Products In History of architecture (Total Products 203, Showing: 1 -> 20)
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Featuring over 200 photographs, this stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stor...
This book explores ambivalence in the domestic building activities of a group of East India Company officials in Delhi in the fifty years following Br...
What really constitutes an architectural atmosphere ? Peter Zumthor says, is this singular density and mood, this feeling of presence, well-bei...
From the earliest cave paintings through to the internet and street art, 100 Ideas that Changed Art chronicles the 100 most influential ideas that hav...
A 'must see' sight for all visitors to Rome, the Villa d'Este is a stunning extravagance that was Hadrian's when the Roman Empire was at its greatest extent. This book takes the reader on a tour of the UNESCO world heritage site.
The most exciting new buildings today are almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume less energy than ever before. Discov...
Das Katalogbuch zur Ausstellung im MAK - Österreichischen Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwarts-kunst in Wien beleuchtet zwei zentrale Denkweisen...
With more than 280 entries, this architectural A-Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key player...
Reyner Banham examined the built environment of Los Angeles in a way no architectural historian before him had done, looking with fresh eyes at its ma...
This lively introduction to the Bauhaus tells the story of a radical concept of artistic expression that would transcend the boundaries among the arts...
'60 fantastical structures described and illustrated in this colourful and highly entertaining book.' The Sunday Times 'If you can't think of a presen...
A stonemason's story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight into an ancient craft. In his thirty-year ...
Otto Wagner (1841-1918) is one of the most significant figures of turn-of-the-century architecture. He was associated with the Viennese Secession, a g...
Acclaimed as the father of skyscrapers, the quintessentially American icon Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an architect of aspiration. He believe...
A challenge to the hegemony of perspective: investigations into other forms of representation used by different cultures over the last two thousand ye...
Lady Carnarvon's love of history is richly rewarded at Highclere Castle with its mine of family records going back some 300 years. She has delved into...
Dass Mies van der Rohe als einer der bedeutendsten Architekten der Moderne gilt ist unbestritten. Aber wie verhalten sich seine Überlegungen und Ideal...
The Art Deco style gained prominence at the 1925 Paris Exposition, after which each nation seemed to adapt its own distinct architectural style. Less ...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALICE DAVIS HITCHCOCK AWARD'Brilliant' Elain Harwood'Part history, part aesthetic autobiography, wholly engaging and liable to con...
Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect. For years, she was widely acclaimed and won numerous prizes despite building practically nothing. Some even ...