Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> History - General

Robert Gamble outlines in detail the primary architectural currents
and styles that have surfaced in Alabama over the years and defined the
state's built landscape. The structures and styles, all well-illustrated,
range from folk houses and early settlement buildings to railway terminals,
churches, libraries, municipal and university buildings, palatial...

Miami and Miami Beach from the ground up

"This book provides an important--and readable--addition to the bookshelf addressing the context of contemporary Miami and Miami Beach. By presenting the built environment of the Miami area for its compelling variety and unique melange of styles, the authors go far in interpreting a long overlooked portion of our continent."--Gregory W. Bush, coauthor of Miami: An American Crossroad

A major urban center perched between vast natural ecosystems, Miami is known for a strikingly diverse built environment that is barely 100 years old....

The capital of Tang China (618 - 907), Chang'an (present day Xi'an), was a hub for economic and cultural exchange. Nearby lies the Famen Temple, one of the most revered Buddhist sites in China. A finger bone relic of the Buddha and magnificent Tang dynasty objects of gold, silver, ceramics, and glass were sealed within an underground crypt there. For more than 1000 years, these treasures were forgotten until their chance discovery in 1987. Together with objects from other leading museums in Shaanxi, the exhibition covered by this text is a rare showcase of Tang aesthetics and culture for...

A concise and amply illustrated introduction to Kentucky folk structures--log cabins, houses, cribs, and barns--that should be treasured as irreplaceable expressions of the cultural values of the Commonwealth's past.