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Books on: history of architecture

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World Architecture: An Illustrated History

Book by H. R. Hitchcock, Seton Lloyd, David Talbot Rice, Norbert Lynton, Andrew Boyd, Andrew Carden, Philip Rawson, John Jacobus; McGraw-Hill, 1963

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Architecture--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...building, the history of architecture that can be presented...very idea of a history of any subject...in the case of architecture, of individual...that the idea of history implies be not...sequences in architecture. Yet one cannot...
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A History of Architecture

Book by Fiske Kimball, George Harold Edgell; Harper & Brothers, 1918

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Architecture--History

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A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER I THE ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE From the beginning of its history architecture has had a threefold problem or aim: to build structures at once commodious, strong, and satisfying to the artistic sense. Each of...
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Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning

Book by Leland M. Roth; Westview Press, 1993

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Architecture, Architecture--History

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...Furneaux Jordan , Concise History of Western Architecture New York, 1970 . These...Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman, Architecture: From Prehistory to Post...and David Watkin, A History of Western Architecture London and New York...
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The Emergence of Modern Architecture: A Documentary History from 1000 to 1810

Book by Liane Lefaivre, Alexander Tzonis; Routledge, 2003

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Architecture--History, Architecture--Sources

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...revolution that brought Modern architecture created a new approach to...and naive idealist views of history. According to this view...methodological bias in doing history, focusing on the form and...historian and theoretician of history Marc Bloch, like those German...
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History of Architecture

Book by A. D. F. Hamlin; Longmans, Green, 1911

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Architecture--History

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Fletcher and Fletcher, A History of Architecture ; London. Gailhabaud, LArchitecture...der Architektur ; Leipzig.-- History of Art , tr. and rev. by R...London and New York. Simpson, A History of Architectural Development...

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Journal Articles on: history of architecture

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Measuring Milestones: Feminist Histories of Architecture in Canada and the United States

Journal article by Sarah Bassnett; Resources for Feminist Research, Vol. 29, 2002

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Architects, Architecture, Feminism, History & criticism, North America, Women

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...architectural history and to reflect...the earliest histories of architecture to look at the...written in" to history. Much of the...writing on Canadian architecture adheres to this...responses to histories of exclusion...become involved in architecture and on the type...the Canadian histories I have discussed...examined the history of the exclusion...
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Orient Oder Rom? Qajar "aryan" Architecture and Strzygowski's Art History

Journal article by Talinn Grigor; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007

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Architecture, Art history, Historians, Imperialism, Iran, Nationalism, Political systems, Politics, Rhetoric

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and architectural histories selected artifacts...Oriental and Western art histories and, above all...non-Western art history as a fundamental field...development of modern architecture in Iran and mainstream...not superior. The history of the debate is also...celebrated such hybrid architecture and those who wrote its (in) accurate histories. Its significance...
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Architecture in the Age of Printing: Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory

Journal article by Anne-Marie Sankovitch; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003

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Architecture, Carpo, Mario, History, Nonfiction, Theory

Collections: History, Entire Library

Architecture in the Age of Printing...and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory...Sankovitch MARIO CARPO. Architecture in the Age of Printing...and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory...
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Architecture's Place in Art History: Art or Adjunct?

Journal article by Katherine Fischer Taylor; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001

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Architecture, Art education, Art history

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...commonplace that architecture, freighted with...However important architectures contingency, it...considering the histories and practices of...programs based in architecture schools, where...What architectural history can best do from...especially those without architecture schools, is to explore architectures historical relationships...
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The Multistoried House: Twentieth-century Encounters with the Domestic Architecture of Colonial Virginia

Journal article by Camille Wells; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 106, 1998

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Architecture, Colonialism, History, Houses, Virginia

Collections: History, Entire Library

...with the Domestic Architecture of Colonial Virginia...American architectural history, the evolution of...colonial Virginia history, and the emergence...popular architectural histories to this day. With...qualify as architectural histories, for they often deal...developments in both social history and historical archaeology...of early Virginia architecture have adopted techniques...

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Magazine Articles on: history of architecture

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Travels in the History of Architecture

Magazine article by David Souden; History Today, Vol. 59, November 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Travels in the History of Architecture (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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Travels in the History of Architecture. by David Souden Robert Horbison...have called his book Wilting in the History of Architecture, not just because...does not pretend to be a general history of architecture. There are far...
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The Mark of Zorro: Silent Film's Impact on 1920s Architecture in Los Angeles

Magazine article by Merry Ovnick; California History, Vol. 86, Winter 2008

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American architecture--History, Architecture, American--History, Los Angeles, California--History, Revival movements (Art)--History, Revival movements (Arts)--History, Silent films--Influence, Silent movies--Influence, Zorro (Motion picture)--Influence

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...Zorro: Silent Films Impact on 1920s Architecture in Los Angeles. by Merry Ovnick In...influences contributing to period-revival architecture in the 1920s, silent films not only...distinguish 1920s historical revival architecture at every income level from residential...
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Forms of Constraint: A History of Prison Architecture

Magazine article by Leslie Fairweather; The Architectural Review, Vol. 210, August 2001

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Books--Reviews, Forms of Constraint: A History of Prison Architecture (Book)--Reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...FORMS OF CONSTRAINT: A HISTORY OF PRISON ARCHITECTURE by LESLIE FAIRWEATHER...specific periods of prison architecture, and there are brief overall histories as chapters in other...professionally involved with the history of prisons, their development...
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View from Dhaka: Dhaka's Complex and Troubled History Has Produced Much Fine and Very Varied Architecture. Now, Second-Rate Buildings and Lack of Planning Threaten the City

Magazine article by Saif Ul Haque; The Architectural Review, Vol. 212, September 2002

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Architecture, Capitals (Cities)--Design and construction, Cities and towns--Design and construction, Dhaka, Bangladesh--History

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...Dhakas complex and troubled history has produced much fine and very varied architecture. Now, second-rate buildings...city. Dhaka is a city with architecture that bears witness to more than 400 years of her history. Though the city came to...
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USA: Modern Architectures in History

Magazine article by Raymund Ryan; The Architectural Review, Vol. 223, June 2008

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Books--Book reviews, USA: Modern Architectures in History (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

USA: Modern Architectures in History. by Raymund Ryan By Gwendolyn...instalment in Reaktion Books Modern Architectures in History series. Its a compact tome...constitute this account of American architecture,from Reconstruction and Chicagos...

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Newspaper Articles on: history of architecture

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Divine Inspiration; Get the Abbaye Habit: Clive Cummings's New Venture Is Set in a Valley between Dijon and Beaune Sense of History: Gothic Architecture Adorns the Main Hall at the Abbaye

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 9, 2008

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Architecture, Landforms

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Set in a Valley between Dijon and Beaune Sense of History: Gothic Architecture Adorns the Main Hall at the Abbaye. Byline: Nick...includes displaysfeaturing life in Roman Gaul and the history of the Abbey building. Wed-Sun,9am- 12.30pm...
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Past Not So Perfect; THE Centre for Life Has Transformed a Neglected Part of Newcastle, but What Was There before? Karen Wilson Takes a Look at the History and Architecture of This Iconic Development

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), June 17, 2010

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Architecture, Farrell, Terry

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...Was There before? Karen Wilson Takes a Look at the History and Architecture of This Iconic Development. Byline: Karen Wilson...within its context, reflecting the city and its local history as well as housing an institute of bioscience...
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Beautiful Baltic; for Romance, History and Magnificent Architecture a Baltic Cruise Cannot Be Beaten for Wow Factor and Variety

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 20, 2010

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Architecture, Hermitage State Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)

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...Beautiful Baltic; for Romance, History and Magnificent Architecture a Baltic Cruise Cannot Be...wonder at therichimperial architecture and watch the sun catch the...Experienced cruisers and history buffs will love the onshore...
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Europe's Other Great Sea; ADVERTISEMENT SPECIAL; More and More People Are Putting the Baltic Sea at the Top of Their Cruise Wish Lists. It Is a Region of High Culture, Architecture, History and Astonishing Natural Beauty. A Cruise Ship Lets You See It Best

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 1, 2010

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Advertising, Architecture, Cruise ships

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Is a Region of High Culture, Architecture, History and Astonishing Natural Beauty...through modern shops and classic architecture. From the narrow cobbled streets...Helsinki,all display a sense of history while exuding a feeling of calm...
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Architecture Buffs Barter for History

Newspaper article by Jameel Naqvi; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 14, 2007

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Architecture

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Architecture Buffs Barter for History. by Jameel Naqvi Byline: Jameel Naqvi Daily Herald Staff Writer Walking across the squalid and sloping floors of the house at...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: history of architecture

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Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...Georgian style was among architectures notable 18th-century...expressions (see Georgian architecture ). The first half...Outline of European Architecture (16th ed. 1960); S. Kostof, A History of Architecture...Trachtenberg and I. Hyman, Architecture: From Pre-History to Post-Modernism...
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American Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE the architecture produced...United States. Early History American architecture...While postmodern architecture remained a dominant...Morrison, Early American Architecture (1952); T. Hamlin...Roth, A Concise History of American Architecture...
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Italian Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE the several styles employed...Romanesque Italys Romanesque architecture (12th cent.) reveals...1966); T. W. West, A History of Architecture in Italy (1968); M. Tafuri, History of Italian Architecture...
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Modern Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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MODERN ARCHITECTURE new architectural style...Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture (1923, tr. 1927...1961); L. Benevolo, History of Modern Architecture...D. Sharp, A Visual History of Twentieth-Century...
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Japanese Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE structures created on the islands...International style in modern architecture. Japanese architects incorporated...See A. L. Sadler, A Short History of Japanese Architecture (1941, repr. 1962); W...

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