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ICELAND AND ARCHITECTURE?.
Author: Schmal, Peter Cachola
Country: Germany
Language: English
Year Published: 2011
No. of pages: 255
Illustrations: 75 Color Illustrations. 14 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 7”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9783868591743
Biblio/Bio: Bios.
Code: 7053
Price: $79.50
Until comparatively recently, Iceland’s architecture was determined by the lack of native trees on the island, which led to extraordinary clay structures covered in turf. With the invention of concrete, further stylistic leaps occurred--and again when Iceland briefly became one of Europe’s richest countries. This volume surveys Iceland’s unique conditions for architecture.
ILLUSTRERET BYGGE ORDBOG.
Author: Hovmand, Ulrik A
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 192
Illustrations: 1400 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 12”x 10”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 8798703404
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 3853
Price: $99.50
This reference guide, with detailed illustrations, is arranged alphabetically to quickly find phrases and building concepts. The idea for this book sprang out of the fact that many use the building trade’s special phrases but no one is quite a master of them. This guide focuses on single family homes and the types of typical projects one would have in a home. Includes for instance many different foundations, fireplaces, ceilings, fittings and gutters decorative and functional, chimneys and much more - an intriguing book full of ideas for the building trade and the architect. There is also a comprehensive index of over 3,200 building terms and materials.
IN SITU AN ARCHITECTURAL MEMOIR FROM SRI LANKA.
Author: Plesner, Ulrik
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2012
No. of pages: 451
Illustrations: 27 Color Illustrations. 149 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 7”
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 9788791984211
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 6797
Price: $250.00
How Ulrik Plesner and Geoffrey Bawa with a spirited group of architects, artists, crafsmen created a new architecture for Sri Lanka based on a fruitful fusion between western, colonial and local building traditions.
JACOBSEN, ARNE Catalogue Raisonne.
Author: Carsten Thau and Kjeld Vindum
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 2001
No. of pages: 560
Illustrations: 294 Color Illustrations. 950 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound w/ jacket
Size: 12”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 7.00
ISBN: 8774072307
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl. Bio.
Code: 3276
Price: $275.00
Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971) is one of the greatest architects of the 20th century. This richly illustrated catalogue raisonne includes a description of his personal as well as his professional life, his sources of inspiration and an analysis of his work. All his commissions are illustrated in addition to renderings of all proposals. In this book, the most comprehensie written about Jacobsen, we receive an overview of his furniture design, including the Swan, the Egg and the Ant chairs, his designs of light, bathroom and kitchen fixtures. Jacobsen’s national as well as international commissions include Aarhus City Hall, the Administration building for HEW in Hamburg, the Danish National Bank, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University, England, Royal Hotel and airline transit hall, Copenhagen and many more beautiful buildings in addition to many exquisite residences. A true modernist of the highest caliber. Includes elevations and plans.
JACOBSEN, ARNE. Danske Designere (Danish Designers)
Author: Tøjner, Poul Erik
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 2002
No. of pages: 84
Illustrations: 65 Color Illustrations. 68 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8761732788
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index. Bio.
Code: 4974
Price: $75.00
A biographical look at the design and production of the applied arts by Arne Jacobsen, focusing especially on the striking designs of his chairs and lamps, including the egg and swan chairs. You will also find a clock, candleholders, bathroom accessories, intriguing ash trays, one to hang on the wall and another combined with a candleholder. Fully illustrated with great detail to descriptions of his designs.