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Architecture
Cathedral
By Jon Cannon
Paperback
Published 19-May-2011
| RRP: | £18.99 |
| Our price: | £15.19 |
| You save: | £3.80 |
The English medieval cathedrals are one of the wonders of the world. But who made them, and why? This title presents a picture of the English cathedrals as above all products of their time, not just great architectural monuments. It is illustrated with photographs and diagrams and includes essays on various medieval cathedrals in England.
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Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain
By Owen Hatherley
Hardback
Published 22-Sep-2010
| RRP: | £17.99 |
| Our price: | £14.39 |
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Darkly humorous architectural guide to the decrepit new Britain that neoliberalism built
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Wales
By Simon Jenkins
Hardback
Published 04-Dec-2008
| RRP: | £25.00 |
| Our price: | £20.00 |
| You save: | £5.00 |
Simon Jenkins has previously written enormously successful guides to the churches and great houses of England; here he turns his attention to Wales. Using the same system of star ratings, to allow you to pick out the star attractions, he describes the architecture of the country's finest buildings county by county.
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Nikolaus Pevsner
By Susie Harries
Hardback
Published 18-Aug-2011
| RRP: | £30.00 |
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The definitive biography, based on exclusive access to diaries and personal papers, as well as the archive of Pevsner's landmark series, The Buildings of England.
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Secret Lives of Buildings
By Edward Hollis
Paperback
Published 02-Sep-2010
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Takes us from the colossal achievements of antiquity to their ersatz rebuilding in Las Vegas, telling stories about buildings and the ways they change.
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Cross Country
By Peter Ashley
Hardback
Published 11-Mar-2011
| RRP: | £24.99 |
| Our price: | £19.99 |
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In Cross Country photographer and author Peter Ashley unleashes his passion for Blightly. He takes us on an enlightening jaunt that encompasses England's most loved regions. This spans the Cotswolds, the Lake District, the North Cornwall coast and many other picturesque locations around England.
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Universe of Stone
By Philip Ball
Paperback
Published 30-Apr-2009
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Establishes Chartres Cathedral's iconic role in Europe's history: a revolution in thought embodied in stone and glass, a philosophy made concrete through the cooperation of theologians, craftsmen and engineers. This work shows us that there are other ways of seeing the world. It reveals the complex workings of the medieval mind.
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Lost City of Stoke-on-Trent
By Matthew Rice
Hardback
Published 07-Oct-2010
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Mathew Rice's detailed architectural watercolours illuminate a heartfelt, occasionally critical, and often amusing history of Stoke on Trent and the pottery industry.
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English Buildings Book
By Philip Wilkinson & Peter Ashley
Paperback
Published 20-Mar-2009
| RRP: | £25.00 |
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A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated single volume on English architecture. Arranged thematically, it describes and illustrates over 700 buildings including castles, cathedrals, country houses, shops, hotels, windmills, barns and bars.
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Animal London
By Ianthe Ruthven
Hardback
Published 29-Sep-2011
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London is full of animals. They are hidden in crumbling graveyards, daubed in canal-bank graffiti, perched atop rooftops. These animals fill London with life. This book deals with the animal artworks that give London its unique character.
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