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Minnesota Modern: Architecture and Life at Midcentury
ISBN: 9780816683291 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the genteel elegance of Christ Lutheran Church in Minneapolis to the lowbrow wonder of Porky's Drive-in in St. Paul, the Twin Cities and other Minnesota communities are nothing short of a living museum of midcentury modernism, the new style of architecture that swept through much of America from 1945 to the mid-1960s. Renowned Minnesota architecture critic and historian Larry Millett conducts an eye-opening, spectacularly illustrated tour of this rich and varied landscape. A history lesson as entertaining as it is enlightening, "Minnesota Modern" provides a close-up view of a style... From the genteel elegance of Christ Lutheran Church in Minneapolis to the lowbrow wonder of Porky's Drive-in in St. Paul, the Twin Cities and other... |
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203,61 |
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Derbyshire
ISBN: 9780300215595 / Angielski / Twarda / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the essential guide to the architecture of Pevsner's "county of contrasts," home to an amazingly diverse assortment of landmarks. Among Derbyshire's many distinguished country houses are Haddon Hall and Hardwick Hall. 17th-century highlights include the adventurous architecture of Bolsover Castle and the Baroque splendors of Chatsworth, while the dazzling Neoclassical interiors of Kedleston Hall are the summit of the county's many Georgian achievements. Numerous spa towns, pioneering industrial settlements, and parish churches from Anglo-Saxon to modern are also included. The settings...
This is the essential guide to the architecture of Pevsner's "county of contrasts," home to an amazingly diverse assortment of landmarks. Among Derbys...
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306,18 |
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Warwickshire
ISBN: 9780300215601 / Angielski / Twarda / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Highlights of this fully revised and updated guide are the magnificent medieval fortresses of Warwick and Kenilworth Castles, but this county is also home to some of the most significant developments of England's postwar modern architecture, notably the rebuilt city center of Coventry destroyed in the Blitz. Leamington Spa has fine terraces of the Regency period but most famous of all is the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born and educated and the houses associated with his family are preserved. Also featured are the area's greatest country houses, from Tudor...
Highlights of this fully revised and updated guide are the magnificent medieval fortresses of Warwick and Kenilworth Castles, but this county is also ...
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306,18 |
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Wege der Moderne / Ways to Modernism : Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos und die Folgen / and Their Impact
ISBN: 9783035609219 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das Buch beleuchtet zwei zentrale Denkweisen: Josef Hoffmann (1870 1956) wollte eine umfassende Astheti-sierung aller Lebensbereiche, wahrend Adolf Loos (1870 1933) Architektur und Design als funktionalen Hin-tergrund interpretierte. In Essays und grosszugigen Tafelteilen werden nicht nur Hauptwerke von Hoffmann und Loos, sondern auch ihrer Vorganger wie Otto Wagner und Nachfolger wie Josef Frank illustriert. Das Buch beleuchtet zwei zentrale Denkweisen: Josef Hoffmann (1870 1956) wollte eine umfassende Astheti-sierung aller Lebensbereiche, wahrend Adolf... |
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105,78 |
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From Basel - Herzog & de Meuron
ISBN: 9783035608144 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The global success story of the Basel architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron has local roots. This book traces these origins while identifying the essential ideas, professional ethics, and development of their architectural practice, established in 1978. The global success story of the Basel architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron has local roots. This book traces these origins while identify... |
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211,75 |
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China's Urban Communities : Concepts, Contexts, and Well-Being
ISBN: 9783035608335 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mit ihrem schnellen Wachstum unterliegen die Stadte Chinas einem hohen Entwicklungsdruck. Sie mussen sich anpassen und verwandeln, doch auf welchen Grundlagen und mit welchen Zielen?
Mit ihrem schnellen Wachstum unterliegen die Stadte Chinas einem hohen Entwicklungsdruck. Sie mussen sich anpassen und verwandeln, doch auf welchen... |
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254,15 |
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Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa: Lessons from Larabanga
ISBN: 9781138192461 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa shows you the relationship between architecture and Islamic identity in West Africa. The book looks broadly across Muslim West Africa and takes an in-depth study of the village of Larabanga, a small Muslim community in Northern Ghana, to help you see how the built environment encodes cultural history through form, material, and space, creating an architectural narrative that outlines the contours of this distinctive Muslim identity. Apotsos explores how modern technology, heritage, and tourism have increasingly affected the contemporary...
Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa shows you the relationship between architecture and Islamic identity in West Africa. The book looks b...
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271,44 |
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Under the Sun: Traditions and Innovations in Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism in the Sub-Tropics
ISBN: 9780975450635 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. South Florida lies in the sub-tropics, latitudes that mediate the tropical equatorial circumference and the hemispheric temperate bands. The southern quarter of peninsular Florida is the only part of the United States that belongs to this global climate belt. The region includes the greater Caribbean basin with its numerous islands and surrounding continental shores that share the characteristics that its buildings respond to heat, sun, rain, humidity, tropical force winds.
Due to concerns about energy use and its carbon after-effects, and a growing understanding of the adaption needed... South Florida lies in the sub-tropics, latitudes that mediate the tropical equatorial circumference and the hemispheric temperate bands. The southern ...
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189,06 |
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Small Dreams: 50 Palm Springs Trailer Homes
ISBN: 9780764352478 / Angielski / Twarda / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jeffrey Milstein is fascinated with how similar forms repeat themselves in distinctive ways. Here, he examines classic Palm Springs trailer park homes, each composed of the same basic units--the box-like "house," the flanking carport, and the patio shelter. Photographing each one from exactly the same viewpoint, he shows how the owners have personalized their dwellings in a delightful range of architectural styles from Chinese to early Egyptian to Desert Modern. Parked on small plots with their narrow ends facing the street, these tiny homes were made of surplus sheet metal using technology...
Jeffrey Milstein is fascinated with how similar forms repeat themselves in distinctive ways. Here, he examines classic Palm Springs trailer park homes...
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71,39 |
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Architecture Activism : Graft, Berlin, Los Angeles, Peking
ISBN: 9783035610239 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gegrundet 1998 in Los Angeles, ist Graft ein weltweit agierendes Architekturburo, das mittlerweile Filialen in Berlin und Peking unterhalt. Das Buro, international in den Bereichen Architektur, Stadtebau und Design praktizierend, zeichnet sich durch seine experimentierfreudige und interdisziplinare Entwurfspraxis sowie ein hohes gesellschaftliches Engagement aus. Die Publikation dokumentiert Projekte, die sich im Kontext dieser gesellschaftlich-sozialen Verantwortung bewegen: Sie zeigt Architektur als aktives Werkzeug, um die Entwicklung von lebenswerten Orten im globalen... Gegrundet 1998 in Los Angeles, ist Graft ein weltweit agierendes Architekturburo, das mittlerweile Filialen in Berlin und Peking unterhalt. Das Bur... |
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169,37 |
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Journey to a Straw Bale House: The Long Road to Santa Rita in an Old Hispano Neighborhood on the Northern Edge of New Mexico
ISBN: 9781632931207 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This tale is the author's life ramble that led to the adventure of building a cabin in the northern New Mexico wilderness. The place, called Santa Rita by its founders, was the site of a tiny settlement built by Hispano homesteaders a century earlier. One of Flint's new neighbors was Baudelio Garcia, a descendant of original pioneers. Garcia partnered with the author to take on the unfamiliar task of building a straw bale house, beginning when the winter snows were still on the surrounding mountains and having the house under roof when the fall snows arrived. Garcia helped navigate the...
This tale is the author's life ramble that led to the adventure of building a cabin in the northern New Mexico wilderness. The place, called Santa Rit...
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113,84 |
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Historic Charleston & the Lowcountry
ISBN: 9781423638513 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this elegant hardbound volume, photographers Steve Gross and Susan Daley take you on an intimate tour of some of the finest historic homes, gardens, churches, and plantations of the old city of Charleston and its surrounding Lowcountry. Their luminescent photographs reveal an insider's look at the definitive architecture and landscape of the region, ranging from private gardens hidden behind wrought iron gates to some of America's first landscaped garden vistas. From colonial-era French Quarter homes to Federal and Greek Revival townhouses and antebellum plantation houses, the selection... In this elegant hardbound volume, photographers Steve Gross and Susan Daley take you on an intimate tour of some of the finest historic homes, gard... |
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159,64 |
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Hardwick Hall: A Great Old Castle of Romance
ISBN: 9780300218909 / Angielski / Twarda / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally constructed in the late 16th century for the notorious Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, Hardwick Hall is now among the National Trust's greatest architectural landmarks, with much of its original interior and ornamentation still intact. This splendid publication is the definitive source of scholarship on the remarkably well-preserved exemplar of late-Elizabethan style. Composed of extensive research and newly commissioned photography, this beautifully illustrated book traces the history of the house and its inhabitants through the centuries, showcasing a remarkable...
Originally constructed in the late 16th century for the notorious Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, Hardwick Hall is now among the National Tr...
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382,73 |
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Lessons of Informality : Architecture and Urban Planning for Emerging Territories - Concepts from Ethiopia
ISBN: 9783035606690 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Informal settlements made up of corrugated iron shacks and other materials are a ubiquitous feature in the megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In response to the enormous influx of migrants from the countryside, the informal city experienced a phenomenal growth. In spite of their obvious shortcomings, these shelters provide, nevertheless, planning strategies and possibly even a roadmap to a resilient city in an emerging territory. Informal settlements made up of corrugated iron shacks and other materials are a ubiquitous feature in the megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin Ame... |
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254,15 |
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Master Builder of the Lower Rio Grande: Heinrich Portscheller
ISBN: 9781623494520 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1865, Heinrich Portscheller emigrated to Mexico from his native Germany, perhaps motivated by a desire to avoid compulsory military service in the Austro-Prussian War. The scion of a well-known family of masons and master builders, he had the misfortune to disembark at Veracruz during the Franco-Mexican War. Portscheller and his traveling companion were impressed into the imperialist forces and sent to northern Mexico. Sometime following the Battle of Santa Gertrudis in1866, Portscheller deserted the army and eventually made a place for himself in Roma, a small town in Starr County, Texas....
In 1865, Heinrich Portscheller emigrated to Mexico from his native Germany, perhaps motivated by a desire to avoid compulsory military service in the ...
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140,54 |
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Rochester's Downtown Architecture: 1950-1975
ISBN: 9781531647605 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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121,59 |
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Architecture of Minneapolis Parks
ISBN: 9781531639006 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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121,59 |
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Santa Fe Art and Architecture
ISBN: 9781531664800 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The oldest capital city in the United States is Santa Fe, which has a rich and varied cultural history as well as the oldest public building still in use. Ancestral Puebloan Indians inhabited the area as early as 500 AD, and Spanish explorers arrived in the early 1540s. When Mexico gained independence from Spain, Santa Fe became the capital of Nuevo Mejico. It was not until 1912 that New Mexico achieved statehood. In the late 19th century, the Southwest became a haven for tuberculosis patients, and a number of sanatoriums were built in Santa Fe. Many creative individuals, including poets,...
The oldest capital city in the United States is Santa Fe, which has a rich and varied cultural history as well as the oldest public building still in ...
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121,59 |
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Bryn Athyn Historic District
ISBN: 9781531648930 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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121,59 |
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The Vienna Model: Housing for the Twenty-First Century City
ISBN: 9783868594348 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The city of Vienna has achieved extraordinary milestones in public housing: today, over 60% of the population lives in subsidized housing, and the city itself owns 220,000 rental units--about 25% of the total housing stock. Another 200,000 affordable housing units are owned by limited-profit housing associations. The city is clearly in control of the housing market. This stands in stark contrast to the US, where the private market is the primary provider of housing. Vienna's successful model dates back to the days of -Red Vienna, - when the socialist government took an active interest in...
The city of Vienna has achieved extraordinary milestones in public housing: today, over 60% of the population lives in subsidized housing, and the cit...
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130,89 |