Timber-Framed Buildings (Hayman Richard)(Paperback)

Timber-Framed Buildings (Hayman Richard)(Paperback)

A beautifully illustrated guide to timber-framed buildings and how they have been constructed from medieval times to the nineteenth century. Timber-framed buildings are a distinctive and treasured part of Britain's heritage. The oldest of them are medieval but their numbers peaked in the sixteenth

Churches and Churchyards of England and Wales (Hayman Richard)(Paperback)

An engaging introduction to the workings of church buildings and churchyards, explaining the integral elements of a working church and how they have changed over time. The parish church is a symbol of continuity, a cornerstone of the urban and rural landscape, and a treasure trove often as rich in

Rood Screens (Hayman Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Drawing & Painting Buildings (Taylor Richard)(Paperback)

Drawing & Painting Buildings is a comprehensive and practical guide full of advice and inspiration for anyone wishing to capture the beauty of the urban landscape.Detailed artworks in a range of styles and media are thoroughly annotated to demonstrate key techniques and important details.It

Illuminated Manuscripts (Hayman Richard)(Paperback)

Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand, and their illustration using brightly colored pigments and gold embellishments was a labor of love and an act of piety in itself

Bridges (Hayman Richard)(Paperback)

A brief history of the design and construction of bridges in the UK from medieval times to the modern day, including famous and notable examples such as Tower Bridge and the Forth Bridge. From the famous bascules of Tower Bridge and the august span at Westminster, through the engineering

The Tudor Reformation (Hayman Richard)(Paperback)

The Reformation transformed England forever. From peasants in the lanes and fields to the court of Henry VIII, no life was left untouched as the Roman Catholic Church was replaced as the centre of the nation's religious life. Emerging from a dense mesh of European ecclesiastical and political

The Green Man (Hayman Richard)(Paperback)

Green men are figures or heads that were carved in churches, abbeys and cathedrals from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Inspired by the illustrations in book margins where heads were used to terminate trails of foliage, they were usually carved in the form of human masks, cats' or demons'

Coal Mining in Britain (Hayman Richard)(Paperback)

Coal heated the homes, fuelled the furnaces and powered the engines of the Industrial Revolution. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the coalfields - distinct landscapes of colliery winding frames, slag heaps and mining villages - made up Britain's industrial heartlands. Coal was known as

Suffolk: West (Bettley James)(Pevná vazba)

From small timber-framed houses to sprawling manors, this comprehensive guide to west Suffolk presents an impressive range of buildings from across the centuries. At its center lies the town of Bury St. Edmunds, site of one of Norman England's most powerful abbeys, whose monolithic gates remain as

Architecture and Ritual: How Buildings Shape Society (Blundell Jones Peter)(Paperback)

Architecture and Ritual explores how the varied rituals of everyday life are framed and defined in space by the buildings which we inhabit. It penetrates beyond traditional assumptions about architectural style, aesthetics and utility to deal with something more implicit: how buildings shape and

Timber Decay in Buildings and Its Treatment (Ridout Brian)(Paperback)

This is a book about the insects and fungi that may appear in building timbers if unnoticed or unavoidable maintenance problems allow them to remain

Diversity in the Great Unity: Regional Yuan Architecture (Zuo Lala)(Pevná vazba)

Timber-framed architecture has long been viewed as an embodiment of Chinese civilization, a hierarchic society ruled by Confucian orthodoxy. Throughout its history, Chinese architectural design was closely regulated by court-enforced building codes, which created a highly standardized and

A Place for All People: Life, Architecture and the Fair Society (Rogers Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Richard Rogers is a pre-eminent architect of his generation, whose approach to buildings is infused with his enthusiasm for modernism, love of life and strong sense of social justice. From the Pompidou Centre in Paris to the Lloyds Building in the City of London, and from airports, to cancer care

Timber Frame Construction (Lancashire Robin)(Paperback / softback)

External Timber Cladding (Taylor Lewis)(Paperback / softback)

Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5 (Porteous Jack)(Paperback)

Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5 providespractising engineers and specialist contractors with comprehensive, detailed information and in-depth guidance on the design of timberstructures based on the common rules and rules for buildings inEurocode 5 - Part 1-1. It will also be of interest

The Timber Framing Book (Elliott Stewart)(Paperback)

This is a thorough and profusely illustrated guide to building a timber-frame house. Grounded in ancient tradition, timber-frame construction is admirably suited to fulfill today's need for durable, energy-efficient housing and other building needs. First published in 1977, this book is now in its

Cross-laminated timber: Design and performance(Paperback / softback)

Adventures in STEAM: Buildings (Howell Izzi)(Paperback / softback)

Conservation of Historic Buildings (Feilden Bernard)(Paperback)

Since its publication in 1982 Sir Bernard Feilden's Conservation of Historic Buildings has become the standard text for architects and others involved in the conservation of historic structures. Leading practitioners around the world have praised the book as being the most significant single volume

50 Buildings You Should Know (Kuhl Isabel)(Paperback)

This collection of great buildings is a highly entertaining lesson in architectural history for readers of all ages. The fifty buildings presented here in chronological order represent the most compelling, intriguing, and awe-inspiring structures from all over the world. Readers will learn about

Framed Perspective Vol. 2: Technical Drawing for Shadows, Volume, and Characters (Mateu-Mestre Marcos)(Paperback)

Building on the foundation established with the first book in the series, Framed Perspective 2 guides artists through the challenging tasks of projecting shadows in proper perspective on a variety of environments and working with characters in perspective set in particular situation or setting

Crooked Timber Of Humanity (Berlin Isaiah)(Paperback / softback)

'Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.' Immanuel KantIsaiah Berlin was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century - an activist of the intellect who marshalled vast erudition and eloquence in defence of the endangered values of individual