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Architectures of Display - Department Stores and Modern Retail (Hardcover): Anca I. Lasc, Patricia Lara-Betancourt, Margaret... Architectures of Display - Department Stores and Modern Retail (Hardcover)
Anca I. Lasc, Patricia Lara-Betancourt, Margaret Maile-Petty
R4,075 Discovery Miles 40 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Through an international range of case studies from the 1870s to the present, this volume analyzes strategies of display in department stores and modern retail spaces. Established scholars and emerging researchers working within a range of disciplinary contexts and historiographical traditions shed light on what constitutes modern retail and the ways in which interior designers, architects, and artists have built or transformed their practice in response to the commercial context.

The Building as Screen - A History, Theory, and Practice of Massive Media (Hardcover, 0): Dave Colangelo The Building as Screen - A History, Theory, and Practice of Massive Media (Hardcover, 0)
Dave Colangelo
R3,456 Discovery Miles 34 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Building as Screen: A History, Theory, and Practice of Massive Media describes, historicizes, theorizes, and creatively deploys massive media -- a set of techno-social assemblages and practices that include large outdoor projections, programmable architectural facades, and urban screens -- in order to better understand their critical and creative potential. Massive media is named as such not only because of the size and subsequent visibility of this phenomenon but also for its characteristic networks and interactive screen and cinema-like qualities. Examples include the programmable lighting of the Empire State Building and the interactive projections of Montreal's Quartier des spectacles, as well as a number of works created by the author himself. This book argues that massive media enables and necessitates the development of new practices of expanded cinema, public data visualization, and installation art and curation that blend the logics of urban space, monumentality, and the public sphere with the aesthetics and affordances of digital information and the moving image.

Thinking Big - The History of Davis Langdon (Hardcover): Jim Meikle Thinking Big - The History of Davis Langdon (Hardcover)
Jim Meikle
R1,528 R1,234 Discovery Miles 12 340 Save R294 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Thinking Big: A History of Davis Langdon provides a history of one of the world's largest quantity surveying companies. They have been involved in the rebuilding of Ground Zero, Chek Lap Kok, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York and the Millennium Dome in London, amongst thousands of other projects around the world. Thinking Big is complete with illustrations of projects and details the working of this global multi-million dollar corporation and their impact on some of the most exciting buildings of the last century. Organised around seven chapters that cover different elements of the company's history in detail and written by a senior partner of the company, Thinking Big provides details of the company's foundation in the early years of the twentieth century, through the difficult years of the depression, to the firm's growth in the 1930s and its international expansion in the post-war years. The book discusses the turbulent period of the 1970s and its leading to a merger and growth of new markets in the 1980s. Thinking Big outlines the company's survival during the recession through to its increasing growth and diversification in the new millennium. The book goes on to look at the new challenges the company faces, including sustainability and the current economic crisis.

New Publics with/out Democracy (Paperback): Henrik Bang, Anders Esmark New Publics with/out Democracy (Paperback)
Henrik Bang, Anders Esmark
R1,199 R1,031 Discovery Miles 10 310 Save R168 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The public sphere is normally considered to be a forum for democratic deliberation. It can serve many other uses, however, such as an arena for strategic communication, a space for identity formation or a 'showcase' for celebrities. By bringing together researchers from political science, public administration, sociology and media studies, New Publics with/out Democracy presents a comprehensive perspective on the transformation of the public sphere in the emerging network society. The book presents a series of theoretical and empirical contributions concerning current changes in political communication, participation, identity and the role of the media and journalists.Within a common framework of analysis, the individual chapters in the book cover a wide range of issues concerning the way political institutions, citizens, NGOs, firms and not least the media and journalists engage the public sphere, such as post-ideological politics, governance by performance and evaluation, transnationalisation, branding, Internet use and journalistic praxis. Although the book clearly suggests that the public sphere is an increasingly important medium of politically active and informed agents, it also insists that it proceeds far beyond the democratic publics of parliament and citizens in civil society.

The Empire State Building - The Making of a Landmark (Paperback): John Tauranac The Empire State Building - The Making of a Landmark (Paperback)
John Tauranac
R632 R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Save R121 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Empire State Building is the landmark book on one of the world s most notable landmarks. Since its publication in 1995, John Tauranac s book, focused on the inception and construction of the building, has stood as the most comprehensive account of the structure. Moreover, it is far more than a work in architectural history; Tauranac tells a larger story of the politics of urban development in and through the interwar years. In a new epilogue to the Cornell edition, Tauranac highlights the continuing resonance and influence of the Empire State Building in the rapidly changing post-9/11 cityscape."

City Hall: Masterpieces of American Civic Architecture (Hardcover): Arthur Drooker City Hall: Masterpieces of American Civic Architecture (Hardcover)
Arthur Drooker; Foreword by Douglas Brinkley; Contributions by Thomas Mellins
R1,334 Discovery Miles 13 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

City Hall is the first book to feature striking contemporary images of the most architecturally significant city halls in the United States. This diverse collection includes New York, the oldest; Philadelphia, once the tallest building in the world; and Boston, the first major brutalist building in the United States. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolution of American civic architecture from the early 19th century to the present day and represents diverse styles such as Federalist, art deco, and modern. Architects, current and former mayors, historians, and preservationists tell the story of how each city hall came to be, what it says about its city, and why it's important architecturally. With a foreword by noted historian Douglas Brinkley and an essay by architectural writer Thomas Mellins, City Hall spotlights these often underappreciated civic buildings and affirms architecture's unique power to express democratic ideals and inspire civic engagement.

Long-range Public Investment - The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal (Paperback): Robert D. Leighninger Long-range Public Investment - The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal (Paperback)
Robert D. Leighninger
R844 Discovery Miles 8 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this comprehensive survey combining architectural and social policy studies, Robert D. Leighninger Jr. reappraises the enduring achievements of public investment during the New Deal era. Leighninger argues that, though these initiatives produced the lasting backbone of the U.S. physical and cultural infrastructure, the value of these long-range investments is now being forgotten. In response Leighninger systematically assesses the schools, housing, bridges, roads, power plants, courthouses, hospitals, museums, stadiums, zoos, parks, and other public facilities built under the auspices of the New Deal. Many of the structures are still in use today. Although a multitude of studies have focused on specific agencies, Leighninger offers an exhaustive survey of all the building agencies established as part of the New Deal. In addition to reviewing the large- and small-scale objectives of such operations as the Public Works Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, and Tennessee Valley Authority, Leighninger applies the New Deal experience to current public policy issues. He evaluates the impact of public works on stimulating the economy, the role of public jobs in a national employment policy, the means of financing infrastructure, and the paradox of viewing public works as "pork."

Perform - Designing for the Performing Arts (Hardcover): Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Perform - Designing for the Performing Arts (Hardcover)
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; Edited by Ted Whitten
R1,737 R1,310 Discovery Miles 13 100 Save R427 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Known for its soaring towers that mark the skylines of the world's great cities, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects is also a leading designer of performing arts centres, including critically acclaimed venues for opera, dance, plays, and concerts. The firm's award-winning work in this highly demanding field is vast, with examples ranging from one of largest performing arts centres in the United States to intimate theatres on college campuses. Highlighting the firm's technically rigorous and aesthetically inspiring designs, Perform features a selection of concert halls and theatres, and cultural centres, including such prominent and distinctive works as the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wisconsin, and the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. Designed with renowned acousticians and theatre planners, these performance halls are both architecturally exciting and technically advanced. This book explores the design of beautiful and uplifting spaces that allow the performing arts to shine while adding life to their surroundings. Selected Projects: - Hancher, University of Iowa - The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater - Wintrust Arena - Multi-purpose Auditorium, Hong Kong University - Science and Technology - The Theatre School, DePaul University - St. Katherine Drexel Chapel, Xavier University of Louisiana - BOK Center - Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and Samueli Theater - The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County - Overture Center for the Arts - South Coast Repertory Theater - Schuster Performing Arts Center - Dewan Filharmonik at Petronas Towers - Aronoff Center for the Arts - North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.

Lighthouses of Cape Cod and the Islands (Paperback): Arthur P. Richmond Lighthouses of Cape Cod and the Islands (Paperback)
Arthur P. Richmond
R451 R345 Discovery Miles 3 450 Save R106 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

One of the attractions of Massachusetts destinations of Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard is their rich array of lighthouses. These architectural feats pepper the shores, where most continue to warn passing ships of the dangers of landfall. Arthur P. Richmond, a well-known photographer of the Cape and Islands, has gathered forty views of their lighthouses, including some views of some interiors and at various seasons. Active lights and inactive lights are presented as beautiful color postcards. Perforated, they can be detached and sent to friends (at 40 cents apiece they are a good bargain), framed and hung on your wall, or kept intact as a souvenir of your summer vacation. This is also the perfect gift for the lighthouse enthusiast or visitor to the New England shore.

Empathy as Function - The Schools by Emil Jauch (Paperback): Christoph Ramisch Empathy as Function - The Schools by Emil Jauch (Paperback)
Christoph Ramisch; Foreword by Stanislaus Von Moos; Photographs by Rasmus Norlander
R949 Discovery Miles 9 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Until now, Emil Jauch (1911-1962) has been a little-known protagonist of Swiss post-war architecture. Shaped by the Scandinavian Modernity of the 1930s, his buildings are characterised by a remarkable sensitivity. This book demonstrates the Lucerne architect's empathetic design method by presenting his constructed school buildings. The publication describes the architect's life and work in three chapters, recognising his achievements in school building and classifying them within the European context of a humanising functionalism.

Space - Architecture for Art (Paperback): Gemma Tipton Space - Architecture for Art (Paperback)
Gemma Tipton
R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Bryant & May's Peculiar London (Hardcover): Christopher Fowler Bryant & May's Peculiar London (Hardcover)
Christopher Fowler
R586 R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Save R106 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

As the nation's oldest serving detectives, we know more about London than almost anyone. After all, we've been walking its streets and impulsively arresting its citizens for decades. Who better to take you through its less savoury side? We'll be chatting about odd buildings, odder characters, lost venues, forgotten disasters, confusing routes, dubious gossip, illicit pleasures and hidden pubs. We'll be making all sorts of odd connections and showing you why it's almost impossible to separate fact from fiction in London. With the help of some of our more disreputable friends, each an argumentative and unreliable expert in his or her own dodgy field, we'll explain why some streets have genders, why only two Londoners got to meet Dracula, how a department store and a prison played tricks on your mind, when a theatre got stranded in the past, how a building vanished in plain sight, what excited Charlotte Bronte about the city and where the devils hide in London. We hope to capture something of the city's restless spirit by shamelessly and wilfully wandering off course. It goes without saying that we'll bluff and bamboozle you along the way but that's all part of the fun. History is what you remember. London is what you forget (and we've forgotten a lot). So please do join us on this magical mystery tour of our city. Who knows where we'll end up?

OMA - Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Center (Hardcover): Dominique Boudet OMA - Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Center (Hardcover)
Dominique Boudet; Contributions by Jean Attali, Dominique Boudet, Bernard Vaudeville; Photographs by Marco Cappelletti
R988 Discovery Miles 9 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The new MEETT Toulouse exhibition and convention centre in the French city of Toulouse once again demonstrates how a seemingly dull, functional task results in striking and refined architecture if the Rotterdam-based Office for Metropolitan Architecture OMA and its mastermind Rem Koolhaas take care of it. The vast structure, covering ca 618 by 246 yards of ground, makes for a spectacular spatial experience in its main exhibition hall that offers 484,376 square feet of column-free floor space. OMA also took an unusual path with regard to the configuration and transport connection of the entire complex. Rather than sealing even more ground with tarmac for endless car parks, it concentrated them into a compact multi-storey parking garage at the heart of the complex that also serves as a general traffic hub for MEETT Toulouse. The book offers impressions of MEETT Toulouse's enormous dimensions and the vast spaces it provides through images taken by French photographer Marco Cappelletti. The volume is rounded out with selected plans and concise texts on the particulars of the project.

Fawad Kazi KSSG OKS - Volume I: Project Introduction and Pavilion KSSG (English, German, Hardcover): Marko Sauer, Christoph... Fawad Kazi KSSG OKS - Volume I: Project Introduction and Pavilion KSSG (English, German, Hardcover)
Marko Sauer, Christoph Wieser
R1,341 R1,002 Discovery Miles 10 020 Save R339 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 2011, Zurich-based architect Fawad Kazi submitted the winning proposal for the rebuilding and extension of a hospital complex in the Swiss city of St Gallen. Over a period of ten years, a number of existing structures will undergo vast rebuilding and new ones will be added, transforming a park with individual buildings into a single continuous complex. This new, eventually five-part monograph, documents this project in full detail. It highlights the significance of St Gallen's urban design as well as the specific demands on architectural design and construction and on the hospital's operations. Volume I features the project's genesis and the initial new building, a pavilion structure housing a restaurant and, in the basement, an electrical substation. Text in English and German.

LAVA Laboratory for Visionary Architecture - What If (Paperback, 19,5 x 26,5 cm): Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck LAVA Laboratory for Visionary Architecture - What If (Paperback, 19,5 x 26,5 cm)
Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck
R975 Discovery Miles 9 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Monograph questioning What if research, science and architecture were merged? LAVA is an architecture studio founded by Tobias Wallisser, Chris Bosse, and Alexander Rieck with offices in Germany, Vietnam, and Australia. The German Pavilion for Expo 20 is an example of the eloquence with which LAVA responds to issues of the day. The three core themes of the book - Cities of the Future, Biodiversity, as well as Energy and Sustainability - are complemented by the subjects "Connecting Minds," meaning social and political architecture, "Digital Processes and Technologies," and "New Work" and explored together throughout the six chapters of this book. In addition to projects and their derivation, architectural and sociological thinkers elaborate on their ideas on these topics - creatively, speculatively, and thoughtfully. Themes: City - Energy - Biodiversity - Connecting - Work - Digital Processes Selected projects as case studies With contributions by Amy Frearson, Georg Vrachliotis, Giovanna Carnevali, Maria Aiolova, Gilles Retsin, Andre Wilkens, Marjan Colletti, and Raoul Bunschoten

The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World (Hardcover): Guillaume de Laubier The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World (Hardcover)
Guillaume de Laubier; Jacques Bosser; Foreword by James H. Billington; Translated by Laurel Hirsch; Guillaume de Laubier
R1,944 R1,585 Discovery Miles 15 850 Save R359 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Housing the world's collective knowledge, within which reside the milestones of human intellectual achievement, libraries are perhaps the richest of all cultural institutions. Often architectural treasures in themselves, they were constructed in styles that befitted the riches they stored, from Neoclassical temples to Baroque palaces to Jeffersonian athaeneums. Both public in purpose and intensely private in feel, they have served the noble role of preserving and disseminating that key cultural artifact of mankind - the book - and in doing so, their role has been central to the nourishment and development of the world's great civilizations. To this day the great libraries of the world remain extraordinary environments for scholarship and enlightenment. Here, for the first time, architectural photographer Guillaume de Laubier takes the reader on a privileged tour of twenty-three of the world's most historic libraries, representing twelve countries and ranging from the great national monuments to scholarly, religious, and private libraries: the baroque splendor of the Institut de France in Paris; the Renaissance treasure-trove of the Riccardiana Library in Florence; the majestic Royal Monastery in El Escorial, Spain; the hallowed halls of Oxford's Bodleian Library; and the New York Public Library, a Beaux-Arts masterpiece. Also included are the smaller abbey and monastic libraries - often overlooked on tourist itineraries - each containing its own equally important collections of religious and philosophical writings, manuscripts, and church history. Through color photography one can marvel at the grandeur of the great public libraries while relishing the rare glimpses inside scholars-only private archives. The accompanying text by journalist and translator Jacques Bosser traces the history of libraries from the Renaissance to the present day, vividly describing how they came to serve the famous men of letters of centuries past and the general public of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, shares a personal association with libraries in his foreword. As repositories of history, ever growing and fed upon by hungry minds, libraries continue to occupy a central place in our civilization - and this sumptuous volume of photographs pays fitting tribute to that tradition.

Modern Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback): Adam Sharr Modern Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Adam Sharr
R270 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R51 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Somewhere between 1910 and 1970, architecture changed. Now that modern architecture has become familiar (sometimes celebrated, sometimes vilified), it's hard to imagine how novel it once seemed. Expensive buildings were transformed from ornamental fancies which referred to the classical and medieval pasts into strikingly plain reflections of novel materials, functions, and technologies. Modern architecture promised the transformation of cities from overcrowded conurbations characterised by packed slums and dirty industries to spacious realms of generous housing and clean mechanised production set in parkland. At certain times and in certain cultures, it stood for the liberation of the future from the past. This Very Short Introduction explores the technical innovations that opened-up the cultural and intellectual opportunities for modern architecture to happen. Adam Sharr shows how the invention of steel and reinforced concrete radically altered possibilities for shaping buildings, transforming what architects were able to imagine, as did new systems for air conditioning and lighting. While architects weren't responsible for these innovations, they were among the first to appreciate how they could make the world look and feel different, in connection with imagery from other spheres like modern art and industrial design. Focusing on a selection of modern buildings that also symbolize bigger cultural ideas, Sharr discusses what modern architecture was like, why it was like that, and how it was imagined. Considering the work of some of the historians and critics who helped to shape modern architecture, he demonstrates how the field owes as much to its storytellers as to its buildings. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

The Great Public Buildings of London - Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Each Edifice, with Illustrations (Hardcover):... The Great Public Buildings of London - Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Each Edifice, with Illustrations (Hardcover)
John Britton, Auguste Charles Pugin; Introduction by Stephen Daniels
R8,845 Discovery Miles 88 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This two-volume work which was first published in 1825-8 presents London's most important buildings at a time of rapid urban transformation. Aiming to project a vision of London as a dynamic city of integrated courtly and commercial power, the 70 entries span a historical range from the medieval (Westminster Hall) to the early nineteenth century (Soane's Museum) and a diversity of building types from palaces and churches to banks, theatres, prisons and bridges. Edited by John Britton, a leading topographical authority of the period, and Auguste Charles Pugin, an Anglo-French architectural draughtsman, the volumes contain 146 engravings of the selected buildings, correctly scaled from different perspectives and including interior scenes as well as external plans. This was a landmark publication in its time and remains a vivid portrait of the London's built environment immediately before the advent of the railway. This new edition includes an extended introduction by Stephen Daniels, Professor Emeritus of Cultural Geography, University of Nottingham.

The Seduction of Place - The History and Future of Cities (Paperback, 1st Vintage Books ed): Joseph Rykwert The Seduction of Place - The History and Future of Cities (Paperback, 1st Vintage Books ed)
Joseph Rykwert
R624 R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Save R79 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days


No other place on earth is as full both of promise and of dread as the city; it is at once alienating and exciting. These concentrations of people have not, however, come about as the result of vast immutable, impersonal forces, but because of human choices. The worsening or betterment of urban life will also be the result of choices. Our choices.

That cities display and represent the personal desires of their inhabitants is central to Joseph Rykwert’s argument in The Seduction of Place. Insisting that they are the physical constructs of communities, he travels through history to trace their roots in ancient times and outlines current attempts and future possibilities to improve the metropolis. Rykwert includes a broad range of urban landscapes: 18th-and 19th-century Paris and London, the current sprawl of Mexico City and Cairo, planned cities like Brasilia, and, finally, New York, the world capital.

Always opinionated and often controversial, Rykwert assesses how and why urban projects from the past succeeded or failed and what lessons can be drawn from them for the future. Ultimately, The Seduction of Place is a deeply felt and powerfully reasoned call for a commitment by every citizen to the creation of a more humane place to live.

Sustainable Healthcare Architecture Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Edition): R Guenther Sustainable Healthcare Architecture Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Edition)
R Guenther
R2,252 Discovery Miles 22 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"With this book, Robin Guenther and Gail Vittori show us how critical our green building mission is to the future of human health and secures a lasting legacy that will continue to challenge and focus the green building movement, the healthcare industry, and the world for years to come." From the Foreword by Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council INDISPENSABLE REFERENCE FOR THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE DESIGN Written by a leading healthcare architect named one of Fast Company's 100 most creative people in business and a sustainability expert recognized by Time magazine as a Green Innovator, Sustainable Healthcare Architecture, Second Edition is fully updated to incorporate the latest sustainable design approaches and information as applied to hospitals and other healthcare facilities. It is the essential guide for architects, interior designers, engineers, healthcare professionals, and administrators who want to create healthy environments for healing. Special features of this edition include: *55 new project case studies, including comparisons of key sustainability indicators for general and specialty hospitals, sub-acute and ambulatory care facilities, and mixed-use buildings * New and updated guest contributor essays spanning a range of health-focused sustainable design topics * Evolving research on the value proposition for sustainable healthcare buildings * Profiles of five leading healthcare systems and their unique sustainability journeys, including the UK National Health Service, Kaiser Permanente, Partners HealthCare, Providence Health & Services, and Gundersen Health System * Focus on the intersection of healthcare, resilience, and a health promotion imperative in the face of extreme weather events * Comparison of healthcare facility-focused green building rating systems from around the world Sustainable Healthcare Architecture, Second Edition is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the design, construction, and operation of state-of-the-art sustainable healthcare facilities.

Hospitals and Medical Facilities - Construction and Design Manual (Hardcover): Philipp Meuser Hospitals and Medical Facilities - Construction and Design Manual (Hardcover)
Philipp Meuser; Contributions by Franz Labryga
R2,717 R2,376 Discovery Miles 23 760 Save R341 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Construction and Design Manual showcases all aspects of planning hospitals, medical practices, and pharmacies. Around 50 projects are presented in their entirety, accompanied by large photographs, true to scale floor plans, and coloured diagrams. The volume also features scientific contributions concerning methods of planning and questions of design. Additional essays on architectural history and typological classifications make this book, spanning over 400 pages, an indispensable reference work for everyone with an interest in hospital architecture and healthcare design. Construction data, planning parameters, and regulations for hospitals and medical facilities True to scale floor plans for different building types and scientific comments Essential for healthcare design, architecture, and medical administration

A Republic for the Ages - The United States Capitol and the Political Culture of the Early Republic (Hardcover): Donald R Kennon A Republic for the Ages - The United States Capitol and the Political Culture of the Early Republic (Hardcover)
Donald R Kennon
R2,090 Discovery Miles 20 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

THIS VOLUME in the United States Capitol Historical Society's Perspectives on the American Revolution series explores how the architecture of the Capitol is imbued with the political culture of its time. Editor Donald R. Kennon writes, "Just as the constitutional framework for the new nation adapted and reformulated classical theories of republicanism, so too would the creation of its capital. The classical past would serve as models, but as models to be worked out in the context of the new American experiment in republicanism." These essays emanated from the syposium held by the Society in 1993 to commemorate the bicentennial of the laying of the cornerstone of the United States Capitol.

Modernist Belgrade Map - Modernisticka mapa Beograda (English, Serbian, Sheet map, folded): Ljubica Slavkovic Modernist Belgrade Map - Modernisticka mapa Beograda (English, Serbian, Sheet map, folded)
Ljubica Slavkovic; Photographs by Relja Ivanic; Series edited by Derek Lamberton
R230 Discovery Miles 2 300 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
SENDAI MEDIATHEQUE-TOYO ITO (English, Spanish, Paperback, English ed.): Toyo Ito SENDAI MEDIATHEQUE-TOYO ITO (English, Spanish, Paperback, English ed.)
Toyo Ito
R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Calling him a "creator of timeless buildings," the Pritzker Jury further praised Ito for "infusing his designs with a spiritual dimension and for the poetics that transcend all his works." Among those works, the Jury singled out his Sendai Mediatheque, whose innovative use of structural tubes "permitted new interior spatial qualities."


The book Sendai Mediatheque presents the process of design and construction of Ito's prototype during the six years between the building's initial design through to its completion in 2001. The Mediatheque aspires to integrate real and virtual worlds - or, in Ito's words, "the primitive body of natural flow and the virtual body of electronic flow." Long after its completion, the Mediatheque is still evolving as an evolutionary building that combines the virtual and real into one design objective.

Defending Scilly (Paperback, New): Mark Bowden, Allan Brodie Defending Scilly (Paperback, New)
Mark Bowden, Allan Brodie
R570 Discovery Miles 5 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Isles of Scilly are renowned for their natural beauty, wild flowers and temperate climate, but there is another reason to visit these paradise islands. Since the 16th century they have been in the frontline of this country's military defences and successive generations of fortifications have survived in Scilly, unmatched in any other location around Britain. This unrivalled survival was due to the lack of pressure to develop the islands and happily because the feared enemy rarely attacked. However, there is another threat to this precious heritage, the power of the sea. William Borlase in the mid-18th century recorded how much of the islands' history had succumbed to rising sea level, and today increasingly turbulent weather patterns may be accelerating the process of coastal erosion. This book celebrates the unique survival of military fortifications on the islands, but it also serves to illustrate the value and vulnerability of the whole country's coastal heritage. Like King Canute, we cannot turn back the sea, but we can celebrate these precious survivals from the colourful history of our island nation.

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