Form and Fortification
The Art of Military Architecture in Renaissance Italy
ISBN: HB: 9780300272048,
Yale University Press,
January 2025
256 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 134 colour illus., 41 black&white illus.
256 pp., 27,9x21,6 cm, 134 colour illus., 41 black&white illus.
A revelatory exploration of a crucial Renaissance art form – military architecture – and its unexpected connections with contemporary aesthetic, cultural, and technological innovations.
Urban fortifications were the most colossal artistic achieveme...
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60.00 GBP
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Slow Wood
Greener Building from Local Forests
ISBN: HB: 9780300273472,
Yale University Press,
January 2025
296 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 48 black&white illus.
296 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 48 black&white illus.
A counterintuitive proposal for healing the relationship between humans and forests through responsible, sustainable use of local wood in home building.
American homes are typically made of lumber and plywood delivered by a global system of ruthles...
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25.00 GBP
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Concrete Alliance
Communism and Modern Architecture in Postwar France
ISBN: HB: 9780300259346,
Yale University Press,
November 2024
288 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 62 colour illus., 88 black&white illus.
288 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 62 colour illus., 88 black&white illus.
The compelling story of the significant relationship between communism and modern architecture in postwar France.
The massive reshaping of French cities that took place between 1958 and 1981 is commonly regarded as a unique episode in which moderni...
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50.00 GBP
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Lost Gardens of London
ISBN: HB: 9781738487806,
Yale University Press,
October 2024
272 pp., 24,1x16,9 cm, 190 colour and black&white illus.
272 pp., 24,1x16,9 cm, 190 colour and black&white illus.
"Lost Gardens of London" pays tribute to the evanescence of London's vast and varied garden legacy. Todd Longstaffe-Gowan explores gardens that range in date from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, and from the capital's humble allotments and...
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Suspended Moment
The Architecture of Frida Escobedo
ISBN: PB: 9781588397867,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
September 2024
112 pp., 25,4x20,3 cm, 130 colour and black&white illus.
112 pp., 25,4x20,3 cm, 130 colour and black&white illus.
An illuminating profile of one of today's most innovative and forward-looking architects, whose materials-based practice explores how space can provoke emotional response.
Frida Escobedo's (b. 1979) designs for public spaces have received global ac...
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Materialized Space
The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
ISBN: HB: 9781588397836,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
September 2024
128 pp., 26,7x20,3 cm, 70 colour illus.
128 pp., 26,7x20,3 cm, 70 colour illus.
A reassessment of the career of architect Paul Rudolph, from his modernist Sarasota houses to his controversial Brutalist buildings and later international projects, featuring unpublished drawings, models, and furniture.
Architect Paul Rudolph (191...
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Mies van der Rohe
The Architect in His Time
ISBN: HB: 9780300246230,
Yale University Press,
September 2024
448 pp., 30,4x22,8 cm, 207 colour illus., 238 black&white illus.
448 pp., 30,4x22,8 cm, 207 colour illus., 238 black&white illus.
A landmark survey, offering a nuanced and deeply researched account of the career and life of the iconic modern architect.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was a German-born American architect and designer whose work in Europe and North America...
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60.00 GBP
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Westminster Abbey
A Church in History
ISBN: PB: 9781913107475,
Yale University Press,
July 2024
456 pp., 24,4x18,4 cm, 100 colour illus., 100 black&white illus.
456 pp., 24,4x18,4 cm, 100 colour illus., 100 black&white illus.
A comprehensive and authoritative history that explores the significance of one of the most famous buildings and institutions in England.
Westminster Abbey was one of the most powerful churches in Catholic Christendom before transforming into a Prot...
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25.00 GBP
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House of Victor Horta
20 Years of Conservation
ISBN: HB: 9780300273205,
Yale University Press,
Mercatorfonds,
June 2024
160 pp., 26,5x17,0 cm, 100 colour and black&white illus.
160 pp., 26,5x17,0 cm, 100 colour and black&white illus.
The story of how the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta conceived his private residence/studio and how architect Barbara Van Der Wee restored it to its original splendour.
Victor Horta (1861-1947) is considered the most prominent Belgian ar...
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40.00 GBP
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John Soane's Cabinet of Curiosities
Reflections on an Architect and His Collection
ISBN: HB: 9780300275698,
Yale University Press,
June 2024
224 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 155 colour and black&white illus.
224 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 155 colour and black&white illus.
An in-depth study that sheds a fascinating new light on Sir John Soane (1753-1837) and his world-renowned collection.
Sir John Soane's architecture has enjoyed a revival of interest over the last seventy years, yet Soane as a collector – the strate...
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35.00 GBP
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