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Tudoresque: In Pursuit of the Ideal Home
Tudoresque architecture is viewed around the world as a symbol of British identity. This style has a powerful hold on the popular imagination...
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Travels in the History of Architecture
The 20th century architect Mies van der Rohe once declared that ‘Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together.’ In...
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Ballet Russes Style
Sergei Diaghilev’s triumph as an impresario has, until now, inclined to overshadow the influence of his troupe on the design of the time...
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Architectures Evil Empire? The Triumph and Tragedy of Global Modernism
From Los Angeles to London to Bilbao, cities around the world nowadays boast iconic buildings by celebrity ‘starchitects’ that compete...
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Travels in the History of Architecture
The 20th century architect Mies van der Rohe once declared that 'Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together'. In Travels in the...
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Designing Modern Germany
German design and architecture reflects the country's rich and fraught political history in its structure and aesthetic philosophy. Jeremy Aynsley...
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Brazil: Modern Architectures in History
Set against a backdrop of breathtaking natural beauty, Brazil's striking Modernist architecture has long garnered international acclaim. But these...
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School
As a specific form of architecture, the school is an amalgam of its function and its history. Though recognisable across cultures, the schoolhouse...
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The Modern Interior
Design historian and critic Penny Sparke provides a persuasive account of the forces, conflicts and debates that have underpinned the emergence of...
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USA: Modern Architectures in History
Since the turn of the20th century, the American built landscape has epitomised modernity. From towering skyscrapers, cinemas, theme parks, shopping...
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Transport Design: A Travel History
Transport Design is the first design history to investigate the experience of travel, analysing the vehicle from the passengers' and drivers...
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Britain: Modern Architectures in History
In this book, Alan Powers shows how beneath today's achievements in architecture, past conflicts have not been resolved, as the country that...
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Designing the Seaside: Architecture, Society and Nature
In Designing the Seaside, Fred Gray provides a history of seaside architecture from the 18th century to the present day. He covers the formal and...
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The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War
In times of conflict, buildings are inevitably damaged or destroyed. But there has always been another war against architecture: the destruction of...
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Finland
From as early as 1900 Finland, at that time ruled by Russia, was to see in architecture a political and social vehicle. Modern architecture, with...
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The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire
Mimar Koca Sinan (c. 14891588), the Great Architect Sinan, was appointed chief royal architect to the Ottoman court by Sultan Suleyman I in 1539...
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The Prefabricated Home
**RIBA International Book Award 2006 - Highly Commended**Timely, relevant and intelligent, this provides and indispensible analysis of the history...
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London: from Punk to Blair
London is known around the world as a metropolitan, ordered city full of tourist attractions and exclusive shops, but the real face of the city...
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Last Landscapes: The Architecture of the Cemetery in the West
'Last Landscapes' explores death and the landscape of the cemetery. The picturesque village churchyard; the tightly packed 'historic cities of the...
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