A tight clean copy, previous book shop stamp fep, not an ex-lib Includes many color photographs of historic architecture in Shanghai, with maps. Trilingual text: English, Japanese, Chinese. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Examines the phenomenon of taste, both good and bad, the changing standards and meaning of taste, and people associated with it in architecture, interiors, fashion, and food. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
Until now, homeowners have had to choose between the twin worlds of budget- friendly mediocrity and unaffordable fantasy. Responding to this gap, accla imed architect Duo Dickinson demonstrates that a customhouse doesn't depend on a fabulous price tag. The House You Build offers a third way of buildin g that is grounded in the realities of time and money, but focuses on your fondest hopes and dreams. Here are 20 real-world situations where unique an d imaginative homes were built on real-life budgets. When you build on a bu dget, there are no right answers, only careful choices. There are 20 d... View More...
This gogeously illustrated book is the only major work to document the hip and inventive design of the mid-twentieth century, a period that today reig ns unchallenged among style setters as well as a new generation of home own ers and collectors. There is no hotter style today than the cooler than coo l work of modern designers and archtitects from the 1940s and 50s. Endlessl y inventive and emminently livable, mid-century modernism has an optimism a nd confidence born of postwar abundance, and a spirited elegance that appea ls powerfully fifty years later. In CLASSIC MODERN, design expert Deb... View More...
A tight clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-lib edition: Salisbury is unique amongst medieval English cathedrals, built within one century with no substantial additions. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. "This book starts out with the assumption that communication today is a "structural" component of society. Now more than ever, literally almost nothing can be generated without communication. This means that architects in general, and especially an increasingly greater number of specialists dealing with "communication design", must be more aware. The author carries out this search for awareness. He particularly highlights the structure of data, the me... View More...
A tight clean first edition/printing, no inscription/markings in the interi or, ex-lib; This scholarly title critically assesses the careers, work, and patronage of Alexander Wadworth Longfellow and Frank Ellis Alden, both former employees of H.H. Richardson, and Alfred Branch Harlow, who had been associated with McKim, Mead and White. Working primarily in western Pennsylvania and New England, these three architects enjoyed prolific careers from 1886 until the 1920s, completing a wide range of commissions from residences to institutions and commercial buildings. By placing the three architects... View More...
Joe Friedman and Marella Caracciolo have explored Rome to discover the grea test and most startling period interiors in the city. The book shows not on ly the interiors that are well known, but celebrates the extraordinary span of Rome, the city that is a microcosm of the whole of European history. Fr om its ancient past, its Renaissance and Baroque splendour, and right up to its emergence as the capital of a unified Italy, Rome has been at the fore front of architecture. As a city it has more sites of a special value than any other in Europe, and the authors have taken great care to bring a c... View More...
This guide to country houses is one of a series of guides designed to intro duce Britain's range of historic buildings, gardens and other sites of inte rest to the general reader. Each volume presents 100 places of interest in a gazetteer format, with maps, directions and opening times. Each book feat ures six tours which examine sites in more detail, while the introduction p rovides a historical background to the area. View More...
This is a comprehensive survey of the last two centuries of Turkish archite cture. The author treats his subject chronologically and in its historical perspective, with full discussion of the effects of conquests, religion and social organization. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. From Cape Cods, Tudors, and French Ramblers to cottages, ranch styles, farm houses, and more, this updated volume features plans of affordable and livable homes in virtually every style imaginable. View More...
