Architecture: residential and domestic buildings

A richly illustrated history of below-market housing in New York, from the 1920s to todayA colorful portrait of the people, places, and policies that have helped make New York City livable, Affordable Housing in New York is a comprehensive, authoritative, and richly illustrated history of the city's public and middle-income housing from the 1920s to today.

Das Buch untersucht, weshalb der Elite-Begriff erst nach 1945 in Deutschland eine tragende Rolle zur Beschreibung der politisch-sozialen Ordnung spielte.

In 1277, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Gwynedd, met with Edward I of England in Aberconwy to finalise a treaty that would change the fate of both nations.

Singapore Houses features top architects and designers with ideas that are stylish, contemporary, and show twenty-first century savvy.

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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.

The New Malaysian House is a collection of 25 contemporary houses that demonstrate a remarkable flowering of Malaysian design talent that has been germinating since the mid- 1980s.

150 Best Terrace and Balcony Ideas is the ultimate resource for innovative terrace, roof garden, patio, and balcony design ideas for outdoor spaces of all shapes and sizes.

Few of the massive military structures built by Germany during World War II are as impressive as the U-Boat bases and bunkers in Germany, Norway and France.

When war broke out between the United States and Great Britain in 1812, neither side was prepared for the conflict, as evidenced by their respective fortifications.

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In 1462 the throne of the Principality of Moscow passed to Ivan III (1462 1505), who succeeded in throwing off the Tatar yoke.

From the beginning of the 2nd millennium AD northern India began to fall under the sway of a number of Muslim-Turkic rulers who, at the start of the 13th century, founded the series of dynasties known to history as the Delhi Sultanate.

A constant factor in human history is the need to protect oneself.

Filled with hundreds of color photographs, this comprehensive handbook in the highly successful 150 Best design series showcases the latest in successful small house design from some of todays most distinguished international architects and designers.

No longer overshadowed by neighboring Palm Springs, Mod Mirage reveals in photos and stories the historic homes and communities of Rancho Mirage that make up its significant midcentury heritage.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RESIDENTIAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTS AND CLIENTS Written by a successful practitioner of both residential and commercial architecture, this hands-on resource enables you to transfer and expand your architectural design skills and successfully integrate single-family residential design into your professional practice.

A guide to some of the most historical and picturesque castles in England for romantics and Anglophiles alike.

The Little Book of Living Small offers practical, everyday advice for managing a tight footprint.

The antebellum era and the close of the 19th century frame a period of great agricultural expansion.

Packed with illustrations, a compact guide to the fortifications on the front lines and how they evolved over the course of the First World War.

The most recent volume in the highly successful 150 Best series, this comprehensive handbook showcases the latest in efficient and successful small space design.

Thousands of years before the Romans and the Venerable Bede, Northumberland was a landscape of hilltop forts, many of which can be traced today.

The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occasion in Japanese history when samurai aggression was turned against a foreign country.

This book helps the reader save a great deal of money by demonstrating how to manage the project and act as one's own contractor.

In 1961 US Special Forces units began entering remote areas of Vietnam dominated by the Viet Cong.

A detailed study of the English castles of the medieval period.

This tropical design book showcases the innovative interior designs and architecture of The Philippines most luxurious homes.

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With today's instant communication, the way we observe other people, other cultures, and other times has altered, and been altered by, the homes we live in.

Gain insight into both modern and Japanese styles with this stunning Japanese interior design book.

The 50 years before the American Civil War saw a boom in the construction of coastal forts in the United States of America.

At one time, Scotland was home to more than 4,000 castles.

Unsettling traditional understandings of housing reform as focused on the nuclear family with dependent children, Single People and Mass Housing in Germany, 1850-1930 is the first complete study of single-person mass housing in Germany and the pivotal role this class- and gender-specific building type played for over 80 years-in German architectural culture and society, the transnational Progressive reform movement, Feminist discourse, and International Modernism-and its continued relevance.

German defenses along the Normandy beaches were part of the larger Atlantic Wall fortifications designed to defend Fortress Europe.

A fresh perspective on British history from award-winning broadcaster Fatima ManjiWhy was there a Turkish mosque adorning Britain's most famous botanic garden in the eighteenth century?

Domestic Space in France and Belgium offers a new addition to the growing body of work in Interior Studies.

An illustrated guide to the development and operational history of the Tibetan-style fortified monasteries throughout the Himalayas.

HIGHGROVE: A GARDEN CELEBRATED is a commemoration of the beautiful, mature gardens planned and planted by The Prince of Wales over thirty years ago.

le Corbusier: "e;La Roche, when one owns such a splendid art collection as yours, one must construct a house that does it honour.

"e;Nothing could be more American than the simple cabin.

La metodología BIM (Building Information Modeling), el Gemelo Digital y el Big Data son conceptos que han irrumpido en los nuevos procesos de desarrollo y modelización de proyectos de edificación y obra civil.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RESIDENTIAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTS AND CLIENTS Written by a successful practitioner of both residential and commercial architecture, this hands-on resource enables you to transfer and expand your architectural design skills and successfully integrate single-family residential design into your professional practice.

At the very beginning of the interwar period, a small collection of formally trained architects created a distinctive residential type which can undoubtedly be recognized as a Philadelphia landmark.

Als 1948 die Trümmerlandschaften des Krieges den Traumlandschaften von der kommunistischen Zukunftsgesellschaft wichen, realisierte die Moskauer Führung mit den "Stalinschen Großbauten des Kommunismus" ein ehrgeiziges Erschließungsprogramm.