A celebration of Planting Fields, one of the few surviving estates of the Gold Coast of Long Island in New YorkPlanting Fields is an English Country House transported to the North Shore of Long Island, about 48 kilometres/30 miles ea...Loe edasi...
The renowned design writer on the extraordinary history of car design. Publishers WeeklyRybczynski explores how cars have been reflections of national character (the charming Italian Fiat Cinquecento), icons of a subculture (the VW bus for Am...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Nov-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300246063)
An inviting exploration of architecture across cultures and centuries by one of the field’s eminent authors An inviting exploration of architecture across cultures and centuries by one of the field’s eminent authors In this swe...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Oct-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of South Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781643363134)
A study of the life, work, and extraordinary influence of an innovative architect A study of the life, work, and extraordinary influence of an innovative architectIn the years between World Wars I and II, Charle...Loe edasi...
A captivating chronicle of building in modern-day Charleston, making a case for architecture based on historical precedent, local context, and the ability to delight A captivating chronicle of building in modern-day Charles...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300229073)
A captivating chronicle of building in modern-day Charleston, making a case for architecture based on historical precedent, local context, and the ability to delight Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America’s fir...Loe edasi...
Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are suddenly everywhere?In Now I Sit Me Down, the distinguished architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from the fo...Loe edasi...
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A critical exploration of modern life in todays cities, public spaces and homes is presented through 35 essays on subjects ranging from shopping malls and Central Park to the Paris opera house and Disneys planned community of Celebrity....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Aug-2016, Hardback, Kirjastus: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN-13: 9780374223212)
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A writer, professor and distinguished architect chronicles the history of the chair, from the folding stools of ancient Egypt, through the first molded plywood chair created by Charles and Ray Eames, to the iconic Middle American Barcalounger....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Sep-2015, Hardback, Kirjastus: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN-13: 9780374269937)
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A critical exploration of modern life in todays cities, public spaces and homes is presented through 35 essays on subjects ranging from shopping malls and Central Park to the Paris opera house and Disneys planned community of Celebrity. ...Loe edasi...
An award-winning writer and professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania provides tools to understanding the beauty, art and function in architecture through descriptive visits to opera houses, museums, war memorials and a private retreat. 20...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Oct-2013, Hardback, Kirjastus: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN-13: 9780374211745)
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An award-winning writer and professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania provides tools to understanding the beauty, art and function in architecture through descriptive visits to opera houses, museums, war memorials and a private retreat. 20...Loe edasi...
We work, Aristotle wrote, in order to have leisure. Today, this is still true. But is the leisure that Aristotle spoke of-the freedom to do nothing-the same as the leisure we look forward to each weekend There have always been breaks from the routine...Loe edasi...
We work, Aristotle wrote, in order to have leisure. Today, this is still true. But is the leisure that Aristotle spoke of-the freedom to do nothing-the same as the leisure we look forward to each weekend There have always been breaks from the routine...Loe edasi...
We work, Aristotle wrote, in order to have leisure. Today, this is still true. But is the leisure that Aristotle spoke of-the freedom to do nothing-the same as the leisure we look forward to each weekend There have always been breaks from the routine...Loe edasi...
Reveals how current ideas about urban planning evolved from definitive twentieth-century movements and the seminal creations of leading architects, offering insight into the practices of todays market-age constructions. In this new work, pri...Loe edasi...
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How Robert Sainsbury and Norman Foster built a great museum. Witold Rybczynski is an architectural writer with a superlative style, a uniquely humanistic approach to his subject, and an enormous reputation. The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art...Loe edasi...