Invitation to Vernacular ArchitectureA Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildin…

Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes, is a manual for exploring and interpreting vernacular architecture, the common buildings of particular regions and time periods. Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Collins Cromley provide a comprehensive introduction to the field. Proposing a methodology, Invitation to Vernacular Architecture provides a …

ZONA COSTERA DE LA PAMPA ARG. REC. NAT. SOST.

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The Monument of TomorrowCreative Conservation and the Spanish War

Rupture, iconoclasm, and tabula rasa are concepts commonly used to describe the approach to cultural heritage associated with the avant-garde and revolutionary politics during the early twentieth century. Highlighting artists and radical intellectuals who worked to protect public monuments in 1910–1950s Spain, The Monument of Tomorrow challenges the persistent narrative, imposed by Francoism,…

Masonic TemplesFreemasonry, Ritual Architecture, and Masculine Archetypes

In Masonic Temples, William D. Moore introduces readers to the structures American Freemasons erected over the sixty-year period from 1870 to 1930, when these temples became a ubiquitous feature of the American landscape. As representations of King Solomon’s temple in ancient Jerusalem erected in almost every American town and city, Masonic temples provided specially designed spaces for t…

Feed the CityKonzepte, Strategien, Architekturen

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Die Alte Börse in Leipzig und ihr Architekt

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The Homegrown CityReclaiming the Metropolis for its Users

Slums, informal settlements, and other unplanned habitats are seen as the antithesis of the metropolis. Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava, found?ers of the design practice urbz, explore how such neighbourhoods and their inhabitants have been unfairly dismissed when they should in fact be under-stood as partners in the story of cities and urban development.

Die Reformierte Kirche St. Jakob in Sissach

Die Kirche St. Jakob ist eine der ältesten Kirchengründungen im Baselbiet. Die mächtige Kirche diente in der Merowingerzeit als Grablege einer adligen Gemeinschaft, später als Kirche des Sisgaus und als Versammlungsort des Kapitels. Aus dieser Zeit, aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, stammen die wertvollen Kapitelscheiben sowie die kunstvoll gestaltete Holzdecke, die für die damals neu erbaute Kirch…

Das deutsche BauernhausEine Einführung in seine Geschichte vom 9. bis zum 19…

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A Gift of AngelsThe Art of Mission San Xavier del Bac

It rises suddenly out of the Sonoran Desert landscape, towering over the tallest tree or cactus, a commanding building with a sensuous dome, elliptical vaults, and sturdy bell towers. There is nothing else like it around, nor does it seem there should be. This incongruity of setting is what strikes first-time visitors to Mission San Xavier del Bac. This great church is of another place and anot…