Border Fictions: Globalization, Empire, and Writing at the Boundaries of the United States
ISBN: 9780813926780 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Border Fictions offers the first comparative analysis of multiethnic and transnational cultural representations about the United States' borders with Mexico and Canada. Blending textual analysis with theories of globalization and empire, Claudia Sadowski-Smith forges a new model of inter-American studies. Border Fictions places into dialogue a variety of hemispheric perspectives from Chicana/o, Asian American, American Indian, Latin American, and Canadian studies. Each chapter examines fiction that ranges widely, from celebrated authors such as Carlos Fuentes, Leslie Marmon Silko,... Border Fictions offers the first comparative analysis of multiethnic and transnational cultural representations about the United States' borders wi... |
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237,21 zł |
Writing and Seeing Architecture
ISBN: 9780816645688 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The creative forms of literature and architecture appear to be distinct, one constructing a world on the page, the other producing the world in which we live. It is a conscious act to read literature, but the effects of architecture can pass by unnoticed. Yet, despite such obvious differences, writers and architects share a dynamic with their readers and visitors that is unpredictably similar.
Writing and Seeing Architecture unveils a candid conversation between Christian de Portzamparc, celebrated French architect, and influential theorist Philippe Sollers that... The creative forms of literature and architecture appear to be distinct, one constructing a world on the page, the other producing the world in whi... |
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81,34 zł |
Venice from the Ground Up
ISBN: 9780674027527 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Venice came to life on spongy mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from barbarian invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen, salt gatherers, and traders who settled there crafted an amphibious way of life unlike anything the Roman Empire had ever known. In an astonishing feat of narrative history, James H. S. McGregor recreates this world-turned-upside-down, with its waterways rather than roads, its boats tethered alongside dwellings, and its livelihood harvested from the sea. McGregor begins with the river currents that poured into the... Venice came to life on spongy mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from barbarian invaders and Byzantine overl... |
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165,74 zł |
Me Father Was the Keeper: John Smeaton and the Eddystone Light
ISBN: 9781934757284 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,05 zł |
Brasenose: The Biography of an Oxford College
ISBN: 9780199544868 / Angielski / Twarda / 574 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brasenose College was founded in 1509 by a Bishop (William Smith) and a lawyer (Richard Sutton). Both came from the North West of England, and the college has always been proud of its links with Lancashire and Cheshire. But over the centuries Brasenose--or "B.N.C." as it is usually known--has expanded its reputation worldwide. This is the first full-scale history of Brasenose, timed to coincide with its Quincentenary. The setting is broad: it relates the college to the university, and the university to the wider world of politics. Using archives, letters and diaries, it aims to recreate...
Brasenose College was founded in 1509 by a Bishop (William Smith) and a lawyer (Richard Sutton). Both came from the North West of England, and the col...
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425,60 zł |
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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417,43 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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168,53 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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890,27 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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686,78 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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890,27 zł |
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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124,70 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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213,61 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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106,84 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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85,42 zł |
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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71,17 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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50,82 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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457,49 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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187,23 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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249,23 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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162,74 zł |