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History of architecture
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Otto Wagner
August Sarnitz
Individual architects & architectural firms; History of architecture
Hardback
Discover the groundbreaking structures of Otto Wagner One of Austria's most influential architects, Otto Wagner (1841 1918)... [more]
California Crazy
Jim Heimann
History of architecture
Hardback
In this vivid new examination of a rogue architectural style, discover the roadside structures of California. Fresh discoveries... [more]
Radical Marble: Architectural Innovation from Antiquity to the Present
J. Nicholas Napoli, William Tronzo
Architectural structure & design; History of architecture; Building construction & materials
Hardback
Marble is one of the great veins through the architectural tradition and fundamental building block of the Mediterranean world,... [more]
Modern Architecture and Religious Communities, 1850-1970: Building the Kingdom...
Kate Jordan (University of Westminster, UK), Ayla Lepine (University of Essex, UK)
Religious buildings; History of architecture
Hardback
Social groups formed around shared religious beliefs encountered significant change and challenges between the 1860s and the... [more]
California Captured: Mid-Century Modern Architecture, Marvin Rand
Pierluigi Serraino, Emily Bills, Sam Lubell
Individual photographers; History of architecture
Hardback
The style and mythology of Mid-Century Modern California architecture as seen through the expert lens of Marvin Rand [more]
Gold Coast: City and Architecture
Andrew Leach
Art & Architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture
Hardback
The Gold Coast is Australia's most rapidly changing city - regularly compared to Miami and Las Vegas for its embrace of bad... [more]
New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism: Negotiating Nation and Islam through...
Bulent Batuman (Bilkent University, Turkey)
Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture; Urban communities; Urban & municipal planning
Paperback
New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism claims that, in today's world, a research agenda concerning the relation between Islam... [more]
Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability
Aimi Hamraie
History of architecture; Disability: social aspects
Paperback
All too often,wrote disabled architect Ronald Mace, designers dont take the needs of disabled and elderly people into account.Building... [more]
Louis I. Kahn-Architect: Remembering the Man and Those Who Surrounded Him...
Charles E. Dagit, Jr.
Individual architects & architectural firms; History of architecture; History of the Americas
Paperback
Few people in the history of art and architecture have planted a seed of inspiration that grew to become a towering oak of... [more]
Books, Buildings and Social Engineering: Early Public Libraries in Britain...
Alistair Black, Simon Pepper, Kaye Bagshaw
History of architecture; British & Irish history
Paperback
An important influence on the cultural and educational life of the country, British public libraries began to be supported... [more]
Cross-Cultural Interaction Between Byzantium and the West, 1204-1669: Whose...
Angeliki Lymberopoulou
History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; History of architecture; Medieval history; Social & cultural history
Hardback
Papers from the Forty-Eighth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Milton Keynes, 28th-30th March 2015 -- T.p. [more]
The Historiography of Persian Architecture
Mohammad Gharipour (Morgan State University, USA)
History of architecture; Historiography
Paperback
Historiography is the study of the methodology of writing history, the development of the discipline of history, and the changing... [more]
Terms of Appropriation: Modern Architecture and Global Exchange
Ana Miljacki, Amanda Lawrence
Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Paperback
This collection focuses on how architectural material is transformed, revised, swallowed whole, plagiarized, or in any other... [more]
The Routledge Companion to Modernity, Space and Gender
Alexandra Staub (Penn State University, University Park, PA)
City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture; Gender studies, gender groups
Hardback
The Routledge Companion to Modernity, Space and Gender reframes the discussion of modernity, space and gender by examining... [more]
Revisiting Postmodernism
Terry Farrell, Adam Nathaniel Furman
History of architecture
Paperback
Revisiting Postmodernism offers an engaging, wide-ranging and highly illustrated account of postmodernism in architecture... [more]
Infrastructure and the Architectures of Modernity in Ireland 1916-2016
Gary A. Boyd, John McLaughlin
Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Paperback
At the formation of the new Republic of Ireland, the construction of new infrastructures was seen as an essential element... [more]
Yasser Tabbaa's The Transformation of Islamic Art During the Sunni Revival...
Bilal Badat
History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; History of architecture
Hardback
Tabbaa's Transformation offers an innovative approach to understanding the profound changes undergone by Islamic art and architecture... [more]
Automatic Architecture: Motivating Form After Modernism
Sean Keller
Art & design styles: from c 1960; History of architecture
Hardback
In the 1960s and '70s, architects, influenced by recent developments in computing and the rise of structuralist and poststructuralist... [more]
Hellenomania
Katherine Harloe, Nicoletta Momigliano, Alexandre Farnoux
History of art: ancient & classical art; History of architecture; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Classical history & classical civilisation
Hardback
Hellenomania, the second volume in the MANIA series, presents a wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary exploration of the modern... [more]
Women, Art, and Architecture in Northern Italy, 1520-1580: Negotiating Power...
Katherine A. McIver
The Arts: General & Reference; History of architecture; History; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700
Paperback
Investigating the gender and material culture, this book provides a fresh dimension to Renaissance patronage studies by considering... [more]
The Idea of the Cottage in English Architecture, 1760 - 1860
Daniel Maudlin (University of Plymouth, UK)
Theory of architecture; Landscape art & architecture; History of architecture; Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
Paperback
The Idea of the Cottage in English Architecture is a history of the late Georgian phenomenon of the architect-designed cottage... [more]
Shadow-Makers: A Cultural History of Shadows in Architecture
Stephen Kite (Cardiff University, UK)
History of Art & Design Styles; Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Paperback
The making of shadows is an act as old as architecture itself. From the gloom of the medieval hearth through to the masterworks... [more]
The Second Digital Turn: Design Beyond Intelligence
Mario Carpo (Professor, The Bartlett School of Architecture)
Art & design styles: Postmodernism; Architecture; History of architecture; Impact of science & technology on society
Paperback
The first digital turn in architecture changed our ways of making; the second changes our ways of thinking. [more]
The Noisy Renaissance: Sound, Architecture, and Florentine Urban Life
Niall Atkinson
History of Art & Design Styles; Renaissance art; History of architecture; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700
Paperback
Analyzes how the premodern city, through the example of Renaissance Florence, can be understood as an acoustic phenomenon.... [more]
Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain: Myth and Modernity,...
Paul Dobraszczyk
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; History of architecture; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Paperback
Vilified by leading architectural modernists and Victorian critics alike, mass-produced architectural ornament in iron has... [more]
