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  • A Plan Of Mr. Pope's Garden: As It Was Left At His Death: With A Plan And Perspective View Of The Grotto (1745) by Serle, John
    John Serle

    A Plan Of Mr. Pope's Garden: As It Was Left At His Death: With A Plan And Perspective View Of The Grotto (1745)

    ""A Plan of Mr. Pope's Garden: As It Was Left at His Death: With a Plan and Perspective View of the Grotto"" is a historical book written by John Serle in 1745. The book provides a detailed description of the garden and grotto of...
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  • The Almshouse: Construction and Management (1911) by Johnson, Alexander
    Alexander Johnson

    The Almshouse: Construction And Management (1911)

    The Almshouse: Construction And Management is a book written by Alexander Johnson and first published in 1911. The book provides a comprehensive guide to the planning, construction, and management of almshouses, which were institutions designed to provide housing and support for the poor and...
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  • California Houses of Gordon Drake by Baylis, Douglas
    Douglas Baylis

    California Houses of Gordon Drake

    California Houses of Gordon Drake is a book written by Douglas Baylis that explores the architectural designs of Gordon Drake, a renowned architect who was active in California during the mid-20th century. The book presents a detailed account of the various houses designed by...
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  • War Diaries: Design After the Destruction of Art and Architecture by Dainese, Elisa
    Elisa Dainese

    War Diaries: Design After the Destruction of Art and Architecture

    In recent decades, the development of advanced weaponry systems and the instant flow of information have redefined the notion of urban warfare as a local phenomenon with global effects in an increasingly interconnected world. The annihilation of Aleppo and the broadcasted demolitions of Palmyra...
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  • The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age: All 203 Photographs from "Artistic Houses," with New Text by Lewis, Arnold
    Arnold Lewis

    The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age: All 203 Photographs from Artistic Houses, with New Text

    Originally published in 1883 to 1884, Artistic Houses comprised more than 200 photographs of the interiors of the homes of the well-to-do, with commentary on the woodwork, wall coverings, color schemes, and other aspects of interior d馗or. Today, historians consider Artistic Houses the best...
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  • San Antonio Architecture: Traditions and Visions by Aia San Antonio
    Aia San Antonio

    San Antonio Architecture: Traditions and Visions

    With a history more than 290 years old, San Antonio boasts a diverse, eclectic, and important architectural inventory. From the Spanish Missions of the 17th century to invigorating adaptation and restoration of historic buildings alongside landmark new construction, there is a wide array of...
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  • History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, J. E.
    J. E. Hutton

    History of the Moravian Church

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: J. E. HuttonISBN-10: 1505480647ISBN-13: 9781505480641Publisher: Createspace Independent...
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  • Round Barns of New York by Triumpho, Richard
    Richard Triumpho

    Round Barns of New York

    This book begins with an intriguing overview of the first five round barns built across America, including one in New York State. Elliott Stewart, who built the first octagon barn in the Empire State in 1874, is revealed to be a passionate original whose...
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  • Design of Cities: Revised Edition by Bacon, Edmund N.
    Edmund N. Bacon

    Design of Cities: Revised Edition

    "The major contemporary work on urban design . . . Splendidly presented, filled with thoughtful and brilliant intuitive insights." --The New RepublicIn a brilliant synthesis of words and pictures, Edmund N. Bacon relates historical examples to modern principles of urban planning. He vividly demonstrates...
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  • War Diaries: Design After the Destruction of Art and Architecture by Dainese, Elisa
    Elisa Dainese

    War Diaries: Design After the Destruction of Art and Architecture

    In recent decades, the development of advanced weaponry systems and the instant flow of information have redefined the notion of urban warfare as a local phenomenon with global effects in an increasingly interconnected world. The annihilation of Aleppo and the broadcasted demolitions of Palmyra...
    $90.00
    $90.00
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  • Old Plantation Houses In Louisiana by Spratling, William Philip
    William Philip Spratling

    Old Plantation Houses In Louisiana

    ""Old Plantation Houses In Louisiana"" by William Philip Spratling is a comprehensive guide to the historic plantation houses of Louisiana. The book delves into the rich history of these homes, detailing their architectural features, furnishings, and the families who lived in them. Spratling's vivid...
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  • William Buckland, 1734-1774: Architect of Virginia and Maryland by Beirne, Rosamond Randall
    Rosamond Randall Beirne

    William Buckland, 1734-1774: Architect of Virginia and Maryland

    ""William Buckland, 1734-1774: Architect of Virginia and Maryland"" is a biography written by Rosamond Randall Beirne. The book tells the story of William Buckland, an architect who worked in Virginia and Maryland during the mid-18th century. Buckland was responsible for designing and building some...
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  • The Life And Times Of Charles Follen McKim by Moore, Charles
    Charles Moore

    The Life And Times Of Charles Follen McKim

    ""The Life And Times Of Charles Follen McKim"" is a biography written by Charles Moore that chronicles the life of the renowned American architect Charles Follen McKim. The book details McKim's upbringing, education, and early career, as well as his rise to prominence as...
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  • Architecturally Speaking by Raskin, Eugene
    Eugene Raskin

    Architecturally Speaking

    Architecturally Speaking is a comprehensive book written by Eugene Raskin that delves into the world of architecture. The book covers a wide range of topics related to architecture, including the history of architecture, architectural styles, building materials, and the role of the architect in...
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  • Iconic Buildings: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Most Remarkable Architecture by Esinam, Studio
    Studio Esinam

    Iconic Buildings: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Most Remarkable Architecture

    This charmingly illustrated volume showcases iconic structures from the world's most important and most architecturally interesting cities--sure to appeal to amateur enthusiasts, aspiring architects, and even professionals. This book presents unique visual profiles of the most iconic buildings in the world, from twenty-five of...
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  • Surface Architecture by Leatherbarrow, David
    David Leatherbarrow

    Surface Architecture

    A study of the building surface, architecture's primary instrument of identity and engagement with its surroundings.Visually, many contemporary buildings either reflect their systems of production or recollect earlier styles and motifs. This division between production and representation is in some ways an extension of...
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  • Wren by Whinney, Margaret
    Margaret Whinney

    Wren

    Sir Christopher Wren overcame a complete lack of formal training and scant firsthand knowledge of European architecture to become a master of his art. He built nothing before he was thirty; but by the time he was seventy and still very active, his achievements...
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  • Saving Key West: Architecture in the Flood Zone by Sima, Christine
    Christine Sima

    Saving Key West: Architecture in the Flood Zone

    Category 5 hurricanes can produce 20-25 feet of Storm Surge.The problem?Key West's highest elevation is only 18 feet. Dramatic increases in storm activity have been escalating flooding in coastal regions for the past decade. Without proper preparation we may soon find ourselves in deep...
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  • History of the Negro Race in America Vol 1 Hardcover by Williams, George W.
    George W. Williams

    History of the Negro Race in America Vol 1 Hardcover

    George Washington Williams was an American Civil War veteran, minister, politician, lawyer, journalist, and groundbreaking historian of African-American history. Shortly before his death he travelled to King Leopold II's Congo Free State. Shortly before his death he travelled to King Leopold II's Congo Free...
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  • Picturesque St. John and the Province of New Brunswick [microform] by Anonymous
    Anonymous

    Picturesque St. John and the Province of New Brunswick [microform]

    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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  • London: Bread and Circuses by Glancey, Jonathan
    Jonathan Glancey

    London: Bread and Circuses

    Bread and circuses--free food and mass entertainment--was the name contemporary social observers gave to the ancient Roman practice of keeping the common people happy and rebellion-free. Jonathan Glancey, in this personal and passionate essay about the city he loves, suggests that the same unformulated...
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  • Lighthouses: A Close-Up Look: A Tour of America's Iconic Architecture Through Historic Photos and Detailed Drawings by Giagnocavo, Alan
    Alan Giagnocavo

    Lighthouses: A Close-Up Look: A Tour of America's Iconic Architecture Through Historic Photos and Detailed Drawings

    Get an architect's view of America's lighthouses through the collections of the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) - preservers of America's architectural history with a diverse range of historic photographs and architectural designs of buildings throughout the...
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  • Colonial Architecture: Early Examples from the First State by Bennett, George Fletcher
    George Fletcher Bennett

    Colonial Architecture: Early Examples from the First State

    This wonderful volume contains over three hundred images and line drawings detailing the influence of Dutch, Swedish, and English colonization on the wonderful examples of colonial architecture built in Delaware. Covering a period of time ranging from 1660-1840, these buildings span a range of...
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  • Urban Design Reader by Tiesdell, Steve
    Steve Tiesdell

    Urban Design Reader

    Essential reading for students and practitioners of urban design, this collection of essays introduces the 6 dimensions of urban design through a range of the most important classic and contemporary key texts. Urban design as a form of place making has become an increasingly...
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  • Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts by Ackerman, James S.
    James S. Ackerman

    Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts

    Twelve studies by eminent art historian James S. Ackerman. This collection contains studies written by art historian James Ackerman over the past decade. Whereas Ackerman's earlier work assumed a development of the arts as they responded to social, economic, political, and cultural change, his...
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  • Liberty by Voloj, Julian
    Julian Voloj

    Liberty

    A graphic history of how America's most iconic symbol came to be. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most famous monuments in the world and it is synonymous with the American Dream. Countless emigrees were welcomed by her imposing presence on arrival...
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  • The Architect and Designer Birthday Book by Biber, James
    James Biber

    The Architect and Designer Birthday Book

    A thoughtfully curated collection in a stunning package that recognizes and celebrates the birthdays of famous, infamous, and often-overlooked designers and architects. The gift book for design and architect professionals and students they didn't know they needed but will no longer be able to...
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  • The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy by Chakrabarti, Vishaan
    Vishaan Chakrabarti

    The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy

    From one of today's most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a force for addressing our biggest social challenges The world is facing unprecedented challenges, from climate change and population growth, to political division and technological dislocation, to declining mental...
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  • Museums and Galleries: A Window into History by Mechlore, Rafeal
    Rafeal Mechlore

    Museums and Galleries: A Window into History

    Museums and art galleries are fascinating windows into the past; they provide us with a fresh perspective from which to examine the chronicles of human civilization, artistic achievement, and cultural development. These establishments, which are frequently considered to be time capsules, are home to...
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  • The Modern House, U.S.A.: Its Design and Decoration by Rogers, Kate Ellen
    Kate Ellen Rogers

    The Modern House, U.S.A.: Its Design and Decoration

    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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  • Architecture: an Introduction to the History and Theory of the Art of Building by Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard) 185
    W. R. (William Richard) 185 Lethaby

    Architecture: an Introduction to the History and Theory of the Art of Building

    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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  • A History of Ottoman Architecture by Freely, John
    John Freely

    A History of Ottoman Architecture

    This text is focused on the history of the extant buildings in the Republic of Turkey. The book begins with a brief history of the Ottoman Empire and develops by outlining the mains features of Ottoman architecture and discusses the biography of the great...
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  • A Miracle in Downtown Bellevue: The story of the Bellevue Downtown Park by Springgate, Lee
    Lee Springgate

    A Miracle in Downtown Bellevue: The story of the Bellevue Downtown Park

    This is the story of Bellevue's extraordinary Downtown Park. Classic, traditional urban parks that draw inspiration from the great central parks of the world have become increasingly rare--particularly in emerging, edge cities throughout the United States. Bellevue's Downtown Park is the product of extraordinary...
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  • The Making of Beaubourg: A Building Biography of the Centre Pompidou, Paris by Silver, Nathan
    Nathan Silver

    The Making of Beaubourg: A Building Biography of the Centre Pompidou, Paris

    This is the story of how France's famed cultural icon, one of the most controversial and supremely public buildings of the century, was designed and built. Nathan Silver's detailed account of the Centre Pompidou -- still called Beaubourg by its designers, and by Parisians...
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  • Architecture and Urbanism in the British Empire by Bremner, G. A.
    G. A. Bremner

    Architecture and Urbanism in the British Empire

    Throughout today's postcolonial world, buildings, monuments, parks, streets, avenues, entire cities even, remain as witness to Britain's once impressive if troubled imperial past. These structures are a conspicuous and near inescapable reminder of that past, and therefore, the built heritage of Britain's former colonial...
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  • What to See in Palm Springs, Local Tour Guide Tells All: Sights, History & Stories by Stark, John
    John Stark

    What to See in Palm Springs, Local Tour Guide Tells All: Sights, History & Stories

    This is the must-have guidebook for anyone visiting Palm Springs and for anyone living in or around this desert resort city. What to See in Palm Springs was written by writer, journalist, and historian John Stark, a full-time Palm Springs resident and tour guide....
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  • The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster, by E.W. Brayley and J. Britton by Britton, John
    John Britton

    The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster, by E.W. Brayley and J. Britton

    This authoritative history of the Houses of Parliament in London was written by E.W. Brayley and John Britton, two of the 19th century's leading architectural historians. It provides a detailed account of the construction and evolution of the Parliament buildings, from their ancient origins...
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  • Timber and Building Construction: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society by Campbell, James W. P.
    James W. P. Campbell

    Timber and Building Construction: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society

    Timber and Construction contains 40 papers on timber and its use in the history of construction and a series of papers on other aspects of construction history delivered to the ninth annual conference of the Construction History Society from 1-3 April 2022.Author: James W....
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  • Distinctive Houses of Indiana Limestone: Showing Some of the Finest Homes in America Built of the Aristocrat of Building Materials. by Indiana Limestone Company (Bedford, I.
    I. Indiana Limestone Company (Bedford

    Distinctive Houses of Indiana Limestone: Showing Some of the Finest Homes in America Built of the Aristocrat of Building Materials.

    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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  • Buildings of Distinction by Pope & Cottle Co
    Pope & Cottle Co

    Buildings of Distinction

    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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  • Reuse and Renovation in Roman Material Culture by Ng, Diana Y.
    Diana Y. Ng

    Reuse and Renovation in Roman Material Culture

    This book explores the spoliation of architectural and sculptural materials during the Roman empire. Examining a wide range of materials, including imperial portraits, statues associated with master craftsmen, architectural moldings and fixtures, tombs and sarcophagi, arches and gateways, it demonstrates that secondary intervention was...
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  • Verb Connection by Ferré, Albert
    Albert Ferré

    Verb Connection

    The third issue of Verb boogazine is about the changing status of the city in the electronic era. Connection looks at the impact of electronic technology on new forms of urban reality, which are generated by new phenomena that affect all aspects of space...
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  • Illustrated Masonic Secrets of America's Founding Fathers by Editors of Bottletree Books LLC
    Editors of Bottletree Books LLC

    Illustrated Masonic Secrets of America's Founding Fathers

    Culled from little-known Masonic texts of the 1800s and early 1900s, the "Illustrated Masonic Secrets of America's Founding Fathers" is a must-read for any Freemason or person curious about the Masonic ties of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, John Sullivan and Joseph Warren....
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  • The Roman Remains of Northern and Eastern France: A Guidebook by Bromwich, James
    James Bromwich

    The Roman Remains of Northern and Eastern France: A Guidebook

    This book provides a thorough, area by area companion to the region's wealth of monuments, excavations and artefacts, from Paris and Boulogne-sur-Mer to Strasbourg and Lyon. Over ninety sites are treated in detail, including major attractions such as the parc arch駮logique in Lyon and...
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  • Oxford by Rice, Matthew
    Matthew Rice

    Oxford

    Discover Oxford, one of the jewels of European architecture. Much loved and much visited, the city offers an unparalleled collection of the best of English building through the centuries. Matthew Rice's Oxford is a feast of delightful watercolour illustrations and an informed and witty...
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  • Modern Chinese Architecture: 180 Years by Steinhardt, Nancy S.
    Nancy S. Steinhardt

    Modern Chinese Architecture: 180 Years

    This is a clear, accurate, readable survey of the dramatic transformation of Chinese architecture from 1840 through 2020. It narrates the change from a predominantly timber-frame tradition to construction in twisted steel and ecologically sensitive local materials. The book places the buildings in historical...
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  • Louden Barn Plan Book by Louden Machinery Co
    Louden Machinery Co

    Louden Barn Plan Book

    This book offers a comprehensive collection of barn plans and designs from the renowned Louden Machinery Company, one of the leading manufacturers of farm equipment in the early 20th century. With detailed blueprints, illustrations, and construction notes, this volume provides a valuable resource for...
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  • Rural Residences: Consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and Other Ornamental Buildings by Papworth, John Buonarotti 1775-1847
    John Buonarotti 1775-1847 Papworth

    Rural Residences: Consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and Other Ornamental Buildings

    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,...
    $31.95
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  • The Hy-tex House of Moderate Cost by Hydraulic Press Brick Co
    Hydraulic Press Brick Co

    The Hy-tex House of 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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  • The Historical Architectural Map of Beijing by Li, Luke
    Luke Li

    The Historical Architectural Map of Beijing

    Beijing has been the capital of China for over 800 years. There are many architectural buildings left from the old days, which have witnessed numerous historical events, and are treasures of traditional culture, representative of genuine Chinese style. They are valuable not only because...
    $129.95
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