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  • Palazzo dei Convertendi

    Storia e restauro 1500-2014

    Il volume propone una selezione di voci che concorrono a tratteggiare la vicenda plurisecolare del palazzo dei Convertendi, dalla sua prima configurazione, plasmata inglobando l’edificio che fu la casa di Raffaello fino alla morte, ripercorrendo poi la demolizione e ricostruzione dell’edificio alla fine degli anni Trenta del Novecento, fino al restauro attuale, condotto con scrupolo scientifico e ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Palermo, City of Kings

    The Heart of Sicily

    Palermo – the capital of Sicily – is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of original monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Yet it also has a grittier side, shown by the continuing influence of the mafia. Jeremy Dummett here provides a concise overview of Palermo's long history, together with a survey of its most important monuments ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Palladio

    Palladio (1508-80) combined classical restraint with constant inventiveness. In this study, Professor Ackerman sets Palladio in the context of his age - the Humanist era of Michelangelo and Raphael, Titian and Veronese - and examines each of the villas, churches and palaces in turn and tries to penetrate to the heart of the Palladian miracle. Palladio's theoretical writings are important and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Palliser's New Cottage Homes

    Series series Dover Architecture
    Meticulous reproduction of the now-rare catalog — originally issued in 1887 — includes 1,500 detailed drawings of floor plans, elevations, perspective views, architectural details, and interior ornamentation; designs for villas, farmhouses, town and country places, barns, and city brick block houses; and fine-lined illustrations of windows, eaves, and other architectural elements. ... Read more

    $14.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Palm Springs Holiday

    by Peter Moruzzi ...
    Explore the glamor and style of Palm Springs in its golden age with this gorgeously illustrated book of vintage photographs, postcards and other ephemera.From the 1910s through the 1960s, Palm Springs, California, was a city that had it all, including marvelous midcentury Modern architecture, fabulous fly-in hotels, and a swinging nightlife. Featuring vintage images of the area’s famous hotels and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pan Karol

    Jest to jedna z powieści, które w młodości autora wylęgły się, więcej z marzeń o świecie, niż z postrzeżeń nad światem. Przebiegając ulice Wilna wieczorem, gdy padał mrok nocny, wpatrywał się ciekawie w przesuwające postacie, starał się odgadnąć dokąd, po co, z jaką myślą dążyły? Nieraz gonił za posępną twarzą, pod którą brwią nawisłą szukał dziwacznej powieści. Wróciwszy potem do samotnego ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pan-Arab Modernism 1968-2018

    The History of Architectural Practice in The Middle East

    Using Kuwait as a case study and Pan Arab Modernism as a lens, this book comes to fill two voids in the literature on Middle Eastern architecture: one is in practice and the other is in history.The current practice of architecture in Kuwait, the Gulf and the larger Middle East, is typically a-contextual and lacking any understanding of the local context. The architectural history, on the other ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Panorama histórico de Antas

    Aspectos políticos e culturais

    Panorama histórico de Antas: aspectos políticos e culturais é uma obra pioneira que lança luzes sobre o passado de Antas a fim de que os antenses aprofundem o conhecimento de sua própria história. Nesta obra, encontramos preciosas informações que conectarão os leitores a assuntos cristalizados na memória popular, como a disputa política entre araras e romeiros, a origem do nome do munícipio, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Panzerketten

    Die Gleisketten der deutschen Kettenfahrzeuge des Zweiten Weltkrieges

    Für Sammler, Modellbauer und Restauratoren sind oft gerade die Gleisketten militärischer Fahrzeuge von besonderem Interesse. Erstmals werden hier in einem Buch die Gleisketten sämtlicher deutscher Kettenfahrzeuge aus der Zeit des Zweiten Weltkrieges detailliert beschrieben und erklärt. Ausführlich stellt der Autor die Kettenglieder aller Panzer und Sturmgeschütze dar. Darüber hinaus werden die ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Paolo Portoghesi

    Architecture between History, Politics and Media

    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture
    Through the work of the Italian architect, theorist and historian Paolo Portoghesi (1931-2023), this book offers a new perspective on postmodern architecture, showing the agency of other spheres of knowledge – history, politics and media – in the making of postmodern architectural discourse.It explores how Portoghesi's personal “postmodern project” was based on the triangulation of a renewed ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • PAR LES TERRES DE LA MAURE ENCHANTEE. L'art islamique au Portugal

    Series Book 6 - L'Art islamique en Méditerrannée
    Par les Terres de la Maure Enchantée: L'art islamique au Portugal explore cinq siècles de civilisation islamique qui ont imprégné les populations de l'ancien Gharb al-Andalus. Depuis Coïmbra jusqu'aux confins de l'Algarve, les palais, les mosquées christianisées, les fortifications et les centres urbains attestent de la splendeur d'un passé glorieux. Ce panorama artistique est l'expression d'une ... Read more

    $8.11 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Paradigms of Indian Architecture

    Space and Time in Representation and Design

    This book explores conceptions of Indian architecture and how the historical buildings of the subcontinent have been conceived and described. Investigating the design philosophies of architects and styles of analysis by architectural historians, the book explores how systems of design and ideas about aesthetics have governed both the construction of buildings in India and their subsequent ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Parametric Methods for Beginners

    Architecture Applications

    by Umut Toker ...
    This book introduces architectural applications of parametric methods in design, drawing direct connections between each phase of the architectural design process with relevant parametric approaches.Readers will find applications of parametric methods with straightforward explanations of concepts, commands as well as applicable examples for each phase of the architectural design process. In ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Paris Mansions and Apartments 1893

    Facades, Floor Plans and Architectural Details

    Series series Dover Architecture
    Selected from a very rare portfolio, this collection of exquisitely detailed drawings features 100 plates depicting 50 buildings in the lavish, heavily ornamented style of Beaux-Arts Classicism. Full-page engravings of facades are accompanied by facing pages with floor plans and finely rendered images of doors, windows, balconies, columns, cornices, and other architectural details. ... Read more

    $17.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Paris, City of Dreams

    Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris

    "Armchair historians in particular will appreciate McAuliffe’s readable yet detailed history supplemented with illustrations and bibliography." Booklist, Starred ReviewAcclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude Monet, and Victor Hugo as Georges Haussmann tore down and rebuilt Paris into the beautiful City of Light we know today.Paris, City of Dreams ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Parish Church Treasures

    The Nation's Greatest Art Collection

    An enthralling guide to the largely unrecognised treasures of England's remarkable Parish Churches, 'the supreme treasury of English vernacular art and memory'.Our parish churches constitute a living patrimony without precise European parallel. Their cultural riches are astonishing, not only for their quality and quantity, but also their diversity and interest. Fine art and architecture here ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Parsonages

    by Kate Tiller ...
    Series Book 786 - Shire Library
    From the middle ages to the present day the houses of local clergy – parsonages, vicarages and rectories – have been among the most significant buildings in parishes throughout England. Architecturally some of the best and most fully documented domestic buildings, their history is that of the small and medium sized house, from medieval vernacular to the bespoke designs of leading Victorian ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Pas d'églises paléochrétienne en Afrique du Nord

    - à la place, un art roman africain

    Plus de 200 édifices religieux nord-africains sont connus des chercheurs, tous attribués à la période allant du début du 4e siècle jusqu'au 7e siècle avant l'invasion arabe. L'auteur affirme que la grande majorité des édifices religieux ont été construits après l'époque byzantine, entre le 11e et le 13e siècle. Contrairement à l'opinion actuelle de la recherche, il considère qu'il existe un art ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Passau

    Kleine Stadtgeschichte

    Series series Kleine Stadtgeschichten
    Passau, die zweitgrößte Stadt Niederbayerns, liegt an der Grenze zu Österreich sowie am Zusammenfluss der Flüsse Donau, Inn und Ilz. Seit der Grenzöffnung nach Osten und angesichts der Erweiterung der Europäischen Union nach Mittel- und Osteuropa sieht sich die "Dreiflüssestadt" wieder zunehmend in den Mittelpunkt Europas gerückt. Damit nimmt sie eine Tradition auf, die weit ins Mittelalter ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Passeggiando in piazza Sordello. Dietro le quinte della storia di Mantova

    Una città come Mantova, protagonista di un romanzo lungo almeno venticinque secoli, non si finisce mai di conoscerla. Per cogliere qualcosa di quello che sulla città suggeriscono i “segni” della piazza maggiore, può aiutare quanto si troverà nelle pagine di questo volume: non vi mancano aneddoti e curiosità, ma non compongono un libro di storia né una guida turistica. Sono divagazioni senza ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Patrick Geddes and Town Planning

    A Critical View

    Patrick Geddes is considered a forefather of the modern urban planning movement. This book studies the various, and even opposing ways, in which Geddes has been interpreted up to this day, providing a new reading of his life, writing and plans.Geddes' scrutiny is presented as a case study for Town Planning as a whole. Tying together for the first time key concepts in cultural geography and ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Patrimonio industriale marittimo nell'Adriatico centrale

    by AA. VV. ...
    Il lungo, multiforme e articolato rapporto della realtà sociale ed economica dell’Abruzzo costiero con il resto della regione. Utilizzando in modo equilibrato fonti d’archivio e bibliografiche, il volume cerca di ricomporre, in un quadro unitario e interdisciplinare, la nascita e lo sviluppo di fenomeni e problemi economici, sociali, storici e geografici che nel tempo hanno caratterizzato l ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Patrimonios

    Experiencias en debate

    Un patrimonio es una proyección del pasado en el presente; es la esperanza de transformar en algo permanente lo evanescente del discurrir del tiempo. El patrimonio adquiere así una atmósfera sutil de eternidad al consolidar partes de una totalidad de experiencias pasadas o presentes en algo lo suficientemente trascendente como para evitar que se destruya o pierda en el olvido. A menudo confiamos ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Patrimônio colonial latino-americano

    O Fruto de extensa pesquisa de Percival Tirapeli, professor da Unesp, esta obra ricamente ilustrada abrange três séculos de arte colonial e é dividida em três partes – "Urbanismo colonial", "Arquitetura eclesiástica" e "Arte sacra – mobiliário e ornamentação". "Urbanismo colonial" aborda as diferenças e aproximações entre os traçados e o urbanismo planejado das cidades hispano-americanas e luso ... Read more

    $7.99 USD