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“thom gorst”

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  • The Buildings Around Us

    by Thom Gorst ...
    Buildings surround and affect us all. In this clear and concise introduction to buildings Thom Gorst demystifies the culture of architecture and shows how an interest in our environment - whatever our cultural position - can be of great value to us. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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    The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge

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    The Golden Gate Bridge links the urbanity of San Francisco with the wildheadlands of Marin County, as if to suggest the paradox of Californiaand America itself-the place that Fitzgerald saw as the last spotcommensurate with the human capacity for wonder. The bridge, completedin 1937, also announced to the world America's engineering prowess andfull assumption of its destined continental dominance. ... Read more

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  • Visual Shock

    A History of Art Controversies in American Culture

    by Michael Kammen ...
    In this lively narrative, award-winning author Michael Kammen presents a fascinating analysis of cutting-edge art and artists and their unique ability to both delight and provoke us. He illuminates America’s obsession with public memorials and the changing role of art and museums in our society. From Thomas Eakins’s 1875 masterpiece The Gross Clinic, (considered “too big, bold, and gory” when ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Five Hundred Buildings of Paris

    by Kathy Borrus, Jorg Brockmann, James Driscoll ...
    Five hundred stunning duotone photographs showcase the finest, most majestic, and interesting examples of architecture in one of the world's most beloved cities.This inspiring photographic journey through the City of Lights features the greatest buildings, monuments, and structures of Paris, organized by neighborhood. Each building is featured in a rich, fine-resolution duotone photograph. ... Read more

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  • The Founders at Home

    The Building of America, 1735-1817

    by Myron Magnet ...
    Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success.Through the Founders’ own voices—and in the homes they designed and built to embody the ideal of domestic happiness they fought to achieve—we come to understand why the American Revolution, of all great revolutions, was the only enduring success.The Founders were vivid, energetic men, with sophisticated ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Routes Not Taken

    A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System

    by Joseph B. Raskin ...
    A fascinating journey into the past—and under the ground—that offers "an insightful look at the what-might-have-beens of urban mass transit" ( The New York Times).From the day it broke ground by City Hall in 1900, it took about four and half years to build New York's first subway line to West 145th Street in Harlem. Things rarely went that quickly ever again.The Routes Not Taken explores the often ... Read more

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  • The Architecture of San Juan de Puerto Rico

    Five centuries of urban and architectural experimentation

    by Arleen Pabón-Charneco ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    As San Juan nears the 500th anniversary of its founding, Arleen Pabón-Charneco explores the urban and architectural developments that have taken place over the last five centuries, transforming the site from a small Caribbean enclave to a sprawling modern capital.As the oldest European settlement in the United States and second oldest in the Western Hemisphere, San Juan is an example of the ... Read more

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  • Guidebook Selected French Gothic Cathedrals and Churches

    by Richard Moore, Sawon Hong ...
    This substantive yet easy-to-use guide to selected French gothic churches and cathedrals provides profiles of fourteen important religious buildings. They are located in different parts of France, were constructed at different times and in different styles, and include both well-known and less well-known churches and cathedrals. They range from the tiny church of Saint Maclou in Rouenperhaps the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Classical and Modern Interactions

    Postmodern Architecture, Multiculturalism, Decline, and Other Issues

    by Karl Galinsky ...
    Postmodernism, multiculturalism, the alleged decline of the United States, deconstruction, leadership, and values—these topics have been at the forefront of contemporary intellectual and cultural debate and are likely to remain so for the near future. Participants in the debate can usefully enlarge the perspective to a comparison between the Greco-Roman world and contemporary society. In this ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • American Architecture and Urbanism

    by Vincent Scully ...
    A classic book authored by the foremost architectural historian in America, this fully illustrated history of American architecture and city planning is based on Vincent Scully's conviction that architecture and city planning are inseparably linked and must therefore be treated together. He defines architecture as a continuing dialogue between generations which creates an environment across time. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • ¡Mangia Tiella!

    by Nicola Tarallo ...
    Auténticas recetas italianas del famoso platillo de Gaeta, Italia. La Tiella consiste de dos capas delgadas de masa ondulada en los bordes que conitnen un relleno de mariscos o vegetales. Su nombre viene del molde en el que se hornea. En Gaeta, el dialecto local utiliza la palabra "tiella" para referirse al molde de paredes bajas que abren hacia afuera. Es por esto que el platillo creado en ese ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Architecture of Edwin Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew

    Twentieth Century Architecture, Pioneer Modernism and the Tropics

    by Iain Jackson, Jessica Holland ...
    Series series Ashgate Studies in Architecture
    Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were pioneers of Modern Architecture in Britain and its former colonies from the late 1920s through to the early 1970s. As a barometer of twentieth century architecture, their work traces the major cultural developments of that century from the development of modernism, its spread into the late-colonial arena and finally, to its re-evaluation that resulted in a more ... Read more

    $76.99 USD