This book examines mid-20th-century Anglican church architecture in Britain, from the 1935 to the 1975, exploring how it was shaped by liturgical changes, social shifts, and artistic influences. It investigates the theoretical foundations of moder...Lasīt vairāk
Nasser Rabbat, Deen Sharp, Hashim Sarkis, Pascal Menoret, Deen Sharp, Noura Wahby
Sērija : Middle East Urban Studies
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Aug-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: American University in Cairo Press, ISBN-13: 9781649034137)
Reconstruction as Violence delves into the complex interplay of post-conflict reconstruction in Syria, challenging the traditionally held dichotomy between the end of violence and the commencement of rebuilding. The authors, architects, urbanists, g...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Aug-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: MIT Press, ISBN-13: 9780262049115)
A study of the US architect Albert Kahn, architect of the Ford motor company, and one that combines a scholarly history and interpretation with a set of remarkable archival images-- A study of Albert Kahn Incorporatedthe architecture fi...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Jul-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: University of Virginia Press, ISBN-13: 9780813954479)
With The Row House in Washington, DC, the architectural historian and preservationist Alison Hoagland turns the lucid prose style and keen analytical skill that characterize all her scholarship to the subject of the Washington row hous...Lasīt vairāk
Contrary to what Kant believed about the Dutch (and their visual culture) as being of an orderly and diligent position and thus having no feeling for the sublime, this book argues that the sublime played an important role in seventeenth-century Du...Lasīt vairāk
Emotions and Architecture explores architecture as a medium to arouse or conceal emotions, to build consensus through shared values, or to reconnect the urban community to its alleged ancestry. Emotions and Architecture: F...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the topic of architecture as a component of public discourse, focusing on the reception of four high-profile developments in the City of London (the UK capitals financial district) dating from the final years of the twentieth c...Lasīt vairāk
A lively new history of London told through twenty-five buildings, from iconic Georgian townhouses to the Shard A walk along any London street takes you past a wealth of seemingly ordinary buildings: an Edwardian church, modernist po...Lasīt vairāk
This book offers the first in-depth study of three major Hong Kong public cultural architecture works, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Shatin Town Hall and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (HKCC), built in the late-colonial years.Recent developments at t...Lasīt vairāk
Modern Architecture and an International Sensibility: A Curious Constellation presents an alternative history of internationalism and modernism, with a specific focus on the role of architecture and spatial practices. ...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the transformation of market spaces in Portuguese cities during the intensification of trade driven by increasing profits from overseas exchanges, and how architectural structures and urban planning were directly impacted by the...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 20-May-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252088766)
The iconic Edith Farnsworth House is a singular glass home designed by Mies van der Rohe. But the oft-told history of the house overwrites Farnsworths role as Miess collaborator and antagonist while falsely portraying her as the architects angry e...Lasīt vairāk
