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White Tower
ISBN: HB: 9780300112931, Yale University Press, November 2008
256 pp., 31.1x24.8 cm, 40 colour images, 120 black&white illus.
The White Tower, the gigantic structure at the heart of the building complex known as the Tower of London, gave that famed landmark its name. One of the most celebrated buildings of the London cityscape for nearly 1000 years, it is also the most comp...
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£50,00
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Nottingham City Guides
ISBN: PB: 9780300126662, Yale University Press, October 2008
256 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.
This is a lively, authoritative and practical guide to the buildings of Nottingham, from its medieval beginnings to the innovative architecture of the 21st century. Outstanding buildings range from the famous Castle, a Baroque palace on an unforgetta...
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£16,99
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Brighton and Hove City Guides
ISBN: PB: 9780300126617, Yale University Press, July 2008
256 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.
This book is the first comprehensive guide to the historic heart of Brighton and Hove, the greatest of England's seaside resorts. A series of walks trace its development from late medieval fishing settlement to the "Queen of the Watering Places", wit...
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Cave Church of Paul the Hermit At the Monastery of St. Paul in Egypt
ISBN: HB: 9780300118476, Yale University Press, July 2008
393 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, colour illus.
St. Paul is generally considered the first Christian hermit, and the monastery built around his cave in Egypt is one of the very oldest. This sumptuous volume grew out of a conservation project of the monastery's superb wall paintings, which were bro...
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£85,00
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Another City Urban Life and Urban Spaces in the New American Republic
ISBN: HB: 9780300124880, Yale University Press, July 2008
416 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 140 black&white illus., 20 colour illus.
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, burgeoning American cities like New Orleans and Philadelphia seemed increasingly chaotic. Noise, odours, and a feverish level of activity on the streets threatened to overwhelm the senses. Growin...
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£45,00
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Josep Lluis Sert The Architect of Urban Design, 1953-1969
ISBN: HB: 9780300120653, Yale University Press, June 2008
256 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 94 black&white illus., 26 colour illus.
This book examines the emergence and evolution of the discipline of urban design as articulated through the work of Josep Lluis Sert (1902-1983), one of its most influential practitioners. Sert came to international attention in the 1930s and '40s as...
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£50,00
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Sir John Vanbrugh Storyteller in Stone
ISBN: HB: 9780300119299, Yale University Press, June 2008
256 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 150 black&white illus., 100 colour illus.
This engaging and beautifully illustrated book looks at the remarkable life and work of Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) – by turns businessman, soldier, playwright, and (despite lacking either training or qualifications) the architect of some of the mo...
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£40,00
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Design and Plan in the Country House From Castle Donjons to Palladian Boxes
ISBN: HB: 9780300126457, Yale University Press, June 2008
356 pp., 28x23 cm, 200 black&white illus., 80 colour illus.
The way a man thinks about his day-to-day living and the needs of his household reveals a great deal about his ambitions, his idea of himself, and his role in the community. And his house or castle offers many clues to his habits as well as those of...
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£55,00
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Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840
ISBN: HB: 9780300125085, Yale University Press, May 2008
1264 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm
The authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British architecture contains biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practised in England, Scotland and Wales from the time of Inigo Jones (1573-1652) to that of Wil...
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£75,00
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Architect and Engineer A Study in Sibling Rivalry
ISBN: HB: 9780300124439, Yale University Press, February 2008
480 pp., 28x23 cm, 260 black&white illus., 50 colour illus.
How architects and engineers relate to one another has long been debated but never before addressed over a broad span of history. There are many controversial issues: about professional demarcation, about credit for design, about the value we attach...
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£60,00
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