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In the Western world the period from the mid-eighteenth through the nineteenth century was a time of expanding historical consciousness, a period that saw the birth of modern historiography, a profusion of historical novels and paintings, and the...

Brown (1771-1810) was America's first professional man of letters. Brown's novels are enactments of psychological processes, tracing the murky paths by which we surrender our need for omniscience, restrain our underlying savagery, make peace with out...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979993244Author Cathy PerlmutterFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Cathy PerlmutterPublisher Cathy PerlmutterWeight(grams) 290g

Factual and entertaining, compact and easy to follow, "A Walking Tour of the University at Buffalo" takes the reader on a fascinating architectural tour of the State University of New York, the centrepiece of America's largest university system...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970373731Author June OxfordFormat PaperbackImprint Benicia Literary ArtsPublisher Benicia Literary ArtsWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738519418Author William D SpeckFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 367g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979569937Author Finith JerniganFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint 4site PressPublisher 4site PressWeight(grams) 159g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988382442Author June R JewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Aec Business Solutions, LLCPublisher Aec Business Solutions, LLCWeight(grams) 254g

This title is the first in a series of essential overviews of green building trends from around the world. The 'green building revolution' is a worldwide movement for energy-efficient, environmentally aware architecture and design. Europe has been in the...

Architecture in uneven terrains challenges conventions and invites us to rethink the relationship between the natural environment and human design. In this book, we explore the creations of various architects who have embraced the challenge of building...

The lake, with its serene beauty and constant change, has been an endless source of inspiration for artists, poets, and, of course, architects. In this book, we explore a selection of architectural projects that share a common element: the grandeur of a...

Sustainability has become a guiding principle of the twenty-first century. For the architectural office Bob Gysin + Partner BGP, this is not only an ecological premise but also stimulates and drives its architectural work. They have been setting...

The exciting and versatile range of activities performed by construction engineers is rarely fully appreciated by the public. Yet as well as being a key industry for the economy, construction is also important for society: Modern life without buildings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734587340Author KAREEM DAVISFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Almighty & Insane BooksPublisher Almighty & Insane Books

At a time when female architects were still as rare as hen’s teeth, a seemingly unlikely entrant to the profession, a middle-aged vicar’s wife – Annabel Dott, was taking tentative steps on building projects in South Africa. A few years later she built...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788193883945Author Chithra MadhavanFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint D. K. PrintworldPublisher D. K. Printworld

This book is an inspirational story about how an idea got started, hit the ground running, and took flight. Solar Decathlon (SD) was a response to the need for innovative solutions to address a global problem—climate change. Richard King believed a...

A revolutionary study of nineteenth-century Parisian cartography and its role in shaping a modern conception of space   Maps are rarely given the same attention as other print media or art forms in urban history. Author Min Kyung Lee shows their rich...

Jeanne Gang, one of America’s most distinguished contemporary architects, proposes using the ancient plant-cultivation technique of grafting in architecture and urban design as an effective way to address the pressing issue of climate change. Grafting is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789995750244Author Conrad ThakeFormat HardbackPage Count 372Imprint Kite Group LtdPublisher Kite Group Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789995750220Author Richard EnglandFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint Kite Group LtdPublisher Kite Group Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789602042793Author Dimitris PhilippidisFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Melissa Publishing HousePublisher Melissa Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 109g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789491775406Author Anne DaemsFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint MER Paper KunsthallePublisher MER Paper Kunsthalle

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789490693879Author Angelique CampensFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint MER Paper KunsthallePublisher MER Paper Kunsthalle

Today Venice is facing major problems, an overload of tourists and a declining population as well as its precipitous tidal and structural dilemmas. It is to be hoped that it does not become a theme park dead city. The results of the UNSW workshops prove...

This publication retraces the 4-year Sun Life project through thematic studies that describe the project's process divided in two stages. The first seeks the development of the framework of analysis regarding the conservation status of species and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788899836153Author Renata BizzottoFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Architetti Roma Edizioni srlPublisher Architetti Roma Edizioni srl

Red Location Cultural Precinct is a project for the renovation and the creation of an heritage in Red Location, a district of New Brighton's township in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Jo Noero and his studio have worked to this ambitious project of...

Renewable energies have an important role in today's changing landscapes. This research analyses the current transition to sustainable energy from the architectural landscape point of view.Book InformationISBN 9788898774524Author Giulia GarbariniFormat...

Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition dedicated by the Vatican Museums to Santiago Calatrava, one of the finest worldwide exponents of contemporary architecture. This evocative excursus, in accordance with the purposes of the...

Text in English & German. The architects in the Viennese Coop Himmelb(l)au team have felt committed to the credo of constructing cities and buildings that float like clouds ever since the practice was founded in 1968, though it did take a while before...

Usually, architects and artists make unlikely bedfellows. Artists think they have some inborn expertise on spatial structures, while architects credit themselves with being artists by virtue of their genre. Therefore, it is all the more surprising that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783848710836Author Liza Wing Man KamFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftPublisher Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832511371Author Gerald FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Logos Verlag Berlin GmbHPublisher Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783496028611Author Astrid WonnebergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 397Imprint Dietrich Reimer Verlag,BerlinPublisher Dietrich Reimer Verlag,Berlin

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783496013259Author Silke DahmlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dietrich ReimerPublisher Dietrich ReimerWeight(grams) 431g

The lavish five-volume set of Food for Architects is dedicated to the buildings and cooking of the renowned Zurich-based firm Steib Gmür Geschwentner Kyburz Partners. As enthusiastic housing designers, they have been searching for both the perfect floor...

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture’s Performance + Assembly: The Experience of Space covers a range of performance and assembly spaces designed by AS+GG from central spaces in the world’s largest expositions to small, flexible high-technology...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781877015274Author Jiat-Hwee ChangFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Pesaro PublishingPublisher Pesaro Publishing

Contexts: The Work of Hodder + Partners brings together contributions from architectural writers, academics and journalists to review the buildings, culture and philosophy of Hodder Associates (now Hodder + Partners), founded in 1992. Including...