This book explores porcelain wares produced by the Reinhold Schlegelmilch Porcelain Factory [marked R. S. Prussia], of Suhl, Germany, and sold to A...

When this book first came out, in 1908, it was touted as the "largest single book of house designs ever published." Here are 252 renderings of Arts...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is a unique collection of architectural works -- the Caroline Wiess Law Building, comprising the original William...

This groundbreaking book, written by one of the foremost blues historians in the UK, is based on over 30 years' research, exploration and absolute ...

Exploring the relationship between rain -- the desert's oldest miracle -- and indigenous people of the arid and semi-arid south west, this lavishly...

Intent on realising her late husband's vision, Dorothy de Rothschild first offered to provide funding for a new building housing the Supreme Court ...

Test in English & German. The town hall in Bremen with its associated Roland statue in the market square in front of the building make up a UNE...

This book offers an entertaining and comprehensive assessment of Chandler's turbulent association with Hollywood, both as a screenwriter whose cred...

Facing the monumental issues of our time.In a 2012 performance piece, Rebecca Belmore transformed an oak tree surrounded by monuments to colonialis...

The songs in this book are a sampling of the urban folk songs of Greece during the first half of the 20th century. They are the creative expression...

Created in 1933, the Historic American Buildings Society (HABS) federal programme established the first systematic identification and documentation...

Created in 1933, the Historic American Buildings Society (HABS) federal programme established the first systematic identification and documentation...

The latest volume of Acta Hyperborea, which appeared in the late fall of 2003, includes articles, which are the revised versions of papers presente...

Camps as a global and ubiquitous mass phenomenon of the present and a flexible isolation tool for/against specific socially, politically, or ethnic...

Malcolm Forsyth (1936-2011) was a musical legend: a much-loved composer, performer, teacher, and mentor. Reflections on Malcolm Forsyth presents a ...

TEXT IN GERMAN. Architecture started to move towards Modernism around 1900 with a reform movement involving architects, art critics, humanities sch...

This collection of essays by 26 Renaissance scholars from Europe and the United States represents the outcome of an international conference which ...

What makes a garden regionally appropriate? Fifteen private gardens designed by leading landscape architects answer that question for Northern Cali...

What makes a garden regionally appropriate? Fifteen private gardens designed by leading landscape architects answer that question for arid Southern...

Text in English and German. The extensive built work of the 1925 born Reinhard Gieselmann, focussing on housing and church architecture, is charact...

On June 23, 1985, the bombing of Air India Flight 182 killed 329 people, most of them Canadians. Today this pivotal event in Canada's history is ha...

In 1977, Margaret Wood was a twenty-four-year-old living an ordinary life in Lincoln, Nebraska. That year, her life changed as she came to Abiquiu,...

Designed for California fourth grade teachers, Remembering the California Missions: A Curriculum Guide is a secondary supplement to the fourth grad...

Evoking the rich beauty of California's mission heritage in lush watercolours and insightful prose, this beautifully illustrated exploration follow...