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  • Automatismen und Architekturby Oliver Schürer

    Springer 2012; US$ 39.99

    Der Autor geht der Entwicklung technischer Innovationen in der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts anhand der Ikonen des technischen Fortschritts nach. Beginnend bei Le Corbusier und dem Maschinenkult, dehnt er seine Beobachtungen u. a. bis zu Werner Sobeks weltbekannten Projekten aus. Automation, ein Schl sselwort f r die moderne Planung, ist im Bereich... more...

  • The Making of the European Spatial Development Perspectiveby Andreas Faludi; Bas Waterhout

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 65.95

    The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) is published in eleven official EU languages and so is the most international planning policy document that exists. This book is the only comprehensive account of the process of preparing, negotiating and adopting this document. It outlines the differing perspectives of the European member states... more...

  • Chicago's Bridgesby Nathan Holth

    Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 7.95

    Stretching more than 150 miles and cutting through the city that bears its name, the Chicago River divides the Second City into the North Side and the South Side. In 1832, the first bridge across the river was constructed. In 1834, the first moveable bridge was erected. Today, Chicago is home to nearly 40 moveable bridges and some 60 bridges in all,... more...

  • The Genius of Veniceby Dial Parrott

    Rizzoli 2013; US$ 24.95

    An ideal volume for lovers of Venice and architecture aficionados, featuring an in-depth history of this singular city. Of Venice?s many majestic spaces, none is as evocative and significant as the Piazza San Marco. An authoritative account of the development of the entire piazza complex, through which unfolds the history of the Republic in general,... more...

  • Empires of the Dead: Fabian Ware and the Creation of the War Gravesby David Crane

    HarperCollins Publishers 2013; Not Available

    The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware. more...

  • The Seven Lamps of Architectureby John Ruskin

    Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95

    In August of 1848, John Ruskin and his new bride visited northern France, for the gifted young critic wished to write a book that would examine the essence of Gothic architecture. By the following April, the book was finished. Titled The Seven Lamps of Architecture, it was far more than a treatise on the Gothic style; instead, it elaborated Ruskin?s... more...

  • Architecture and Revolutionby Neil Leach

    Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 75.00

    Architecture and Revolution explores the consequences of the 1989 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe from an architectural perspective. It presents new writings from a team of renowned architects, philosophers and cultural theorists from both the East and the West. They explore the questions over the built environment that now face architects,... more...

  • German Architecture for a Mass Audienceby Kathleen James-Chakraborty

    Routledge 2000; US$ 69.95

    This book illustrates the ways in which buildings designed by Germany's most celebrated twentieth century architects were embedded in widely held beliefs about the power of architecture to influence society. more...

  • Planning Europe's Capital Citiesby Thomas Hall

    Spon Press 1997; US$ 44.95

    During the nineteenth century many of Europe's capital cities were subject to major expansion and improvement schemes. From Vienna's Ringstrasse to the boulevards of Paris, the townscapes which emerged still shape today's cities and are an more...

  • Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture (3 Volume Set)by R. Stephen Sennott

    Fitzroy Dearborn 2004; US$ 805.00

    Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture profiles the century's architectural achievements, examining building materials and technologies, planning, building types, schools and movements, and critics and historians. more...