Architecture - History - General

An introduction to the architectural development, the social significance and, in the last century, the dramatic fall and rise of the English railway station.Author: Steven ParissienISBN-10: 1848022360ISBN-13: 9781848022362Publisher: Historic England in Association with LiverpooLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2015Pages: 172Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.45lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.70w x 1.00dAbout...

In nineteenth-century Punjab, a cultural tug-of-war ensued as both Sufi mystics and British officials aimed to engage the local artisans as a means of realizing their ideological ambitions. When it came to influence and impact, the Sufi shrines had a huge advantage over the...

The astonishing life of one of Scotland's most famous daughters Anyone who knows about the abortive 1745 Jacobite Rising in Scotland, knows the romantic tale of how, after the catastrophic defeat at Culloden, the pretender, 'Bonnie' Prince Charlie fled for his life through the...

First published in 1834, Lives of Necromancers is perhaps one of the most thorough overviews of the lives and legends of both fictional and historic individuals associated with the magical arts. Godwin thoughtfully summarizes the histories and tales of mankind, from ancient Rome and...

TITTENHURST PARK. VOL III. RINGO STARR & THE SHEIKH. Following his permanent move to New York City, John Lennon sold Tittenhurst Park to his friend and bandmate Ringo Starr in 1973. Among his renovations, Ringo updated the recording studio and rented it out to...

Out of all the books on Egypt, this one reveals much of the highly detailed methods the Egyptians used in building their stone constructions.We often marvel at the incredible structures they built, not knowing exactly how it was done. The Great Pyramid's construction still...

Author: Pham Thanh HienISBN-10: 158112029XISBN-13: 9781581120295Publisher: Dissertation.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/1998Pages: 198Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d

Chicago's marvelous architecture and the great paintings and sculpture of its famous museums are the stars and focus of this unique new tour guide. In a compact, easy-to-carry, and easy-to-follow format, the book contains twenty-five self-guided tours to the city's world-renowned masterpieces. Each brief...

An entertaining, abundantly illustrated history of a Chicago landmark, inspired by Daniel Burnham and a feat of engineering, now a grand locale for public recreation.Author: Douglas BukowskiISBN-10: 1566631157ISBN-13: 9781566631150Publisher: Ivan R. Dee PublisherLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1996Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.10w x 0.40d

FLORIDA CARPENTER GOTHIC CHURCHES is a book of photographs of the exteriors and brief histories of the 39 such churches believed to still exist in Florida. The churches were built between 1870 and 1910 and are a link to Florida's heritage and history.Author: Mike...

This book explores Architecture in England chronologically using as a case study the small town of Great Malvern Worcestershire. This practical and usable guide, with handy index and walking trails, will be of interest not only to the town's residents and its visitors but...

Author: Doug TaylorISBN-10: 1540210030ISBN-13: 9781540210036Publisher: History Press Library EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2014Pages: 162Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

First published in 1935, this volume contains a fascinating exploration of the work of five world-famous architects, including Andrea Palladio, Lorenzo Bernini, Indigo Jones, Ange Jaques Gabriel, and Christopher Wren. The material was originally based on a a series of lectures delivered at the...

Author: Guy Nixon (Redcorn)ISBN-10: 1514401010ISBN-13: 9781514401019Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/27/2015Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.21d

When Dennis James Williams returned home after fighting in Iraq, he had a hard time fitting back into society. He was under financial stress and could not communicate with his wife. Much of his time was spent trying to find a place to work...

A comprehensive period account of the background and construction of the Eiffel Tower by French scientist and editor Gaston Tissandier (1843 - 1899). Includes 1889 introductory handwritten letter by M. Gustave Eiffel. Copiously illustrated. Handier than the free PDFs on the web, this historical...

Istanbul's Çemberlitas Hamami provides a case study for the cultural, social and economic functions of Turkish bathhouses over time. Applies a biographical approach that presents a new paradigm for the discussion of architectural monuments, not only in an Ottoman context, but across time and...

In this study Alan Waterhouse draws on anthropological, social and cultural history, literature, and philosophy to reach an understanding of the roots of Western architecture and city building. He explores the illusion that cities are constructed to impose rational order, an order articulated through...

An invaluable resource for readers interested in architecture and design that demonstrates how the construction, form, and function of key structures in the 19th-century influenced American social, political, economic, and intellectual life. America has always been a nation of thinkers, believers, creators, and builders....

Covent Garden, the cultural heart of London, is notorious for its history, ghosts, and the Old Market. Discover the special places unique to this area. It would be interesting to read about the latest fashionable shops, popular pubs and hotels that existed in Covent...

Author: James J. Sr. WoodISBN-10: 1425980252ISBN-13: 9781425980252Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2007Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Revealing that nineteenth-century photography goes beyond the functional to reflect the aesthetic, intellectual, and cultural concerns of the time, this study proposes that each photographic image of architecture be studied both as a primary visual document and an object of aesthetic inquiry. This multi-faceted...

In 1922 the Fascist 'March on Rome' brought Benito Mussolini to power. He promised Italians that his fascist revolution would unite them as never before and make Italy a strong and respected nation internationally. In the next two decades, Mussolini set about rebuilding the...

This volume of primary sources examine British architectural history from 1760 to 1830. It contains a mixture of architectural treatises, biographical material on architects, works on different types of building, and contemporary descriptions of individual buildings and will be of great interest to students...

This book traces the history of urban design in tropical South East Asia with a view to offering solutions to contemporary architectural and urban problems. The book examines how pre-colonial forms and patterns from South East Asian traditional cities, overlaid by centuries of change,...

This book reveals the 'epistemic imposition' of architectural ideas and practices by colonists from the Netherlands in the Dutch East Indies from the late-19th century onwards, exploring the ways in which this came to shape the profession up to the present day in what...

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,...

On the intersection of royalty and architecture throughout the agesThis volume looks at the robust link between architecture and royalty--from palaces and gardens to ornamental interiors and other artworks--and presents historical examples in which leaders of European nobility or aristocracy served as surprisingly active...

In 508/7 B.C.E., after years of chaos and uncertainty, the city of Athens was rocked by a momentous occurrence: the passage of a series of reforms that resulted in what has come to be known as the world's first democracy. Exactly how the Athenians...

Paris and London have long held a mutual fascination, and never more so than in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when they both vied to be the world's greatest city. Each city has been the focus of many books, yet here Jonathan Conlin uncovers...

Brasilia, Caracas, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro ... cities synonymous with some of the most innovative and progressive architecture of the past century.Author: Valerie FraserISBN-10: 1859843077ISBN-13: 9781859843079Publisher: VersoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/17/2001Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 7.75h x 7.75w x 0.64dReview Citation(s): Choice 07/01/2001 pg. 1948

The Seven Lamps of Architecture is a classic book on architectural theory written by the renowned British art critic and social thinker, John Ruskin. The book was first published in 1849 and has since become a seminal work in the field of architecture. In...

Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were pioneers of Modern Architecture in Britain and its former colonies from the late 1920s through to the early 1970s. As a barometer of twentieth century architecture, their work traces the major cultural developments of that century from the...

This book offers a new and surprising perspective on the evolution of cities across the Roman Empire in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages (third to ninth centuries AD). It suggests that the tenacious persistence of leading cities across most of the Roman...

Palermo - the capital of Sicily - is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of original monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Yet it also has a grittier side, shown by the continuing influence...

Grayscale Coloring Book for Adults: 8.5 x 11 inch 62 Pages 30 Grayscale Photos of buildings from around the world to color Full wraparound cover design Perfect bound Flexible easy wipe-clean glossy cover Grayscale Coloring Book for Adults: Buildings is a coloring book for...

The city of Phoenix, with its attractive climate and diverse commercial enterprises, has always had a strong lodging industry. The first hotel was built by John Gardiner in 1872. This initial hotel would set the stage for the growth of a large and interesting...

Georgiana Goddard King's seminal study, The Way of Saint James, is finally reissued. Completed in 1917, this three-volume masterpiece is a wide-ranging exploration of the history, literature, legends, and architecture of the Camino de Santiago. It is based on Professor King's "three years wanderings"...

The first volume in the Urgent Matters series, Trojan Goat: A Self-Sufficient House traces the design and construction of the University of Virginia's whimsically named, award-winning entry in the 2002 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. John D. Quale, the architectural advisor and coordinator...

Rupert Gunnis is one of the founding fathers of Cypriot historiography. Whilst working as an administrator in the British Colonial Government of Cyprus in the 1930s he visited every town and city on the island, recording its interesting historic buildings and sites. In this...

The Ottoman Empire is approahced through analysis of its political economy based on world systems theory. Relations with Europe constituted one of the key factors that shaped the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Yet a comprehensive account of the nature, development, and consequences of...

St. Francis of Assisi Church in Taos, New Mexico, is one of the most widely recognized buildings in the United States. It has been photographed by thousands of people who have visited it including professional photographers, and painted by scores of artists in various...

First ever detailed study of lost medieval shrines in English cathedrals. Almost all the great medieval shrines disappeared at the Reformation, yet for several centuries they were the outward and visible sign of the spiritual benefits believed to flow from proximity to the saint's...

This is at once a compendium for designers and an entertaining essay on the architecture of Asia's most glamorous tropical island by one of its foremost admirers. Landscape and architectural designer Made Wijaya draws on his photographic archives, compiled over the past thirty years,...

na broad sense Design Science is the grammar of a language of images Irather than of words. Modern communication techniques enable us to transmit and reconstitute images without needing to know a specific verbal sequence language such as the Morse code or Hungarian. International...

Whether tall office buildings, high-rise apartments, or lofty hotels, skyscrapers have been stars in American cinema since the silent era. Cinema's tall buildings have been variously represented as unbridled aspiration, dens of iniquity and eroticism, beacons of democracy, and well-oiled corporate machines. Considering their...

This collection of essays by leading scholars and practitioners addresses a timely and essential question: How can we design, plan, and sustain built environments that will foster health and healing? With a salutogenic (health-promoting) focus, Healthy Environments, Healing Spaces addresses a range of contemporary...

Analogical thought is fundamental to creativity. The use of analogy can help to solve problems, make connections between disciplines, and use those relations to form original solutions.In Analogy and Design, Andrea Ponsi considers the role of analogical thought in architectural design. Almost all work...

Virginia is as much a state of mind as a set of geographical boundaries. Its western terrain encompasses dramatically beautiful mountaintops and scrubby lowlands, luxuriantly rich terrain, and rocky, almost untillable land. The green forests, rich loam, red clay, and sandy soil attracted waves...

Court day in early Virginia transformed crossroads towns into forums for citizens of all social classes to transact a variety of business, from legal cases heard before the county magistrates to horse races, ballgames, and the sale and barter of produce, clothing, food, and...