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“paul hogben”

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  • Topophilia and Topophobia

    Reflections on Twentieth-Century Human Habitat

    Edited by Xing Ruan, Paul Hogben ...
    This book is about the love and hate relations that humans establish with their habitat, which have been coined by discerning modern thinkers as topophilia and topophobia. Whilst such affiliations with the topos, our manmade as well as natural habitat, have been traced back to antiquity, a wide range of twentieth-century cases are studied here and reflected upon by dwelling on this framework. The ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Sydney's Martin Place

    A cultural and design history

    by Judith O'Callaghan, Paul Hogben ...
    Martin Place is one of Sydney's iconic urban places. Since the 1890s it has fulfilled a vital role as a significant public space at the centre of Australia's most populous city; in the heart of the central business district, its powerful corporate presence now defines a globally connected city.It is a place of varied moods and attributes: vista and fine relief, boldness and intimacy, new and old, ... Read more

    $25.39 CAD

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    Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris

    by Tilar J. Mazzeo ...
    A captivating history of Paris's famous Hôtel Ritz, set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of WWII, from the New York Times –bestselling author.When France fell to the Germans in June 1940, the legendary Hôtel Ritz on the Place Vendôme—an icon of Paris frequented by film stars and celebrity writers, American heiresses and risqué flappers, playboys, and princes—was the only luxury hotel ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fallingwater Rising

    Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House

    by Franklin Toker ...
    Fallingwater Rising is a biography not of a person but of the most famous house of the twentieth century. Scholars and the public have long extolled the house that Frank Lloyd Wright perched over a Pennsylvania waterfall in 1937, but the full story has never been told.When he got the commission to design the house, Wright was nearing seventy, his youth and his early fame long gone. It was the ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Flatiron

    The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City That Arose with It

    by Alice Sparberg Alexiou ...
    The marvelous story of the Flatiron: the instantly recognizable building that signaled the start of a new era in New York history.Critics hated it. The public feared it would topple over. Passersby were knocked down by the winds. But even before it was completed, the Flatiron Building had become an unforgettable part of New York City.The Flatiron Building was built by the Chicago-based Fuller ... Read more

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  • Filoli

    Family Home; Historic Garden; Living Museum

    by Julia Bly DeVere ...
    Built more than sixty years after the California Gold Rush that inspired massive migration to Northern California, and ten years after the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, Filoli represented a desire to create a magnificent and enduring country estate. Designed between 1915 and 1917 and set against the dramatic backdrop of the northern Santa Cruz mountains in Woodside, ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Egyptian Pyramids Revisited

    by Moustafa Gadalla ...
    A complete handbook about the pyramids of Ancient Egypt during the Pyramid Age. It contains: the locations and dimensions of interiors and exteriors of the pyramids; the history and builders of the pyramids; theories of construction; theories on their purpose and function; the sacred geometry that was incorporated into the design of the pyramids; and much, much more.This Expanded Edition of the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Building Histories

    The Archival and Affective Lives of Five Monuments in Modern Delhi

    by Mrinalini Rajagopalan ...
    Series series South Asia Across the Disciplines
    Building Histories offers innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhi—the Red Fort, Rasul Numa Dargah, Jama Masjid, Purana Qila, and the Qutb complex—tracing their modern lives from the nineteenth century into the twentieth.Mrinalini Rajagopalan argues that the modern construction of the history of these monuments entailed the careful selection, manipulation, and regulation of the past ... Read more

    $64.89 CAD

  • Landmark Architecture of Palm Beach

    by Barbara D. Hoffstot ...
    Palm Beach is a remarkably small town to be so famous; its population is only a little over 10,000. Nor is it an old town: the oldest extant building dates from about 1885, and the town itself was not incorporated until after 1900. What has granted Palm Beach its fame is the same combination of elements that made Bath famous in the 18th century: a very few clear-sighted men—they can be counted on ... Read more

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  • Covered Bridges

    by Joseph D Conwill ...
    Series Book 808 - Shire Library USA
    Covered Bridges are historic pieces of American and Canadian rural history, gracing the countryside from Oregon to Tennessee and from California to New Brunswick and across Canada. In this lavishly illustrated volume Joseph D. Conwill recounts the rich, romantic history of covered bridges as they developed from early timber bridges, born out of the traditions of Medieval times, into modernized ... Read more

    $8.39 CAD

  • Architecture and Capitalism

    1845 to the Present

    Edited by Peggy Deamer ...
    Architecture and Capitalism tells a story of the relationship between the economy and architectural design. Eleven historians each discuss in brand new essays the time period they know best, looking at cultural and economic issues, which in light of current economic crises you will find have dealt with diverse but surprisingly familiar economic issues. Told through case studies, the narrative ... Read more

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  • Cemeteries of Seattle

    by Robin Shannon ...
    Series series Images of America
    A fascinating story exists just below Seattle�s surface, buried in the city�s many historic cemeteries. Founded in 1872 on land acquired from Doc Maynard, Lake View Cemetery holds the remains of one of Seattle�s favorite sons, Bruce Lee, whose son Brandon Lee is buried beside him. Maynard is also buried here, along with most of the Seattle pioneers, including the Dennys, Borens, Maynards, Yeslers, ... Read more

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