Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> History - General

The astonishing life of one of Scotland's most famous daughters

Anyone who knows about the abortive 1745 Jacobite Rising in Scotland, knows the romantic tale of how, after the catastrophic defeat at Culloden, the pretender, 'Bonnie' Prince Charlie fled for his life through the heather, eventually arriving at the island of Benbecula. There lived the MacDonald's who were secretly Jacobite sympathisers. Among their number was young Flora MacDonald, aged just 24, who as a simple act of charity, agreed to assist the prince to elude capture by the redcoats and effect an escape to...

From Fayetteville, Little Rock, and Hot Springs to Jonesboro, El Dorado, Arkadelphia, Texarkana, and scores of places in between, the latest volume in the Buildings of the United States series provides the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date guide to the architecture of Arkansas. The result of a lifetime's research and fieldwork by the esteemed historian and preservationist Cyrus A. Sutherland, this book captures the range and richness of the state's buildings and landscapes, whose stories can prove as fascinating and gripping as a novel's plotline.

Nearly 500 building...

The book shows how architecture in Norway has been shaped by resource availability, changing social conditions and architectural style impulses through the centuries. The book is thoroughly illustrated with photos, ground plan drawings and isometric drawings.

This outline of Norwegian architectural history provides the first comprehensive presentation of architecture in Norway, from tents and housing constructions in the Stone Age until contemporary architecture as the iconic, contemporary Opera House in Oslo. The book shows how Norwegian vernacular architecture has been...

Die Akropolis ist in Le Corbusiers Werk allgegenwartig. Sie war Inspirationsquelle, Prufstein fur die eigene Architektur und Massstab fur die eigenen Anspruche. Sie war aber auch zentraler Bestandteil seiner Selbstinszenierung und trug zur erfolgreichen Grundung des Mythos Le Corbusier bei.

Turit Frobe nimmt eine Neubewertung der Rolle der Akropolis fur Le Corbusiers Werk jenseits seiner eigenen Narration vor. Sie rekonstruiert seine Auseinandersetzung mit dem Monument, stellt dar, welcher Quellen er sich bediente und zeigt, was er daruber hinaus an Erfahrungen ganz anderen...

The streets and public spaces of London are rich with statues and monuments commemorating the city's great figures and events--from Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square and Sir Christopher Wren's Great Fire Monument to the charming Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, the range is glorious. Some commemorate events, while others celebrate people real or fictional; some take the form of small reliefs, while others are huge larger than life bronzes on pedestals.

Executed in stone, bronze, and a range of other materials, London's statues and monuments include work by some of the...

Patricia Merkel stellt in dieser Studie erstmals das Schaffen des Architekten Ernst Neufert (1900-1986) detailliert und im architekturhistorischen Kontext vor. Besonders im Fokus stehen Neuferts pragende Jahre zwischen 1920 und 1940 in Weimar, Dessau und Berlin - den Geburtsorten des Neuen Bauens. Die Autorin widmet sich den Voraussetzungen fur seine Leistungen als Architekt - insbesondere im Fruhwerk -, aber auch als Hochschullehrer und Autor. Sie prasentiert unbekannte Bezuge zu Vorbildern, Lehrern und Bauherren respektive zum zeitgenossischen Architekturgeschehen mit Protagonisten wie...

Developed for use in both on-line and blended courses, Deep in the Heart: A Brief Texas History is an interactive textbook with embedded links. This unique textbook connects the facts of Texas's founding and development to the mystique and mythology that surround it.

Students learn about the geological and archaeological history of the region and its first inhabitants, the period of Spanish conquest and rule, Texas' revolution and establishment as a republic, and its path to statehood. They study its place in antebellum America, and the impact of the Civil War and...

The 19^th-century German architect and artist, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, was among the great personalities in the world of architecture. Classicism and Romanticism moved towards Modern Architecture in his buildings; his Collection of Architectural Designs led the way to our contemporary understanding of the work of the architect; and as a state master building he shaped the architectural culture of his time.

A universal scholar and versatile artist, Schinkel led an intensive, if not boundless exchange with the society and the developments of the 19^th century....

With over 500 images and 13 specially commissioned 3-D artworks identifying key structural and aesthetic features, this is a visual tour covering more than 350 of the world's greatest buildings of architectural styles.

Take a spectacular tour of the world's architecture--from ancient stupas to modern high-tech skyscrapers to today's green buildings in Architecture. From the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt to the Parthenon in Greece, from the White House in Washington, DC, to Bhurj Khalifa in Dubai and beyond, this visual worldwide survey of architecture offers close-up...

Norway and Russia have been closely related through the ages, both geographically and historically, and have experienced similar problems relating to climate, building maintenance and national wooden architecture. As a result, the parallel study of architectural conservation and restoration theories and practices in both neighbouring Northern states makes for a stimulating collective monograph.

Architectural Conservation and Restoration in Norway and Russia delves into the main challenges of historic and contemporary architectural preservation practices in the two...