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Chinese Silks
ISBN: HB: 9780300111033, Yale University Press, August 2012
624 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 600 colour images, 50 black&white illus.
Over the past fifty years, archaeological explorations in China have unearthed a wealth of textile materials, some dating as far back as five thousand years. In this magnificently researched and illustrated book, preeminent Chinese and Western schola...
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£60,00
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Designing Antiquity Owen Jones, Ancient Egypt and the Crystal Palace
ISBN: HB: 9780300187076, Yale University Press, August 2012
320 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 80 colour images, 50 black&white illus.
In the 19th century, designers became involved in the public presentation of the past, focusing specifically on the decoration of historical monuments. By exploring ornamental designs and the way they represented the cultural concerns of distant civi...
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£40,00
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Duncan Phyfe Master Cabinetmaker in New York
ISBN: HB: 9780300155112, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2011
400 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 250 colour images, 100 black&white illus.
Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854), known during his lifetime as the "United States Rage", to this day remains America's best-known cabinetmaker. Establishing his reputation as a purveyor of luxury by designing high-quality furniture for New York's moneyed eli...
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£50,00
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Great Transformation Head Office Space
ISBN: HB: 9789881892362, Bookport, SendPoints, July 2011
340 pp., 25x25 cm, colour illus.
For sale in Balkans only! With the rapid development of IT industry, office revolution has been becoming more intensively, irreversibly. At present, new mode and environment is the trend in office design, therefore, some of office units are indepen...
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£34,95
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Wall Art
ISBN: HB: 9789881892331, Bookport, SendPoints, June 2011
256 pp., 26x19 cm, 300 colour illus.
For sale in Balkans only! "Wall Art" brings together an eclectic mix of the extensive designs and patterns to have graced walls across the globe. Transmitting the tastes, interests and character of its owners- the outside visitor is treated to a vi...
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£24,95
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New Commercial Architecture
ISBN: HB: 9789881961075, Bookport, SendPoints, March 2011
312 pp., 30x23 cm, colour illus.
For sale in Balkans only! What is commercial architecture? Commercial architecture is the building for people engaged in various business activities. Include:1) Retail stores shopping malls, wholesale markets for all kinds of daily necessities and...
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£34,95
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Gloria F. Ross and Modern Tapestry
ISBN: HB: 9780300166354, Yale University Press, November 2010
400 pp., 29.2x25.4 cm, 45 black&white illus., 110 colour illus.
Gloria Ross (1923-1998) described her work as the translation of paint into wool. She was deeply committed to reinventing the centuries-old art of tapestry, particularly championing the handmade in contemporary art. This remarkable book, written by t...
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£45,00
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Structure of Light Richard Kelly and the Illumination of Modern Architecture
ISBN: HB: 9780300163704, Yale University Press, November 2010
256 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 131 black&white illus., 114 colour illus.
The potential of electric light as a new building "material" was recognized in the 1920s and became a useful design tool by the mid-century. Skilful lighting allowed for theatricality, narrative, and a new emphasis on structure and space. "The Struct...
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£50,00
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Stone Hill Center Tadao Ando at the Clark
ISBN: PB: 9780300149173, Yale University Press, January 2009
64 pp., 20.3x20.3 cm, 47 colour images, 2 black&white illus.
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando is a master of minimalism, known for his use of simple materials, his light-filled interiors, and his respect for the natural environment in which he works. This handsome book celebrates Ando's Stone Hill C...
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£14,99
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Miniature Rooms The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago
ISBN: HB: 9780300141597, Yale University Press, A+D Series, January 2009
184 pp., 27.9x25.4 cm, 124 colour illus.
The Thorne Rooms, sixty-eight miniature models of European interiors from the sixteenth century on and American furnishings from the seventeenth century on, have entranced generations of visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago. This charming book sh...
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£30,00
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