Architecture: residential and domestic buildings

This book provides a detailed study of the fortifications of the founders of ancient Israel from the time of their first settlement in the Middle East, through the periods of the united and divided kingdoms, until the sack of Jerusalem in 586 BC.

Sandwiched between the heart of ancient Greece and the lands of Persia, the Greek cities of Western Anatolia were the spark that ignited some of the most iconic conflicts of the ancient world.

First published in 1981, this is Ronald Clark's engagingly readable account of Queen Victoria's relationship with "e;Our dear Balmoral"e; and the life that went on there.

In the years following the Civil War, plans were drawn up to build a major set of fortifications along the Russian western border.

In the years following the Civil War, plans were drawn up to build a major set of fortifications along the Russian western border.

Spatializing Justice calls for architects and urban designers to do more than design buildings and physical systems.

The heart-warming true story of the bond between a feisty octogenarian and the man in charge of building a shopping mall on top of her home - which inspired the opening scene of the Pixar movie Up!

This is the ultimate history and guide to Kerak, one of the greatest crusader castles, tracing the architectural history of the castle over the course of 800 years.

Nostalgic yet modernly apropos, Porch Living provides the venue of venues to grasp the goodness of both the home and garden.

With more than 500 ravishing full-color photographs, Asian Style Hotels brings you to the best hotels in Southeast Asia.

With more than 500 ravishing full-color photographs, Asian Style Hotels brings you to the best hotels in Southeast Asia.

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The simple, unique and interestingly appointed cottage is a place for escape, filled with art, books, color scents, sounds, textures, and memories.

This is the story of the House of Osman, the imperial dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire for more than seven centuries, an empire that once stretched from central Europe to North Africa and from Persia to the Adriatic.

This is a well illustrated expert guide to the castles of England, providing concise accounts of what remains to be seen at each site.

This is the ultimate history and guide to Kerak, one of the greatest crusader castles, tracing the architectural history of the castle over the course of 800 years.

This is a well illustrated expert guide to the castles of England, providing concise accounts of what remains to be seen at each site.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Schlosses Schwerin, einem der prachtvollsten Bauwerke Norddeutschlands.

Tracing its distant origins to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, the eccentric phenomenon of the ornamental hermit enjoyed its heyday in the England of the eighteenth century It was at this time that it became highly fashionable for owners of country estates to commission architectural follies for their landscape gardens.

The next in our Spotter's Guide series reveals 120 of the world's great human constructions and where to find them, from cloud-piercing skyscrapers and ancient sites to classic buildings and contemporary designs.

A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.

This is the ultimate book for days out with the family, visiting Britain and Ireland's greatest architectural and historical treasures.

Throughout history, the story of the skyscraper has been defined by our desire for ascendancepolitically, militarily, economically, religiously, culturally, and, of course, physically.

Tracing its distant origins to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, the eccentric phenomenon of the ornamental hermit enjoyed its heyday in the England of the eighteenth century It was at this time that it became highly fashionable for owners of country estates to commission architectural follies for their landscape gardens.

Sie sind schon einmal mit offenen Sinnen durch die eigene Stadt gelaufen?

This social as well as a military history recreates the scenes of civil war in England, between 1642 and 1649.

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The London Palladium is renowned all over the world as the home of stage entertainment.

A captivating memoir of one woman's relationship with a man and his mansion.

Designed to dominate the surrounding area, to house powerful garrisons, offer sumptuous quarters for local nobility, and to discourage and repel enemy attacks, castles dominated England and Wales for more than half a millennium.

Designed to dominate the surrounding area, to house powerful garrisons, offer sumptuous quarters for local nobility, and to discourage and repel enemy attacks, castles dominated England and Wales for more than half a millennium.

The rapid westward expansion of the United States in the early twentieth century set the stage for a new industry: mail-order homes.

The rapid westward expansion of the United States in the early twentieth century set the stage for a new industry: mail-order homes.

Paul Coby here proposes a new system for the recording and mapping of Roman forts and fortifications that integrates all the data, including size, dating and identification of occupying units.

In Castle Builders, Malcolm Hislop looks at the hugely popular subject of castles from the unusual perspective of design and construction.

No building has been more intimately involved in the story of Britain than the Tower of London - a mighty, brooding stronghold in the very heart of the capital.

In Castle Builders, Malcolm Hislop looks at the hugely popular subject of castles from the unusual perspective of design and construction.

When it comes to deciding on the size of a home or living space, one question must be asked: How much space is enough?

Annie Proulx, one of America's finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil.

Este libro se basa en el interés por reconocer la identidad de la ciudad de Rosario y desarrolla sus múltiples visiones mediante indagaciones histórico-críticas y de índole proyectual.

This book updates knowledge about self-injurious behaviors for suicidal purposes concerning frequency, possibly biological, psychological, social, cultural, and political causes; that is, it approaches suicide from abroad non-reductive vision and considers the phenomenon's complexity.

La ciudad de Rosario no tuvo fundación precisa, se originó a partir de un alto en el camino que conectaba a Buenos Aires con el interior del país, motivando un punto de descanso en el trayecto monótono de los viajeros.

Este es el libro de un arquitecto que eligio pasarse al bando de las victimas y desde alli defenderlas de los vicios de la fatuidad y la soberbia, de la estupidez y el elitismo.

Humorvoll, selbstironisch und leise verzweifelnd erzählt Zeit-Autor Matthias Kalle vom Wahnsinn und dem großen Glück, das einer erleben kann, der sich tatsächlich dazu entscheidet, ein Haus zu bauen: vom aufkeimenden Wunsch nach dem Eigenheim über die Standortsuche bis hin zu den subtilen Kämpfen, die man sich mit dem Bauleiter liefert.

Often hidden away or incorporated into other architectural features, icehouses are a largely forgotten part of our heritage.

Now synonymous with the single storey home, when the bungalow was introduced to Britain in the late 1860s it had more elaborate connotations.