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Radical Architecture of the Future by Beatrice Galilee
RRP: $77.90$60.02How the work of contemporary architecture practices covers far more than the design and construction of buildings - an important and thought-provoking collection of original projects by unique thinkers in the world of architecture and spatial design,... -
Data Centre Essentials: Design, Construction, and Operation of Data Centres for the Non-expert Vincent Fogarty (RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) 9781119898818
RRP: $173.55$150.66Data Centre Essentials Understand the design, construction and operation of data centres with this easy-to-use reference Data centres are spaces where computer systems, physical network technology and associated components are housed, operated and... -
Coal Mining in Britain by Richard Hayman
RRP: $17.53$13.57An illustrated history of Britain's coal mines and the lives of the miners who worked in them. Coal heated the homes, fuelled the furnaces and powered the engines of the Industrial Revolution. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the coalfields -... -
Leeds in 50 Buildings by Paul Chrystal
RRP: $31.18$21.16Buildings are among the crucial features that define a city. They create the cityscape and form the horizon while, at a more personal level, they provide the homes for its citizens, their places of education, worship, entertainment, arts and commerce. ... -
150 Best All New House Ideas by Francesc Zamora
RRP: $39.00$29.13From the highly successful 150 Best series, the ultimate resource for single home buyers and owners, architects, developers, and designers, filled with contemporary, fresh ideas for sustainable construction and gorgeous interiors, vividly captured in... -
Arts & Crafts Churches by Alec Hamilton 9781848223219
RRP: $97.48$76.54This comprehensive overview provides the first detailed account of the phenomenon of the Arts & Crafts church, examining 150 of the finest examples, mostly built between 1884 and 1918 in England, Scotland, and Wales. Arts & Crafts studies tend to focus... -
House of Fiction: From Pemberley to Brideshead, Great Houses in English Literature Phyllis Richardson 9781783526932
RRP: $19.48$12.56From 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... -
Houses That Can Save the World by Courtenay Smith
RRP: $48.75$33.89An inspirational sourcebook of innovative and unexpected green design solutions for our homes that address the environmental and social issues facing our world today. Featuring nineteen home-building and design strategies that are direct, original and... -
Lost Country Houses of North and East Yorkshire by Ian Greaves 9781398116245
RRP: $31.18$21.16England's country houses have for centuries been where the rich and grand families have displayed their wealth and status. Today, England is still well endowed with these houses, although many of them are now popular visitor attractions instead of... -
Northwich & Around in 50 Buildings by Adrian and Dawn L. Bridge
RRP: $31.18$21.16Northwich has an impressive history stretching back to Roman times when the surrounding area was exploited for its salt pans. Although the town's history goes back so far, the township was a very small one, comprising little more than 6 square acres of... -
150 Houses You Need to Visit Before You Die Thijs Demeulemeester 9789401462044
RRP: $58.50$38.61"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... -
Abandoned Britain by Simon Sugden
RRP: $35.08$23.58In this collection of extraordinary photographs, photographer Simon Sugden has brought to light the beauty of abandoned buildings and other sites no longer home to the activity of people. These buildings and places have been left empty, often to gently... -
Manchester Cathedral: A History of the Collegiate Church and Cathedral, 1421 to the Present by Jeremy Gregory
RRP: $68.25$50.12Founded in 1421, the Collegiate Church of Manchester, which became a cathedral in 1847, is of outstanding historical and architectural importance. But until now it has not been the subject of a comprehensive study. Appearing on the 600th anniversary of... -
Building Durham Cathedral by Brian K. Roberts
RRP: $35.08$26.60Durham Cathedral was completed nearly 900 years ago, after 40 years of construction. Inevitably it has suffered from the effects of time: physical erosion, from the weather and increasing pollution on stone that was never of the best quality, and... -
Tiny Churches by Dixe Wills 9780749579913
$32.45BBC Countryfile Magazine praised Dixe Wills for writing `intelligently and amusingly, with evident excitement and imagination', qualities that he brings to Tiny Churches. Beautifully presented in full colour throughout, the book uncovers 60 of the... -
Container & Prefab Homes: Eco-Friendly Architecture by Patricia Martinez
RRP: $38.98$26.03Pre-fabricated architecture is a growing phenomenon in the world of contemporary design. Container and pre-fab homes are both stylish and affordable and an eco-friendly alternative to traditional house builds. The modularity of this type of build allows... -
Living in Provence. 40th Ed. by Barbara & René Stoeltie
RRP: $48.75$36.31Nestled in the south of France, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, is a land renowned for its lavender fields, fine cuisine, golden sun, and dreamy landscapes. The region of Provence has inspired such masters as Alphonse Daudet and Vincent van Gogh. So... -
Amazing Theatres of the World: Theatres, Arts Centres and Opera Houses by Dominic Connolly
RRP: $38.98$28.57While often some of the most beautiful, opulent buildings in a town or city, a theatre is so much more than a space for the performance of a play. It is a cultural hub, a meeting place for people from all walks of life and, through the stories told... -
100 Churches 100 Years by Twentieth Century Society
RRP: $48.75$35.37Following on from 100 Buildings 100 Years and 100 Houses 100 Years, this book illustrates and describes 100 churches and chapels built in the UK since 1914, charting the development of buildings for worship. In this period concrete and steel gave a new... -
The Japanese House Since 1945 by Naomi Pollock 9780500343739
RRP: $117.00$79.85The definitive overview of and ultimate resource on the iconic architect-designed houses built in Japan from 1945 to the present. Imagine a terraced house whose courtyard separates the kitchen from the bedroom. Or a tiny, triangular tower of rooms... -
Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court by Simon Thurley
RRP: $21.43$14.14The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England. Life in the court of the House of Stuart has been... -
Monumental Lies: Culture Wars and the Truth about the Past Robert Bevan 9781839761874
RRP: $39.00$32.82The past is weaponised in culture wars and cynically edited by those who wish to impose their ideology upon the physical spaces around us. Holocaust deniers use details of the ruins of the gas chambers Auschwitz to promote their lies: 'No Holes; No... -
Are Ye Dancin'?: The Story of Scotland's Dance Halls - And How Yer Dad Met Yer Ma! Martin Kielty 9781849340458
RRP: $19.48$13.86Are Ye Dancin'? - The first-ever inside story of how Scotland's ballrooms and dance halls remained a central part of Scottish culture throughout the 20th Century. Told by the people who made it happen, the agents, managers and promoters. Eddie Tobin is... -
Real Heritage Pubs, East of England by Paul Ainsworth
RRP: $17.53$13.92Fully updated and Illustrated with high-quality photographs throughout; discover the variety of historic pub interiors in the East of England, while informative articles explain their significance. It champions the need to celebrate, understand and... -
Who Built Scotland: A History of the Nation in Twenty-Five Buildings by Kathleen Jamie 9781849172240
RRP: $39.00$27.38Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford pick twenty-five buildings to tell the story of the nation. Travelling across the... -
Greyfriars Graveyard by Charlotte Golledge 9781445688183
RRP: $31.18$21.16When Greyfriars Graveyard opened in Edinburgh in the sixteenth century, built on the site of a Franciscan monastery on the edge of the Old Town below the castle, it became Edinburgh's most important burial site. Over the centuries many of Edinburgh's... -
The 1950s Home by Janet Shepherd
RRP: $17.53$11.74The 1950s was a decade of transformation, as Britain moved from austerity to greater affluence. After the Second World War, there was a huge building programme and the creation of new towns brought a new mid-twentieth century vision of the home. The... -
Lost Worcester by Ray Jones
RRP: $31.18$21.16Situated on the banks of the River Severn, the landmark of the city of Worcester is its magnificent medieval cathedral, but it is also renowned for its porcelain and delightful cricket ground, said to be one of the most beautiful in the country... -
The Guide to Suffolk Churches by D. P. Mortlock 9780718830762
RRP: $73.13$57.93Suffolk is a county renowned for the beauty of its many parish churches, but for the average visitor the physical language in which they speak, that of stained glass, engraved fonts, and hammer-beamed roofs, is bewildering. Now available in an updated,... -
Bournemouth in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $31.18$21.16Today, Bournemouth is one of the favourite resorts on the south coast, but until the early nineteenth century, the area was just heathland where cattle grazed. In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell - regarded as the first inhabitant and founder of Bournemouth -... -
After the Fire: London Churches in the Age of Wren, Hooke, Hawksmoor and Gibbs Angelo Hornak 9781910258088
RRP: $97.50$67.76'London was but is no more!' In these words diarist John Evelyn summed up the destruction wrought by the Great Fire that swept through the City of London in 1666. The losses included St Paul's Cathedral and eight-seven parish churches (as well as at... -
Scottish Lighthouses: An Illustrated History by Michael A. W. Strachan
RRP: $31.18$21.16Before the age of the lighthouse Scotland's untamed seas and perilous rocky coast too often witnessed the watery end to the mariner's voyage. From its establishment in 1786, it was the remit of the Northern Lighthouse Board to tame these harsh seas with... -
Architects' Houses by Michael Webb
RRP: $70.20$49.59Thirty of the world's leading architects, including Norman Foster, Thom Mayne, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, talk about the houses they designed for themselves over the past decade. What inspired them, what were the constraints, how did their concepts... -
Flores & Prats: Sala Beckett by Ricardo Flores
RRP: $58.50$39.55A Barcelona architectural firm transforms an abandoned social club into a theater and creative space In 2014, Flores & Prats redesigned Barcelona's Pau i Justicia building as a theater, creative space and drama school. This publication documents the... -
Canterbury in 50 Buildings by John Woodhams
RRP: $31.18$21.16The historic cathedral city of Canterbury has traces of its Roman past. The oldest church in England, St Martin's, can trace its history back to this era but it is the cathedral founded under Anglo-Saxon rule which still dominates the city close by other... -
Lost Coventry by David McGrory
RRP: $31.18$21.16Coventry has been one of the most important cities in England since the Middle Ages. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Coventry became an industrial centre, renowned for clock and watch manufacturing and later for building cars, bicycles and... -
Lichfield in 50 Buildings by Joss Musgrove Knibb
RRP: $31.18$21.16From the third quarter of the seventh century when St Chad wandered into a watery valley in the heart of the Kingdom of Mercia to the Black Death, the English Civil War and the days of the Enlightenment when it was home to great minds such as Samuel... -
21st Century Houses: RIBA Award-Winning Homes by Dominic Bradbury
RRP: $87.75$73.61Many people dream of commissioning an architect to design their perfect home. It is a commitment that takes time and money, but having a bespoke space built around your specific needs, interests and desires can be life-changing. So, what makes an... -
Lighthouse: An Illuminating History of the World's Coastal Sentinels by R G Grant 9780316414470
RRP: $54.58$40.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316414470Author R G GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersPublisher Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersWeight(grams)... -
Chiswick in 50 Buildings by Lucy McMurdo
RRP: $31.18$21.16Chiswick is considered to be one of West London's most appealing suburbs, renowned for its leafy appearance, riverside pubs and fine houses. Its four original villages - Strand on the Green, Turnham Green, Little Sutton and Old Chiswick - have remained a...