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“matthew wells”

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  • George Hudson: The Railway King

    A New Biography

    by Matthew Wells ...
    George Hudson was the greatest British railway entrepreneur of the 19th century. In 1848, he controlled over 1,000 miles of railway and, when it came to railway promotion, it seemed he could do no wrong. However, in early 1849 it came to light that some of his business methods had been less than ethical and he was forced to relinquish the chairmanship of each of his companies. His fall from grace ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Provenance in Architecture

    A Dictionary

    by Elif Akyüz, Carson Chan, Nicholas Olsberg, Uwe Fleckner, Mari Lending, Tim Anstey, Richard Anderson, Thordis Arrhenius, Eirik Bøhn0, Craig Buckley1, Maristella Casciato2, Flavia Crisciotti3, Jérôme Denis4, Martin Denoun5, Caroline von Eck6, Dag Erik Elgin7, Ella Eßlinger8, Adrian Forty9, Christoph Grafe0, Nina Lucia Groß1, Niall Hobhouse2, Olivia Horsfall Turner3, Mari Hvattum4, Timothy Hyde5, Amandine Kastler6, Margit Kern7, Markus Lähteenmäki8, Erik Langdalen9, Adam Lowe0, Rosa Lowinger1, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes2, Thomas McQuillan3, Wallis Miller4, Simon Mitchell5, Matthew Mullane6, Bernd Nicolai7, Jorge Otero-Pailos8, Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen9, Aileen Ramm0, Alena Beth Rieger1, Ingrid Dobloug Roede2, Lynn Rother3, Charles Saumarez Smith4, Frank Schmitz5, Erlend Skjeseth6, Chelsea Spencer7, Hugh Strange8, Jørgen Tandberg9, Yuning Teng0, Victor Plahte Tschudi1, Philip Ursprung2, Espen Vatn3, Nick Walkley4, Ines Weizman5, Matthew Wells6, Richard Wittman7, Albena Yaneva8, Claire Zimmerman9, Jens Johan Tandberg0, Øystein Arbo studio1 ...
    The provenance of artworks is a burning issue in current scholarship and politics. Transpose provenance into architecture and it reveals new and surprising dimensions in the social, material and cultural lives of buildings and architectural artefacts, reframing questions of migration, movement and circulation. Provenance in architecture illuminates the intricate trajectories of fundamentally ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Engineers

    A History of Engineering and Structural Design

    by Matthew Wells ...
    This innovative new book presents the vast historical sweep of engineering innovation and technological change to describe and illustrate engineering design and what conditions, events, cultural climates and personalities have brought it to its present state.Matthew Wells covers topics based on an examination of paradigm shifts, the contribution of individuals, important structures and influential ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    by Alan Colquhoun ...
    Series series Oxford History of Art
    This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters. Alan Colquhoun explores the evolution of the ... Read more

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  • Architectural Styles

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    by Owen Hopkins ...
    Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the classical age to the present ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Story of Post-Modernism

    Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture

    by Charles Jencks ...
    In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into seven distinct chapters, which are both chronological and overlapping, Jencks charts the ebb and flow of the movement, the peaks and troughs of ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • An Introduction to Architectural Theory

    1968 to the Present

    by Harry Francis Mallgrave, David J. Goodman ...
    A sharp and lively text that covers issues in depth but not to the point that they become inaccessible to beginning students, An Introduction to Architectural Theory is the first narrative history of this period, charting the veritable revolution in architectural thinking that has taken place, as well as the implications of this intellectual upheaval.The first comprehensive and critical history of ... Read more

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  • Ways of Curating

    by Hans Ulrich Obrist ...
    "An accessible and entertaining consideration of curatorial practices . . . Obrist educates and delights, with the simple goal of sharing his life's joy." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Hans Ulrich Obrist curated his first exhibit in his kitchen when he was twenty-three years old. Since then he has staged more than 250 shows internationally, many of them among the most influential exhibits of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Modern Architecture: A Critical History (Fifth) (World of Art)

    by Kenneth Frampton ...
    Series Book 0 - World of Art
    An extensively revised and updated edition of a bestselling classic on modern architecture and its origins by Kenneth Frampton.Kenneth Frampton’s highly acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has been a classic since it first appeared in 1980. Starting with the cultural developments since 1750 that drove the modern movement, moving through the creation of modern architecture, and ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • ArtQuake

    The Most Disruptive Works in Modern Art

    by Susie Hodge ...
    Series series Culture Quake
    Discover art that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when artists take tradition and rip it up.ArtQuake tells the stories of 50 pivotal works that shook the world, telling the fascinating stories behind their creation, reception and legacy.The books begin with the rebels who struck out against Victorian conformism, daring painters and ... Read more

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  • Cafes and Bars

    The Architecture of Public Display

    Edited by Christoph Grafe, Franziska Bollerey ...
    Series series Interior Architecture
    The design of bars and cafes has played an important role in the development of architecture in the twentieth century. This influence has been felt particularly strongly over the past thirty years, in a time when these social spaces have contributed significantly to the rediscovery and reinvention of cities across Europe and North America.This volume presents and examines this significant urban ... Read more

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  • Architect's Drawings

    by Kendra Schank Smith ...
    The sketch is a window into the architects mind. As creative designers, architects are interested in how other architects, particularly successful ones, think through the use of drawings to approach their work. Historically designers have sought inspiration for their own work through an insight into the minds and workings of people they often regard as geniuses. This collection of sketches aims to ... Read more

    $89.99 USD