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Open 14: Art as a Public Issue
by Jorinde (edt) Seijdel  Publisher Comments As the world is increasingly aware, the visual arts are no longer confined by the semi-public space of the museum or the privacy of the studio. In recent decades we have seen a marked pressure for artists to establish relations to the world beyond these...
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The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New York
by Gail Fenske Publisher Comments Once the world’s tallest skyscraper, the Woolworth Building is noted for its striking but incongruous synthesis of Beaux-Arts architecture, fanciful Gothic ornamentation, and audacious steel-framed engineering. Here, in the first history of this...
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Daniel Libeskind and the Contemporary Jewish Museum Daniel Libeskind and the Contemporary Jewish Museum: New Jewish Architecture from Berlin to San Fr
by Connie Wolf Synopsis An internationally renowned architect and lecturer, Daniel Libeskind is one of the world's most influential figures in architecture. Best-known for his first project, the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Libeskind's work resonates with Jewish history, as is...
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M3 360 Modern Architecture: International Design Excellence Yearbook
by Wang Shaoqiang Synopsis Presents more than 120 cutting edge architectural projects from around the world....
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Imagining the Turkish House: Collective Visions of Home
by Carel Bertram Publisher Comments Houses can become poetic expressions of longing for a lost past, voices of a lived present, and dreams of an ideal future. Carel Bertram discovered this truth when she went to Turkey in the 1990s and began asking people about their memories of the...
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Architectuur In Nederland Jaarboek/Architecture In The Netherlands Yearboook
by Daan (edt) Bakker Publisher Comments Once again, Architecture in the Netherlands selects the most remarkable architectural projects realized on Dutch soil over the preceding year. With projects by Arons & Gelauf, Burobeb, Claus en Kaan, Dynamo Architecten, Friedensreich Hundertwasser and...
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Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral
by Philip Ball Publisher Comments Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to those who constructed it in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries? And why, during this time, did Europeans...
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Europan 9
by Emmie (edt) Vos Publisher Comments This year's Europan architecture competition focuses on the sustainable city and new public space. Europan 9 provides an overview of the winning plans for four sites in the Netherlands. It comes with a CD-ROM containing the design proposals of all...
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The Cave Church of Paul the Hermit at the Monastery of St. Paul, Egypt
by William Lyster Publisher Comments The Coptic Monastery of St. Paul by the Red Sea grew up around the cave where Paul, the first Christian hermit, lived in solitude. The cave served as a shrine in late antiquity, became a church in the middle ages, and expanded again in the early modern...
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Architectural Guide Basel: New Buildings in the Trinational City Since 1980
by Lutz Windhofel Publisher Comments There is no other place of comparable size where one can experience local and global building cultures side by side the way one can in Basel with its trinational urban space in Switzerland, Germany, and France. The local stars Herzog & de Meuron and...
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Great Lodges of the National Parks: Volume Two
by Christine Barnes Publisher Comments Stand amid soaring Douglas fir in the great hall of Glacier Park Lodge or sit in the setting sun and gaze into the Grand Canyon at El Tovar. This beautiful gift book will transport you to the majestic lodges of our national parks to relive the glory of...
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Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective
by Paul (edt) Daley Publisher Comments Essays from leading international golf architects on the principles and practices of golf architecture. Full color photographs....
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China, China...
by Xin Lu Publisher Comments Over the past two decades China has grown to become the largest construction market in the world, attracting many architects and urban planners from the West. As a result of this migration, it often happens that cultural and linguistic barriers between...
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The ABC Book of American Homes
by Michael Shoulders Synopsis A is for apartment. B is for Beach House. C is for Cajun Cottage. This alphabetical survey spans four centuries of architecture, highlighting the diversity of American homes....
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Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe (Whitney Museum of American Art Book)
by Hays And Miller Publisher Comments From his geodesic dome to books popularizing the terms spaceship earth and synergetics, the life mission of R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was to create living environments that minimized consumption of the earth's resources while maximizing...
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New Lobbies & Waiting Rooms
by Daniela Santos Quartino Synopsis Beyond their role of reception area, lobbies and waiting rooms present an opportunity for designers to create a dynamic space that reinforces a company's brand and personality. This gloriously illustrated volume covers 45 projects, divided into three...
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Central Cambridge: A Guide to the University and Colleges
by Kevin Taylor Publisher Comments The fully revised and updated second edition of this best-selling guidebook is intended for all visitors to Cambridge, and for anyone with an interest in the University. Combining an accessible style with accuracy of fact and a wealth of historical...
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London Above Eye Level: Glimpses of the Unexpected
by John R. Murray Publisher Comments In the strange world above Londoners' heads lives an equally strange assortment of creatures: monsters, murderers, dragons, camels, hippocamps, caryatids, grasshoppers, hop-pickers, beavers, and more. Their homes are revealed in London Above Eye Level...
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Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley
by Richard Kieckhefer Publisher Comments Thinking about church architecture has come to an impasse. Reformers and traditionalists are talking past each other. In Theology in Stone , Richard Kieckhefer seeks to help both sides move beyond the standoff toward a fruitful conversation about houses...
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Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
by Erkki Jokiniemi Synopsis With more than 20,000 words and terms individually defined, the Dictionary offers huge coverage for anyone studying or working in architecture, construction or any of the built environment fields. The innovative and detailed cross-referencing system...
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