- Provides an overview and contextualises the archaeology of the entire region of the Levant, spanning from the Neolithic to the Persian period - Includes contributions from leading international scholars ...

For more than four centuries, Macau was the center of Portuguese trade and culture on the South China Coast. Until the founding of Hong Kong and the opening of other ...

Stunning photographs of seven historically significant projects by the Pritzker-Prize winning architect Norman Foster celebrate three decades of magnificent work. "The history of cities is the history of change," writes ...

A great deal of research and literature has been produced on repairing concrete structures but very little aimed at conserving the character or appearance of historic examples. This volume, Concrete, ...

This volume, Roofing, looks at traditional roof coverings used on historic buildings. Many materials and systems have been used to provide roof coverings, and the book provides information about their ...

This volume, Building Environment, looks at the interaction between building materials and systems and their surroundings, and how this may lead to deterioration. It presents ways of assessing remedial treatments, ...

The architecture in Burma represents a mixture of the countys history, politics, natural assets, religion, and superstition. Despite some recent advances toward modernization, in architectural terms, centuries of relative seclusion ...

Hal Foster, author of the acclaimed Design and Crime, argues that a fusion of architecture and art is a defining feature of contemporary culture. While architects such as Zaha Hadid ...

This unique volume offers insights from renowned experts in energy efficient building from the world over, providing a multi-faceted overview of the state-of-the-art in energy efficient architecture. It opens by ...

Catálogo de la exposición celebrada en la Biblioteca Nacional del 12 de marzo al 19 de mayo de 2013. El arte mudéjar se desarrolla en los reinos cristianos de la ...

Madrid-s Forgotten Avante-Garde explores the role played by artists and intellectuals who constructed and disseminated various competing images of national identity which polarized Spanish society prior to the Civil War. ...

The Inventory is not only a catalogue of magnificence but also a key text for evaluating the successes and failures of the Tudor monarchy under Henry VIII, telling us what ...

Nel terzo centenario della morte del Gran Principe Ferdinando de' Medici (1663-1713), la Galleria degli Uffizi dedica una mostra a questo importante personaggio che fu tra i principali collezionisti e ...

This book, like the authors' previous volume on American painting materials and techniques from the colonial period to 1860, is the first overview of an important but largely unknown aspect ...

Policy analysis in Brazil is part of the International Library of Policy Analysis and is the first book to paint a comprehensive panorama of policy analysis activities in Brazil. Highlighting ...

The Greek word melancholia (literally meaning 'black bile') defines our sense of depression and black moods. Yet the little black dress is the epitome of chic and has positive meanings. ...

Dentro de la política de exposiciones que viene practicando desde hace unos años Fundación Banco Santander, en la que la exposición permanente de la Colección Santander alterna con la presentación ...

- Showcases the breadth and diversity of wreck archaeology around the coast of England from Anglo-Saxons up to 1945 - Demonstrates how these wrecks can be placed in a wider ...

- Provides a full account of the recent archaeological investigations into Silbury Hill - Reveals more about the later history of Silbury and its surrounding landscape - Discusses the management, ...

Architecture is an experience ' with the intellect and with all our senses, in motion, and in use. But in order to actually discuss and assess it with relevance, a ...