The Architecture Lover S Guide To London

Author : Sian Lye
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781399001670

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The Architecture Lover’s Guide to London by Sian Lye Pdf

Since the early days as rolling hills crisscrossed with streams, London has come a long way to be one of the most exciting and innovative cities in the world. From the first Roman settlement 2000 years ago to the high tech and high rise buildings of today, the history of London is a story of experimentation, determination and triumph. A city at the cutting edge of style and fashion, rising from every fire, every attack, every setback. The Architecture Lover’s Guide to London takes a journey through history, looking at some of the most significant buildings, as well as the people who have shaped this city.

Author : Callum Moy
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-08-30
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781399035552

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The Pub Lover's Guide to London by Callum Moy Pdf

From the Roman conquest to the passing of legislation protecting the rights of LGBTQ+, the history of London is one of diversity, integration and progress - never standing still and always setting the agenda. Metropolitan London has around 7,000 public houses – an average of 25 pubs per square mile. No other capital city in the world matches this density. It’s not surprising that the London pub is such an institution at home and abroad! Pubs were part and parcel of the expansion of London – that grew to be the world’s largest city by the 1830s. Because pubs are so widespread in the capital, a pub can always be found near a place of historical significance. This book selects some key moments in the history of London, from Roman times to the modern day, and suggests a popular pub nearby to savor the moment - reliving the history with a drink in hand! The Pub Lover’s Guide to London explains the driving forces behind the most significant moments in the history of London - and the best pubs near to where history was made. In all, 52 great pubs to visit - one for each week of the year!

Author : Rachael Rowe
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-10-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781399063654

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The Science Lover's Guide to London by Rachael Rowe Pdf

Take a journey through London, discovering the unique places and people associated with all things scientific, from museums to bars, statues to plaques, each landmark has a story behind it just waiting to be discovered. London has seen many scientific discoveries and engineering feats in its history. Scientists have made their home and studied in the metropolis, while the city is a hub for medical and scientific collections displayed in quirky and engaging museums. From Michael Faraday to Rosalind Franklin and William Harvey, London’s scientists have inspired people to find out more, study, and innovate. This book takes you on an area by area journey through London to discover places and people associated with science, and even see and experience scientific phenomena. From museums and bars associated with science, and behind the scenes engineering tours, scientific genius is all over the city. Each statue and plaque has a story behind it, waiting to be discovered. This unique book can be used as a guidebook on a physical journey through London, or as a collection of intriguing and often obscure stories and information for science lovers to enjoy wherever they are. Whether you are an aspiring scientist, are home schooling, attending a conference in London, or simply love science, this book has ideas to inspire you.

Author : Ruby Boukabou
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781526779984

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The Architecture Lover's Guide to Paris by Ruby Boukabou Pdf

Discover the architectural history behind Paris’s iconic building, famous landmarks, and charming neighborhoods with this handy visual guidebook. As you stroll the streets of Paris, this informative volume will help you unlock the secrets of the city’s beguiling beauty. Covering the major landmarks as well as dozens of lesser-known architectural gems, The Architecture Lover’s Guide to Paris puts essential history and fascinating details at your fingertips. Whether you are a Paris regular or visiting for the first time, this guide will help you understand how the city acquired its unique design palette. It also offers self-guided walking tours and suggestions of some of the best hotels, restaurants, cafés, churches, parks and more. You’ll discover ancient Roman baths, 17th century mansions, Art Deco theaters, and contemporary cultural complexes. You’ll also find out where to kick back, cocktail or mock-tail in hand, with a panoramic view over the capital. Written by Ruby Boukabou, author of The Art Lover’s Guide to Paris, this book is the perfect companion for anybody intrigued by the City of Light.

Author : Chris Randall
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-10-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781399049689

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The Car Lover's Guide to London by Chris Randall Pdf

There are plenty of ways to delve into the history of a city like London, but it’s not often done through the world of the motor car. But that’s exactly what Chris Randall has done, exploring the links between the capital and its automotive past. That makes this book a somewhat unique approach to the subject, and readers will discover a fascinating history that involves some of the most famous names in motoring. Enthusiasts will certainly recognise the likes of Aston Martin, Bentley and Rolls-Royce but amongst those are names that might be less familiar today. The buildings that you’ll find within this book all exist today, which means you can see the motoring history for yourself. Some are now famous restaurants, others are offices and a few are private homes, but what they all have in common is the automobile and for those that love all things four-wheeled there are some real treasures to be found. Illustrated with photographs that show you what those places look like today, along with how some of them appeared in their motoring heyday, this is a very different look at the history of the famous city. It’s played a part in the very earliest days of the automobile’s story, and that’s something this books sets out to celebrate.

Author : Edward Jones,Christopher Woodward
Publisher : Orion
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0297831151

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A Guide to the Architecture of London by Edward Jones,Christopher Woodward Pdf

Author : Elizabeth F. Heath
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781526735805

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The Architecture Lover's Guide to Rome by Elizabeth F. Heath Pdf

An informed, photo-filled guide to “all of the essential stopping places [with] terrifically detailed information on the architectural joys of Rome.” —Books Monthly Rome’s architectural remains date as far back as the city’s founding in the 8th century BCE. The primitive settlement that began on the Palatine Hill grew over the next thousand years to the caput mundi—the capital of the world—the largest, most powerful presence in the ancient Western world. Along the way, Rome’s architectural styles, whether developed organically or appropriated from the cultures it subjugated and absorbed, were physical evidence of the politics, propaganda, and pragmatism of the times. Written for readers passionate about Rome and how its architecture is inimitably linked to its history, The Architecture Lover’s Guide to Rome is the armchair architect’s tour of the Eternal City. It provides a timeline that begins with the founding of Rome and documents its significant architectural monuments and styles through the millennia, with photos, maps and practical information for visiting.

Author : Kenneth Allinson
Publisher : Architectual Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1856178013

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London's Contemporary Architecture by Kenneth Allinson Pdf

This fifth edition is up-to-date with the best and most interesting architecture of London, from the early 1980s right up to the first years of a new millennium for the city. As the book is logically arranged by geographical area, the reader is led on a tour around the sites most worth visiting.

Author : Samantha Hardingham
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1899858083

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London by Samantha Hardingham Pdf

Author : Kenneth Allinson,Victoria Thornton
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781483278346

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Guide to London's Contemporary Architecture by Kenneth Allinson,Victoria Thornton Pdf

Guide to London's Contemporary Architecture provides a guide to the wealth of architecture completed in London. The book first offers information on the buildings located in the City of London and the Docklands. These include the Broadgate Complex, Alban Gate, Bracken House, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Queen Street offices, Girozentrale Vienna, Minster Court, Billingsgate Securities Market, Canary Wharf, Financial Times Printing Works, Isle of Dogs Neighborhood Center, Reuters Technical Services Centre, and the David Mellor building. The publication examines the structures found in the East End, West End, and north London. Discussions focus on Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, Sackler Gallery, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center, Richmond House, Clore Gallery, Lauriston Studios, Leyton Fire Station, Lisson/Bell Street galleries, Lisson Grove offices and flats, Sainsbury supermarket and housing, Crowndale Centre, Nightingale house, and the Bisterne Avenue apartments. The text takes a look at the edifices located in west London, including Richmond Riverside, Sterling Hilton Hotel, Thames Wharf Studios, St Mary's Church, Barnes, Metropolis Studios, and the Fowler/Jestico house. The publication is a dependable reference for architects and design engineers interested in the architecture of London.

Author : Pablo Bronstein
Publisher : Walther Konig Verlag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Angleška arhitektura
ISBN : 3865601731

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A Guide to Postmodern Architecture in London by Pablo Bronstein Pdf

Line drawings of postmodern buildings built in London 1970s to 1990s. A short descriptive text accompanies each illustration. Includes photographs of postmodern details.

Author : Chris Rogers
Publisher : Ivy Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 178240452X

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How to Read London by Chris Rogers Pdf

Over 2,000 years of settlement give London its unique architectural heritage. Unlike Haussmann’s Paris, neither monarch nor politician imposed their will; private ownership and enterprise shaped the city and defined its parts. Elegant West End squares and crescents hallmark the Classical townscape that emerged between 1600 and 1830, but medieval, Tudor and Victorian enclaves identified by occupation, class or guild make their own design statement, notably in the City and East End. From its renewal after the Great Fire of 1666 as a centre of commerce, culture, finance and as a railway hub, the seat of power and law, How to Read London reveals through the built environment how London’s domestic, civic and commercial landscape has evolved and adapted from imperial capital to global city.

Author : Brennen Jensen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467145763

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History Lover's Guide to Baltimore, A by Brennen Jensen Pdf

"Neither southern nor northern, Baltimore has charted its own course through the American experience. The spires of the nation's first cathedral rose into its sky, and the first blood of the Civil War fell on its streets. Here, enslaved Frederick Douglass toiled before fleeing to freedom and Billie Holiday learned to sing. Baltimore's clippers plied the seven seas, while its pioneering railroads opened the prairie West. The city that birthed "The Star-Spangled Banner" also gave us Babe Ruth and the bottle cap. This guide navigates nearly three hundred years of colorful history--from Johns Hopkins's earnest philanthropy to the raucous camp of John Waters and from modest row houses to the marbled mansions of the Gilded Age. Let local authors Brennen Jensen and Tom Chalkley introduce you to Mencken's "ancient and solid" city--]cBack cover.

Author : Ruby Boukabou
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781526794536

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The Art Lover's Guide to Barcelona by Ruby Boukabou Pdf

Unlock the secrets behind Barcelona’s artistic allure with this handy visual guidebook. Delve into the history of the Catalan capital’s most famous artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí and Antoni Tàpies, and discover today’s exciting creators working across many styles from figurative to abstract art; sculpture to urban art. Whether you’re a Barcelona regular or visiting for the first time, this guide will help you understand how the city acquired its unique and thriving art scene, as well as recommend ways to experience it more fully with a self-guided public art walking tour, museum and gallery listings and tips and suggestions of tapas bars, churches, arty day trips, art events and much more. Featuring exclusive interviews from some of Barcelona’s best artists, museum directors and curators, this book offers invaluable insider information that will lead to an authentic and unforgettable trip. You can also find out where to take an art class, a street art tour, see the best of Gaudí’s architecture and taste succulent local cuisine. Written by travel and culture reporter Ruby Boukabou (author of The Art Lover’s Guide to Paris, The Architecture Lover’s Guide to Paris & Sense in the City), this book is the perfect companion for anybody intrigued by Barcelona’s artistic pulse.

Author : Ken Allinson,Victoria Thornton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1235 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317690450

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London's Contemporary Architecture by Ken Allinson,Victoria Thornton Pdf

London is a living architectural exhibition. This tried and trusted portable guide will help you to find your way around one of the world’s most exciting cities, offering architectural experiences and insights into London’s finest contemporary architecture. features more than 400 buildings including key venues from the 2012 Olympic Park provides a superb full colour photographic record of the capital aids navigation of the city’s greatest architectural sights with a clear map-based format considers each district in turn, identifying the buildings most worthwhile visiting, and providing essential information and insights into each includes a large scale, portable, lightweight map, for use when walking the tours Jam packed with the author’s intimate architectural experience and knowledge of London’s buildings, the accompanying commentary is both lively and entertaining, providing all the information that any architectural explorer will need to appreciate and experience London’s contemporary architecture.