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  • Alte Volkinger Hutte (Opus 28) by Hutte, Alte Volklinger
    Lucius Burckhardt

    Alte Volkinger Hutte (Opus 28)

    The 19th century German industrial plant that was made into a cultural monument.Author: Lucius BurckhardtISBN-10: 3930698285ISBN-13: 9783930698288Publisher: Axel MengesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/16/1997Pages: 71Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.99lbsSize: 12.09h x 11.26w x 0.49d
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  • Scenography/Szenografie: Making Spaces Talk/Narrative Raume: Projects/Projekte 2002-2010 by Bruckner, Atelier
    Atelier Bruckner

    Scenography/Szenografie: Making Spaces Talk/Narrative Raume: Projects/Projekte 2002-2010

    A pioneer of scenography its project and methods. Current trends in museum and exhibition design. More than 825 photos, graphics and plans. Scenography: Atelier Brckner 2002-2010: Make Spaces Talk is the handbook on scenography edited by a pioneer of scenography. Guided by its philosophy...
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  • The Giedion World: Sigfried Giedion and Carola Giedion-Welcker in Dialogue by Grunewald, Almut
    Almut Grunewald

    The Giedion World: Sigfried Giedion and Carola Giedion-Welcker in Dialogue

    Sigfried Giedion (1888-1968) and Carola Giedion-Welcker (1893-1979) were among the most influential scholars of art and architectural history during the early twentieth century. Of particular impact was their role in connecting leading protagonists of modernism in architecture, art, and literature, such as Alvar Aalto,...
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  • Piranesi, 2 Vol. by Ficacci, Luigi
    Luigi Ficacci

    Piranesi, 2 Vol.

    Piranesi's fantastic worlds: The great 18th century architectural artist and master engraver "Piranesi was as savage as Salvator Rosa, fierce as Michelangelo, and exuberant as Rubens... he has imagined scenes that would startle geometry and exhaust the Indies to realize." --Horace Walpole One of...
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  • Architecture: The Whole Story by Jones, Denna
    Denna Jones

    Architecture: The Whole Story

    This latest addition to the Whole Story series offers an encyclopedic and lavishly illustrated survey of architecture throughout human history. Sweeping in reach and exhaustive in detail, Architecture: The Whole Story is an indispensible reference for anyone interested in the evolution of our built...
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  • The Noble Houses of Scotland by Wemyss, Charles
    Charles Wemyss

    The Noble Houses of Scotland

    This enlightening, lavishly illustrated architectural and historical tour explores the unique flavor of Scotland's great houses. Written from a perspective that is at once personal and scholarly, this unique book examines Scotland's distinctive country-house architecture. Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, drawings and plans,...
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  • Built Perth by Langdon, Elliot
    Elliot Langdon

    Built Perth

    From convicts building their own prison to an arena inspired by an 'unsolvable' puzzle, discover the quirky stories behind some of Perth's most notable architecture. Featuring beautiful illustrations of 50 of Perth's most iconic historic and contemporary buildings, this handy, informative curated guidebook is...
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  • New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial by Stern, Robert A. M.
    Robert A. M. Stern

    New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial

    The post-World War II era witnessed New York's reign as the unofficial but undisputed economic and artistic capital of the world. By the mid-1970s, the city had experienced a profound reversal, and both its economy and its reputation were at a historic nadir.This is...
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  • Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan by Koolhaas, Rem
    Rem Koolhaas

    Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan

    Since its publication - Delirious New York (1978) has attained mythic status. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the variety of human behaviorAt the end of the nineteenth century, population, information, and technology explosions made...
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  • The Victorian House Explained by Yorke, Trevor
    Trevor Yorke

    The Victorian House Explained

    From the majestic rows of gleaming white terraces in West London to the grid of red-brick houses in northern mill towns, the legacy of the Victorian era can be found in every area of the England. Using his own drawings, diagrams and photographs, author...
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  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939 by Wilk, Christopher
    Christopher Wilk

    Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939

    Modernism flourished from 1914 to 1939 and it was a key point of reference for 20th century architecture, design and art. This work explores Modernism and design from an international perspective and reveals the ways in which it has shaped our world and its...
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  • Deserted School Houses of Ireland by O'Flaherty, Enda
    Enda O'Flaherty

    Deserted School Houses of Ireland

    Schoolhouse ruins are a common sight in the Irish countryside, wherever populations are in decline and the fabric of a formerly vibrant community is slowly perishing. Once pivotal to their area, they now lie abandoned. In Enda O'Flaherty's collection, they whisper a poignant narrative...
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  • Lost Country Houses of Norfolk: History, Archaeology and Myth by Williamson, Tom
    Tom Williamson

    Lost Country Houses of Norfolk: History, Archaeology and Myth

    Norfolk is a county sadly rich in "lost" country houses; this account and gazetteer offer a comprehensive account of them. Winner of the general non-fiction category in the East Anglian Book Awards 2016. The country houses lost from the landscape since the late nineteenth...
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  • Tomb and Temple: Re-Imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem by Griffith-Jones, Robin
    Robin Griffith-Jones

    Tomb and Temple: Re-Imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem - earthly and heavenly, past, present and future - has always informed the Christian imagination: it is the intersection of the divine and human worlds, of time and eternity. Since the fourth century, it has been the site of the round Church of...
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  • Design for Resilience: Making the Future We Leave Behind by Walker, Stuart
    Stuart Walker

    Design for Resilience: Making the Future We Leave Behind

    A beautifully written and illustrated framework for resilient design that is as pragmatic as it is inspiring, showing us not only how but why we should design differently. Design for Resilience is a timely, visionary map for creating restorative design that addresses humanity's most...
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  • Delta Urbanism: The Netherlands: The Netherlands by Meyer, Han
    Han Meyer

    Delta Urbanism: The Netherlands

    Delta Urbanism is a major new initiative that explores the growth, development, and management of deltaic cities and regions, with the aim of balancing various goals in a sustainable manner: urbanization, port commerce, industrial development, flood defense, public safety, ecological balance, tourism, and recreation....
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  • Architectural Drawing and Draughtsmen by Blomfield, Reginald
    Reginald Blomfield

    Architectural Drawing and Draughtsmen

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large by Koolhaas, Rem
    Rem Koolhaas

    S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large

    S, M, L, XL presents a selection of the remarkable visionary design work produced by the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) and its acclaimed founder, Rem Koolhaas, in its first twenty years, along with a variety of insightful, often poetic writings.The inventive...
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  • The Grande Dame by Mead, Robert D. and Susan C.
    Robert D. and Susan C. Mead

    The Grande Dame

    It is 231 years old this year. Built in 1790, during President George Washington's second term, it is known as the Stevens Estate. The Georgian Gothic five-room, two-story classic post and beam construction front to the home was added in 1810, by the well-known...
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  • Kansas City Houses: 1885-1938 by Kathrens, Michael C.
    Michael C. Kathrens

    Kansas City Houses: 1885-1938

    Back in stock March 2023! "And, wow, what treasures Michael Kathrens's beautiful book brings out of this city's neighborhoods... some of the most magnificent homes in the country."-William O'Connor, Daily Beast 2019 Osmund Overby Award, Missouri Alliance for Historic PreservationHouse lovers have cherished Michael...
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  • Architecture and Urbanism in Viceregal Mexico: Puebla de Los Ángeles, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries by Burke, Juan Luis
    Juan Luis Burke

    Architecture and Urbanism in Viceregal Mexico: Puebla de Los ﾁngeles, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries

    Architecture and Urbanism in Viceregal Mexico presents a fascinating survey of urban history between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. It chronicles the creation and development of Puebla de los ﾁngeles, a city located in central-south Mexico, during its viceregal period. Founded in 1531, the...
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  • The Magnificent 92 Indiana Courthouses, Revised Edition by Counts, Ira Wilmer
    Ira Wilmer Counts

    The Magnificent 92 Indiana Courthouses, Revised Edition

    During the last quarter of the 19th century, architects designed new courthouses all over Indiana and a flurry of construction began. About 60 of Indiana's 92 courthouses were built during this time. The years between 1900 and 1930 produced 23 more. By the 1970s,...
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  • Standing Alone: Courage in the Face of Adversity by Hastings, Michael
    Michael Hastings

    Standing Alone: Courage in the Face of Adversity

    History affords us with many examples of individuals of principle who were either alone in their efforts or were part of a decided minority. They may have found themselves separated from the majority due to propinquity or circumstance, or they may have placed themselves...
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  • Memories, Memorials, and Monuments: A Companion to Only in New Mexico: An Architectural History of the University of New Mexico: The First Century 188 by Clarke, Ann Hooker
    Ann Hooker Clarke

    Memories, Memorials, and Monuments: A Companion to Only in New Mexico: An Architectural History of the University of New Mexico: The First Century 188

    Memories, Memorials, and Monuments is intended to be a companion to Van Dorn Hooker's books Only in New Mexico: An Architectural History of the University of New Mexico, the First Century 1889-1989, and the large format picture book The University of New Mexico (with...
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  • [Re]tokyo by Taira, Jin
    Jin Taira

    [Re]tokyo

    re]TOKYO explores a wide, understanding vision of the transformative processes of one of the most influential and unknown metropolitan areas in the world, from large scale efforts such as Tokyo's land engineering transformations, to smaller examples such as its capital vending machine system. Four...
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  • Gsd 08 Platform by Ortega, Llu's
    Llu's Ortega

    Gsd 08 Platform

    GSD 08 Platform formulates prevalent tendencies and coherences within the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Its content groupings are the site of relations between a diverse range of projects and research, developing affinities between projects, events, and writings, revealing a cross-section of ideas and...
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  • Survey of London: Whitechapel: Volumes 54 and 55 by Guillery, Peter
    Peter Guillery

    Survey of London: Whitechapel: Volumes 54 and 55

    The Survey of London returns to the East End to chronicle Whitechapel, shedding new light on this widely misunderstood district In these volumes, the Survey of London returns to the East End to chronicle Whitechapel, covering Aldgate to Mile End Green, and Brick Lane...
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  • Scotland History: Early History, The People, Culture and Tradition by Mills, Idris
    Idris Mills

    Scotland History: Early History, The People, Culture and Tradition

    Scotland History Early History, The People, Culture and Tradition. Scotland is one of four countries that make up the United Kingdom. (The other three are England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.) Scotland covers the northern part of the island of Great Britain, which it shares...
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  • Antiques in Italian Interiors, Volume II by Valeriani, Roberto
    Roberto Valeriani

    Antiques in Italian Interiors, Volume II

    Antiques in Italian Interiors, Volume II presents a collection of extravagant classic Italian interiors that house marvelous collections of artwork and antiques.Author: Roberto ValerianiISBN-10: 1905216181ISBN-13: 9781905216185Publisher: Verba VolantLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/16/2010Pages: 318Format: HardcoverWeight: 5.95lbsSize: 13.22h x 10.00w x 1.43d
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  • English Cathedrals: A History by Lehmberg, Stanford
    Stanford Lehmberg

    English Cathedrals

    English cathedrals, including Canterbury, Durham, Winchester and York, are the greatest collective work of art and architecture in Britain, reflecting over a thousand years of history. This book presents an account of their foundation, construction and decoration - their architectural history - and also...
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  • Vintage Journal Companario, Mission Inn, Riverside California by Found Image Press
    Found Image Press

    Vintage Journal Companario, Mission Inn, Riverside California

    The Vintage Journal Companario, Mission Inn, Riverside California pocket journal features an illustration of an old Spanish style mission . This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the cover, and is the perfect companion for your next trip, writing project, to-do list,...
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  • Vintage Journal Mission Inn, Riverside by Found Image Press
    Found Image Press

    Vintage Journal Mission Inn, Riverside

    The Vintage Journal Mission Inn, Riverside pocket journal features an illustration of a chapel. This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the cover, and is the perfect companion for your next trip, writing project, to-do list, or any occasion where a handy...
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  • On the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism: Proceeds of the International Conference on Architectural Criticism 2021 by Wang, Wilfried
    Wilfried Wang

    On the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism: Proceeds of the International Conference on Architectural Criticism 2021

    A rich collection of essays that offer essential, independent voices on architecture criticism in a highly challenging media environment. Should architectural criticism be enlightening? Should it help in the creation of a better built environment? Is there a factual basis to it? Does it...
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  • Isaac Newton's Temple of Solomon and His Reconstruction of Sacred Architecture by Morrison, Tessa
    Tessa Morrison

    Isaac Newton's Temple of Solomon and His Reconstruction of Sacred Architecture

    In the 1680s Isaac Newton wrote the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. At the same time he was also working on a recreation of the plan of Solomon's Temple. In an unpublished manuscript entitled Introduction to the Lexicon of the Prophets, Part two: About the...
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  • The Transformation of the European Civic Tradition Since C. 1800 by Soane, J. V. N.
    J. V. N. Soane

    The Transformation of the European Civic Tradition Since C. 1800

    This book elucidates the continuing conflict between the conservation of the townscapes and associated lifestyles that have evolved over centuries in Europe and the impact of the mounting and dramatic, political, economic and spatial changes that accompany the globalising progress in the modern world....
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  • Book of Ruins by Dixon Hunt, John
    John Dixon Hunt

    Book of Ruins

    Gathering together short texts and extracts that describe and reflect on ruins, dating from remote antiquity (Scipio shedding tears when viewing the destruction of Carthage) to present times (the ruins of a modern city, portrayed in the film Requiem for Detroit), the book provides...
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  • Living in Houses: A Personal History of English Domestic Architecture by Dalton, Ruth
    Ruth Dalton

    Living in Houses: A Personal History of English Domestic Architecture

    This book presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine houses, dating from the 1600s to the 1980s, which have been inhabited by the author, an architect and academic. Chronologically ordered, the book covers rural vernacular houses...
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  • Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England by Hubka, Thomas C.
    Thomas C. Hubka

    Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England

    A classic work on farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders refreshed with a new introduction. Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn portrays the four essential components of the stately and beautiful connected farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders that stand today...
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  • Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-Century Polish Community by Hubka, Thomas C.
    Thomas C. Hubka

    Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-Century Polish Community

    This unique exploration of a lost religious and cultural artifact breathes new life into a forgotten but fascinating aspect of eighteenth-century Polish Jewry. Thomas C. Hubka, an architectural historian, immersed himself in medieval and early modern Jewish history, religion, and culture to prepare for...
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  • Boca Rococo: How Addison Mizner Invented Florida's Gold Coast by Seebohm, Caroline
    Caroline Seebohm

    Boca Rococo: How Addison Mizner Invented Florida's Gold Coast

    Addison Mizner's Mediterranean-style mansions are much-admired Florida icons, where even today you can find many homes modeled with stucco walls and tiled roofs. In the paperback release of Boca Rococo, Caroline Seebohm's successful biography on the flamboyant architect is more accessible now than ever...
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  • Scotch Baronial: Architecture and National Identity in Scotland by Glendinning, Miles
    Miles Glendinning

    Scotch Baronial: Architecture and National Identity in Scotland

    As the debate about Scottish independence rages on, this book takes a timely look at how Scotland's politics have been expressed in its buildings, exploring how the architecture of Scotland - in particular the constantly-changing ideal of the 'castle' - has been of great...
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  • The Philadelphia Country House: Architecture and Landscape in Colonial America by Reinberger, Mark E.
    Mark E. Reinberger

    The Philadelphia Country House: Architecture and Landscape in Colonial America

    A highly readable, beautifully illustrated study of the homes built by elite colonial Philadelphians as retreats--which balanced English models with developing local taste.Colonial Americans, if they could afford it, liked to emulate the fashions of London and the style and manners of English country...
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  • Building/Object: Shared and Contested Territories of Design and Architecture by Ashby, Charlotte
    Charlotte Ashby

    Building/Object: Shared and Contested Territories of Design and Architecture

    Building/Object addresses the space in between the conventional objects of design and the conventional objects of architecture, probing and reassessing the differences between the disciplines of design history and architectural history Each of the 13 chapters in this book examine things which are neither...
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  • Building the Modern Church: Roman Catholic Church Architecture in Britain, 1955 to 1975 by Proctor, Robert
    Robert Proctor

    Building the Modern Church: Roman Catholic Church Architecture in Britain, 1955 to 1975

    Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, architectural historian Robert Proctor examines the transformations in British Roman Catholic church architecture that took place in the two decades surrounding this crucial event. Inspired by new thinking in theology and changing practices of worship, and by...
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  • The Gate Lodges of Leinster: A Gazetteer by Dean, J. A. K.
    J. A. K. Dean

    The Gate Lodges of Leinster: A Gazetteer

    An inventory and history of gatekeepers' houses, in Leinster, Ireland. Lodges are present here in such quality and in such great quantity as to represent a massive as-yet-unrecognized contribution to Ireland's architectural heritage. There are descriptions of 3,136 gate lodges in the twelve counties,...
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  • A Classical Adventure: The Architectural History of Downing College, Cambridge by Howard Foundation
    Tim Rawle

    A Classical Adventure: The Architectural History of Downing College, Cambridge

    In the story of English architecture, and the history of Cambridge University in particular, Downing College occupies a very special place. Founded in 1800 through the will of the third Sir George Downing, Baronet, it was the first new college to be built in...
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  • Rock Fences of the Bluegrass by Murray-Wooley, Carolyn
    Carolyn Murray-Wooley

    Rock Fences of the Bluegrass

    Gray rock fences built of ancient limestone are hallmarks of Kentucky's Bluegrass landscape. Why did Kentucky farmers turn to rock as fence-building material when most had earlier used hardwood rails? Who were the masons responsible for Kentucky's lovely rock fences and what are the...
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  • New China Architecture by Ruan, Xing
    Xing Ruan

    New China Architecture

    Featuring hundreds of photographs and extensive commentary, this modern architecture and design book showcases the dynamic structures of today's China. by China's booming cities are evolving at a dizzying speed, and her new wealth has created a dynamic environment for architecture and construction. New...
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  • Andrea Palladio: The Architect in His Time by Boucher, Bruce
    Bruce Boucher

    Andrea Palladio: The Architect in His Time

    Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) is known as the architect who has guided Western design philosophy for half a millennium, creating forms that have been studied and reproduced from age to age and around the world. For architects and the public alike, his buildings have become...
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  • Historic Houses of South Africa: Treasures of the Pierpont Morgan Library New York by Viney, Graham
    Graham Viney

    Historic Houses of South Africa: Treasures of the Pierpont Morgan Library New York

    Graham Viney sheds light on his country's history with this comprehensive exploration of South Africa's architectural legacy. The houses featured on this book a timeline, charting not only the evolution of South Africa's architectural and interior design styles but also its culture and society...
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