Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2002 The National Park System contains the scenic and historic treasures of our country. Presidential homes, historic lodges and hotels, and National Park Service rustic cabins are abundant throughout the parks, whether they are shadowed by interstate highways in downtown areas of a city, or discovered after miles of mountain hiking. In this book, Harvey Kaiser takes readers on a tour through historic structures discussing the architectural elements and history of each building,... more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946 First Edition. This is a fascinating survey of art through history. It begins with prehistoric art and moves through the ages and countries that made certain types of art famous. This book was written and illustrated by Hendrik Willem Van Loon to give the general reader (who perhaps had always considered this a rather remote subject) a better understanding and a greater appreciation of everything that has been done within the realm of painting and architecture and music, s... more information

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Bethlehem, PA: Bethlehem Steel Company, 1958 This is catalog S-58 from Bethlehem Steel giving information on structural sections which are included in Simplified Practice Recommendation R 216-46 for Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Structures. A section on Standard Mill Practices is included. In the Notes area are several additional calculations, aluminum compatibility, pipe, and so forth. Calculations from inches to millimeters are included. 80 pages including an index; most of the tabs are darkened and many are wo... more information

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Springer Verlag, 1998 NEW - STILL IN PUBLISHERS PLASTIC. This guide describes more than 1.000 buildings in over 750 entries and surveys all of the important movements, from Modernism and the 1950s to Post-Modernism and the most recent developments. Notably the post-Franco period was characterized by a much-noticed boom in architecture. A picture thus emerges of all of the important Spanish architects, including Josep Lluís Sert, Alejandro de la Sota, Rafael Moneo, José Antonio Coderch, Juan Na... more information

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New York: Oxford Univ Press, 2003 After beginning his architectural career in England, Calvert Vaux came to America in 1850 at the invitation of architect Andrew Jackson Downing. In 1852, he moved to New York City and asked Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect, to join him in preparing a design for Central Park. During the next 38 years in New York, Vaux defended and refined his vision of Central Park and pursued a distinguished architectural practice. After the Civil War, he and Olmsted led the n... more information

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Willoughby, Australia: Global Book Publishing, 2005 Did you know that it was only as recent as 2005 that a CT scan of Tutankhamun's mummy revealed that he could not have been murdered or died an accidential death, as has always been thought? Find out how he really died in Egypt, which is not only the most comprehensive but also the most up-to-date volume available in the world today. There have been many books devoted to specific elements of the ancient Egyptian culture - art, architecture, history, and... more information

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Swindon: English Heritage, 2002 This volume is the result of the first systematic written and photographic survey of English prisons since the early 20th century. It traces the history of the purpose-built prison and its development over the past 200 years. Over 130 establishments that make up the current prison estate and over 100 former sites that have surviving buildings or extensive documentation have been investigated. Institutions ranging from medieval castles and military camps to country houses that... more information

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Hohenzollernring, Koln: Evergreen, 1999 This opera house was built for the city of Venice under the architectural guidance of Giannantonio Selva. It opened on May 17, 1792 under the name La Fenice - the phoenix. As optimistic a name it may have been, it was to bode ill for the Gran Teatro. In the night from December 12 - 13, 1836 the interior of the opera house was completely gutted by fire. In less than a year, La Fenice had risen from the ashes once again to become a leading institution in the world of mu... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 2001 This is a two-volume set in a cardboard sleeve. One volume states the essential elements of the 7th International program, which is written by the president, Paolo Baratta. This volume involves basically urban transformation, and is filled with photographs of current buildings, models, and plans for the future; it includes many diagrams and is illustrated primarily in full color. The exhibitions are divided by architect or architectural firm. The other vo... more information

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Swindon, United Kingdom: English Heritage, 2000 Step through the doorway of your own home and discover its fascinating past. Today we jealously guard our privacy, but in previous centuries living was much more communal. How has this change been reflected in the layout and furnishings of houses? How has the single-room hut of prehistoric times evolved into the house of today, each room with its own function? Discover how the medieval hall has shrunk to an entrance lobby; why bathrooms only became common in h... more information

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New York: Weatherhill, 1995 This is a beautiful cloth-bound volume. During the Meiji period (1868-1912) the Japanese laid the foundations for what is now the most advanced nation in Asia. Like Victorian Britian, a potent model, Meiji Japan was characterized by faith in progress, civilization and the growth of empire. The architecture and feats of engineering described and illustrated in this volume stand as monuments to the dynamism and ambitions of the age, and to Japan's transformation from an isolate... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 1989 This is part of the History of World Architecture series. This volume examines the complex architectural history of India, Indonesia, and Indochina. Mario Bussagli combines the art and architecture of these countries, enableing the reader to discover the "differential unity" of Asia. Whether it reflects Hindu, Buddhist, Shintoist or Islamic cosmographies, oriental architecture embodies a prefound religious spirit common to the most diverse stran... more information

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Israel: Ministry of Defence - Publishing House, 1983 What is the secret of the Western Wall? The simple, accepted answer is that it is the only remnant of the Temple which was destroyed by Titus and, as such, it is a memorial monument of Israel's days of religious and national glory in its own land. A more complicated answer is that the Wall is a symbol of the Jewish people which, like the wall, stands firm. This volume is intended to collect all the available information - ancient, historical and moder... more information

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New York: Parkstone International, 2007 Through his eclecticism, William Morris (1834-1896) was one of the most emblematic personalities of the 19th century. Painter, architect, poet and engineer, wielding the quill as well as the brush, he jolted Victorian society by discarding standards established by triumphant industry. His commitment to the writing of the Socialist Manifesto was the logical result of the revolution he personified with his habitat, the form of his design and the colors he used. Forerunn... more information

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