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  1. The Wooden Architecture of Northern Europe
    1. John B. Hilling

    The Wooden Architecture of Northern Europe

    From the Viking Era to the 20th Century

    John B. Hilling is a retired architect and town planner, most recently working for Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments. He has written several books on the historic architecture of Wales. He has a passionate interest in the historic architecture of Fennoscandia, which he has been researching and visiting for several decades.

    € 69,50
  2. Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
    1. John Stubbs
    2. William Chapman
    3. Julia Gatley

    Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

    National Experiences and Practice

    Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands addresses cultural heritage protection in a region which comprises one third of the earth’s surface.

    € 103,95
  3. Leon Battista Alberti
    1. Martin McLaughlin

    Leon Battista Alberti

    Writer and Humanist

    "[A] learned, lucid book. . . . McLaughlin has set out to show what sort of writer Alberti was, and the results are impressive."---Anthony Grafton, London Review of Books

    € 30,50
  4. What Architecture Is
    1. Witold Rybczynski

    What Architecture Is

    "Rybczynski’s lifetime of observation and experience gets to the essence of architecture in all its variety."—Hugh Pearman, author of About Architecture"With its clear-headedness, its open-mindedness, and its straightforward personal touch, What Architecture Is distills the timeless appeal of the most comprehensive, paradoxical, and sociable of the arts."—Ingrid Rowland, University of Notre Dame

    € 23,50
  5. The Evolution of the English House
    1. Sidney Oldall Addy

    The Evolution of the English House

    The Evolution of the English House (1933) discusses the popular and native art in domestic English architecture, tracing the changes over the years. The focus is on plain wattled huts and combinations of dwelling-house and cattle-stall, as well as the great villas and picturesque timber houses of the wealthy.

    € 41,50
  6. Vernacular Architecture and Sustainability of Indigenous Building Materials
    1. Amjad Almusaed
    2. Asaad Almssad
    3. Ibrahim Yitmen

    Vernacular Architecture and Sustainability of Indigenous Building Materials

    Placing vernacular knowledge at the forefront of climate-responsive design, this book deals with the UN’s SDG 11 mandate for inclusive, safe, and resilient cities. The volume also reviews how millennia-old building traditions can decarbonise construction and fortify communities against escalating climate risks.

    € 145,50
  7. Welcome to Paradox City
    1. Mark Lamster

    Welcome to Paradox City

    A Critical History of Dallas as Told Through Its Architecture

    “Mark Lamster is a brave writer . . . His affection for his subject is so complete—and completely convincing . . .” —The Los Angeles Times “No one writes with as much passion about Dallas architecture as Mark Lamster. Who will ever forget his great tirade during the fight over City Hall’s future? Or what about his lovely ode to the little-known Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias? Lamster is a true treasure whose writing has defined Dallas, for better or worse.” —Skip Hollandsworth, Texas Monthly “Brash, inventive, optimistic—Mark Lamster’s adjectives for threatened Dallas City Hall could easily serve as the tagline for this book. Lamster uses his characteristic wit and ear for a yarn to make the characters, conflicts, and beauties of a diverse, still-expanding metropolis come alive, offering a complex look at a city too often dismissed as all shine, no substance.” —Alexandra Lange, Pulitzer-Prize winning critic and author of Meet Me by the Fountain “Lamster answers the main question first: when did Dallas get a soul? Then he offers a profound and lyrical description.” —Jim Schutze, author of The Accommodation“Mark Lamster has become the conscience of our city. His message is a cautionary one: no city can become truly great if it continually erases the work of those who came before. With each essay, he holds up a mirror to us—and what we see matters.” —Laura Miller, Mayor of Dallas (2002–2007)“Lamster’s book profoundly grasps how our city’s architecture helped determine who we are and how we live as a community, and because of that it will help us build a better future. That’s why even when I disagree with him, I always cheer him on.” —Mike Rawlings, Mayor of Dallas (2011–2019)“Spitting mad, hilariously funny, exasperated, grumpy, yet deeply caring: Mark Lamster gets emotional about architecture, landscape—and Dallas. Telling the stories behind some of his city’s most iconic landmarks, Lamster confronts the base, the sordid, the silly, but also the poignant and sublime. Welcome to Paradox City is a compelling look at the people and the motivations that drive the production of architecture in Dallas: the gaudy, the brittle, the world-changing.” —Stephen Fox, architectural historian, Rice University

    € 19,50
  8. Stigmata's Peak
    1. T M Aquinas

    Stigmata's Peak

    A Chronicle of the Sanctuary of La Verna
    € 16,50
  9. Persian Gulf Heritage in Built Form and Coastal Architecture
    1. Jalil Shaeri
    2. Ali Cheshmehzangi

    Persian Gulf Heritage in Built Form and Coastal Architecture

    € 109,95
  10. Soviet Scientific Institutes
    1. FUEL

    Soviet Scientific Institutes

    Eric Lusito is a French photographer who has been travelling in the former Soviet bloc since the 2000s. In 2021, while in Kharkiv, Ukraine, he met in a scientist who agreed to show him his laboratory. The facility reminded him of the comic books of his childhood, inspiring him to embark on a new project, exploring the under-documented world of science. Paul Josephson, professor emeritus in history, Colby College, has studied big science and technology across the globe for over four decades. In former Soviet spaces he has stepped into research institutes from the Kola Peninsula and the Arctic Circle to the Ural Mountains and Siberia, and in the socialist world from Ukraine to Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Baltic states. Paul is the author of sixteen books on global science in the twentieth century. Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell have been publishing critically acclaimed books on Soviet culture since 2004 with their Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia. More recent titles include Ukrainian Modernism, Spomenik Monument Database and Soviet Bus Stops.

    € 37,50
  11. Modern Architecture of Quito

    Modern Architecture of Quito

    Global, Local, and the In-Between

    Christian Parreno is Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Architecture at San Francisco University of Quito, Ecuador. He is the author of Boredom, Architecture, and Spatial Experience (Bloomsbury, 2021).

    € 39,95
  12. The Brothel and Beyond
    1. Saundra Weddle

    The Brothel and Beyond

    An Urban History of the Sex Trade in Early Modern Venice

    “From the highly original perspective of built forms and local geography, Weddle’s study reconstructs the lively sex trade of Renaissance Venice in new, broader dimensions. Assembling a rich array of primary sources and offering many maps and images, the book moves beyond the often mentioned, but few, Venetian courtesans to trace the movements and agency of a varied population of women and men in distinctive urban spaces.” —Elizabeth S. Cohen, York University

    € 96,95