Religious

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781096307365Author Alex ManFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 195g

Nicholas Hawksmoor is one of a number of distinguished architects who worked in the seventeenth century. Others included Sir Christopher Wren, Inigo Jones, and Sir John Vanbrugh. But while we remember Wren for St Paul’s Cathedral, Inigo Jones for the...

The county of Staffordshire has a rich and diverse past which is reflected in its historic churches. It has a varied landscape, from the conurbation of Stoke-on-Trent, the county town of Stafford and the cathedral city of Lichfield, to industrial towns...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904597537Author John JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 686Imprint Pindar PressPublisher Pindar PressWeight(grams) 1656g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615792262Author Tim FabianFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Three Blind Mice PressPublisher Three Blind Mice PressWeight(grams) 363g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997998450Author Pino ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Artbypino.comPublisher Artbypino.comWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904597117Author Richard GemFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Pindar PressPublisher Pindar PressWeight(grams) 1656g

Each year in the United States, hundreds of religious buildings and schools become vacant or underutilized as congregations and populations merge, move, or diminish. These structures are often well located, attractive, eligible for tax credits, and...

Trained as both an archaeologist and an art historian, Richard Gem established his specialist interest in pre-Romanesque and Romanesque architecture with his doctoral research at Cambridge University. Since then he has researched, published and lectured...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645781700Author Paul ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Paul ScottPublisher Paul ScottWeight(grams) 435g

After World War II, America's religious denominations spent billions on church architecture as they spread into the suburbs. In this richly illustrated history of midcentury modern churches in the Midwest, Gretchen Buggeln shows how architects and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788862640077Author Renzo PianoFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Fondazione Renzo PianoPublisher Fondazione Renzo Piano

How should we construct sacred spaces, the places where we worship? Transcending Architecture considers the mysterious, profound, and real power of designed environments to address the spiritual dimension of our humanity. By incorporating perspectives...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061154300Author Philip BallFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 386g

The Great Mosque of Damascus is an iconic monument of world architecture, and the oldest mosque still standing in something close to its original state. This book is the first in-depth study of its foundation by the Umayyad dynasty, just as the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389701753Author Percy DearmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389679687Author Thomas PerkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 122g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795421120Author Franz SpiegelfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schnell & SteinerPublisher Schnell & SteinerWeight(grams) 131g

Every booklet in this Series presents an important medieval fortress, a castle, a stately home or a fortified complex in central Europe. The carefully and competently written texts, the ample number of photographs and the many drawings and plans provide...

The county of Buckinghamshire has a rich and varied past which is reflected in its historic churches. In Churches of Buckinghamshire, author Eddie Brazil explores the architecture, history and beauty of a selection of the most interesting churches from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503515120Author Frederic BillietFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Brepols N.V.Publisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 898g

Architectural photography is where Se found his niche and in Seeing Borobudur he turns his expert eye on the world's largest Buddhist monument in Central Java, Indonesia. Dating back to the 9th century, the UNESCO World Heritage site features thousands...

Following the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s, Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars fanned out across the central and southern areas of the country, founding hundreds of mission churches and monasteries to evangelize the Native...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648431357Author Anat GevaFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Texas A&M University PressPublisher Texas A&M University Press

Worship Space Acoustics is a unique guide to the design, construction, and use of religious facilities for optimum acoustics. The book is divided into two parts: Part I discusses methods and techniques of room optimization, including how the acoustics of...

Dr. Sr. Yahaya Ahmad and Mauroof Mohamed Jameel have completed a painstaking graphic survey of the now endangered ancient stone mosques of the Maldives, which were built using porite coral stone from the reefs surrounding the island nation. These...

Davies' study of medieval Armenian architecture focuses on one of Armenia's most outstanding medieval monuments, the Church of the Holy Cross at Aght'amar. The church, built a thousand years ago, has survived intact and provides a valuable glimpse of...

The Temple of Athena at Sounion has long been recognized as one of the most unusual buildings in the architectural history of Greece. Its plan, with columns uniquely on the front and only one side, is unparalleled in the Greek world. Excavations of the...

Through well-researched text, as well as drawings and color photography, this book captures the magnificence of European cathedrals and the brilliance of the Master Builders and craftsmen who designed and built them. Cathedral building is a fusion of...

The classic guide to one of America's architectural treasures-now with magnificent new color photos, new illustrations, and a foreword by Princeton's dean of religious life Like the medieval English cathedrals that inspired it, the Princeton University...

The book documents the surviving vernacular mosques of Cochin -- a jewel of the trading culture of the Malabar Coast of Kerala, and where historic patterns of an urban trading culture remain visible in the buildings and layout of the city. Sited in...

Just to the south of modern Cairo stands the historic enclave known as Old Cairo, which grew up in and around the Roman fortress of Babylon, and which today hosts a unique collection of monuments that attest to the shared cultural heritage of ancient...

Less than ten years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the new religion of Islam arrived in Egypt with the army of Amr ibn al-As in AD 641. Amr immediately established his capital at al-Fustat, just south of modern Cairo, and there he built...

'Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion' is the first volume to explore the vast assortment of church decorations and memorials produced by Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933) and the Tiffany Studios. For over 50 years Tiffany oversaw the production and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474461009Author Emily NeumeierFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Originally published in 1947, this book examines the regional styles of architecture which developed inside England itself, particularly during the later medieval period. It discusses the causes and locations of these regional variations. In explaining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389701487Author A B CliftonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 195g

Muthanna, also known as mirror writing, is a compelling style of Islamic calligraphy composed of a source text and its mirror image placed symmetrically on a horizontal or vertical axis. This style elaborates on various scripts such as Kufic, naskh, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788492861033Author Eulalia BoschFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint ActarD IncPublisher ActarD IncWeight(grams) 1021g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905375271Author Anita Fiderer MoskowitzFormat HardbackPage Count 245Imprint Harvey Miller PublishersPublisher Brepols N.V.