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Charleston Then and Now (Hardcover): Leigh Handal Charleston Then and Now (Hardcover)
Leigh Handal
R600 R493 Discovery Miles 4 930 Save R107 (18%) Pre-order

Following her success with Lost Charleston, local author and city tour guide Leigh Jones Handal brings a fresh approach to one of the key titles in Pavilion Books’ trademark series. Charleston, South Carolina is one of the most popular East Coast tourist destinations. The flashpoint of the Civil War, what remains of Fort Sumter in Charleston is still a much-visited attraction, and despite bombardment by the Federal Navy, earthquakes and many hurricanes, the South Carolina city has retained its 19th-century charm.  City guide Leigh Jones Handal tells the story of the Charleston she loves through archive photos matched with their modern viewpoint, including the Jenkins Orphanage whose band were the likely originators of the Charleston dance. There are vintage photos of the great plantation houses, plus the grand buildings on Meeting Street, and the soaring spires of Charleston’s many churches.  Downtown many of the classic mansions, such as the Miles Brewton House, have been retained, along with the Market Hall and the Customs House, and though the trolleys no longer run along Broad Street, it is still recognizable from a century before.  Leigh Jones Handal has uncovered a treasury of vintages images which have been matched with modern photos to show new aspects of this enduringly fascinating city.

Senedd (Welsh, Hardcover): Trevor Fishlock Senedd (Welsh, Hardcover)
Trevor Fishlock; Photographs by Andrew Molyneux; Translated by Rhys Iorwerth
R333 R278 Discovery Miles 2 780 Save R55 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Weiterbauen an Stadt, Siedlung, Dorf - Ein Pladoyer (German, Hardcover): Albert Kirchengast Weiterbauen an Stadt, Siedlung, Dorf - Ein Pladoyer (German, Hardcover)
Albert Kirchengast
R1,046 Discovery Miles 10 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Kirchengast betrachtet in seinem Buch drei Projekte mit modellhaftem Charakter: Max Dudler, Franz Riepl und Stephen Sergison demonstrieren auf den Massstabsebenen Dorf, Siedlung und Stadt ein analoges Weiterbauen. Mit ihrer elementaren "Gebautheit", guten Proportionen und dem eleganten Zusammenspiel der Volumina im stadtischen Raum verkoerpern sie eine Dauerhaftigkeit ohne Alluren und modische Zutaten, die zum sinnfalligen wie selbstverstandlichen Hintergrund des alltaglichen Lebens wird. Sie geben dabei nicht nur auf die drangende Frage der OEkologie unseres Zusammenlebens Antwort, sondern liefern einen Ankerpunkt in unserer heterogenen Gestaltungskultur. Fotos von Helene Binet, David Schreyer und Stefan Muller sowie historische Illustrationen begleiten das Pladoyer fur die gekonnte Architektur der Mitte.

Iconoclastic Controversies - A photographic inquiry into antagonistic nationalism (Paperback, New edition): Nico Carpentier Iconoclastic Controversies - A photographic inquiry into antagonistic nationalism (Paperback, New edition)
Nico Carpentier
R919 Discovery Miles 9 190 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The book combines photography and written text to analyse the role of memorials and commemoration sites in the construction of antagonistic nationalism. Taking Cypriot memorializations as a case study, the book shows how these memorials often support, but sometimes also undermine, the discursive-material assemblage of nationalism.

Beautiful Hotels In Europe (Paperback): Annika Wagner, Nadine Weiland Beautiful Hotels In Europe (Paperback)
Annika Wagner, Nadine Weiland
R560 R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Save R97 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Never Again - Gardens of Peace: A Landscape and Architectural History of War Cemeteries (English, French, Hardcover): Michel... Never Again - Gardens of Peace: A Landscape and Architectural History of War Cemeteries (English, French, Hardcover)
Michel Racine; Photographs by Christine Bastin, Jacques Evrard; Contributions by Marie-Madeleine Damien, Bernard Klein, …
R1,006 Discovery Miles 10 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A beautiful, illustrated exploration of European burial sites and memorials from the First and Second World Wars The wealth of splendid photography in this singular publication features military cemeteries and memorials, conveying their grace, solemn beauty, and deep emotional resonance. Hundreds of cemeteries and memorials from the First and Second World Wars are featured-locations throughout Europe with particular emphasis on sites in England, France, Belgium, and Germany. The book's essays delve into the landscape and architectural history of these hallowed spaces, which were designed by architects such as Charles Henry Holden, Edwin Luytens, John Russell Pope, and Robert Tischler, among others. These landscapes, each a campaign for remembrance and peace, take on new significance alongside comparative images of more recent memorials, including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, and the National September 11 Memorial in New York. Distributed for Mercatorfonds

The Architectural History of the Kunsthaus Zurich 1910-2020 (Paperback): Benedikt Loderer The Architectural History of the Kunsthaus Zurich 1910-2020 (Paperback)
Benedikt Loderer
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The opening of celebrated British architect David Chipperfield's extension building of Kunsthaus Zurich in the fall of 2021 will make this renowned institution Switzerland's largest art museum. In the run-up to this milestone in the museum's development, this new book looks back at its architectural history. It tells a lively story that starts in 1847 with the Zurich Artists' Society's initial gallery building and had its first culmination in 1910, when distinguished Swiss architect Karl Moser's Kunsthaus was opened. Over the past century, three major additions were carried out in 1925, 1959, and 1976, and many attempts for a visionary large-scale extension were made. Illustrated with historic images, reproductions of plans and drawings as well as newly drawn floor and site plans, the book documents all stages of constructing Kunsthaus Zurich.

Places of Performance - The Semiotics of Theatre Architecture (Paperback, New edition): Marvin A. Carlson Places of Performance - The Semiotics of Theatre Architecture (Paperback, New edition)
Marvin A. Carlson
R935 Discovery Miles 9 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"A lucid, well-organized survey of the almost infinite variety of production spaces of western theatre. . . . Carlson's survey must be admired for its wealth of carefully researched and elegantly articulated information concerning the relation of urban planning, architecture, and interior and exterior theatre embellishment to the social, political, economic and occasionally even aesthetic purposes of those responsible for these 'signifiers.'" Theatre Journal In this generously illustrated volume, Marvin Carlson uses models from architectural and urban semiotics to show how a theatre building and its location within a city reflect society's attitudes and concerns."

Stores of the Year: 20, No. 20 (Hardcover): Retail Design International Stores of the Year: 20, No. 20 (Hardcover)
Retail Design International
R1,126 R604 Discovery Miles 6 040 Save R522 (46%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With more than 250 full-color photos, Stores of the Year No. 15 shows you how top professionals in the fields of design, architecture, lighting and fixtures, turn spaces into marketplaces. Famous designers and newcomers alike reveal new solutions to the complex problems of retail design and visual merchandising. Illustrated are the elements of good store design: architecture, fixturing, lighting and merchandise presentation. The stores selected show how top professionals in the field of store design turn spaces into marketplaces that sell the goods.

London's Statues and Monuments (Paperback, Revised Edition): Peter Matthews London's Statues and Monuments (Paperback, Revised Edition)
Peter Matthews
R587 R481 Discovery Miles 4 810 Save R106 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The streets and public spaces of London are rich with statues and monuments commemorating the city's great figures and events - from Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square and Sir Christopher Wren's Great Fire Monument to the charming Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens. Executed in stone, bronze and a range of other materials, London's statues and monuments include work by some of the world's greatest sculptors, such as Edwin Lutyens and Sir Christopher Wren. This newly revised book takes account of the many new statues erected between 2012 and 2017, including those of Mary Seacole at St Thomas' Hospital and Amy Winehouse in Camden, and is a fully illustrated guide to the works and their stories: sometimes surprising and occasionally controversial, but always fascinating.

London Underground - Architecture, Design and History (Paperback, New Ed): David Long London Underground - Architecture, Design and History (Paperback, New Ed)
David Long; Photographs by Jane Magarigal
R485 R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Save R82 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The seminal and pioneering London Underground is more than a mass transportation network - it is a style icon, its history involving some of the most important architects and artists of their time. Exploring Frank Pick's vision through the development of Metroland to Holden's innovative designs, David Long expertly weaves the story of the Underground - its abundance of characters (some good, some not so good), design firsts and brand identity - with Jane Magarigal's atmospheric photography. From suburban expansion to Blitz bombings and Soviet adulation, this book celebrates what remains a magnificent engineering and aesthetic achievement while providing an affectionate if slightly elegiac portrait of a London which is now gone for good.

Clyfford Still Museum: Allied Works Architecture (Hardcover): Brad Cloepfil Clyfford Still Museum: Allied Works Architecture (Hardcover)
Brad Cloepfil; Designed by Juliette Cezzar
R917 Discovery Miles 9 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Clyfford Still Museum was designed by the leading architectural practice Allied Works and its founder, Brad Cloepfil. The building creates space for the voice and artistic vision of American painter Clyfford Still (1904-1980), housing the vast majority of his creative output over a sixty-year period. The museum's design is inspired by the work of Still and by its monumental context: the site is located at the intersection of prairie and mountains, within an urban district of major cultural buildings, vacant lots, historic housing, and new development. The building looks to the earth as a source of silence and profound connection to the elemental forces the artist explored through his painting. This publication presents the vision and realization of the museum from initial concepts to completion. A rich collection of stories, artifacts, documents, and conversations trace the evolution of the building and Allied Works' unique creative process. New essays and photography examine its significance within contemporary architectural discourse and the singular experience of the completed work.

Folkets Fabrik - People's Factory (Hardcover): Kristian Krog, Kristoffer Weiss Folkets Fabrik - People's Factory (Hardcover)
Kristian Krog, Kristoffer Weiss
R1,478 R1,207 Discovery Miles 12 070 Save R271 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Teatro Comunale di Bologna - The Comunale Theatre in Bologna: Pocket Edition (English, Italian, Hardcover): Piero Mioli Teatro Comunale di Bologna - The Comunale Theatre in Bologna: Pocket Edition (English, Italian, Hardcover)
Piero Mioli
R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The beautifully illustrated pocket edition is an editorial tribute to the history of the Comunale Theatre in Bologna, a city institution of international fame. With previously unpublished and richly detailed images and complementary texts by Professor Piero Mioli, this publication celebrates the theatre's great and unique story. Also included is a rich photographic array from the theatre's historical archives featuring posters, stage photos, sketches, drawings and figurine plates, which have been hidden from public view, until now. Text in English and Italian.

Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves - Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America, New Edition (Paperback, 2 Ed): Kirk... Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves - Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America, New Edition (Paperback, 2 Ed)
Kirk Savage
R686 R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Save R93 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A history of U.S. Civil War monuments that shows how they distort history and perpetuate white supremacy The United States began as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, some once slaves themselves. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves explores how the history of slavery and its violent end was told in public spaces-specifically in the sculptural monuments that came to dominate streets, parks, and town squares in nineteenth-century America. Looking at monuments built and unbuilt, Kirk Savage shows how the greatest era of monument building in American history took place amid struggles over race, gender, and collective memory. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves probes a host of fascinating questions and remains the only sustained investigation of post-Civil War monument building as a process of national and racial definition. Featuring a new preface by the author that reflects on recent events surrounding the meaning of these monuments, and new photography and illustrations throughout, this new and expanded edition reveals how monuments exposed the myth of a "united" people, and have only become more controversial with the passage of time.

Archaeology of Modernism - Preservation Bauhaus Dessau (Paperback): Monika Markgraf Archaeology of Modernism - Preservation Bauhaus Dessau (Paperback)
Monika Markgraf
R1,006 Discovery Miles 10 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Bauhaus Building in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius in 1926, represents a "built manifesto of Bauhaus ideas" and is one of modernism's most important buildings. Together with the associated Masters' Houses (Meisterhauser), the Houses with Balcony Access (Laubenganghauser) in Dessau, and Bauhaus buildings in Weimar and Bernau, it is included in UNESCO's World Heritage List. The book focuses on strategies for preserving the Bauhaus Building. It presents the building-and its eventful history-from its construction to its destruction, rebuilding, and restoration. Using texts, photographs, and numerous blueprints, the book provides a detailed exploration of specific aspects of the architecture-such as the building's outer shell, materials, construction, color scheme, and surfaces-and the long-term preservation concept for the site. In doing so, it proposes structural measures aimed at adapting the building to today's challenges and at conserving the building with its historic and artistic characteristics. Archaeology of Modernism. Preservation Bauhaus Dessau is the revised and expanded edition of Archaeology of Modernism. Renovation Bauhaus Dessau, which was published by JOVIS as Volume 23 of the EDITION BAUHAUS series in 2006. This new edition is presented as Volume 58.

Las Vegas Then and Now - Revised Fifth Edition (Hardcover): Su Kim Chung Las Vegas Then and Now - Revised Fifth Edition (Hardcover)
Su Kim Chung
R614 R498 Discovery Miles 4 980 Save R116 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Las Vegas Then and Now pairs vintage shots from 100 years of the city's history with the same view today. ‘Las Vegas Then and Now’ captures the city's evolution from a desert railroad outpost into the gambling and entertainment capital of the world. Pairing historical photographs of the town with specially commissioned views of the same scene today, this book provides the reader with an intriguing look into the history of a city that has become a cultural icon. Historic Fremont Street, which has recently undergone a multi-million dollar renewal programme, presents the most vivid contrast between the dusty desert town of the 1920s and the pulsating entertainment city we know today. Las Vegas is ever changing – the popular Mermaids and Vegas Vicky on Fremont are gone, but further down the Strip, the High-Roller has arrived, one of the world’s tallest observation wheels befitting this thrill-seeking town. Casinos on the Strip have changed too. The Sahara closed in 2011, re-opened as SLS which also closed, and has now re-opened as The Sahara! Experienced ‘Then and Now’ photographer Karl Mondon takes to the skies of Vegas to get some inspiring comparison shots, while author Su Kim Chung once again points out the changes to a city she has written about for the last twenty years. ‘Las Vegas Then and Now’ truly captures the buzz of a city where the only constant is change. Sites include: Allegiant Stadium, Circa, Arts District, Fremont Street, Railroad Depot, Union Pacific Station, Arizona Club, Golden Nugget, El Portal Theatre, Nevada Hotel, Sal Sagev Hotel, El Cortez, Vegas Vic, The Mint Hotel, Las Vegas Post Office/Mob Museum, El Rancho Vegas, Last Frontier, New Frontier, Little Church of the West, Flamingo, Thunderbird Hotel, Desert Inn, Sahara Hotel, Sands Hotel, Stardust, Riviera, La Concha Motel, Dunes Hotel, Caesars Palace, Hacienda, Tropicana, MGM Grand, Aladdin, Boardwalk, International, Landmark Hotel, Las Vegas Convention Center, Moulin Rouge and much more.

Process Architecture in Biomanufacturing Facility Design (Hardcover): J Odum Process Architecture in Biomanufacturing Facility Design (Hardcover)
J Odum
R3,952 Discovery Miles 39 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Essential information for architects, designers, engineers, equipment suppliers, and other professionals who are working in or entering the biopharmaceutical manufacturing field Biomanufacturing facilities that are designed and built today are radically different than in the past. The vital information and knowledge needed to design and construct these increasingly sophisticated biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities is difficult to find in published literature--and it's rarely taught in architecture or design schools. This is the first book for architects and designers that fills this void. Process Architecture in Biomanufacturing Facility Design provides information on design principles of biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that support emerging innovative processes and technologies, use state-of-the-art equipment, are energy efficient and sustainable, and meet regulatory requirements. Relying on their many years of hands-on design and operations experience, the authors emphasize concepts and practical approaches toward design, construction, and operation of biomanufacturing facilities, including product-process-facility relationships, closed systems and single use equipment, aseptic manufacturing considerations, design of biocontainment facility and process based laboratory, and sustainability considerations, as well as an outlook on the facility of the future. Provides guidelines for meeting licensing and regulatory requirements for biomanufacturing facilities in the U.S.A and WHO--especially in emerging global markets in India, China, Latin America, and the Asia/Pacific regions Focuses on innovative design and equipment, to speed construction and time to market, increase energy efficiency, and reduce footprint, construction and operational costs, as well as the financial risks associated with construction of a new facility prior to the approval of the manufactured products by regulatory agencies Includes many diagrams that clarify the design approach Process Architecture in Biomanufacturing Facility Design is an ideal text for professionals involved in the design of facilities for manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines, biotechnology, and life-science industry, including architects and designers of industrial facilities, construction, equipment vendors, and mechanical engineers. It is also recommended for university instructors, advanced undergraduates, and graduate students in architecture, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial design, and industrial interior design.

Seashaken Houses - A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet (Paperback): Tom Nancollas Seashaken Houses - A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet (Paperback)
Tom Nancollas 1
R339 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R64 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'A thrilling celebration of lighthouses' i newspaper An enthralling history of Britain's rock lighthouses, and the people who built and inhabited them Lighthouses are enduring monuments to our relationship with the sea. They encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose was much more noble, conceived as navigational gifts for the safety of all. Still today, we depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships. Nowhere is this truer than in the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland: twenty towers built between 1811 and 1904, so-called because they were constructed on desolate, slippery rock formations in the middle of the sea, rising, mirage-like, straight out of the waves, with lights shining at the their summits. Seashaken Houses is a lyrical exploration of these magnificent, isolated sentinels, the ingenuity of those who conceived them, the people who risked their lives building and rebuilding them, those that inhabited their circular rooms, and the ways in which we value emblems of our history in a changing world.

Adaptive Reuse in Architecture - A Typological Index (Paperback): Liliane Wong Adaptive Reuse in Architecture - A Typological Index (Paperback)
Liliane Wong
R1,458 Discovery Miles 14 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.

On a Pedestal - A Trip around Britain's Statues (Hardcover): Roger Lytollis On a Pedestal - A Trip around Britain's Statues (Hardcover)
Roger Lytollis
R630 R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Save R114 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them. As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool's Beatles statue convinced that Rod Stewart was in the Fab Four. In Edinburgh he walks into a row over Greyfriars Bobby's nose and in Glasgow learns why the Duke of Wellington wears a traffic cone on his head. London brings a controversial nude statue and some hard truths about racism. Elsewhere, Roger sees people dancing with Eric Morecambe, finds a statue being the backdrop to a marriage proposal and, everywhere he goes, pigeons. Always pigeons . . . On a Pedestal is the first book to examine public statues around the nation. It looks at their emergence into our culture wars; the trend for portraying musicians, sports stars and comedians rather than monarchs, politicians and generals; the amazing tales of many of those commemorated on our streets. It also features interviews with sculptors, including Sir Antony Gormley, telling the stories behind some of our most popular modern statues. Part history book, part travelogue, On a Pedestal brings statues to life. Informative and entertaining, it's a book that - ultimately - is more about blood than bronze.

Backstage Elbphilharmonie (German, Hardcover): Peter Hundert Backstage Elbphilharmonie (German, Hardcover)
Peter Hundert
R1,278 R1,126 Discovery Miles 11 260 Save R152 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Hamburg's new landmark, the Elbphilharmonie, with its unique architecture and acoustics, is not only a magnet for locals and tourists, but also for artists of all genres and from all over the world. Peter Hundert was allowed to accompany and portray the "heroes" of the Elbphilharmonie for over a year - artists, technicians, visitors. His pictures and original sounds from well over a hundred shows, rehearsals and sound checks are authentic testimonies to unadulterated emotions, intimate moments of highest concentration, deep contemplation, pure joy - and at the same time an exclusive look behind the scenes. They are inspiring glimpses of the people who fill this extraordinary concert hall with life and at the same time enter into a very personal dialogue with this special place.

Berlin - Urban Architecture and Daily Life 2009-2022 (Paperback): Florian Heilmeyer, Sandra Hofmeister Berlin - Urban Architecture and Daily Life 2009-2022 (Paperback)
Florian Heilmeyer, Sandra Hofmeister
R1,332 Discovery Miles 13 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book takes the reader on an architectural discovery tour of Berlin. It gives an impressive insight into the latest architecture of the German capital: Distinctive buildings, urban spaces and places characterising urban everyday life in the city are presented in texts, photographs and plans. The scope includes shiny new constructions such as the Futurium or the Park am Gleisdreieck. The editors focus on major architectural and urban planning milestones of the past 13 years such as the large new construction of the Axel Springer building by OMA or the Museumsinsel. Smaller discoveries such as the Grune Haus by Simon + Brandt and hidden treasures such as the Wohnregal by FAR Frohn & Rojas in Wedding are also included. The documentation is based on about 30 selected architectural and landscape architectural projects. Interviews with protagonists of the architectural scene of Berlin allow an insider glimpse of architectural developments in the German capital.

Fawad Kazi – ETH Zurich Building LEE (Hardcover): Christoph Wieser Fawad Kazi – ETH Zurich Building LEE (Hardcover)
Christoph Wieser
R1,373 R1,026 Discovery Miles 10 260 Save R347 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

ETH Zurich's new building LEE is an extraordinary project from both an urban planning and an architectural design perspective. Located on a slope above the heart of town, it sits very prominently close to the historic main buildings of ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich that form the "Crown of the Town". In terms of construction, Zurich-based architect Fawad Kazi has been breaking new ground. Accordingly, this new monograph is structured in three sections focusing on these three aspects: integration into urban context; design and construction and materialisation of the precast concrete structure; and a comprehensive documentation of the entire building with images and plans. Topical essays look at specific aspects of the project. Contributions by the architect, the engineers, and by their client round out the book, which offers a comprehensive insight into the creation of a building appearing at once plain and highly complex.

Securing Eternity - Ancient Egyptian Tomb Protection from Prehistory to the Pyramids (Hardcover): Securing Eternity - Ancient Egyptian Tomb Protection from Prehistory to the Pyramids (Hardcover)
R1,222 Discovery Miles 12 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The ancient Egyptian tomb evolved rapidly over a period of about 2,500 years, from a simple backfilled pit to an enormous stone pyramid with complex security arrangements. Much of this development was arguably driven by the ever-present threat of tomb robbery, which compelled tomb builders to introduce special architectural measures to prevent it. However, until now most scholarly Egyptological discussions of tomb security have tended to be brief and usually included only as part of a larger work, the topic instead being the subject of lurid speculation and fantasy in novels, the popular press, and cinema. In Securing Eternity, Reg Clark traces in detail the development of the Egyptian royal and private tombs from the Predynastic Period to the early Fourth Dynasty. In doing so, he demonstrates that many of the familiar architectural elements of the Egyptian tomb that we take for granted today in fact originated from security features to protect the tomb, rather than from monumental or religious considerations. Richly illustrated with more than 150 photographs and tomb plans, this unique study will be of interest to students, specialists, and general readers alike.

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