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72 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Santa Fe, N.M. : SITES Books, ©2005.
Santa Fe, N.M. : SITES Books, ©2005.
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Simone Swan : adobe building / Dennis Dollens.
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72 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Simone Swan : adobe building / Dennis Dollens.
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Santa Fe, N.M. : SITES Books, ©2005.
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152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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Ahmedabad, India : Mapin ; Ocean Township, N.J. : Grantha ; Easthampton, Mass. : Distributed in North America by Antique Collectors' Club, 2009.
Ahmedabad, India : Mapin ; Ocean Township, N.J. : Grantha ; Easthampton, Mass. : Distributed in North America by Antique Collectors' Club, 2009.
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Royal tombs of India : 13th to 18th century / A.S. Bhalla.
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152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Royal tombs of India : 13th to 18th century / A.S. Bhalla.
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Ahmedabad, India : Mapin ; Ocean Township, N.J. : Grantha ; Easthampton, Mass. : Distributed in North America by Antique Collectors' Club, 2009.
Ahmedabad, India : Mapin ; Ocean Township, N.J. : Grantha ; Easthampton, Mass. : Distributed in North America by Antique Collectors' Club, 2009.
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The grammar of architecture
The grammar of architecture
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The "Grammar of Architecture" uses engraved plates from the great works of architectural history to illustrate a show-and-tell journey around the architecture of civilizations east and west, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution. Extended captions and annotations supply the reader with a complete naming of parts and an explanation of how architects have planned(...)
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The "Grammar of Architecture" uses engraved plates from the great works of architectural history to illustrate a show-and-tell journey around the architecture of civilizations east and west, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution. Extended captions and annotations supply the reader with a complete naming of parts and an explanation of how architects have planned(...)
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The grammar of architecture
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The "Grammar of Architecture" uses engraved plates from the great works of architectural history to illustrate a show-and-tell journey around the architecture of civilizations east and west, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution. Extended captions and annotations supply the reader with a complete naming of parts and an explanation of how architects have planned and made the buildings of the past, from Amhotep to the Palladio, and Vitruvius to Wren.
The grammar of architecture
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The "Grammar of Architecture" uses engraved plates from the great works of architectural history to illustrate a show-and-tell journey around the architecture of civilizations east and west, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution. Extended captions and annotations supply the reader with a complete naming of parts and an explanation of how architects have planned and made the buildings of the past, from Amhotep to the Palladio, and Vitruvius to Wren.
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May 2002, Boston
May 2002, Boston
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This publication presents four essays and one conversation with contemporary artists and curators from different backgrounds and origins (Jerusalem, Lebanon, Kuwait, USA, Egypt) who discuss their experience of becoming mothers as professionals in the arts, its reality and effects. While their reflections represent a similar strata of art worker in terms of background,(...)
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This publication presents four essays and one conversation with contemporary artists and curators from different backgrounds and origins (Jerusalem, Lebanon, Kuwait, USA, Egypt) who discuss their experience of becoming mothers as professionals in the arts, its reality and effects. While their reflections represent a similar strata of art worker in terms of background,(...)
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Why call it labor? On motherhood and art work
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This publication presents four essays and one conversation with contemporary artists and curators from different backgrounds and origins (Jerusalem, Lebanon, Kuwait, USA, Egypt) who discuss their experience of becoming mothers as professionals in the arts, its reality and effects. While their reflections represent a similar strata of art worker in terms of background, class, and career trajectory, the impact of instruments of patriarchy on rendering maternity invisible that they describe is recognizable and insidious.
Why call it labor? On motherhood and art work
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This publication presents four essays and one conversation with contemporary artists and curators from different backgrounds and origins (Jerusalem, Lebanon, Kuwait, USA, Egypt) who discuss their experience of becoming mothers as professionals in the arts, its reality and effects. While their reflections represent a similar strata of art worker in terms of background, class, and career trajectory, the impact of instruments of patriarchy on rendering maternity invisible that they describe is recognizable and insidious.
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October 2021
October 2021
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Art Theory
Art Theory
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Elucidating the history of world architecture--from the pyramids of Egypt and the temples of Greece to the ecological architecture of today--for both student and general readership, this ambitious book presents key buildings and styles in a passionate and engaged style. Pavlos Lefas emphasizes the contemporary applications of past architectural practices worldwide,(...)
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Elucidating the history of world architecture--from the pyramids of Egypt and the temples of Greece to the ecological architecture of today--for both student and general readership, this ambitious book presents key buildings and styles in a passionate and engaged style. Pavlos Lefas emphasizes the contemporary applications of past architectural practices worldwide,(...)
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Architecture: a historical perspective
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Elucidating the history of world architecture--from the pyramids of Egypt and the temples of Greece to the ecological architecture of today--for both student and general readership, this ambitious book presents key buildings and styles in a passionate and engaged style. Pavlos Lefas emphasizes the contemporary applications of past architectural practices worldwide, thematizing his chronology into such topics as architecture and mathematics, scale, utopia, minimalism, grids, tall buildings and landscape architecture.
Architecture: a historical perspective
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Elucidating the history of world architecture--from the pyramids of Egypt and the temples of Greece to the ecological architecture of today--for both student and general readership, this ambitious book presents key buildings and styles in a passionate and engaged style. Pavlos Lefas emphasizes the contemporary applications of past architectural practices worldwide, thematizing his chronology into such topics as architecture and mathematics, scale, utopia, minimalism, grids, tall buildings and landscape architecture.
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August 2014
August 2014
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History since 1900, Reference Books
History since 1900, Reference Books
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496 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans ; 27 cm
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Berlin : Jovis, [2014], ©2014
Berlin : Jovis, [2014], ©2014
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Specifics : proceedings ECLAS Conference 2013 : 22./25.09.2013 in Hamburg / edited by Christiane Sörensen, Karoline Liedtke, Department of Landscape Architecture, HafenCity University Hamburg.
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496 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans ; 27 cm
Specifics : proceedings ECLAS Conference 2013 : 22./25.09.2013 in Hamburg / edited by Christiane Sörensen, Karoline Liedtke, Department of Landscape Architecture, HafenCity University Hamburg.
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Berlin : Jovis, [2014], ©2014
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Chairs : a history
Chairs : a history
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In "Chairs : history", furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a readable and visually exploration of chairs and their place in culture throughout the ages. Along with hundreds of photographs, th eauthor fills these pages with information, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient Egypt and examining various forms of seating from Classical Greece, the Roman(...)
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In "Chairs : history", furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a readable and visually exploration of chairs and their place in culture throughout the ages. Along with hundreds of photographs, th eauthor fills these pages with information, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient Egypt and examining various forms of seating from Classical Greece, the Roman(...)
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Chairs : a history
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In "Chairs : history", furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a readable and visually exploration of chairs and their place in culture throughout the ages. Along with hundreds of photographs, th eauthor fills these pages with information, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient Egypt and examining various forms of seating from Classical Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Renaissance era, to the classic designs of today - from thrones to divans, straight-backed to overstuffed, Baroque to Bauhaus, and contemporary.
Chairs : a history
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In "Chairs : history", furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a readable and visually exploration of chairs and their place in culture throughout the ages. Along with hundreds of photographs, th eauthor fills these pages with information, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient Egypt and examining various forms of seating from Classical Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Renaissance era, to the classic designs of today - from thrones to divans, straight-backed to overstuffed, Baroque to Bauhaus, and contemporary.
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October 2006, New York
October 2006, New York
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Urbanomad : Guy Lafranchi
Urbanomad : Guy Lafranchi
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The latest work by Guy Lafranchi presents new projects for Brazil, Switzerland, Egypt, and Hawaii as well as a number of conceptual projects presented through drawings, paintings, and models. Lebbeus Woods writes of Lafranchi: "I regard his work as original both in substance and approach. The title "Urbanomad" refers to the problems of the past and globalization,(...)
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The latest work by Guy Lafranchi presents new projects for Brazil, Switzerland, Egypt, and Hawaii as well as a number of conceptual projects presented through drawings, paintings, and models. Lebbeus Woods writes of Lafranchi: "I regard his work as original both in substance and approach. The title "Urbanomad" refers to the problems of the past and globalization,(...)
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Urbanomad : Guy Lafranchi
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The latest work by Guy Lafranchi presents new projects for Brazil, Switzerland, Egypt, and Hawaii as well as a number of conceptual projects presented through drawings, paintings, and models. Lebbeus Woods writes of Lafranchi: "I regard his work as original both in substance and approach. The title "Urbanomad" refers to the problems of the past and globalization, problems that many architects talk about, but that only a few, such as Lafranchi, convert into architecture of the highest standard."
Urbanomad : Guy Lafranchi
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The latest work by Guy Lafranchi presents new projects for Brazil, Switzerland, Egypt, and Hawaii as well as a number of conceptual projects presented through drawings, paintings, and models. Lebbeus Woods writes of Lafranchi: "I regard his work as original both in substance and approach. The title "Urbanomad" refers to the problems of the past and globalization, problems that many architects talk about, but that only a few, such as Lafranchi, convert into architecture of the highest standard."
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May 2004, Vienna
May 2004, Vienna
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This pocket book describes the source of the Islamic architectural tradition in the ubiquitous courtyard house, and the development of the mosque as both place of worship and centre of the community, its form moulded by the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran and given various monumental forms as the conquests of Islam brought contact with the traditions of Egypt,(...)
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This pocket book describes the source of the Islamic architectural tradition in the ubiquitous courtyard house, and the development of the mosque as both place of worship and centre of the community, its form moulded by the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran and given various monumental forms as the conquests of Islam brought contact with the traditions of Egypt,(...)
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Four caliphates : the formation of the Islamic tradition
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This pocket book describes the source of the Islamic architectural tradition in the ubiquitous courtyard house, and the development of the mosque as both place of worship and centre of the community, its form moulded by the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran and given various monumental forms as the conquests of Islam brought contact with the traditions of Egypt, Persia, and China. The book also explains the development of the tradition in tombs, palaces and fortifications.
Four caliphates : the formation of the Islamic tradition
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This pocket book describes the source of the Islamic architectural tradition in the ubiquitous courtyard house, and the development of the mosque as both place of worship and centre of the community, its form moulded by the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran and given various monumental forms as the conquests of Islam brought contact with the traditions of Egypt, Persia, and China. The book also explains the development of the tradition in tombs, palaces and fortifications.
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October 1998, London
October 1998, London
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In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the late twentieth century. For this seventh edition, revising author Owen Hopkins provides a new introduction contextualizing Watkin's approach. The final chapter on the twenty-first century has been completely rewritten by(...)
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In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the late twentieth century. For this seventh edition, revising author Owen Hopkins provides a new introduction contextualizing Watkin's approach. The final chapter on the twenty-first century has been completely rewritten by(...)
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January 2023
January 2023
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A history of Western architecture, 7th edition
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In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the late twentieth century. For this seventh edition, revising author Owen Hopkins provides a new introduction contextualizing Watkin's approach. The final chapter on the twenty-first century has been completely rewritten by Hopkins, who brings the story right up to date with the inclusion of such topics as re-use, digital cities and virtual architecture.
A history of Western architecture, 7th edition
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In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the late twentieth century. For this seventh edition, revising author Owen Hopkins provides a new introduction contextualizing Watkin's approach. The final chapter on the twenty-first century has been completely rewritten by Hopkins, who brings the story right up to date with the inclusion of such topics as re-use, digital cities and virtual architecture.
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January 2023
January 2023
