Timber Designers' Manual
ISBN: 9781405146715 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This major reference manual covers both overall and detail design of structural timber, including aspects such as shear deflection, creep, dynamic and lateral stability considerations for flexural members.
It has been substantially revised to take account of changes since the last edition, nearly 20 years ago, and to include the latest revision of British Standard BS 5268-2: 2002, which has brought design concepts closer to European practice and Eurocode 5. New features of the Third Edition include:
This major reference manual covers both overall and detail design of structural timber, including aspects such as shear deflection, creep, dynamic and...
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413,33 zł |
Positions: Portrait of New Generation
ISBN: 9788496954502 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kniha představí více než 40 staveb čínských architektů, které vznikly v letech 2003 až 2008. Výběr reprezentuje novou generaci architektů tvořící v zemi, jejíž stavební tempo je v posledním desetiletí nezastavitelné. Obsahuje např. China Architecture Design & Research Group (podíleli se na Ptačím hnízdě), Jiakun Architects, Atelier Deshaus, Mada s.p.a.m (spolupracoval na CCTV Media Tower v Pekingu), proslulá kancelář MAD, TM Studio, Urbanus a Studio Pei-Zhu (olympijská budova Digital Beijing).
This book presents over 40 finished works by Chinese architects,... Kniha představí více než 40 staveb čínských architektů, které vznikly v letech 2003 až 2008. Výběr reprezentuje novou generaci architektů...
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167,41 zł |
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown: Learning from Las Vegas: Supercrit #2
ISBN: 9780415434133 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Supercrit series revisits some of the most influential architectural projects of the recent past and examines their impact on the way we think and design today. Based on live studio debates between protagonists and critics, the books describe, explore and criticise these major projects. This second book in the unprecedented series examines Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's infamous book which overturned the barriers separating high architecture from the commercial architecture of the Strip. In Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown: Learning from Las... The Supercrit series revisits some of the most influential architectural projects of the recent past and examines their impact on the way ... |
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881,54 zł |
The City Rehearsed: Object, Architecture, and Print in the Worlds of Hans Vredeman de Vries
ISBN: 9780415433068 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The City Rehearsed offers an entirely new perspective on printed architecture in early modern Europe through the lens of Hans Vredeman de Vries. It probes the geographical encounters of dozens of engravings with contemporary texts on architecture, theatre, urbanism, art collecting, even ethnography. The Netherlandish polymath Hans Vredeman de Vries (1526-1609) devoted his entire career to the production of imaginary architecture. Painter, architect, rhetorician, perspective theorist, festival designer, and draughtsman, Vredeman was active in Antwerp, Amsterdam, and... The City Rehearsed offers an entirely new perspective on printed architecture in early modern Europe through the lens of Hans Vredeman de ... |
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680,04 zł |
Writing Urbanism: A Design Reader
ISBN: 9780415774383 / Angielski / Twarda / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Urban design continues to grow as an increasingly important and expanding field of study, research and professional endeavour. Distinguished by its broad scope and comprehensiveness on the subject of urban design, this new collection combines selected essays from both practitioners and academia. Writing Urbanism is the ideal volume for both students, architects and urban designers. Urban design continues to grow as an increasingly important and expanding field of study, research and professional endeavour. Distinguishe... |
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Illustrated Masonic Secrets of America's Founding Fathers
ISBN: 9781933747125 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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125,32 zł |
Urban Achievement in Early Modern Europe: Golden Ages in Antwerp, Amsterdam and London
ISBN: 9780521088879 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This innovative work in comparative urban history explores why outstanding achievements in material and intellectual culture in early modern Europe tended to cluster in certain maritime cities. Patrick O'Brien, his coeditors and eighteen distinguished historians from Belgium, the Netherlands, Britain, and North America, have collaborated to compare economic, architectural, artistic, publishing and scientific achievements in three European cities during their golden ages: Antwerp (c. 1492-1585), Amsterdam (c. 1585-1659) and London (c. 1660-1730). This study offers fascinating insights to...
This innovative work in comparative urban history explores why outstanding achievements in material and intellectual culture in early modern Europe te...
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211,52 zł |
Dublin Through Space and Time: (C. 900-1900)
ISBN: 9781851826414 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first volume in a short series that will deal with the planning and development of Dublin from the earliest times to the present day. The focus is on the built environment and from both geographical and historical perspectives aims to unravel and explain the processes that have interacted to produce today's city. It begins with a discussion of Dublin's early development, emphasizing the value of maps in understanding how the city grew. There follows a detailed examination of the city's flowering in the eighteenth century, and their inter-relationships. This leads into a discussion...
This is the first volume in a short series that will deal with the planning and development of Dublin from the earliest times to the present day. The ...
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105,79 zł |
Mies Van Der Rohe's Farnsworth House: Postcard Book
ISBN: 9780764323768 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois, and designed in 1951 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Striking architetural details are captured in 20 eye-catching B & W postcards. Whether mailing or framing the stunning images, this book is a must-have for devotees of architecture, design, Modernism, the Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe, and photography.
Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois, and designed in 1951 ...
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Louisville Architectural Tours: 19th Century Gems
ISBN: 9780764330384 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Visit Louisville, Kentucky's historic districts, replete with antebellum and Victorian homes that will take your breath away. Immerse yourself in Southern charm and the culture of a bygone era by taking a walking tour through some of the most beautiful structures of the nineteenth century. Visit Old Louisville to see the Conrad Caldwell House and the Pink Palace. Rest in a Gothic Revival-styled bed-and-breakfast at the Inn at Woodhaven. Five tours range from 45 minutes to over 2 hours in length, covering Limerick, Central Park North and South, Third Street, and Old Louisville East. Revel in...
Visit Louisville, Kentucky's historic districts, replete with antebellum and Victorian homes that will take your breath away. Immerse yourself in Sout...
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70,48 zł |
Architecture Tours L.A. Guidebook: Hancock Park / Miracle Mile
ISBN: 9780764322976 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is THE way to see Los Angeles's rich architectural heritage L.A. is a "driving" city, best seen from the car. Tour guide, author, and architectural historian Laura Massino Smith directs you on an unforgettable ride to uncover the city's exciting cultural past. You can efficiently visit dozens of L.A.'s architectural marvels in a short amount of time. Maps and explicit driving directions help you navigate roads, while detailed descriptions of tour sites provide each building's history. History buffs, architecture enthusiasts, and L.A. visitors all will love these unique and fascinating...
Here is THE way to see Los Angeles's rich architectural heritage L.A. is a "driving" city, best seen from the car. Tour guide, author, and architectu...
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50,33 zł |
Statuarische Gruppen in Der Frühen Griechischen Kunst
ISBN: 9783110181791 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Helga Bumke zeigt, wie in den einzelnen Epochen Gruppen gebildet und insbesondere die inhaltlichen Beziehungen der Gruppenfiguren veranschaulicht werden. Zeitbedingte Gesetze der Gestaltung und Erzahlweise lassen sich an klein- und grossformatigen Skulpturengruppen aus dem 8.-5. Jh. v. Chr. in besonderer Weise fassen. "Helga Bumke zeigt, wie in den einzelnen Epochen Gruppen gebildet und insbesondere die inhaltlichen Beziehungen der Gruppenfiguren veranschaulicht w... |
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456,44 zł |
Collage City
ISBN: 9783764356088 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collage City ist eine Kritik der modernen Architektur und zugleich der Aufruf, Theorie und Praxis von Planung und Stadtebau zu uberdenken. Colin Rowe und Fred Koetter erklaren die moderne Architektur als Heilsbotschaft und den modernen Stadtebau als Versuch, eine Idealvorstellung von totaler Ordnung zu verwirklichen. "Collage City ist eine Kritik der modernen Architektur und zugleich der Aufruf, Theorie und Praxis von Planung und Stadtebau zu uberdenken.... |
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186,80 zł |
Writing Urbanism: A Design Reader
ISBN: 9780415774390 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Urban design continues to grow as an increasingly important and expanding field of study, research and professional endeavour. Distinguished by its broad scope and comprehensiveness on the subject of urban design, this new collection combines selected essays from both practitioners and academia. Writing Urbanism is the ideal volume for both students, architects and urban designers. Urban design continues to grow as an increasingly important and expanding field of study, research and professional endeavour. Distinguishe... |
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246,78 zł |
Mies Van Der Rohe's Farnsworth House
ISBN: 9780764324437 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois. This is the only private residence designed by famed modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Striking architetural details are captured in over 70 eye-catching color and black-and-white photographs and drawings. A Foreword by Dirk Lohan poetically reveals the essence of this architectural masterpiece, built in 1951. This book is a must-have for devotees of architecture, design, Modernism, the Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe, and photography.
Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois. This is the only priv...
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161,14 zł |
Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones: Applications in the Restoration of Ancient Monuments
ISBN: 9781402050763 / Angielski / Twarda / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fracture and failure of natural building stones has been for many years the concern of the engineering community and particularly the c- munity of scientists working for the restoration and conservation of stone monuments. The need to protect the authentic stone and the requirement for reversibility of the interventions rendered the in-depth knowledge of the mechanical behaviour of both the authentic material and its substitutes - dispensable. This book contains 36 papers presented at the Symposium on Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones which was organized in the frame of the...
The fracture and failure of natural building stones has been for many years the concern of the engineering community and particularly the c- munity of...
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Tudor Houses Explained
ISBN: 9781846741500 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Tudor period was dominated by King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I. The houses still standing from that time are typified by black and white timber framed buildings and rambling rows of quaint cottages around a village green. This book explains the rich range of domestic houses built during the era. There are five separate sections, which deal with social change; structure and materials; styles and dating details; interiors; and gardens and landscapes. There is also a quick reference guide to identify the use of Tudor styles in more recent times. This is an invaluable, well illustrated...
The Tudor period was dominated by King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I. The houses still standing from that time are typified by black and white timb...
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The Parish Chest: A Study of the Records of Parochial Administration in England
ISBN: 9780521090186 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this third edition of his valuable study of the variety of civil and ecclesiastical documents in parish archives, Mr Tate corrected and revised the text and replaced Appendix II with information in County and other major local record offices in England. The purpose of the book is to illustrate and encourage research into local history by means of surviving documents and fragments; it opens a way of actual study for many would-be local historians. Much thought has been given to classification, and comparison; the book is cross referenced, indexed and illustrated. It prints many examples of...
In this third edition of his valuable study of the variety of civil and ecclesiastical documents in parish archives, Mr Tate corrected and revised the...
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206,48 zł |
Able Minds and Practiced Hands: Scotland's Early Medieval Sculpture in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781904350743 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One hundred years on from J Romilly Allen and Joseph Anderson's 1903 landmark publication, "The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland," twenty six essays explore the current state of knowledge of early medieval sculpture in Scotland. They demonstrate the unique value of this material in contributing to our understanding of the society and people that created it between 1000 to 1500 years ago. Today's approaches and techniques offer new insights, as well as great hope, for what might be learnt from future study of 'familiar' and new material alike. The essays exemplify the ever-diversifying,...
One hundred years on from J Romilly Allen and Joseph Anderson's 1903 landmark publication, "The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland," twenty six ess...
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680,04 zł |
Late Mamluk Patronage: Qansuh al-Ghuri's Waqfs and His Foundations in Cairo
ISBN: 9781599429229 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book attempts to look at the structure and functions of the constituent elements of the Ghuriyya complex through the medium of contemporary sources --in particular its waqfiyya--and in doing so, the motives and attitudes of the patron, his goals and his ambitions are defined. In addition, the study seeks to place the monuments in broader context and examine them within the more extended social, economic, political, and cultural environment of al- Ghuri's reign. This book will be of considerable interest to academics and students working on the history of art and architecture, history,...
This book attempts to look at the structure and functions of the constituent elements of the Ghuriyya complex through the medium of contemporary sourc...
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148,59 zł |