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  • Treatise On The Theory And Practice Of Naval Architecture (1841) by Creuze, Augustin Francis Bullock
    Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze

    Treatise On The Theory And Practice Of Naval Architecture (1841)

    Treatise On The Theory And Practice Of Naval Architecture is a comprehensive book on naval architecture written by Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze in 1841. The book covers various topics related to naval architecture, including the principles of ship design, shipbuilding materials, ship stability, propulsion,...
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  • Ancient Geoglyphs Of Peru, England & Chile: Nazca Lines, Uffington White Horse, Atacama Giant & Paracas Candelabra by Kingston, A. J.
    A. J. Kingston

    Ancient Geoglyphs Of Peru, England & Chile: Nazca Lines, Uffington White Horse, Atacama Giant & Paracas Candelabra

    Unlock the Mysteries of Ancient Geoglyphs with Our Exclusive Book Bundle!Embark on an extraordinary journey through time, culture, and history with our captivating book bundle, "Ancient Geoglyphs of Peru, England & Chile." Delve into the enigmatic symbols that have puzzled and inspired generations, as...
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  • Churches: An Architectural Guide by Bradley, Simon
    Simon Bradley

    Churches: An Architectural Guide

    This compact and accessible book is for anyone who would like to understand more about the architectural history of English churches. Clear and easy to use, the text explains the key components of church architecture--stylistic developments, functional requirements, regional variations, and arcane vocabulary. Readers...
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  • Treasures at Canterbury Cathedral by Turner, Sarah
    Sarah Turner

    Treasures at Canterbury Cathedral

    Treasures at Canterbury Cathedral brings the reader up close to some of the most significant objects on display at Canterbury Cathedral, charting more than 1300 years of history through this collection of curious and often surprising artifacts.Author: Sarah TurnerISBN-10: 1785512641ISBN-13: 9781785512643Publisher: Scala Arts Publishers...
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  • Cistercian Art and Architecture in the British Isles by Norton, Christopher
    Christopher Norton

    Cistercian Art and Architecture in the British Isles

    From their introduction in the early twelfth century the Cistercians were one of the leading monastic orders in Britain. Many of the finest monastic remains - Fountains, Rievaulx and Tintern - are Cistercian. This 1986 book is a comprehensive survey of Cistercian art and...
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  • Sultans and Mosques: The Early Muslim Architecture of Bangladesh by Hasan, Perween
    Perween Hasan

    Sultans and Mosques: The Early Muslim Architecture of Bangladesh

    Before the Mughal style came to dominate the Islamic architecture of the Indian sub-continent, Bengal and its rulers had developed their own forms. The mosque architecture of the Independent Sultanate period (from the 14th to the 16th centuries) represents the most important element of...
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  • Greek Sanctuaries and Temple Architecture: An Introduction by Emerson, Mary
    Mary Emerson

    Greek Sanctuaries and Temple Architecture: An Introduction

    Assuming no prior knowledge, this book introduces the reader to a selection of sites and temples, exploring them in detail and explaining all technical terms along the way. Intended for college-level students and the interested general reader, this book aims to equip the student...
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  • Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity by Gharipour, Mohammad
    Mohammad Gharipour

    Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity

    This beautifully illustrated volume looks at the spaces created by and for Jews in areas under the political or religious control of Muslims. Covering regions as diverse as Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, it asks how the architecture of synagogues...
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  • The St. Louis Cathedral Of New Orleans: A Sketch: Commemorating The Bicentenary Of The Founding Of This Parent Church Of The Mississippi Valley by Thompson, T. P.
    T. P. Thompson

    The St. Louis Cathedral Of New Orleans: A Sketch: Commemorating The Bicentenary Of The Founding Of This Parent Church Of The Mississippi Valley

    Discover the rich history and stunning architecture of one of America's most beloved landmarks, immortalized in countless films, paintings, and photographs. This beautifully designed book is a must-have for anyone who loves New Orleans or the art of the American South.This work has been...
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  • The Oxford Handbook of Religious Space by Kilde, Jeanne Halgren
    Jeanne Halgren Kilde

    The Oxford Handbook of Religious Space

    How do we understand religious spaces? What is their role or function within specific religious traditions or with respect to religious experience? This handbook brings together thirty-three essays addressing these questions using a range of methods and approaches to examine specific spaces or types...
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  • Sacred Santa Fe: Geomancy, Geometry, and Energetics of its Churches by Crowley-Susani, Karen
    Karen Crowley-Susani

    Sacred Santa Fe: Geomancy, Geometry, and Energetics of its Churches

    Sacred Santa Fe is a book about geometry, geomancy, and the energetic qualities of four impressive churches. It takes a look at the masterpieces the mysterious European Master Builders left behind in Santa Fe. Most people don't understand what is involved in building a...
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  • The Cathedral: The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Construction by Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain
    Alain Erlande-Brandenburg

    The Cathedral: The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Construction

    The popular image of the traditional western city has usually been dominated by the cathedral, whose sheer size seemed to create an isolated physical and spiritual focal point. In this iconoclastic study, the author sets out to reverse some of the romantic myths which...
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  • Civilizing the Museum: The Collected Writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian by Heumann Gurian, Elaine
    Elaine Heumann Gurian

    Civilizing the Museum: The Collected Writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian

    Written over a thirty-five year career, the essays in Civilizing the Museum introduce students to the powerful, sometimes contested, and often unrealized notion that museums should welcome all because they house the collective memory of all. Drawing on her experience working in and with...
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  • Socialist Churches: Radical Secularization and the Preservation of the Past in Petrograd and Leningrad, 1918-1988 by Kelly, Catriona
    Catriona Kelly

    Socialist Churches: Radical Secularization and the Preservation of the Past in Petrograd and Leningrad, 1918-1988

    In Russia, legislation on the separation of church and state in early 1918 marginalized religious faith and raised pressing questions about what was to be done with church buildings. While associated with suspect beliefs, they were also regarded as structures with potential practical uses,...
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  • Coral Stone Mosques of Maldives by Ahmad, Yahaya
    Yahaya Ahmad

    Coral Stone Mosques of Maldives

    Dr. Sr. Yahaya Ahmad and Mauroof Mohamed Jameel have completed a painstaking graphic survey of the now endangered ancient stone mosques of the Maldives, which were built using porite coral stone from the reefs surrounding the island nation. These include exquisitely carved architectural features...
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  • Spectacular Cities: Religion, Landscape, and the Dialectics of Globalization by Chatterjee, Ipsita
    Ipsita Chatterjee

    Spectacular Cities: Religion, Landscape, and the Dialectics of Globalization

    Plenty has been written on globalization to understand what it is. However, scholarship on globalization tends to segment it into either economic globalization in the form of flows of capital, investment, and goods; cultural globalization in the form of fast food, Barbie dolls, and...
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  • Late Temple Architecture of India, 15th to 19th Centuries: Continuities, Revivals, Appropriations, and Innovations by Michell, George
    George Michell

    Late Temple Architecture of India, 15th to 19th Centuries: Continuities, Revivals, Appropriations, and Innovations

    From the fifteenth century on, after a period of widespread destruction and demolition, India witnessed a resumption of temple patronage and building activity. These alatea temples, however, are usually overlooked by architectural and art historians, who tend to privilege the earlier phases of Indian...
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  • Bodh Gaya by Asher, Frederick M.
    Frederick M. Asher

    Bodh Gaya

    Located seven miles south of Gaya, is Bodh Gaya, one of the most important and sacred Buddhist pilgrimage centres in the world. It was here under a banyan tree, the Bodhi tree, Gautama attained supreme knowledge to become Buddha, the enlightened one. Most important...
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  • Piety and Politics in the Early Indian Mosque by Flood, Finbarr Barry
    Finbarr Barry Flood

    Piety and Politics in the Early Indian Mosque

    This volume focuses on a series of mosques constructed after north-west India came under the political control of the Ghurid sultanate of Afghanistan in the 1190s. The most famous of the group is the Qutb Mosque in Delhi. The book explores the complex relationship...
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  • Spirals In Nature And Art: A Study Of Spiral Formations Based On The Manuscripts Of Leonardo Da Vinci (1903) by Cook, Theodore Andrea
    Theodore Andrea Cook

    Spirals In Nature And Art: A Study Of Spiral Formations Based On The Manuscripts Of Leonardo Da Vinci (1903)

    Spirals In Nature And Art is a book written by Theodore Andrea Cook in 1903. The book is a study of spiral formations found in nature and art, based on the manuscripts of Leonardo Da Vinci. The author explores the significance of spirals in...
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  • How Beautiful Are Your Dwelling Places, Jacob: An Atlas of Jewish Space and a Synagogue for Babyn Yar by Van Pelt, Robert Jan
    Robert Jan Van Pelt

    How Beautiful Are Your Dwelling Places, Jacob: An Atlas of Jewish Space and a Synagogue for Babyn Yar

    Transforming a site of perdition into a place of benediction: the new synagogue of Babyn Yar near Kyiv. On September 29 and 30, 1941, more than 33,000 Jewish men, women, and children were murdered in Babyn Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv....
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  • Architecture and Power in Early Central Europe by Graczynska, Marta
    Marta Graczynska

    Architecture and Power in Early Central Europe

    The book presents the panorama of social, cultural, and religious changes in the states of the Piast, Přemyslid, and Arpad dynasties. Major change occurred in the tenth century and again at the turn of the eleventh century. Given the scarcity of written sources, the...
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  • Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals by Follett, Ken
    Ken Follett

    Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals

    "The wonderful cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest achievements of European civilization, was on fire. The sight dazed and disturbed us profoundly. I was on the edge of tears. Something priceless was dying in front of our eyes. The feeling was...
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  • Mosques: Splendors of Islam by Uluhanli, Leyla
    Leyla Uluhanli

    Mosques: Splendors of Islam

    FOREWORD INDIES Book of the Year Awards -- 2017 GOLD Winner for Architecture One of the most important and authoritative books to celebrate mosque architecture and Islamic design, featuring many exquisite newly commissioned photographs. This visually striking volume illustrates over sixty of the most...
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  • The Genius of Japanese Carpentry: Secrets of an Ancient Woodworking Craft by Brown, Azby
    Azby Brown

    The Genius of Japanese Carpentry: Secrets of an Ancient Woodworking Craft

    The Genius of Japanese Carpentry tells the story of the 1200-year-old Yakushiji monastery in Nara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the dedicated modern-day craftsmen who are working to restore what has been lost to the depredations of time, fire and warfare. Although the...
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  • Synagogues: Marvels of Judaism by Uluhanli, Leyla
    Leyla Uluhanli

    Synagogues: Marvels of Judaism

    The most significant volume on synagogue architecture and design to date--brought to life by a stunning array of newly commissioned and archival photographs. This visually striking compendium illustrates the architectural and historical evolution of over 60 iconic synagogues worldwide. Beginning with the foremost archaeological...
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  • Creative Haven Rose Windows Coloring Book: Create Illuminated Stained Glass Special Effects by Avren, Joel S.
    Joel S. Avren

    Creative Haven Rose Windows Coloring Book: Create Illuminated Stained Glass Special Effects

    Based on designs of stained glass rose windows, these 31 images are specially shaded so that they will simulate the luminescence of actual stained glass when colored with wax crayons. Translucent colors work best to achieve this sparkling special effect. Pages are perforated and...
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  • Historic Rural Churches of Georgia by Seals, Sonny
    Sonny Seals

    Historic Rural Churches of Georgia

    Aspects of Georgia's unique history can only be told through its extant rural churches. As the Georgia backcountry rapidly expanded in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the churches erected on this newly parceled land became the center of community life. These early...
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  • Places of Light: The Gift of Cathedrals to the World by Candolini, Gernot
    Gernot Candolini

    Places of Light: The Gift of Cathedrals to the World

    Embark on a pilgrimage through the great cathedrals of the world. Gernot Candolini and Jennifer Brandon invite readers to experience some of the exemplary cathedrals of Europe and North America, with beautiful images and poetic, descriptive texts that inspire and inform. They offer glimpses...
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  • Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by King, Ross
    Ross King

    Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

    The New York Times bestselling, award winning story of the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and the Renaissance genius who reinvented architecture to build it. On August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria...
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  • Fragrance of Glory: An Illustrated Account of the Ascension Of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Day, Michael V.
    Michael V. Day

    Fragrance of Glory: An Illustrated Account of the Ascension Of 'Abdu'l-Bahá

    'Abdu'l-Bahá, the son of Bahá'u'lláh, was head of the Bahá'í faith from 1892 to 1921. This publication describes His passing ("Ascension") using rare photographs and fascinating information from new research. This landscape photo-book is beautifully designed and printed in hard cover.Author: Michael V. DayISBN-10:...
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  • Ethiopia: The Living Churches of an Ancient Kingdom by Fitzgerald, Mary Anne
    Mary Anne Fitzgerald

    Ethiopia: The Living Churches of an Ancient Kingdom

    A lavishly illustrated photographic journey through the history and traditions of the ancient churches of Ethiopia. The ancient Aksumite Kingdom, now a part of Ethiopia, was among the first in the world to adopt Christianity as the official state religion. In AD 340 King...
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  • The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus: Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam by George, Alain
    Alain George

    The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus: Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam

    An expansive illustrated history of the historic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest continuously used religious sites in the world. The mosque we see today was built in 705 CE by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid on...
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  • The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome by Morrissey, Jake
    Jake Morrissey

    The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome

    The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met as contemporaries in the building yards of St. Peter's in Rome, became the greatest architects of their era by...
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  • Cathedrals: Masterpieces of Architecture, Feats of Engineering, Icons of Faith by Jenkins, Simon
    Simon Jenkins

    Cathedrals: Masterpieces of Architecture, Feats of Engineering, Icons of Faith

    The acclaimed best-selling author and popular historian explores the history of Europe via its cathedrals. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of the history of Western civilization showcases the cathedral's central role in the European imagination. A masterful writer, Jenkins tells...
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  • The Treasures of English Churches: Witnesses to the History of a Nation by Byrne, Matthew
    Matthew Byrne

    The Treasures of English Churches: Witnesses to the History of a Nation

    This celebration of some of the greatest art, architecture and furniture to be found in English churches offers a fascinating account of centuries of accumulated wealth, and is set off by a selection of breathtaking photographs by Matthew Byrne. It covers changing architectural styles...
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  • Chicago Catholic Churches: A Sketchbook by Fillmore, Harrison
    Harrison Fillmore

    Chicago Catholic Churches: A Sketchbook

    It began as the hobby of a lifelong Chicagoan. Twenty-five years and more than three hundred freehand church sketches later, it acts as an archive for centuries of architectural and religious history. The pen-and-ink drawings meticulously capture the details of each individual church down...
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  • The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals: A Study of Medieval Vault Erection by Fitchen, John
    John Fitchen

    The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals: A Study of Medieval Vault Erection

    John Fitchen systematically treats the process of erecting the great edifices of the Gothic era. He explains the building equipment and falsework needed, the actual operations undertaken, and the sequence of these operations as specifically as they can be deduced today. Since there are...
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  • How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture by McNamara, Denis R.
    Denis R. McNamara

    How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture

    Small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, this primer is a must-have for architecture and history buffs, tourists, and churchgoers interested in decoding the styles and symbols of religious buildings. Every building contains clues embedded in its...
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  • The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order - Expanded Edition by Von Simson, Otto Georg
    Otto Georg Von Simson

    The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order - Expanded Edition

    The classic work on Gothic religious architecture, now with added illustrations and a new section by the author on rose windows No other monument of a culture so radically different from our own is as much a part of contemporary life as the Gothic...
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  • Stories in Light: A Guide to the Stained Glass of the Basilica at the University of Notre Dame by Cunningham, Cecilia Davis
    Cecilia Davis Cunningham

    Stories in Light: A Guide to the Stained Glass of the Basilica at the University of Notre Dame

    The Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame contains one of the largest collections of late nineteenth-century French stained glass outside of France. The French Gothic-inspired church has forty-four large stained glass windows containing two hundred and twenty scenes. Today,...
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  • Chicago Catholic Churches: A Sketchbook by Fillmore, Harrison
    Harrison Fillmore

    Chicago Catholic Churches: A Sketchbook

    It began as the hobby of a lifelong Chicagoan. Twenty-five years and more than three hundred freehand church sketches later, it acts as an archive for centuries of architectural and religious history. The pen-and-ink drawings meticulously capture the details of each individual church down...
    $21.99
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  • The Monumental Complex of Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome by Barelli, Lia
    Lia Barelli

    The Monumental Complex of Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome

    The complex of Ss. Quattro Coronati in Rome is situated on the Caelian Hill between the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano and the valley of the Colosseum. Its diverse archaeological background together with the artistic and architectonic quality of its various components and...
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  • How to Read a Church: A Guide to Symbols and Images in Churches and Cathedrals by Taylor, Richard
    Richard Taylor

    How to Read a Church: A Guide to Symbols and Images in Churches and Cathedrals

    Churches and cathedrals were originally built to be read. They are alive with images and symbols--all of which are packed with meaning. But today few people, from regular visitors to tourists, truly understand the wealth of meaning in what they find there. How to...
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  • The Angel Roofs of East Anglia: Unseen Masterpieces of the Middle Ages by Rimmer, Michael
    Michael Rimmer

    The Angel Roofs of East Anglia: Unseen Masterpieces of the Middle Ages

    Shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards 2016 It has been estimated that over 90% of England's figurative medieval art was obliterated in the image destruction of the Reformation. Medieval angel roofs, timber structures with spectacular and ornate carvings of angels, with a peculiar...
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  • Temple of Jerusalem by Goldhill, Simon
    Simon Goldhill

    Temple of Jerusalem

    It was destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago, and yet the Temple of Jerusalem--cultural memory, symbol, and site--remains one of the most powerful, and most contested, buildings in the world. This glorious structure, imagined and re-imagined, reconsidered and reinterpreted again and again over two millennia,...
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  • Inagawa Cemetery Chapel and Visitor Centre Designed by David Chipperfield by Bright, Olivia Lawrence
    Olivia Lawrence Bright

    Inagawa Cemetery Chapel and Visitor Centre Designed by David Chipperfield

    Chipperfield's new chapel in Japan, in sumptuous photography and textual materialThis book presents David Chipperfield's new architectural work realized in Japan, a contemporary place for prayer. The primary material will be photography: Risaku Suzuki's work documents the architecture, which is in constant dialogue with...
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  • Rituals and Walls: The Architecture of Sacred Space by Vittorio Aureli, Pier
    Pier Vittorio Aureli

    Rituals and Walls: The Architecture of Sacred Space

    In recent years the idea of sacred space has not been considered a relevant topic in contemporary architecture, a neglect that is even more pronounced in terms of debates about the city. The texts and projects collected together in this book aim to redress...
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  • Quakers and Their Meeting Houses by Skidmore, Chris
    Chris Skidmore

    Quakers and Their Meeting Houses

    This book provides a fascinating account of the architecture and historical development of the Quaker meeting house from the foundation of the movement to the twenty-first century. The Quaker meeting house is a distinctive building type used as a place of worship by members...
    $75.00
    $75.00
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  • The Gargoyle Book: 572 Examples from Gothic Architecture by Bridaham, Lester Burbank
    Lester Burbank Bridaham

    The Gargoyle Book: 572 Examples from Gothic Architecture

    Amid the soaring grandeur of arches and spires lurks a more down-to-earth architectural flourish: the grinning head of a gargoyle. Singly and clustered, these intriguing creatures form as distinctive an element of Gothic architecture as the flying buttress. Nowhere are they more prominent than...
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