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History of architecture
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Bishop Robert Grosseteste and Lincoln Cathedral: Tracing Relationships between...
Professor Nicholas Temple, Professor John Shannon Hendrix, Christian Frost
Religious buildings; History of architecture; Church history
Paperback
Bishop Robert Grosseteste and Lincoln Cathedral is an in-depth investigation of Grosseteste's relationship to the medieval... [more]
Nineteenth-Century Photographs and Architecture: Documenting History, Charting...
Micheline Nilsen
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Photography & photographs; History of architecture; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history
Paperback
Eschewing the limiting idea that nineteenth-century architecture photography merely reflects functionality, the objective... [more]
World Heritage in Iran: Perspectives on Pasargadae
Ali Mozaffari
History of architecture; Archaeology; Geography; Human geography; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
Paperback
This edited volume presents for the first time a broad, multi-disciplinary examination of Pasargadae by experts from both... [more]
Biography, Identity and the Modern Interior
Anne Massey, Penny Sparke
Professional interior design; History of architecture
Paperback
Through a series of case studies from the mid-eighteenth century to the start of the twenty-first, this collection of essays... [more]
Victorian Perceptions of Renaissance Architecture
Katherine Wheeler
The Arts: General & Reference; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; History of architecture; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Paperback
In the mid-1880s The Builder, an influential British architectural journal, published an article characterizing Renaissance... [more]
Sir John Soane's Influence on Architecture from 1791: A Continuing Legacy...
Oliver Bradbury
Individual architects & architectural firms; History of architecture
Paperback
A study of this 18th century British architect's impact on the work of others, extending globally and still indeed the case... [more]
Captured Landscape: Architecture and the Enclosed Garden
Kate Baker (Portsmouth University, UK)
Landscape art & architecture; History of architecture
Hardback
The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture and landscape come together. It has a long and varied... [more]
Unexpected Affinities: The History of Type in Architectural Project from...
Pablo Meninato
Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Hardback
While the concept of type has been present in architectural discourse since its formal introduction at the end of the eighteenth... [more]
Sehrengiz, Urban Rituals and Deviant Sufi Mysticism in Ottoman Istanbul...
B. Deniz Calis-Kural
The Arts: General & Reference; History of architecture; Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Society & culture: general
Paperback
Sehrengiz is an Ottoman genre of poetry written in honor of various cities and provincial towns of the Ottoman Empire from... [more]
The Urban Department Store in America, 1850-1930
Louisa Iarocci
Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; History of architecture
Paperback
Between the mid nineteenth century and the 1930s, the urban department store arose as a built artifact and as a social institution... [more]
Drawing on Architecture: The Object of Lines, 1970-1990
Jordan Kauffman (Lecturer in Fine Arts, Brandeis University)
Drawing & drawings; Theory of architecture; History of architecture
Hardback
How architectural drawings emerged as aesthetic objects, promoted by a network of galleries, collectors, and institutions,... [more]
River Cities, City Rivers
Thaisa Way
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Landscape art & architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture; Urban & municipal planning
Hardback
Cities have been built alongside rivers throughout history-shaping the development of urban landscapes and altering ecologies.... [more]
Luxury and Modernism: Architecture and the Object in Germany 1900-1933
Robin Schuldenfrei
Art & Architecture; Architectural structure & design; History of architecture
Hardback
This beautifully illustrated book provides a new interpretation of modern architecture and design in Germany during the heyday... [more]
Berthold Lubetkin's Highpoint II and the Jewish Contribution to Modern English...
Deborah Lewittes (City University of New York, USA)
History of architecture; Urban communities; Jewish studies
Hardback
In 1935, the Russian-born Jewish architect Berthold Lubetkin and his firm Tecton designed Highpoint, a block of flats in London,... [more]
Shaping the American Interior: Structures, Contexts and Practices
Paula Lupkin (University of Noth Texas, USA), Penny Sparke (Kingston University, UK)
Professional interior design; History of architecture
Hardback
Bringing together 12 original essays, Shaping the American Interior maps out, for the first time, the development and definition... [more]
Greek Sanctuaries and Temple Architecture: An Introduction
Mary Emerson (Independent Scholar, UK)
History of architecture; Classical history & classical civilisation
Paperback
First published as 'Greek Sanctuaries: an introduction' in 2007. [more]
On Accident: Episodes in Architecture and Landscape
Edward Eigen (Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Harvard University)
Landscape art & architecture; History of architecture
Paperback
Engaging essays that roam across uncertain territory, in search of sunken forests, unclassifiable islands, inflammable skies,... [more]
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]
