Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life by Susie Harries
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Born Nikolai Pewsner into a Russian-Jewish family in Leipzig in 1902, the young Nikolaus Pevsner lived through turbulent years in Germany. A promising career as an academic in Dresden during the crisis years of the Weimar Republic ended with his enforced move to England in 1933. Susie Harries explores t ...Show more
Dictionary of Islamic Architecture by Andrew Petersen
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The Dictionary of Islamic Architecture provides the fullest range of artistic, technical, archaeological, cultural and biographical data for the entire geographical and chronological spread of Islamic architecture - from West Africa through the Middle East to Indonesia, and from the seventh to the eight ...Show more
Shifting Views : Selected Essays on the Architectural History of Australia and New Zealand by Andrew Leach & Antony Moulis & Nicole Sully (eds.)
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A selection of the best essays on Australian and New Zealand architectural history.From an initial meeting of a small group of architects in 1984, the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) conference has become one of the key architectural history conferences internatio ...Show more
Architecture As Environment by Flavio Conti; Patrick Creagh
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: The\Grand Tour Ser.
The Australian House - Homes of the Tropical North by Balwant Saini; Ray Joyce (Photographer)
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh by Alan Crawford
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: very good
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's finest work dates from about a dozen intensely creative years around 1900. His buildings in Glasgow, and especially his craggy masterpiece the Glasgow School of Art, are more complex and playful than any other work in Britain at that time. His interiors, many of them designed ...Show more
William Kent : Designing Georgian Britain by Susan Weber (ed)
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Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE | Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture S.
The most versatile British designer of the eighteenth century, William Kent (1685-1748) created a style for a new nation and monarchy. The scope of his achievements encompasses architecture, palatial interiors, elaborate gardens and exquisite furniture. Among his creative innovations are bold combinatio ...Show more
Vitruvius - The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Dover Architecture | Reading Level: very good
The oldest and most influential book ever written on architecture, this volume served as a guide to Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio, Vignola, and countless others. It describes the classic principles of symmetry, harmony, and proportion as well as the ancients' methods, materials, and aesthetics. Autho ...Show more
House with a View: Residential Mountain Architecture by Philip Jodidio
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The increasing popularity of chalets in alpine and semi-alpine areas makes this publication a timely reminder that traditional housing is constantly evolving. This book, by internationally acclaimed architecture writer Philip Jodidio, examines the myriad forms of the modern chalet. More than just the tr ...Show more
Islam - From Baghdad to Cordoba : Early Architecture from the 7th to the 13th Century by Henri Stierlin
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This volume is an impressive survey of more than 600 years of Islamic architecture, from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries, in a region stretching from the Near and Middle East to Sicily, the Maghreb and Andalusia. It presents masterpieces of Islamic architecture from the peerless Dome of the Rock ...Show more
Sir Norman Foster by Philip Jodidio
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Architecture and Design Ser.