Landmarks & Monuments

For 200 years the Thurn und Taxis family have called the palace of St. Emmeram home. Regarded as one of Germany's finest examples of historicist architecture, the Regensburg residence's myriad rooms trace centuries of distinctive styles: a...

From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In Cairo: Histories of a City, Nezar AlSayyad...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781096291879Author Ian HillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615325910Author Eric MumfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Missouri Botanical Garden PressPublisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press

Opened in 1971, Denver Art Museum s north building, a seven-story structure with its distinctive cut-out roofline, narrow windows, and an exterior covered with more than a million custom-made glass tiles was one of the first high-rise art museums. In...

An Architectural Travel Guide to Utah invites visitors and other explorers of Utah to see the state's history, material culture, settlement, and natural landscape through the lens of its buildings. With more than 600 buildings as examples, this guide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948924634Author James RestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 383gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648430459Author T. Lindsay BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Texas A&M University PressPublisher Texas A&M University PressWeight(grams)...

Exploration of the unique architectural design of the Chongqing Grand Theater in China. The Grand Theater is not a building with a typical facade with wall and window surfaces, but is contained within a well-positioned curtain of frosted glass panels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467146753Author Joseph GustaitisFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 152g

On Charles II's restoration to the throne in 1660, four of his supporters were provided with plots of land in a leafy suburb of London, on which to build their extravagant town palaces. The only one to survive - built for the poet and courtier Sir John...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130727Author Andrew M. ShankenFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 860gDimensions(mm) 256mm * 146mm * 35mm

The reconstructed Berliner Schloss in the heart of the German capital is both a monument of Baroque architecture and a vital new cultural building in the city. The art history, architecture and sculpture of the palace's masterful facades by Andreas...

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...

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...

A 108-meter high Eiffel Tower rises above Champs Elysees Square in Hangzhou. A Chengdu residential complex for 200,000 recreates Dorchester, England. An ersatz Queen's Guard patrols Shanghai's Thames Town, where pubs and statues of Winston Churchill...

Monu-Mental About Prehistoric Antrim is the third book in a series of county-by-county fieldguides to Irish pre-Christian monuments. Many people visit County Antrim to experience the Giants Causeway or walk in the famous Glens, but many overlook the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692420591Author Scott CardinalFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Campfire NetworkPublisher Campfire NetworkWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Published to coincide with the centennial of the end of the First World War, this informative book is an essential guide to the memorials of the war on the Western Front, describing their history and meaning. Graveyards, memorials and monuments have been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760790035Author Barry StoneFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint New Holland PublishersPublisher New Holland Publishers

The New York Public Library, one of the nation's architectural wonders, is possibly our finest classical building. Designed by John Merven Carrere and Thomas Hastings, and inspired by the great classical buildings in Paris and Rome, it was completed in...

Through a specific architectural lens, this book exposes the role the British Empire played in the development of apartheid. Through reference to previously unexamined archival material, the book uncovers a myriad of mechanisms through which Empire laid...

The twenty-one missions of California, from San Diego to San Francisco Solano, are historic treasures and sites of pilgrimage for visitors from the world over. Intrinsically beautiful structures typically built of adobe brick and wood, adorned with...

This book presents around 100 buildings that were erected between 1917 and 2017, and are already considered to be classics of architectural history. With informative texts accentuated by photos, plans, archive material and, most importantly, facts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578774275Author Hisham MortadaFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Benton Heights LLCPublisher Benton Heights LLCWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684129072Author Robert DallekFormat HardbackPage Count 704Imprint Silver Dolphin BooksPublisher Silver Dolphin BooksWeight(grams) 1030gDimensions(mm)...

Now in its fourth edition, this classic bestselling book has been updated with brand new chapters and hand-drawn illustrations. Using a highly accessible approach, the author takes history rather than aesthetics as his starting point. Risebero unfolds...

Perched along the East River in midtown Manhattan, the exceptional modern buildings of the United Nations Headquarters house an organization with an equally exceptional mission. Designed in the 1940s by the most renowned international architects of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588347176Author Heather EwingFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

Which memorial's unveiling were the public barred from, so that no disruption could be caused by suffragettes? Why is a Danish prisoner of war remembered in Reading? Who was Goldwin Smith, whose birthplace is marked by a plaque on Friar Street? ...

O Glorious City is an exuberant love letter to San Francisco from Jeremy Fish, a beloved artist who enjoys a massive fan base for his edgy artwork. When Fish was invited to create 100 new works of art in honour of City Hall's 100th birthday, he moved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789382381877Author Syed Ahmed KhanFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Tulika BooksPublisher Tulika BooksWeight(grams) 1028gDimensions(mm) 243mm * 192mm *...

Monuments represent power: explicitly and simply, but not universally. In Estonia, the classical notion of a monument is a strange one. Its presence is marginal, its tradition non-existent and its form tormented by an apparent cultural displacement. The...

The stunning interiors and glorious gardens of New Orleans's unrivaled jewel and architectural masterpiece. Longue Vue House and Gardens, accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and listed as a national historic landmark, was designed and built...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733071918Author Sandy BleiferFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Sandra BleiferPublisher Sandra BleiferWeight(grams) 186g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798376220726Author D B AtkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541245747Author Slobodan MaldiniFormat PaperbackImprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781482550696Author Joseph K OppermannFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798658839837Author Sainath ReddappaFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 77g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781483909400Author Isabel JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...