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Ludwig Bemelmans came to the California home of famed interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl, for cocktails. By the end of the night, he was firmly established as a...

Ludwig Bemelmans came to the California home of famed interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl, for cocktails. By the end of the night, he was firmly established as a...

While fundamentally a design discipline, architectural education requires an element of history and theory, grouped under the term research . However, many students struggle with this part of their course....

Author: Suzanne FalkinerBinding: HardbackPublished: Valadon Publishing, 1982Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography explores the life and work of Leslie Wilkinson, a prominent figure in Australian...

Author: Norman J. JohnstonBinding: HardbackPublished: Documentary Book Publishers, 1995Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive history of the University of Washington from 1895 to...

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British architecture between the wars is most famous for the rise of modernism - the flat roofs, clean lines and concrete of the Isokon flats in Hampstead and the Penguin...

The Short Story of Architecture is a pocket book guide to key styles, buildings, elements and materials - a new and innovative guide to the subject of architecture that explores...

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE. Using an innovative 'dual narrative' structure you sometimes see in films, Big Beacon tells...

2021 GardenComm Media Awards Gold Medal Winner, Publishing categoryElegant and magnificent, conservatories reveal fascinating social, cultural, botanical, and engineering advances as they have evolved across history. First appearing in the...

'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than...

Sir Horace Jones (1819-1887) was the architect of Tower Bridge, designed in collaboration with John Wolfe Barry. But while some of his surviving buildings are world famous, Jones himself is...

Sir Horace Jones (1819-1887) was the architect of Tower Bridge, designed in collaboration with John Wolfe Barry. But while some of his surviving buildings are world famous, Jones himself is...

From Elephant and Castle to Southwark, from London Bridge to Westminster, Black History Walks takes you to historic locations around the city of London and gives in-depth historical context for...

'A hugely fun tale of how the super-rich buy their super-prime lairs - I was absolutely boggled throughout. Toto, I have a feeling we're not on Rightmove anymore . ....

Author: Archer, Mildred; Daniell, Thomas; Daniell, WilliamBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book showcases the remarkable aquatint artworks created by Thomas and...

Author: Michael PageBinding: HardbackPublished: Buchan Laird International Pty Ltd, 1990Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAn Architectural Apex explores the intricate relationship between architecture and its environment, showcasing...

Author: Stan StevensBinding: HardbackPublished: Hawkesbury Shire Council, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerHawkesbury Heritage is a record of principal historic buildings in the Hawkesbury region,...

Author: Marthe Bernus, David Alexander, Edmund Capon, Jacqueline MenziesBinding: SoftbackPublished: International Cultural Corporation of Australia Limited, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life...

Author: Australian Heritage CommissionBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan of Australia, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book serves as a comprehensive register of Australia's National Estate, showcasing the country's...

Author: Keninger, Michael (intro)Binding: HardbackPublished: Interdesign, Brisbane, 1984Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book showcases the innovative work of Noel Robinson in built environments during the years 1973...

Author: David Wilkinson & Peter JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Valadon Publishing, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life and work of Leslie Wilkinson, a significant figure...

Author: Rodney UrenBinding: HardbackPublished: Uro Media, 2013Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the work of the award-winning design studio Hassell from 1938 to 2013....

Author: Iraida BorodinaBinding: HardbackPublished: Planeta Publications, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich architectural heritage of Central Asia from the 9th to the 19th century,...

Author: John SummersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie and Jenkins, 1978, Third EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsGeorgian London is an architectural study by John Summerson, focusing on the distinctive...

As Stuart Laycock's book All the Countries We've Ever Invaded: and the Few We Never got Round to shows, the British have not been backward in coming forward when it...

Pulitzer Prize?winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable?s biography of America?s greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his...

Why the rise of redundant precision in architecture and the accompanying fear of error are key to understanding the discipline's needs, anxieties and desires.When architects draw even brick walls to...

These photographs of grain elevators in America, Germany, Belgium, and France are a major addition to the Bechers' ongoing documentation of the vanishing buildings that once defined the industrial landscape...

It covers lighthouses from all parts of the United States from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s, when control of the lighthouses was transferred to the Coast Guard and...

Although modernisation in Korea started more than a century later than in the West, it has worked as a prominent ideology throughout the past century-in particular it has brought radical...

The Westminster Corridor is a convenient name for the group of districts which lay in a direct line from Westminster to the northern limits of Hendon, where Middlesex ends. It...

Around the beginning of the twentieth century, women began to claim Berlin as their own, expressing a vision of the German capital that embraced their feminine modernity, both culturally and...

A ForeWord magazine Book of the Year for 2007 Charismatic, highly intelligent, and splendidly talented, Fanny Kemble (1809-93) was a Victorian celebrity, known on both sides of the Atlantic as...

In 1960, before his skyscrapers and teapots made him a household name, Michael Graves set out on a journey once considered obligatory for a young architect: a grand tour of...

Author: Delia Meth-CohnBinding: SoftbackPublished: Flow East, 1992Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich artistic and historical tapestry of Budapest, delving into its unique...

Author: -Binding: SoftbackPublished: Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 1994Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume showcases the Baillieu Myer Collection from the 1980s, highlighting significant...

Author: Robert Irving, Richard Apperly, et alBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the historical and architectural evolution of Australian domestic houses,...

Author: Mike Butcher and Yolande Mj CollinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Holland House Publishing for Bendigo Trust, 2014Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the architectural history of...

'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...

Part of a new, accessibly written, and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features Romanesque architecture's most important architects, buildings and cities, interior and exterior photographs,...

An elegant reissue of a classic book from one of the twentieth century's greatest garden writers.This landmark work on creating a garden was first published in 1956 and has rarely...

Author: Murat GulFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 671g, 336 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2017Architecture and urban planning have always been used by political regimes to stamp their ideologies...

Author: Sheila CraneFormat: Paperback, 178mm x 254mm, 376 pagesPublished: University of Minnesota Press, United States, 2011Drawing together a cast of world-renowned architects, photographers, and cultural theorists Mediterranean Crossroads examines how...

Author: Keith NorrisBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1980, Revised EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAustralia's Heritage Sketchbook by Keith Norris is a hardcover book published in 1980, featuring 361...

Author: Vidya DehejiaBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the historical development of early Buddhist rock temples in India, providing a...

Author: Antoine KersseBinding: SoftbackPublished: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2019Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPhylum H offers a comprehensive look at the creative process of French architecture firm Brunet...

Author: Unk White; A. Roger-Genersh; Bill Beasley; George HaddonBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby Ltd, 1977Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Historic Melbourne Sketchbook features sketches from Unk White,...