This is a faithful reproduction of W.F. Pocock’s book of 1819 and is a major landmark in the publication of architectural facsimiles. It ...
Continue Reading βPeter Eisenman, renowned for his own controversial and influential body of work, looks at ten leading architects of the twentieth century and their ...
Continue Reading βWhen Anthony Blunt died in 1983, he was a man about whom almost anything could be – and was – said. As Surveyor ...
Continue Reading βBorn Under Saturn is a classic work of scholarship written with a light and winning touch. Margot and Rudolf Wittkower explore the history ...
Continue Reading βThe principle of the “lesser evil,” which asserts that it is acceptable to pursue an undesirable course of action in order to prevent ...
Continue Reading βAs private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) ...
Continue Reading βIn revolutionary France the life of things could not be assured. War, shortage of materials, and frequent changes in political authority meant that ...
Continue Reading βMapping Space, Sense, and Movement in Florence explores the potential of digital mapping or Historical GIS as a research and teaching tool to ...
Continue Reading βIn this book, Tsiambaos redefines the ground-breaking theory of Greek architect and town planner Constantinos A. Doxiadis (The Form of Space in Ancient ...
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