Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john r gold

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  • OLYMPIC CITIES
    JOHN R. GOLD
    The first edition of Olympic Cities, published in 2007, provided a pioneering overview of the changing relationship between cities and the modern Olympic Games. This substantially revised and much enlarged fourth edition builds on the success of its predecessors. The first of its three parts provides overviews of the urban legacy of the four component Olympic festivals: the Sum...

    $1,100.00

  • FESTIVAL CITIES
    JOHN R. GOLD / MARGARET M. GOLD
    Festivals have always been part of city life, but their relationship with their host cities has continually changed. With the rise of industrialization, they were largely considered peripheral to the course of urban affairs. Now they have become central to new ways of thinking about the challenges of economic and social change, as well as repositioning cities within competitive...

    $1,040.00

  • CITIES OF CULTURE
    JOHN R. GOLD
    City authorities in recent years have competed vigorously to gain the right to host international festivals. In doing so they are heirs to a long tradition, since cities have always served as a natural location for festivals and fairs, providing settings on a scale impossible elsewhere. Cities of Culture examines the role of the Western city as the scene of staged cultural eve...

    $1,240.00

  • LANDSCAPES OF DEFENCE
    JOHN R. GOLD / GEORGE REVILL
    This is a key text on the very topical themes of power, defence and space. Landscapes of Defence is an exciting collection of theoretical and empirical material from very well known contributors, desiged to help students understand how landscapes of defence fit in with some of the broader concepts of space, power and place to which they are introduced in the 1st year. The book ...

    $1,120.00

  • THE EXPERIENCE OF MODERNISM
    JOHN R. GOLD
    Making extensive use of information gained from in-depth interviews with architects active in the period between 1928-1953, the author provides a sympathetic understanding of the Modern Movement's architectural role in reshaping the fabric and structure of British metropolitan cities in the post-war period and traces the links between the experience of British modernists and th...

    $2,100.00

  • THE PRACTICE OF MODERNISM
    JOHN R. GOLD
    In this sequel to his widely-acclaimed book The Experience of Modernism (1997), John Gold continues his detailed enquiry into the Modern Movement's involvement in urban planning and city design. Making extensive use of information gained from hours of in-depth interviews with architects of the time, this new book examines the complex relationship between vision and subsequent p...

    $1,560.00

  • REPRESENTING THE ENVIRONMENT
    JOHN R. GOLD / GEORGE REVILL
    The development of the environmental movement has relied heavily upon written and visual imagery. Representing the Environment offers an introductory guide to representations of the environment found in the media, literature, art and everyday life encounters. Featuring case studies from Europe, the Americas and Australia, Representing the Environment provides practical guidance...

    $1,260.00