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Art & Architecture
Paperback. Materials and their finishes lend buildings and interiors their distinctive characters. Yet, which criteria persuade architects to use or not use a particular material? How do they find the right one among a seamlessly endless array of materials? This book presents different approaches of renowned architecture firms in how they select materials. Editor(s): Schittich, Christian. Series: Best of Detail. Num Pages: 200 pages, zahlreiche Abbildungen. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Detail
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783955533229
- ISBN
- 9783955533229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.83
€ 54.83
Paperback. A collection that brings together some of the outstanding contributions from leading experts on the issues surrounding sustainable cities and urban development. It is suitable for students in urban geography, planning and environmental studies, and for professionals involved with the successful running and development of cities. Series: Earthscan Reader Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AMVD; RPC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853836015
- ISBN
- 9781853836015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
Hardcover. From the Greeks and Shakespeare to the "Ramayana" and the "Mahabharata", war has often been a major theme of dramatic performances. This work looks at theater and performances that often occur quite literally as bombs are falling, as well as during times of ceasefire and in the aftermath of hostilities. Series: SB - Enactments. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906497149
- ISBN
- 9781906497149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.02
€ 30.99
€ 24.02
Hardcover. Mankind needs to relate to inanimate matter as well. Mankind 'animates' stones, mountains, rivers, yes even the world and the cosmos so that it can communicate with them. Zoomorphic architecture is a variant of anthropomorphic architecture. Num Pages: 188 pages, 205 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 294 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698875
- ISBN
- 9783930698875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.54€ 43.15
€ 54.54
€ 43.15
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rang, Wolfgang. Num Pages: 320 pages, 400 illus. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 260. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783869050010
- ISBN
- 9783869050010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.63€ 62.34
€ 80.63
€ 62.34
Hardcover. The Neues Haus, the new building for the Munchner Kammerspiele, is not a big building in any sense. The most important quality of the design is in fact that it accepts the modesty of its role. The building subordinates itself to the main Kammerspiele building. This book features text in English and German. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 56 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DFG; AMA; AMB; AMGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 306 x 289 x 13. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698431
- ISBN
- 9783930698431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Hardcover. The Villa Lante in Bagnaia near Viterbo is outstanding among 16th-century Italian gardens. It is not particularly large, but it is the undisputed highlight of this epoch, the heyday of Italian horticulture. This monograph attempts to establish what triggers the intense sense of beauty with which visitors to the gardens are confronted. Num Pages: 512 pages, 180 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 228 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2264.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565052
- ISBN
- 9783932565052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.81€ 67.31
€ 81.81
€ 67.31
Hardcover. Specialist literature on Schinkel has grown enormously since the 200th anniversary of his birth in 1981. This title includes Schinkel teachers' lesson notes, the educational periodicals of his period, private letters, exhibition catalogues and also treatises by avant-garde architectural theorists. Num Pages: 216 pages, 125 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 291 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565236
- ISBN
- 9783932565236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Hardcover. Places Karl Friedrich Schinkel's life and work in the artistic context of his day. This book is devoted to his family and circle of friends, and to his universal artistic, technical and administrative activities. It brings together a variety of material from contemporary sources, letters, newspapers, diaries and other writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: AC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565298
- ISBN
- 9783932565298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.54€ 43.19
€ 54.54
€ 43.19
Hardcover. The purpose of architecture is first and foremost to create a human environment for human beings. This book presents the author's particular interpretation of the holistic-phenomenological worldview in theory and in practice, a worldview which stands at the forefront of the scientific discourse, and is tightly related to Buddhist philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 596 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 227 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681055
- ISBN
- 9783936681055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.87
€ 52.99
€ 37.87
Hardcover. Latvian-born architect Gunnar Birkerts belongs to the second wave of modernists who arrived in the United States from abroad, a group that includes Kevin Roche and Cesar Pelli among others. This work presents his cultural perspectives as well as his family insights to bear, offering a unique portrait of a life and career. Num Pages: 320 pages, 413 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 249 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- 1 Ill
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681260
- ISBN
- 9783936681260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.67€ 76.23
€ 93.67
€ 76.23
Hardcover. Fritz Leonhardt would have been 100 years old in 2009. He studied at the Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart and then travelled in the USA. He made his professional debut with the German autobahn, for which he designed the Rodenkirchen suspension bridge in 1938-41. This title presents a retrospective of this famous structural engineer's work. Editor(s): Kleinmanns, Joachim; Weber, Christiane. Num Pages: 216 pages, 250 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMB; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 250 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681284
- ISBN
- 9783936681284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.81€ 63.20
€ 81.81
€ 63.20
paperback. Editor(s): Shaul, Matthew. Num Pages: 20 pages, 8col.ill. BIC Classification: AFH; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 20
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898543459
- ISBN
- 9781898543459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. New Views on Herbert Read. 238 pages. Editor(s): Paraskos, Michael. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 230 x 214 x 16. Weight: 858.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Freedom Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904491088
- ISBN
- 9781904491088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.13
€ 26.99
€ 23.13
paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Valiz
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789078088394
- ISBN
- 9789078088394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.74
€ 24.99
€ 21.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505827
- ISBN
- 9781879505827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.86
€ 20.99
€ 15.86
Hardcover. In autumn 1997, the Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) moved into the production hall of a former munitions factory in Karlsruhe, built by Stuttgart architect Philipp Jakob Manz in 1914-18. Hamburg architects Schweger and Partner were commissioned to convert this industrial structure. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 56 pages, 58ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMB; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 312 x 289 x 12. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698349
- ISBN
- 9783930698349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.11
€ 32.99
€ 24.11
Hardcover. Early in the 20th century, Robert Bosch, the founder of the Stuttgart electrical business, built a large villa on the hills east of the city. It was half Palladian, half in the reform style of the period before the First World War. Num Pages: 60 pages, 76 b/w & colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 309 x 291 x 7. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698554
- ISBN
- 9783930698554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.11
€ 32.99
€ 24.11
Hardcover. A yawning gap between two 1960s buildings is not at all unusual in Cologne. A gap scarcely wide enough to park a few bicycles has been used as an office by the Rendel and Spitz Advertising Agency since 1999. This book is intended to fill this gap. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565359
- ISBN
- 9783932565359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.43
€ 17.99
€ 14.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Salmond, Amira; Raymond, Rosanna. Num Pages: 144 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 1QSPS; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877372605
- ISBN
- 9781877372605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.74
€ 24.99
€ 18.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505889
- ISBN
- 9781879505889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.52
€ 30.99
€ 20.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, 120 colour photos. BIC Classification: AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 238 x 12. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hagen Schmid Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783000245619
- ISBN
- 9783000245619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.51
€ 35.99
€ 26.51
Hardcover. Karl Friedrich Schinkel called his designs for a palace on the Acropolis in Athens and for Orianda Castle in the Crimea a 'beautiful dream'. This work presents both the formal language of neo-Classical architecture and the quality of presentation. It shows how he esteemed these designs from the fact that he had them printed in his publication. Num Pages: 244 pages, lithographs. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 316 x 248 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698110
- ISBN
- 9783930698110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.87€ 43.93
€ 50.87
€ 43.93
Hardcover. Otto Steidle acquired international recognition for his extraordinary early residential buildings in Munich and for exemplary solutions for school and office buildings. His office and residential complex for Wacker-Chemie in Munich is a lively accent on a particularly conspicuous site in architecturally conservative Munich. Num Pages: 60 pages, 62ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMB; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 318 x 288 x 11. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698318
- ISBN
- 9783930698318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.99
€ 32.99
€ 23.99