books
Le petit livre de New York
$24.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Quelle femme servit de modèle à la statue de la Liberté ? Pourquoi surnomme-t-on Wall Street la Bourse de New York ? Quel est le premier gratte-ciel Art déco de New York ? Combien d'ouvriers trouvèrent-ils la mort durant la construction du Brooklyn Bridge ? Quel immeuble iconique fut traité par la presse de « maigre part de tarte » ? Que se passe-t-il sur Times Square(...)
Le petit livre de New York
Actions:
Price:
$24.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Quelle femme servit de modèle à la statue de la Liberté ? Pourquoi surnomme-t-on Wall Street la Bourse de New York ? Quel est le premier gratte-ciel Art déco de New York ? Combien d'ouvriers trouvèrent-ils la mort durant la construction du Brooklyn Bridge ? Quel immeuble iconique fut traité par la presse de « maigre part de tarte » ? Que se passe-t-il sur Times Square chaque soir du réveillon ? Pourquoi Broadway est-elle la seule grande avenue à traverser Manhattan en diagonale ? Combien de livres trouve-t-on dans la Public Library de la 5th Avenue ? Combien de temps a-t-on mis pour créer Central Park ? Où peut-on aller à la plage à New York ?... Ce petit album illustré d'images anciennes raconte l'histoire de la plus grande cité américaine à travers ses monuments, ses rues et ses quartiers.
books
March 2016
City Guides
Superstructural Berlin: a superstructural tourist guide to Berlin for the visitor and new resident
$15.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Superstructural Berlin is an experimental sociology of the city of Berlin. A mix of pamphlet-polemic, cultural critique, and weird colourful mapping enterprise. It tries to investigate the city as a series of infrastructures: drugs, nightclubs, arts, new economy and tourism.
Superstructural Berlin: a superstructural tourist guide to Berlin for the visitor and new resident
Actions:
Price:
$15.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Superstructural Berlin is an experimental sociology of the city of Berlin. A mix of pamphlet-polemic, cultural critique, and weird colourful mapping enterprise. It tries to investigate the city as a series of infrastructures: drugs, nightclubs, arts, new economy and tourism.
City Guides
books
$30.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Sposored by the St. Louis chapter of the AIA, this guide book includes over 500 photographs, elevation drawings, plans, diagrams, and maps. Each entry gives the address, architect, and construction date, as well as descriptive and historic information about the site.
A guide to the architecture of St. Louis
Actions:
Price:
$30.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Sposored by the St. Louis chapter of the AIA, this guide book includes over 500 photographs, elevation drawings, plans, diagrams, and maps. Each entry gives the address, architect, and construction date, as well as descriptive and historic information about the site.
books
March 1989, Columbia, Missouri
City Guides
books
$33.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Reprint of the 1984 edition.
City Guides
January 1998, Santa Monica
Los Angeles : the city observed, a guide to its architecture and landscapes
Actions:
Price:
$33.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Reprint of the 1984 edition.
books
January 1998, Santa Monica
City Guides
books
$55.95
(available to order)
Summary:
An introductory essay, maps, and detailed descriptions and illustrations of individual structures are included for each of nine areas covered by this volume.
The buildings of Charleston : a guide to the city's architecture
Actions:
Price:
$55.95
(available to order)
Summary:
An introductory essay, maps, and detailed descriptions and illustrations of individual structures are included for each of nine areas covered by this volume.
books
April 1997, Columbia, South Carolina
City Guides
books
$25.75
(available to order)
Summary:
This book offers an introduction to the architecture of Cambridge, tracing the history of its buildings chronologically. Maps situate the various buildings discussed.
Cambridge architecture : a concise guide
Actions:
Price:
$25.75
(available to order)
Summary:
This book offers an introduction to the architecture of Cambridge, tracing the history of its buildings chronologically. Maps situate the various buildings discussed.
books
October 1994, Cambridge
City Guides
books
$21.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Organized chronologically, this guidebook presents the architecture of Florence through 233 buildings. Addresses, dates, and names of architects are provided alongside descriptive entries.
Florence : an architectural guide
Actions:
Price:
$21.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Organized chronologically, this guidebook presents the architecture of Florence through 233 buildings. Addresses, dates, and names of architects are provided alongside descriptive entries.
books
January 1995, Venice
City Guides
books
$14.95
(available to order)
Summary:
A richly illustrated guide to the glories of Oxford's architecture from the eleventh century up to the present day.
Oxford : an architectural guide
Actions:
Price:
$14.95
(available to order)
Summary:
A richly illustrated guide to the glories of Oxford's architecture from the eleventh century up to the present day.
books
May 1998, Oxford
City Guides
books
An architect's Rome
$24.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Through his idiosyncratic sketches, watercolours and prose, John McGuire explores Rome, street by street, to discover often overlooked architectural aspects of famous sites such as the Colosseum, the Pantheon, and San Giovanni in Laterano.
An architect's Rome
Actions:
Price:
$24.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Through his idiosyncratic sketches, watercolours and prose, John McGuire explores Rome, street by street, to discover often overlooked architectural aspects of famous sites such as the Colosseum, the Pantheon, and San Giovanni in Laterano.
books
August 1994, New York
City Guides
books
$42.50
(available to order)
Summary:
Arranged by district, this guide presents the 1200-year history of Frankfurt architecture. Addresses, dates, and names of architects accompany the 351 entries
City Guides
January 1992, Berlin
Frankfurt am Main architecture guide
Actions:
Price:
$42.50
(available to order)
Summary:
Arranged by district, this guide presents the 1200-year history of Frankfurt architecture. Addresses, dates, and names of architects accompany the 351 entries
books
January 1992, Berlin
City Guides