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30-Second Architecture: The 50 Most Signicant Principles and Styles in Architecture, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Edward Denison; Jonathan Glancey
$22.99 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interiors | Series: 30 Second Ser.
The 50 most significant principles and styles in architecture, each explained in half a minute. The bestselling 30-Second series offers a new approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Every title takes a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant id ...Show more
Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
$52.00 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interiors | Series: Eyewitness Companions
Showing you what others only tell you, from airports to Ziggurats, this title explores the world's greatest buildings with fascinating illustrations that take you right to the heart of the world's landmark buildings. Featuring all major historical styles, and covering all parts of the world, it enables ...Show more
Architecture: A Visual History by Jonathan Glancey
$50.00 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interiors
Architecture tells the story of the world's most incredible buildings, from the ancient world to the present day. Take a closer look at the beautiful details, principal elements, and decorative features of every architectural style, from China's Temple of Heaven and the Great Mosque of Damascus, to the ...Show more
Architecture: A Visual History | From Prehistory to Climate Emergency by Jonathan Glancey
$48.00 NZD
Category: Home & Garden
An accessible guide to the most important and spectacular buildings on the planet, and the people behind themExplore the world's most incredible buildings, from the magnificent architecture of the ancient world to green buildings of the present day.Discover the beautiful details, principal elements, and ...Show more
Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner by Jonathan Glancey
$49.99 NZD
Category: Technology & Transport
"In Concorde, Jonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, ...Show more
Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner by Jonathan Glancey
$27.99 NZD
Category: Technology & Transport
The story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft is told here anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 to the last commercial flight in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technological leaps, daring prototypes, tightrope politics, ...Show more
Giants of Steam: The Great Men and Machines of Rail's Golden Age by Jonathan Glancey
$29.99 NZD
Category: Technology & Transport
The thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advocates of steam's glory days pushed its design and performance to remarkable limits, taking these powerful ...Show more
Giants of Steam: The Great Men and Machines of Railways' Golden Age by Jonathan Glancey
$49.99 NZD
Category: Technology & Transport
Jonathan Glancey is a lifelong steam enthusiast who has oiled, fired and driven, as well as watched and listened to, steam locomotives around the world. In Giants of Steam, he turns his enthusiastic and knowledgeable attention to the thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway ...Show more
Harrier by Jonathan Glancey
$29.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Transport
"The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopter's ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF and Royal Navy in a number of con ...Show more
Harrier: The Biography by Jonathan Glancey
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopter's ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF and Royal Navy in a number of conf ...Show more
Lost Buildings by GLANCEY Jonathan
$62.99 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interiors
Have you ever imagined wandering through the great glass galleries of the Crystal Palace or wondered why the Euston Arch demolished in 1961 is still missed? Lost Buildings a major new book by leading architectural history wirter Jonathan Glancey is a fascinating study of 100 buldings - some of which hav ...Show more
Lost Buildings by Jonathan Glancey
$107.99 NZD
Category: Self-Sufficiency
Have you ever wished that you could have seen King Solomon's mighty Temple in Jerusalem or climbed to the top of the Tower of Babel? This book gives an invitation to visit buildings long vanished or those demolished within living history, some by dim politicians, others by war or "acts of God".