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The Basilicas of EthiopiaAn Architectural History
The basilica is symbolic of the history of Christianity in Ethiopia. Aizan, the first Christian king of the Aksumite empire was responsible for the creation of the large, five-aisled church of M?ry?m??yon, sadly destroyed in 1535, and since then many hundreds of basilicas have been built in Ethiopia, many, including the UNESCO World Heritage site of Lalibela, literally 'hewn from the rock'. In …
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A City Lost and FoundWhelan the Wrecker's Melbourne
"Old landmarks fall in nearly every block... and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a building 50 years old will be in vain." — Herald, 1925.The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892–1992). Its famous sign – 'Whelan the Wrecker is Here' on a pile of shifting rubble – was…
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L - Z, Addendum A - K
Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "L - Z, Addendum A - K" verfügbar.
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Visual Experiences in Cinquecento Theatrical Spaces
Visual Experiences in Cinquecento Theatrical Spaces explores the performative aspects of early modern theatre architecture and design, explicating the aesthetic function of pictorial displacements, visual anomalies, and architectural paradoxes
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Twelfth-Century Sculptural Finds at Canterbury Cathedral and the Cult of Thom…
This study reconstructs twelfth-century sculptural and architectural finds, found during the restoration of the Perpendicular Great Cloister of Christ Church, Canterbury, as architectural screens constructed around 1173. It proposes that the screens provided monastic privacy and controlled pilgrimage to the Altar of the Sword's Point in the Matrydom, the site of Archbishop Thomas Becket's murde…
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The Grandest Madison Square GardenArt, Scandal, and Architecture in Gilded Ag…
November 1891, the heart of Gilded Age Manhattan. Thousands filled the streets surrounding Madison Square, fingers pointing, mouths agape. After countless struggles, Stanford White—the country's most celebrated architect was about to dedicate America's tallest tower, the final cap set atop his Madison Square Garden, the country's grandest new palace of pleasure. Amid a flood of electric light…
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Urbanism Without EffortReconnecting with First Principles of the City
How do you create inviting and authentic urban environments where people feel at home? Countless community engagement workshops, studies by consulting firms, and downtown revitalization campaigns have attempted to answer this age-old question. In Urbanism Without Effort, Chuck Wolfe argues that "unplanned" places can often teach us more about great placemaking than planned ones. From imp…
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The Politics of ArchitectureA history of modern architecture in Britain
A book like this one spells out the issues of the heated controversy of the history of British architectureand describes how they arose. Professor Jackson looks at the buildings of the period as the products of peculiar sets of circumstances, as works of art and in terms of what their designers were trying to achieve.
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Who Built ScotlandA History of the Nation in Twenty-Five Buildings
Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford pick twenty-five buildings to tell the story of the nation. Travelling across the country, from abandoned islands and lonely glens to the heart of our modern cities, these five authors seek out the diverse narrative of the Scottish p…
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