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Twentieth Century Seaside ArchitecturePools, Piers and Pleasure around Britai…
A nostalgic exploration of Britain's distinctive and architecturally significant seafront buildings from the 1920s to the new millennium. British seaside resorts enjoyed phenomenal popularity for much of the twentieth century. Told chronologically, this book is the first look at how resort architecture around the UK coast kept pace with changing fashions and the increasing competition of forei…
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Repeat Printed Pattern for Interiors
Repeating patterns can soothe or energize us, bringing joy and harmony to everyday life. Repeat Printed Pattern for Interiors explores the power repeat patterns hold over us and what goes into creating original, effective printed designs. Beginning with the history of patterns in interior design, Kate Farley uncovers lessons from the work of Owen Jones, William Morris, Collier Campbell and Jose…
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Building Schools, Making DoctorsArchitecture and the Modern American Physician
In the late nineteenth century, medical educators intent on transforming American physicians into scientifically trained, elite professionals recognized the value of medical school design for their reform efforts. Between 1893 and 1940, nearly every medical college in the country rebuilt or substantially renovated its facility. In Building Schools, Making Doctors, Katherine Carroll reveals how …
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The Belgian Friendship BuildingFrom the New York World's Fair to a Virginia HBCU
A singular architectural landmark bridging western Europe and the American South How did the Belgian Friendship Building, originally constructed for the 1939 New York World’s Fair—and one of only a few surviving buildings from that celebrated exhibition—end up on the campus of an HBCU in Richmond, Virginia? In this richly illustrated book, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Katherin…
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Home, Heat, Money, GodTexas and Modern Architecture
Thematically focused analysis of modern architecture throughout Texas with gorgeous photographs illustrating works by famous and lesser-known architects. In the mid-twentieth century, dramatic social and political change coincided with the ascendance and evolution of architectural modernism in Texas. Between the 1930s and 1980s, a state known for cowboys and cotton fields rapidly urbanized and…
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Bonet
Los textos en bastardilla que acompañan las obras han sido extraídos de entrevistas realizadas a Antonio Bonet por Hugo Schvartzman y Gustavo Natanson en Barcelona, el año 1978.El texto introductorio es también de Gustavo Natanson y el que acompaña el capítulo de Interiores y Muebles es de Ernesto Katzenstein.El resto de los textos, la selección de obras y material gráfico se han realiz…
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The Ancient Theatre at Kalydon in Aitolia
The theatre at Kalydon in Aitolia – known only since a few decades – has already attracted a lot of attention due to its square orchestra and rectilinear benches for seating. The Danish-Greek collaborative project responsible for investigating the theatre presents in this two-volume publication results of the excavation and documentation, including all finds such as tile, pottery, metals an…
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Shades of Grey: Decorating with the most elegant of neutrals
Crammed with fascinating facts, expert advice and a wealth of essential information, Shades of Grey will guide you through the minefield that is choosing exactly the right shade of grey paint.
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Temporäre ArchitekturenDie Architektengruppe »raumlaborberlin« und das The…
Wie können zeitgenössische temporäre Architekturen partizipativ gestaltet werden? Katrin Klitzke beantwortet diese Frage exemplarisch anhand einer Analyse des Theaterprojekts »Eichbaumoper« der Architektengruppe »raumlaborberlin«. Die »Eichbaumoper«, welche in Kooperation mit drei Theaterhäusern entstand, sollte durch die Einbeziehung kommunaler Jugendarbeit und eines öffentlich ange…
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Wright on ExhibitFrank Lloyd Wright's Architectural Exhibitions
The first history of Frank Lloyd Wright's exhibitions of his own work—a practice central to his career More than one hundred exhibitions of Frank Lloyd Wright's work were mounted between 1894 and his death in 1959. Wright organized the majority of these exhibitions himself and viewed them as crucial to his self-presentation as his extensive writings. He used them to promote his designs, appe…
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