The Architecture of Yemen and Its Reconstruction (Damluji Salma Samar)(Pevná vazba)

The Architecture of Yemen and Its Reconstruction (Damluji Salma Samar)(Pevná vazba)

First published in 2007, The Architecture of Yemen was the first book to offer an in-depth investigation into the characteristic architecture of country and the result of nearly two decades of research. This new, revised edition includes drawings, documentation and information on the building and

Hassan Fathy: Earth & Utopia. with Original Texts by Hassan Fathy (Damluji Salma Samar)(Pevná vazba)

Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State (Lackner Helen)(Pevná vazba)

Yemen is in the grip of its most severe crisis in years. The civil war between the Huthi rebels and the Western and Arab supporters of the regime has resulted in thousands killed and three million displaced. Those who remain suffer severe food shortages and a collapsed economy.The struggle for

Yemen Endures - Civil War, Saudi Adventurism and the Future of Arabia (Hill Ginny)(Pevná vazba)

The war in Yemen is finally coming under scrutiny as the West considers its controversial dealings with Saudi

Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies (Conwill Kinshasha Holman)(Pevná vazba)

The companion volume to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit, opening in September 2021With a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Eric Foner and a preface by veteran museum director and historian Spencer CrewAn incisive and

The Artist and the Eternal City: Bernini, Pope Alexander VII, and the Making of Rome (Grossman Loyd)(Pevná vazba)

This brilliant vignette of seventeenth-century Rome, its Baroque architecture, and its relationship to the Catholic Church brings to life the friendship between a genius and his patron with an ease of writing that is rare in art history. By 1650, the spiritual and political power of the Catholic

Sovereign of the Seas 1637: A Reconstruction of the Most Powerful Warship of Its Day (McKay John)(Pevná vazba)

Sovereign of the Seas was the most spectacular, extravagant and controversial warship of the early seventeenth century. The ultimate royal prestige project, whose armament was increased by the King's decree to the unheard-of figure of one hundred guns, the ship finally cost the equivalent of ten

Young Poland: The Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890-1918 (Griffin Julia)(Pevná vazba)

Explores the decorative arts and architecture of Polish Modernism and its relationship to the Arts & Crafts movement in

The Architecture of Wales: From the First to the Twenty - First Century (Hilling John B.)(Pevná vazba)

Architecture reflects not only a nation's history, but also how its people lived, worked, prayed and fought over the centuries. Since the publication of John Hilling's The Historic Architecture of Wales in 1976, there has been no other attempt at addressing the architecture of Wales as a whole, and

Mesopotamia - Ancient Art and Architecture (Bahrani Zainab)(Pevná vazba)

The only comprehensive survey in print of the art and architecture of ancient

Modern Architecture and the Sacred: Religious Legacies and Spiritual Renewal (Anderson Ross)(Pevná vazba)

Modern Architecture and the Sacred provides a timely reappraisal of architecture's manifold engagements with notions of the sacred in the twentieth century. A wide range of case material is presented over sixteen contributed essays - including the work of iconic modernist architects such as Le

Elements of Architecture - Rem Koolhaas

Elements of Architecture focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, facade, balcony, corridor, fireplace, stair, escalator, elevator: the book seeks to excavate the micro-narratives of building detail.The result is no single history, but rather the web of

Lair: Radical Homes and Hideouts of Movie Villains (Oppenheim Chad)(Pevná vazba)

Winner of the AIGA'S International Competition for Notable Graphic Design. 'It's both an architecture and movie fan's dream.' - Los Angeles Times 'Strikingly designed.' - Publishers Weekly 'Explores the cinematic tradition of antiheroes with architecturally significant private spaces.' -

The New Farm: Contemporary Rural Architecture - Daniel P. Gregory, Rockefeller Abby

Recent generations of farmers have reinvented the family farm and its traditions, embracing organic practices and sustainability and, along with them, a bold new use of modern architecture. The New Farm profiles sixteen contemporary farms around the globe, accompanied by plans and colorful images

Margo: Multiproxy Approach for the Reconstruction of the Glacial Ocean Surface (Kucera M.)(Pevná vazba)

MARGO - Multiproxy Approach for the Reconstruction of the Glacial Ocean surface summarizes the results of the MARGO international working group, with the aim to develop an updated and harmonised reconstruction of sea surface temperatures and sea-ice extent of the Last Glacial Maximum oceans. The

Concrete Jungle

Concrete Jungle presents some of the most exciting tropical houses and tells the surprising story of lush modernist architecture. The clash of rational architecture with the organic lushness of tropical vegetation has created some of the most visionary and futuristic buildings we know. Based on the

Ornament and Decoration in Islamic Architecture (Clevenot Dominique)(Pevná vazba)

A dazzling study of the role and fundamental importance of decoration in Islamic architecture, now available in

Jacqueline Kennedy and the Architecture of First Lady Diplomacy (Moore Jr John Allphin)(Pevná vazba)

Jacqueline Kennedy and the Architecture of First Lady Diplomacy offers a unique rhetorical analysis of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's communication uncovers five forms of soft diplomacy that catapult her to the top of all American first ladies as a model of international

The Language of Architecture (Bouras Charalambos)(Pevná vazba)

Architecture in theory and practice conventionally deals with issues of space. Yet nowadays it covers a vast field of multiple approaches, based on loans from many other disciplines. Simultaneously, the new conditions resulting from globalization have broken the 'national' cultural barrier in

Dictionary of Gypsy Mythology: Charms, Rites, and Magical Traditions of the Roma (Lecouteux Claude)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive A-to-Z reconstruction of the oral tradition of the Rom--gypsies--based on sources never before available in English - Presents the origin myths and magical traditions of the gypsies, including their legendary ties to Egypt, animal ancestors, and tree spirits - Examines the three

Soviet Cities: Labour, Life & Leisure (Kotov Arseniy)(Pevná vazba)

The Soviet dream of modernist architecture for all, portrayed on the brink of its erasureIn recent years Russian cities have visibly changed. The architectural heritage of the Soviet period has not been fully acknowledged. As a result many unique modernist buildings have been destroyed or changed

From the Ashes - Reconstruction of Flanders Fields after the Great War(Pevná vazba)

A historical overview of the revival of a region so heavily scourged by the Great War and new insights a century

Detail in Contemporary Concrete Architecture (Phillips David)(Pevná vazba)

Detail in Contemporary Concrete Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern concrete architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, this book presents 49 of the most recently completed and influential

Ant Architecture: The Wonder, Beauty, and Science of Underground Nests (Tschinkel Walter R.)(Pevná vazba)

An unprecedented look at the complex and beautiful world of underground ant architecture Walter Tschinkel has spent much of his career investigating the hidden subterranean realm of ant nests. This wonderfully illustrated book takes you inside an unseen world where thousands of ants build intricate