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Historic Architecture
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More Than Concrete Blocks : Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories, Volume 3 1973-1999 : 3€30.00
More Than Concrete Blocks: Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories is a three volume series of architectural history books which are richly illustrated and written for the general reader.
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Straw, Hay & Rushes in Irish Folk Tradition€35.00
Fully illustrated history of everyday rural Irish life, based on the National Museum of Ireland’s collection of straw, hay and rushes.
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A Little History of the Future of Dublin€15.99
A Little History of the Future of Dublin is the work of Ireland's most respected commentator on the urban landscape. In the book, McDonald explores visions of the city, from the work of the Duke Ormonde to Abercrombie's Dublin of the Future, through the excesses of the Cletic Tiger, to the decisions taken in the aftermath of the property crash.
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Julia Watson. Lo-TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism€47.00
Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, this mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive. 420 pages
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Roman Architecture by Frank Sear (Author)€42.50
In this fully updated new edition, Frank Sear offers a thorough overview of the history of architecture in the Roman Empire.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities€24.00
In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written.
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Building St Paul's€11.99
Building St Paul's tells the story of the cathedral that has dominated London's skyline for 300 years and of those responsible for its construction from the time of the disastrous Great Fire to final completion in 1708.
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Kilkenny : City of Heritage€16.99
This is a history of the streetscapes and buildings that define Kilkenny itself. The fully illustrated work explores the three stages of the development of the city, through its medieval, Georgian and Victorian ages.
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At Home at Highclere : Entertaining at The Real Downton Abbey€29.99
Lady Carnarvon's love of history is richly rewarded at Highclere Castle with its mine of family records going back some 300 years. She has delved into the archives to create a book that invites you inside the Castle, past and present.
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