How to enjoy architecture
£14.99Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture
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Midcentury houses today
£39.95Traces the evolution of midcentury houses and demonstrates how they are experienced and lived in today
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Modern buildings in Britain
£40.00Modernism is now a century old, and its consequences are all around us, built into our everyday lived environments. Its place in Britain’s history is fiercely contested, and its role in our future is the subject of ongoing controversy – but modernist buildings have undoubtedly changed our cities, politics and identity forever. In this book, Owen Hatherley applauds the ambition and explores the significance of this most divisive of architectures, travelling from Aberystwyth to Aberdeen, from St Ives to Shetland, in search of our most important and distinctive modern buildings.
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Islamic architecture
£50.00A richly informative and visually packed sourcebook demonstrating and explaining the function and worldwide appeal of Islamic architecture. Islamic architecture dates back 1,400 years and continues to reinvent itself up to the present day. The enormous richness of building types, regional styles, and architectural details is revealed here by a well-travelled expert guide, exploring the familiar and unfamiliar, striking a balance between famous masterpieces and unknown gems. All eras and global regions are represented, with a selective eye for some of the creative exuberance, boldness and sensitivity of Islamic architecture that has not always been widely appreciated outside of the region.
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Life and afterlife in ancient China
£40.00The three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of Chinese civilisation which are still in place today. Records of these early achievements, and their diverse and unexpected expressions, often lie not in written history, but in how people marked the end of their lives: their dwellings for the afterlife. Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries, ‘Life and Afterlife in Ancient China’ shows how the tombs form a mosaic of one of the oldest civilisations in the world.
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Tutankhamun
£12.99The lost tomb of Tutankhamun ignited a media frenzy, propelled into overdrive by rumours of a deadly ancient curse. But amid the hysteria, many stories – including that of Tutankhamun himself – were distorted or forgotten. This book takes a familiar tale & turns it on its head. Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley has gathered together ten unique perspectives: that of the teenage pharaoh & his family, ancient embalmers & tomb robbers, famous Western explorers & forgotten Egyptian archaeologists. It’s a journey that spans from ancient Thebes in 1336 BCE – when a young king on a mission to restore his land met a violent end – to modern Luxor in 1922 CE – as the tomb’s discovery led to a fight over ownership that continues to this day.
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Amongst the ruins
£25.00A thought-provoking exploration of the loss of civilizations and communities, offering compelling stories of abandoned places, the important events and fascinating characters that punctuate their history, and lessons we can learn from them today
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Iconicon
£10.99Barratt homes. Spectacular skyscrapers. Millennium monuments. City centre apartments. Out of town malls. These icons of our age, be they modest or monumental, present us with a living history of Britain. They are both symbols of the ways we have lived, and reminders of the political, financial and social forces that have shaped our modern landscape. In ‘Iconicon’, John Grindrod takes us on a captivating journey around these landmark buildings, from 1980 to the present day. Along the way he encounters the architects and planners of these national icons, as well as the people who have lived and worked within their walls.
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The Brutalists
£49.95An unprecedented survey of more than 250 architects who continue to define one of the most polarizing yet celebrated of styles
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Paris
£20.00From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature.
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Why architecture matters
£10.99A classic work on the joy of experiencing architecture, with a new afterword reflecting on architecture’s place in the contemporary moment
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The Story of Architecture
£25.00An inviting exploration of architecture across cultures and centuries by one of the field’s eminent authors