Buildings

From the gothic fantasies of Walpole's Otranto to post-modern takes on the country house by Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan, Phyllis Richardson guides us on a tour through buildings real and imagined to examine how authors' personal experiences helped to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874336785Author Michael BillettFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote Press

The second edition of Sustainable Construction provides a masterclass on the principles and techniques involved in the design and delivery of practical, affordable, high quality sustainable buildings and places. It presents precedents, theory, concepts...

Photographer Frederic Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in 14 former Soviet Republics which express what he considers to be the fourth age of Soviet architecture. His poetic pictures reveal an unexpected rebirth of imagination, an unknown burgeoning...

Hailed as "extraordinarily learned" (New York Times), "blithe in spirit and unerring in vision," (New York Magazine), and the "definitive record of New York's architectural heritage" (Municipal Art Society), Norval White and Elliot Willensky's book is an...

Although Blackpool is not an old town, it has a wealth of fascinating buildings that represent its growth from a small village on the Lancashire coast to a centre for tourism. Visitors from nearby Liverpool and Manchester came by stagecoach in the...

"It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do." - Charles Eames on architecture. "A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines." - Frank Lloyd...

In Architecture of Place, John Melvin, one of our most experienced architects and town planners, considers aspects of place-making and many of those ideas that have formed our approach to housing and the city. The architect and historian, Timothy...

Considering the immense diversity of sub-Saharan Africa's archi tecture and built realities, does it make sense to speak of an African architecture? How does this differ from archi tecture in Africa? What does the term architecture actually mean in the...

An awe-inspiring collection of contemporary homes designed to foster a connection with the essential elements of landscapeLiving in Nature showcases a selection of architect-designed houses that have something fundamental in common: a special...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887963929Author Nicholas KittoFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 2775g

A guide to stable design - practical and full of inspiration and advice. Among the detailed topics discussed are: * Basic requirements of a good stable * Planning a yard - optimum layout and planning permission * Constructing and kitting out stables -...

This is the seventeenth volume in the series the Public Sculpture of Britain, part of the PMSA National Recording Project, which will eventually cover the whole of the country. The introduction considers the ways in which the rural and urban landscapes...

There are few more historic and evocative places in the world. Caesar was cremated there. Charles V and Mussolini rode by it in triumph. There Napoleon celebrated his festival of liberty. In this radical reappraisal David Watkin teaches us to see the...

Norfolk is a county sadly rich in "lost" country houses; this account and gazetteer offer a comprehensive account of them. Winner of the general non-fiction category in the East Anglian Book Awards 2016. The country houses lost from the landscape...

The rebuilding of the Globe theatre (1599-1613) on London's Bankside, a few yards from the site of the playhouse in which many of Shakespeare's plays were first performed, must rank as one of the most imaginative enterprises of recent decades. It has...

Separated by the River Dee to the west and the River Mersey to the east, the Wirral Peninsula has its own unique character. Towns such as Wallasey and Birkenhead have a strong industrial heritage, particularly connected to the docks; New Brighton was...

By the time of the Norman invasion the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury was thriving. The River Severn served its purpose for defence and communication, but over the next few hundred years Shrewsbury grew to become one of the dozen most important towns in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782081375925Author Suzanne Tise-IsoreFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 2200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080247520Author Nicolas CattelainFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 2220g

From its heyday in the nineteenth century as a major centre of wiremaking, textiles, chemical production and brewing, through to its subesquent reinvention as a new town in the late 1960s, Warrington has a proud and distinctive identity. This...

Known as the 'Queen of the Suburbs', Ealing is best known as being home to the world-famous Ealing Studios, the oldest film studios still in operation. However, there's much more to Ealing's historical and architectural heritage than this. Ealing in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913934309Author Anna-Maria HajbaFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint WordwellPublisher WordwellDimensions(mm) 234mm * 25mm * 156mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589830943Author Robert, C. HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Society of Biblical LiteraturePublisher Society of Biblical LiteratureWeight(grams)...

Dover Castle is one of England's greatest fortresses. At its heart lies the Great Tower, a huge Anglo-Norman keep that has dominated the White Cliffs since the 1180s, remaining in continuous use thereafter. This book explores the history and development...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906022006Author Simon WatneyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Snake River Press LtdPublisher Snake River Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423665885Author Cathy Purple CherryFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc

Although little is recorded of its earlier history, Salford is a city of great antiquity. In 1228, Henry III granted the Lancashire town the right to hold a market and an annual fair. Centuries later, it was the Industrial Revolution that had a...

New UPDATED EDITION 2014 The unique Black and White house in Singapore is the most distinctive and imposing of the island's colonial architectural legacy. Surviving examples are testament to their physical and aesthetic durability - a unique tropical...

This book is about the therapeutic environment of the Maggie's centre and explores the many ways this is achieved. With an unconventional architecture as required by the design brief, combined with Maggie's psychological support programme, this special...

(Re)discover Art Nouveau at the heart of Brussels. At the end of the 19th century, the anti-academic movement pushed Brussels' architects towards Art Nouveau. Both Victor Horta, in an organic style, and Paul Hankar, in a more geometrical tendency,...

Tadao Ando is one of the best-known and most influential contemporary architects with a minimalistic aesthetic and love of natural materials like glass and concrete proof that less is more. This volume features ten houses and examines his approach to...

As Buckfast Abbey prepares to celebrate its millennium in 2018, this new book chronicles the remarkable history of this famous English abbey, today both home to a self-sufficient community of Benedictine monks and a site that welcomes some half a million...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080202109Author Helene DelalexFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 870g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037682821Author Chris van UffelenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Braun Publishing AGPublisher Braun Publishing AGWeight(grams) 1640g

For more than 300 years, Kensington Palace has played host to a colourful cast of kings, queens and assorted aristocratic hangers-on. A stone's throw from the bustling streets of central London, this grand building has served as the stage for some of the...

The Municipal Art Society of New York recently celebrated its fiftieth year of offering walking tours to the public; in 2007 more than 10,000 people participated. This illustrated guidebook to highlights of architecture, preservation, urban planning, and...

A Gazetteer Guide to the churches and Commanderies of the Knights of St John as they were at the moment of Suppression in 1540.Book InformationISBN 9781912945139Author Michael HodgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Mount Orleans PressPublisher Mount...

With nearly 600 years of history, involving plots, intrigue and paranormal activity, it is surprising that no one has ever before written the definitive history of the Rye House in Hertfordshire. The Rye House - An Investigative History aims to do just...

Simon Bradley traces the history of the station, introducing us to the men behind the architecture and looks at its new international status. This fine new edition includes a fascinating chapter on the new hotel and some timely revisions bringing it...