History of architecture
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30-Second Architecture
£9.9930-Second Architecture
The 50 most significant principles and styles in architecture, each explained in half a minute. This title offers a new approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Every title takes a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained using a mere two pages, 300 words, and one picture: all easily digested in only half a minute.
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Architecture
£20.00Architecture
Reducing energy use is the single biggest challenge facing architecture today. From the humblest prehistoric hut to the imposing monuments of Rome or Egypt to super-connected modern airports, buildings in every era and place have been shaped by the energy available for their construction and running. This survey tells the story of our buildings from our hunter-gatherer origins to the age of fossil-fuel dependence, and shows how architecture has been influenced by designers, builders and societies adapting to changing energy contexts. It is a celebration of human ingenuity and creativity, and a timely reminder of the scale of the task ahead in our search for truly sustainable architecture.
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Arts and Crafts
£30.00Arts and Crafts
The second volume of Arnold Schwartzman’s trilogy on the architecture of the late 19th and early 20th Century.
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Bold Ventures
£16.99Bold Ventures
In ‘Bold Ventures’, Belgian poet Charlotte Van den Broeck goes in search of buildings that were fatal for their architects – architects who either killed themselves or are rumoured to have done so. The buildings range across time and space – from a church with a twisted spire built in 17th-century France to a theatre that collapsed mid-performance in 1920s Washington, DC., and an eerily sinking swimming pool in her hometown of Turnhout. Drawing on a vast range of material, from Hegel and Charles Darwin to art history, stories from her own life and popular culture, patterns gradually come into focus, as Van den Broeck asks: what is that strange life-or-death connection between a creation and its creator?
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England’s Villages
£10.99England’s Villages
Villages have existed in a similar form for millennia: but where did village halls come from, and why do they matter? What defines a modern village, and when does a village become a town? Take a charming, unexpected journey through the quirks of English villages through the ages in the excellent company of Dr Ben Robinson. Discover why no village could ever truly claim to be Roman; why churches sometimes appear far outside of village boundaries and what happens when a village moves, and why that matters. ‘England’s Villages’ is a compelling mix of archaeology, anthropology and architecture.
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The Great Builders
£10.99The Great Builders
A unique survey of forty architect-engineers who have been pioneers in both aesthetic design and technological innovation.
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The Real Crown Jewels of England
£12.99The Real Crown Jewels of England
In this delightful celebration of the real ‘crown jewels’ of England, Clive Aslet takes us on a journey of 100 places that make the country great. From ancient oaks and Devon lanes to war memorials and the BBC, the White Cliffs of Dover to views of Durham from the train, Aslet lovingly captures the magic of the places that underpin England’s national identity.
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Unbuilt
£25.00Unbuilt
A fascinating survey of unbuilt and abandoned architectural projects from all over the world, by great architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Zaha Hadid.
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