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Abha Narain Lambah ,
Alka Patel
[Hardcover 2007]
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The period of the Sultanates is typically defined as beginning with the Ghurid incursions into north India in the 1190s, and ending with the coming of the Mughals in 1526. However, regional architectural traditions did continue after that, fading out only... more
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Anna Barbara ,
Anthony Perliss
[Paperback 2006]
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Even in ancient architecture the dynamics of scents were incorporated into the design of churches, theaters, and other public and private buildings. By the 20th century an increasing need to dry out spaces and sterilize buildings to regulate air quality nearly drove this olfactory stimulation below the level of perception.There... more
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Darryl D Monte
[Paperback 2007]
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The story of the controversial redevelopment of land belonging to cotton mills in Mumbai.... more
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Nancy B Solomon ,
Robert Ivey
[Hardcover 2008]
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The Empire State Building. Fallingwater. The Walt Disney Concert Hall. Rediscover these American treasures--and discover the engrossing stories of the colorful individuals whose designs made them possible--in Architecture: Celebrating the Past, Designing the Future. This lavishly illustrated, eminently readable book commemorates 150 years of the American Institute of Architects, taking... more
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Judith Dupre
[Hardcover 2008]
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Breathtaking. Magnificent. Unique. Very Special. Exquisite. One-of-a-kind. Well researched. Beautifully designed. (Robert J. Bruss, Tribune Media Services) "An eye-popping shelf-scraper...an elevating experience." (Gene Shalit, "Today") "You may get vertigo looking at Skyscrapers..." (The New York Times) Like towering divas, skyscrapers command the urban stage. They hold us enthralled, leaving us... more
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Frederick M Asher
[Hardcover 2008]
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Located seven miles south of Gaya, is Bodh Gaya, one of the most important and sacred Buddhist pilgrimage centres in the world. It was here under a banyan tree, the Bodhi tree, Gautama attained supreme knowledge to become Buddha, the enlightened one. Most important among these is the magnificent Mahabodhi... more
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Paul Cattermole
[Hardcover 2008]
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"A magnificent collection of the world's greatest buildings, ancient and modern." Architectural Excellence is organized chronologically and serves as a visual lesson in architecture through the ages. The buildings featured come from all over the world and include centers of worship, public buildings, places of business and homes. Each building... more
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Harry Seidler
[Paperback 2004]
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Windows on the world Architect Harry Seidler has spent more than 50 years traveling the globe, extensively photographing the peak achievements in architecture from 3000 B.C. to the present day. This collection of highlights from Seidler's opus offers armchair travelers, students, architecture buffs, and historians the opportunity to browse the... more
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Paul Oliver
[Paperback 2007]
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- An exploration of the types and forms of vernacular houses around the world and how they are constructed, decorated and inhabited by their occupants - A revised and expanded edition of a classic text, containing new field research and scholarship - Includes new academic developments in cultural geography, gender... more
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Jochen Visscher ,
Bodo Tuengler ,
Alejandro Alonso
[Hardcover 2008]
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Havana in the 40s and 50s was a gambling haven, much like Las Vegas. Today this pre-revolutionary boom still characterizes the city, which is a blend of much-photographed, colorful, colonial buildings and a sprinkling of internationally renowned Modernist architecture: Walter Gropius, Richard Neutra and Oscar Niemeyer all passed through Havana... more
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Paul Davies ,
Torsten Schmiedeknecht ,
Julie Cook
[Paperback 2005]
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This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous. In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday architectural practice, this book examines the mechanisms by which architects seek publicity and manage to establish themselves... more
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Jack Masey ,
Conway Lloyd Morgan
[Hardbound 2008]
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Daud Ali ,
Emma J Flatt
[Hardcover 2011]
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This book presents a set of new and innovative essays on landscape and garden culture in precolonial India, with a special focus on the Deccan. Most research to date has concentrated on the comparatively well preserved gardens and built landscapes of the celebrated Mughal empire, giving the impression that they... more
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Miles Lewis
[Hardcover 2008]
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Art lovers, art students, and vacation travelers to world-famous sites will relish this beautifully bound and lavishly illustrated book. It explores and explains the architectural elements of buildings and monumentsathe arches, domes, roofs, walls, entrance ways, windows, arcades, and ornamental details that give each structure its own distinctive character. Discussing... more
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H Allen Brooks ,
Vincent Scully
[Paperback 2006]
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One of the most original and dynamic developments in Americanarchitecture, the Prairie School was a regional manifestation of theinternational revolt and reform that occurred in the visual arts duringthe early years of the twentieth century.... more
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Geoffrey R Sharpe ,
Sharpe
[Paperback 2011]
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No other country offers so rich and varied a heritage of traditional buildings as England. From windmills to water mills, cottages to castles, dovecotes to beeboles a wealth of treasures await discovery. Drawing upon forty years' experience of caring for historic structures Geoff Sharpe provides a simple but informed guide... more
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Stephen Gardiner
[Hardcover 2002]
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Gardiner's challenging new edition of his worldwide history of the house comes at a time of profound unrest in domestic architecture. "The House" offers an enlightened overview of the development of house and home, from its beginnings in the caves of early man through the variety of structures that have... more
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Gerd De Bruyn
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When the World Trade Centera (TM)s Twin Towers collapsed into a heap of rubble and ash, the United States government created the Department of Homeland Security. Its primary task is to keep the terrorist threat in permanent view. To do this, it developed a five-stage warning system based on the... more
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Wolf D Prix ,
Thomas Kramer
[Paperback 2005]
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Prasanna Kumar Acharya
[Hardcover 1995]
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About the Book : This is the fifth volume in the Architecture of Manasara series by Prasanna Kumar Acharya. It contains well over hundred plates exclusively devoted to the illustration of the text in the other volumes. Every aspect of architecture, from the insignificant one of fixing a peg to... more
