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Works: The Architecture of A.J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Company, 1968-1995
ISBN: 9780929112312 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An attractive volume presenting 14 of the renowned Canadian architectural firm's most prominent projects. A good half or more of the book is devoted to excellent color and b&w photographs and diagrams of the projects, most of which are situated in Ontario, Canada. The address of the press: Technical
An attractive volume presenting 14 of the renowned Canadian architectural firm's most prominent projects. A good half or more of the book is devoted t...
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180,47 |
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Modernist Semis and Terraces in England
ISBN: 9780754679691 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between the two World Wars, there was an unprecedented need for new houses in Britain which resulted in a building boom. While only a small percentage of this building took the form of Modernism, there was still a significant number of semis and terraces built for the workers and middle-class families in the 1920s and 1930s built in this style. This book examines these modest Modernist houses within the broader context of the Modern Movement in Europe, as well as the inter-war building boom in suburban Britain. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs of more than 30 examples from...
Between the two World Wars, there was an unprecedented need for new houses in Britain which resulted in a building boom. While only a small percentage...
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731,67 |
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John Lewyn of Durham: A Medieval Mason in Practice
ISBN: 9781407300665 / Angielski / Miękka / 85 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Lewyn was among the most important 14th century master masons, achieving a virtual dominance of high status castle building in the north of England from 1378-98. This study aims to reconstruct his career, determine his influence on developments in castle architecture, and draw some conclusions about his methods of working. The work contains a inventory of the castles he worked on, with full descriptions as well as photographs and floor plans.
John Lewyn was among the most important 14th century master masons, achieving a virtual dominance of high status castle building in the north of Engla...
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385,09 |
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Social Aspects of Ancient Egyptian Domestic Architecture
ISBN: 9781407300252 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How important is the study of the domestic architecture of a society in order to reveal the everyday life of its inhabitants? How significant is the space within which people live and interact in order to understand the structure and function of a family? How much does the space influence the relationships developed among the people living under the same roof? Is there a characteristic house plan to cover the everyday basic needs of an ancient Egyptian? In this study, the author looks at the function and use of a domestic unit and the everyday life of its occupants.
How important is the study of the domestic architecture of a society in order to reveal the everyday life of its inhabitants? How significant is the s...
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423,60 |
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Architecture and the Politics of Gender in Early Modern Europe
ISBN: 9780754603092 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by leading scholars in the field, the essays in this book address the relationships between gender and the built environment, specifically architecture, in early modern Europe. In recent years scholars have begun to investigate the ways in which architecture plays a part in the construction of gendered identities. So far the debates have focused on the built environment of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to the neglect of the early modern period. This book focuses on early modern Europe, a period decisive for our understanding of gender and sexuality. Much excellent scholarship...
Written by leading scholars in the field, the essays in this book address the relationships between gender and the built environment, specifically arc...
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658,50 |
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Constructing a Sense of Place: Architecture and the Zionist Discourse
ISBN: 9780754634270 / Angielski / Twarda / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While it is widely recognized that architects and their architecture play a key role in constructing a sense of place, the inherent nexus between an architectural ideology and the production of national space and place has so far been neglected. Focusing on the Zionist ideology, this book brings together practising architects and academics to critically examine the role of architects, architecture and spatial practices as mediators between national ideology and the politicization of space. The book first of all sets out the wider context of theoretical debates concerning the role of...
While it is widely recognized that architects and their architecture play a key role in constructing a sense of place, the inherent nexus between an a...
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707,28 |
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Lakeland Bobbin Makers: The Philipson Mills - Cunsey to Spark Bridge
ISBN: 9780955200960 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the height of production, more than seventy Lakeland bobbin mills poured out millions of wooden bobbins for the giant cotton mills of industrial Lancashire. The Philipson family, owners and managers of bobbin mills in the Lake District, were part of this huge industry for nearly a century and a half. Douglas Philipson started work at the Spark Bridge Mill in 1929 as a young lad of 15. Lakeland Bobbin Makers is his unique account of the Lake District bobbin industry and a vivid portrayal of a busy bobbin mill in its heyday. 'A fascinating graphic insight into the lives of the... At the height of production, more than seventy Lakeland bobbin mills poured out millions of wooden bobbins for the giant cotton mills of industrial... |
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38,12 |
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Tutbury: 'A Castle Firmly Built'
ISBN: 9781407308555 / Angielski / Miękka / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A report on the archaeological and historical investigations undertaken at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire. The town of Tutbury is situated on the eastern border of Staffordshire in central England some 15km south west of Derby and 6.5km north west of Burton upon Trent. Around 106869 the Normans founded a motte and bailey castle on a tactically advantageous bluff above the town with the strategic purpose of controlling important northsouth and eastwest routes of communication. Attacks on the castle in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries may be cited as evidence of a continuing military...
A report on the archaeological and historical investigations undertaken at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire. The town of Tutbury is situated on the easte...
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487,78 |
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American Citizens, British Slaves
ISBN: 9780522850277 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work tells the strange story of almost a hundred United States citizens who were transported to Van Diemen's land in 1839-40. These exiles endured years of harsh treatment before they were eventually pardoned. Not being British subjects, their transportation was almost certainly illegal.
This work tells the strange story of almost a hundred United States citizens who were transported to Van Diemen's land in 1839-40. These exiles endure...
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136,53 |
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The Bungalow in Twentieth-Century India: The Cultural Expression of Changing Ways of Life and Aspirations in the Domestic Architecture of Colonial and
ISBN: 9781409427384 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The primary era of this study a the twentieth century a symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the new nation state of India. The processes that have been labeled 'westernization' and 'modernization' radically changed middle-class Indian life during the century. This book describes and explains the various technological, political and social developments that shaped one building type a the bungalow a contemporaneous to the development of modern Indian history during the period of British rule and its subsequent aftermath. Drawing on their own...
The primary era of this study a the twentieth century a symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the new...
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731,67 |
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Architects, Angels, Activists and the City of Bath, 1765-1965: Engaging with Women's Spatial Interventions in Buildings and Landscape
ISBN: 9781409400431 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A unique contribution to the architectural and social history of Bath, Architects, Angels, Activists and the City of Bath, 1765-1965: Engaging with Women's Spatial Interventions in Buildings and Landscape approaches the past with the methods of the architectural historian and the site-specific interventions of the contemporary artist. Looking beyond and behind Bath's strategic marshalling of its past, Cynthia Imogen Hammond presents the ways in which women across classes shaped the built environment and designed landscapes of one of England's most architecturally significant cities. This...
A unique contribution to the architectural and social history of Bath, Architects, Angels, Activists and the City of Bath, 1765-1965: Engaging with Wo...
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731,67 |
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The Missions of New Mexico Since 1776
ISBN: 9780865348707 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Bicentennial of the United States in 1976 gave rise to myriad projects. In New Mexico-still a borderlands possession of Spain in 1776-an unusually keen Franciscan observer, Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez, painted an extraordinarily detailed and often unflattering word picture of the colony. "The Missions of New Mexico, 1776," impeccably translated and edited by distinguished historians Eleanor B. Adams and Fray Angelico Chavez, is a single source like no other that reveals life in raw and remote, late-eighteenth-century New Mexico. Dispatched from Mexico City as canonical inspector of...
The Bicentennial of the United States in 1976 gave rise to myriad projects. In New Mexico-still a borderlands possession of Spain in 1776-an unusually...
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114,35 |
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End of an Era
ISBN: 9781467063081 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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158,71 |
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The Music Room in Early Modern France and Italy: Sound, Space, and Object
ISBN: 9780197265055 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This interdisciplinary book investigates the use of secular space for music making in Early Modern France and Italy. The fact that many artists of the time also had musical skills underlines the close relationship between music and the visual arts. This era is remarkable for the growing importance of music in domestic life, ranging from elaborate court festivities to family recreation. In parallel with the emergence of the theatre as a separate building type, music-making in elite circles became more specialised through the employment of paid musicians, as opposed to amateur participation by...
This interdisciplinary book investigates the use of secular space for music making in Early Modern France and Italy. The fact that many artists of the...
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359,42 |
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Constitutional Modernism : Architecture and Civil Society in Cuba, 1933-1959
ISBN: 9780816678105 / Angielski / Twarda / 371 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How does architecture make its appearance in civil society? Constitutional Modernism pursues this challenging question by exploring architecture, planning, and law as cultural forces. Analyzing the complex entanglements between these disciplines in the Cuban Republic, Timothy Hyde reveals how architects joined with other professionals and intellectuals in efforts to establish a stable civil society, from the promulgation of a new Cuban Constitution in 1940 up until the Cuban Revolution. By arguing that constitutionalism was elaborated through architectural principles and... How does architecture make its appearance in civil society? Constitutional Modernism pursues this challenging question by exploring architec... |
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424,37 |
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Constitutional Modernism: Architecture and Civil Society in Cuba, 1933-1959
ISBN: 9780816678112 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How does architecture make its appearance in civil society? Constitutional Modernism pursues this challenging question by exploring architecture, planning, and law as cultural forces. Analyzing the complex entanglements between these disciplines in the Cuban Republic, Timothy Hyde reveals how architects joined with other professionals and intellectuals in efforts to establish a stable civil society, from the promulgation of a new Cuban Constitution in 1940 up until the Cuban Revolution. By arguing that constitutionalism was elaborated through architectural principles and... How does architecture make its appearance in civil society? Constitutional Modernism pursues this challenging question by exploring architec... |
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136,53 |
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Historic Maine Homes: 300 Years of Great Houses
ISBN: 9781608932887 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There's nothing like a historic home to enlighten us about architectural styles and help us imagine what it was like to live in another time. Such houses can also provide inspiration for enriching our own homes and lifestyles today. Architectural historian Christopher Glass and renowned architectural photographer Brian Vanden Brink bring their skills and perspectives to bear on celebrating Maine's historic houses. While Glass focuses on fascinating facets of architectural history, Vanden Brink demonstrates his eye for finding the perfectly lit moment and the best angles for bringing the...
There's nothing like a historic home to enlighten us about architectural styles and help us imagine what it was like to live in another time. Such hou...
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95,10 |
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Victorian Gothic House Styles
ISBN: 9781846743047 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Gothic revival began in the early years of Victoria's reign. It quickly became the dominant form of building. New and exciting, it reflected Britain's growing stature and a confidence in the country's past and her future direction. The Gothic style was striking and distinctive, with pointed arches, tall towers, steep roofs, and colorful patterns of tile and brick on the exterior. Interiors featured staircases of rich wood, colored marble columns and painted ceilings. In recent years its romance and flamboyance has found renewed favor with the public. Major examples such as the Midland...
The Gothic revival began in the early years of Victoria's reign. It quickly became the dominant form of building. New and exciting, it reflected Brita...
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40,11 |
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Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast
ISBN: 9780813932552 / Angielski / Twarda / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The architectural history of Texas spans more than 300 years of European settlement and 10,000 years of habitation by native peoples. The incredibly diverse natural landscape and equally varied built environment has produced an architectural heritage of national and international stature. This book, the first of two volumes devoted to the Lone Star State, covers the central, southern, and Gulf Coast regions (the earliest areas of Spanish and Anglo settlement and the majority of the counties that won independence from Mexico in 1836) and includes four major cities--Austin, Corpus Christi,... The architectural history of Texas spans more than 300 years of European settlement and 10,000 years of habitation by native peoples. The incredibl... |
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443,88 |
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The Florentine Villa : Architecture History Society
ISBN: 9780415543170 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'The Florentine Villa' provides readers with a record of the unbroken pattern of reciprocal use and exchange between the countryside and the walled city of Florence, from the 13th century up to the present day.
'The Florentine Villa' provides readers with a record of the unbroken pattern of reciprocal use and exchange between the countryside and the walled ci...
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229,20 |
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