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Art & Architecture
Hardcover. Talks about a museum, a place that serves as an assembly point and information centre and is all things in one: laboratory, workshop, building site, university, theatre, opera house and museum. Broad walkways lead to the entrance. Extensive gardens in gentle geometric patterns invite visitors to rest, play, chat and look. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 249 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681147
- ISBN
- 9783936681147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.02
€ 11.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. The fact that there is Gypsy architecture may surprise quite a few people. Nevertheless in southeastern Europe, there exists a remarkable architecture created by Gypsies. It seems unreal, abstruse, and colourful, it is a composition of the various architectural styles of this world. This work deals with this area of gypsy architecture. Num Pages: 160 pages, 180 colour photos. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 306 x 254 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681123
- ISBN
- 9783936681123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.36€ 62.87
€ 68.36
€ 62.87
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€ 37.59
€ 52.99
€ 37.59
Hardcover. Heroic 20th-century Modernism saw the private home as a place to first test out utopian theories - a place for free play and experimentation where new approaches could be put into action, on a small scale but no less radical. Here, the authors found the suitable space to give their visionary concepts a plastic reality. Num Pages: 72 pages, colour & b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 289 x 13. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565762
- ISBN
- 9783932565762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.28
€ 60.28
Hardcover. When the stadium for a 'Workers Olympiad' - one of the most beautiful complexes in Europe - was opened in 1931 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Republic of Austria on the Prater site in Vienna, Otto Ernst Schweizer, the architect, was catapulted into the ranks of internationally acclaimed architects. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 60 pages, 50 b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 289 x 11. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565755
- ISBN
- 9783932565755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.65
€ 33.99
€ 24.65
Hardcover. The town hall in Bremen with its associated Roland statue in the market square in front of the building make up a UNESCO World Heritage site and thus count as outstanding examples of architectural and cultural history. The Bremen town hall is an ideal image of this building type that is so important for European and Western history. Num Pages: 72 pages, 70 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 306 x 287 x 12. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565694
- ISBN
- 9783932565694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
€ 40.99
€ 28.96
Hardcover. Ernst Leitz was taking the prototype for the legendary Leica camera to be tested in North America when 'Haus Friedwart' in his hometown of Wetzlar was begun. The architect, Bruno Paul (1874-1968) was a sought-after designer of challenging interior designs and architect of grand upper-middle class houses and public buildings. Num Pages: 56 pages, 50 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 289 x 12. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565670
- ISBN
- 9783932565670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 44.18
€ 51.99
€ 44.18
Hardcover. At the time San Francisco International Airport opened as Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco in 1927, most of the San Francisco Peninsula was pastureland. Over the years, new terminals and hangars were built to satisfy the demand of increased air traffic. The airport advanced to the larger San Francisco Airport Administration Building. Num Pages: 60 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 287 x 11. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565649
- ISBN
- 9783932565649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.65
€ 33.99
€ 24.65
Hardcover. With text in both English and German, this text focusses on housing and church architecture, characterised by three-dimensional buildings, spatial effects, handling of light, and material effects. Num Pages: 224 pages, 300 colour & b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 307 x 252 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565557
- ISBN
- 9783932565557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.23€ 45.94
€ 58.23
€ 45.94
Hardcover. Albrecht Ade's 'photages', created with special light techniques, have nothing in common with the 'photocollages' or 'photomontages' of the 20th century. When artists as different as El Lissitzky, John Heartfield, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Raoul Hausmann or Hannah Hoch constructed futuristically bold, surreal or satirical images. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 colour illus. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 290 x 254 x 15. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565502
- ISBN
- 9783932565502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.23
€ 47.99
€ 34.23
Hardcover. At the dawn of the 20th century, Bruno Paul (1874-1968) stood like a colossus astride the landscape of an emerging Modernism. As an illustrator, architect and educator his influence was unequalled. This is a comprehensive study of his life and work. Num Pages: 128 pages, 205 illus. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 292 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565472
- ISBN
- 9783932565472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.82
€ 51.99
€ 36.82
Hardcover. Deals with Hollywood's treatment of the most important political event of the 21st century, the terrorist attack of 11 September 2001 on the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center in war, action, science fiction and disaster movies. This work focuses on the interdisciplinary co-operation between film research, art history and architecture. Editor(s): Thomsen, Christian W.; Krewani, Angela. Num Pages: 208 pages, 181 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 246 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565441
- ISBN
- 9783932565441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.04€ 44.59
€ 57.04
€ 44.59
Hardcover. The architect and photographer Rolf Reiner Maria Borchard has chosen seven of the most beautiful gardens and photographed them in spring, at a time when the garden architecture has not yet been overwhelmed by the vegetation, and so can make the best possible impact in the image. This title features text in English and German. Num Pages: 152 pages, 137 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AMV; WMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 290 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Axel Menges
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565366
- ISBN
- 9783932565366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.66€ 42.86
€ 54.66
€ 42.86
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
€ 54.66€ 42.86
€ 54.66
€ 42.86
Hardcover. Even though his viaducts for the TGV Atlantic line and several innovative projects rapidly brought him national recognition, Jean-Yves Barrier managed to avoid involvement in fashions and trends. Barrier approaches each project with a fresh eye, and tries to come up with a powerful idea that is then expressed spontaneously in his sketches. Num Pages: 200 pages, 218 colour photos & illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 306 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565243
- ISBN
- 9783932565243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.23€ 45.45
€ 58.23
€ 45.45
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€ 20.33
€ 26.99
€ 20.33
Hardcover. Paul Wegener was one of the most striking actors in the German theatre. Seeing Wegener's pictorial world in the context of the art of his period and in a retrospective view of the motif's history, this book presents pictorial comparisons and analyses from the view of interdisciplinary iconography, revealing his position in artistic development. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AGB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565144
- ISBN
- 9783932565144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 35.96
€ 50.99
€ 35.96
Hardcover. Presents the personal favourite projects selected by architects. These projects include museums, buildings related to science and education and to music and theatre, offices and homes, government and religious buildings, right down to the architects' own houses. Editor(s): Schwitalla, Ursula. Num Pages: 235 pages, 300 b/w & colour illus. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 251 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565083
- ISBN
- 9783932565083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.59
€ 52.99
€ 37.59
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
€ 82.00€ 66.80
€ 82.00
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Basseler's work is outstanding in its intensity, which has a magnetic effect on many observers and brings higher-than-average numbers of visitors to Basseler's exhibitions. Basseler has been awarded major art prizes. In 1984, he got a scholarship to the Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo in Rome. In 1987, he won the Lower-Saxony Art Scholarship. Num Pages: 120 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB; AMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 253 x 17. Weight in Grams: 958. 120 pages, 100 colour illustrations. Basseler's work is outstanding in its intensity, which has a magnetic effect on many observers and brings higher-than-average numbers of visitors to Basseler's exhibitions. Basseler has been awarded major art prizes. In 1984, he got a scholarship to the Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo in Rome. In 1987, he won the Lower-Saxony Art Scholarship. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB; AMB. Dimension: 305 x 253 x 17. Weight: 958.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Axel Menges
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565007
- ISBN
- 9783932565007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.51€ 57.55
€ 65.51
€ 57.55
Hardcover. The surprising success of "Bonnie and Clyde", "The Graduate" and "Easy Rider" in the late 60s marks a turning-point in the history of the American cinema, as these are films that differ fundamentally from the traditional Hollywood style. They revised the traditional genre formulae and overturned the rules of classical narrative structure. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 291 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698943
- ISBN
- 9783930698943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Includes buildings that extend from the first examples of Australian architecture by convict architect Francis Greenway to the works by rising generation. This title covers many buildings by such famous architects as Walter Burley Griffin, Harry Seidler, Jorn Utzon, John Andrews, Philip Cox and Glenn Murcutt. Illustrator(s): Gragnato, Siegfried J. Editor(s): MacMahon, Bill. Num Pages: 256 pages, 455 illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; AMA; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698905
- ISBN
- 9783930698905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.87
€ 32.99
€ 23.87
Hardcover. After the angry gods had split the originally perfect, androgynous human being into man and woman, for the Greeks the only possible way of re-uniting the two sexes was in the form of a bisexual being created by fusing the nymph Salmacis with Hermaphroditos, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. Num Pages: 240 pages, 318ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 241 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1278.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698745
- ISBN
- 9783930698745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.66€ 43.00
€ 54.66
€ 43.00
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€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32