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Answers some important questions about Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka's pre-eminent architect, and his legacy. This book offers a site-by-site tour of 45 of his buildings scatterd throughout Sri Lanka, many are considered "pilgrimage sites" by up-and-coming architects, designers and lay people interested in his extraordinary and enduring talent.

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The West End musicals, Ronnie Scott's jazz club, Abbey Road, mod culture, the Kinks, the Who and the Rolling Stones are just as much a part of London as the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and the Routemaster. This book charts the city's music history and landmarks and may appeal to residents, visitors and exiles alike.

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(Hardback)

The conquering by the Persian Safavid dynasty in 1502 ushered in the golden age for today's Iranian city of Isfahan - the city whose name is not without reason translated as 'The Pearl of the Orient'. This title presents the masterworks of Persian architecture and horticulture from the 16th to 18th centuries.

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(Hardback)

"Magisterial and critical study of city design in the Global South, tracing the historical, economic, political, and ideological forces influencing development up to the present"--

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Writings by exhibition maker and writer Jens Hoffmann, charting a highly unique curatorial trajectory.

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Artists and critics explore the concept of Real Abstraction to help understand contemporary cultural production.

(Hardback)

In over 170 duotone images, this title exposes an inside view of a world seen by very few people in the West. Focusing on the resurgence of Islam everywhere on the planet since September 2001, it includes pictures that swell with the undercurrents of global disturbance, uncertainty and threat.

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An examination of the controversial plays of British Theatre in the 1990s.

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(Paperback)

Fully covering CIDA accreditation standards, this text shows how an inclusive approach to residential, commercial, product design and technology creates accessible and aesthetically pleasing environments for everyone to use together.

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(Hardback, Revised edition)

This beautiful reprint illustrates the V&A's unrivalled collection of South Asian sculpture, putting Indian temple sculpture in its context as an instrument of worship intended to embody powerful religious experience.

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A survey of textiles from every region of the Indian subcontinent that runs the gamut of commercial, tribal and folk textiles. It first places them in cultural context by examining the history, materials and various techniques weaving, dyeing, printing and painting. It then gives a region-by-region account of traditional textile production.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

In this text, Native Canadians address the historical injustice, while offering hope for the future. Eight writers and 19 visual artists respond to the 500th Anniversary of Columbus's landfall in the Americas, offering counterpoint to the inaccurate theme of "discovery".

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(Hardback)

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(Hardback)

Industrial-style furniture is in fashion bistro tables and chairs, lockers, mail sorting racks and jointed lamps are all common elements in interior design. In this book, the author tells us the story behind fifty European and American objects that have made the transition from factories to our livings rooms and become cult furniture.

(Hardback)

The first photo book by the Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking Year in Space. Through the photos Kelly took during his time in space, we can learn to see the world in a new way and we are afforded a glimpse into a life that most of us will never encounter but of which many of us dream.

(Paperback)

An art-historical reassessment of information-based art and exhibition curation, from 1960s conceptualism to current digital and network-based practices.

(Paperback, Revised Edition)

Information Design Workbook, Revised and Updated provides an up-to-date guide on creating visually compelling and useful graphics.