From Architecture to the City

The Art of Classic Planning: Building Beautiful and Enduring Communities, Hardcover - Nir Haim Buras

630,99 RON

An accomplished architect and urbanist goes back to the roots of what makes cities attractive and livable, demonstrating how we can restore functio...

belknap press, carti, carte straina, the arts

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Staging Fashion: The Fashion Show and Its Spaces, Hardcover - Tiziana Ferrero-Regis

598,99 RON

The fashion show and its spaces are sites of otherness, representing everything from rebellion and excess through to political and social activism....

bloomsbury publishing plc, carti, carte straina, economics

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Christianity and Monasticism in Alexandria and the Egyptian Deserts, Hardcover - Gawdat Gabra

547,99 RON

The legacies of the Coptic Christian presence in Alexandria and the Egyptian Deserts from the fourth century to the present day The great city of A...

american university in cairo press, carti, carte straina, philosophy & religion

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Urban Transformations: From Liberalism to Corporatism in Greater Berlin, 1871-1933, Hardcover - Parker Daly Everett

532,99 RON

DescriptionUrban Transformations is a theoretical and empirical account of the changing nature of urbanization in Germany. Where city planners and ...

university of toronto press, carti, carte straina, earth sciences

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Oma NY: Search Term, Paperback - Shohei Shigematsu

519,99 RON 556,99 RON

Reducere. The long-anticipated monograph on OMA New York by Shohei Shigematsu and Jason Long is sure to be the design and architecture book of the season. Pr...

rizzoli international publications, carti, carte straina, the arts

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Lucio Muniain: Painting, Music, Architecture, Hardcover - Lucio Muniain

487,99 RON

Drawings, LPs and an architectural survey by Mexico City-based artist, architect and musician Lucio MuniainThis volume presents three bodies of wor...

arquine, carti, carte straina, the arts

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Warwickshire, Hardcover - Chris Pickford

479,99 RON

Highlights of this fully revised and updated guide are the magnificent medieval fortresses of Warwick and Kenilworth Castles, but this county is al...

yale university press, carti, carte straina, the arts, fine arts: treatments & subjects

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The Otherness of the Everyday: Twelve Conversations from the Chinese Art World During the Pandemic, Hardcover - Jiang Jiehong

473,99 RON 507,99 RON

Reducere. At the end of 2019 to the beginning of 2020, when the coronavirus first emerged, Wuhan in China became the first city in the world affected by this...

intellect (uk), carti, carte straina, the arts

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Vogue Living: Country, City, Coast, Hardcover - Hamish Bowles

472,99 RON

The next collection of all-new beautiful houses and gardens that have appeared in the pages of Vogue over the last decade, with more than 400 full-...

knopf publishing group, carti, carte straina, the arts, fine arts: art forms

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Made to Order: Painted Ceramics of Ancient Teotihuacan, Hardcover - Cynthia Conides

471,99 RON 505,99 RON

Reducere. The ancient city of Teotihuacan, North America's first metropolis, flourished for nearly eight centuries in central Mexico until its demise in 650 ...

university of oklahoma press, carti, carte straina, earth sciences

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The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930: Cityscapes, Photographs, Debates, Hardcover - Idurre Alonso

470,99 RON

This volume examines the unprecedented growth of several cities in Latin America from 1830 to 1930, observing how sociopolitical changes and upheav...

getty research institute, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

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Improbable Metropolis: Houston's Architectural and Urban History, Hardcover - Barrie Scardino Bradley

411,99 RON 440,99 RON

Reducere. Just over 180 years ago, the city of Houston was nothing more than an alligator-infested swamp along the Buffalo Bayou that spread onto a flat, end...

university of texas press, carti, carte straina, the arts

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New York from the Air: A Story of Architecture, Hardcover - Yann Arthus-Bertrand

402,99 RON

Completely updated with new photographs and text, New York from the Air is a lush, romantic, and ultimately hopeful tribute to one of the most thri...

abrams, carti, carte straina, the arts, fine arts: art forms

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Shapes from Out of Nowhere: Ceramics from the Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Hardcover - Adrienne Spinozzi

399,99 RON 427,99 RON

Reducere. Adventures in abstract ceramics, from George E. Ohr and Ken Price to Kathy ButterlyA comprehensive overview of 20th-century non-representational ce...

august editions, carti, carte straina, the arts

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Chinese Architecture: A History, Hardcover - Nancy Steinhardt

387,99 RON

DescriptionAn unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to todayThroughout history, Ch...

princeton university press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

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Pierre Koenig: A View from the Archive, Hardcover - Neil Jackson

384,99 RON

DescriptionIn this remarkable and gorgeously illustrated book, Neil Jackson presents a vibrant profile of the Los Angeles architect Pierre Koenig, ...

getty research institute, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, contemporary lifestyle fiction

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Slavery in the City: Architecture and Landscapes of Urban Slavery in North America, Hardcover - Clifton Ellis

379,99 RON

Contributor(s): Editor: Clifton EllisEditor: Rebecca GinsburgCountering the widespread misconception that slavery existed only on plantations, and ...

university of virginia press, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Alberto Kalach: Work, Paperback - Alberto Kalach

376,99 RON 403,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionMexican architect Alberto Kalach (born 1960) founded Taller de Arquitectura X (TAX) in 1981, and for more than 35 years the firm's work ...

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Andrea Branzi: The Project in the Age of Relativity, Hardcover - Brandi Andrea

371,99 RON 398,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionStarting from the Radical research to contemporary design, the book collects Andrea Branzi's work about the relationship city-design. Th...

actar, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Above New Orleans: Roofscapes of the Crescent City, Hardcover - Richard Campanella

365,99 RON 391,99 RON

Reducere. The first full-length book of drone photography of the Crescent City, Above New Orleans offers readers perspectives never before captured by a came...

lsu press, carti, carte straina, the arts

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Siah Armajani: Follow This Line, Hardcover - Siah Armajani

347,99 RON 372,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionArmajani unites art and architecture, Persian calligraphy and abstract expressionism, American vernacular architecture and Russian const...

walker art center/the metropolitan museum of, carti, carte straina, the arts, fine arts: art forms

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Spatial Practices: Modes of Action and Engagement with the City, Paperback - Melanie Dodd

337,99 RON

This book explores 'spatial practices', a loose and expandable set of approaches that embrace the political and the activist, the performative and ...

routledge, carti, carte straina, the arts

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Exotic: A Fetish for the Foreign, Hardcover - Judy Sund

333,99 RON

A fascinating survey of the enduring human love affair with the exotic and the strange, and its impact on Western cultureExotic explores our obsess...

phaidon press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary

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The Power of Objects in Eighteenth-Century British America, Paperback - Jennifer Van Horn

307,99 RON

DescriptionOver the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. The Power of Objects in...

omohundro institute and university of north c, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

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Hotels of Pyongyang, Hardback - Nicole Reed

304,99 RON

Hotels Of Pyongyang takes the reader to North Korea, one of the world's most isolated countries, and captures the surprising variety of its archite...

astral horizon press, carti, carte straina, the arts, industrial

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Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitect, Hardcover - Antonio Sergio Bessa

299,99 RON

``Undoing is just as much a democratic right as doing.``---Gordon Matta-Clark This revealing book looks at the groundbreaking work of Gordon Matta-...

yale university press, carti, carte straina, the arts, fine arts: treatments & subjects

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Carrot City: Creating Places for Urban Agriculture, Hardcover - Mark Gorgolewski

283,99 RON

Carrot City is a collection of ideas, both conceptual and realized, that use design to enable sustainable food production, helping to reintroduce u...

monacelli press, carti, carte straina, technology

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Luca Campigotto: American Elegy, Hardcover - Luca Campigotto

281,99 RON 301,99 RON

Reducere. The American road mythos from the vast landscapes of the West to the industrial fringes of New York CityThis luscious volume presents 70 color phot...

silvana editoriale, carti, carte straina, the arts

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Ellsworth Kelly: Austin, Hardcover - Ellsworth Kelly

274,99 RON 294,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe only building the artist designed, Austin is Kelly's most enduring legacyIn January 2015, the renowned American artist Ellsworth Kel...

radius books, carti, carte straina, the arts, fine arts: art forms

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The Largest Art: A Measured Manifesto for a Plural Urbanism, Hardcover - Brent D. Ryan

264,99 RON

Urban design in practice is incremental, but architects imagine it as scaled-up architecture -- large, ready-to-build pop-up cities. This paradox o...

mit press, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Upstate: Living Spaces with Space to Live, Hardcover - Lisa Przystup

254,99 RON 272,99 RON

Reducere. This inspiring collection of compelling and characterful interiors will have city and country dwellers alike dreaming of carving out a personal hav...

monacelli press, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Surf Shacks: An Eclectic Compilation of Surfers' Homes from Coast to Coast, Hardcover - Indoek

251,99 RON

Surfing is a way of life. A life dominated by the waves and the tide with a cozy place to pause in between. Creative personalities crafting bold ho...

gestalten, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Tom Kundig: Works, Hardcover - Tom Kundig

251,99 RON

In Tom Kundig: Works, the celebrated Seattle-based architect presents nineteen new projects, from Hawaii to New York City. Kundig's award-winning h...

princeton architectural press, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Ryan Korban: Interiors, Hardcover - Ryan Korban

251,99 RON

DescriptionFrom the interiors darling known for his cool-kids paces, an alluring new monograph exploring design ideas for today's generation. Synon...

rizzoli international publications, carti, carte straina, lifestyle

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Rome a photographic tour: 122 amazing photos, Hardcover - Alexandru Ciobanu

249,99 RON 267,99 RON

Reducere. Rome a photographic tour is a captivating travel photography book dedicated to Rome, Italy, a city with a unique history. This photo book guides th...

alexandru cristian ciobanu, carti, carte straina, language & linguistics

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For the Love of White: The White and Neutral Home, Hardcover - Chrissie Rucker

244,99 RON 262,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionCreate calming, peaceful spaces in your home with white and neutral tones with the first home decorating book from The White Company, pu...

harper design, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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100 Lost Architectural Treasures of Old Charlotte, Hardcover - David W. Erdman

244,99 RON 262,99 RON

Reducere. In its ascent to becoming a top-20 city, Charlotte, North Carolina, has demolished one-by-one a greater proportion of its historic buildings than w...

david w. erdman, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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New York: Architectural Guide: A Critic's Guide to 100 Iconic Buildings in New York from 1999 to 2020, Paperback - Vladimir Belogolovsky

244,99 RON 262,99 RON

Reducere. This architectural guide brings together 100 of the most original structures built in New York City since 1999. Vladimir Belogolovsky pairs them wi...

dom publishers, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Rock the Shack: The Architecture of Cabins, Cocoons and Hide-Outs, Hardcover - S. Ehmann

243,99 RON

From weekend homes to get-away cabins in the mountains, by the sea, or in the woods, this architecture embodies our longing for lounging in nature....

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Hide and Seek: The Architecture of Cabins and Hideouts, Hardcover - Sofia Borges

243,99 RON

Our longing for simplicity, clarity, and relaxation often leads us into nature. Hide and Seek showcases the most beautiful places for satisfying th...

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New York City History, Paperback - Bob Swacker

243,99 RON 261,99 RON

Reducere. New York City History is essential reading not only for fans of regional history, but for readers who wish to understand the American experience th...

disruption books, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

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Workshop/APD. Architecture, Interiors and the Spaces Between, Hardback - Marc Kristol

239,99 RON

The first book from award-winning interior design and architecture firm Workshop/APD with projects ranging from New York City to Miami, Nantucket t...

rizzoli international publications, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Trope Tokyo, Hardcover - Sam Landers

233,99 RON

Trope Tokyo, the fourth volume in the Trope City Editions series, celebrates the architecture and urban landscapes of this dynamic metropolis fusin...

trope publishing co., carti, carte straina, the arts, photography & photographs

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Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide, Paperback - Mohamed Elshahed

232,99 RON

DescriptionThe city of a thousand minarets is also the city of eclectic modern constructions, turn-of-the-century revivalism and romanticism, concr...

american university in cairo press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

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Downtime on the Microgrid: Architecture, Electricity, and Smart City Islands, Hardcover - Malcolm McCullough

232,99 RON

Something good about the smart city: a human-centered account of why the future of electricity is local.Resilience now matters most, and most resil...

mit press, carti, carte straina, mathematics & science

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How to Study Public Life, Hardcover - Jan Gehl

231,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Jan GehlAuthor: Birgitte SvarreHow do we accommodate a growing urban population in a way that is sustainable, equitable, an...

island press, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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West of Here: La Landscapes and Grand Theft Auto V, Hardcover - Leonardo Magrelli

228,99 RON 245,99 RON

Reducere. All the images in this work derive from wallpapers and screenshots taken by different users while playing Grand Theft Auto V --a videogame set in L...

yoffy press, carti, carte straina, the arts

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Into the Woods: Retreats and Dream Houses, Hardcover - Philip Jodidio

225,99 RON

DescriptionFor those who crave the tranquility of nature, fifty houses selected from around the world with the most ecologically sustainable and in...

rizzoli international publications, carti, carte straina, lifestyle

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Prague: Travel Book on Prague, Hardcover - Elyse Booth

225,99 RON 241,99 RON

Reducere. There is something to say about the elegance of the capitol city of Czech Republic, Prague. This photography book reflects the detail in its baroqu...

elyse booth, carti, carte straina, the arts, photography & photographs

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Cobblestone Cats - Puerto Rico: The Cats of Old San Juan (2nd ed.), Hardcover - Alan Panattoni

222,99 RON 238,99 RON

Reducere. Old San Juan is the oldest settlement in Puerto Rico and it sits on a narrow bluff with the Atlantic Ocean to the north and San Juan Bay to the sou...

alan panattoni, carti, carte straina, lifestyle

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The Baltimore Rowhouse, Paperback - Charles Belfoure

220,99 RON 236,99 RON

Reducere. Perhaps no other American city is so defined by an indigenous architectural style as Baltimore is by the rowhouse, whose brick facades march up and...

princeton architectural press, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Designing San Francisco: Art, Land, and Urban Renewal in the City by the Bay, Hardcover - Alison Isenberg

215,99 RON 231,99 RON

Reducere. A major new urban history of the design and development of postwar San FranciscoDesigning San Francisco is the untold story of the formative postwa...

princeton university press, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Distinctly Modern Interiors, Hardcover - Emily Summers

213,99 RON

DescriptionThe first book by AD 100 designer Emily Summers, featuring interiors that celebrate a new idea of American modernism. Weaving mid-centur...

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When Ivory Towers Were Black: A Story about Race in America's Cities and Universities, Paperback - Sharon Egretta Sutton

211,99 RON 226,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sharon Egretta SuttonForeword by: James Stewart PolshekWhen Ivory Towers Were Black lies at the potent intersection of race...

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What Goes Up: The Right and Wrongs to the City, Hardcover - Michael Sorkin

209,99 RON

A radical architect examines the changing fortunes of the contemporary cityMichael Sorkin is one of the most forthright and engaging architectural ...

verso, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Abstract 2018, Paperback - Shannon Werle

208,99 RON 223,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionAbstract is the yearly publication of work and research from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Prese...

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Modernity and the Architecture of Mexico, Paperback - Edward R. Burian

204,99 RON 219,99 RON

Reducere. Since the mid 1970s, there has been an extraordinary renewal of interest in early modern architecture, both as a way of gaining insight into contem...

university of texas press, carti, carte straina, the arts

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Asher Benjamin: American Architect, Author, Artist, Hardcover - Bill Ranauro

199,99 RON 213,99 RON

Reducere. From the rural backwater of Hartland, Connecticut, Asher Benjamin would rise to become one of the most important yet overlooked figures of American...

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All Trails Lead to Santa Fe (Softcover), Paperback - Inc Santa Fe 400th Anniversary

197,99 RON 211,99 RON

Reducere. Santa Fe, as a tourist destination and an international art market with its attraction of devotees to opera, flamenco, good food and romanticized c...

sunstone press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary

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Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities, Hardcover - Ryan Gravel

193,99 RON 207,99 RON

Reducere. **Winner, Phillip D. Reed Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment****A Planetizen Top Planning Book for 2017**After decades of sp...

st. martin's press, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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Trope London, Hardcover - Sam Landers

191,99 RON

DescriptionTrope London, the second volume in the Trope City Editions series, celebrates the meeting of traditional and modern architecture that co...

trope publishing co., carti, carte straina, the arts, photography & photographs

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Oxford, Hardcover - Matthew Rice

188,99 RON

Oxford is one of the jewels of European architecture, much loved and much visited. The city offers an unparallelled collection of the best of Engli...

white lion publishing, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary

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Stairway Walks in San Francisco: The Joy of Urban Exploring, Hardcover - Mary Burk

188,99 RON

DescriptionThe essential San Francisco travel guide for walkers and hikers Hundreds of public stairways traverse San Francisco's 42 hills, exposing...

wilderness press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

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Bauhaus Dessau: Architecture, Hardcover - Bauhaus Dessau Foundation

188,99 RON

Description"Art and technology: a new unity." It was with this slogan that the Bauhaus--the German art school famous for combining crafts and the f...

hirmer verlag gmbh, carti, carte straina, the arts, architecture

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The Industrious City: Urban Industry in the Digital Age, Paperback - Hiromi Hosoya

188,99 RON

How can industrial production be reintegrated into the urban fabric in a post-digital world Research from Harvard's Graduate School of Design addre...

lars muller publishers, carti, carte straina, the arts

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I See a City: Todd Webb's New York, Hardcover - Sean Corcoran

188,99 RON

I See a City: Todd Webb's New York focuses on the work photographer Todd Webb produced in New York City in the 1940s and 1950s. Webb photographed t...

thames & hudson, carti, carte straina, the arts

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The Situationist City, Paperback - Simon Sadler

186,99 RON

Simon Sadler searches for the Situationist City among the detritus of tracts, manifestos, and works of art that the Situationist International left...

mit press, carti, carte straina, biography

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Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Salton Sea, Hardcover - Peter Moruzzi

182,99 RON 195,99 RON

Reducere. This is the story of Palm Springs in its golden years, a city that had it all, including marvelous midcentury Modern architecture, fabulous fly-in ...

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Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (Updated 7th Edition), Paperback - Caroline Williams

179,99 RON

Cairo's Islamic monuments are part of an uninterrupted tradition that spans over a thousand years of building activity. No other Islamic city can e...

american university in cairo press, carti, carte straina, lifestyle

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Hobart, Paperback - Peter Timms

179,99 RON

From Hobart's convict legacy, its spectacular natural setting, heritage architecture and climate, to crime rates, economic hardship and new develop...

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