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History of architecture

Hardback. In 1855 it was decided to build a new block of government offices in London, starting with the Foreign and War Offices. This book explores the controversy surrounding the design of the new Foreign Office in London during Britain's Imperial heyday. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; AMG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441167392
ISBN
9781441167392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 58.78

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 71 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AFKV; AMX; AN; APF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176576
ISBN
9780231176576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Park Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783038600282
ISBN
9783038600282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.00

Paperback. Explores the unexpected perceptual consequences of architecture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 114 line illustrations, 2 music examples. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422. 30th Anniversary Edition. 296 pages, illustrations. Explores the unexpected perceptual consequences of architecture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight: 402.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261259
ISBN
9780520261259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 color photos; 134 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXJ8; AMX; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 22. .
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262035736
ISBN
9780262035736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover. Focuses on architectural inscriptions throughout the Muslim world, some going back to the Middle Ages, others dating from our own lifetime. This book features 28 case studies that explain different aspects and contexts of calligraphy in Islamic architecture. It covers North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, China and Spain. Num Pages: 592 pages, 401 colour illustrations, 12 b&w tables. BIC Classification: 1QFM; AMX; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 259 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2630.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748669226
ISBN
9780748669226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.64
€ 163.42

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 280 colour illustrations, 280 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AMA; AMC; AMX; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 165. .
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783035610192
ISBN
9783035610192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.47
€ 49.34

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, 300. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AMX; HBTP; TBX; TNCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 206 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1606.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911024149
ISBN
9781911024149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 35.53

Hardcover. Editor(s): Dutta, Arindam. Num Pages: 928 pages, 81 color illus., 286 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 180 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1958.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
928
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262019859
ISBN
9780262019859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.91

Hardback. A House in the Sun describes a number of experiments in solar house heating in the 1940s and 1950s. It shows how resource limitations were seen as an opportunity for design to attain new relevance for social and cultural transformations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 136. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AMX; PDX; TBX; THX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 261 x 23. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199394012
ISBN
9780199394012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.82

Paperback. Reveals the history of twentieth-century communist Europe told through its buildings. This is a book about power, and what power does in cities. It is a journey of discovery, plunging us into the maelstrom of socialist architecture. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780141975894
ISBN
9780141975894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.85

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Full Colour Throughout. BIC Classification: AM; AMB; AMX. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471166419
ISBN
9781471166419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.04

Paperback. * gives key information in each area with where to go for more detailed guidance * strong focus on engineering and craft solutions * offers a comprehensive overview of a multi-disciplinary area to encourage disparate groups of professionals to work more closely * full colour throughout . Editor(s): Forsyth, Michael. Series: Historic Building Conservation. Num Pages: 232 pages, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: AMX; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 246 x 11. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118781593
ISBN
9781118781593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Vidler, Anthony. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Series: Writing Architecture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262528580
ISBN
9780262528580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 105 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AMV; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679799
ISBN
9780816679799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Provides a critical account of how the built environment mediated Turkey's transition from an empire into a modern nation-state following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI, through the story of the making of Ankara, its new capital. Series: Culture, Politics and the Built Environment. Num Pages: 352 pages, 88 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822963905
ISBN
9780822963905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.59

Hardback. Revered as the birthplace of democracy, Athens is much more than an open-air museum filled with crumbling monuments to ancient glory. Athens takes readers on a journey from the classical city-state to today's contemporary capital, revealing a world-famous metropolis that has been resurrected and redefined time and again. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DVG; AMX; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047723
ISBN
9780674047723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages, 87 color illus. BIC Classification: 1K; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 243 x 12. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588395764
ISBN
9781588395764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered a bold kind of architecture, one in which the spirit of modern man truly 'lived in his buildings'. This title presents a compendium of Wright's some of the most critically important - and personally revealing - writings on various conceivable aspects of his craft. Editor(s): Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Num Pages: 464 pages, 103 halftones. BIC Classification: AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146324
ISBN
9780691146324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: AFPS; AMX; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 275 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1804.
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271037776
ISBN
9780271037776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.85
€ 64.86

Hardcover. An elegantly illustrated guide to the largely unrecognized treasures of England's remarkable parish churches, "the supreme treasury of English vernacular art and memory." Illustrator(s): Barker, Paul. Num Pages: 304 pages, Full colour photographs throughout (9 full page images per chapter with a long caption fo. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AGR; AMX; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 892.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472917638
ISBN
9781472917638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 220. BIC Classification: AMA; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Right Angle Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953284894
ISBN
9780953284894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.64

Paperback. Polemics and reflections on how to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AMA; AMD; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262518789
ISBN
9780262518789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Taschen GmbH
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Multilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836561563
ISBN
9783836561563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.31

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