Landmarks & Monuments

Venice has developed into a Mecca for international architects in the last few decades. The elite of contemporary architecture gather to celebrate the most prestigious architecture exhibition of our time at the Biennale in the shadows of St. Mark's...

Celebrate Stonehenge with this beautifully illustrated three-dimensional souvenir guide. Remember your visit to Stonehenge for ever with this beautiful three-dimensional Panorama Pop, featuring highlights of the World Heritage Site and its surroundings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080204370Author Adrien GoetzFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 920g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080202543Author Guillaume PiconFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 880g

In 1051, a monk of Canterbury Cathedral made a bizarre observation in what would eventually form part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. In his chronicling of the year's events, he described the establishment of a new fortification in Herefordshire by French...

Rock Lighthouses of Britain & Ireland is a new edition of the classic work on the subject – but with some of the most famous Irish rock lighthouses included. The text has been updated to include the modern technology being used by the lighthouse...

A collection of over 250 photographs sourced from the archives of the National Trust's historic properties depicting life in Britain's country homes and estates. An intriguing look at the life that was led in the country homes and estates now...

Holkham Hall is a masterpiece of eighteenth-century Palladian architecture set in a large walled park bordered by the marshes and dunes of the North Norfolk coast. Built, owned and occupied by the Coke family since 1612, it is at the centre of a major...

Located in a remote village in the Lorraine region of northeastern France, the estate of Chateau de Haroue is an unrivalled treasure of Gallic culture and heritage. Built between 1720 and 1729 for Marc de Beauvau, Prince de Beauvau-Craon, constable of...

Spaces of Tolerance addresses the topic of tolerance in architectural production. Through examining the boundaries of where discourses, practices and designs are considered publishable (suitable to be made public) or not, the book exposes criteria and...

Why is it easy to hate and difficult to love? When societies fracture into warring tribes, we demonise those who oppose us. We tear down our statues, forgetting that what begins with the destruction of statues, often leads to the killing of people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543095Author Justin BealFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Today, nearly a century after the National Fascist Party came to power in Italy, questions about the built legacy of the regime provoke polemics among architects and scholars. Mussolini's government constructed thousands of new buildings across the...

Chevening stands in a magnifi cent park below the wooded escarpment of the North Downs in Kent. It has a history dating back around 800 years, but the house we see today is almost entirely the creation of seven generations of the Stanhope family,...

The greatest structures in human history. Explore the constructions that have shaped our world and learn their hidden secrets in this large format highly illustrated book. Each building analysed by the author is illustrated with its...

Tough and stubborn. That's Amsterdam Castle Muiderslot, the oldest and best-preserved castle in the Netherlands. It is a magical place, surrounded by greenery and water. Built by Count Floris V in 1285, during its long history it has been used as a...

Architecture reflects not only a nation's history, but also how its people lived, worked, prayed and fought over the centuries. Since the publication of John B. Hilling's The Historic Architecture of Wales in 1976, there has been no other attempt at...

Since its construction, Notre Dame Cathedral has played a central role in French cultural identity. In the wake of the tragic fire of 2019, questions of how to restore the fabric of this quintessential French monument are once more at the forefront. This...

Since Gary Cooper built one of the first modernist houses in Palm Springs in the 1930s, this desert oasis has entranced Hollywood. A mecca for the international jet set that lured Frank Sinatra, Walter Annenberg, and others, Palm Springs came into its...

The first survey of the many redesigned and imitation historical landmarks and objects that dot the globe"John Darlington shows . . . it is not just written history that is malleable; it is also history on the ground, heritage in brick and stone, wood...

A concise history of the world's greatest stone circle, Stonehenge, by Britain's leading expert. Every aspect of Stonehenge is re-considered in Aubrey Burl's new analysis. He explains for the first time how the outlying Heel Stone long predates...

Drawing on detailed design, construction and financial histories of six prominent Performing Arts buildings with budgets ranging from AGBP3.4 million to over AGBP100 million, Geometry and Atmosphere presents unique and valuable insights into the complex...

La Gara is an 18th-century country estate in Jussy, a village near Geneva, Switzerland. The buildings have been carefully restored by Swiss architect Verena Best, who also added inspired touches to the interior design. The renowned Belgian landscape...

The Bell Rock Lighthouse, the world's oldest rock lighthouse situated off the coast of the county of Angus, was built by the famous Stevenson engineers, and has its 200th anniversary on 11 February 2011. Northern Lights celebrates that occasion. This...

Moscow: A Guide to Soviet Modernist Architecture 1955-1991 provides descriptions of almost 100 buildings from the most underrated period of Soviet architecture. This is the first guide to bring together the architecture made during the three decades...

Bring Florence to life with this beautiful three-dimensional Panorama Pop, featuring the city's most famous sites.Remember Florence for ever with this exquisite three-dimensional expanding pocket guide. Presented in a beautiful slipcase, the guide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908779038Author Terry PhilpotFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Step Beach PressPublisher Step Beach Press

More Than Concrete Blocks: Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories is a three volume series of architectural history books which are richly illustrated and written for the general reader. Unpacking the history of Dublin's architecture...

Some of the finest architectural structures in India are to be found below ground: these are its ancient stepwells. Stepwells are unique to India; the earliest rudimentary wells date from about the 4th century CE, and eventually they were built...

On April 16, 2019, five days before the celebration of Easter, a blazing fire engulfed the world famous Notre-Dame de Paris. A marvel of Gothic architecture, construction on the Notre Dame Cathedral was begun in 1160 and completed in 1345. For almost...

Twenty chapters, authored by leading scholars from around the world, explore the astonishing variety of building styles and traditions that have evolved over millennia in a region of diverse terrains, extreme climates and distinctive local histories...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782081513525Author Guillaume PiconFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 2400g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423661344Author Max HumphreyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc

With its pale pink sandstone, picturesque domes and dramatic setting, Drumlanrig is one of Scotland's most romantic castles, its history entwined with that of the country itself. The twists and turns of its story are here captured atmospherically in...

Originally constructed in the late 16th century for the notorious Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, Hardwick Hall is now among the National Trust's greatest architectural landmarks, with much of its original interior and ornamentation still...

Conceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco's portal to the world-the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and World's Fair postcards, nothing said "San Francisco"...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588345691Author Mabel O. WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

In 2013, National Geographic Traveler chose St. Augustine as one of "20 must-see places and best trips in the world." But while tourists take in the fort and stroll the cobblestone streets, few visitors are aware of the remarkable history of this oldest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781700039675Author Nick SnelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080247537Author Adrien GoetzFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 2500g