The book presents the history of Polish architecture and architects in the years 1944-1989, focusing on selected issues, including both the development of architecture itself and the conditions of practicing architecture in the socialist country.
Drawing together key areas of cybernetic art practice in the UK and USA, this book assesses British and American cybernetic art as relating to the intersecting field of Behaviourism.
The architect, historian and critic Peter Blundell Jones (1949-2016) considered architecture as an expansive field within the arts and humanities and social sciences that included landscape and urban studies.
The first biography of an extraordinary woman and architect who left her mark on world capitals and reshaped modern designElla Briggs (18801977) was a talented architect, designer, and writer whose influence was felt on both sides of the Atlantic.
In Windows: History, Repair and Conservation, readers are guided through the history, dating, development, care, repair and conservation of windows by authors who are experts in their fields.
Alors que, en France, comme dans la plupart des pays européens, l'enseignement du latin est menacé, la traduction de Rome, Profile of a City (1980), Rome.
Il n'est guère d'autre domaine de l'art occidental où l'héritage grec se soit pérennisé autant qu'en architecture : les ordres progressivement mis au point par les Grecs se sont transmis – tour à tour enrichis, mêlés, simplifiés, abâtardis, puis apurés et combinés de nouveau – jusqu'au seuil du XXe siècle.
From the award-winning author of Revolutionizing the Sciences, a monumental historical account of how we came to see the world through the lens of scienceScience is the basis of our assumptions about ourselves and our world, from ideas about our evolutionary past to our conceptions of the vast expanses of space and the smallest particles of matter.
Francesco Borromini was one of the most notable architects of the 17th century, and though he fell into disfavor by the end of the following century, today he is classified as one of the most innovative architects in history.
Explore the world's most fascinating historical and contemporary buildings, from ancient pyramids to hi-tech skyscrapers, in this essential guide to architecture.
Francesco Borromini was one of the most notable architects of the 17th century, and though he fell into disfavor by the end of the following century, today he is classified as one of the most innovative architects in history.
For Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux (1801-1871), a radical French architect and chair of perspective at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the study and composition of ornament were essential pursuits.
"In a flood of superficial media, the narrow focus of Stephan Trüby's History of the Corridor – one of the inspirations for our Elements of Architecture exhibition in Venice 2014 – reveals unsuspected depths.
Zeynep Celik examines the changing face of Istanbul during the period when European cultural and economic influence intensified, integrating architectural analysis with discussion of broader issues of urban design and historical change.
Zeynep Celik examines the changing face of Istanbul during the period when European cultural and economic influence intensified, integrating architectural analysis with discussion of broader issues of urban design and historical change.
