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Chinese Earth-Sheltered Dwellings. Indigenous Lessons for Modern Urban Design.
GOLANY, GIDEON. Stock ID: 65814 Maps, black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, figures, tables, appendices, bibliography, index, xx +179pp. Minor bumping corners of book and dustjacket. "Based on extensive field work and a wide range of published materials, this fascinating book is the first comprehensive study of [below-ground habitats (yaodong) that today house some forty million Chinese], introducing the reader not only to a unique class of dwelling but also to the culture of its inhabitants. Its clearly written text and excellent illustrations present a wealth of material on an important type of vernacular housing and respond to the increasing international interest in the development of modern, sophisticated methods for creating earth-sheltered space usage." (Publisher's description). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 65814) ... more |
AU$48.00 |
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Colour Decoration in Mughal Architecture.
NATH, R. Stock ID: 68990 4 colour plates, black and white plates, 82pp, glossary, bibliography, index, quarto, bookseller's stamp at foot of front free endpaper, cloth a trifle marked. Discusses glazed tile decoration, mosaic, inlay and glass mosaic and stucco and architectural painting. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 68990) ... more |
AU$30.00 |
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Les Monuments Khmers du Style du Bayon et Jayavarman VII.
STERN, PHILIPPE. Stock ID: 123505 15 black and white plans, 211 black and white photographic illustrations, 267pp, original wrappers trifle worn and marked, tear along lower joint of spine, quarto. Good copy. French text. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 123505) ... more |
AU$135.00 |
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Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize.
YIP, L, M.K. KAMSAH AND S. BLEACKLEY (ED). Stock ID: 48535 Volume II. Many photo illustrations, plans, diagrams and line illustrations, xi + 82pp, oblong octavo, paperback. This book is the result of the second year of the Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize which was first launched in February 1996. The purpose of the prize is to stimulate students' awareness of the need to conserve Malaysian architectural heritage and to encourage research and writings on various aspects of their conservation and preservation. This volume contains the edited winning entry and the summaries of three submissions chosen for honorary mention. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 48535) ... more |
AU$60.00 |
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Mubin Sheppard.
RASDI, MOHAMAD TAJUDDIN MOHAMAD (ED). Stock ID: 48529 Volume I: Memorial Prize. Two folding elevation diagrams, many photo illustrations, plans, diagrams and line illustrations, ix + 53pp, oblong octavo. This book describes the work of the Badan Warisan Malaysia on the Mebin Sheppard Memorial Prize which was launched in February 1996. The purpose of the prize is to stimulate students' awareness of the need to conserve Malaysian architectural heritage and to encourage research and writings on various aspects of their conservation and preservation. The four studies chosen cover a Peranakan house in Malacca, a secondary school in Kuala Lumpur, a colonial town house in Penang and a conservation area in Malacca. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 48529) ... more |
AU$50.00 |
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Seen. Architectural Forms of Northern Siam and Old Siamese Fortifications.
SUMET JUMSAI. Stock ID: 69595 Map, sketch plans, profusely illustrated with full page black and white photographic plates, 200pp, notes, quarto, dustjacket. Endpapers lightly browned, dustjacket little browned with some closed tears which have been repaired on reverse with tape, head of dustjacket torn with loss. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 69595) ... more |
AU$85.00 |
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Samutphap sathapattayakam Krung Rattanakosin. Also titled The Architectural pictures of Rattanakosin.
[THAI ARCHITECTURE]. Stock ID: 132111 Plans, generously illustrated with many monotone and colour photographic plates. 399, 103 pp., [11] pp. Hardback in trifle worn dustjacket with a slightly faded spine. Square quarto. Illustrated history of Thai architecture during Bangkok period. Text in Thailand and English. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 132111) ... more |
AU$75.00 |
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Buddhist Temples of Thailand. A Visual Journey Through Thailand's 40 Most Historic Wats.
CUMMINGS, JOE. Stock ID: 132403 Colour photographic illustrations, 256 pages, dustjacket. Profiling 40 of the most significant temples (or wats) across Thailand, this book is the first illustrated title to cover major temples in every region of the country. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 132403) ... more |
AU$59.95 |
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The Planter's Bungalow. A Journey Down the Malay Peninsula.
JENKINS, PETER AND WAVENEY. Stock ID: 119319 Colour photographic illustrations, 167pp, bibliography, index, square quarto, dustjacket. Travel through the plantations of peninsula Malaysia with authors Peter and Waveney Jenkins as they visit the architecturally diverse estate bungalows that housed generations of managers and their families through some of the country's toughest times. Over 200 bungalows are featured in this lavishly illustrated volume, complemented by interviews with key individuals involved in the plantation industry and the estates themselves, with some of the illustrations featuring photographs taken by planting pioneers. This travelogue-style book is filled with insightful and often humorous anecdotes on plantation life in the colonial era alongside a review of the development of the planter's bungalow by eminent architectural historian Chen Voon Fee. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 119319) ... more |
AU$65.00 |