History of architecture

The Great Convergence explores the existential foundations of human consciousness and the deep existential dimensions of reality, as well as their connection to the concept of The Creator.

Pairing archive and contemporary photographs of the same location side-by-side, Brooklyn Then and Now(R) provides a visual chronicle of the borough's past, full of rich history and culture.

"e;Cheshire - Its Traditions and History"e; is a fascinating account of the history of Cheshire, a county in North West England.

First published in 1892, this vintage book looks at religious, mystical, and mythological influences on architecture throughout history and from all over the world, exploring in detail similarities, design, purpose, and much more.

First published in 1936, this volume contains a classic treatise on French architecture, focusing on the period between 1494 and 1794.

Originally published in 1905, this work contains a wealth of information on various aspects of the history of London and its buildings.

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Ideal homes investigates the tastes and aspirations of the new suburban communities that emerged in Britain following the First World War.

Communicating the History of Medicine critically assesses the idea of audience and communication in medical history.

This book offers the first transnational history of white nationalism in Britain, the US and the formerly British colonies of Rhodesia, South Africa and Australia from the post-World War II period to the present.

This book offers the first transnational history of white nationalism in Britain, the US and the formerly British colonies of Rhodesia, South Africa and Australia from the post-World War II period to the present.

This collection brings together historians, political theorists and literary scholars to provide historical perspectives on the modern debate over freedom of speech, particularly the question of whether limitations might be necessary given religious pluralism and concerns about hate speech.

This collection brings together historians, political theorists and literary scholars to provide historical perspectives on the modern debate over freedom of speech, particularly the question of whether limitations might be necessary given religious pluralism and concerns about hate speech.

In the 1930s and 1940s - amid the crises of totalitarianism, war and a perceived cultural collapse in the democratic West - a high-profile group of mostly Christian intellectuals met to map out 'middle ways' through the 'age of extremes'.

Zygmunt Bauman was one of the most important social theorists of recent decades.

Zygmunt Bauman was one of the most important social theorists of recent decades.

This book explores the aspirations and tastes of new suburban communities in interwar England for domestic architecture and design that was both modern and nostalgic in a period where homeownership became the norm.

This book explores the aspirations and tastes of new suburban communities in interwar England for domestic architecture and design that was both modern and nostalgic in a period where homeownership became the norm.

This book examines one of the most fundamental issues in twelfth-century English politics: justice.

Research on soldier settlement has to be set within the wider history of emigration and immigration.

Architectures of survival is an original and innovative work of history that investigates the relationship between air war and urbanism in modern Britain.

Architectures of survival is an original and innovative work of history that investigates the relationship between air war and urbanism in modern Britain.

Taking a cue from revisionist scholarship on early modern vernacular architectures and their relationship to the classical canon, this book rehabilitates the reputations of a representative if misunderstood building typology - the eighteenth-century brick terraced house - and the artisan communities of bricklayers, carpenters and plasterers responsible for its design and construction.

Taking a cue from revisionist scholarship on early modern vernacular architectures and their relationship to the classical canon, this book rehabilitates the reputations of a representative if misunderstood building typology - the eighteenth-century brick terraced house - and the artisan communities of bricklayers, carpenters and plasterers responsible for its design and construction.

Imperial cities explores the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville.

Reconstructing modernity assesses the character of approaches to rebuilding British cities during the decades after the Second World War.

Reconstructing modernity assesses the character of approaches to rebuilding British cities during the decades after the Second World War.

This collection is a study of the process by which European planning concepts and practices were transmitted, diffused and diverted in various colonial territories and situations.

This collection is a study of the process by which European planning concepts and practices were transmitted, diffused and diverted in various colonial territories and situations.

This substantive yet easy-to-use guide to selected French gothic churches and cathedrals provides profiles of fourteen important religious buildings.

Bension Varon is a Sephardic Jewa descendant of Jews expelled from Spain under the threat of conversion in 1492.

The Politics of Architectural Pedagogy in Iran explores the evolution of architectural pedagogy during two significant socio-political upheavals in Iran: The White Revolution (1963) and the Islamic Revolution (1979).

The Middle East is synonymous with internecine conflict.

This book has several subjects.

This book addresses the effects of the environment on Saint Petersburg's cultural heritage.

Courts and societies across the early modern Eurasian world were fundamentally transformed by the physical, technological, and conceptual developments of their era.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection.

„Tourismus und Reisen im Alten Ägypten“ ist ein neues, vom Tourismusfachmann Mohammed Ahmed geschriebenes Buch.

From the Introduction: Consider these two places: Walking into Green Acres, you immediately sense that you have entered an oasis-traffic noise left behind, negative urban distractions out of sight, children playing and running on the grass, adults puttering on plant-filled balconies.

This memoir recalls his traumatic experiences under the genocidal regime, which unfold like scenes of a fast-paced thriller.

The story is about the invention of opera in the Florence of 1600 and an enigmatic letter supposedly written by Beatrice addressed to Dante, involving a line for his Purgatorio, which inspires a young composer to use as central to his own dramma per musica.

Afghanistan is the victim of conspiracies.

What better way to contemplate history than to start at the beginning, in the book of Genesis.

This book investigates the interconnections between textile and architecture via a variety of case studies from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century and from diverse geographic contexts.

Palm Beach is a remarkably small town to be so famous; its population is only a little over 10,000.

For years following reunification, Berlin was the largest construction site in Europe, with striking new architecture proliferating throughout the city in the 1990s and early 2000s.

For years following reunification, Berlin was the largest construction site in Europe, with striking new architecture proliferating throughout the city in the 1990s and early 2000s.