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History of architecture
Paperback. In this sumptuous new book, Alexander McCall Smith curates his own distinctive story of Edinburgh - combining his affectionate, incisive wit with a wealth of stunning imagery drawn from Scotland's national collection of architecture and archaeology. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; AMX; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902419909
- ISBN
- 9781902419909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Hardback. A city of Canterbury, Kent is the county's greatest treasure, and its glorious cathedral is the first mature example of Gothic architecture in England. This book covers the exceptionally rich architecture of eastern Kent. Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England. Num Pages: 800 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 126 x 38. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300185065
- ISBN
- 9780300185065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 55.15
€ 71.30
€ 55.15
Paperback. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AMX; HB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149. .
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784422561
- ISBN
- 9781784422561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.50
€ 24.99
€ 17.50
Paperback. "Paperback reissue, with a new introduction by the author." Num Pages: 320 pages, 90 halftones. 1 musical example. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New introduction by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158334
- ISBN
- 9780691158334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Hardback. Highlighting an important aspect of American historic architecture, this handsome volume is illustrated with nearly 150 photographs, more than 60 line drawings, and two color galleries. Num Pages: 464 pages, 230, 62 black & white line drawings, 142 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrat. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AMKH; AMX; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 31. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411637
- ISBN
- 9781421411637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.85
€ 91.85
Hardback. After World War II, France embarked on a project of modernization, which included the development of the modern mass home. At Home in Postwar France examines key groups of actors - state officials, architects, sociologists and tastemakers - arguing that modernizers looked to the home as a site for social engineering and nation-building. Series: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; AMX; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385875
- ISBN
- 9781782385875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Hardback. The Georgian spa of Bath and the medieval cathedral city of Wells are deservedly famous, each the finest of its kind in the country. This is a companion to the architecture of one of England's most rewarding regions. It includes a separate section that covers the port of Bristol, with its rich and confident buildings of every period and type. Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides. Num Pages: 800 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 219 x 43. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126587
- ISBN
- 9780300126587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 55.55
€ 71.30
€ 55.55
Paperback. Between 1960 and 1980, both eastern and western Europe experienced a construction boom of hitherto unknown dimensions. The new possibilities offered by science and industry paved the way to large-scale projects in architecture and urban design. This book deals with this topic. Editor(s): Moravanszky, Akos; Lange, Torsten; Hopfengartner, Judith; Kegler, Karl R. Num Pages: 320 pages, 165 colour illustrations, 165 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 246 x 21. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035610161
- ISBN
- 9783035610161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.25
€ 44.25
Paperback. In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ8; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470688953
- ISBN
- 9780470688953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.99
€ 41.99
€ 40.99
Paperback. Writing from the view of a building technologist as well as and archaeologist, Tony Rook takes a practical approach in this introductory guide to the building types, techniques and methodology of the Romans. Num Pages: 176 pages, 121. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMX; HDDK; TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 237 x 11. Weight in Grams: 458. 176 pages, 121 Illustrations. Writing from the view of a building technologist as well as and archaeologist, Tony Rook takes a practical approach in this introductory guide to the building types, techniques and methodology of the Romans. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMX; HDDK; TNK. Dimension: 172 x 237 x 11. Weight: 458.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445601496
- ISBN
- 9781445601496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.17
€ 36.99
€ 26.17
Paperback. After the WWII, the need for reconstruction influenced the architectural style in Europe. This volume illustrates that the debate on the humanization of the built environment was carried out with great intensity in the East as well as in the West, irrespective of their political system, that led to similar concepts. Editor(s): Moravanszky, Akos; Lange, Torsten; Hopfengartner, Judith; Kegler, Karl. Num Pages: 376 pages, 170 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 170 farb. Abb., 3 schw.-w. Tab. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 248 x 26. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035610154
- ISBN
- 9783035610154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.78
€ 43.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 324 pages, 158 colour. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 201 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1418.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166914
- ISBN
- 9789774166914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.54
€ 55.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 310 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 179 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1290.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816673971
- ISBN
- 9780816673971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.49
€ 51.99
€ 46.49
Hardback. For over a millennium Durham has occupied a central place in English religious history, with its Norman rebuilding (1093-1133) marking it as an internationally significant masterpiece in the history of architecture. This volume offers a comprehensive account, on the founding, development, building and decoration of this important edifice. Editor(s): Brown, David. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 602 pages, 200 color + 200 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 252 x 44. Weight in Grams: 3286.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300208184
- ISBN
- 9780300208184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 72.12
€ 89.13
€ 72.12
Hardback. Ruins and Fragments is a wide-ranging, elliptical, engaging view of the history of modernity through the lens of the ruined and fragmentary. It explores literary fragments such as the plays of Aeschylus, as well as how writers - Joyce, Coleridge, Pound, T. S. Elliot - exploit fragmentary techniques and forms. Num Pages: 208 pages, 60. BIC Classification: AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 251 x 29. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780234472
- ISBN
- 9781780234472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.82
€ 46.99
€ 32.82
Hardback. Series: Buildings, Landscapes, and Societies Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8 colour, 154 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; AMVD; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1680.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271027760
- ISBN
- 9780271027760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.41€ 111.10
€ 135.41
€ 111.10
Hardback. A riveting and superbly illustrated account of the enigmatic House Beautiful editor's profound influence on mid-century American taste Num Pages: 260 pages, 96 color + 90 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ; AKB; AMR; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 206. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300221763
- ISBN
- 9780300221763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.63
€ 65.36
€ 50.63
Hardcover. Metroburbia examines the architectural history and development of London and its suburbs. Num Pages: 224 pages, 260 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AMVD; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 212. .
- Publisher
- Merrell Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858946511
- ISBN
- 9781858946511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.86
€ 46.99
€ 38.86
Hardcover. The churches of Rome constitute arguably the most important manifestations of art and architecture in the Western world. Num Pages: 780 pages, 280 illus. BIC Classification: AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 246 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1986.
- Publisher
- Pindar Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904597285
- ISBN
- 9781904597285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.66
€ 244.66
Hardback. Covers some of England's grandest country houses in Northamptonshire such as the Elizabethan Renaissance Kirby Hall, the Jacobean mansion at Apethorpe, the late seventeenth-century French-inspired Boughton, Hawksmoor's stately Baroque Easton Neston and the interiors of Althorp that provide a survey of changing taste through the centuries. Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides. Num Pages: 800 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMM; AMKH; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 134 x 41. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300185072
- ISBN
- 9780300185072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 55.15
€ 71.30
€ 55.15
Hardback. Capital cities have been the seat of political power and central stage for their state's political conflicts and rituals throughout the ages. In the modern era, they provide symbols for and confer meaning to the state, thereby contributing to the "invention" of the nation. Editor(s): Minkenberg, Michael. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 308 pages, 73 ills, 24 maps. BIC Classification: AMG; AMVD; AMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 262 x 182 x 22. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380092
- ISBN
- 9781782380092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.88
€ 156.88
Hardcover. A graphic account of how England has changed over the last 90 years through the impact of road transport on the landscape. Num Pages: 306 pages, 155. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AMX; WGC; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 277 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1594.
- Publisher
- English Heritage
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848020870
- ISBN
- 9781848020870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.65
€ 72.65
Hardback. Cornwall is a land apart. Here are some of the richest and best preserved prehistoric and medieval landscapes in Britain. Its medieval churches show monumental Norman fonts, accomplished C14 sculpture, striking C15 west towers and generously proportioned C15 and C16 aisles, with a wealth of medieval and Renaissance bench ends. Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England. Num Pages: 800 pages, 120 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 124 x 42. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126686
- ISBN
- 9780300126686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 55.55
€ 71.30
€ 55.55
Hardcover. Josef Frank is seen as an important visionary at the early stages of the Modern movement, as well as a critic of its dogmatism. He not only left his mark on Viennese culture and also on Swedish Modernism. This book has emphasis on Frank's later work. It introduces his late, unbuilt building projects, as well as his furniture and fabric designs. Num Pages: 96 pages, 34 colour illustrations, 34 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AKP; AMB; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783035611199
- ISBN
- 9783035611199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.70
€ 29.99
€ 28.70