Castles: Their Construction and History
ISBN: 9780486248981 / Angielski / Miękka / 241 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The art of fortification had reached a high state of development even at the dawn of history. Powerful military works, dating from the remotest periods, have been found in Asia Minor, in Greece, and in the basins of the Tigris, the Euphrates, and the Nile rivers. The medieval castle, with its strategic, crenellated ramparts and aura of legend and romance, represents perhaps the most familiar form of a long-crucial art.
This concise, scholarly volume traces the history of the castle from its ancient roots in the Levant, through Roman times and the Middle Ages, to the fanciful chateaux of... The art of fortification had reached a high state of development even at the dawn of history. Powerful military works, dating from the remotest period...
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Architekturlandschaft Niedersterreich Weinviertel Lower Austria - The Architectural Landscape Weinviertel Region
ISBN: 9783990435144 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,44 zł |
Chapel in the Sky
ISBN: 9780875804156 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Factor uncovers the architectural mysteries of Knox College's beloved Old Main. Knox College's Old Main - a national landmark and the only extant building that was a site of the Lincoln-Douglas debates - is a campus treasure with a secret. Built in 1857, Old Main was designed by Charles Ulricson, a Swedish-born immigrant who was trained by Freemasons. In Chapel in the Sky, Knox faculty member Lance Factor decodes the symbols of this beloved building and explores how an ardently anti-Mason administration came to hire Ulricson. The mysterious Masonic architect left his legacy on both Knox's Old...
Factor uncovers the architectural mysteries of Knox College's beloved Old Main. Knox College's Old Main - a national landmark and the only extant buil...
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126,74 zł |
Architecture Walks: The Best Outings Near New York City
ISBN: 9780813547343 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welcome to the fascinating world of Architecture Walks--from reflections of three hundred years of history to expressions of the most modern design, authors Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison guide you on a tour of inspiring, informative, and aesthetically intriguing architectural treasures in and around the New York area. Early colonial saltboxes, as-yet-unfinished contemporary structures on college campuses, nineteenth-century follies, Gilded Age palaces, lighthouses, windmills, romantic ruins-- the pages of this delightful book, filled with adventures, treat readers to sites...
Welcome to the fascinating world of Architecture Walks--from reflections of three hundred years of history to expressions of the most modern de...
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125,38 zł |
A History of the Squares and Palaces of London
ISBN: 9781848854956 / Angielski / Twarda / 864 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The squares of London are amongst its most famous and best loved features. Berkeley Square, Eaton Square, St James's Square - the names are inextricably linked with the history of London itself. And the great houses of the capital - Buckingham House, Apsley House, Spencer House, to mention but a few - are intimately bound with the story not just of London but of the great families of the land. Edwin Beresford Chancellor's two volumes form an absorbing and informative account of the history of two of London's defining features. First published almost a century ago, these rare volumes still... The squares of London are amongst its most famous and best loved features. Berkeley Square, Eaton Square, St James's Square - the names are inextri... |
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Luxembourg Expo Pavillion Shanghai : Hermann & Valentiny and Partners
ISBN: 9783868590623 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the Luxembourg Pavilion for EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, the internationally renowned practice of Hermann & Valentiny und Partner demonstrates the utmost potential of the alliance of architecture and art.
With the Luxembourg Pavilion for EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, the internationally renowned practice of Hermann & Valentiny und Partner demonstrates the utmo...
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138,21 zł |
The New York Public Library : The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
ISBN: 9780393078107 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New York Public Library, one of the nation's architectural wonders, is possibly our finest classical building. Designed by John Merven Carrere and Thomas Hastings, and inspired by the great classical buildings in Paris and Rome, it was completed in 1911. The library boasts a magnificent exterior, but that is only the beginning. In the interior, one splendid hall follows another, an awesome gallery leads to richly decorated rooms, and stairways are vaulted in marble. From the terrace to the breathtaking Main Reading Room is a triumphal way. All the devices of the classical tradition, the...
The New York Public Library, one of the nation's architectural wonders, is possibly our finest classical building. Designed by John Merven Carrere and...
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316,84 zł |
Keep Your Glow on: A Comprehensive Guide to America's Lighthouses
ISBN: 9780764337048 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Comprehensive Guide to Americas Lighthouses. See color images of lighthouses across the United States. With detailed information covering lighthouses of all sizes, lightships, lighthouse lenses, keepers, recycled lighthouses, and includes a resource guide providing links to various lighthouse societies and groups. Valuable information about lighthouses found throughout the United States is provided in a detailed, 28 page chart.
A Comprehensive Guide to Americas Lighthouses. See color images of lighthouses across the United States. With detailed information covering lighthouse...
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185,60 zł |
Geometry and Atmosphere: Theatre Buildings from Vision to Reality
ISBN: 9780754674047 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on detailed design, construction and financial histories of six prominent Performing Arts buildings with budgets ranging from A3.4 million to over A100 million, Geometry and Atmosphere presents unique and valuable insights into the complex process of building for the arts. Each theatre project, from tailor-made spaces for avant-garde companies to iconic and innovative receiving houses, yields surprising and counter-intuitive findings. For each of the six projects, the authors have interviewed all those involved. Combining these interviews with exhaustive archival research, the authors...
Drawing on detailed design, construction and financial histories of six prominent Performing Arts buildings with budgets ranging from A3.4 million to ...
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702,44 zł |
European Security in Transition
ISBN: 9780754649618 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the end of World War II, security and defence have played a major role in European politics. With the European Union's increasing role on the global stage and with today's war on terrorism, security and defence issues have dramatically gained weight and importance in international politics. This compelling volume provides an interdisciplinary look at the development and current status of the European security system as well as selected key issues on today's security agenda. As such, it provides an excellent resource for those wishing to make sense of the complexities of defence and...
Since the end of World War II, security and defence have played a major role in European politics. With the European Union's increasing role on the gl...
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652,27 zł |
Palaces
ISBN: 9780985184421 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Enjoy 200 full color pages of amazing four-color interior photography featuring the interior design work of the internationally renowned designer Perla Lichi.
Enjoy 200 full color pages of amazing four-color interior photography featuring the interior design work of the internationally renowned designer Perl...
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177,50 zł |
Memorials as Spaces of Engagement: Design, Use and Meaning
ISBN: 9780415631433 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Memorials are more diverse in design and subject matter than ever before. No longer limited to statues of heroes placed high on pedestals, contemporary memorials engage visitors in new, often surprising ways, contributing to the liveliness of public space. In "Memorials as Spaces of Engagement" Quentin Stevens and Karen A. Franck explore how changes in memorial design and use have helped forge closer, richer relationships between commemorative sites and their visitors. The authors combine first hand analysis of key examples with material drawn from existing scholarship. Examples from the... Memorials are more diverse in design and subject matter than ever before. No longer limited to statues of heroes placed high on pedestals, contempo... |
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903,14 zł |
Memorials as Spaces of Engagement: Design, Use and Meaning
ISBN: 9780415631440 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Memorials are more diverse in design and subject matter than ever before. No longer limited to statues of heroes placed high on pedestals, contemporary memorials engage visitors in new, often surprising ways, contributing to the liveliness of public space. In "Memorials as Spaces of Engagement" Quentin Stevens and Karen A. Franck explore how changes in memorial design and use have helped forge closer, richer relationships between commemorative sites and their visitors. The authors combine first hand analysis of key examples with material drawn from existing scholarship. Examples from the... Memorials are more diverse in design and subject matter than ever before. No longer limited to statues of heroes placed high on pedestals, contempo... |
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295,97 zł |
Monumental Beauty
ISBN: 9781618635426 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These pages are a feast for the eyes. Peruse them quickly or slowly. Either way, you will marvel at the beauty, the creative genius, and the legacies of peace which the constructors of peace monuments and museums have bestowed on us, their heirs. Peace monuments and museums celebrate the end of war and the expectation of peace and prosperity. They express peaceful human aspirations such as justice, tolerance, and reconciliation. They celebrate such achievements as the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, defeat of tyrannical and murderous regimes, declaration of human rights, respect for...
These pages are a feast for the eyes. Peruse them quickly or slowly. Either way, you will marvel at the beauty, the creative genius, and the legacies ...
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161,13 zł |
The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story
ISBN: 9780300149500 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A universally recognized icon, the Statue of Liberty is perhaps the most beloved of all American symbols. Yet no one living in 1885, when the crated monument arrived in New York Harbor, could have foreseen the central place the Statue of Liberty would come to occupy in the American imagination. With the particular insights of a cultural historian and scholar of French history, Edward Berenson tells the little-known stories of the statue's improbable beginnings, transatlantic connections, and the changing meanings it has held for each successive American generation. Berenson begins... A universally recognized icon, the Statue of Liberty is perhaps the most beloved of all American symbols. Yet no one living in 1885, when the crate... |
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100,30 zł |
Original Copies: Architectural Mimicry in Contemporary China
ISBN: 9780824836061 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A 108-meter high Eiffel Tower rises above Champs Elysees Square in Hangzhou. A Chengdu residential complex for 200,000 recreates Dorchester, England. An ersatz Queen's Guard patrols Shanghai's Thames Town, where pubs and statues of Winston Churchill abound. Gleaming replicas of the White House dot Chinese cities from Fuyang to Shenzhen. These examples are but a sampling of China's most popular and startling architectural movement: the construction of monumental themed communities that replicate towns and cities in the West. Original Copies presents the first definitive chronicle of... A 108-meter high Eiffel Tower rises above Champs Elysees Square in Hangzhou. A Chengdu residential complex for 200,000 recreates Dorchester, Englan... |
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158,18 zł |
Monumental Beauty: Peace Monuments and Museums Around the World
ISBN: 9781618635433 / Angielski / Twarda / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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208,53 zł |
A Poet, On Park Hill? OutSide The Box: Colour Edition
ISBN: 9781480029361 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Poet, On Park Hill? Outside the Box. A colour edition of the popular auto biographical book about the life and experiences of a real resident on the infamous flats including a brand new section starting from after the original publication until leaving the estate to better things. What's it like to be one of the people who live on those grim looking concrete creations from the mid 20th century? Ever wondered what sort of person may be up there, looking from their window wondering what sort of person you are? Well, this is a unique insight into the mind of a long term resident of the...
A Poet, On Park Hill? Outside the Box. A colour edition of the popular auto biographical book about the life and experiences of a real resident on the...
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133,30 zł |
Vanderbilt Mansion: A Gilded-Age Country Place
ISBN: 9781490387789 / Angielski / Miękka / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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133,25 zł |
A Poet, On Park Hill? Outside The Box: Black and White Edition
ISBN: 9781494284305 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,64 zł |