Catálogo de libros: Arquitectura

5239 Catálogo de libros: Arquitectura

  • The Houses of St. Augustine
    David Nolan
    When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, St. Augustine was already half a century old. Founded in 1565, the city has been continuously inhabited ever since, and its architectural styles tell stories of boom and bust, fad and tradition, war and peace, modernization and historic preservation.This affectionate portrait of our oldest city offers a comprehensive survey of the many...
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    19,60 €

  • Stepping-Stone to Architecture
    Thomas Mitchell
    Stepping-Stone to Architecture by Thomas Mitchell is a comprehensive guidebook for anyone interested in pursuing a career in architecture. The book covers all aspects of the field, from the history of architecture to the design process, construction techniques, and professional practice. It is written in a clear and concise style, making it accessible to both students and profe...
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    25,12 €

  • Four Dimensional Vistas
    Claude Fayette Bragdon
    Four Dimensional Vistas is a book written by Claude Bragdon that explores the concept of the fourth dimension and its potential applications in art, architecture, and spirituality. Bragdon uses his background as an architect and artist to delve into the theoretical and practical aspects of this concept, discussing topics such as perspective, symmetry, and the nature of reality....
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    27,54 €

  • Sources of architectural form
    Mark Gelernter
    Sources of Architectural Form provides a critical history of Western architecture theory from the ancient world to the present day. It focuses on design theory’s central question: how does the architect generate architectural form? Theorists necessarily tackle this fundamental question in order to explain a number of puzzling issues including the origins of style, the persisten...
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    43,96 €

  • About the House
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    71,29 €

  • The Art of Living
    Crispin Sartwell
    This is a multicultural philosophy of art applied to common American and European experience and discussed in relation to Taoist, Buddhist, Hindu, Native American, and African traditions. ...
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    41,06 €

  • POETICS OF CITIES
    MIKE GREENBERG
    'Journalist Mike Greenberg is appalled by what had happened to his home town, San Antonio, Texas. In response, he has written a readable and useful book . . . . which is full of practical suggestions for improving his own and other communities. . . . Planners, architects, and city officials should read this practical and hopeful book.' --Planning In this lively and insightful ...
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    45,77 €

  • The Bauhaus Idea and Bauhaus Politics
    Éva Forgács / John Batki
    Forgacs examines the development of the Bauhaus school of architecture and applied design by focusing on the idea of the Bauhaus, rather than on its artefacts. What gave this idea its extraordinary powers of survival? Founded in 1919, with the architect Walter Gropius as its first director, the Bauhaus carried within it the seeds of conflict from the start. The duration of the ...
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    31,49 €

  • Politics and Culture in Wilhelmine Germany
    Matthew Jefferies
    A valuable resource for students taking specialist options on Imperial Germany or the origins of modern architecture and design.This original book explores the relationship between politics and culture in turn-of-the-century Germany through the unusual medium of industrial architecture, which for a time brought together the disparate worlds of politics, art and commerce. It fo...
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    206,36 €

  • Texas Log Buildings
    Terry G. Jordan / Terry GJordan
    Once too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their rustic beauty. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside. Terry Jordan explores the use of log buildings among several different Texas cultural groups and traces their con...
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    48,63 €

  • American House Designs
    Margaret Culbertson
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    105,45 €

  • Preserving Charleston’s Past, Shaping Its Future
    Sidney Bland
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    121,62 €

  • The City Beautiful Movement
    William H. Jr. Wilson
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    46,07 €

  • The Architectural Uncanny
    Anthony Vidler
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    28,91 €

  • Making the Mummies Dance
    Thomas Hoving
    A former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals his bold and brash life at its pinnacle: the clandestine deals which secured blockbuster exhibitions for the museum and made him a legend. Photos. ...
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    24,85 €

  • Cambridge Architecture
    Nicholas Ray / Ray Nicholas
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    66,93 €

  • The Cult of the Avant-Garde Artist
    Donald B. Kuspit / Donald BKuspit
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    50,92 €

  • Parkways, Greenways, Riverways
    Appalachian Consortium Press
    The Fourth Biennial Linear Parks Conference was held in Charlottesville, Virginia, on November 12-14, 1991. Contributors to the proceedings are Philip A. Grant Jr.; Helen Cozzetto and Don Cozzetto; Judy Byrd Brittenum; Neil P. Korostoff, Thomas G. Yahner, and Timothy P. Johnson; Wayne E. Williams, Delmar W. Barchert, Paul L. Gaskill, and Holly Pierce; Helen Smythers; Herman F. ...
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    20,37 €

  • Indian Masonry
    Robert C. Wright / Robert CWright
    Indian Masonry is a comprehensive book written by Robert C. Wright that explores the history and development of masonry in India. The book delves into the origins of Indian masonry, tracing its roots back to ancient times and examining the influence of various cultures on its development. It also explores the various types of masonry found in India, including traditional and mo...
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    27,53 €

  • Applications of Environment-Behavior Research
    Cherulnik Paul D. / Paul D. Cherulnik / Paul DCherulnik
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    174,29 €

  • Applications of Environment-Behavior Research
    Paul D. Cherulnik / Paul DCherulnik
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    63,73 €

  • Architecture in Texas
    Jay C. Henry / Jay CHenry
    Texas architecture of the twentieth century encompasses a wide range of building styles, from an internationally inspired modernism to the Spanish Colonial Revival that recalls Texas’ earliest European heritage. This book is the first comprehensive survey of Texas architecture of the first half of the twentieth century.More than just a catalog of buildings and styles, the book ...
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    46,84 €

  • Obelisk and Freemasonry
    John A. Weisse / John AWeisse
    The book ''The Obelisk and Freemasonry: Egyptian Symbols Compared with those Discovered in America'' written by John A. Weisse is a comprehensive study of the influence of Egyptian symbols on Freemasonry and their presence in America. The author explores the origins and meanings of obelisks, which were ancient Egyptian monuments that served as symbols of power and knowledge. He...
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    30,00 €

  • Engineering a Cathedral
    Michael J. Jackson / Michael JJackson
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    138,83 €

  • The American Grocery Store
    James Mayo
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    121,36 €

  • Building-Art
    Joseph Masheck
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    155,99 €

  • Creating Community in the City
    Ruth H. Landman / Ruth HLandman
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    96,00 €

  • Aesthetics, Mind, and Nature
    Asghar Talaye Minai
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    121,16 €

  • Back of the Big House
    John Michael Vlach
    Behind the 'Big Houses' of the antebellum South existed a different world, socially and architecturally, where slaves lived and worked. John Michael Vlach explores the structures and spaces that formed the slaves’ environment. Through photographs and the words of former slaves, he portrays the plantation landscape from the slaves’ own point of view.The plantation landscape was ...
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    65,73 €

  • Celebrating the New World
    Dr. Robert Muccigrosso / Robert Dr. Muccigrosso / Robert DrMuccigrosso
    A lively survey of Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and how the Great Fair mirrored American values and tastes at the turn of the century. 'Instructive of our times and an excellent brief study.' -Journal of American Culture. American Ways Series. ...
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    15,66 €