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Leuchtende Bauten/Luminous Buildings : Architektur Der Nacht/Architecture of the Night
Marion Ackermann
Hardcover - $89.95
At the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, the newly erected Eiffel Tower became one of the first icons of illuminated architecture, a nocturnal "lighthouse." It was not until decades later, in the 1920s, when a building's evening fagade became a central iss ...
Premio de Arquitectura Contemporanea de la Union Europea/European Union Prize For Contemporary Architecture : Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2003
Actar
Paperback - $65.95
Old Europe is beginning to show signs of renewed vitality, to judge from the results of this latest edition of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture: Mies van der Rohe Award 2003. Not only were 269 works selected; not only are the nu ...
Reston Town Center : A Downtown for the 21st Century
Alan Ward
Hardcover - $73.95
The Reston Town Center story highlights the achievements of visionaries Robert E. Simon, James Cleveland, Kenneth Himmel, Thomas J. D'Alesandro IV, Robert C. Kettler, and others. Talented desig ners Sasaki Associates, Robert A. M. Stern, RTKL Associa ...
Big Sur Inn : The Deetjen Legacy
Anita Alan
Hardcover - $47.95
BIG SUR INN The Deetjen Legacy "Only places of such wondrous character can fool you into thinking you are at home" -Sunset magazine The same untamed majesty that drew poet Robinson Jeffers to the Big Sur Coast also inspired Helmuth Deetjen to create ...
Future City : Experiment and Utopia in Architecture
Jane Alison
Paperback - $57.95
An indispensable and innovative resource for anyone involved in contemporary architecture and urban development.
Cities are the ultimate and most complex manifestations of human civilization. For millennia, architects and builders have attempted ...
History of the United States Capitol : A Chronicle of Design, Construction, and Politics
William C. Allen
Paperback - $74.95
CONTENTS List of Illustrations Foreword-Alan M. Hantman Preface Chapter 1. GRANDEUR ON THE POTOMAC Chapter 2. JEFFERSON AND LATROBE Chapter 3. DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION, 1814-1817 Chapter 4. THE BULFINCH YEARS, 1818-1829 Chapter 5. AN UNSETTLED TIM ...
David Adjaye : Making Public Buildings
Peter Allison
Hardcover - $89.95
Designs for public buildings by one of the most sought after contemporary architects.
David Adjaye's designs emphasize the experience as much as the function of architecture. Known for domestic projects that explore the unfolding of interior spac ...