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Paperback. Brings together some of the leading writers and scholars on urban America to offer perspectives on how to sustain prosperous, livable cities in fast-evolving economy. Drawing on the research in the social sciences, this book explores optimal ways to manage the modern city and proposes solutions to some of the most pressing urban problems. Editor(s): Inman, Robert P. Num Pages: 432 pages, 53 line illus. 36 tables. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; KCU; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131054
ISBN
9780691131054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Hardback. Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This work includes the articles and essays which reflect the author's ideas on subjects ranging from the livable city and public housing to building design, public memorials, and the uses of public space. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129570
ISBN
9780691129570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Hardback. A polemic against America's architectural eclecticism, commercial skyscrapers, and misguided urban planning. It moves from a general statement of the conditions of modern culture to applications in the fields of architecture and urbanism at broadening scales. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129372
ISBN
9780691129372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Presents a study of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, beginning with his work in Oak Park in the late 1880s and culminating in the construction of the Guggenheim museum in New York and the Marin County Civic Center in the 1950s. This book provides an introduction to Wright's remarkable accomplishments. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 color plates. 392 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; AM; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691027456
ISBN
9780691027456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 57.84

Paperback. The description for this book, The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order, will be forthcoming. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Expanded
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018676
ISBN
9780691018676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 48.64

Hardcover. This book assesses the effects of spatially concentrated programs for housing and neighborhood improvement. These programs provide direct assistance to low-income property owners in an attempt to arrest neighborhood decline and encourage revitalization. Series: Harvard Economic Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 line-art, 59 tables. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674409309
ISBN
9780674409309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Paperback. Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed through time, offering a panorama unmatched in temporal and geographic scope, through an in-depth examination of the city's architecture and urban form. His narration illuminates how there can be "no one history of the city, but rather multiple, contested, and often invented histories." Num Pages: 352 pages, 73 color illustrations, 9 halftones, 13 color maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072459
ISBN
9780674072459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.89

Hardback. Presents the story of the Dome of the Rock, the beautiful Muslim shrine in the walled Old City of Jerusalem, from the first fateful decades of its creation to its engulfment in the clashes of the Crusades and the Christianization of Jerusalem, to its modern acquisition of different and potent meanings for Muslim, Christian and Jewish cultures. Num Pages: 206 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 10 halftones, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023130
ISBN
9780674023130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. By use of checklists, this book provides a practical tool for the building specifier. This new edition features changes to specification classifications (resulting from revisions to the Common Arrangement and SMM7) and the latest British Standards and Codes of Practice. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AMC; TNCB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 244 x 9. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
11th Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780632042067
ISBN
9780632042067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.54

Paperback. Against a backdrop of the uniformity of global architecture, the preservation of the built heritage is increasingly being recognised as an important vehicle through which communities can maintain and celebrate their individuality and their diversity. Num Pages: 240 pages, 300 illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; TNKX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780632040254
ISBN
9780632040254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.71

Paperback. Identifying anticipated future healthcare needs and planning and how to meet them is a challenge. This book provides insight for those concerned in the development of health and care buildings and environments, and examines the core issues which are driving change. It also looks at innovation in caring environments for older people. Num Pages: 192 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AMG; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780632035779
ISBN
9780632035779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.16

Paperback. "Designing Cities" is a reader on urban design. It has been assembled to appeal to a broad range of readers interested in how the design of cities comes about. Editor(s): Cuthbert, Alexander R. Num Pages: 416 pages, 53. BIC Classification: AMVD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235040
ISBN
9780631235040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Hardcover. "Designing Cities" is a reader on urban design. It has been assembled to appeal to a broad range of readers interested in how the design of cities comes about. Editor(s): Cuthbert, Alexander R. Num Pages: 416 pages, 53. BIC Classification: AMVD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 187 x 31. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235033
ISBN
9780631235033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.90

Paperback. * Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment. * Presents crucial "moments" in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances. Editor(s): Ballantyne, Andrew. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229445
ISBN
9780631229445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Paperback. This book examines key moments in the emergence of London as a metropolis and considers different ways in which its image has been formulated and presented. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AMA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 353 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631216674
ISBN
9780631216674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.87

Hardback. Explores how buildings supported the cultural and political work of the fair and fashioned a second, parallel world in a moment of economic depression and international turmoil. This book looks closely at buildings as buildings, analyzing them in light of local circumstances, regionalist sensibilities, and national and international movements. Num Pages: 248 pages, 45 color illus., B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; AMG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282827
ISBN
9780520282827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 46.96

Hardback. 112 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). R M Schindler's Kings Road House is celebrated as an icon of early modern architecture, but this wasn't the case when it was finished in 1922. This title focuses on the construction of the house and the people who lived, worked, and performed there, demonstrating the building's significance in the social history of Southern California. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMB; AMKD. Dimension: 259 x 190 x 14. Weight: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271944
ISBN
9780520271944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.04

Hardback. Discusses the evidence for the origins of the early Upper Paleolithic and its relationship to the origin of modern humans. With primary data from archaeological sites and regions and discussions of materials from difficult-to-find sources, this title urges readers to reconsider the process of modern human behavioral origins. Editor(s): Brantingham, P. Jeffrey; Kuhn, Steven L.; Kerry, Kristopher W. Num Pages: 310 pages, 73 line illustrations, 26 tables. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238510
ISBN
9780520238510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.36
€ 65.36

Paperback. Aims to present a provocative meditation on bioregionalism and what it means to live, work, eat and play in relation to naturally defined areas. This work gives a textured portrait of the author's own home, the Putah-Cache watershed in California's Sacramento Valley, demonstrating how bioregionalism can be practiced in everyday life. Num Pages: 317 pages, 38 b/w photographs, 12 line illustrations, 14 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMV; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236288
ISBN
9780520236288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Surveying the widening conceptions and applications of cultural landscape writing in the United States, this text offers a clear view of the state of cultural landscape studies in 2003. Editor(s): Wilson, Chris; Groth, Paul E. Num Pages: 395 pages, 95 b/w photographs, 16 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
395
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229617
ISBN
9780520229617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Constructs a framework that examines the subject of German collective memory, which has been shaped by the experience of Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust. This title follows the evolution of German 'memory landscapes' all the way from national unification in 1870-71 through the world wars and political division to reunification in 1990. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 52 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AM; GTB; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217683
ISBN
9780520217683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 49.59

Hardback. This collection of essays examines Frank Lloyd Wright's importance in countries around the world. Interwoven in the essays are stories of champions and critics, rivals and acolytes, books and exhibitions, attitudes toward America and individualism, and the ways his ideas were brought to the world. Editor(s): Alofsin, Anthony. Num Pages: 294 pages, 145 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211162
ISBN
9780520211162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.67
€ 57.47

Paperback. Gothic architecture is the most visible and striking product of medieval European civilization. This title presents its development as an adventure of the imagination allied with radical technical advances - the result of a continuing quest for new ways of handling space and light as well as experimenting with the mechanics of stone construction. Series: California Studies in the History of Art. Num Pages: 640 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3H; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 214 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520055865
ISBN
9780520055865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.12
€ 68.86

Paperback. This introduction to town--and--country planning combines theory, procedures, and practice with detailed, real--world case studies. Both national and local perspectives in the United Kingdom are presented, clearly demonstrating how planning policies are mediated by local concerns in real situations. Editor(s): Allmendinger, Philip; Prior, Alan; Raemaekers, Jeremy. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AMVD; RPC; RPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 246 x 26. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471985228
ISBN
9780471985228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.89

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