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Frederic Chaubin: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed by Frederic Chaubin Synopsis In this volume photographer Frederic Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in 14 former Soviet Republics which express what could be considered as the fourth age of Soviet architecture.... (read more) Your price: $59.99 New - Hardcover 
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Iceland and Architecture by Peter Cachola Schmal Publisher Comments Until comparatively recently, Iceland's architecture was determined by the lack of native trees on the island, which led to extraordinary clay structures covered in turf. With the invention of concrete, further stylistic leaps occurred--and again when... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Hardcover
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Berlin: The Architecture Guide (Architecture Guides) by Rainer Haubrich Publisher Comments Berlin - Der Architekturführer weist den Weg durch die Architekturgeschichte der bundesdeutschen Hauptstadt - vom Mittelalter bis hin zur pulsierenden Gegenwart. Allein in den letzten fünfzehn Jahren wurde eine Fülle unterschiedlichster... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Italian Villas and Their Gardens (Classical America Series in Art and Architecture) by Edith Wharton Publisher Comments Struck by the magnificence of the Italian countryside from the time of her first sojourn there, our ranking novelist and lady of letters of the early 1900s—a renowned connoisseur—joined forces with the foremost illustrator of the time to... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Versailles by Valerie Bajou Publisher Comments A spectacularly opulent relic of royal wealth and power comes alive in Versailles. Highlighting the châteaus vibrant, tumultuous past, the book covers everything from its metamorphosis from humble hunting lodge to palace, to the dismantling of... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Great Houses of Europe: From the Archives of Country Life by Marcus Binney Publisher Comments Emerging from a quest to find the best houses on the continent, the 25 houses in this collection are linked by the survival of their magnificent exteriors and interiors—spectacular plasterwork; original wallpapers, fabrics, and furniture; and in... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $27.00 Used - Hardcover
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Roman Mornings by James Lees Milne Publisher Comments The author writes in his introduction that evening is the magical moment to wander about Rome: That is the moment to see the city of conflicting moods as it always has been and still is, hateful and holy, wicked and wise, pagan and papal, sometimes so... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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An Outline of European Architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner Publisher Comments One of the most widely read boks on European architecture, Nikolaus Pevsner's landmarkwork was first published in 1942. Through several revisions and updates during Pevsner's lifetime, itcontinued to be a seminal essay on the subject, and even after his... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $43.00 Used - Hardcover
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Architecture of Consequence by Ole Bouman Publisher Comments Architecture of Consequence began life as the Dutch presentation at the Sao Paolo Architecture Biennale in 2009. Shape our country was the call that the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) made to its public over a six-month period. The result was a... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Urbanscape Switzerland: Topology and Regional Development in Switzerland - Investigations and Case Studies by Angelus Eisinger Publisher Comments Commissioned by the foundation avenir suisse (Think Tank for Economic and Social Issues), this study examines modern-day Switzerland and its changing spatial reality. Describing settlement areas as either urban or rural is no longer apt as we now live in... (read more) List Price $69.95 Your price: $67.33 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The New Spanish Architecture by Anatxu Zabalbeascoa Publisher Comments Spain, a country that has become a hotbed for creativity and style, is now more than ever in the international spotlight. Since the end of Franco's reign in 1975, Spanish architects have succeeded in rebuilding the public and cultural realms in what... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lost Vanguard: Russian Modernist Architecture 1922-1932 by Richard Pare Publisher Comments This fascinating book charts the dazzling trajectory of Russian avant-garde architecture during the brief but intense period of design and construction that took place from c. 1922 to 1935. Fired by the radical new language of Constructivist artists... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price: $60.00 Used - Hardcover
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Catalonia: A Guide to Modern Architecture 1880-2007 by Maurici Pla Synopsis Ordered by geographic routes, this guide compiles and describes, through commentaries, technical specifications, plans and photographs, the 417 most outstanding pieces of work from Modernism until the present, placing special emphasis on our contemporary... (read more) List Price $63.00 Your price: $43.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Nordic Light: Modern Scandinavian Architecture by Henry Plummer Publisher Comments The quality of light in Scandinavia has given rise to some of the most important architecture of the modern period, the richness of which has influenced designers from California to Australia to Japan. The ethereal nature of light combined with natural... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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Surprising Architecture: Ibiza: Conrad White by Conrad White Publisher Comments Ibiza has been always an island with a special fame. The first Ibicencans came from Lebanon, and, as history tells us, they were followed by the Romans, Vikings, and the Arabs. Even in the Greek mythology there are writings about locations with a more... (read more) List Price $42.00 Your price: $34.00 Used - Hardcover
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Contemporary Architecture L Finland by Antonello Alici Synopsis The 'Contemporary Architecture' series will include small, single-subject books focused on the international architecture in the period ranging from post-World War II to the present.... (read more) Your price: $38.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Architecture of Democracy by Wolfgang Pehnt Publisher Comments Since reunification in 1990, Germany's federal government has erected scores of architecturally groundbreaking buildings. This volume presents more than 80 projects.... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $49.95 Short Discount Markdown - Hardcover
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Russian Architecture and the West by Dmitry Shvidkovsky Publisher Comments This is the first book to show the development of Russian architecture over the past thousand years as a part of the history of Western architecture. Dmitry Shvidkovsky, Russias leading architectural historian, departs from the accepted notion that... (read more) List Price $87.75 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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Amphibious Housing in the Netherlands: Architecture and Urbanism on the Water by Anne Loes Nillesen Publisher Comments With its polders, dikes and waterways, the Netherlands boasts a unique tradition of architecture on/in proximity to water. Climate change and urban expansion have intensified the relevance of amphibious architecture for our times. This volume examines... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Trade Paper
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New Architecture Berlin 1990-2000 by Martin Kieren Publisher Comments No other city in Europe has changed its appearance as much as Berlin in recent years. This architectural guide is the first presentation of more than 230 of the most important building projects, and an extensive appendix also provides details of further... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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