Results for: books tagged ‘Architecture’
Boughton House: Tessa Murdoch
The Face of Tutankhamun: Christopher Frayling
Cities for a Small Planet: Richard Rogers
Vernacular Architecture: An Illustrated Handbook: R. W. Brunskill
A new edition of the classic handbook, fully updated, with 24 pages of additional illustrations and text. Brunskill's Vernacular Architecture is the essential guide to the architecture of manor houses, ... More
Cities for a Small Country: Richard Rogers
Britain is abandoning its cities and sprawling over green fields. Crime, congestion and inequality are getting worse. Is there an alternative?After two years' work for the Urban Task Force, architect ... More
The Open Circle: Peter Brook and Andrew Todd
What quality of space can foster the 'rising to another level' which is the ultimate aim of theatre? How can one overcome the obstacles - cultural, spatial, material, technical - ... More
British Architects and Craftsmen: Sacheverell Sitwell
‘The genius of English architecture is the glory of England, second only to the printed word.’ Thus Sacheverell Sitwell (younger brother of Edith and Osbert Sitwell) concludes British Architects and ... More
First and Last Loves: John Betjeman
'Oh prams on concrete balconies, what will your children see? Oh white and antiseptic life in school and home and clinic, oh soul-destroying job with handy pension, oh loveless life ... More
Ghastly Good Taste: John Betjeman
'My own interest started in seeking out what was old. When the guide told me that this was the bed in which Queen Elizabeth slept, I believed him. When owners ... More
Following Hadrian: Elizabeth Speller
Elizabeth Speller tells the story of the most powerful man on earth in the early part of the second century. The man who built Hadrian's Wall, the Pantheon in Rome, ... More
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