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  • Prefab Homes

    by Elisabeth Blanchet ...
    Series Book 788 - Shire Library
    At the end of the Second World War Winston Churchill promised to manufacture half a million prefabricated bungalows to ease the housing shortage; in the end more than 156,000 temporary 'prefabs' were delivered.Nicknamed 'Palaces for the People', and with convenient kitchens, bathrooms and heating systems, they proved popular and instead of being demolished as intended they were defended by ... Read more

    $12.19 CAD

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    At Home in Revolutionary America

    by Lee Baldwin Dalzell, Robert F. Dalzell, Jr. ...
    George Washington's Mount Vernon brings together--for the first time--the details of Washington's 45-year endeavor to build and perfect Mount Vernon. In doing so it introduces us to a Washington few of his contemporaries knew, and one little noticed by historians since. Here we meet the planter/patriot who also genuinely loved building, a man passionately human in his desire to impress on his ... Read more

    $40.79 CAD

  • The Victorian House Explained

    by Trevor Yorke ...
    The Victorian house comes in all shapes, sizes and materials. The legacy of this hugely influential era can be found in every region of England, from the majestic rows of gleaming white terraces in West London to the grid of red-brick houses in northern mill towns. Using his own drawings, diagrams and photographs, the author, Trevor Yorke, explains, in an easy to understand manner, all aspects of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Edwardian House Explained

    by Trevor Yorke ...
    The period from 1900 to 1914—the Edwardian Age—is often thought of as a golden time of country house parties and endless summers. In fact, it was a time of great social change. Wealthy industrialists were building houses for their workers at Port Sunlight (Lever), Bournville (Cadbury) and New Earswick (Rowntree). The garden suburb was also being developed and seen as a way of clearing slum housing ... Read more

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  • Art of Japanese Architecture

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    by David Young, Michiko Young ...
    The Art of Japanese Architecture presents a complete overview of Japanese architecture in its historical and cultural context. The book begins with a discussion of early prehistoric dwellings and concludes with a description of works by important modern Japanese architects. Along the way it discusses the iconic buildings and architectural styles for which Japan is so justly famous—from elegant ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • A Field Guide to American Houses

    The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture

    by Virginia Savage McAlester ...
    The fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses.This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Victorian Gothic House Styles

    by Trevor Yorke ...
    Gothic is a potent word. For many people it conjures up images of dark, atmospheric castles, ruined abbeys, and horror stories set in misty graveyards. All this could not be further from the truth. Some 150 years ago Victorian Gothic architecture was a colourful, innovative and exciting departure from the foreign Classical styles that had been dominant for so long. It heralded a fresh, vibrant era ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lost Mansions of Mississippi, Volume II

    by Mary Carol Miller ...
    As 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 the oldest house in the Natchez region, lost in a ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • The Films of Charles and Ray Eames

    A Universal Sense of Expectation

    by Eric Schuldenfrei ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    The Films of Charles and Ray Eames traces the history of the Eameses’ work, examining their evolution away from the design of mass-produced goods and toward projects created as educational experiences. Closely examining how the Eameses described their work reveals how the films and exhibitions they generated were completely at odds with the earlier objectives exemplified in their furniture designs ... Read more

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  • Building the State: Architecture, Politics, and State Formation in Postwar Central Europe

    by Virag Molnar ...
    Series series Architext
    The built environment of former socialist countries is often deemed uniform and drab, an apt reflection of a repressive regime. Building the State peeks behind the grey façade to reveal a colourful struggle over competing meanings of the nation, Europe, modernity and the past in a divided continent.Examining how social change is closely intertwined with transformations of the built environment, ... Read more

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  • Trousdale Estates

    Midcentury to Modern in Beverly Hills

    by Steven M. Price ...
    Filled with beautiful, vivid photographs, Trousdale is the definitive history of the architecture and design that defined both Beverly Hills and the ultimate American Dream.Trousdale Estates is a 410-acre enclave of large, luxurious homes in Beverly Hills, California. Primarily developed in the 1950s and ’60s, it quickly became famous for its concentration of celebrity residents and the ... Read more

    $45.00 CAD

  • Tower and Slab

    Histories of Global Mass Housing

    by Florian Urban ...
    Tower and Slab looks at the contradictory history of the modernist mass housing block - home to millions of city dwellers around the world. Few urban forms have roused as much controversy. While in the United States decades-long criticism caused the demolition of most mass housing projects for the poor, in the booming metropolises of Shanghai and Mumbai remarkably similar developments are being ... Read more

    $74.19 CAD