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012124
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New Delhi, INTACH, 2010.
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64pBeige Spine
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A well crafted teacher's guide for study of monuments, its conservation, restoration and getting involved in protecting them for posterity.
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021471
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Bath, Grandreams Books Limited, 2004.
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43pBeige Spine
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Journey through the world famous monuments and learn about some interesting facts surrounding each.
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Buildings in the early ages
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece and Rome
Islamic and American Indian buildings
Ancient architecture in the eastern world
Magnificent ruins
Exotica
Castles and cathedrals
Cathedrals and churches
Ancient temples and mosques
More temples, churches and mosques
Modern architecture
Commercial buildings
Museums
Amusement centres
Hotels
Airports and railway stations
Domes and stadiums
Unusual buildings
Monuments
Towers and bridges
Palaces and Residences
Theatres
Popular structures
Government buildings
Skyscraper basics
Building skyscrapers
Petrona towers
Sears tower
Tallest buildings in the USA
Skyscrapers in the East
Amazing skyscrapers
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0755430948 Hb.
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022196
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Bath, Robert Frederick Ltd., 2003.
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23pBlue Spine
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100 Questions and Answers
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Find answers to some of the most intriguing questions about architecture around the world.
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Buildings in the early ages
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greek and Roman
Islamic and American Indian
Ancient Architecture in the eastern world
Castles and cathedrals
Exotica
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07555410653 Hb.
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023175
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Brighton, Ivy Kids, 2016.
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64pBlue Spine
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Discover the essential skills required on the way to becoming an architect in this innovative activity book. Architect Academy gives kids the know-how to plan and draw all sorts of structures, from bridges and schools, to parks and pyramids. Activities range from designing a residential street and your perfect play park to learning some of the math skills used by architects, how to read floor plans, and the basics of interior design. The Architect Toolbag section contains all sorts of goodies, such as Architect Task stickers to use when a challenge is completed, a pull-out poster, and press-out game cards to share with friends.
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9781782404002 Pb.
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014863
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Illinois, Raintree Publishers, 2009.
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32pCream spine
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Culture in action - Arts
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What inspired the design of the Sydney Opera House? How did the Ancient Egyptians build the pyramids? Where is the world's tallest skyscraper? Learn in depth about architecture and its different forms.
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What is architecture?
What do architects do?
Choosing a style
Making plans
Amazing buildings
Great architects
What next?
Timeline
Glossary
Find out more
Index
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9781410934031 Hb.
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021643
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London, Phaidon Press Limited, 2013.
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64pLight blue spine
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Hello. I am Speck. Come fly with me! Architecture According to Pigeons is the perfect introduction for children to the most beautiful buildings in the world and the basic principles of architecture, using a fun, lively and engaging way of learning. In this delightful book, a pigeon named Speck Lee Tailfeather reveals that pigeons are great aficionados of architecture and delivers an account of a journey around the globe with fun facts about each of the iconic buildings he visits. The book features the Colosseum, the Taj Mahal, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and dozens of other buildings from a 'bird's eye view' to delight children and parents alike.
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Canterbury Cathedral
Eiffel tower
Georges Pompidou centre
Notre-Dame de Ronchamp
Basilica de la Sagrada Familia
Ca d'Oro, Venice
St. Mark's Basilica
Rialto bridge
Doge's palace
Bridge of sighs
San Giorgio Maggiore
Colosseum
Golden gate bridge
Millau Viaduct
Tower bridge
Brooklyn bridge
Great pyramid of Giza
Taj Mahal
Great wall of China
Church of the light
Sydney Opera house
Chamber of Deputies, Secretariat, Senate, Cathedral, palace of Justice and National theatre
Shanghai world financial center
Agbar tower
Television tower
Turning torso
Big Ben
Petronas towers
Empire State building
Transamerica pyramid
Moscow State University
Burj Khalifa
Leaning tower of Pisa
Seagram building
CCTV headquarters
London bridge tower (the Shard)
Fallingwater
Chrysler building
Walt Disney concert hall
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9780714863535 Hb.
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ID:
026191
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Emeryville, Rockridge Press, 2021.
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110pPeach Spine
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A hands-on introduction to drawing and architecture for kids 8 to12. Architects play an important role in helping buildings, cities, and communities thrive. If you're interested in architecture, this book will introduce you to the most important terms and skills you'll need to know. You'll explore how ideas and drawings become real buildings and learn how architects see structures from new perspectives, including from a bird's eye view, from the inside and three-dimensionally.
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9781648760020 Pb.
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ID:
018764
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
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192pWhite Spine
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Focuses on the connections between the planning and design problems involved in some of the most awe-inspiring structures and the solutions that are finally reached.
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Bridges -
Ponte Fabricio
Iron bridge
Britannia bridge
Garabit Viaduct
Firth of Forth
Golden Gate bridge
Ponte de Normandie
Tunnels -
Two ancient tunnels
Hoosac tunnel
Thames tunnel
Holland tunnel
The channel tunnel
The big dig
Dams -
Ita dam
Hoover dam
Aswan high dam
Itaipu dam
Domes -
Pantheon
Hagia Sophia
Sehzade mosque
St. Peter's Basilica
Les Invalides
St. Paul's Cathedral
United States Capitol
Astrodome
Skyscrapers -
Reliance building
Woolworth building
Chrysler building
Empire State building
John Hancock center
World trade center
Sears tower
Citigroup center
Petronas towers
Commerzbank Frankfurt
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9780618465279 Pb.
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014834
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Illinois, Raintree Publishers, 2008.
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32pBlue Spine
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What is art?
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Your school and your home are buildings. They might not be a work of art, but were designed and built to serve a purpose. But some buildings truly are works of art, classic and beautiful or bold and modern. Find out what various types of buildings are for and what are the builders trying to show.
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Looking at buildings
Homes
Ideas from nature
Large public spaces
Celebrating an age
Materials
Old and new
Cities and their buildings
Places of power
Memorials
On the inside
Buildings all around us
Timeline
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9781410931658 Hb.
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ID:
018765
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Munich, Prestel Publishing, 2012.
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63pTeal Spine
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Filled with colourful architectural drawings and engaging texts, this history of architecture for children is a great way to introduce young readers to the subject. Children will be utterly absorbed by this journey through the history of architecture, from the earliest mud huts to today's soaring towers.
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From caves to houses: The first human architecture
The majesty of the pyramids - Great Pyramid of Giza
How Greek antiquity worked - Parthenon
Roman engineering Greek style - Colosseum
Christian and antique: Byzantine mystique - Hagia Sophia
Massive and round: Romanesque - Speyer Cathedral
Castles The architecture of war - Eltz Castle
A toast to the Gothic cathedrall - Cathedral of Chartres
The Renaissance rediscovers the past - La Rotonda
A sigh in stone - Taj Mahal
The beautiful, bulging Baroque - Palace of Versailles
Neoclassicism: Nothing more than the ancient classics! - Schauspielhaus
Gothic Revival: The latest trend from yesteryear - Westminster Palace
Practical and beautiful: Industrial buildings - Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower
Art Nouveau: Plants made of stone - Sagrada Familia
Art Deco: Graceful, soaring, and luxurious - Chrysler Building
The Bauhaus: Open, functional, and practical
A chapel and the beginnings of Brutalism - Ronchamp chapel
Art in a snail's shell - Guggenheim Museum
Spaceship architecture - Sydney Opera
Sprouting architecture - Forest Spiral
Deconstructivism: A big word for a crazy style! - Bilbao Guggenheim Museum
Dynamic architecture for swift athletes - Bird's nest
Creating blobitecture - Kunsthaus Graz
Contents note continued: Eco-architects, flood houses, and vertical gardens
Architecture in fast forward
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9783791371139 Hb.
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ID:
011400
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London, Scholastic, 1998.
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158pBlue Spine
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The Knowledge
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An eye-opener to awesome architecture and barmy buildings.
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0590198637 Pb.
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ID:
018841
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London, Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2008.
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14pBlue Spine
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Looking at famous buildings from across the ages. Each illustration opens up to reveal the building's interior as well as fascinating facts such as how they were built and their histories. Buildings include the Empire State Building, Guggenheim Museum, Himeji Castle, Versailles Palace, Blue Mosque, Notre Dame Cathedral and more.
This book contains over fifty embedded flaps.
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The Great Pyramid
The Colosseum
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque
Notre Dame Cathedral
The Palace of Versailles
Himeji Castle
The Tower of London
The Guggenheim Museum
Sydney Opera House
Towering high
More famous buildings
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97807460977 Hb.
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ID:
003027
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London, Worth Press Limited, 2003.
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30pPale Blue Spine
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Dramatic design allows at-a-glance comparison of the history of architecture throughout the world. Includes a special timeline features on skyscrapers, bridges and fortifications. Includes bibliographical encyclopedia on history's greatest architects and an illustrated glossary of architectural terms.
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1903025036 Hb.
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021147
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New York, Scholastic, 2014.
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32pRed Spine
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Discover more readers - Level 3
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Take the best vacation ever! Let's visit the most famous landmarks in the world.
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9789351032353 Pb.
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ID:
005376
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USA, Fog City Press, 1996.
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256pBrown Spine
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A tour of 100 of the world's masterpieces of architecture and engineering - from palaces and churches, to bridges and skyscrapers, monuments and homes.
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Foreword
A synthesis of form and function
Places of worship
Castles, Palaces, and forts
Centers of power
Designs for living
Learning and leisure
Transport and communications
Monuments and memorials
Index and glossary
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9781740895804 Hb.
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