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  • English Church Fittings, Furniture and Accessories by Cox, J. Charles
    J. Charles Cox

    English Church Fittings, Furniture and Accessories

    Written shortly before his death in 1919, English Church Fittings, Furniture & Accessories forms a sequel and companion volume to John Charles Cox's The English Parish Church. From churchyard gateway to pulpit, Cox proves a friendly and knowledgeable guide. His survey of church design...
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  • A Text-Book of the History of Architecture by Hamlin, A. D. F.
    A. D. F. Hamlin

    A Text-Book of the History of Architecture

    A Text-Book of the History of Architecture is an expansive overview of the subject and includes dozens of pictures.Author: A. D. F. HamlinISBN-10: 1511604182ISBN-13: 9781511604185Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/06/2015Pages: 318Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.66d
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  • Victorian Cottage Residences by Downing, Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson Downing

    Victorian Cottage Residences

    Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-52), the first great American landscape gardener, was one of the earliest and most influential popularizers of something new on the American scene -- the small, inexpensive detached house. Into a countryside dotted with log cabins and occasional Greek Revival mansions,...
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  • The Organizational Complex: Architecture, Media, and Corporate Space by Martin, Reinhold
    Reinhold Martin

    The Organizational Complex: Architecture, Media, and Corporate Space

    A historical and theoretical analysis of corporate architecture in the United States after the Second World War.The Organizational Complex is a historical and theoretical analysis of corporate architecture in the United States after the Second World War. Its title refers to the aesthetic and...
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  • History of Castles, New and Revised by Gravett, Christopher
    Christopher Gravett

    History of Castles, New and Revised

    The History of Castles is the ultimate guide to the world's most fascinating castles and strongholds. Chapters include information on castles from France, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. An ideal...
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  • The Appearances of Memory: Mnemonic Practices of Architecture and Urban Form in Indonesia by Kusno, Abidin
    Abidin Kusno

    The Appearances of Memory: Mnemonic Practices of Architecture and Urban Form in Indonesia

    In The Appearances of Memory, the Indonesian architectural and urban historian Abidin Kusno explores the connections between the built environment and political consciousness in Indonesia during the colonial and postcolonial eras. Focusing primarily on Jakarta, he describes how perceptions of the past, anxieties about...
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  • Designing the Good Life: Norman M. Giller and the Development of Miami Modernism by Giller Nelson, Sarah
    Sarah Giller Nelson

    Designing the Good Life: Norman M. Giller and the Development of Miami Modernism

    Miami Modernism, or MiMo, is the exotic brand of mid-century architecture ubiquitous in the world-famous city. Designing the Good Life is a personal account of the postWorld War II movement that shaped a city and defined an era. This captivating story offers a unique...
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  • Architecture and Cultural Continuity: The Making of Festival, Experience and Historicity by Frost, Christian
    Christian Frost

    Architecture and Cultural Continuity: The Making of Festival, Experience and Historicity

    Architecture and Cultural Continuity explores a dynamic way of viewing architecture - arguing that all architecture is best evaluated through active experiences in relation to cultural traditions of community and belonging, space, ritual, and setting. A work in three parts, the book first analyses...
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  • Architecture, Empire, and Trade: The United Africa Company by Jackson, Iain
    Iain Jackson

    Architecture, Empire, and Trade: The United Africa Company

    This open access book tells a new and untold history of the architecture of West Africa in the colonial era, as revealed for the first time through the archives of the United Africa Company (UAC). From the imperial Royal Niger Company's charter in the...
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  • Old Colonial Architecture And Furniture by Wallis, Frank Edwin
    Frank Edwin Wallis

    Old Colonial Architecture And Furniture

    Step back in time and discover the beauty and craftsmanship of colonial-era architecture and furniture. From elegant homes to humble cottages, Frank Edwin Wallis showcases a wide range of structures and styles. With stunning illustrations and detailed descriptions, this book is a visual feast...
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  • Architecturally Speaking by Raskin, Eugene
    Eugene Raskin

    Architecturally Speaking

    Architecturally Speaking by Eugene Raskin is a comprehensive guide to the world of architecture, written for both professionals and enthusiasts alike. The book covers a wide range of topics, from the history of architecture to the latest trends and innovations in the field. Raskin...
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  • Toledo's NorthTowne Square Mall: A History by Bores, Chris
    Chris Bores

    Toledo's NorthTowne Square Mall: A History

    The Northtowne Square Mall was the shopping hub in the North Toledo area during the 1980's and 90's. Kids visited Kaybee Toys and Perfect Playhouse, families ate at York Steak House, Chic-fil-A, Olga'a Kitchen and Orange Julius. Many others pumped quarters into games at...
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  • Toledo's Franklin Park Mall: A History by Bores, Chris
    Chris Bores

    Toledo's Franklin Park Mall: A History

    The Franklin Park Mall in Toledo, Ohio was the iconic shopping hub for locals who grew up in the 1970's and 80's. Kids visited Hobby Center Toys and the Rainbow Shop, families ate at York Steak House and bought meats and cheese at Hickory...
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  • Buildings That Changed History by DK
    DK

    Buildings That Changed History

    Explore the world's most fascinating historical and contemporary buildings, from ancient pyramids to high-tech skyscrapers, in this essential guide to architecture. Buildings That Changed History gives you an overview of the history of architecture from the ancient world to the present day. It takes...
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  • Art and Architecture of Sicily by Treuherz, Julian
    Julian Treuherz

    Art and Architecture of Sicily

    Sicily's strategic position in the centre of the Mediterranean led to settlement or conquest by a succession of different peoples - Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Germans, French, Spanish - each one leaving its traces on Sicilian culture. This book provides a chronological...
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  • World History: Collection of 6 Books by Wonder House Books
    Wonder House Books

    World History: Collection of 6 Books

    When and where did the first civilizations emerge? How did Britain lead the Industrial Revolution? What was the Suffrage Movement? Find answers to all these questions and much more in this boxset of six encyclopedias on world history. The books cater to the curiosity...
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  • Colorful Brick Homes by Structural Clay Products Institute
    Structural Clay Products Institute

    Colorful Brick Homes

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • ... Natchez, Symbol of the Old South by Oliver, Nola Nance
    Nola Nance Oliver

    ... Natchez, Symbol of the Old South

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones: Applications in the Restoration of Ancient Monuments by Kourkoulis, Stavros K.
    Stavros K. Kourkoulis

    Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones: Applications in the Restoration of Ancient Monuments

    The fracture and failure of natural building stones has been for many years the concern of the engineering community and particularly the c- munity of scientists working for the restoration and conservation of stone monuments. The need to protect the authentic stone and the...
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  • Operation Bowler: The Audacious Allied Bombing of Venice During World War II by Glancey, Jonathan
    Jonathan Glancey

    Operation Bowler: The Audacious Allied Bombing of Venice During World War II

    A story of incredible military daring--set against the splendor of Venice--that tells how an unlikely squad of pilots executed the most meticulous air raid of World War II. March 21st, 1945. Bursting through a hazy sky, dozens of Allied fighters and bombers sweep over...
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  • On Restoration by Le Duc, E. Viollet
    E. Viollet Le Duc

    On Restoration

    In this engaging work, E Viollet Le Duc explores the topic of restoration and its application to architecture. Drawing on his extensive experience as an architect and restorer, Le Duc provides valuable insights into the principles of restoration and the challenges faced by those...
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  • Opulence & Ostentation: building the circus by Ward, Steve
    Steve Ward

    Opulence & Ostentation: building the circus

    Since the foundation of the 'modern' circus in the eighteenth century, the circus has been presented in defined spaces. Initially, performances were given in the open air and, over a period of time, these spaces first became enclosed and then later roofed. Temporary wooden...
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  • Forts: An Illustrated History of Building for Defence by The National Archives
    The National Archives

    Forts: An Illustrated History of Building for Defence

    Ever since humans began to live together in settlements they have felt the need to organize some kind of defense against potentially hostile neighbors. Many of the earliest city states were built as walled towns, and during the medieval era, stone castles were built...
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  • Proportions and Cognition in Architecture and Urban Design: Measure, Relation, Analogy by Dillenburger, Benjamin
    Benjamin Dillenburger

    Proportions and Cognition in Architecture and Urban Design: Measure, Relation, Analogy

    English summary: In Proportions and Cognition in Architecture and Urban Design, practicing architects, historians, and theoreticians discuss the proportional systems that juxtapose aesthetic judgements, forms of practice, and human and social bodies with the norms and ideals that have resulted from these relationships. They...
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  • Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim
    Johann Joachim Winckelmann

    Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

    Modern English translations of several of the most important essays of Winckelmann, one of the fathers of art history and archaeology and a strong influence on Goethe and Schiller and Weimar Classicism. Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-68) has long been recognized as one of the...
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  • Interwar: British Architecture 1919-39 by Stamp, Gavin
    Gavin Stamp

    Interwar: British Architecture 1919-39

    British architecture between the wars is most famous for the rise of modernism - the flat roofs, clean lines and concrete of the Isokon flats in Hampstead and the Penguin Pool at London Zoo - but the reality was far more diverse. As the...
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  • Vergangenheitsbew?ltigung Germany's Holocaust Journey by Herzog, Dominik
    Dominik Herzog

    Vergangenheitsbew?ltigung Germany's Holocaust Journey

    This book methodically examines the decade-slongprocess in which Germany has garnered its reputation as a model for confronting and reconciling with its dark history. Much of this has been attributed to the embodiment of Vergangenheitsbewaltigung or, "the process ofcoming to tenns with the past."...
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  • Two Lectures, Delivered At The Meeting Of The York And Lincoln Architectural Societies, At Doncaster ... By George Gilbert Scott ... And Edmund Becket by George Gilbert Scott (Sir )
    George Gilbert Scott (Sir )

    Two Lectures, Delivered At The Meeting Of The York And Lincoln Architectural Societies, At Doncaster ... By George Gilbert Scott ... And Edmund Becket

    This book provides insights into the architectural heritage of the York and Lincoln regions in the United Kingdom. The lectures by George Gilbert Scott and Edmund Beckett Denison cover a wide range of topics, including Gothic architecture, architectural innovations, and the preservation of heritage...
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  • The Last Grand Tour: Contemporary Phenomena and Strategies of Living in Italy by Obrist, Michael
    Michael Obrist

    The Last Grand Tour: Contemporary Phenomena and Strategies of Living in Italy

    A new study of Italy through the lens of its housing. Since antiquity, Italy has been the origin of key themes of Western architecture and culture, many of which continue to provide an inspiring frame of reference. Critically emulating the tradition and, in parts,...
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  • The History of the Metropolitan Church of St. Peter, York: Illustrated by Extracts From Authentic Records, by Plans, Sections, and Engravings of Archi by Browne, John 1793-1877 Author
    John 1793-1877 Author Browne

    The History of the Metropolitan Church of St. Peter, York: Illustrated by Extracts From Authentic Records, by Plans, Sections, and Engravings of Archi

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Portals West; a Folio of Late Nineteenth Century Architecture in California by Bangs, E. Geoffrey (Edward Geoffrey)
    E. Geoffrey (Edward Geoffrey) Bangs

    Portals West; a Folio of Late Nineteenth Century Architecture in California

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Book of 100 Homes: Which Contains the Designs and Floor Plans of One Hundred Homes, Book D by Brown-Blodgett Co
    Brown-Blodgett Co

    The Book of 100 Homes: Which Contains the Designs and Floor Plans of One Hundred Homes, Book D

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Chicago Tribune Book of Homes by Chicago Tribune
    Chicago Tribune

    Chicago Tribune Book of Homes

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Orientalism, Philology, and the Illegibility of the Modern World by Tr?per, Henning
    Henning Tr?per

    Orientalism, Philology, and the Illegibility of the Modern World

    Orientalism, Philology, and the Illegibility of the Modern World examines the philology of orientalism. It discusses how European (and in particular German) orientalism has influenced the modern understanding of how language accesses reality and offers a critical reinterpretation of orientalism, ontology and modernity. This...
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  • Residential Flats by Perks, Sydney
    Sydney Perks

    Residential Flats

    Residential Flats offers a wide-ranging and detailed survey of apartment block architecture at the dawn of the 20th century. After tracing the development of flat design from Roman times onwards, Sydney Perks uses real plans of apartment blocks in British, European and American cities...
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  • Private Life and Privacy in the Early Modern Low Countries by Green, Michael
    Michael Green

    Private Life and Privacy in the Early Modern Low Countries

    This volume investigates the origins of one of the most important notions of the contemporary society: privacy. Based on case studies from the early modern Low Countries, privacy is tackled from various historical perspectives: social and cultural history, and the history of art and...
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  • Sabine Frommel

    Leonardo Da Vinci and Architecture

    Found scattered among his numerous manuscripts, Leonardo's studies on architecture were conceived during an artistic journey of close to fifty years while their author was in the service of the most prestigious patrons. Dealing with churches, ephemeral monuments, urban reconstruction, fortifications, palaces and villas,...
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  • Discovering Vietnam's Ancient Capital: The Archaeology and History of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi by Hardy, Andrew
    Andrew Hardy

    Discovering Vietnam's Ancient Capital: The Archaeology and History of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi

    The first book in English on this important archaeological excavation in the heart of Vietnam's capital, now a World Heritage site. As Vietnam entered the twenty-first century it began to prepare for the 1000th anniversary of the founding of its capital Thang Long, now...
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  • Building/Object: Shared and Contested Territories of Design and Architecture by Ashby, Charlotte
    Charlotte Ashby

    Building/Object: Shared and Contested Territories of Design and Architecture

    Building/Object addresses the space in between the conventional objects of design and the conventional objects of architecture, probing and reassessing the differences between the disciplines of design history and architectural history Each of the 13 chapters in this book examine things which are neither...
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  • Picturesque Lodges. A Series of Designs for Gate Lodges, Park Entrances, Keepers', Gardeners', Bailiffs', Grooms', Upper and Underservants' Lodges, an by Birch, John
    John Birch

    Picturesque Lodges. A Series of Designs for Gate Lodges, Park Entrances, Keepers', Gardeners', Bailiffs', Grooms', Upper and Underservants' Lodges, an

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Fireproof Construction for Houses and Other Buildings at Moderate Cost by National Fire Proofing Comapny
    National Fire Proofing Comapny

    Fireproof Construction for Houses and Other Buildings at Moderate Cost

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Hoyt Hardlead Architectural & Ornamental Leadwork. by National Lead Company Hoyt Hardlead
    National Lead Company Hoyt Hardlead

    Hoyt Hardlead Architectural & Ornamental Leadwork.

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Victorian Home, Some Aspects of Nineteenth-century Taste and Manners by Dutton, Ralph 1898-1985
    Ralph 1898-1985 Dutton

    The Victorian Home, Some Aspects of Nineteenth-century Taste and Manners

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Betsy Swanson

    New Orleans Architecture: The American Sector

    Concentrates on the bustling business district and is designed to serve as a guide for restoration.Author: Betsy SwansonISBN-10: 1565543734ISBN-13: 9781565543737Publisher: Pelican Publishing CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/1998Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.23lbsSize: 11.45h x 9.01w x 0.60d
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  • Jeffrey F. Meyer

    Myths in Stone: Religious Dimensions of Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C., is a city of powerful symbols-from the dominance of the Capitol dome and Washington Monument to the authority of the Smithsonian. This book takes us on a fascinating and informative tour of the nation's capital as Jeffrey F. Meyer unravels the complex...
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  • Archigram Ten by Cook, Peter
    Peter Cook

    Archigram Ten

    - Archigram Ten looks at where architecture is going currently and asks: why? - First new Archigram magazine for 50 years In the 1960s and '70s, Archigram speculated on the nature of architecture in ways that influenced a generation. In an era defined by...
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  • It's about Time: The Architecture of Climate Change by Loorbach, Derk
    Derk Loorbach

    It's about Time: The Architecture of Climate Change

    Author: Derk LoorbachISBN-10: 9462088799ISBN-13: 9789462088795Publisher: Nai010 PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/11/2025Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.29h x 6.54w x 1.02d
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  • The Barrack, 1572-1914: Chapters in the History of Emergency Architecture by Van Pelt, Robert Jan
    Robert Jan Van Pelt

    The Barrack, 1572-1914: Chapters in the History of Emergency Architecture

    The shifting meanings, from practical to tragic, associated with the structure of a barrack. The Barrack, 1572-1914 tells the little-known history of a building type that many people used to register as an alien interloper in conventionally built-up areas. The barrack is a mostly...
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  • The Book of Bildcost Gardened-home Plans by Better Homes and Gardens
    Better Homes and Gardens

    The Book of Bildcost Gardened-home Plans

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Build-it-yourself Ranch-type House by Tom Riley
    Tom Riley

    Build-it-yourself Ranch-type House

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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