -
Architectures of the Roman World: Models, Agency, Reception [Paperback]
Niccolò Mugnai (Editor)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £36.00
ISBN: 9781789259940
Published by : Oxbow Books
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This book brings together an international team of scholars to re-evaluate Roman-period architecture outside Rome and the Italian Peninsula, looking at the regions that formed part of the Roman Empire over a broad time frame: from the 2nd century ... .... Learn More -
Anglo-Saxon Church Architecture & Stone Sculpture [Paperback]
Guy Points (Author)
£49.00ISBN: 9780993033964
Published by : Guy Points
This book provides a comprehensive guide with detailed explanations, illustrations and photographs of late-7th century to 11th century Anglo-Saxon Churches and stone sculpture. It is divided into four parts.
The first part includes an ext... .... Learn More -
Athens on the Frontier: Grecian-Style Architecture in the Splendid Valley of the West, 1820-1860 [Hardback]
Patrick Lee Lucas (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780813196886
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In 1811, architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe spurred American builders into action when he called for them to reject "the corrupt Age of Dioclesian, or the still more absurd and debased taste of Louis the XIV," and to emulate instead the ancient temp... .... Learn More -
Athens on the Frontier: Grecian-Style Architecture in the Splendid Valley of the West, 1820-1860 [Paperback]
Patrick Lee Lucas (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813197128
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In 1811, architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe spurred American builders into action when he called for them to reject "the corrupt Age of Dioclesian, or the still more absurd and debased taste of Louis the XIV," and to emulate instead the ancient temp... .... Learn More -
Hagia Sophia in Context: An Archaeological Re-examination of the Cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople [Paperback]
Ken Dark (Author); Jan Kostenec (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781789259872
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia has been a source of wonder and fascination since its sixth-century construction. It was the premier monument of the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, and remains one of the most recognisable symbols of mod... .... Learn More -
From Earth: Earth Architecture in Iceland [Hardback]
Hjörleifur Stefansson (Author)
£34.00ISBN: 9789935245465
Published by : University of Iceland Press
The first inhabitants of Iceland built their homes from the material that was closest at hand: the earth itself. In the early 20th century, more than half the Icelandic population were still living in turf houses, and a few dozen such buildings re... .... Learn More -
Five Bay Landscapes: Curious Explorations in the Great Lakes Basin [Hardback]
Karen Lutsky (Author); Sean Burkholder (Author)
£41.00ISBN: 9780822947394
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
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Threatened by issues of environmental health, climate change, population growth, and industrial demands, the coastal zone of the Great Lakes reflects an increasingly dysfunctional relationship between the people of the basin and the resources that... .... Learn More -
Tuning Architecture with Humans: Neuroscience boosters architects' comprehension of people needs [Paperback]
Davide Ruzzon (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9788869774003
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Architecture
The features of humankind’s interaction with the natural enrivonment have, over the course of evolution, slowly consolidated specific models of behavior. In the social dimension, these primitive schemes of interaction between the body and the envi... .... 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
