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Description, history and restoration record of a restored quintessential early Cape house in Provincetown, MA. Featuring a history of seven generations of ownership by the Miller family with background on commerce and change in Provincetown. Also includes detailed description of the house and property.
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Over the last half century, historic preservation has been on the rise in American cities and towns, from urban renewal and gentrification projects to painstaking restoration of Victorian homes and architectural landmarks. In this book, Nancy R. Hiller brings together individuals with distinctive styles and perspectives, to talk about their passion for preservation. They consider the meaning of place and what motivates those who work to save and care...
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This is a thorough and profusely illustrated guide to building a timber-frame house. Grounded in ancient tradition, timber-frame construction is admirably suited to fulfill today's need for durable, energy-efficient housing and other building needs. First published in 1977, this book is now in its ninth printing and is established as a classic in the field.
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Mary W. Chase died on Nantucket Island just over one hundred years ago, but she is still there, in the house she once lived in, and she wants to keep it that way--but first she must somehow contact a group of children who are interested in preserving historic homes on the island.
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These 53 magnificent drawings by a distinguished architect recapture landmarks of colonial America. Originally published in 1922, Otto Reinhold Eggers' portfolio of pencil sketches depicts historic structures in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore as well as those of smaller towns in Connecticut, Virginia, and elsewhere. Images of churches, municipal structures, homes, and other architectural gems range from the majesty of St. Paul's Chapel,...
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A comprehensive guide to the architectural history of Jamestown, New York.
New York's small cities are little-known treasure troves of American history. Among them, Jamestown stands out with a memorable and engaging cityscape highlighted by steep hills, brick streets, a remarkably intact city center, and numerous buildings of historical and architectural interest.
Peter A. Lombardi's Jamestown, New York chronicles the development of this Southern...
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El investigador nos comparte, a partir de una sólida documentación hemerobibliográfica, el registro de personajes protagónicos de esta preparatoria: sus fundadores, directores y cuerpo académico, incluso algunos salvados del olvido. Y a los que ya están en el registro de la historia nos los hace sentir vigentes, ¡vivos!.
A la calidad del texto hay que agregar lo artístico del material fotográfico y el valioso rescate de algunas imágenes...
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La Carrera de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Lima publica este quinto texto como parte de la Colección Encuentros, con el objetivo de poner en valor el trabajo de importantes figuras de la arquitectura peruana.
Esta edición es singular, ya que modifica el esquema de contenido que hemos venido trabajando en ediciones anteriores. Esto se debe a que el arquitecto José García Bryce no solo desarrolló importantes obras de arquitectura, sino también...
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Restoring a truly dilapidated historic structure is exciting but offers many challenges, as discovered by the author as he undertook to save a 1923 Tudor Revival Cotswold stone cottage. His story of the process and the final outcome tells with good detail the entire story, from acquiring the property with the help of a local restoration nonprofit to finding a buyer. In the process of bringing the cottage back to life, the author found out more about...
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This rare book invited homeowners of the Victorian era to eschew "white houses with green blinds" and join in the revolutionary trend towards colorful houses. They explain clearly how to mix primary and secondary colors to achieve such popular, mellow tones of the period as olive, russet, citrine, buff, plum, and sage. 20 color plates.
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Martello Towers Worldwide follows the history of the Martello tower from the construction of the early towers built to protect the Mediterranean shores of Spain and Italy right up to the final towers built in the United Kingdom during the First World War.
The book is illustrated with a large number of contemporary and historic photographs, drawings and plans, a very large number of which were not included in the earlier Towers of Strength. These...
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Perhaps your museum's archives have run out of space, or its public programs have outgrown their facility. Perhaps a generous donor or an energetic campaign has provided the funding for a renovation, a new wing, or a new building. Whatever the circumstances, small and midsized museums can find themselves taking on a construction project. But those responsible for seeing that it's done right-board members, museum professionals, and skilled museum volunteers-are...
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The Arab-Islamic city has been always a glamorous urban dream in human cultural memory. This is manifested in Cairo, the world's largest medieval urban system where traditional lifestyles are still implemented. Nevertheless, despite the extensive efforts to preserve Historic Cairo, it is sadly vulnerable.
Ahmed Sedky investigates the reasons behind this condition, exploring and comparing regional and international case studies. Questions such as how...
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A broad-based approach to preservation. After completing an extensive survey of preservation programs throughout the United States, authors Virginia O. Benson and Richard Klein saw the need for this comprehensive approach to historic preservation, examining where it has been and where it is going, anticipating that historic preservation must encourage collaborative projects among planning, design, and development professionals. This text focuses on...
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Vincent Scully is likely the best-known living art historian in the United States today. Until recently, he was still teaching at his alma mater, Yale University, where a wide variety of students were drawn to his undergraduate history of art and architecture courses. For years, Scully's deep engagement with the subject and his passionate presentation style have inspired his students to value these subjects. Many of them have gone on to become prominent...
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Partez à la découverte de la grotte de Bruniquel avec ce Grand Article Universalis!
La grotte de Bruniquel est localisée dans le sud-ouest de la France, dans le département du Tarn-et-Garonne. Exploré à partir de 1990, ce vaste site souterrain recèle notamment des indices d'occupation humaine...
Un ouvrage spécialement conçu pour le numérique afin d'en savoir plus sur la grotte de Bruniquel.
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Galveston Architecture: A Visual Journey is a photographic journey of the architecture and history of select 100 buildings in Galveston, Texas with photographs by World Heritage Photographer, Pino Shah, and narratives by Galveston Historical Foundation (GHF).
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In 1937, three young men, Tony Smith, Ted van Fossen and Laurence Cuneo met at the New Bauhaus in Chicago, a school headed by Lazlo Moholy-Nagy. When the school closed after a year, Smith and Cuneo joined Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship, a total learning environment that combined fine arts with architecture, with an emphasis on learning-by-doing and designing to be in harmony with nature. In 1939, Ted van Fossen received a commission to design...
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The Moroccan city of Fez, founded in the ninth century CE, is one of the most precious urban jewels of Islamic civilization. For more than 40-years, Titus Burckhardt worked, to document and preserve the artistic and architectural heritage of Fez, in particular, and Morocco, in general. These newly translated lectures, delivered while Burckhardt was living and working in Fez, explore how the historic city can be, preserved without turning it from a...
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