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An Outline of European Architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner Synopsis One of the most widely read boks on European architecture, Nikolaus Pevsner's landmark work was first published in 1942. Through several revisions and updates during Pevsner's lifetime, it continued to be a seminal essay on the subject, and even after... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $42.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Alhambra by Robert Irwin Publisher Comments Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series(Part Iand Part II) The Alhambra has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In his absorbing new book, Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Hardcover
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New Scandinavian Design (Designpockets) by Anja Oriol Publisher Comments Clean lines, functionality and sophisticated form have characterized Scandinavian design for decades. This school is known for its innovation, sometimes with a touch of whimsy where you least expect it. Designs are often closely related to nature... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Casa del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial by Robert Sweeney Synopsis Casa del Herrero--House of the Blacksmith--stands today as one of the most fully developed and intact examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. It was designed and built between 1922 and 1925 as a second house for George Fox Steedman, a St... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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Berlin: Masterpieces of Architecture by Andras Kaldor Publisher Comments The 100 watercolour illustrations include the Reichstag with its new glass dome, museums and churches around the Unter den Linden and on Museum Island, the restored old districts just north and east of the centre, government buildings and the gleaming... (read more) List Price $12.50 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Paris: An Architectural History by Anthony Sutcliffe Publisher Comments In this lavishly illustrated book, one of Paris's leading historians links the beauty of the city to its harmonious architecture, the product of a powerful tradition of classical design running from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.... (read more) List Price $40.25 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Architecture in France by Philip Jodidio Publisher Comments Contemporary architecture by country Taschen's new architecture series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects — from the firmly established to the up... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.99 Sale - Hardcover
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Accidentism - Josef Frank by Mikael Bergquist Publisher Comments The designs, buildings and writings of Josef Frank go back to the roots of Modernism, to the ideal of Viennese culture at the start of the 20th century, and to the beginning of the "Scandinavian style." As one of the first advocates of classical... (read more) Your price: $31.50 New - Hardcover
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The Architecture of Rasem Badran: Narratives on People by James Steele Publisher Comments A complete overview of the work of the most important architect in the Middle East today, this book showcases how Badran's work involves the full spectrum of the built environment, from urban planning to individual residences.... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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Entrez: Signs of France by Steven Rothfeld Publisher Comments These wonderful signs are beautifully and evocatively shown and written about - something that served an ordinary purpose became a craft. - SARA MIIDDA "When Steven Rothfeld turns his eye to France, there is no stopping his genius." -PATRICIA WELLS In... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Hardcover
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A Venetian Concert: Grand Italian Architecture and Renaissance Music by Edel Classics Gmbh Publisher Comments The majestic contours of the famous mansions of the late Italian Renaissance rise above the serene Venetian hillscape. They represent the wealth of powerful venetians in the past. A Venetian Concert celebrates an era of undying beauty and the diversity... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Hardcover
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Timeless Cities: An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy by David Mayernik Publisher Comments For Italian city builders more than a thousand years ago, the urban realm was the great theater where their best aspirations were played out, the place where society said the most substantial things about who they were and what they longed for. In this... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Berlin by Layla Dawson Publisher Comments An architectural monograph which features one of the world's great cities and its landmarks. With over fifty stunning photographs of the architectural gems of Berlin, and an introductory essay putting the city into perspective, this book looks at its... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road, with the Phoenix Park (Pevsner Architectural Guides) by Christine Casey Publisher Comments In this uniquely comprehensive guide to the buildings of central Dublin, the city's churches, public buildings, and streets are described for every district in lively detail. The entire area within the canals is covered as well, along with the Phoenix... (read more) List Price $68.50 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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Capitalist Realism: New Architecture in Russia by Bart Goldhoorn Publisher Comments This selection of over 50 projects, presented in large-scale photos as well as complementary ground-floor plans and sketches, communicates a differentiated impression of post-Soviet architecture, ranging from the picturesque Vodka Pavilion in the... (read more) Your price: $78.00 New - Hardcover
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Italian Splendor by Jack Basehart Publisher Comments A lavishly illustrated tour through fifty magnificent villas and palaces built by the Italian aristocracy.... (read more) Your price: $85.00 New - Hardcover
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Go South: The T]bingen Model by Matthias Schuster Publisher Comments The 13th-century town of Tbingen, Germany, is best known for its university, which spawned both Hegel and Kepler. And now, something very progressive is going on in the southern sector of the city. A field where an army barracks once stood has been... (read more) Your price: $45.50 New - Trade Paper
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Cathedrals of Spain by John Allyne Gade Publisher Comments Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill AVILA I lift mine eyes, and all the windows blaze With forms of... (read more) Your price: $27.25 New - Trade Paper
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Churches and Castles of Mediaeval France by Walter Cranston Larned Publisher Comments "There cannot be many places in the world that produce so profound an effect upon the mind, the imagination, and the sense of beauty as." Which place is Walter Cranston Larned about to describe? The Cathedral of Amiens? The Chateau of Langeais? The... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Paris 2000+: New Architecture by Sam Lubell Publisher Comments In every era, Paris had epitomized beauty and innovation in architecture—magnificent Gothic cathedrals, elegant hotels and chateaux of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the broad sweep of Haussmann in the 1870s, and most recently the Grand... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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