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History of architecture

Hardcover. Frank Lloyd Wright, a fervent believer in individualism and an advocate of democracy, worked in communities throughout his career of more than six decades. These communities, which he led with authority, made possible his extraordinary productivity. This book presents a study of Wright's life in relation to Taliesin and his other communities. Num Pages: 338 pages, 75 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMB; AMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803968
ISBN
9780875803968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.32

Hardcover. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AGP; AMX; GM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5817 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2313.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
912
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479883011
ISBN
9781479883011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AMX; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781501704406
ISBN
9781501704406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.77

Paperback. Wilhelm Holzbauer's teaching activity was supported by a number of Assistant Lecturers and Assistants who are now recognized architects and have numerous completed buildings to their name. This publication compares the student designs of these architects with those of their current work. Editor(s): Kristan, Markus; Manikas, Dimitris. Series: Edition Angewandte. Num Pages: 248 pages, 75 black & white illustrations, 320 colour illustrations, 75 schw.-w. u. 320 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AMA; AMB; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210. Weight in Grams: 1053.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Birkhauser Switzerland
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
SKU
V9783035603521
ISBN
9783035603521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.02

Hardcover. After the success of Unbuildable Tatlin?!, this book focuses on Friedrich Kiesler's visionary "Endless House", which was only ever realized in the form of a model. It presents the state of research and discusses the possibility of realizing the project using today's means. Editor(s): Bollinger, Klaus; Medicus, Florian. Series: Edition Angewandte. Num Pages: 360 pages, 213 colour illustrations, 213 farb. Abb., with extensive illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AMB; AMC; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 170. Weight in Grams: 871.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Birkhauser Switzerland
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
SKU
V9783035606249
ISBN
9783035606249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.11

Paperback. The Zacherlhaus is one of the most important buildings created by the Otto Wagner School. Built between 1900 and 1913, it was the first combined residential and commercial building of modern style in the historic inner city. This publication documents the building and its thorough renovation, which will be completed in 2015. Editor(s): Zacherl, Nikolaus; Zacherl, Ulrich; Zacherl, Peter. Num Pages: 288 pages, 300 colour illustrations, 300 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AMB; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 1420.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Birkhauser Switzerland
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
SKU
V9783035609370
ISBN
9783035609370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.02

perfect. Innovative design depends to an increasing degree on interdisciplinary cooperation between architects, engineers, and the construction industry. This book surveys the collaborative scene in today's architectural workflows and presents various projects and theoretical positions for discussion. Editor(s): Technische Universitat Graz. Series: Graz Architecture Magazine. Num Pages: 312 pages, 500 colour illustrations, 500 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AMA; AMC; AMX; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 226. Weight in Grams: 1091.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Birkhauser Switzerland
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9783035609837
ISBN
9783035609837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.38

Paperback. This first comprehensive overview of the process of commissioning and financing the construction of cathedrals in the Middle Ages reveals a financing system almost as monumental as the cathedrals themselves. Here we follow the historian on a fascinating examination of construction accounts and other sources - extant but never so minutely explored - Num Pages: 736 pages, 20 black and white 66 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 182 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9789089640352
ISBN
9789089640352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 175.96

Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 274 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501703171
ISBN
9781501703171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19 color photographs, 175 photographs, 90 black-and-white illustrations, 10 maps, 4 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3F; AMX; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 183 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023708
ISBN
9780884023708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 104 b&w illustrations, 13 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AMC; AMX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816653621
ISBN
9780816653621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Hardcover. Responsible for the creation of Regent Street, Regent's Park, the Brighton Pavilion and Buckingham Palace, John Nash is universally recognised as one of the most important architects of late 18th-early 19th century Britain. This book brings together recent scholarship, and so brings this most engaging of architects to a new generation. Editor(s): Tyack, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 216 pages, 206. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
English Heritage United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848021020
ISBN
9781848021020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.18

hardcover. Num Pages: 392 pages, 60 color + 90 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AMGD; AMX; WTH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 120. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300175066
ISBN
9780300175066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 3JJ; AMX; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226417769
ISBN
9780226417769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.13

Paperback. Features overlooked aspects of modern architecture and photography and reveal a more nuanced-and plausible-conception of the world. This volume includes images tied to the history of twentieth-century architecture with anonymous graphic materials and pictures. It will redefine our concept of modernity. Translator(s): Thomson, Graham. Num Pages: 160 pages, 130 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJ; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Editorial Tenov S.L. Spain
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9788493923143
ISBN
9788493923143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.67

paperback. Takes us from the colossal achievements of antiquity to their ersatz rebuilding in Las Vegas, telling stories about buildings and the ways they change. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 integrated half-tones. BIC Classification: AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Portobello Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781846271281
ISBN
9781846271281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 76 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; AMA; AMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415780766
ISBN
9780415780766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.53

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Birkhäuser Basel
Edition
5., erw. Aufl.
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764356088
ISBN
9783764356088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.37

hardcover. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AMN; AMX; HRAX; HRCC9; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 51. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816694952
ISBN
9780816694952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.73

Hardcover. This innovative urban history of Dublin explores the symbols and spaces of the Irish capital between the Restoration in 1660 and the advent of neoclassical public architecture in the 1770s. The meanings ascribed to statues, churches, houses, and public buildings are traced in detail, using a wide range of visual and written sources. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; 3JF; AMX; HBJD1; HBTB; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230223899
ISBN
9780230223899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 363 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AMX; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 601.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360358
ISBN
9780230360358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.34

Hardcover. Complement to the Cambridge Historical Commission's five-volume Survey of architectural history in Cambridge, completed in 1977. Num Pages: 968 pages, 1116 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; AMVD; AMX; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 266 x 56. Weight in Grams: 3316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The MIT Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262034807
ISBN
9780262034807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.38

Based on careful study of Washington's personal diaries and correspondence and on the lively accounts of visitors to his estate, this richly illustrated book introduces a George Washington unfamiliar to many readers-an avid art collector, amateur architect, and leading landscape designer of his time. Num Pages: 344 pages, 181, 149 black & white illustrations, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AMV; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404325
ISBN
9781421404325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.95

Hardcover. Recovers the powerful history, politics and architecture of the Architectural Centre to return us to a vision of a modernist city, partially realised in Wellington New Zealand. Gatley and Walker begin writing the city back into the history of architecture in this country. Num Pages: 232 pages, colour and b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1039.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869408152
ISBN
9781869408152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.67

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