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Taj Mahal
ISBN: 9780674066281 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An enduring monument of haunting beauty, the Taj Mahal seems a symbol of stability itself. The familiar view of the glowing marble mausoleum from the gateway entrance offers the very picture of permanence. And yet this extraordinary edifice presents a shifting image to observers across time and cultures. The meaning of the Taj Mahal, the perceptions and responses it prompts, ideas about the building and the history that shape them: these form the subject of Giles Tillotson's book. More than a richly illustrated history--though it is that as well--this book is an eloquent meditation on the... An enduring monument of haunting beauty, the Taj Mahal seems a symbol of stability itself. The familiar view of the glowing marble mausoleum from t... |
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Historic Architecture in Northwest Philadelphia: 1690 to 1930s: 1690 to 1930s
ISBN: 9780764341984 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historic Architecture in Northwest Philadelphia is a colorful and comprehensive look at the rich architectural history of the Wissahickon Valley, and the people who made it possible with a locally sourced building stone, the Wissahickon schist. The simple stone structures of Germantown's origins as a village of German immigrants laid the groundwork for the more elaborate buildings for Philadelphia's rising mercantile class that followed. From the colonial period to the 1930s, this architectural tour explores 450 structures, many still standing and well preserved, in the area from Wayne...
Historic Architecture in Northwest Philadelphia is a colorful and comprehensive look at the rich architectural history of the Wissahickon Valley, and ...
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Rome: A New Planning Strategy
ISBN: 9780415511100 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rome: A New Planning Strategy looks at the problems of a city over the last century and suggests a totally new planning strategy. The book examines the stages that have marked the increase of population and change in land use and analyses the masterplans used to try and control these evolving conditions. Using Rome as an extended case study, the book deals with the socio-economic effect of an absence of planning strategy during the recent growth of the city. The author presents the characters and features of a new masterplan based on his many years of experience in theoretical and practical...
Rome: A New Planning Strategy looks at the problems of a city over the last century and suggests a totally new planning strategy. The book examines th...
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Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes of a Tour in the North of Italy
ISBN: 9781108051927 / Angielski / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An architect and architectural theorist, George Edmund Street (1824 81) was one of the key proponents of the 'High Victorian' Gothic style in nineteenth-century Britain. He is best known as the mind behind London's Royal Courts of Justice. Elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1866, Street became its professor of architecture in 1880. In 1874 he received the gold medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects after John Ruskin declined it, and he served as the Institute's president in 1881. Street's Gothic architecture was influenced by continental examples: this book, first...
An architect and architectural theorist, George Edmund Street (1824 81) was one of the key proponents of the 'High Victorian' Gothic style in nineteen...
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Architecture and the Canadian Fabric
ISBN: 9780774819404 / Angielski / Miękka / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Architecture plays a powerful role in nation building. Buildings and monuments not only constitute the built fabric of society, they reflect the intersection of culture, politics, economics, and aesthetics in distinct social settings and distinct times. From first contact to the postmodern city, this anthology traces the interaction between culture and politics as reflected in Canadian architecture and the infrastructure of ordinary life. Whether focusing on the construction of Parliament or exploring the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and Arthur Erickson, these highly original essays move... Architecture plays a powerful role in nation building. Buildings and monuments not only constitute the built fabric of society, they reflect the in... |
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de Varia Comensuracion Para La Escultura y Arquitectura
ISBN: 9788499539157 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Nexus Network Journal 14,2
ISBN: 9783034805063 / Angielski / Miękka / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volulme features eight original papers dedicated to the theme "Persian Architecture and Mathematics," guest edited by Reza Sarhangi. All papers were approved through a rigorous process of blind peer review and edited by an interdisciplinary scientific editorial committee. Topics range from symmetry in ancient Persian architecture to the elaborate geometric patterns and complex three-dimensional structures of standing monuments of historical periods, from the expression of mathematical ideas to architectonic structures, and from decorative ornament to the representation of modern group...
This volulme features eight original papers dedicated to the theme "Persian Architecture and Mathematics," guest edited by Reza Sarhangi. All papers w...
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Constantinople to Córdoba: Dismantling Ancient Architecture in the East, North Africa and Islamic Spain
ISBN: 9789004212466 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A survey of the various ways in which the extensive remains of ancient architecture were reused or destroyed in the crescent from Greece and Turkey through Syria, Palestine, North Africa to Islamic Spain. The book complements and echoes some of the themes in the author's "Marble Past, Monumental Present" (2009). Offering a large number of varied examples, it examines how the ancient landscape was transformed - towns, roads and ports, fountains and waterways, tombs, palaces, villas and inscriptions. It then addresses reuse in churches, mosques and other structures, dealing also with collectors...
A survey of the various ways in which the extensive remains of ancient architecture were reused or destroyed in the crescent from Greece and Turkey th...
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Design and Cultural Politics in Postwar Britain
ISBN: 9780718501419 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marking the 50th anniversary of the Britain Can Make It (BCMI) exhibition, this collection of essays, documents and commentaries is a
re-examination of a major design initiative in the immediate post-war period. BCMI encapsulated many of the problems which the newly-founded Council of Industrial Design was to face over the following decades: the tensions between a state-funded body, with its metropolitan bias, and British manufacturing industry located in the industrial regions; persuading the public that "good" modern design had a key role in everyday life; and the manifestation of... Marking the 50th anniversary of the Britain Can Make It (BCMI) exhibition, this collection of essays, documents and commentaries is a
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The Guild and Guild Buildings of Shakespeare's Stratford: Society, Religion, School and Stage
ISBN: 9781409417668 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The guild buildings of Shakespeare's Stratford represent a rare instance of a largely unchanged set of buildings which draw together the threads of the town's civic life. With its multi-disciplinary perspectives on this remarkable group of buildings, this volume provides a comprehensive account of the religious, educational, legal, social and theatrical history of Stratford, focusing on the sixteenth century and Tudor Reformation. The essays interweave with one another to provide a map of the complex relationships between the buildings and their history. Opening with an investigation of the...
The guild buildings of Shakespeare's Stratford represent a rare instance of a largely unchanged set of buildings which draw together the threads of th...
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Architecture, Print Culture and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century France
ISBN: 9780415514651 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offering systematic surveys and detailed studies of the debates surrounding major Parisian architectural works in 18th century France, this book provides a new perspective on a turning point in the history of architecture, and its absorption into a nascent mass-media culture.
Offering systematic surveys and detailed studies of the debates surrounding major Parisian architectural works in 18th century France, this book provi...
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Vom Ornament Zum Nationalkunstwerk: Zur Kunst- Und Architekturtheorie Camillo Sittes
ISBN: 9783322830180 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der Wiener Architekt und Gewerbelehrer Camillo Sitte ist als Autor eines der wichtigsten Stadtebau-Lehrbucher des 19. Jahrhunderts bekannt. Doch vollig in Vergessenheit geraten sind seine lebenslangen Forschungen uber Malerei, Musik, Buhnenbild, Handwerk, Volkskunst, Gewerbe, Physiologie und Geschichte.
Die Studie entdeckt in Sitte einen groen Kunstschriftsteller des Fin de Siecle wieder. Vor allem wegen seiner Orientierung am Entwicklungsdenken der Evolutionsbiologie ist er ein Ahne des avanciertesten Naturdenkens in der heutigen Architektur- und Kunsttheorie. Der Wiener Architekt und Gewerbelehrer Camillo Sitte ist als Autor eines der wichtigsten Stadtebau-Lehrbucher des 19. Jahrhunderts bekannt. Doch volli...
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Design and Construction in Romanesque Architecture: First Romanesque Architecture and the Pointed Arch in Burgundy and Northern Italy
ISBN: 9781107407268 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edson Armi offers an original interpretation of Romanesque architecture by focusing on buildings in northern Italy, Switzerland, southern France, and Catalonia, the regions where Romanesque architecture first appeared around 1000 AD. He integrates the study of medieval structure with a knowledge of construction, decoration and articulation to determine the origins of medieval architecture and the High Romanesque style. Armi's in depth study reveals new knowledge about design decisions in the early Middle Ages.
Edson Armi offers an original interpretation of Romanesque architecture by focusing on buildings in northern Italy, Switzerland, southern France, and ...
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Die Tradition Von Morgen - Architektur in Munchen Seit 1980
ISBN: 9783829606073 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Ad Quadratum: The Practical Application of Geometry in Medieval Architecture
ISBN: 9780754619604 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The AVISTA studies in the history of science, technology and art series aims to promote cross-disciplinary objectives. This particular volume focuses on the medieval uses of geometry, with sacred architecture and designs providing a rich source of examples for study.
The AVISTA studies in the history of science, technology and art series aims to promote cross-disciplinary objectives. This particular volume focuses ...
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The South Builds
ISBN: 9780807879603 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a brilliant demonstration in text and picture of the fact that the South is responding to its industrial revolution with a contemporary architecture that may in time recapture the graciousness that had been lost by the beginning of this century in the sterile repetition of old forms. The body of the book is a carefully chosen selection of modern southern architecture.
Originally published in 1960. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were... This is a brilliant demonstration in text and picture of the fact that the South is responding to its industrial revolution with a contemporary archit...
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Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990
ISBN: 9781461454304 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990 examines the processes that underpin modern Brazilian architecture under various influences and characterizes different understandings of modernity, evident in the chapter topics of this book. Accordingly, the author does not give overall preference to particular architects nor works, with the exception of a few specific works and architects, including Warchavchik, Niemeyer, Lucio Costa, and Vilanova Artigas.
Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990 examines the processes that underpin modern Brazilian architecture under various influences and characterizes...
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Programme und Manifeste zur Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts
ISBN: 9783764363536 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der erste Band der Bauwelt Fundamente versammelt 34 Texte von Architekten und Architekturtheoretikern, die das Bauen in den ersten sechs Jahrzehnten des 20. Jahrhunderts nachhaltig gestaltet und gepragt haben. 50 Jahre nach Errscheinen ist mit dieser Sammlung von Quellentexten auch ein historisches Dokument der (Selbst-)Reflexion der Architektur wieder lieferbar. Der erste Band der Bauwelt Fundamente versammelt 34 Texte von Architekten und Architekturtheoretikern, die das Bauen in den ersten sechs J... |
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Gesellschaft durch Dichte : Kritische Initiativen zu einem neuen Leitbild für Planung und Städtebau 1963/1964
ISBN: 9783764363826 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2016 New editorship Elisabeth Blum, Jesko Fezer, Gunther Fischer, Angelika Schnell Not unjustly referred to as legendary, this series of books on the history and theory of architecture and urban development was founded in 1963 by Ulrich Conrads, who was joined by Peter Neitzke as a co-editor of the series in the early 1980s. Now numbering over 150 titles, it is the most comprehensive German-language book series covering these fields. Following the deaths of the two longtime editors Ulrich Conrads (2013) and Peter Neitzke (2015), a... 2016 New editorship Elisabeth Blum, Jesko Fezer, Gunther Fischer, Angelika Schnell Not un... |
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Il Martyrion di Hierapolis di Frigia (Turchia): Analisi archeologica e architettonica
ISBN: 9781407309774 / Włoski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hierapolis (Phrygia) is located in Turkey in the territory of Pamukkale-Denizli. The city was known in antiquity for the cult of Cyble, patron goddess of the colony since its foundation. Hierapolis experienced a period of extraordinary prosperity both economically and politically throughout the 2nd century A.D. and into the early years of the 3rd century A.D., corresponding to the phase of monumentalization of the city. On the hill overlooking the east of the city is an imposing octagonal building, built in the late 4th and early 5th centuries A.D, erected as a 'martyrion' in honour of Saint...
Hierapolis (Phrygia) is located in Turkey in the territory of Pamukkale-Denizli. The city was known in antiquity for the cult of Cyble, patron goddess...
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