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Palace and Temple - A Study of Architectural and Verbal Icons (Hardcover, Reprint 2012): Clifford Mark McCormick Palace and Temple - A Study of Architectural and Verbal Icons (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)
Clifford Mark McCormick
R3,547 Discovery Miles 35 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a critical study of the role played by architecture and texts in promoting political and religious ideologies in the ancient world. It explains a palace as an element in royal propaganda seeking to influence social concepts about kingship, and a text about a temple as influencing social concepts about the relationship between God and human beings. Applying the methods of analysis developed in built environment studies, the author interprets the palace and temple building programs of Sennacherib, King of Assyria, and Solomon, King of Israel. The physical evidence for the palace and the verbal evidence for the temple are explained as presenting communicative icons intended to influence contemporary political and religious concepts. The volume concludes with innovative interpretations of the contributions of architectural and verbal icons to religious and political reform.

Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville - Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure (Hardcover): David Freeland Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville - Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure (Hardcover)
David Freeland
R3,117 Discovery Miles 31 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Winner of the Publication Award for Popular Culture and Entertainment for 2009 from the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America Named to Pop Matters list of the Best Books of 2009 (Non-fiction) From the lights that never go out on Broadway to its 24-hour subway system, New York City isn't called "the city that never sleeps" for nothing. Both native New Yorkers and tourists have played hard in Gotham for centuries, lindy hopping in 1930s Harlem, voguing in 1980s Chelsea, and refueling at all-night diners and bars. The slim island at the mouth of the Hudson River is packed with places of leisure and entertainment, but Manhattan's infamously fast pace of change means that many of these beautifully constructed and incredibly ornate buildings have disappeared, and with them a rich and ribald history. Yet with David Freeland as a guide, it's possible to uncover skeletons of New York's lost monuments to its nightlife. With a keen eye for architectural detail, Freeland opens doors, climbs onto rooftops, and gazes down alleyways to reveal several of the remaining hidden gems of Manhattan's nineteenth- and twentieth-century entertainment industry. From the Atlantic Garden German beer hall in present-day Chinatown to the city's first motion picture studio-Union Square's American Mutoscope and Biograph Company-to the Lincoln Theater in Harlem, Freeland situates each building within its historical and social context, bringing to life an old New York that took its diversions seriously. Freeland reminds us that the buildings that serve as architectural guideposts to yesteryear's recreations cannot be re-created-once destroyed they are gone forever. With condominiums and big box stores spreading over city blocks like wildfires, more and more of the Big Apple's legendary houses of mirth are being lost. By excavating the city's cultural history, this delightful book unearths some of the many mysteries that lurk around the corner and lets readers see the city in a whole new light.

A History of Architecture in Italy, From the Time of Constantine to the Dawn of the Renaissance; 1 (Hardcover): Charles Amos... A History of Architecture in Italy, From the Time of Constantine to the Dawn of the Renaissance; 1 (Hardcover)
Charles Amos 1833-1905 Cummings
R941 Discovery Miles 9 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Edward Cullinan Architects (Paperback): Kenneth Powell Edward Cullinan Architects (Paperback)
Kenneth Powell
R1,006 Discovery Miles 10 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Study Guide for The Codes Guidebook for Interiors,  Eighth Edition (Paperback, 8th Edition): K Kennon Study Guide for The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, Eighth Edition (Paperback, 8th Edition)
K Kennon
R1,267 Discovery Miles 12 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

STUDY GUIDE FOR THE CODES GUIDEBOOK FOR INTERIORS The comprehensive study guide for understanding interior codes This revised and updated eighth edition of the Study Guide for the Codes Guidebook for Interiors is an essential companion to The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, the industry's reference of choice. It offers complete coverage of the major codes and standards that apply to interior projects. This Study Guide includes lists of terms, practice questions, practical application exercises, code tables, and checklists. This companion study guide is a comprehensive measure of a designer's understanding and application of codes for interior projects. It can help design students learn and practitioners keep their skills up to date and prepare for the NCIDQ and ARE exams. It is vital that designers and architects have an up-to-date working knowledge of the various codes involved with building interiors, whether during renovation or new construction, and this study guide offers the opportunity to: Study with many new questions, in both the short answer and application sections Review the key terms of the industry Use the practice questions and exercises to test working knowledge of codes Utilize the code tables during the design process Employ the numerous checklists on proposed and real life projects to ensure complete compliance The revised Study Guide is a useful companion to The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, the essential reference for all interior professionals. For the designer, architect, or student, the Study Guide for The Codes Guidebook for Interiors is a must-have resource.

The Bible of Amiens, Valle Crucis, The Art of England, The Pleasures of England (Hardback) (Hardcover): John Ruskin The Bible of Amiens, Valle Crucis, The Art of England, The Pleasures of England (Hardback) (Hardcover)
John Ruskin
R1,024 Discovery Miles 10 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Place Making in International Practice of Landscape Architecture - A Study of Australian Practices in China (Hardcover, 1st ed.... Place Making in International Practice of Landscape Architecture - A Study of Australian Practices in China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Yun Zhang
R4,616 Discovery Miles 46 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores international practice in landscape architecture, focusing on the provision of services from Australia to China during China's contemporary urbanization and Australian landscape architects' approaches to place. Landscape architectural practice requires planners and designers to have a deep understanding of local culture, site characteristics, craftsmanship and even project procedures that are often intangible. How to acquire the above local knowledge has become a major challenge for international teams. Through the survey of the practice of Australian landscape practices in China and the case study of Li Lake planning and design project, this book reveals the process and difficulties of landscape planning and design as a transnational practice, as well as its special value as a way of cross-cultural fertilization. This book is intended for students, practitioners and researchers in the fields of landscape architecture, architecture and urban planning.

A Manual for the Study of Monumental Brasses - With a Descriptive Catalogue of Four Hundred and Fifty rubbings in the... A Manual for the Study of Monumental Brasses - With a Descriptive Catalogue of Four Hundred and Fifty rubbings in the Possession of the Oxford Architectural Society (Hardcover)
Herbert Haines; Created by Oxford Architectural Society
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Memorials of the Great War in Britain - The Symbolism and Politics of Remembrance (Hardcover): Alex King Memorials of the Great War in Britain - The Symbolism and Politics of Remembrance (Hardcover)
Alex King
R4,237 Discovery Miles 42 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Taking as its focus memorials of the First World War in Britain, this book brings a fresh approach to the study of public symbols by exploring how different motives for commemorating the dead were reconciled through the processes of local politics to create a widely valued form of collective expression. It examines how the memorials were produced, what was said about them, how support for them was mobilized and behaviour around them regulated. These memorials were the sites of contested, multiple and ambiguous meanings, yet out of them a united public observance was created. The author argues that this was possible because the interpretation of them as symbols was part of a creative process in which new meanings for traditional forms of memorial were established and circulated. The memorials not only symbolized emotional responses to the war, but also ambitions for the post-war era. Contemporaries adopted new ways of thinking about largely traditional forms of memorial to fit the uncertain social and political climate of the inter-war years.
This book represents a significant contribution to the study of material culture and memory, as well as to the social and cultural history of modern warfare.

Berlin: A City Awaits - The Interplay between Political Ideology, Architecture and Identity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Neil... Berlin: A City Awaits - The Interplay between Political Ideology, Architecture and Identity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Neil Mair, Quazi Mahtab Zaman
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Political meaning in architecture has been a subject of interest to many critics and writers. The most notable of these include Charles T. Goodsell and Kenneth Frampton. In Goodsell's (1988) statement "Political places are not randomly or casually brought into existence" (ibid, p. 8), the stipulation is that architecture has been used very deliberately in the past to bolster connotations of power and strength in cities representative of larger nations and political movements. The question central to this book relates to how this can be achieved. Goodsell argues that any study of the interplay between political ideology, architecture, and identity, demands a place imbued with political ideas opposed to "cold concepts and lifeless abstractions" (Goodsell 1988, p. 1). As a means through which to examine and evaluate the ways in which the development of cities can be influenced by political and ideological tendencies, this book focuses on Berlin, as a political discourse, given its significant destruction and reorganisation to reinstate its identity in the context of geopolitics and the advent of globalisation.

The Bitter Side of LOVE - True LOVE Endures Strongest Storms (Hardcover): Vallerian M. Wisdom The Bitter Side of LOVE - True LOVE Endures Strongest Storms (Hardcover)
Vallerian M. Wisdom
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Love in a marriage is often expected to bear only the sweet fruits. Nevertheless, every married couple can testify that disappointment is unavoidable and bitter. At this point, throwing in the towel seems to be the only solution, but those who have lived to witness victory can tell a different story. This book takes us through a couple whose marriage had hit a hard rock. However, one spouse's commitment to God through pain, temptations, and despair won her husband back and restored their marriage. If you care for your marriage, be daring enough to read this book. Your marriage is not beyond repair, because God is here to turn that bitter experience into something better

Heaven on Earth: The Temple in Biblical Theology (Paperback): T.Desmond Alexander, Simon Gathercole Heaven on Earth: The Temple in Biblical Theology (Paperback)
T.Desmond Alexander, Simon Gathercole
R598 Discovery Miles 5 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Examining the concept of 'Temple' throughout Scripture, HEAVEN ON EARTH explores one of the most interesting, but least appreciated themes in biblical theology. Far from being a building used simply for religious activities, the Temple in biblical literature embodies a rich variety of theological ideas. At the heart of these is the interface provided between a holy God and sinful people. An understanding of the role of the Temple (and its predecessor, the Tabernacle) in biblical history provides a remarkable insight into the redemptive purposes of God. From the Garden of Eden in Genesis to the new creation in Revelation, biblical literature abounds with references and allusions to the Temple, all of which underline its significance as an institution and concept. HEAVEN ON EARTH brings evangelical biblical scholars and theologians together to offer a fresh approach to this often neglected area. The biblical essays cover Old Testament, inter-testamental and New Testament material. From Paternoster Press.

Community-Based Urban Development - Evolving Urban Paradigms in Singapore and Seoul (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Im Sik Cho, Blaz... Community-Based Urban Development - Evolving Urban Paradigms in Singapore and Seoul (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Im Sik Cho, Blaz Kriznik
R4,158 Discovery Miles 41 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book compares different approaches to urban development in Singapore and Seoul over the past decades, by focusing on community participation in the transformation of neighbourhoods and its impact on the built environment and communal life. Singapore and Seoul are known for their rapid economic growth and urbanisation under a strong control of developmental state in the past. However, these cities are at a critical crossroads of societal transformation, where participatory and community-based urban development is gaining importance. This new approach can be seen as a result of a changing relationship between the state and civil society, where an emerging partnership between both aims to overcome the limitations of earlier urban development. The book draws attention to the possibilities and challenges that these cities face while moving towards a more inclusive and socially sustainable post-developmental urbanisation. By applying a comparative perspective to understand the evolving urban paradigms in Singapore and Seoul, this unique and timely book offers insights for scholars, professionals and students interested in contemporary Asian urbanisation and its future trajectories.

Analysis of Ornament. The Characteristics of Styles - an Introduction to the Study of the History of Ornamental Art... Analysis of Ornament. The Characteristics of Styles - an Introduction to the Study of the History of Ornamental Art (Hardcover)
Ralph Nicholson 1812-1877 Wornum
R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Modern Carpentry - A Practical Manual; Volume 1 (Hardcover): Frederick Thomas Hodgson Modern Carpentry - A Practical Manual; Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Frederick Thomas Hodgson
R938 Discovery Miles 9 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
State Oddities - An Encyclopedia of What Makes Our United States Unique (Hardcover): Nancy Hendricks State Oddities - An Encyclopedia of What Makes Our United States Unique (Hardcover)
Nancy Hendricks
R3,329 Discovery Miles 33 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

State Oddities takes a different kind of look at the American nation, spotlighting the fun foibles, peculiarities, and twists in each of the 50 states that are (mostly) united under the Stars and Stripes. State Oddities is a fascinating trip through the 50 states for students studying America, teachers planning classroom activities, and general readers who will enjoy an eye-opening journey through the nation's fun side. It offers a compelling look at the character of America through the individuality of 50 very distinct states that together form the USA. This book paints a picture of the broad sweep of the American story, offering a gateway to the country as it developed into one nation filled with individual states that can be remarkably different from each other, yet unified under such national symbols as the American flag and "The Star-Spangled Banner." The author of State Oddities has become known as a master of "painless history," telling America's story in a sparkling style along with the historian's eye for fascinating detail. On the book's cross-country journey, the reader will find that it differs from other works by taking a fresh look at stories we think we know. Engaging, entertaining, readable, and informative narratives for both students and adults Teacher-friendly entries on each state form the building blocks for history, geography, and social studies projects Lively sidebars add spice to the book Helpful Fact Box overviews for each state Fascinating images in every state entry Bibliographic references and suggestions for further information

Japan - Its Architecture, Art, and Art Manufactures (Paperback): Dresser Japan - Its Architecture, Art, and Art Manufactures (Paperback)
Dresser
R1,557 Discovery Miles 15 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Fair-Line and the Good Frontage - Surface and Effect (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Stephen Walker The Fair-Line and the Good Frontage - Surface and Effect (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Stephen Walker
R1,521 Discovery Miles 15 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers an extended consideration of the fairground showfront. It combines archival material, contemporary examples of fairs, and a sustained theoretical engagement with influential philosophies of surface, including recent work by Avrum Stroll and Andrew Benjamin, as well as the nineteenth century author Gottfried Semper. Semper's work on the origin of architectural enclosure -formed from woven mats and carpets- anticipates the surface and material history of the showfront. Initial chapters introduce these philosophies, the evolution of showfronts, and the ways in which individual fairground rides and attractions are arranged to form an enclosing boundary for the whole fair. Later chapters focus on issues of spectacle and illusion, vast 'interior' spaces, atmosphere, crowds and surface effects. Informed by a wide range of work from other design and cultural studies, the book will be of interest to readers in these areas, as well as architecture and those curious about the fairground.

The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity - Volume 5: Tumbling into the Twentieth Century (Hardcover,... The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity - Volume 5: Tumbling into the Twentieth Century (Hardcover, Hardback ed.)
Jan M Ziolkowski
R1,821 Discovery Miles 18 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Honest House; Presenting Examples of the Usual Problems Which Face the Home-builder, Together With an Exposition of the... The Honest House; Presenting Examples of the Usual Problems Which Face the Home-builder, Together With an Exposition of the Simple Architectural Principles Which Underlie Them (Hardcover)
Ruby Ross Goodnow; Created by Rayne Joint Author Adams
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Tropical Sustainable Architecture - Social and Environmental Dimensions (Hardcover): Joo Hwa Bay, Boon Lay Ong Tropical Sustainable Architecture - Social and Environmental Dimensions (Hardcover)
Joo Hwa Bay, Boon Lay Ong
R4,491 Discovery Miles 44 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The tropical belt - where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located - forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities. Coincidentally, architecture in these regions shares common problems, the most easily identifiable being the tropical conditions of climate and natural environment. The context for architecture here is fraught with conflicts between tradition and modernization, massive influx of rural poor into urban areas, poorly managed rapid urban development as well as the cultural and social strain of globalization. Many local and overseas architects, planners and city fathers are interested in the social and environmental dimensions of these areas that contribute towards short terms solutions and long term sustainable developments. This book, developed from the first conference of the International Network for Tropical Architecture, supplies a wealth of information from experts worldwide covering the cultural, environmental and technical aspects of thinking, researching and designing for the tropics.

Places of the Soul - Architecture and environmental design as a healing art (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Christopher Day Places of the Soul - Architecture and environmental design as a healing art (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Christopher Day
R4,479 Discovery Miles 44 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For Christopher Day, architecture isn't just about the appearance of buildings but how they're experienced as places to be in. Occupants' experience can differ radically from designers' intentions as their concerns and thinking differ. Additionally, multi-sensory ambience, spatial sequential experience and embodied spirit resonate in the human soul. Sustainable design means much more than energy-efficiency: if sustainable buildings don't also nourish the soul, occupant-building interaction will lack care and eco-technologies won't be used efficiently. This major revision of his classic text builds on more than forty years of experience ecological design across a range of climates, cultures and budgets, and 25 years hands-on building. Treating buildings as environments intrinsic to their surroundings, the book explores consensus design, economic and social sustainability, and how a listening approach can grow architectural ideas organically from the interacting, sometimes conflicting, requirements of place, people and situation. This third edition, comprehensively revised to incorporate new knowledge and address new issues, continues Day's departure from orthodox contemporary architecture, offering eye-opening insights and practical design applications. These principles and guidelines will be of interest and value to architects, builders, planners, developers and homeowners alike. Reviews of the first edition ... one of the seminal architecture books of recent times Professor Tom Wooley, Architects Journal The 'bible' of many architects and those interested in architecture. Centre for Alternative Technology ... an inspiration to all those who care about the influence of the environment on Man's health and well-being. Barrie May, The Scientific and Medical Network At last an architect has written a sensitive and caring book on the effects of buildings on all our lives. Here's Health This gentle book offers a route out of the nightmare of so much callous modern construction. I was inspired. Colin Amery, The Financial Times

ISE Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture (Paperback, 6th edition): Michael Fazio, Marian Moffett,... ISE Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture (Paperback, 6th edition)
Michael Fazio, Marian Moffett, Lawrence Wodehouse
R1,827 R1,656 Discovery Miles 16 560 Save R171 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Buildings Across Time brilliantly explores the essential attributes of architecture by uniquely combining both a detailed survey of Western architecture, including Pre-Columbian America, and an introduction to architecture from the Middle East, India, Russia, China, and Japan. Authors have searched out the stories these buildings have to tell, considered the intentions of the people who built them, and examined the lives of those who used them. The text contains extensive descriptive narrative leavened with focused critical analysis, which both allows the book to stand alone and invites lecturers to impose their studied interpretations on the material without the danger of undue ambiguity or conflict. In a world that grows smaller by the day, it presents a global perspective, and in a discipline that concerns built objects that are often beautiful as well as functional, it is copiously illustrated, intelligently designed, and consistently usable.

International Treasures - Canberra's Embassies (Hardcover): Dorothy Hart International Treasures - Canberra's Embassies (Hardcover)
Dorothy Hart; Contributions by Isla Patterson
R934 Discovery Miles 9 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Eagle's Nest - The William K. Vanderbilt II Estate (Hardcover): Stephanie Gress Eagle's Nest - The William K. Vanderbilt II Estate (Hardcover)
Stephanie Gress
R781 R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Save R95 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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