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The Florentine Villa: Architecture History Society
ISBN: 9780415443975 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scholarly and innovative with visually stunning line drawings and photographs, this volume provides readers with a compelling record of the unbroken pattern of reciprocal use and exchange between the countryside and the walled city of Florence, from the thirteenth century up to the present day. Defying the traditional and idealized interpretation of the Florentine Villa, the author:
Scholarly and innovative with visually stunning line drawings and photographs, this volume provides readers with a compelling record of the unbroke... |
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Bauhaus Dream-House: Modernity and Globalization
ISBN: 9780415475822 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A highly original and innovative study that brings critical social theory to bear on the ideas of architectural and design education at the Bauhaus - tracing the spread and influence of these ideas worldwide. Developed in post WW1 Germany, the principles of Bauhaus architecture and design were transferred by some of its leading figures to architecture schools at Harvard, Chicago and the IIT. Yet in the postwar era, they also became increasingly influential in architecture schools in Western and Central Europe, Japan, South America, Africa and the Middle East. This book provides a... A highly original and innovative study that brings critical social theory to bear on the ideas of architectural and design education at the Bauhaus... |
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Rural and Urban: Architecture Between Two Cultures
ISBN: 9780415552134 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays in this book are written by an international range of recognised theorists. They investigate how the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture.
The essays in this book are written by an international range of recognised theorists. They investigate how the cultures of the town and the countrysi...
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224,78 |
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Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope in a Globalizing World
ISBN: 9780415553094 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The contributors to this text focus on modern Arab cities, looking at both their history and the effects of globalisation on the structure and function of today.
The contributors to this text focus on modern Arab cities, looking at both their history and the effects of globalisation on the structure and functio...
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215,01 |
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The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development
ISBN: 9780415665728 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection reveals the contrasts and similarities between older, traditional Arab cities and the newer oil-stimulated cities of the Gulf in their search for development and a place in the world order.
This collection reveals the contrasts and similarities between older, traditional Arab cities and the newer oil-stimulated cities of the Gulf in their...
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185,68 |
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Sacred Architecture : Faith, Form and Building Technology
ISBN: 9780415775083 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive study of the sacred buildings built and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, this book offers scholarly discussion with analytical drawings and photographs. The buildings considered represent different periods of Wright's career (from 1886 to 1958) and his usage of new building technologies.
A comprehensive study of the sacred buildings built and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, this book offers scholarly discussion with analytical drawings...
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312,76 |
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Modern Architecture and the Mediterranean: Vernacular Dialogues and Contested Identities
ISBN: 9780415776349 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text considers the influence of the forms and tectonics of the Mediterranean vernacular on modern architectural practice and discourse from the 1920s to the 1960s. It addresses the comprehensive influence of the Mediterranean on the work and writings of major figures of modern architecture.
This text considers the influence of the forms and tectonics of the Mediterranean vernacular on modern architectural practice and discourse from the 1...
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278,55 |
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The Cultural Role of Architecture: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415783415 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring the ambiguities of how we define the word 'culture' in our global society, this book identifies its imprint on architectural ideas. It examines the historical role of the cultural in architectural production and expression, looking at meaning and communication, tracing the formations of cultural identities. Chapters written by international academics in history, theory and philosophy of architecture, examine how different modes of representation throughout history have drawn profound meanings from cultural practices and beliefs. These are as diverse as the designs they inspire and...
Exploring the ambiguities of how we define the word 'culture' in our global society, this book identifies its imprint on architectural ideas. It exami...
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273,66 |
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The Life of the British Home
ISBN: 9780470683330 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unlocking the history of the British home, this book reveals how its layout has evolved from the Stone Age to the present day, to cater for the very different needs and lifestyles of its occupants. From modest ancient dwellings and medieval merchants' houses to imposing stately mansions and modern urban estates, the book explores the forces that have shaped our homes and examines the attitudes and innovations of each age.
The story begins with the earliest Neolithic houses, built by the first people to surrender a nomadic way of life and settle on the land. It moves on to the Iron Age, and... Unlocking the history of the British home, this book reveals how its layout has evolved from the Stone Age to the present day, to cater for the very d...
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138,66 |
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Cross Country: English Buildings and Landscape from Countryside to Coast
ISBN: 9780470686119 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Cross Country photographer and author Peter Ashley unleashes his passion for Blighty. He takes us on an enlightening jaunt that encompasses many of England's most loved regions. His love of buildings and landscape extends far beyond architecture in picturesque surroundings. By combining personal reminiscence and an ear for intriguing anecdote, he shows us with wit, and sometimes irreverent comment, just how richly varied the fabric of England is: abandoned Cornish tin mines above tide-washed caves; Norfolk boat sheds leaning on salt marches; Romney Marsh shepherd's houses...
In Cross Country photographer and author Peter Ashley unleashes his passion for Blighty. He takes us on an enlightening jaunt that encompasses ...
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138,66 |
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Shaping London: The Patterns and Forms That Make the Metropolis
ISBN: 9780470699966 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this wholly new and dynamic view of London, Farrell looks beyond the contribution of individual buildings to the city. He creates a larger, more exciting frame, charting how the capital's messy and complex shape has been hewn out of a series of layers - natural and manmade, so the Thames and the natural landscape gets as much attention as the railway infrastructure, the roads and the canals. This provides a whole series of revelations that allow us to see the city afresh: How might the natural bends in the river have impacted where and what was built? How have the Thames' tributaries...
In this wholly new and dynamic view of London, Farrell looks beyond the contribution of individual buildings to the city. He creates a larger, more ex...
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287,87 |
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Liverpool One: Remaking a City Centre
ISBN: 9780470714096 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Liverpool is one of the most famous trading cities in the world. The view of its Pier Head with the Liver Building has become iconic: it has been called the second city of the British Empire and in the 1930s it became the model for Shanghai's Bund.
Liverpool is one of the most famous trading cities in the world. The view of its Pier Head with the Liver Building has become iconic: it has been call...
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277,58 |
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The Gothic Cathedral: The Architecture of the Great Church 1130-1530
ISBN: 9780500276815 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hundreds of these great churches were built throughout Europe in a rich variety of styles between c. 1130 and c. 1530, all of them representing an investment of money and effort so immense that it is difficult to find a modern parallel. Christopher Wilson focuses here on the interaction between design and the requirements of patrons, following the creative processes of architects by reconstructing the problems and opportunities that they faced. He discusses chronology, structural techniques, and stylistic developments and then goes further, seeing the story as a sequence of choices from which...
Hundreds of these great churches were built throughout Europe in a rich variety of styles between c. 1130 and c. 1530, all of them representing an inv...
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100,63 |
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World Architecture: The Masterworks
ISBN: 9780500342749 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are some eighty buildings featured, more than forty of which receive in-depth attention in detailed photo essays. Pryce's accompanying texts and commentaries provide an extra dimension of understanding for the contexts in which they were created, and of the evolution of architecture through history.
There are some eighty buildings featured, more than forty of which receive in-depth attention in detailed photo essays. Pryce's accompanying texts and...
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176,54 |
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The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
ISBN: 9780520269996 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. This engrossing book surveys an era that has fired the historical imagination for centuries. In it Robert A. Scott explores why medieval people built Gothic cathedrals, how they built them, what conception of the divine lay behind their creation, and how religious and secular leaders used cathedrals for social and political purposes. As a traveler s companion or a...
The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make ...
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Vitruvius: 'Ten Books on Architecture'
ISBN: 9780521002929 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the first time in more than half a century, Vitruvius' Ten Books on Architecture is being published in English. The only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, the Architecture libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) is the single most important work of architectural history in the Western world, having shaped architecture and the image of the architect from the Renaissance to the present. Demonstrating the range of Vitruvius' style, this new edition includes examples from archaeological sites discovered since World War II and not...
For the first time in more than half a century, Vitruvius' Ten Books on Architecture is being published in English. The only full treatise on architec...
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152,46 |
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The Stone Skeleton: Structural Engineering of Masonry Architecture
ISBN: 9780521629638 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the time scale for the settlement and cracking of an old stone building? How do the elegant flying buttresses of a Gothic cathedral safely transfer thrust to the foundations? And what is the effect of wind on a stone spire, or bell-ringing on a church tower? These and many other questions pertinent to the upkeep of old stone structures are answered in this clear and authoritative guide. With a firm scientific basis, but without the use of complex mathematics, the author provides a thorough and intuitive understanding of masonry structures. The basis of masonry analysis is introduced...
What is the time scale for the settlement and cracking of an old stone building? How do the elegant flying buttresses of a Gothic cathedral safely tra...
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210,04 |
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The Gothic Revival
ISBN: 9780714834801 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the height of the Victorian period, a craze for Gothic style swept England and spread far beyond. Gothic architecture, associated with the social and cultural ideals of the Middle Ages, was seen as a means of remaking the modern world.
At the height of the Victorian period, a craze for Gothic style swept England and spread far beyond. Gothic architecture, associated with the social a...
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192,10 |
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India Modern: Traditional Forms and Contemporary Design
ISBN: 9780714839486 / Angielski / Novelty / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This mini paperback presents a photographic compilation of modern Indian craft, design and architecture, placed in the context of Indian history and traditions. It looks at the roots and themes of Indian craft and design from village society to Moghul palaces, and shows how these traditional forms are repeated in all the contemporary arts. Herbert Ypma, together with a team of photographers, travelled across India to bring together an array of images of buildings, textiles and ceramics. Together with text, these images provide an insight into the emergence of an aesthetic that truly combines...
This mini paperback presents a photographic compilation of modern Indian craft, design and architecture, placed in the context of Indian history and t...
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46,05 |
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Beyond the Bubble: The New Japanese Architecture
ISBN: 9780714845753 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Detailní pohled na to nejlepší ze současné japonské architektury od konce 80. let do dneška. Zahrnuje práce architektů jako Toyo Ito, SANAA, Atelier Bow-Wow a Kengo Kuma. Text v angličtině.
An overview of contemporary Japanese architecture from the late 1980s to the present day and beyond, including projects in progress Includes exceptional examples from the most exciting architects working in Japan today, such as Toyo Ito, SANAA, Atelier Bow-Wow and Kengo Kuma Introductory essays provide a wide-ranging survey of contemporary Japanese architecture and detailed... Detailní pohled na to nejlepší ze současné japonské architektury od konce 80. let do dneška. Zahrnuje práce architektů jako Toyo Ito, SANAA, ...
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231,53 |
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