Denton Island Books: Architecture
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La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. 9780812235937 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; Four 3" x1"water stain marks on rear edges of jacket plus a smaller one on front rear edge-please see my image for an example. Interior of book remains unmarked. A contemplative, multifaceted study of the house, gardens, and estate of La Foce. It includes a historical essay and memoir by the daughter of La Foce's creators, Antonio and Iris Origo, along with photographs, sketches, and a critical analysis of the gardens. The volume not only focuses on the beauty of the gardens themselves and their indisputable merit as fascinating works of landscape architecture but also sees them within the context of both the larger Tuscan topography and the wider landscape of geography and history. 312 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; ISBN/EAN: 9780812235937. Inventory No: dscf11187.
-- Boeknummer: dscf11187
GBP 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; La Foce A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany Benedetta Origo et al
The Architecture of the Renaissance Two Volume Set
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Two Volume Set. Clean unmarked pages, jackets of both volumes are price-clipped, light bumping and creasing to edges and corners. The first English translation of Benevolo's well-known history of European architecture and urban planning between the middle of the fifteenth century and the early years of the eighteenth century, based on the revised second Italian edition of 1973. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: dscf11097.
Boeknummer: dscf11097
GBP 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 64.25]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; The Architecture of the Renaissance Two Volume Set Leonardo Benevolo
Kisho Kurokawa: From the Machine Age to the Age of Life
BookArt , 1998. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Top corner snipped from half-title page, contents clean and unmarked, colour faded on spine. Comprehensive monograph published to coincide with the worldwide Kisho Kurokawa retrospective exhibition held at the RIBA Architectural Centre 17 April - 13 June 1998. Covers his major projects and recently [at time of publication] built work. The examples of his work are set out under the headings, Metabolism, Abstract Symbolism, Fractals and Symbiosis thus distinguishing the types of buidlings that were inspired by such concepts. This fully illustrated volume also includes and edited section devoted to Kurokawa's own writings on architecture and symbiosis, a full chronology of works, awards and competition successes and an expansive English language bibliography. 279 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: dscf11673.
Boeknummer: dscf11673
GBP 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 20]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; Kisho Kurokawa From the Machine Age to the Age of Life Dennis Sharp ed
Shaker Village Views: Illustrated Maps and Landscape Drawings by Shaker Artists of the Nineteenth Century
University Press of New England , 1987. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; some loss of colour to rear of jacket. Brings together all known (at time of publication) maps and landscape drawings made by Shaker artists of the nineteenth century. With extensive commentary by the author. 208 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: dscf11562.
Boeknummer: dscf11562
GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.75]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; Shaker Village Views Illustrated Maps and Landscape Drawings by Shaker Artists of the Nineteenth Century Robert Emlen
Notre-Dame de Paris: History, Art, and Revival from 1163 to Tomorrow
Sterling, 2019. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781454938316 In as new condition, clean bright and unmarked. In stunning photographs, this volume celebrates Notre-Dame through the ages: its beginnings in 1160 and construction during the Middle Ages; its survival through the French Revolution and two World Wars; its coronations (including Napoleon's), royal weddings, and presidential funerals; its resurgence after the publication of Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame; its magnificent relics and artwork; its portrayal by artists through time; and, finally, its recent near-destruction . and the miraculous efforts to save it, and restore it to its former glory and beyond. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; ISBN/EAN: 9781454938316. Inventory No: dscf10407.
Boeknummer: dscf10407
GBP 17.85 [Appr.: EURO 21]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; NotreDame de Paris History Art and Revival from 1163 to Tomorrow Antonia Felix
Mario Botta
Taschen , 2003. Softcover. Fine Condition. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, minimal wear to covers. Well-looked after. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: dscf11510.
Boeknummer: dscf11510
GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; Mario Botta Philip Jodidio
Delamotte's Crystal Palace: A Victorian Pleasure Dome Revealed
Historic England, 2005. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781897754191 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, crease to rear top edge of jacket. A nicely kept copy. In July 2004 English Heritage was alerted to the forthcoming sale by auction of 47 photographic prints by Philip Henry Delamotte entitled The Crystal Palace at Sydenham. This set, unique in Britain, was purchased with the aid of the Crystal Palace Foundatin and the the London Development Agency. These images, published here for the first time, are the first set to show one of the most important buildings in England a the height of its fame in the late 1850s. All 47 images are reproduced in this book, together with beautiful colour and black-and-white views that tell the story of this amazing building, truly a Victorian pleasure dome. 124 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; ISBN/EAN: 9781897754191. Inventory No: dscf11340.
Boeknummer: dscf11340
GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 35]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; Delamottes Crystal Palace A Victorian Pleasure Dome Revealed Ian Leith
The Derbyshire Country House Vols. 1&2 (Complete set)
Landmark Publishing Ltd, 2001. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Both volumes are firmly bound with clean unmarked pages, slight bumping to jacket corners, half-inch tear to top rear edge of Vol 2's jacket-repaired with sellotape but still visible.First published in 1991, this edition has now been updated as a result of subsequent research. Many of the photographs have been replaced and an additional 150 houses have been added in gazetteer form. Each entry of the main section provides, where relevant, history of the estate from Doomsday, an account of the house, interior, outbuildings, gardens etc. 480 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: dscf11686.
Boeknummer: dscf11686
GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; The Derbyshire Country House Vols 12 Complete set Maxwell Craven Michael Stanley
Otto Wagner, 1841-1918: The Expanding City: The Beginning of Modern Architecture
Academy Editions, 1970. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, small area of damage to lower corner of front cover, repaired with sellotape. First paperback edition of the classic monograph on Otto Wagner. Wagner was a leading member of the Vienna Secession, whose independent style of architecture, like those of Loos, Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Van de Velde, is of vital interest to architects today. Over 290 B&W illustrations. 276 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: dscf11793.
Boeknummer: dscf11793
GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.75]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; Otto Wagner 18411918 The Expanding City The Beginning of Modern Architecture Walter Pichler et al
Bhuvanesvara: Kalinga temple architecture
Ashkara, 1980. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Rippling to all pages, discolouration to endpapers; numerous nicks and tears to jacket edges, lower front corner missing, writing imprints to front. Studies the origin and development of the Kalinga Temple style. Extensive B&W photos. 54 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: dscf11126.
Boeknummer: dscf11126
GBP 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 64.25]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; Bhuvanesvara Kalinga temple architecture P R Ramachandra Rao
The Image of the Architect
Yale University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780300030136 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight wear to jacket. Traces the history of the status in society and public image of the architectural profession from the eighteenth century to the present (1983). Illustrated 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; ISBN/EAN: 9780300030136. Inventory No: dscf11792.
Boeknummer: dscf11792
GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; The Image of the Architect Andrew Saint
Behind the Facade: An Architect at Large SIGNED/Inscribed
Book Guild Publishing , 2009. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Inscribed by Author. SIGNED by the author, with an inscription to the previous owner. Clean unmarked pages, firm binding. price-clipped jacket. Behind the Façade is an architectural autobiography, but it is less about buildings and more about how they are 'peopled'. The life of a building and what goes on in it carries as much weight as its appearance. 432 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; Inscribed by Author. Inventory No: dscf11146.
Boeknummer: dscf11146
GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; Behind the Facade An Architect at Large SIGNEDInscribed John WellsThorpe
Contemporary Architecture in China: Towards A Critical Pragmatism
The Images Publishing Group, 2018. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781864707793 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; slight wear to upper edge of jacket. Critical analysis of 60 projects from 60 architects in China Highly illustrated throughout with rich techincal details Architectural exhibition is an important aspect in the study and transmission of architectural culture. The academic thoughts and design styles that influence the trends of global architecture are all established through one or a series of important architectural exhibitions. This book is produced based on the GSD (Harvard Graduate School of Design) autumn exhibition: 'Towards a Critical Pragmatism: Contemporary Chinese Architecture'. It reveals a unique perspective of contemporary Chinese architecture by showcasing 60 works from 60 contemporary architects within five thematic categories: cultural, residential, regeneration, rural, and digital. The selected architects attempt to maintain, from the earliest moments of the design process to its finished outcome, a certain level of critical thinking and quality. It is a record of the continuous evolution and growth of contemporary Chinese architecture and hopes to open up a new avenue from which to encourage further conversation regarding both the present and future state of China's architecture culture. 440 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; ISBN/EAN: 9781864707793. Inventory No: dscf10221.
Boeknummer: dscf10221
GBP 36.85 [Appr.: EURO 43]
Catalogus: Architecture
Trefwoorden: BZDB229 Architecture; Contemporary Architecture in China Towards A Critical Pragmatism Li Xiangning
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