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Living with Palladio in the Sixteenth Century
ISBN: HB: 9783037786383, Lars Muller Publishers, May 2020
128 pp., 20.4x10.8 cm, 71 illus.
Visiting the villas built by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), one inevitably asks oneself how people lived there in the sixteenth century. Palladio articulated the villas as "small towns" (piccole citta) that formed a unit with adjacent service buildings...
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£22,00
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Early Irish Sculpture and the Art of the High Crosses
ISBN: HB: 9781913107093, Yale University Press, May 2020
248 pp., 27.1x21.5 cm, 196 colour and black&white illus.
This landmark study of Irish high crosses focuses on the carvings of an unnamed artist, the "Muiredach Master", whose monuments – completed in the early years of the 10th century – deserve a place alongside the Book of Kells as great works of their t...
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£40,00
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Hideout Cabins, Shacks, Barns, Sheds
ISBN: HB: 9788417557157, GMC Group, Monsa, May 2020
144 pp., 17x23 cm, colour illus.
Not for sale in Ukraine and Russia! Cabins have become one of the favourite hiding places for people looking for a perfect place to rest and connect with nature. Environmentally friendly homes, cutting-edge sustainable architecture that have ecolog...
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£19,99
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Hotel Plans
ISBN: HB: 9788417557096, GMC Group, Monsa, May 2020
144 pp., 23x17 cm, colour illus.
Not for sale in Ukraine and Russia! Hotel Plans contains more than 300 floor and elevations plans, as well as constructive details of 35 hotels projects from around the world, selected for being singular and unique hotels, both by their architectur...
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£19,99
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Best Modular Micro Apartments
ISBN: HB: 9788417557164, GMC Group, Monsa, May 2020
144 pp., 17x23 cm, colour illus.
Not for sale in Ukraine and Russia! Can we get a feeling of spaciousness and well-being in an apartment when the available space is very limited? This book shows that not only is it possible, but often the solutions turn the house itself into a uni...
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£19,99
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Christopher Wren In Search of Eastern Antiquity
ISBN: HB: 9781913107079, Yale University Press, April 2020
240 pp., 27.9x21.5 cm, 180 colour and black&white illus.
In this revelatory study of one of the great architects in British history, Vaughan Hart considers Christopher Wren's (1632-1723) interest in Eastern antiquity and Ottoman architecture, an interest that would animate much of his theory and practice....
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£45,00
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Cork: City and County Buildings of Ireland
ISBN: HB: 9780300224870, Yale University Press, March 2020
800 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus., 80 black&white illus.
Comprehensive and easy to use, this guide covers the architectural riches of Ireland's largest county. The many atmospheric castles and tower houses include Carrigadrohid, Lohort, and Kanturk; among later country houses, Kilshannig and Fota represent...
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£45,00
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Dialogues on Architecture
ISBN: PB: 9788862423724, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, February 2020
352 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 84 colour and black&white illus.
In this book, a number of protagonists of Italian modern architecture provide vivid dialogues – here taken to mean 'the talking of the soul with itself' – on how they perceive the interaction between idea, design and construction. Drawing on these pe...
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£24,99
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Building the Caliphate Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture
ISBN: HB: 9780300246827, Yale University Press, February 2020
216 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 71 colour illus., 18 black&white illus.
This groundbreaking study investigates the early architecture of the Fatimids, an Ismaili Shi'i Muslim dynasty that dominated the Mediterranean world from the 10th to the 12th century. This period, considered a golden age of multicultural and interfa...
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£50,00
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Lina Bo Bardi  Habitat
ISBN: PB: 9783791359649, Prestel Publishing, February 2020
352 pp., 27.5x20.5 cm, 398 illus.
Lina Bo Bardi is regarded as one of the most important architects in Brazil's history. Beginning her career as a Modernist architect in Rome, Bo Bardi and her husband emigrated to Brazil following the end of WWII. Bo Bardi quickly resumed her practic...
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