History of architecture

Place plays a fundamental role in the structuring of the discipline of Art History.

Place plays a fundamental role in the structuring of the discipline of Art History.

The Optimum Imperative examines architecture's multiple entanglements within the problematics of Socialist lifestyle in postwar Czechoslovakia.

The Optimum Imperative examines architecture's multiple entanglements within the problematics of Socialist lifestyle in postwar Czechoslovakia.

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***It is a common enough assumption that good buildings make us feel good just as poor ones can make us feel insecure, depressed or even threatened.

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***It is a common enough assumption that good buildings make us feel good just as poor ones can make us feel insecure, depressed or even threatened.

This book examines the architectural design of housing projects in Ireland from the mid-twentieth century.

This book examines the architectural design of housing projects in Ireland from the mid-twentieth century.

This book addresses the critical terminologies of place and space (and their role within medieval studies) in a considered and critical manner, presenting a scholarly introduction written by the editors alongside thematic case studies that address a wide range of visual and textual material.

This book addresses the critical terminologies of place and space (and their role within medieval studies) in a considered and critical manner, presenting a scholarly introduction written by the editors alongside thematic case studies that address a wide range of visual and textual material.

In the age of post-digital architecture and digital materiality, This Thing Called Theory explores current practices of architectural theory, their critical and productive role.

In the age of post-digital architecture and digital materiality, This Thing Called Theory explores current practices of architectural theory, their critical and productive role.

This book examines "e;new tenements"e;-dense, medium-rise, multi-storey residences that have been the backbone of European inner-city regeneration since the 1970s and came with a new positive view on urban living.

This book examines "e;new tenements"e;-dense, medium-rise, multi-storey residences that have been the backbone of European inner-city regeneration since the 1970s and came with a new positive view on urban living.

Why write instead of draw when it comes to architecture?

Why write instead of draw when it comes to architecture?

As the official architects of Napoleon, Charles Percier (1764-1838) and Pierre-Francois-Leonard Fontaine (1762-1853) designed interiors that responded to the radical ideologies and collective forms of destruction that took place during the French Revolution.

This interdisciplinary volume in the AVISTA series is the first book to focus solely on the north transept of Reims Cathedral, the portion of the gothic building that served as the canons' primary entrance to the cathedral from their adjoining cloister in the thirteenth century.

This interdisciplinary volume in the AVISTA series is the first book to focus solely on the north transept of Reims Cathedral, the portion of the gothic building that served as the canons' primary entrance to the cathedral from their adjoining cloister in the thirteenth century.

As the official architects of Napoleon, Charles Percier (1764-1838) and Pierre-Francois-Leonard Fontaine (1762-1853) designed interiors that responded to the radical ideologies and collective forms of destruction that took place during the French Revolution.

Born in Warsaw in 1926, Joseph Rykwert is one of the best-known critics and historians of architecture.

Born in Warsaw in 1926, Joseph Rykwert is one of the best-known critics and historians of architecture.

Kinder- und Jugendliteratur steht seit jeher in einem Spannungsverhältnis zwischen didaktisch-pädagogischen Zielen und literarischen Ansprüchen.

In this abundantly illustrated volume, Bernard Herman provides a history of urban dwellings and the people who built and lived in them in early America.

This book examines Nietzsche''s philosophical naturalism both historically and philosophically, establishing a link between his discussions of nature and normativity.

This book looks at Shakespeare through performance, capturing the dialogue between performance, Shakespeare, and contemporary concerns in the humanities.

This book offers an alternative analysis of Hegel''s famous ''end of history'', detailing an alternative reading of Hegel on history.

This book evaluates Rousseau''s arguments concerning why inequality exists in society and why it poses dangers to human well-being.

This volume provides a unique overview of the complete histories of Latin and Greek as second languages.

This book examines ancient Greek thinking about the probable, hypothetical, and counterfactual across a variety of disciplines (philosophy, science, politics, literature, art).

These essays examine the dynamic interplay between evolution and Victorian culture, mapping new relationships between the arts and sciences.

This collection of essays produces new ways of understanding place, space, and landscape in classical Greek literature.

This is the first English-language book to examine Kant''s empirical psychology, applying it throughout Kant''s philosophy and to contemporary philosophical issues.

This book draws on a range of informal letter corpora and outlines the historical sociolinguistic value of letter analysis.

This collection of essays produces new ways of understanding place, space, and landscape in classical Greek literature.

This book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important monuments of French Gothic architecture, the Sainte-Chapelle.

This study uses popular literature to offer a fresh account of Victorian manliness as it was transformed by imperial and colonial politics.

This book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important monuments of French Gothic architecture, the Sainte-Chapelle.

Investigates how the structure and use of space developed and changed in cities, and examines the role of different societal groups in shaping urbanism.