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History of Ottoman Architecture
WIT Press 2011; US$ 194.00This book is a history of the architecture produced in Turkey under the Ottoman Empire. It focuses on extant buildings in the Republic of Turkey, particularly those in Istanbul and the empires earlier capitals in Bursa and Edirne. The book begins with a brief history of the Ottoman Empire, followed by an outline of the main features of Ottoman... more...
Courts of Pre-Colonial South India
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 190.00This book investigates how the material culture of South Indian courts was perceived by those who lived there in the pre-colonial period. Howes peels away the standard categories used to study Indian palace space, such as public/private and male/female, and replaces them with indigenous descriptions of space found in court poetry, vastu shastra and... more...
Millionenstädte Chinas: Bilder- und Reisetagebuch einer Architektin (1958) Herausgegeben von Karin Zogmayer im Auftrag der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien (German Edition)
Springer 2007; US$ 31.99Als Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky 1956 von ihrer zweiten Chinareise zurückkehrt, schreibt sie dieses kleine Buch über die Millionenstädte Chinas. Die Doyenne der österreichischen Architektur berichtet von den vier großen, voneinander in ihrer geographischen Lage, Baugeschichte und städteplanerischen Aufgabenstellung grundverschiedenen Städten Peking,... more...
Baumschlager Eberle 20022007: Architektur | Menschen und Ressourcen | Architecture | People and Resources (German and English Edition)
Springer 2007; US$ 69.95Nach Baumschlager-Eberle erfordert ganzheitliche Architektur konstruktive Intelligenz, �kologie, Wirtschaftlichkeit und Akzeptanz. Das Buch trägt ihrem Selbstverständnis Rechnung und gliedert sich in drei Teile: "Architektur" stellt in klassischer Form mit Bildern, Texten und Plänen 18 neue, realisierte Projekte des erfolgreichen Büros vor. "Menschen"... more...
Architecture et efficacité énergétique: Principes de conception et de construction (French Edition)
Springer 2008; US$ 115.00Comment construire un bâtiment énergétiquement performant? Quels sont les critères déterminants pour la planification urbaine et la conception des plans ? Quelles proportions le bâtiment doit-il respecter pour être conforme à la gestion de l?énergie et au type d?utilisation ? Quels sont les éléments et systèmes de construction adaptés aux objectifs?... more...
Marble Past, Monumental Present
BRILL 2008; US$ 230.00A broad survey of the various structural and decorative uses of marble and antiquities throughout the Mediterranean during the Millennium following the Emperor Constantine. It argues that marble-rich sites and cities around this lake were linked at various times and in varying degrees by trade, pilgrimage, war and diplomacy. more...
Historical Dictionary of Architecture
Scarecrow Press 2008; US$ 99.99The Historical Dictionary of Architecture provides information on architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Tadao Ando, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, and Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, as well as on famous structures like the Acropolis, the Colosseum, the Forbidden City, Machu Pichu, Notre Dame, the Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge,... more...
Indian Islamic Architecture
BRILL 2007; US$ 144.00Offers an overview on Indian Islamic architecture. more...
Architectuur en geschiedenis
Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 12.25De (re-)constructies van het verleden in historische disciplines zoals de kunst- en architectuurgeschiedenis veranderen regelmatig. Dit gebeurt onder invloed van uiteenlopende factoren binnen en buiten de eigen discipline. In het verleden werden echter ook constructies van een verder weg gelegen geschiedenis gemaakt om de positie van een opdrachtgever... more...
DK Eyewitness Books: Building
Dorling Kindersley 2000; US$ 15.99This guide offers everything you?ve ever wanted toknow about buildings?from how they are built and customized to the different materials that are used to keep them standing. With stunning full-color photographs as aids, see incredible stone gargoyles, where linenfold wood paneling is found, what a Japanese screen is made of, and how a hammer-beam roof... more...









