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Lantbruksarkitekten Charles Emil Löfvenskiöld (1810-1888) drömde om att reformera den svenska landsbygden. En ny arkitektur präglad av både skönhet och rationalitet skulle bekämpa fattigdom och misär. Ljusa, rymliga och välplanerade hus för såväl ...

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Lär känna kvarteren, gatorna och framför allt byggnaderna i Stockholms mest fashionabla stadsdel. I "Östermalm" presenteras närmare 400 magnifika bostadshus, militära byggnader, eleganta diplomatvillor, ståtliga kyrkor och andra intressanta hus. D...

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Far and away the best narrative of western architecture in existence...it stands out as an intellectual triumph. - Sir John Summerson In this highly acclaimed, classic reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the...

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Engineering in Plain Sight is a beautifully illustrated field guide to the infrastructure around us. Engineering in Plain Sight extends the field guide genre from natural phenomena to human-made structures, making them approachable and understanda...

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From the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to the coffered ceilings of the Morgan Library in New York, human beings have had a long, enraptured relationship with libraries. Like no other concept and like no other space, the collection of knowledg...

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For this carefully designed coffee-table book, Petite Passport founder Pauline Egge selected 45 lovely hotels (as well as some holiday homes) across Europe. Pauline travelled from Sweden to Greece and from Portugal to the Alps, and selected unique...

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Boken är den första på svenska som utförligt behandlar Roms byggnadskonst i vår tid i sammanhang med antikens stad. Här finns en sammanflätad arkitektur- och stadsbyggnadshistoria från antiken till vår tid. Författarna som båda är arkitekter med l...

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Year 2023 marked 120 years of the Lazarus Jewish Hospital in Lviv (Lwów/Lemberg).¿This richly illustrated book is a tribute to its place in the once-vibrant Jewish¿community of the city and in the society at large during the period 1903-1939.¿Visi...

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Arvikakonstnären Jessica Stuart-Beck har vid sina besök i Karlstad strövat omkring i staden och tittat på hus. Hon är en uppskattad husporträttör kanske framför allt i sin hemstad Arvika. Med sitt säkra öga för vad som är vackert, säreget och beva...

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Med slev och lod, hammare och vattenpass, handens kraft och avancerad ingenjörskonst byggdes Stockholms stadshus. Ragnar Östbergs arkitektoniska mästerverk är sedan invigningen midsommaraftonen 1923 en älskad märkesbyggnad i Stockholm, mäktig och ...

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2013 Reprint of 1945 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Camillo Sitte (1843-1903) was a noted Austrian architect, painter and theoretician who exercised great influence on the develop...

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Zaha Hadid (1950 - 2016) was a revolutionary architect. For years, she was widely acclaimed and won numerous prizes despite building practically nothing. Some even said her work was simply impossible to build. Yet, during the latter years of her l...

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For the first time ever, Thomas Garnier - official photographer of the Palace of Versailles - reveals a secret the chateau has harboured for centuries: its extraordinary beauty when seen from the air. Versailles seen from the sky is dreamlike. Thi...

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This influential reference work-revered by architects, designers, restaurateurs, hoteliers and creatives around the world- contains exquisite images from leading photographers and expert commentary from the world's greatest food writers and culina...

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'A thrilling celebration of lighthouses' i newspaper An enthralling history of Britain's rock lighthouses, and the people who built and inhabited them Lighthouses are enduring monuments to our relationship with the sea. They encapsulate a romantic...

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In this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers, fashion designers, and beyond. Through key projects including private home...

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First impressions count, especially in Milano. In this unprecedented photographic journey, editor Karl Kolbitz opens the door to 144 of the city's most sumptuous entrance halls, captivating in their diversity and splendor. These vibrant Milanese e...

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I essän¿ Eiffeltornet ¿från 1964 undersöker Roland Barthes Eiffeltornet som symbol för Paris. Översättning och efterord av Daniel Pedersen.

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A comprehensive look at the life and work of one of the 20th century's most influential architects Aldo van Eyck (1918-1999) was a Dutch architect, writer, and teacher who helped redefine Modern architecture in the second half of the 20th century....

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Discover the unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. This collection spans the breadth of Ando's entire career...

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A landmark book documenting the first-ever art amusement park - launched in 1987 in Hamburg, Germany - in anticipation of its global reintroduction In the late 1980s, more than 30 of the era's most acclaimed artists - including Jean-Michel Basquia...

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While some architects have a signature style, Renzo Piano seeks to apply coherent ideas to extraordinarily different projects. His buildings impress as much for their individual impact as for their diversity of scale, material, and form. Piano ros...

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Walter Gropius (1883-1969) set out to build for the future. As the founding director of the Bauhaus, the Berlin-born architect had an inestimable influence on our aesthetic environment, championing a bold new hybrid of light, geometry, and industr...

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Re-using entire parts and components of existing buildings in the construction of new structures has become highly topical in European architecture discourse. Re-using elements that could last for decades longer, rather than destroying them, offer...

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S,M,L,XL presents a selection of the remarkable visionary design work produced by the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) and its acclaimed founder, Rem Koolhaas, in its first twenty years, along with a variety of insightful, ...

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¿ Brutalism på svenska Det har stormat kring A-huset på Östermalm i¿Stockholm ända sedan det stod färdigt 1970. Den¿tidigare arkitekturskolan har av vissa kallats¿fängelse och krav på rivning har hörts. Andra har i den skulpturala betongbyggnaden ...

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Grand seaside hotels dominate Britain's seaside resorts with bold, largescale buildings, often magnificent examples of the most fashionable architectural style of the time. First emerging in the eighteenth century, their golden age came in the sec...

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