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  • French Quarter Manual: An Architectural Guide to New Orleans's Vieux Carré by Heard, Malcolm
    Malcolm Heard

    French Quarter Manual: An Architectural Guide to New Orleans's Vieux Carré

    In New Orleans, the French Quarter packs itself into a little grid of a colonial town behind the levee of the Mississippi River. Established in 1718, the town received its gridded plan from a French military engineer in 1721. Most of the buildings standing...
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  • Contemporary Native American Architecture by Krinsky, Carol Herselle
    Carol Herselle Krinsky

    Contemporary Native American Architecture

    Author: Carol Herselle KrinskyISBN-10: 0195097408ISBN-13: 9780195097405Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/1996Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.00lbsSize: 9.92h x 8.46w x 0.68dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 09/01/1996 pg. 174
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  • Egypt Visual Sourcebook: For Artists, Architects, and Designers [With CDROM] by Hewitt, Jim
    Jim Hewitt

    Egypt Visual Sourcebook: For Artists, Architects, and Designers [With CDROM]

    This unique visual reference guide will be an invaluable resource to professional designers--from architects to illustrators, production designers, art directors, decorators, film concept artists, sculptors, and painters. It utilizes color photographs to illustrate a wide range of locations and styles of architecture throughout Egypt,...
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  • The Figure of Knowledge: Conditioning Architectural Theory, 1960s-1990s by Loosen, Sebastiaan
    Sebastiaan Loosen

    The Figure of Knowledge: Conditioning Architectural Theory, 1960s-1990s

    It is a major challenge to write the history of post-WWII architectural theory without boiling it down to a few defining paradigms. An impressive anthologising effort during the 1990s charted architectural theory mostly via the various theoretical frameworks employed, such as critical theory, critical...
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  • History Of Indian And Eastern Architecture (Volume Ii) by Fergusson, James
    James Fergusson

    History Of Indian And Eastern Architecture (Volume Ii)

    History Of Indian And Eastern Architecture (Volume Ii), has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this...
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  • Georgian mansions in Ireland, with some account of the evolution of Georgian architecture and decoration by U. Sadleir, Thomas
    Thomas U. Sadleir

    Georgian mansions in Ireland, with some account of the evolution of Georgian architecture and decoration

    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks...
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  • Skycar City by Mvrdv, University Of Wisconsin
    University Of Wisconsin Mvrdv

    Skycar City

    Marcus Prize Studio at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Winy Maas of MVDRV and Grace La of UWM present the work of twelve students who explored the relationship between infrastructure, architecture, and urban form. This highly investigative studio pushed the physical and conceptual limits of...
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  • Coming from the South by Bru, Eduard
    Eduard Bru

    Coming from the South

    Most books about architecture and urban environments give the impression that the world is a flat place inhabited by very rich countries and very poor countries. More complex physical and geographical realities exits, however, as well as places with middling economies. In this book,...
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  • A System's Evaluation of Global History of Indian Architecture by Sen, Joy
    Joy Sen

    A System's Evaluation of Global History of Indian Architecture

    System's approach (SA) is a holistic approach of understanding. The approach streamlines how small parts or things or events influence one another within a sequence of events, which constitutes of to-and-fro causal relationships. The network of such relationships represents a whole, where more than...
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  • Verona and Lake Garda: Architectural Guide by Nikitin-Rimsky, Sergey
    Sergey Nikitin-Rimsky

    Verona and Lake Garda: Architectural Guide

    A city that has existed for over 2,000 years, Verona has a wealth of historic architecture, from ancient Roman masterworks such as the Arena to seventeenth-century neoclassical gems like the Gran Guardia Palace right through to inventive recent restorations and adaptations. Its Gothic and...
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  • Institutions and the City: The Role of Architecture by Ledent, Gérald
    Gérald Ledent

    Institutions and the City: The Role of Architecture

    A groundbreaking study of architecture's role in the establishment, identification, and perpetuation of public institutions that shape both societies and individual lives. Institutions--for example the state, the church, the army, the judiciary, the bank, the university, or marriage--organize social relations. As social structures, they...
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  • Chinese Modern: Episodes Backwards and Forwards in Time by Rowe, Peter G.
    Peter G. Rowe

    Chinese Modern: Episodes Backward and Forward in Time

    Gesamtschau der chinesischen Moderne Rowes dritter Band ?er die Architektur des Fernen Ostens befasst sich mit der Entwicklung der modernen Architektur und Planung in China und ihren Einfluss auf nationale Transformationsprozesse. Die untersuchten Entwicklungen und Zeitr舫me reichen vom Fall der Qing-Dynastie im Jahr 1912...
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  • Denise Scott Brown. in Other Eyes: Portraits of an Architect by Grahn, Frida
    Frida Grahn

    Denise Scott Brown. in Other Eyes: Portraits of an Architect

    50 years Learning from Las Vegas From the bustle of Johannesburg to the neon of Las Vegas, Denise Scott Brown's advocacy for "messy vitality" has transformed the way we look at the urban landscape. Unconventional, eloquent, and with a profound sociopolitical message, Scott Brown...
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  • Architect of Letters: Reading Hilberseimer by Strob, Florian
    Florian Strob

    Architect of Letters: Reading Hilberseimer

    News on Ludwig Hilberseimer! Ludwig Hilberseimer (1885-1967) is regarded as one of the leading theorists of the Neues Bauen movement in pre-War Germany, and of modern, functional urbanism. This set of accomplishments still dominates the public image of the architect, urban planner, teacher and...
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  • Nordic Modernism: Scandinavian Architecture 1890-2015 by Miller, William C.
    William C. Miller

    Nordic Modernism: Scandinavian Architecture 1890-2015

    Recognized internationally for its sensitivity and responsiveness to place and locale, and its thoughtful use of materials and refined detailing, Nordic architecture continues to evolve and explore its modernist roots. This new book covers the romantic and classical architectural foundations of Nordic modernism, the...
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  • Victorian and Edwardian British Industrial Architecture by Pearson, Lynn
    Lynn Pearson

    Victorian and Edwardian British Industrial Architecture

    By the end of Queen Victoria's reign, factories had become an inescapable part of the townscape, their chimneys dominating urban views. This book is concerned with the architecture, planning, and design of those factories that were part of the second wave of the industrial...
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  • The Basilicas of Ethiopia: An Architectural History by Salvo, Mario Di
    Mario Di Salvo

    The Basilicas of Ethiopia: An Architectural History

    The basilica is symbolic of the history of Christianity in Ethiopia. Aizan, the first Christian king of the Aksumite empire was responsible for the creation of the large, five-aisled church of M?ry?m yon, sadly destroyed in 1535, and since then many hundreds of basilicas...
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  • The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe: Making, Meaning, Preserving by Bucklow, Spike
    Spike Bucklow

    The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe: Making, Meaning, Preserving

    Fresh examinations of one of the most important church furnishings of the middle ages. The churches of medieval Europe contained richly carved and painted screens, placed between the altar and the congregation; they survive in particularly high numbers in England, despite being partly dismantled...
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  • Designing Norman Sicily: Material Culture and Society by Winkler, Emily A.
    Emily A. Winkler

    Designing Norman Sicily: Material Culture and Society

    Essays showing how the stuff of Norman Sicily, its mosaics, frescoes, art and architecture, was used to construct its history. Material culture played a crucial role in developing the cultural narrative of Norman Sicily. The essays in this book consider how images, designs, artifacts,...
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  • British Houses in Late Mughal Delhi by Shorto, Sylvia
    Sylvia Shorto

    British Houses in Late Mughal Delhi

    Demonstrates, through an investigation of material culture, the complexity of the relationship between rulers and ruled in early nineteenth-century British India. This book explores ambivalence in the domestic building activities of a group of East India Company officials in Delhi in the fifty years...
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  • Guide to the Architecture of London by Jones, Edward
    Edward Jones

    Guide to the Architecture of London

    'The definitive guide to London's architecture' INDEPENDENT London has an unrivalled richness of architecture, from its squares and houses to its palaces and churches. This is the only guide to cover all of London's building history, from its Roman foundation to the massive expansion...
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  • Newport Through Its Architecture: A History of Styles from Postmedieval to Postmodern by Yarnall, James
    James Yarnall

    Newport Through Its Architecture: A History of Styles from Postmedieval to Postmodern

    A remarkable coincidence of unplanned historical events has preserved Newport, Rhode Island's architectural heritage in a way that is rare among American cities. Newport has the largest number of pre-Revolutionary War buildings in North America, with some 800 in its old historic districts. In...
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  • Lot-Ek: Objects + Operations by Tolla, Ada
    Ada Tolla

    Lot-Ek: Objects + Operations

    A unique survey of the projects, products, and processes that define LOT-EK, the firm at the forefront of adapting prefabricated industrial units to create cutting-edge architecture.LOT-EK is a design practice that believes in being unoriginal, ugly, and cheap. Also in being revolutionary, gorgeous, and...
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  • History of Interior Design: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card by Ireland, Jeannie
    Jeannie Ireland

    History of Interior Design: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card

    History of Interior Design is a comprehensive survey covering the design history of architecture, interiors, and furniture in civilizations all over the world, from ancient times to the present. Each chapter begins with background information about the social and cultural context and technical innovations...
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  • History of Interior Design by Ireland, Jeannie
    Jeannie Ireland

    History of Interior Design

    History of Interior Design, Second Edition, covers the history of architecture, interiors, and furniture globally, from ancient times through the late twentieth century. Each chapter gives you background information about the social and cultural context and technical innovations of the period and place, and...
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  • The Growth of the English House; A short history of its architectural development from 1100 to 1800 by Alfred Gotch, J.
    J. Alfred Gotch

    The Growth of the English House; A short history of its architectural development from 1100 to 1800

    This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...
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  • San Diego Then and Now(r) by Hendrickson, Nancy
    Nancy Hendrickson

    San Diego Then and Now(r)

    San Diego Then and Now pairs up fascinating archive pictures of the city from its Spanish old town origins, to the bright and shining metropolis of todayKnown to its residents as "America's Finest City," San Diego has a mild, inviting climate and stunning coastal...
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  • Detroit Then and Now(r) by Gay, Cheri Y.
    Cheri Y. Gay

    Detroit Then and Now(r)

    Detroit Then and Now pairs archive images from over 100 years of Detroit's past to paint a vivid portrait of a city bouncing back from the economic recession.Founded in 1701 by Antoine de le Mothe Cadillac as a trading post and fort, Detroit had...
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  • Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City by Keels, Thomas H.
    Thomas H. Keels

    Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City

    How does a landmark become, after just a few generations, a landfill? In Forgotten Philadelphia, Thomas Keels takes the reader through a lavishly illustrated journey through three centuries of Philadelphia's architecture: what was built, how the public perceived the value of certain buildings, and...
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  • The American Townhouse by Murphy, Kevin
    Kevin Murphy

    The American Townhouse

    The American townhouse is one of the most popular house types in urban America. This comprehensive volume tours the reader through 25 stunning examples of townhouses and rowhouses from Boston to Brooklyn, St. Louis to San Francisco. Radek Kurzaj's striking photographs complement a fascinating...
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  • Leopold Eidlitz: Architecture and Idealism in the Gilded Age by Holliday, Kathryn E.
    Kathryn E. Holliday

    Leopold Eidlitz: Architecture and Idealism in the Gilded Age

    Though the organic tradition has long been understood to be a central defining feature of American architecture, associated most strongly with Chicago and Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Eidlitz in fact began the exploration of the organic ideal a generation earlier in New...
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  • The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by Hamilton Thompson, A.
    A. Hamilton Thompson

    The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church

    This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...
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  • Urban Dystopias: Lofty Ideals to Shocking Realities by Burry, Jane
    Jane Burry

    Urban Dystopias: Lofty Ideals to Shocking Realities

    Author: Jane BurryISBN-10: 111983399XISBN-13: 9781119833994Publisher: WileyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/04/2023Pages: 136Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.40w x 0.40d
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  • Architecture or Revolution: Emancipatory Critique After Marx by Lahiji, Nadir
    Nadir Lahiji

    Architecture or Revolution: Emancipatory Critique After Marx

    By linking building theory to the emancipatory project of critique advanced by radical thinkers in our time, this work investigates the key conceptual and historical elements that culminate in an emancipatory theory of building entitled: 'Toward a philosophy of shelter'. Taking Marx as its...
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  • John Nash: Architect of the Picturesque by Tyack, Geoffrey
    Geoffrey Tyack

    John Nash: Architect of the Picturesque

    Responsible for the creation of Regent Street, Regent's Park, the Brighton Pavilion and Buckingham Palace, John Nash is universally recognised as one of the most important architects of late 18th-early 19th century Britain. This book brings together recent scholarship, and so brings this most...
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  • Health and Architecture: The History of Spaces of Healing and Care in the Pre-Modern Era by Gharipour, Mohammad
    Mohammad Gharipour

    Health and Architecture: The History of Spaces of Healing and Care in the Pre-Modern Era

    Health and Architecture offers a uniquely global overview of the healthcare facility in the pre-modern era, engaging in a cross-cultural analysis of the architectural response to medical developments and the formation of specialized hospitals as an independent building typology. Whether constructed as part of...
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  • Allen Brown's English Castles by Brown, R. Allen
    R. Allen Brown

    Allen Brown's English Castles

    A reissue of the classic guide to the origins, purpose and identity of the great castles of England and Wales, built after the arrival of the Normans. Castle studies have been shaped and defined over the past half-century by the work of R. Allen...
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  • The Dead City: Urban Ruins and the Spectacle of Decay by Dobraszczyk, Paul
    Paul Dobraszczyk

    The Dead City: Urban Ruins and the Spectacle of Decay

    The Dead City unearths meanings from such depictions of ruination and decay, looking at representations of both thriving cities and ones which are struggling, abandoned or simply in transition. It reveals that ruination presents a complex opportunity to envision new futures for a city,...
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  • London's Railway Stations by Green, Oliver
    Oliver Green

    London's Railway Stations

    A comprehensive introduction to the history and architecture of the great railway termini of London. The book is a short history and guide to London's principal mainline railway stations, from the first to be opened (London Bridge, 1836) to the last of the Victorian...
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  • The Friaries of Medieval London: From Foundation to Dissolution by Holder, Nick
    Nick Holder

    The Friaries of Medieval London: From Foundation to Dissolution

    A lavishly illustrated account of the buildings of the friars in the Middle Ages, bringing them vividly to life. with contributions from Ian M. Betts, Jens Rrkasten, Mark Samuel, and Christian Steer. Nominated for the Current Archaeology Book of the Year Award 2019 The...
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  • Temples and Towns: The Form, Elements, and Principles of Planned Towns by Dennis, Michael
    Michael Dennis

    Temples and Towns: The Form, Elements, and Principles of Planned Towns

    This book traces the historic evolution of urban form, principles, and design; it serves as a compendium, or reference, of city design; and is a polemic about the necessity for the recovery of the city and a contemporary urban architecture. It begins with the...
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  • Modern Architecture by Scully, Vincent
    Vincent Scully

    Modern Architecture

    From Louis Sullivan's first successful attempts to give steel construction its own form and expression, to city planning, contemporary megastructures, public housing, and the Mobile Home, Vincent Scully examines the significant aspects of modern architecture. Applying his considerable talents as a passionate and engaging...
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  • Symbolic Essence and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture by Jordy, William H.
    William H. Jordy

    Symbolic Essence and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture

    Historian and architectural critic William H. Jordy (1917-1997) significantly shaped the way we understand the character and meaning of modern architecture and American culture. This collection of his thought-provoking essays encompasses Jordy's entire career and includes his signature essay, "The Symbolic Essence of Modern...
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  • Das Fest / The Fest: Zwischen Repräsentation Und Aufruhr / Between Representation and Revolt by Mak -. Museum Für Angewandte Kunst
    Mak -. Museum F? Angewandte Kunst

    Das Fest / The Fest: Zwischen Repr舖entation Und Aufruhr / Between Representation and Revolt

    (Bilingual Edition: English / German)Festivals celebrate occasions and moods and generate their own realities that manifest as living memories. Festivals transform people, allowing them to take on unfamiliar roles. Festivals also change places, give rise to new public spheres, and are capable of bringing...
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  • The Stones of Tiahuanaco: A Study of Architecture and Construction by Protzen, Jean-Pierre
    Jean-Pierre Protzen

    The Stones of Tiahuanaco: A Study of Architecture and Construction

    The world's most artful and skillful stone architecture is found at Tiahuanaco at the southern end of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. The precision of the stone masonry rivals that of the Incas to the point that writers from Spanish chroniclers of the sixteenth century...
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  • Red House: Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England's Oldest Continuously Lived-In Ho Use by Messer, Sarah
    Sarah Messer

    Red House: Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England's Oldest Continuously Lived-in Ho use

    In her critically acclaimed, ingenious memoir, Sarah Messer explores America's fascination with history, family, and Great Houses. Her Massachusetts childhood home had sheltered the Hatch family for 325 years when her parents bought it in 1965. The will of the house's original owner, Walter...
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  • Under the Cherry Blossom Tree by Javadi, Morteza
    Morteza Javadi

    Under the Cherry Blossom Tree

    A boy and a girl, Menashi and Ahnami, from two opposing Asian cultures, fall in love at the end of a four hundred year battle. As the two form a truce that is sealed with a kiss, the two help their warring factions come...
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  • Empire Building: The Construction of British India 1690-1860 by Llewellyn-Jones, Rosie
    Rosie Llewellyn-Jones

    Empire Building: The Construction of British India 1690-1860

    Empire Building is a new account of the East India Company's impact on India, focusing on how it changed the sub-continent's built environment in the context of defense, urbanization, and infrastructural development. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones examines these initiatives through a lens of 'political building' (using...
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  • Towards a New Architecture by Corbusier, Le
    Le Corbusier

    Towards a New Architecture

    The only piece of architectural writing that will be classed among the essential literature of the 20th century.Author: Le CorbusierISBN-10: 1638232571ISBN-13: 9781638232575Publisher: www.bnpublishing.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/29/2008Pages: 312Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.91lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.75d
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  • The Memory Palace: A Book of Lost Interiors by Hollis, Edward
    Edward Hollis

    The Memory Palace: A Book of Lost Interiors

    A brilliant, ambitious follow-up to The Secret Lives of Buildings, in which Hollis turns his focus from the great architectural constructions of the past to the now-vanished chambers they once contained. The rooms we live in are always more than just four walls. As...
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