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Scottish Houses and Gardens: From the Archives of Country Life
by Ian Gow  Publisher Comments This book is a peerless collection of Scotland’s finest houses at their height of beauty, before the destructive forces of the 20th century swept so many away and emptied others of their contents. Here are the famous palaces and castles, from...
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The Building of Elizabethan and Jacobean England
by Maurice Howard Synopsis While the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s resulted in the destruction of much of England's built fabric, it was also a time in which many new initiatives emerged. In the following century, former monasteries were eventually adapted to a...
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Architecture and the "Special Relationship": The American Influence on British Architecture Since 1945
by M. Fraser Synopsis With particular reference to the field of architecture, this text examines the economic and political consequences for Britain of the post-war Anglo-American 'special relationship', providing detailed studies of key buildings and urban planning...
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Historic Houses of the United Kingdom: Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial
by Anonymous Synopsis This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional...
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The Stirling Prize: Ten Years of Architecture and Innovation
by Tony Chapman Synopsis - A celebration of all the shortlisted and winning buildings during ten years of the Stirling Prize - Copiously illustrated with photographs, drawings and plans, and featuring incisive contributions from some of the best-known architecture critics and...
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Power and Virtue (Classical Tradition in Architecture)
by Li Shiqiao Synopsis This is the first full-length study on the connections between English architecture and intellectual change between 1660 and 1730. As new ideas developed in post-Restoration England across the realms of politics, culture, academia and morality, so too...
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Best Castles: England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales: Over 100 Castles to Discover and Explore
by Not Available (na) Synopsis This handy title provides background information for visiting the castles of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Offered in a flexibind format, it reveals fascinating information such as building, most interesting to visit, roles in history, key dates,...
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Shropshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of England)
by John Newman Publisher Comments This fully-illustrated guide to Shropshire treats each city, town, and village in a detailed gazetteer and includes a variety of helpful maps, plans, and indexes along with an illustrated glossary. The book is an invaluable reference work on the...
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A History of the Gothic Revival
by Charles L. Eastlake Synopsis An Attempt To Show How The Taste For Medieval Architecture Which Lingered In England During The Last Two Centuries Has Since Been Encouraged And Developed....
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Cambridge Architecture: A Concise Guide
by Nicholas Ray Publisher Comments An illustrated introduction to the history and meaning of Cambridge architecture....
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Nottingham Transformed: Architecture and Regeneration for the New Millennium
by Kenneth Powell Synopsis Scenically and architecturally, Nottingham is one of the most remarkable of English cities. A major commercial centre in the Middle Ages, it subsequently become an important industrial city until well into the twentieth century. Nottingham has more...
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Stukeley Illustrated: William Stukeley's Rediscovery of Britain's Ancient Sites
by Neil Mortimer Synopsis This is a tribute to an increasingly relevant figure, and is indispensable to anyone interested in the sacred sites and landscapes of the British Isles....
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Power and Virtue (Classical Tradition in Architecture)
by Li Shiqiao Synopsis This is the first full-length study on the connections between English architecture and intellectual change between 1660 and 1730. As new ideas developed in post-Restoration England across the realms of politics, culture, academia and morality, so too...
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Georgian London
by Colum Montagu Hourihane Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [412]-415) and index....
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Architecture 06: The Guide to the Riba Awards (Architecture: The Guide to the Riba Awards)
by Tony (edt) Chapman Synopsis The official annual guide to all the awards presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2006, including the prestigious televised Stirling Prize. Embraces over seventy-five projects by both established and emerging practices, offering a...
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The Irish Round Tower: Origins and Architecture Explored
by Brian Lalor Synopsis The Irish Round Tower is the only form of architecture that is unique to Ireland. Over seventy of these early Christian/early medieval towers survive in Ireland widely distributed throughout the island, with the bulk of them located in the southwest...
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New London Interiors
by Kieran Long Publisher Comments All projects date from the twenty-first century, making this the most up-to-date study of new interiors in London....
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Studies in British Art #16: Summerson & Hitchcock: Centenary Essays on Architectural Historiography
by Frank Salmon Synopsis In this volume, twenty international scholars explore the work of two of the twentieth century's greatest architectural historians: the American Henry-Russell Hitchcock (1903-1987) and the Englishman Sir John Summerson (1904-1992). Both men undertook...
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Houghton Hall: The Prime Minister, the Empress and the Heritage
by Andrew Moore Publisher Comments During his lifetime, Sir Robert Walpole (1675 - 1745), first Prime Minister of England, amassed a magnificent collection of paintings and sculptures at Houghton Hall, the house he built in Norfolk. This book recreates the Houghton of Walpole's day, with...
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Timber Buildings in Britain
by R. W. Brunskill Publisher Comments This description of Timber Building in Britain, now in its second edition, by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings defines the status of this authoritative and extensively illustrated book....
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