Chronology of Architecture. A Cultural Timeline from Stone Circles to Skyscrapers, Hardback - ***

A fresh take on the history of architecture, using cultural timelines to reveal little-known connections between society, engineering, and design.

Reducere. The Tuskegee Airmen Chronology: A Detailed Timeline of the Red Tails and Other Black Pilots of World War II provides a unique year-by-year overview...

The incredible story of how we learned about the Universe, from the earliest prehistoric observations to the first telescopes. Early astronomy rank...

Publisher: Photoprint ScotlandAuthor(s): David WatsonIllustration(s): 47 photographs, 10 mapsNumber of pages: 52Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 2...

A designer of Japanese gardens contemplates wildness, humanity, beauty, the liquid state of the world.Publisher: Stone Bridge PressAuthor(s): Marc ...

Reducere. The future of architecture and urban design unveiled by 150 innovative projects submitted to the world-renowned eVolo Skyscraper Competition. The t...

A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stonePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Fabio BarryIllustration(s...

DescriptionPoetic spaces, surreal structures and dramatic visions. The extraordinary career of Ricardo Bofill is collected in this monograph, which...

Reducere. The Founding Myths of Architecture brings together and discusses the work of some of the most influential and intriguing figures in the history of ...

Reducere. A complete reference to the classical orders of architecture, this magnificently illustrated volume covers the Greek, Roman, and Renaissance period...

A landmark account of architectural theory and practice from acclaimed philosopher Roger ScrutonArchitecture is distinguished from other art forms ...

How does the experience of turning a door handle, opening a door from one space into another, affect us? It is no wonder that the door, one of the ...

This is a major revision and expansion of what has long been recognized as a basic reference in its field. Besides updating the existing text, the ...

Reducere. A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering speci...

Based on documentation originating in the environmental sciences, history of science, philosophy and art, Architecture of Nature explores the mater...

A journey through the history of architecture, from the earliest mud huts to today's soaring towers. Chronologically arranged, this large-format bo...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Nazanin Hedayat (New York City College of Technology, USA) MunroeIllustration(s): 100 bw illusNumber...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Francois BlanciakIllustration(s): 70 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dime...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Andrej RadmanIllustration(s): 6 B/W illustrations 9 B/W tablesNumber of pages: 232Publication date:...

An exploration into our Neolithic past through the history, legends and lore of Cumbria's prolific array of standing stones.Publisher: SarabandAuth...

Part memento mori for architecture, and part invocation to reimagine the design values that lay at the heart of its creative purpose.Buildings, alt...

While mathematics in architecture has historically referenced notions of order, proportion, and ideal form, the discipline of mathematics itself ha...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Scriptures reveal that when we enter the latter days, we'll find ourselves in an increasingly chaotic world where godlessness and la...

Reducere. One of history's most published architectural treatises, this Renaissance volume solidified the architectural canon of the past five centuries. In ...

Over the last decade or so, the widespread adoption of digital techniques have greatly expanded the possibilities of applying ornament in design. A...

Reducere. First published in four volumes in Venice in 1570, "The Four Books of Architecture" is the important architectural treatise by the famed Italian ar...

Reducere. Rudolf Steiner gave thousands of lectures in his lifetime, usually without notes, and, with very few exceptions, with nothing more than chalk and a...

Reducere. Like America itself, the architecture of the United States is an amalgam, an imitation or an importation of foreign forms adapted to the natural or...

Reducere. The second in an epic fantasy trilogy full of wonder and magic. Young Sylas is stuck in The Other, and desperate to return home to the mother he's ...

Publisher: SkiraIllustration(s): 250 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 249 x 282 x 22Cover type: Hard...

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley LtdAuthor(s): DKIllustration(s): 883 photographsNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 243 x 287 x 33C...