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  • Building Ruskin's Italy: Watching Architecture by Kite, Stephen
    Stephen Kite

    Building Ruskin's Italy: Watching Architecture

    Based on extensive fieldwork, and research into John Ruskin's still little-interpreted archival material, notebooks and drawings (in the Ruskin Library, Lancaster University, UK and elsewhere), Stephen Kite offers an unprecedented account of the evolution of Ruskin's architectural thinking and observation in the context of...
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  • Popular Description of Sir John Soane's House, Museum, & Library by Hofland, 1770-1844
    1770-1844 Hofland

    Popular Description of Sir John Soane's House, Museum, & Library

    A beautifully illustrated guide to the iconic museum and library of Sir John Soane, one of Britain's most visionary architects and collectors. With detailed descriptions of the historic building, its extraordinary collections, and the life and work of its creator, this work is an...
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  • It Was Nevada by Lesperance, Tony
    Tony Lesperance

    It Was Nevada

    It Was Nevada is a hard hitting book following the adventures of Terry Hope from his earliest days, to his ultimate goal of working on a Nevada cattle ranch. Yet, fate has strange ways and Hope soon finds himself at the University of Nevada...
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  • America's Original GI Town Park Forest, Illinois by Randall, Gregory C.
    Gregory C. Randall

    America's Original GI Town Park Forest, Illinois

    At the close of World War II, Americans became increasingly concerned about the problem of housing for returning veterans, relocated defense workers, and their families. Community designs such as the garden city that dated from before the turn of the twentieth century were prominent...
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  • Bridges: The Spans of North America by Plowden, David
    David Plowden

    Bridges: The Spans of North America

    Whether built of wood, stone, iron, steel, or concrete, bridges have captivated our imaginations more than any other man-made structures. In David Plowden's words, "there is no more overt, powerful, or rational expression of accomplishment--of man's ability to build." And Americans, in particular, have...
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  • London: A History of 300 Years in 25 Buildings by Knox, Paul
    Paul Knox

    London: A History of 300 Years in 25 Buildings

    A lively new history of London told through twenty-five buildings, from iconic Georgian townhouses to the Shard A walk along any London street takes you past a wealth of seemingly ordinary buildings: an Edwardian church, modernist postwar council housing, stuccoed Italianate terraces, a Bauhaus-inspired...
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  • Homes From the Forest to You by Stetson & Post Lumber Co
    Stetson & Post Lumber Co

    Homes From the Forest to You

    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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  • An Architectural Guidebook to Portland by King, Bart
    Bart King

    An Architectural Guidebook to Portland

    Portland strikes a unique balance between the rich architectural traditions of the past and the cutting-edge creative developments of modern architecture. Within a small downtown area can be found 19th-century cast-iron-front buildings, skyscrapers, old brick warehouses, a landmark 1890 train station, historic bridges, and...
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  • Six Historic Homesteads by Oakley, Imogen B.
    Imogen B. Oakley

    Six Historic Homesteads

    Our colonial ancestors knew how to build houses as well as constitutions. It may even be that they built the one as enduringly as the other, for many of their mansions still stand, firm in joist and beam, having required in nearly two centuries...
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  • It Was Nevada by Lesperance, Tony
    Tony Lesperance

    It Was Nevada

    It Was Nevada is a hard hitting book following the adventures of Terry Hope from his earliest days, to his ultimate goal of working on a Nevada cattle ranch. Yet, fate has strange ways and Hope soon finds himself at the University of Nevada...
    $32.99
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  • The American Porch: An Informal History of an Informal Place by Dolan, Michael
    Michael Dolan

    The American Porch: An Informal History of an Informal Place

    The former American History editor explores the creation and restoration of an essential part of a twentieth-century home's identity--the American porch. "In this delightful look at an American icon, journalist and documentary scriptwriter . . . Dolan traces the history of the porch, using...
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  • The Disputed Islands Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times The San Juans, 1850-1874 by Pratt, Boyd C.
    Boyd C. Pratt

    The Disputed Islands Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times The San Juans, 1850-1874

    An American farmer shoots an English pig, sparking a war over an international boundary. Explore the disputed islands through the ordinary lives of the multi-ethnic, polyglot communities that lived in the San Juans during this conflict: how these islanders make their homes, work and...
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  • Popular American Housing: A Reference Guide by Brent, Ruth S.
    Ruth S. Brent

    Popular American Housing: A Reference Guide

    Since the Garden of Eden, humanity has been concerned with shelter. Yet housing means different things to different people. This work is a comprehensive, historical reference guide that reviews housing concepts and issues. It introduces the reader to the current body of literature and...
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  • Roman Architecture From Its Classicistic to Its Late Imperial Phase by Boëthius, Axel 1889-1969
    Axel 1889-1969 Boëthius

    Roman Architecture From Its Classicistic to Its Late Imperial Phase

    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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  • The Mirror of Architecture, or, The Ground-rules of the Art of Building by Scamozzi, Vincenzo 1552-1616
    Vincenzo 1552-1616 Scamozzi

    The Mirror of Architecture, or, The Ground-rules of the Art of Building

    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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  • Seeing, Selling, and Situating Radio in Canada, 1922-1956 by Windover, Michael
    Michael Windover

    Seeing, Selling, and Situating Radio in Canada, 1922-1956

    Seeing, Selling, and Situating Radio in Canada, 1922-1956 examines the visual, material, and spatial presence of radio as it reshaped Canadian society in the second quarter of the twentieth century. Through an analysis of radio sets and advertisements, the authors explain how marketing and...
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  • Popular Description of Sir John Soane's House, Museum, & Library by Hofland, 1770-1844
    1770-1844 Hofland

    Popular Description of Sir John Soane's House, Museum, & Library

    A beautifully illustrated guide to the iconic museum and library of Sir John Soane, one of Britain's most visionary architects and collectors. With detailed descriptions of the historic building, its extraordinary collections, and the life and work of its creator, this work is an...
    $15.95
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  • Eight Schools: Campus and Culture by Moorhead, Robert K.
    Robert K. Moorhead

    Eight Schools: Campus and Culture

    Anyone who spent part of their young adult lives on a campus has formed lasting memories of people, times, and places. This insightful and personal book portrays the importance of place on eight boarding school campuses in New England and New Jersey: Choate Rosemary...
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  • Domesticating History: The Political Origins of America's House Museums by West, Patricia
    Patricia West

    Domesticating History: The Political Origins of America's House Museums

    Celebrating the lives of famous men and women, historic house museums showcase restored rooms and period furnishings, and portray in detail their former occupants' daily lives. But behind the gilded molding and curtain brocade lie the largely unknown, politically charged stories of how the...
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  • 40 Points You Should Consider in Building Your New Home by Johns-Manville Corp
    Johns-Manville Corp

    40 Points You Should Consider in Building Your New Home

    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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  • A Sure Guide to Builders, or, The Principles and Practice of Architecture, Geometrically Demonstrated, and Made Easy, for the Use of Workmen in Genera by Langley, Batty 1696-1751
    Batty 1696-1751 Langley

    A Sure Guide to Builders, or, The Principles and Practice of Architecture, Geometrically Demonstrated, and Made Easy, for the Use of Workmen in Genera

    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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  • The English Farmhouse and Cottage by Barley, M. W. (Maurice Willmore) 190
    M. W. (Maurice Willmore) 190 Barley

    The English Farmhouse and Cottage

    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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  • Luis Frois: First Western Accounts of Japan's Gardens, Cities and Landscapes by Castel-Branco, Cristina
    Cristina Castel-Branco

    Luis Frois: First Western Accounts of Japan's Gardens, Cities and Landscapes

    This book focuses on Luis Frois, a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit and chronicler, who recorded his impressions of Japanese gardens, cities and building practices, tea-drinking rituals, Japan's unification efforts, cultural traditions, and the many differences between Europe and Japan in remarkable manuscripts almost lost to...
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  • Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts by Cram, Ralph Adams
    Ralph Adams Cram

    Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts

    This volume contains a fascinating and comprehensive exploration of Japanese architecture through the ages - with information on temples, shrines, domestic buildings, and much more. "Impressions Of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts" is highly recommended for those with an interest in the development...
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  • Late Medieval Lodging Ranges: The Architecture of Identity, Power and Space by Kerr, Sarah
    Sarah Kerr

    Late Medieval Lodging Ranges: The Architecture of Identity, Power and Space

    This book draws on architectural and archaeological analysis to consider the form, function, use and meaning of late medieval lodging ranges. While we know a great deal about most elements of the late medieval great house, we understand very little about their lodging ranges,...
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  • Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology and Architecture of the Wu Family Shrines by Liu, Cary Y.
    Cary Y. Liu

    Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology and Architecture of the Wu Family Shrines

    The "Wu Family Shrines," one of the most important cultural monuments of early China, comprise approximately fifty stone slabs from the so-called Wu cemetery in Shandong province. Depicting emperors and kings, heroic women, filial sons, and mythological subjects, these famous carved and engraved reliefs...
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  • Ruby in the Rockies: Celebrating 40 Years of RMFW by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
    Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

    Ruby in the Rockies: Celebrating 40 Years of RMFW

    In 2023, RMFW celebrated forty years of nurturing writers. Very few of the current members had any recollection of our history, the reasons we formed, or how we got from the initial founding to the forty year mark. Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers in 2023...
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  • Plan Book of Harris Homes: Book Number Seventy Six by Harris Brothers Company (Chicago, Ill ).
    Ill ). Harris Brothers Company (Chicago

    Plan Book of Harris Homes: Book Number Seventy Six

    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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  • Farm Buildings by Foster, W. a. (William Arthur) 1884-
    W. a. (William Arthur) 1884- Foster

    Farm Buildings

    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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  • Creating Medieval Cairo: Empire, Religion, and Architectural Preservation in Nineteenth-Century Egypt by Sanders, Paula
    Paula Sanders

    Creating Medieval Cairo: Empire, Religion, and Architectural Preservation in Nineteenth-Century Egypt

    This book argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the nineteenth century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Addressing the...
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  • Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830 by Brindle, Steven
    Steven Brindle

    Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830

    A major new history of architecture in Britain and Ireland that looks at buildings and their construction in detail while revealing the cultural, material, political, and economic contexts that made them Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830 presents a comprehensive history of architecture in...
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  • The Cathedrals Of France by Ferree, Barr
    Barr Ferree

    The Cathedrals Of France

    A stunning exploration of the grand cathedrals of France, from the towering Notre Dame to the intricate Sainte-Chapelle. With beautiful photographs and insightful commentary, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and architecture of these iconic structures.This work has been...
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  • Women Architects and Modernism in India: Narratives and Contemporary Practices by Desai, Madhavi
    Madhavi Desai

    Women Architects and Modernism in India: Narratives and Contemporary Practices

    Studies on architecture in South Asia continue to ignore women in canonical histories of the discipline. This book attempts to recover the stories of the women architects whose careers nearly parallel the development of modernism in colonial and postcolonial India. Writing their experiences into...
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  • The Book of Small Homes by Home Plan Book Co
    Home Plan Book Co

    The Book of Small Homes

    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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  • A Day at Versailles by Carlier, Yves
    Yves Carlier

    A Day at Versailles

    The Chateau de Versailles is one of the most beautiful and fascinating achievements of eighteenth-century French art. This unique book offers readers unprecedented access to this historical treasure. The world's most iconic chateau has welcomed tourists the world over, yet this handsome slipcased volume...
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  • Regency House Styles by Yorke, Trevor
    Trevor Yorke

    Regency House Styles

    The word 'Regency' has long been associated with elegance conjuring up visions of fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen promenading along streets lined with refined terrace houses and villas. Although strictly covering the decade from 1811 when King George III fell ill until his death...
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  • The Decoration of Houses by Codman, Ogden
    Ogden Codman

    The Decoration of Houses

    Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones, January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Her works: The Touchstone, 1900 The Valley of Decision, 1902 Sanctuary, 1903 The House of Mirth, 1905 Madame de Treymes,...
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  • George Edmund Street by King, Georgiana Goddard
    Georgiana Goddard King

    George Edmund Street

    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Georgiana Goddard KingISBN-10: 1445582937ISBN-13: 9781445582931Publisher:...
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  • The Evolution of Art and Architecture: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Mardon, Austin
    Austin Mardon

    The Evolution of Art and Architecture: From Ancient Times to the Present Day

    Discover the incredible journey of art and architecture throughout human history. These essential parts of our cultural heritage reflect our values, beliefs, and emotions and serve as a vital means of communication for generations to come. From the majestic pyramids of Egypt to the...
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  • Sketch Portfolio Of Railroad Stations: From Original Designs by Gilbert, Bradford Lee
    Bradford Lee Gilbert

    Sketch Portfolio Of Railroad Stations: From Original Designs

    This book showcases the architectural designs of Bradford Lee Gilbert. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the design of railroad stations in the late 19th century. The book includes sketches of the original designs for the Grand Central Station and other important railroad stations...
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  • Barbarian Architecture: Thorstein Veblen's Chicago by Merwood-Salisbury, Joanna
    Joanna Merwood-Salisbury

    Barbarian Architecture: Thorstein Veblen's Chicago

    A richly visual architectural history and theory of modernity that reexamines Thorstein Veblen's classic text The Theory of the Leisure Class through the lens of Chicago in the 1890s. An important critic of modern culture, American economist Thorstein Veblen is best known for the...
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  • A Tour of the Goodspeed Opera House by Mandrona LeMond, Janet Marie
    Janet Marie Mandrona LeMond

    A Tour of the Goodspeed Opera House

    Janet Lemond, Goodspeed tour guide, takes you on an exciting tour of an iconic Connecticut theater. The Goodspeed Opera House is a gem of a theater located on the east side of the Connecticut River in East Haddam, CT. Originally constructed in 1876 by...
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  • Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City by Liddle, Swapna
    Swapna Liddle

    Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City

    - Shahjahanabad examines the city, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, and explores its diverse communities and important landmarks. This book is a must-have for anyone interested in cartography and Delhi's vibrant cultural historyDelhi's Shahjahanabad was first founded as an empire's capital at the glorious height of...
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  • Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal Mexico by Mullen, Robert J.
    Robert J. Mullen

    Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal Mexico

    From monumental cathedrals to simple parish churches, perhaps as many as 100,000 churches and civic buildings were constructed in Mexico during the viceregal or colonial period (1535-1821). Many of these structures remain today as witnesses to the fruitful blending of Old and New World...
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  • The Builder's Jewel, or, The Youth's Instructor and Workman's Remembrancer: Explaining Short and Easy Rules, Made Familiar to the Meanest Capacity, fo by Langley, Batty 1696-1751
    Batty 1696-1751 Langley

    The Builder's Jewel, or, The Youth's Instructor and Workman's Remembrancer: Explaining Short and Easy Rules, Made Familiar to the Meanest Capacity, fo

    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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  • Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture, in a More Exact and Easy Manner Than Has Been Heretofore Practised, by Which All Fractions, in Di by Gibbs, James 1682-1754
    James 1682-1754 Gibbs

    Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture, in a More Exact and Easy Manner Than Has Been Heretofore Practised, by Which All Fractions, in Di

    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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  • Sydney in 1848: a Facsimile of the Original Text and Copper-plate Engravings of Its Principal Streets, Public Buildings, Churches, Cha by Fowles, Joseph D. 1878
    Joseph D. 1878 Fowles

    Sydney in 1848: a Facsimile of the Original Text and Copper-plate Engravings of Its Principal Streets, Public Buildings, Churches, Cha

    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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  • Travels in the History of Architecture by Harbison, Robert
    Robert Harbison

    Travels in the History of Architecture

    Mies van der Rohe, master of modern architecture, declared that "Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together." In Travels in the History of Architecture, renowned architectural writer Robert Harbison takes a closer look at these bricks, providing an engaging and concise companion...
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  • Victorian Architecture in London and Southwestern Ontario: Symbols of Aspiration by Tausky, Nancy Z.
    Nancy Z. Tausky

    Victorian Architecture in London and Southwestern Ontario: Symbols of Aspiration

    In an era of steel and glass towers, the graceful and distinctive structures of Victorian Ontario which survive are a pleasing and a valuable link with the past. Some of the finest examples of these buildings can still be found in London, Ontario, and...
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  • Churches and Castles of Mediæval France by Larned, Walter Cranston
    Walter Cranston Larned

    Churches and Castles of Medi誚al France

    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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