Australia architecture & design

This volume focusses on the mosaics and geometric designs from Ecija, the ancient Roman Astigi, the capital of the Conventus Astigitanus, which is one of four conventus iuridici that made the Roman Baetica. This work is part of a much larger study centered recently on the mosaics and the geometrical compositions of the Conventus Astgitanus, whose immediate objective pursued to cover the analysis of the musivaria of the whole of Baetica.In conjunction with the mosaics catalogue, this volume presents a catalogue of geometric designs, which are results of studies of different fields that make up ...

Universidad de Granada, España, 2014. Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Estado de conservación: Nuevo. 764 pp. La Guía de Granada de Manuel Gómez Moreno, en cuya elaboración colaboró decisivamente su hijo Manuel, tuvo en el momento de su aparición (1892) un éxito enorme, hasta el punto de que a los pocos años de su publicación, y ya agotada, había alcanzado precios altísimos en el comercio de libros viejos. A ese éxito contribuyó el que, "bajo el humilde apelativo de 'guía' se esconde una de las aportaciones más trascendentes para el conocimiento del arte granadino, una...

"This study goes beyond a formal description and esthetic analysis of house design in Mexico to offer an interpretation based on the complex network of economic, social, and cultural relations. Begins with an analysis of the indigenous home and lifestyle and continues into postrevolutionary, modern, and contemporary periods of historic transition, during which a new conception of urban space developed offering greater possibilities for individual expression. Contains many b/w plates of colonial city plans, 19th-century plans and photographs, and 20th-century photographs up to the...

"Study of the work of architect Enrique Triana (b. Colombia) who began his work in the 1955. Triana has created some of the most noted buildings in Bogotá that include: Edificio Gibson and the Art Museum of the Banco de la República"--Provided by vendor.