2,804円 Wales, a small country, is littered with the relics of war - Iron Age forts, Roman ruins, medieval castles and the coastal forts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The most ambitious fortifications in Wales were built during the reign of Edward I. They were not only erected to deter inva...

2,804円 The Scottish kirkyard has been vastly underrated as a place of historical importance, offering a wealth of information to the visitor or local historian. Within its confines can be found Pictish symbol stones, medieval sculpture, eighteenth century folk art and ruins of ancient kirk buildings. He...

3,344円 Featuring over 200 photographs, this stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildings Journeying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan, renowned...

10,446円 Design Intervention: Toward a More Humane Architecture, first published in 1991, intends to demonstrate that interest in social issues is alive and well in architecture, that there is a small but effective cadre of dedicated professionals who continue to commit themselves to solving social proble...

1,917円 Department stores were a midwest institution, none more prominent in downtown Columbus Ohio than F&R Laazarus & Company. For more than 150 years, F&R Lazarus & Company was the heart of downtown Columbus. Headed by the "first family of American retailing" with an eye for flair and a devotion to th...

1,921円 Cleveland storyteller Dan Ruminski discovered that the 6 acres under his home were originally part of a 1,400-acre grand estate known as the Circle W Farm. The impressive estate was created by Walter White, founding brother of the White Motor Company. Drawn in by the fascinating history, Ruminski...

1,917円 Asheville: an architectural gem of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Known for its architectural diversity and intriguing Art Deco style, Asheville has been fortunate in attracting brilliant architects who have created lasting testaments in brick and stone with imaginative foresight and design expertise....

1,917円 The quaint one-room schoolhouses dotting New Hampshire formed the backbone of the early Granite State education system. Education-minded communities began building these bare-bones schools in the late seventeenth century. In a modest log or clapboard structure, a single teacher faced the challeng...

131円 Overlife Sized Statues Of The Fab Four (Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney & John Lennon) By Sculptor David Webster & Placed On The Front Of The Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool, England. Sculpturer David Webster's bigger than life statues of the Fab Four...All four 7 foot tall statues ...

1,617円 Elizabeth Bowen takes us on a tour through the history of the famous Dublin landmark, the Shelbourne Hotel, in this evocative account of Irish life. Looking out on Dublin as if from the windows of the Shelbourne, and then turning inward to witness the impact of events on the hotel, its guests and...

2,800円 Ob im Dorf, mitten in der Stadt oder an entlegener Stelle wie an Flüssen und Bächen - in Vorarlberg findet sich eine große Anzahl von Industriebauten aus der Zeit von 1800 bis 1945. Barbara Motter und Barbara Grabherr-Schneider präsentieren 188 historische Industriestätten aus der Region und lade...

1,500円 Extrait : "Sans remonter à la tour de Babel, on peut observer que l'idée même de la construction d'une Tour de très grande hauteur a depuis longtemps hanté l'imagination des hommes. Cette sorte de victoire sur cette terrible loi de la pesanteur qui attache l'homme au sol, lui a toujours paru un s...