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Vertical Europe The Sociology of High-Rise Construction
ISBN: PB: 9783593510163, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, January 2020
300 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 13 colour plates, 5 halftones
More high-rise residential buildings have been built in the last two decades than at any other time before. Even in Europe, where historically a typical city's most prominent vertical accents came from chimneys and church steeples, towering buildings...
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£36,00
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Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling Fourth Edition
ISBN: PB: 9781631868795, GMC Group, Taunton Press, April 2018
688 pp., 27.6x20.6 cm, 1700 colour illus.
With a vast array of well-organized and easily accessible essential data, The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling quickly established itself as a standard reference for homeowners involved in DIY projects, builders, contractors, and architects...
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£29,99
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Venice and Vitruvius Reading Venice with Daniele Barbaro and Andrea Palladio
ISBN: HB: 9780300174519, Yale University Press, June 2012
448 pp., 24.6x17.1 cm, 142 line illus.
In about 35-25 B. C. E. , the Roman architect Vitruvius produced his encyclopaedic ten-book summary of the principles of Hellenistic architecture, "De architectura" ("On Architecture"). These ideas have stimulated architects ever since. In the mid-16...
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£50,00
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Venice Disputed Marc'Antonio Barbaro and Venetian Architecture, 1550-1600
ISBN: HB: 9780300176858, Yale University Press, September 2011
320 pp., 28x22 cm, 120 colour images, 120 black&white illus.
In the councils and magistracies of the Venetian Republic, politicians argued intently over civic building projects in a manner curiously reminiscent of a modern democracy, taking advice from architects, engineers, and members of the public. Written...
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£45,00
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Vauxhall Gardens A History
ISBN: HB: 9780300173826, Yale University Press, May 2011
400 pp., 25x15 cm, 200 black&white illus., 80 colour illus.
From their early beginnings in the Restoration until the final closure in Queen Victoria's reign, Vauxhall Gardens developed from a rural tavern and place of assignation into a dream-world filled with visual arts and music, and finally into a commerc...
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£55,00
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Venice An Architectural Guide
ISBN: PB: 9780300148824, Yale University Press, June 2010
320 pp., 21.6x11.8 cm, 100 black&white illus., 100 colour illus.
Each year, millions of visitors travel to Venice to admire the architectural marvels of this famed city. In this brief yet comprehensive volume, distinguished architect and critic Richard Goy offers a convenient and accessible guide to the city's pia...
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£19,99
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Victory of New Building Style
ISBN: PB: 9780892365630, Getty Publications, March 2006
176 pp., 25.5x18 cm, 94 black&white illus.
The architect and theorist Walter Behrendt was involved with public housing and urban development as a designer and administrator for the German government after World War I. From 1925 to 1926 he edited the journal Die Form for the German Werkbund an...
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£27,50
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