History of architecture

This book presents the first systematic overview and analysis of the deep connection between Scharoun and China, offering insights into East-West cultural exchange and enriching existing understandings of modernism.

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The formal gardens of Elizabethan England were among the glories of their age.

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The formal gardens of Elizabethan England were among the glories of their age.

The Dead City unearths meanings from such depictions of ruination and decay, looking at representations of both thriving cities and ones which are struggling, abandoned or simply in transition.

Architecture and urban planning have always been used by political regimes to stamp their ideologies upon cities, and this is especially the case in the modern Turkish Republic.

The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a dual division between 'tradition' and 'modernity' - a division which, Saeid Khaghani here argues, has shaped and limited the narrative applied to this architecture.

In 1926 Barry Dierks, a young American architect, arrived in Paris and fell in love with France.

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans.

During the nineteenth century, cultural heritage became a dominant feature of the political ideology of the European states and of their colonies.

With a past as deep and sinewy as the famous River Thames that twists like an eel around the jutting peninsula of Mudchute and the Isle of Dogs, London is one of the world's greatest and most resilient cities.

In 1926 Barry Dierks, a young American architect, arrived in Paris and fell in love with France.

The architecture of the Islamic world is predominantly considered in terms of a dual division between 'tradition' and 'modernity' - a division which, Saeid Khaghani here argues, has shaped and limited the narrative applied to this architecture.

The Dead City unearths meanings from such depictions of ruination and decay, looking at representations of both thriving cities and ones which are struggling, abandoned or simply in transition.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Ottoman Empire remained the grandest and most powerful of Middle Eastern empires.

Much of modernist architecture was inspired by the emergence of internationalism: the ethics and politics of world peace, justice and unity through global collaboration.

William Blake famously imagined 'Jerusalem builded here' in London.

A sparkling account of the nineteenth-century rebuilding of Paris as the most beautiful city in the world, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series.

Few buildings carry such a freight of historical symbolism as the Palace of Versailles.

Chicago's beautiful Reliance Building, sixteen storeys tall, was designed in 1890 by John Root and completed in 1895 by Charles B.

England's villages have survived, developed, and thrived over hundreds of years.

This volume brings together an interesting range of papers discussing medieval buildings across Europe.

This volume brings together an interesting range of papers discussing medieval buildings across Europe.

Megalithic monuments are among the most striking remains of the Neolithic period of northern and western Europe and are scattered across landscapes from Pomerania to Portugal.

Megalithic monuments are among the most striking remains of the Neolithic period of northern and western Europe and are scattered across landscapes from Pomerania to Portugal.

Veilleur infatigable, le phare, système de signalisation maritime salvateur qui apparut dès l’Antiquité, guidait sans relâche les bateaux jusqu’à bon port.

The lighthouse, an indefatigable watchman, ceaselessly guides boats to their ports.

Symbole de promiscuité et de désirs solitaires, la ville est une promesse pour tous ceux qui s’y promènent.

A symbol of massive crowds and solitary desires, the city holds promise for all those that pass through it.

Train d union entre deux mondes, le pont est un point de tension entre deux endroits identitaires.

A bridge is a link between two worlds, a point of tension between two separate and often disparate locations.

Veilleur infatigable, le phare, système de signalisation maritime salvateur qui apparut dès l’Antiquité, guidait sans relâche les bateaux jusqu’à bon port.

The lighthouse, an indefatigable watchman, ceaselessly guides boats to their ports.

Born in the Industrial Revolution, the factory has long been considered like a monster of iron, subjugating the individual to the collective in an act of mass dehumanisation.

Symbole de promiscuité et de désirs solitaires, la ville est une promesse pour tous ceux qui s’y promènent.

A symbol of massive crowds and solitary desires, the city holds promise for all those that pass through it.

Train d union entre deux mondes, le pont est un point de tension entre deux endroits identitaires.

A bridge is a link between two worlds, a point of tension between two separate and often disparate locations.

This celebration of some of the greatest art, architecture and furniture to be found in English churches offers a fascinating account of centuries of accumulated wealth, and is set off by a selection of breathtaking photographs by Matthew Byrne.

This celebration of some of the greatest art, architecture and furniture to be found in English churches offers a fascinating account of centuries of accumulated wealth, and is set off by a selection of breathtaking photographs by Matthew Byrne.

A beautifully illustrated guide to the world of Victorian stained glass and its manufacturers and designers.

A beautifully illustrated guide to the world of Victorian stained glass and its manufacturers and designers.

Chinoiserie, a decorative style inspired by the art of the Far East, gripped Britain from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century.

Chinoiserie, a decorative style inspired by the art of the Far East, gripped Britain from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century.

In churches and cathedrals across Britain, tucked away among ordinary items such as pews, screens and pulpits, sit a plethora of fascinating and unexpected objects.

In churches and cathedrals across Britain, tucked away among ordinary items such as pews, screens and pulpits, sit a plethora of fascinating and unexpected objects.

Timber-framed buildings are a distinctive and treasured part of Britain's heritage, with such noteworthy examples as Little Moreton Hall, Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Lavenham Guildhall.

Timber-framed buildings are a distinctive and treasured part of Britain's heritage, with such noteworthy examples as Little Moreton Hall, Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Lavenham Guildhall.

Master Carver Grinling Gibbons (1648 1721) is famous for his breathtakingly delicate, intricate and realistic carvings, both in wood and stone.