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Oxfam bookshop west bridgford this hard back book, midland railway architecture published in by the oxford publishing co, is a pictorial record of midland railway stations, written by vthe book sets out to portray, through a wealth of black & white photographs and drawings, the variety of styles encompassed in the midland railway systemthis book and its dust jacket are in good condition, and its pages are very clean and look unreadsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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This heavy book of 256 pages is crammed with over 200 photographs and contains absorbing details of all aspects of british railwayana from stations to hotels, engine sheds, bridges, viaducts and all types of construction that shaped britain's railway heritage: some of it bygone but much of it preservedprice includes postagesee specimen pages
13 €
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Judge, in mint condition, plenty of photos, of steam locomotives, and articles, of this railway companygwr railway hardback book, , a pictorial tribute to the official work of the gwr photographers, compiled by c
10 €
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Patterns of enterprise application architecture book in excellent conditioncollection from bristol
15 €
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Oxfam shop keswick 150 years of railway architecture and engineeringnumerous images, photos and engravings, colour and b/wthe contents are cleanall described and put into context, in readable detail the jacket is scratchedset out in regional chapters, and individual locations within those chapterssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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New product, only open to see the pieces, architecture book in perfect condition, all the pieces and impeccable box conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeas said, just opened to see it and it wasn't for me
155 €
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Hi there, i have managerial economics and organizational architecture book by brickley smith zimmermanthe price for the book is £5thanks ad id: delivery service consumer credit
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Several sets from early 60s all bricks are ca with modern logo 519 red - 519 white - 521 grey with original bricks + leaflet bricks unused, boxes near mint 519 white - 521 red - 521 white - 520 red empty boxes, with original wraps 520 wrap poor, rest very good three containers show cracks 519 grey - 520 black no wrap, bricks near mint one container is missing small piece 520 grey wrap only extra leaflet + architecture book extra white 4 x 2 bricks (mint) + two grey base plates 8 x 11 (good) read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
52 €
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Title: bradshaw cont railway handbkmissing information?catalogue number
30 €
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If you've been following the totally absorbing programme "the architecture the railways built" with rob bell on the yesterday channel, then you'll love this book! it has 256 pages and is heavy, crammed with over 200 photographs and contains details of all aspects of british railwayana from stations to hotels, engine sheds, bridges, viaducts and all types of construction that shaped britain's railway heritage: some of it bygone but much of it preservedprice includes packaging and receipted royal mail postage or for just £7 collect from old hall, warrington (near gulliver's world) safe distancing area providedsee specimen pages
10 €
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If you've been following the totally absorbing programme "the architecture the railways built" with rob bell on the yesterday channel, then you'll love this book! it has 256 pages and is heavy, crammed with over 200 photographs and contains details of all aspects of british railwayana from stations to hotels, engine sheds, bridges, viaducts and all types of construction that shaped britain's railway heritage: some of it bygone but much of it preservedprice includes packaging and receipted royal mail postage or for just £10 collect from old hall, warrington (near gulliver's world) safe distancing area providedsee specimen pages
13 €
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If you've been following the totally absorbing programme "the architecture the railways built" on the yesterday channel, then you'll love this book! it has 256 pages and is heavy, crammed with over 200 photographs and contains details of all aspects of british railwayana from stations to hotels, engine sheds, bridges, viaducts and all types of construction that shaped britain's railway heritage: some of it bygone but much of it preserved20 or collect from old hall, warrington (near gulliver's world) safe distancing area providedpackaging and receipted royal mail postage just £3see specimen pages
10 €
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If you've been following the totally absorbing programme "the architecture the railways built" on the yesterday channel, then you'll love this book! it has 256 pages and is heavy, crammed with over 200 photographs and contains details of all aspects of british railwayana from stations to hotels, engine sheds, bridges, viaducts and all types of construction that shaped britain's railway heritage: some of it bygone but much of it preserved35 or collect from old hall, warrington (near gulliver's world) safe distancing area providedpackaging and receipted royal mail postage just £3see specimen pages
10 €
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The book is in very good condition, with only minor bowing on the external coveroxfam bookshop lincoln this book, written in czech, looks at the early 20th century architecture in the historical centre of the city of prague the book covers buildings built from the time of the austro-hungarian empire, the first czechoslovak republic, world war 2 and the beginning of the cold war chapter 1 looks at modern architecture in stare mesto (old town), with subsequent chapters looking at nove mesto (new town), mala strana (little side), hradcany (castle district), josefov (jewish quarter) and vysehrad (upper castle) each chapter looks at a different castrate area internally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the photo illustrations clear the various buildings listed in each chapter also have at least one black and white photo includedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more suitable for those interested in early 20th century architecture, or the history of prague
9 €
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This is the most influential and most lavishly illustrated handbook of french renaissance architecturethe greatest book of architecture of the french renaissance and the most beautifully illustrated the first edition, first issue, with the two very rare unnumbered leaves at the volume's enda diminutive ex-libris to front pastedown of count giacomo manzoni (), a prominent italian book collector and bibliographerthe second volume of the architecture proposed by de l’orme at the end of the dedication and again at the end of the text, was never publishedphilibert de l’orme] a device on leaf i3v depict[s] the architect as a learned man, relying for support on serpent-twined compasses as he moves cautiously from a cave of contemplation to a palm tree symbolizing the honor of his professionin addition, this work is a major source for biographical information on de l’ormea few leaves with some early manuscript marginalia; title page with a couple of early ownership signatures inked outthe first represents the incompetent architect as a figure without hands and eyes, in a harsh landscape setting99; clouzot, philibert de l’orme, pp] the good architect, with three eyes and four hands, is speaking to a young apprentice in a garden, with classical buildings in the backgroundbound in 19thcentury quarter-vellum over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; edges giltparis: fédéric morelin the second cut [in all, a nice, genuine example of this rare work, exceptionally tall with very wide marginsillustrated with 205 large woodcuts, including 74 full-page and 7 double-page blocks; magnificent allegorical woodcut title border; large woodcut head-pieces and large floriated and grotesque woodcut initials; leaf i4 slightly taller than the rest of the text block, to accommodate a tall column woodcut, with about 2 cm section at top folded inoccasional light browning and some soiling (mainly marginal), a few minor ink smudgesfrench 16th-century books, nowithout the blank ê6 (as usual), but including 2 unnumbered leaves at the end, which are rarely present, though second leaf trimmed close to text and laid down on the final blank (without loss)manzoni’s engraved bookplate is remarkable for being "one of the smallest ever regularly used as a bookplate” manuscript acquisition note in french by marquis pierfrancesco palmucci [de pellicani], datedit is characteristic of de l’orme’s approach to his subject that he should include among the illustrations three allegorical woodcuts concerned with the figure of the architect and the philosophy of a profession for which de l’orme himself was the first french spokesmanat the end of the volume this idea is developed further in a summary of the attributes of the architect based on two full-page woodcuts on leaves eee1r and eee3r‘le premier tome de l’architecturebinding rubbed with some wear to extremitiescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefrench 16th-century books, nothe volume may be referenced as follows: mortimer, harvard college library cata second volume was planned by the author but never completedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikii, ; fowler architectpalmucci was an 18th-century italian aristocrat, jurist and antiquarian from macerata, who superintended the publication of an essay on medieval bronzes “delle tessere cavalleresche di bronzo tenute al collo” (florence, )adams l and millard french i, 105 (citing nd issue)the first and only published volumeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website355; brunet, suppleseveral minor marginal repairs not affecting text; leaf o3 with a tear slightly affecting the bottom of woodcut on verso, but without loss, repaired in blank portion of recto“de l’orme’s text systematically traces the process of building, from the choice to the smallest decorative details” (mortimer, harvard college libr355) describing the illustrations of this splendid volume, mortimer writes: “among the buildings shown in detail are the château of anet, built by de l’orme for diane de poitiers, in his capacity as royal architect to henri ii, and de l’orme’s own house in parisberliner ornamentstichkatalog ; pettegree, french vernacular books ; cfour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store” (gelli, ex libris italiani, pghis style is as much personal, as theoretical, and his comments on relations between patron and architect or on the practical problems involved in certain structures are based on his own experience
4001 €
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Today's architecture has failed the body with its long heritage of purity of form and aesthetic of cleanlinessthis book is dedicated to a future vision of the body in architecture, questioning the contemporary relationship between our human flesh and the changing architectural flesha resurgence of interest in flesh, especially in art, has led to a politics of abjection, completely changing traditional aesthetics, and is now giving light to an alternative discussion about the body in architecturein a time when a pervasive discourse about the impact of digital technologies risks turning the architectural skin ever more disembodied, this book argues for a thick embodied flesh by exploring architectural interfaces that are truly inhabitableoxfam shop castle street this is an "as new" paperback copy of the editionit seeks to challenge a common misunderstanding of skin as a flat and thin surfacedifferent concepts of flesh are investigated, not only concerning the architectural and aesthetic, but also the biological aspectsthese 'neoplasmatic' creations are identified as partly designed object and partly living material, in which the line between the natural and the artificial is progressively blurredhybrid technologies and interdisciplinary work methodologies are thus required, and lead to a revision of our current architectural practicesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe latter is materialised in form of synthetic neoplasms, which are proposed as new semi-living entities, rather than more commonly derived from scaled-up analogies between biological systems and larger scale architectural constructsthrough the analysis and design of a variety of buildings and projects, flesh is proposed as a concept that extends the meaning of skin, one of architecture's most fundamental metaphors
24 €
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The book introduces design and graphic techniques aimed to help designers increase their understanding of buildings and places through drawingby combining design theory with practical lessons in drawing, understanding architecture through drawing encourages the use of the sketchbook as a creative and critical toolthe book is highly illustrated and is an essential manual on freehand drawing techniques for students of architecture, landscape architecture, town and country planning and urban designsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford this second edition is fully revised and updated and includes new chapters on sustainability, history and archaeology, designing through drawing and drawing in architectural practicefor many, the camera has replaced the sketchbook, but here the author argues that freehand drawing as a means of analyzing and understanding buildings develops visual sensitivity and awareness of design
18 €
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Each book measures approx5 cm x 11 cm x 3 cm the titles are as follows: the rev w awdry’s railway stories (red) contains the railway series 1 – 6 the rev w awdry’s more railway stories (yellow) contains the railway series 7 – 12 the rev w awdry’s railway stories (green) contains the railway series the rev w awdry’s railway stories (blue) contains the railway series they come from a smoke and pet free homecollection from clapham, bedford, as soon as possiblethey are in extremely good condition and have been owned from newthese hardback books each have six volumes in them
10 €
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architecture de palladio (however, the book is standalonethis book is part 2 of 6 in the series "bibliothèque portative d'architecture”marbled endpaperswill be sent insuredoriginal leather with gilt-stamped spineandrea palladioplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteparis, jombert, vo75 prints complete copyfine binding, with minor wear and some minor and old restorationscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipaper is sometimes slightly brownedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
230 €
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3 rare old railway books railway mechanical engineering volumes 1 and 2very interesting book for any train enthusiastthis is a smaller book printed in and includes copies of trains illustrated magazines vol11 numbers 1-11the cover is worn but the content pages in good condition considering the age of the bookboth printed in and are ex nrm explainer library booksthe covers are worn but the pages are in good condition considering their ageall proceeds for a local charity read moretrains volume 11
35 €
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Arguably unique, certainly authoritative, this book offers a penetrative contribution to understanding the historical development in danish architectureoxfam bookshop hove in addressing the tradition, influence and what is identified as the crisis in danish architecture, the authors of this new title consider the many different typologies of architecture in the work of some 15 distinguished danish practices including: big bjarke ingels group, utzon arkitekter, wohlert arkitekter, vandkunsten, entasis, henning larsen architects and friis & moltke arkitektersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
33 €
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Arguably unique, certainly authoritative, this book offers a penetrative contribution to understanding the historical development in danish architecturein addressing the tradition, influence and what is identified as the crisis in danish architecture, the authors of this new title consider the many different typologies of architecture in the work of some 15 distinguished danish practices including: big bjarke ingels group, utzon arkitekter, wohlert arkitekter, vandkunsten, entasis, henning larsen architects and friis & moltke arkitektersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hove very good condition, appears unread
29 €
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Examining and exploring the ways in which these three dimensions interact in the design and life of buildings, this intriguing book will be of use to anyone with an interest in the theory of architecture and architecture's relationship to the cultural human environmentoxfam books & music islington architecture is often seen as the art of a thinking mind that arranges, organises and establishes relationships between the parts and the wholesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is also seen as the art of designing spaces, which we experience through movement and useconceptual ordering, spatial and social narrative are fundamental to the ways in which buildings are shaped, used and perceived
24 €
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A facinating book of the "portishead branch railway line" dated in very good conditioninteresting subject at present due to the present interest in the opening of this wonderfull scenic railway224 pages with many photographs taken over the yearsmany images and indepth detail of this branch that should reopen soon
5 €
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New railway trivia paperback for all railway enthusiasts worth £395 this handy book is a must for all railway enthusiasts & a great source of entertainment95 new paperback, in excellent condition p & p £1
2 €
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This is a facsimile of the actual book - often referred to as 'bradshaw's guide' - that inspired the 'great british railway journeys' television series, possibly the only surviving example of the editionproduced as the british railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the better off, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a britain long pastoxfam shop dumfries collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of britain in the s - bradshaw's handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophileit is an exact copy with a removable belly-bandsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
7 €
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Oxfam bookshop market harborough the architecture pop-up book - anton radevskyentertaining hands-on pop-up book for the young architectthames & hudsonfourteen clever pop-up designs of famous buildingsthe chrysler building flagpole seems reluctant to pop up; otherwise everything is in full working ordersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreneither defect is significantfirst editionglossy boards, slightly marked, one small tear to the rear hinge and one dent to the lower edge
12 €
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Oxfam shop scarborough the book is in very good condition, the only defects are small creases and dirt on the front and back cover, inside the book the pages are clean and readableforming part of a series, along with the gwr handbook, the lms handbook and the southern railway handbook, this new edition provides an authoritative and highly detailed reference of information about the lnerrenowned for its express locomotive mallard setting a world speed record (126mph) for steam locomotives that endures to this day, the london & north eastern railway was the second largest of the big four rail way companies to emerge from the grouping and also the most diverse, with its prestigious high-speed trains from kings cross balanced by an intensive suburban and commuter service from liverpool street and a high dependence on freightnoted for its cautious board and thrifty management, the lner gained a reputation for being poor but honestsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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Oxfam bookshop wanstead book and d/j in very good conditionbetween and , arts and crafts architecture proliferated within the cotswoldsthis book examines the impact of the movement on the cotswold landscape, on the survival of its building traditions and on modern attitudes to building conservationafter an introductory section which outlines the movement's origins and beliefs and its architectural principles, the main part of the book provides a guide to the general characteristics associated with arts and crafts building in the cotswoldsmost of these studies have referred to the work of architects in the region, but the subject has not received the specialist attention it deservesarts and crafts architects relished the robust vernacular precedent as it channelled their ideas and stimulated their imaginationsthe final chapter looks at the late flowering of architectural work in the region during the interwar period and beyond, and the legacy of this important body of work at a local and national levelthe range and quality of the buildings was exceptional as the region provided the perfect environment for the movement's ideals and principlessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits rational basis and dependence on craft skills had lasting value, and it was no coincidence that the most influential aspect of their work was its emphasis on conservationthere are separate chapters on the various types of new commission that were undertaken, from small and large country houses and cottages to village halls and almshouses, not to mention the numerous repair and remodelling jobs on existing buildings that had become derelict following the social and economic upheavals of industrialisationthe arts and crafts movement in the cotswolds has attracted much interest in recent decades, the appeal of the simple life and of traditional values detached from the pressures of modern society having as much allure now as it did a century ago
35 €