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_Holford A_study in_architecture,_planning and_civic_design
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6933″]Through a biography of this major architect, planner and civic designer, the authors provide a fascinating analysis of the developments in British architecture and planning from the 1930’s to the 1970’s.
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_The_Classical_Orders of_Architecture 2nd Ed
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6917″] This is the only publication that presents a modern interpretation of the Classical Orders. The new edition of this successful title now includes the proportions in both metric and imperial measurements to make the orders more accessible and to provide a valuable reference for designers.The inclusion of both 100-part and 96-part systems of…
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_Graphic_History of_Architecture
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5944″] What is a hammer-beam roof? Where does a voissoir fit in an arch? What churches did Nicholas Hawksmoor design? Now architecture students and others interested in the history of the built environment can consult a single reference book to find the answers to these and to hundreds of other questions, quickly and in…
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_Illustrated_Dictionary of_Symbols in_Eastern and_ Western_Art
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5939″] A companion volume to James Hall’s “Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art”, which explores the language of symbols in Christian and Western art, this work includes the art of Egypt, the ancient Near East, Christian and classical Europe, India, and the Far East.
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_Tracing_Architecture_The_Aesthetics of_Antiquarianism
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5713″] Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Discusses the discovery of the ancient world through the medium of print…
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_Histories of the_Immediate_Present_Inventing_Architectural_Modernism
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5709″] How the different narratives of four historians of architectural modernism — Emil Kaufmann, Colin Rowe, Reyner Banham, and Manfredo Tafuri — advanced specific versions of modernism. Architecture, at least since the beginning of the twentieth century, has suspended historical references in favor of universalized abstraction. In the decades after the Second World War,…
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_Historical_Dictionary of_Architecture_Literature and the_Arts
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5685″] Architecture, which can be understood in its most basic sense as a form of enclosure created with an aesthetic intent, first made its appearance in the Prehistoric Age. From its earliest developments, architecture changed over time and in different cultures in response to changing cultural needs, aesthetic interests, materials, and techniques. The Historical Dictionary…
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_Dictionary of_Architectural and_Building_Technology_3rd Ed
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_Dictionary of_Architectural and_Building_Technology_4TH_ED
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5673″] An outstanding reference manual. It also covers engineering, facility management and building services. make sure you get the 4th edition, and not the much smaller 3rd edition. Contributors include Henry Cowan, Peter Smith, W.K.Chow, Fergus Fricke, Graham Holland, Warren Julian, David Leifer, Cedric Marsh, Douglas Noble, David Rowe, Steven Szokolay, Ayca Tuzmen, JoseCarlos…
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The_Visual_Dictionary of_Architecture
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5669″] From A-line to yukata, from batik to yoke, The Visual Dictionary of Fashion explores and explains the many terms used in the fashion industry. Each term is defined and put in context to give the reader a clear understanding of fashion terminology. More than 270 common fashion terms are explained and illustrated, from practical day-to-day…
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_Architecture_student_starter_bundle_Dictionary of_Architecture and_Building_Construction
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5663″] With more than 20,000 words and terms individually defined, the Dictionary offers huge coverage for anyone studying or working in architecture, construction or any of the built environment fields.The innovative and detailed cross-referencing system allows readers to track down elusive definitions from general subject headings. Starting from only the vaguest idea of…
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A_Visual_Dictionary of_Architecture
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5657″] This book defines over 5,000 terms relating to architectural design, history, and technology. It is the only dictionary that provides concise, accurate definitions illustrated with finely detailed, hand-rendered drawings, each executed in Mr. Ching’s signature style.
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_Dictionary of_Architecture and_Construction_4th_Ed
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5641″] Updated and expanded, this Fourth Edition of the most trusted reference in architecture offers the most comprehensive coverage of architectural and construction terms available. This classic dictionary now features nearly 25,000 definitions (including 2,800 new terms), 2,500 illustrations (including 200 new illustrations), and maintains its extraordinary visual appeal and easy-to-read page design. Prepared…
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_Boutiques and Other_Retail_Spaces_The_Architecture of_Seduction
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Journal of the American Oriental Society Architecture and Astronomy
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_Invisible_City_The_Architecture of_Devotion in_Seventeenth-Century_Neapolitan_Convents
[ebook_store ebook_id=”5618″] More than any other European city, Baroque Naples was dominated by convents. Behind their imposing facades and highly decorated churches, the convents of Naples housed the daughters of the city’s most exclusive families, women who, despite their cloistered existence, were formidable players in the city’s power structure. Invisible City vividly portrays the religious world of…
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The_Architecture Of_Imperialism_Miliary_Bases And The_Evolution Of_Foreign_Policy In_Egypt’s New Kingdom
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The_Architecture of_Oppression: The_SS-Forced_Labor and the_Nazi_Monumental_Building_Economy
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