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< P> This is the definitive survey of Islamic architecture. Working from a social, rather than a technical perspective, Hillenbrand shows how the buildings fulfilled their intended functions within the community. Lavishly illustrated.< /P>
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A home on the magnificent Pacific coast can be a wondrous place, indeed, but building against the ever-changing sea presents unique architectural and design challenges.Pacific Houses presents over twenty homes from across the Pacific rim — from... [ More...]
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What makes a city endure and prosper? In this masterful survey of a thousand years of urban architecture, Wolfgang Braunfels identifies certain themes common to cities as different as Siena and London, Munich and Venice. These themes include suitability of... [ More...]
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Every city has its poets, those who celebrate the pleasure of place, others who mourn its passing. Paris has had many poets, but few have written of it like the historian Louis Chevalier. In this passionate, partisan book, the chronicler of working-class... [ More...]
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The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili has long been considered the most legendary and enigmatic architectural book ever written. Since its publication in 1499, it has fascinated architects and historians with its vast display of architectural knowledge and its... [ More...]
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The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries represent a golden age in the design and construction of hospitals and asylums for the insane. In Britain the great veterans' hospitals at Chelsea and Greenwich were erected, the ancient London hospitals... [ More...]
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Examines key themes for the management of historic urban centers within a representative sample of centers in different European countries. The twelve historic centers that have been chosen are spread throughout Europe. They are diverse in character and the... [ More...]
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"The Houses of Old Cuba" documents the country's hybrid architectural character. The text also covers economic, cultural, and social history of Cuba, providing a context for the history of domestic building over the centuries. The photographs capture the... [ More...]
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Japanese architecture's commanding presence on the world state can be traced to the struggles of earlier generations of Japan's modernist architects. This first book-length study of Maekawa Kunio (1905-1986) focuses on one of the most distinctive leaders in... [ More...]
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Sir John Soane: The Royal Academy Lectures contains the full text of Soane's letters, carefully edited by David Watkin. It is a revised and abridged edition of his award-winning book Sir John Soane: Enlightenment Thought and the Royal Academy Lectures. In... [ More...]
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