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Architecture
Alvar Aalto Architecture, Modernity, and Geopolitics
Pelkonen Eeva-Liisa
ISBN: HB: 9780300114287, Yale University Press, June 2009
248 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 124 black&white illus.
Perhaps no other great modern architect has been linked to a native country as closely as Alvar Aalto. Critics have argued that the essence of Finland flows, as if naturally, into his quasi-organic forms, ranging from such buildings as the Baker Hous...
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Architecture
Pevsner Architectural Guides
Gwynedd Buildings of Wales
Haslam Richard, Orbach Julian, Voelcker Adam
ISBN: HB: 9780300141696, Yale University Press, May 2009
800 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.
The spectacular landscapes of Gwynedd – the historic counties of Anglesey, Caernarfon and Merioneth – are the setting for many of Wales' greatest buildings. Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech castles are unsurpassed as works of medieval militar...
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Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Reconstructing Urban Landscapes
Berrizbeitia Anita, Goldberger Paul, Amidon Jane, Blum Andrew, Carr Ethan, Jong Erik, Fergusson Peter, Gleeson Rachel, Pollak Linda, Rosenberg Elissa
ISBN: HB: 9780300135855, Yale University Press, May 2009
320 pp., 25.4x27.9 cm, 185 colour illus.
Instilling a poetics of place is a goal of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA), the famous landscape design firm that has created successful public spaces in some of the country's most challenging urban sites. In these locations, nature offers...
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Ancient Churches of Ethiopia
Phillipson David W.
ISBN: HB: 9780300141566, Yale University Press, May 2009
288 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 224 black&white illus., 50 colour illus.
The kings of Aksum formally became Christian during the second quarter of the fourth century, making Ethiopia the second country in the world (after Armenia) officially to adopt the new faith. This landmark book is the first to integrate historical,...
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Defining Urban Design CIAM Architects and the Formation of a Discipline, 1937-69
Mumford Eric
ISBN: HB: 9780300138887, Yale University Press, March 2009
272 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 14 colour images, 86 black&white illus.
In this meticulously researched book, Eric Mumford traces how members of the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM), such as Walter Gropius, Josep Lluis Sert, and their American associates, developed the discipline of urban design from...
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Modernist Museum in Perspective The East Building, National Gallery of Art
Alofsin Anthony
ISBN: HB: 9780300121599, Yale University Press, March 2009
248 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 58 colour images, 207 black&white illus.
This fascinating book is the first critical examination of the East Building, I. M. Pei's celebrated addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Distinguished contributors consider this iconic building from various historical vantage...
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Pevsner Architectural Guides
Lancashire: North Buildings of England
Hartwell Clare, Pevsner Nikolaus
ISBN: HB: 9780300126679, Yale University Press, February 2009
800 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.
The landscapes of this beautiful and rewarding area range from the shores of Morecambe Bay and the wild Forest of Bowland in the north to the coastal flatlands and Pennine mill towns in the south. Lancaster, the historic county town, boasts some of t...
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Interior Design
Stone Hill Center Tadao Ando at the Clark
Pare Richard, Webb Michael
ISBN: PB: 9780300149173, Yale University Press, January 2009
64 pp., 20.3x20.3 cm, 47 colour images, 2 black&white illus.
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando is a master of minimalism, known for his use of simple materials, his light-filled interiors, and his respect for the natural environment in which he works. This handsome book celebrates Ando's Stone Hill C...
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White Tower
Impey Edward
ISBN: HB: 9780300112931, Yale University Press, November 2008
256 pp., 31.1x24.8 cm, 40 colour images, 120 black&white illus.
The White Tower, the gigantic structure at the heart of the building complex known as the Tower of London, gave that famed landmark its name. One of the most celebrated buildings of the London cityscape for nearly 1000 years, it is also the most comp...
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Nottingham City Guides
Harwood Elain
ISBN: PB: 9780300126662, Yale University Press, October 2008
256 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 colour illus.
This is a lively, authoritative and practical guide to the buildings of Nottingham, from its medieval beginnings to the innovative architecture of the 21st century. Outstanding buildings range from the famous Castle, a Baroque palace on an unforgetta...
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