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Freistehende Häuser: Eine Wohnbautypologie (German Edition)
Springer 2010; US$ 44.95Die intelligente Weiterentwicklung von Bautypen ist eine wesentliche Aufgabenstellung im Wohnungsbau. Für den einzelnen Entwurf ebenso wie für die breite Verwendbarkeit, Wiederholbarkeit und Variation von erprobten Strukturen ist das vertiefte Verständnis der zugrunde liegenden Typen unverzichtbar. Für die Wohnungsbautypologie haben die Autoren neue,... more...
AIA Guide to New York City
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 29.99Hailed as "extraordinarily learned" (New York Times), "blithe in spirit and unerring in vision," (New York Magazine), and the "definitive record of New York's architectural heritage" (Municipal Art Society), Norval White and Elliot Willensky's book is an essential reference for everyone with an interest in architecture... more...
Colonial Homes
Nomad Press 2010; US$ 5.50Taking young readers on a journey back in time, this dynamic new series showcases various aspects of colonial life, from people and clothing to homes and food. Each book contains creative illustrations, interesting facts, highlighted vocabulary words, end-of-book challenges, and sidebars that help children understand the differences between modern... more...
Lost Mansions of Mississippi, Volume II
University Press of Mississippi 2010; US$ 35.00As preservationist Mary Carol Miller talked with Mississippians about her books on lost mansions and landmarks, enthusiasts brought her more stories of great architecture ravaged by time. The twenty-seven houses included in her new book are among the most memorable of Mississippi's vanished antebellum and Victorian mansions. The list ranges from... more...
Best Ager im Kino
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 24.81In den 1990er Jahren erlebte das Kino eine explosionsartige Steigerung der Ticketverkäufe. Binnen kurzer Zeit wurden Kino-Komplexe gebaut und mit jeder großen Neuerung erlebte das Kino einen Aufschwung. Besonders männliche Jugendliche waren seit Jahren die Kernzielgruppe des Kinos und trugen zum Aufschwung der Branche und dem Erfolg der Multiplex-Kinos... more...
Curves & Crevices, Romancing Chicago
TeamBees 2009; US$ 28.00An elegant coffee-table book, this collection of exquisite artistic illustrations of Chicago’s eminent architecture includes hand-sketched ink line drawings and digitally colored renderings presented in amazing quality and detail. Not only a refined gift or must-have, high-value souvenir from Chicago, this book is also a quality reference book... more...
Osgoode Hall
Dundurn 2004; US$ 60.00Osgoode Hall is one of Canada's architectural treasures. It has been the seat of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1832 and of several of the Superior Courts of the province for almost as long. It has become a symbol of the legal tradition in Ontario and throughout Canada. more...
Towards Creative Learning Spaces
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 49.95This book offers new ways of investigating relationships between learning and the spaces in which it takes place. It suggests that we need to understand more about the distinctiveness of teaching and learning in post-compulsory education, and what it is that matters about the design of its spaces. Starting from contemporary educational and architectural... more...
Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine
BRILL 2006; US$ 279.00This study is a re-assessment of the impact of Christian art and architecture on synagogues in Late Antique Palestine, focussing on features common to both churches and synagogues. Why did radical changes appear in Jewish art and architecture during a period of competition with Christians? more...
Splendors of Faith
LSU Press 2010; US$ 30.00Splendors of Faith showcases thirteen historic New Orleans Catholic churches of exceptional architectural and artistic beauty. Photographer Frank J. Methe provides sumptuously detailed color photographs of the churches? facades and their interior décor. Historian Charles E. Nolan offers detailed information about each edifice, its congregation, and... more...









