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Stadia

The Populous Design and Development Guide

by Geraint John, Rod Sheard, Ben Vickery
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016

In this fully updated and redesigned edition of the essential and long-established Stadia, the authors offer their unrivalled expertise to all professionals who commission, plan, design, and manage high-quality sports venues. Ideas about the design and use of stadiums continue to evolve and...
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by Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018

As the ink was drying on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other documents that established the United States, millions of Americans hungered for new legal tender coinage from the young sovereign nation. Following calls by Alexander Hamilton and other Founding Fathers for the...
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The Architecture of Wales

From the First to the Twenty-First Century

by John B. Hilling
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018

Architecture reflects not only a nation’s history, but also how its people lived, worked, prayed and fought over the centuries. Since the publication of John B. Hilling’s The Historic Architecture of Wales in 1976, there has been no other attempt at addressing the architecture of Wales as a whole,...
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The Pinecone

The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine--Antiquarian, Architect, and Visionary

by Jenny Uglow
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013

In the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, stands the strangest and most magical Victorian church in England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed, passionate, and unusual in every way. Sarah Losh is a lost Romantic genius—an antiquarian, an architect,...
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Bridges

A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans

by Judith Dupré
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017

From the best-selling author of Skyscrapers comes the much-anticipated twentieth-anniversary edition of her magnificent chronological tour of the world's most significant and eye-popping spans, now in color and bigger than ever. This visual history of the world''s landmark bridges is updated...
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by Nancy V. Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2009

Nestled on the banks of the Hudson River, Rhinebeck, New York, is a shining example of American architectural history. Lifelong resident and Town Historian Nancy Kelly scrutinizes Rhinebeck's eclectic structures, from modest cabins to Victorian estates, framed colonial homes to elaborate Beaux Arts mansions....
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One World Trade Center

Biography of the Building

by Judith Dupré
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016

The behind-the-scenes story of the most extraordinary building in the world, from the bestselling author of Skyscrapers In this groundbreaking history, bestselling author Judith Dupré chronicles the most astonishing architectural project in memory: One World Trade Center. The new World...
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by Giuseppe Marinoni, Paolo Rosselli
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 26, 2015

Casa Rustici di Terragni e Lingeri sta tornando ai suoi originali splendori. Da quando è stata dichiarata monumento nazionale nel 1992, si è risvegliata una consapevolezza orientata alla tutela. Le pietre dei pavimenti, le pareti di vetromattone, i marmi delle facciate, sono stati restaurati. Accurate...
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Mason City

Architectural Heart of the Prairie

by Roy R. Behrens
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016

“A superb study of what a stellar group of architects accomplished in the Iowa locale, not to mention the vision of the locals” (Universitas). In the early 1900s, Frank Lloyd Wright transformed a small midwestern prairie community into one of the world’s most important architectural destinations....
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by Francis X. Dolan
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2007

The most significant building project of its time, Eastern State Penitentiary was designed to reshape the mind of an inmate, rather than punish the body of one. It was believed that by keeping prisoners isolated in the chapel-like cells the inner light of their souls would emerge, leading them to discover...
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by Lora-Marie Bernard
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014

Communities have spent more than 100 years mastering the mighty Brazos River and its waterways. In the 1800s, Stephen F. Austin chose the Brazos River as the site for the first Texas colony because of its vast water and fertile soil. Within 75 years, a pumping station would herald the way for crop management....
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Gillette Castle

A History

by Erik Ofgang
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017

During his career as an actor, William Gillette portrayed world-renowned character Sherlock Holmes in more than 1,300 performances. His career as a playwright and actor afforded him the opportunity to purchase a 184-acre estate, where he also built a twenty-four-room medieval-style castle. Overlooking...
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by Katherine Anderson, Robert Duffy
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018

Perched high on the top of Hathorne Hill in what was once the village of Salem, Danvers State Insane Asylum was, for more than a century, a monument to modern psychiatry and the myriad advances in mental health treatment. From the time it opened its doors in 1878 until they were shuttered for good...
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New Bedford Mansions

Historic Tales of County Street

by Peggi Medeiros
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015

The early nineteenth century in New Bedford was a time of unimaginable wealth, intellectual ferment and artistic treasures. Prosperous whaling magnates like members of the Rotch, Morgan and Howland families commissioned the nation's finest architects to design and construct their majestic mansions....
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