History of architecture books

11862 books were found.

Fascism, Architecture, and the Claiming of Modern Milan, 1922-1943

Fascism, Architecture, and the Claiming of Modern Milan,...

Author: Lucy M. Maulsby
ISBN: 9781442646254
Format: Hardback
$130.00

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Cleveland Goes Modern: Design for the Home, 1930-1970

Cleveland Goes Modern: Design for the Home, 1930-1970...

Author: Nina Freelander Gibans ,  Paul Goldberger
ISBN: 9781606351635
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Based on the award-winning exhibition of the same name, Cleveland Goes Modern examines modern movement houses in...  Read More >>

An Artist's Vision of New Orleans

An Artist's Vision of New Orleans

Author: John Kemp (Nokia Corporation Finland) ,  Alan Flattmann
ISBN: 9781455618514
Format: Hardback
$105.60

With his evocative paintings of New Orleans, Alan Flattmann is one of the most renowned American pastel artists....  Read More >>

Persian Architectural Heritage: Architecture

Persian Architectural Heritage: Architecture

Author: M. M. Hejazi ,  F. Mehdizadeh Saradhj
ISBN: 9781845644123
Format: Hardback
$253.58

This book deals with the history of traditional Persian architecture, including its geometry and orientation, architectural...  Read More >>

Persian Architectural Heritage: Conservation

Persian Architectural Heritage: Conservation

Author: M. M. Hejazi ,  F. Mehdizadeh Saradhj
ISBN: 9781845648848
Format: Hardback
$253.58

This book focuses on the conservation and preservation of Persian architectural heritage, including the philosophy...  Read More >>

The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design

The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History...

Author: Professor Paul Betts (Reader in Modern German History, University of Sussex University of Oxford University of Oxford University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781282360402
Format: Electronic book text
$316.80

From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century...  Read More >>

Architecture, Travellers and Writers: Constructing Histories of Perception 1640-1950

Architecture, Travellers and Writers: Constructing Histories...

Author: Anne Hultzsch
ISBN: 9781907975639
Format: Hardback
$120.00

This book explores the mechanics of architectural writing, its relation to perception. It examines the effects of...  Read More >>

The Wounds of War

The Wounds of War

Author: Gary Blinco
ISBN: 9781456621223
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Six soldiers are on a secret mission in Vietnam. For Australian Gary Bishop the assignment is one that takes him...  Read More >>

BCN Noteguide: My own vision of Barcelona

BCN Noteguide: My own vision of Barcelona

Author: Angels Soler
ISBN: 9788494126406
Format: Hardback
$44.99

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Walkscapes: El Andar Como Práctica Estética

Walkscapes: El Andar Como Práctica Estética

Author: Francesco Careri ,  Maurici Pla
ISBN: 9788425225987
Format: Hardback
$63.23

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Ravenna in Late Antiquity

Ravenna in Late Antiquity

Author: Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis (Indiana University)
ISBN: 9781107612907
Format: Paperback
$108.68

This book provides a comprehensive survey of Ravenna's history and monuments in late antiquity, including discussions...  Read More >>

The Notion of the Painter-Architect in Italy and the Southern Low Countries

The Notion of the Painter-Architect in Italy and the...

Author: Piet Lombaerde
ISBN: 9782503548500
Format: Paperback
$364.32

Since the time of Vitruvius, architects have been expected to have a broad knowledge of the arts and sciences. The...  Read More >>

Early Structural Steel in London Buildings: A discreet revolution

Early Structural Steel in London Buildings: A discreet...

Author: Jonathan Clarke
ISBN: 9781848021037
Format: Hardback
$330.00

The first part examines the technological developments and economic forces that brought structural steel into being....  Read More >>

England's Motoring Heritage from the Air

England's Motoring Heritage from the Air

Author: John Minnis
ISBN: 9781848020870
Format: Hardback
$211.20

We witness the growth of sprawl around road junctions on the edge of built up areas and the arrival of new types...  Read More >>

The Spectator and the Topographical City

The Spectator and the Topographical City

Author: Martin Aurand
ISBN: 9780822962762
Format: Paperback
$79.20

Winner of the 2007 Art Libraries Society of North America Worldwide Books Award Examines Pittsburgh's built environment...  Read More >>

Chatham Village: Pittsburgh's Garden City

Chatham Village: Pittsburgh's Garden City

Author: Angelique Bamberg
ISBN: 9780822962786
Format: Paperback
$79.20

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Architecture and Ritual in the Churches of Constantinople: Ninth to Fifteenth Centuries

Architecture and Ritual in the Churches of Constantinople:...

Author: Vasileios Marinis (Yale University, Connecticut)
ISBN: 9781107040168
Format: Hardback
$245.81

This book examines the interchange of architecture and ritual in the Middle and Late Byzantine churches of Constantinople...  Read More >>

Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Architecture

Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Architecture...

Author: Surinder Bahga ,  Sarbjit Bahga
ISBN: 9781495906251
Format: Paperback
$79.20

Contemporary architecture not only in India but also around the world is indebted to Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret,...  Read More >>

Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence

Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence

Author: Ines Weizman (London Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9781306414647
Format: Electronic book text
$506.88

Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence maps out and expands upon the methodologies of architectural action and...  Read More >>

Open Monument - Research on Ephemeral Commemoration Architecture and Modernist Patrimony

Open Monument - Research on Ephemeral Commemoration...

Author: Marta Jecu
ISBN: 9783957630001
Format: Paperback
$51.75

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Die Agora Von Solunt: Offentliche Gebaude Und Offentliche Raume Des Hellenismus Im Griechischen Westen

Die Agora Von Solunt: Offentliche Gebaude Und Offentliche...

Author: Markus Wolf
ISBN: 9783895007262
Format: Hardback
$308.88

English summary: In his new book, Markus Wolf offers the results of his detailed study of the agora of the Greek...  Read More >>

The Majesty of St. Francisville

The Majesty of St. Francisville

Author: Lee Malone ,  Kerri McCaffety
ISBN: 9781455618477
Format: Hardback
$60.59

Woven throughout the parish of St. Francisville in South Louisiana are picturesque bayous and rivers that made the...  Read More >>

Volume 38 - the Shape of the Law

Volume 38 - the Shape of the Law

Author:
ISBN: 9789077966389
Format: Paperback
$56.80

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Designing for Luxury on the Bay of Naples: Villas and Landscapes (c. 100 BCE-79 CE)

Designing for Luxury on the Bay of Naples: Villas and...

Author: Mantha Zarmakoupi (Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Historical Research, Department of Greek and Roman Antiquity (KERA))
ISBN: 9780199678389
Format: Hardback
$348.00

This study explores Roman luxury villa lifestyle and architecture to shed light on the villas' design as a dynamic...  Read More >>

The Iliad

The Iliad

Author: Homer
ISBN: 9781483703558
Format: Paperback
$46.55

"The Iliad is the earliest work of Western literature, and along with the Odyssey is the wellspring for much of...  Read More >>

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