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This essential guide opens up the treasures of London's most alluring quarter. At its core are Westminster Abbey, Parliament, and the palatial Government buildings of Whitehall, together with the great...

Country life was idealized by the Victorians into a rural idyll. 19th-century artists sought to perpetuate this image and their work found its greatest expression in images of cottages and...

The sequel to Bernard Tschumi's best-selling Event-Cities, documenting his recent architectural projects and updating his thoughts on architectures and cities. In Event-Cities (MIT Press, 1994), Bernard Tschumi expanded his architectural...

Author: Frank RussellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Academy Editions/St. Martin's Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageArchitectural Monographs: Terry Farrell presents a comprehensive overview of...

Author: John Harris, Stephen Orgel And Roy StrongBinding: PaperbackPublished: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis...

Author: Brian AllisonBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Melbourne., 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis biographical work chronicles the significant career of John Harry...

Author: Keith MillerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Her Majesty's Stationery Office Books, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image-

Author: Victor GlasstoneBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerVictor Glasstone's Victorian & Edwardian Theatres chronicles the magnificent architectural and cultural evolution of playhouses...

Author: Deborah HowardBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis academic work chronicles the profound architectural dialogue between Venice and the Islamic world from the twelfth...

Author: Andrew HopkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2012Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive analysis of Baldassare Longhena's pivotal role in shaping the architectural landscape...

Author: David LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Capital Transport, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: small tears repaired by tape on dust jacketThis compelling non-fiction work,...

Author: Oliver GreenBinding: HardbackPublished: WHITE LION, 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsOliver Green's London's Underground: The Story Of The Tube chronicles the fascinating evolution of one of the world's...

Author: Wendy HitchmoughBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon Press Limited, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsC.F.A. Voysey presents a comprehensive examination of the influential British architect and designer, C.F.A. Voysey. This...

Author: Prof. T. G. BonneyBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1891Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Some moisture damageMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Good for...

Author: Julian Bowsher And Pat MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: Museum of London Archaeology, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsUnearth the vibrant world of Shakespearean theatre through the discoveries of the Rose and...

The Dutch art movement De Stijl and its eponymous magazine have long exerted a strong influence on art and architecture, at home in the Netherlands and abroad. Published on the...

"Fusion gardening embraces an exciting mix of different styles, making the whole greater than the sum of its parts". - Erik van Gelder "My ambition is to extend the living...

The celebrated Venetian architect Carlos Scarpa viewed glass as raw material for experimentation and research, and was challenged by this vastly suggestive age-old art. Now back in print, this beautifully-designed...

A curated collection of the finest international architectural studios and their projects. This book showcases how innovative architectural designs seamlessly integrate with and complement the natural landscape, creating harmonious and...

A book that takes the reader on a journey to some of the most cutting-edge examples in restaurant design and architecture from around the world. In our fast-paced global economy,...

Bohemian chic is considered the epitome of an unconventional and free-spirited lifestyle: a colourful, playful mix-and-match look meets reduced earth tones, not infrequently combined with unique flea market finds or...

A compelling mixture of manifesto and manual, Places for Strangers builds on the set of principles and attitudes that have long driven London-based mae Architects to advocate a new position...

From Berlin to Beirut, David Chipperfield (born 1953) aspires to an architecture founded on collaboration, ideas, and excellence. His buildings are intended as physically immediate spaces in which "a sort...

The book titled Will Alsop: 1968-1990 by the author Kenneth Powell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The mastermind behind what he termed beautiful and functional "machines for living" Le Corbusier has long been recognised as one of the foremost figures in the international style of architecture....

This volume juxtaposes the dynamic, sweeping planes and angles of the buildings of Zaha Hadid (born 1950) with the equally dynamic art of the Russian Suprematist and Constructivist avant garde--as...

This volume traces the development of the British architectural practice ABK (Ahrends, Burton and Koralek), from early landmark projects like the Berkeley Library at Trinity College, Dublin to the British...

British architect Cedric Price (1934-2003) had a lifelong fascination with the mechanization of society and its effect on people's lives. In the 1960s and '70s, Price began to look for...

Simon Velez is renowned for brilliantly utilizing bamboo as a permanent structural element in both residential and commercial structures. Velez was born in Manizales, Colombia, in 1949, and began his...

This book illuminates the art of architectural drawings. The best trained and most experienced librarian or curator is likely to confront difficulties in dealing with architectural drawings. Even an architect...

A fully illustrated photographic collection of award winning homes from the last century of Australian design and architecture, from the first competition won by the governors wife. Featuring many well-known...

Following Henry VIII's break with Rome, in just five short years his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, masterminded the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was one of the most dramatic and...

Archigram comprised Warren Chalk (1927-88), Peter Cook (1936-), Dennis Crompton (1935-), David Greene (1937-), Ron Herron (1930-94), and Michael Webb (1937-). Together they envisioned the future of architecture in ways...

This two-volume book combines the memoirs and selected writings of Ian Ritchie CBE RA (b.1947), one of Britain's most original contemporary architects. As his essays chart his development from a...

There's an elemental satisfaction in living in a cozy sanctuary in the midst of a snowy landscape. It evokes feelings of warmth, security, refuge, and comfort. This revised edition of...

For more than 600 years livery companies have played a leading role in commercial activities and social and political life in the City of London. These trade associations, each representing...

An American, who received his training at the University of Oregon, Mather moved to England at a time when American urban fabric was dissolving in a sea of business parks...

This volume comprises tributes to Sir Leslie Martin, together with detailed historical descriptions of his major works in the UK and Portugal. Architect and urbanist, Sir Leslie Martin was Professor...

First published in 1981, this edition has been extensively updated and expanded. It features many new projects and includes over 140 new projects, 60 of which are complete, including: Clare...

This study of Alsop and Stoermers building features the international award-winning competition scheme for the regional government offices in Marseilles. The building, completed in Spring 1994, has been acclaimed in...

This is the first of four volumes of sketchbooks, kept by Quinlan Terry throughout his career to record the buildings he has encountered. He records their form and detail where...

Architecture is the art, science and construction for human purpose, and must reveal humanity.' This book not only offers a unique insight into the work of Ian Ritchie Architects but...

For Terry Farrell urban design should be based on a number of principles: a notion of continuum with the history and traditions of a specific area, a priority given to...

Five centuries of private collecting are represented in this publication of some of the finest art treasures preserved in Britain's historic houses. In addition to paintings by Canaletto, Van Dyck,...

An illuminating look at a controversial architectural style - and its finest examples. Post-modernism was the 1980s' counter to Brutalism but fell out of fashion until its best buildings began...

A celebration of Britain's diverse housing styles from the twentieth and twenty-first century. A fascinating insight into Britain's built heritage and the diverse housing styles of the twentieth and twenty-first...