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Arcadia Publishing (SC) Pocatello Past and Present
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£19.99
Arcadia Publishing (SC) The HydeMurphy Company Images of America
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£19.99
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Remembering Edgewater Beach Hotel
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Buffalo Art Deco
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£19.19
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Walla Walla
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing Oklahoma Citys MidCentury Modern Architecture
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£21.24
History Press Hoffman Estates Continuing the Growth to
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£18.69
History Press A History Lovers Guide to Charleston
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£19.79
History Press Joplins Connor Hotel Landmarks
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£18.69
History Press The San Diego River
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing (SC) El Presidio de San Diego
£20.16
Royal Collins Publishing Company Living in China
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£40.50
Open Road Media The American Porch: An Informal History of an Informal Place
£16.16
University of Minnesota Press Modernism's Visible Hand: Architecture and
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking history of the confluence of regulatory thinking and building design in the United States What is the origin of “room temperature”? When did food become considered fresh or not fresh? Why do we think management makes things more efficient? The answers to these questions share a history with architecture and regulation at the turn of the twentieth century. This pioneering technological and architectural history of environmental control systems during the Gilded Age begins with the premise that regulation—of temperature, the economy, even the freshness of food—can be found in the guts of buildings. From cold storage and scientific laboratories to factories, these infrastructures first organized life in a way we now call “modern.”Drawing on a range of previously unexplored archival resources, Michael Osman examines the increasing role of environmental technologies in building design from the late nineteenth century. He shows how architects appropriated and subsumed the work of engineers as thermostats, air handlers, and refrigeration proliferated. He argues that this change was closely connected to broader cultural and economic trends in management and the regulation of risk. The transformation shaped the evolution of architectural modernism and the development of the building as a machine. Rather than assume the preexisting natural order of things, participants in regulation—including architects, scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, managers, economists, government employees, and domestic reformers—became entangled in managing the errors, crises, and risks stemming from the nation’s unprecedented growth.Modernism’s Visible Hand not only broadens our conception of how industrial capitalism shaped the built environment but is also vital to understanding the role of design in dealing with ecological crises today. Trade Review"Michael Osman weaves a complex web of interaction between architecture, science, and technology, as well as between architecture, business, and management. Modernism's Visible Hand is not only brilliant, it is also path-breaking."—Antoine Picon, author of Smart Cities: A Spatialised Intelligence"Michael Osman takes us on an extraordinary journey through turn-of-the-twentieth-century modern American life, travelling from temperature-controlled homes and cold-storage warehouses, to Pennsylvania's factories and Indiana's sand dunes. This engrossing, brilliant book is an altogether new look at American architecture, technology, and everyday life; it will be of immense value to readers interested in all these subjects."—Daniel M. Abramson, author of Obsolescence: An Architectural HistoryTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. The Thermostatic Interior and Household Management2. Cold Storage and the Speculative Market of Preserved Assets3. Representing Regulation in Nature’s Economy4. Imaging Brainwork5. Regulation through Paperwork in Architectural PracticeConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£23.39
University of Minnesota Press Design Nature and Revolution
Book Synopsis Tomás Maldonado is an Argentine painter, designer, and intellectual. He was professor of environmental design at Politecnico di Milano University and is considered one of the most significant design thinkers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Larry Busbea is associate professor of art history at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and author of Topologies: The Urban Utopia in France, 1960–1970.
£25.00
Arcadia Publishing (SC) El Presidio de San Diego
£26.40
University Press of Mississippi Lost Plantations of the South
Book SynopsisThe great majority of the South's plantation homes have been destroyed over time, and many have long been forgotten. In Lost Plantations of the South, Marc R. Matrana weaves together photographs, diaries and letters, architectural renderings, and other rare documents to tell the story of sixty of these vanquished estates and the people who once called them home.From plantations that were destroyed by natural disaster such as Alabama's Forks of Cypress, to those that were intentionally demolished such as Seven Oaks in Louisiana and Mount Brilliant in Kentucky, Matrana resurrects these lost mansions. Including plantations throughout the South as well as border states, Matrana carefully tracks the histories of each from the earliest days of construction to the often contentious struggles to preserve these irreplaceable historic treasures. Lost Plantations of the South explores the root causes of demise and provides understanding and insight on how lessons learned in these sad losses can help prevent future preservation crises. Capturing the voices of masters and mistresses alongside those of slaves, and featuring more than one hundred elegant archival illustrations, this book explores the powerful and complex histories of these cardinal homes across the South.
£35.96
Pelican Publishing Co Seaside
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£26.34
Arcadia Publishing Preserving Paradise The Architectural Heritage
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£18.69
Arcadia Publishing Yorks Historic Architecture
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£18.69
Arcadia Publishing A History Through Houses
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£18.69
BetterLink Press Incorporated Discovering China: Chinese Architecture
Book SynopsisWith hundreds of illustrations and insightful text, Chinese Architecture: Discovering China explores the unique architecture of this vast country. The architecture of ancient China embodies the country's expansive cultural heritage, and represents one of the world's great architectural traditions. It also reflects the different topographies and peoples spread across the country's vast territory. Architectural historian Wang Qijun takes readers on a visual journey, investigating the most striking and significant aspects of Chinese architectural history. Accompanied by over 100 photographs and exquisite illustrations, more than 40 of the most important structures from different dynasties are highlighted in this book, such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Yungang Cave, Daming Palace and Dule Temple. A fascinating overview of ancient Chinese architecture and how it influenced history and culture, this book is a must for those interested in learning more about China.
£16.19
Michigan State University Press Mid-Michigan Modern, Expanded Edition: From Frank
Book SynopsisFrom 1940 to 1970, mid‐Michigan had an extensive and varied legacy of modernist architecture. While this book explores buildings by renowned architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Alden B. Dow, and the Keck brothers, the text—based on archival research and oral histories—focuses more heavily on regional architects whose work was strongly influenced by international modern styles. The reader will see a picture emerge in the portrayal of buildings of various typologies, from residences to sacred spaces. The automobile industry, state government, and Michigan State University served as the economic drivers when the mid-Michigan area expanded enormously in the growing optimism and increasing economic prosperity after World War II. Government, professional associations, and private industry sought an architectural style that spoke to forward‐looking, progressive ideals. Smaller businesses picked a Prairie style that made people feel comfortable. Modernist houses reflected the increasingly informal American lifestyle rooted in the automobile culture. This expanded paperback edition adds over twenty architect-designed residences along the various rivers and creeks that traverse the area as well as on man-made lakes, and introduces several popular architectural designers not previously discussed. The epilogue briefly considers disappearing modernist inventions and buildings. With a detailed narrative discussing more than 150 buildings and enriched by 186 illustrations, this text is a vibrant start at reclaiming the history of mid-Michigan modernist architecture.
£32.25
Michigan State University Press Once upon a Time at the Opera House: Drama at
Book SynopsisThe importance of opera houses to the cultural and community life in nonmetropolitan areas of the country from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the advent of motion pictures in the 1920s has seldom been documented. As both the civic and arts centre for the community, the local opera house was a venue for community meetings, political rallies, concerts, lectures, and theatrical entertainment.The stories the reader will encounter here - related with a healthy dose of humour - are based on historical facts, anecdotes, urban legends, and tall tales associated with three of the more than one hundred opera houses that existed in Michigan during this period. As there are similar stories about such structures throughout Michigan as well as in other Midwestern and Western states, this could be considered a storybook about the golden age of opera houses in many of America’s rural regions.Unfortunately, many of Michigan’s wonderful old jewel boxes have been razed or burned down. Whereas almost every town in the state once had a facility referred to as an opera house, few remain and, of those that do, few are open for business. The opera houses in Coldwater, Calumet, and Manistee are still in operation, however, and are still serving their communities as they have for over a hundred years.
£32.25
Michigan State University Press Cleveland Architecture 1890-1930: Building the
Book SynopsisThis study looks at the architectural transformation of Cleveland during its “golden age” - roughly the period between post–Civil War reconstruction and World War I.By the early twentieth century, Cleveland, which would evolve into the fifth largest city in America, hoped to shed the gritty industrial image of its rapid-growth period and evolve into a city to match the political clout of its statesmen like John Hay and wealth of its business elites such as John D. Rockefeller.Encouraged by the spectacle and public response to the Beaux-Arts buildings of the Chicago World’s Exposition of 1893, the city embarked upon a grand scheme to construct new governmental and civic structures known as the Cleveland Plan of Grouping Public Buildings, one of the earliest and most complete City Beautiful planning schemes in the country.The success of this plan led to a spillover effect that prompted architects to design all manner of new public buildings with similar Beaux-Arts stylistic characteristics during the next three decades. With the group plan realized, civic leaders - with the goal of expanding the city’s cultural institutions to match the distinction of its civic centre - established its counterpart in University Circle, creating a secondary group plan, the first cultural centre in the country.
£46.80
Arcadia Publishing Toronto Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver
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Arcadia Publishing Lost Miami Stories and Secrets Behind Magic City
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Eaton Hall
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Fonthill Media LLc Abandoned New York
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£21.24
Bloomsbury USA Portals: Gates, Stiles, Windows, Bridges & Other
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£13.50
ACTAR D Gilardi House
£36.00
Actar Publishers Felix Candela From Mexico City to Chicago
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£38.00
Texas Tech Press,U.S. Opus in Brick and Stone: The Architectural and
Book SynopsisOpus in Brick and Stone: The Architectural and Planning Heritage of Texas Tech University explores the campus architecture of the Texas Tech University System, which was inspired by the sixteenth-century Plateresque Spanish Renaissance architectural style. This book details the parallels between the buildings of Texas Tech and those of their forebears from this relatively short period in Spanish architectural history, while exploring the remarkable stories behind the construction itself. A crucial element of Opus in Brick and Stone is to provide a visual chronicle of the campus's unique architectural style. In addition to historic and contemporary photography, the book also includes a comparative drawing section that, through original common scale drawings of physical structures, explores in detail historic design sources alongside their campus counterparts. Opus in Brick and Stone also tells a fascinating history: included is biographic information on figures such as Houston architect William Ward Watkin, who was convinced that this Spanish architectural style aligned well with the South Plains of Texas, and later College Architect Nolan Barrick, a Watkin protégé. Through the stories of these and other key figures, readers come to understand how it was only through the vision of specific individuals that this fascinating architectural heritage came to be situated upon the plains of West Texas. The architectural history of Texas Tech University, then, is a carefully crafted, purposeful history. Opus in Brick and Stone celebrates and elevates this little-known history into a tradition that can be appreciated by all Red Raiders, past and present.
£24.71
Brandeis University Press Jewish Country Houses
£48.00
The Old Mill Press Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for the
Book SynopsisKem Weber (1889-1960), a well-known mid-century architect, was part of the distinctive West Coast modernism movement that helped shaped the relaxed California lifestyle. He influenced California style during the mid-twentieth century with buildings architecture, interior designs and furniture, including his famed Air Line chair, which is part of many museum furniture collections. As chief designer for the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank in 1939, Kem Weber also designed the specialised animation furniture that went into the then new studio complex. The Disney animation furniture, which has been lauded in recent years, was designed for specific animation disciplines with input from the artists that would be using it. It was all part of Walt Disney's desire to create an efficient utopian campus for animated film production. This book is a comprehensive overview of the Kem Weber designed Disney animation furniture that takes the reader on a journey from concept sketches and photos to interviews with legendary artists. David A Bossert celebrates and details the form and function of this unique mid-century furniture and the impact it had on the Disney animation process over the decades.
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The Old Mill Press The House of the Future: Walt Disney, MIT, and
Book SynopsisStep inside The House of the Future, the iconic Disneyland attraction that captured the imagination of countless visitors during its ten-year run from 1957 to 1967.In this meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated book, readers will take a journey through the conception, construction, and ultimate closure of this groundbreaking exhibit. The House of the Future was a pioneering experiment in living that showcased cutting-edge construction techniques and futuristic household appliances, including the now-ubiquitous microwave oven.It was a glimpse into a world of endless possibility and unbridled optimism, brought to life through the vision of Walt Disney, his Imagineering team, MIT, and Monsanto.With stunning, never-before-seen photographs and illustrations, this book offers a deep dive into the world of The House of the Future and the lasting impact it had on generations of visitors. The House of the Future is more than a historical artifact; it's a testament to the power of imagination, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of progress.
£45.05
Reaktion Books Tombs of the Great Leaders A Contemporary Guide
Book SynopsisCombining history, architecture and travel writing, Tombs of the Great Leaders is a fascinating and revealing study of the political tomb, from Bronze Age tumuli to those built in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
£44.34
Reaktion Books Russia Modern Architectures in History Reaktion
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Reaktion Books Australia: Modern Architectures in History
Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of the architects and buildings that have defined Australia’s architectural culture since the founding of the modern nation through Federation in 1901. That year marked the beginning of a search for city forms and better buildings to accommodate the realities of Australian life and to express an emerging distinctive and, eventually, confident Australian identity. While Sydney and Melbourne were the settings for many of the major buildings, all states and territories developed architectural traditions based on distinctive histories and climates. This book covers the flowering of these many variants, from the bid to create a model city in Canberra, through the stylistic battles that opened a space for modernism, to the idealism of postwar reconstruction and beyond to the new millennium. It reveals a vibrant and influential culture, at its best when it matches a civic idealism with the sensuality of a country of stunning light and landscapes.
£43.88
Four Courts Press Ltd Medieval Ecclesiastical Buildings in Ireland,
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£70.08
Four Courts Press Ltd The Museum Building of Trinity College Dublin: A
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£64.19
Four Courts Press Ltd The early residential buildings of Trinity
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Pindar Press Studies in English Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque
Book SynopsisTrained 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 widely in this subject, while holding posts in different fields of cultural resource management. Dr Gem's earlier work aimed to establish an understanding of English architecture in the 11th century that would break away from the view that cultural development in this period could be simply explained in terms of whether buildings were constructed before or after the Norman Conquest. He has taken a wide view of how cultural processes in England need to be seen in the context of broader European trends, in order to understand both English architecture's indebtedness to the Continent, and also what gives it its specific national character. His earlier papers applied this approach to the development of the Romanesque style of architecture in England through the course of the 11th century while more recently he has applied a similar approach to earlier centuries, including the Carolingian period. Taking a broad view of cultural trends as his starting point, he has always anchored his work on a detailed archaeological, historical and stylistic analysis of individual buildings before drawing conclusions. This publication includes Dr Gem's main work over a period of quarter of a century. Taken together, these studies present an overview of the development of English Church architecture from the 7th century to the 12th.Table of ContentsEngland and the Resistance to Romanesque Architecture The Romanesque Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey The Significance of the 11th-Century Rebuilding of Christ Church and St Augustine's, Canterbury, in the Development of Romanesque Architecture Canterbury and the Cushion Capital: a Commentary on Passages from Goscelin's de miraculis sancti Augustini The Romanesque Architecture of Old St Paul's Cathedral and its Late 11th-Century Context Chichester Cathedral: When was the Romanesque Church Begun The Romanesque Cathedral of Winchester: Patron and Design in the 11th Century The First Romanesque Cathedral of Old Salisbury Bishop Wulfstan II and the Romanesque Cathedral Church of Worcester The Bishop's Chapel at Hereford: the Roles of Patron and Craftsman Lincoln Minster: Ecclesia Pulchra, Ecclesia Fortis Romanesque Architecture in Chester c. 1075 to 1117 The English Parish Church in the 11th and 12th Centuries: a 'Great Rebuilding';The Early Romanesque Tower of Sompting Church, Sussex An Early Church of the Knights Templars at Shipley, Sussex The Church of St Michael and St Mary, Melbourne, Derbyshire Additional Notes Index
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Dublin Corporation Public Libraries The Mansion House, Dublin: 300 Years of History
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Dublin Corporation Public Libraries Bridges of Dublin: The Remarkable Story of
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Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru: The Architecture
Book SynopsisRecipient of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize During the Late Intermediate period (AD 1100-1470), the lower Canete Valley of Peru was controlled by the walled Kingdom of Huarco. While inland sites produced irrigated crops, the seaside community of Cerro Azul, 130 km south of Lima, produced fish for the rest of the kingdom. Cerro Azul's noble families lived in large, multipurpose compounds with tapia walls. Their pottery had its strongest ties with valleys to the south, such as Chincha and Ica. During the course of excavation, the University of Michigan Project excavated two tapia buildings in their entirety, saving every sherd from every room, walled work area, feature, and midden. This remarkable volume is the final site report on the architecture and pottery of Late Intermediate Cerro Azul.
£26.50
Belt Publishing Midwest Architecture Journeys
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£34.00
Wooden Books Simple Shelters: Tents, Tipis, Yurts, Domes and
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