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Rubble
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 13.95From the straight boulevards that smashed their way through rambling old Paris to create the city we know today to the televised implosion of Las Vegas casinos to make room for America?s ever grander desert of dreams, demolition has long played an ambiguous role in our lives. In lively, colorful prose, Rubble rides the wrecking ball through key episodes... more...
The Edifice Complex
Penguin Group US 2006; US$ 27.00A provocative look at architecture-"exceptionally intelligent and original" (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World ) Deyan Sudjic-"probably the most influential figure in architecture you've never heard of" - argues that architecture, far from being auteur art, must be understood as a naked expression of power. From the grandiose... more...
The Architecture of Modern Italy, 2
Springer 2005; US$ 35.00This groundbreaking and authoritative two-volume survey is the first truly comprehensive history of modern Italian architecture and urbanism to appear in any language. Told in lively prose, it recounts more than 250 years of experimentation, creativity, and turmoil that have shaped the landscape of contemporary Italy. "Volume II: Visions of Utopia,... more...
The Perfect $100,000 House
Penguin Group US 2007; US$ 16.00A HOME OF ONE'S OWN has always been a cornerstone of the American dream, fulfilling like no other possession the desire for comfort, financial security, independence, and with a little luck, even a touch of distinctive character, or even beauty. But what we have come to regard as almost a national birthright has recently begun to elude more and more... more...
Heathrow's Terminal 5
Wiley 2008; US$ 75.00This book reveals the inside track on the making of Terminal 5: the courage, the ground-breaking management thinking and the many lessons learnt from the leaders, the client and integrated supply chain teams, - involving over 50,000 people from 20,000 companies - which led to the successful delivery of this mega project on time, on budget, and safely.... more...
The Domus Aurea and the Roman Architectural Revolution
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 102.00A comprehensive analysis of the masonry, the design, and the abundant ancient literary evidence. more...
Towards a New Architect
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95After three years of education, architecture students have to start out on their first year of practical training as the initial step in a career in the professional world--all too often without enough clear advice to make sure that their first step is in the right direction. Towards a New Architect helps you to make the right moves. It explores how... more...
Art and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Reaktion Books 2009; US$ 45.00Eighteenth-century Europe witnessed monumental upheavals in both the Catholic and Protestant faiths and the repercussions rippled down to the churches’ religious art forms. Nigel Aston now chronicles here the intertwining of cultural and institutional turmoil during this pivotal century. ... more...
If Walls Could Talk
Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 11.65A fascinating look at how people really lived, loved and died over the centuries, to tie-in with Lucy Worsley's major television series for BBC2 and BBC4, with Silver River productions, to be broadcast in Spring 2011 more...









