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Architecture
Paperback. The dream of scientific management was a rationalized machine world where life would approach the perfection of an assembly line. Since its early twentieth-century peak, this dream has come to seem a dehumanizing nightmare. This book tells the story of the emergence of modernist architecture as a romance with the ideas of scientific management. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 208 pages, 49 halftones. 2 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: AMA; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138473
- ISBN
- 9780691138473
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
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Paperback. Covers the works of David Coffin who was a leading authority on Renaissance architecture. This work features essays that span the range of Coffin's work, from Italian Renaissance architecture, garden design, sculpture, and drawings to English gardens and landscape designers of the seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries. Editor(s): Sellers, Vanessa Bezemer. Num Pages: 320 pages, 182 duotones. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1685.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136776
- ISBN
- 9780691136776
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131054
- ISBN
- 9780691131054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.23
€ 53.48
€ 42.23
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€ 20.49
€ 26.99
€ 20.49
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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 line illus. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117331
- ISBN
- 9780691117331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 68.28
€ 89.13
€ 68.28
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.
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- 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€ 57.08
€ 68.92
€ 57.08
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€ 46.45
€ 54.99
€ 46.45
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€ 25.56
€ 30.99
€ 25.56
Hardback. Explores how French queens and noblewomen of early modern France, used pleasure dairies to naturalize their status, display their cultivated tastes, and proclaim their virtue as nurturing mothers and capable estate managers. This title sheds light on architecture, self, and society in the ancient regime. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 82 color illustrations, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048997
- ISBN
- 9780674048997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92€ 57.18
€ 62.92
€ 57.18
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€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
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
€ 78.42
€ 78.42
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
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
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
€ 58.73
€ 58.73
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
€ 54.75
€ 54.75
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
€ 149.24
€ 149.24
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
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
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
€ 30.46
€ 30.46
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€ 32.77
€ 45.99
€ 32.77
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
€ 84.37€ 64.45
€ 84.37
€ 64.45