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Winnipeg, metropolis of the west : a series of views illustrating the Chicago of Canada as it appears to-day, showing its most recent architecture, including the Union Bank, C.P.R. Depot, Carnegie Library, etc., etc. ; views also of its parks, its churches, its schools and other points of interest.Author: Classic Public Domain
Sketches From Nipal, Historical And Descriptive, With Anecdotes Of The Court Life And Wild Sports Of The Country In The Time Of Maharaja Jang Bahadur, G. C. B. Vol. 1 (1880) To Which Is Added An Essay On Nipalese Buddhism And Illustrations Of Religious Monuments, Architecture And Scenery From The Authors Own DrawingsAuthor: Oldfield, Henry Ambrose
Catalogue of the Annual Architectural Exhibition, 1899-1900Author: T Square Club (Philadelphia, Pa.), Pa T Square Club (Philadelphia, T Square Club, (Philadelphia)., Claude Fayette Bragdon
Gothic architecture selected from various ancient edifices in EnglandAuthor: ['Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832', 'Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852', 'Pugh, Augustus Charles, 1762-1832. Specimens of Gothic architecture', 'Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832. Examples of Gothic architecture']
The Architectonics of modern architecture : an aid in the solutions of architectural problems with 895 engravings on woodAuthor: Redtenbacher, Rudolf, author
The aesthetic unity of the fine arts, more especially in relation to architecture [microform] : paper read by Hamilton MacCarthy, R.C. A., sculptor, at the convention of the Ontario Association of Architects held in Toronto, January, 1895, and also at the Canadian Institute, Toronto, February, 1895Author: MacCarthy, Hamilton, 1847-1939
Colonial architecture for those about to build; being the best examples, domestic, municipal and institutional, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, with observations upon the local building art of the eighteenth centuryAuthor: ['Wise, Herbert Clifton, 1873-', 'Beidleman, Henry Ferdinand, 1872- joint author']
The Grecian, Roman, and gothic architecture, considered as applicable to public and private buildings, in this country : to which are added, some remarks on ornamental landscape, designed to recommend, and to introduce a more correct taste into the residences of the nobility and gentry of Great BritainAuthor: Fox, William, Jr
The Art of the world illustrated in the paintings, statuary, and architecture of the World's Columbian Exposition with Goupil water-color facsimiles, photogravures, and many smaller platesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Art of the world illustrated in the paintings, statuary, and architecture of the World's Columbian Exposition with Goupil water-color facsimiles, photogravures, and many smaller platesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The principles of architecture, containing the fundamental rules of the art, in geometry, arithmetic, & mensuration, with the application of those rules to practice, the true method of drawing the ichnography and orthography of objects, geometrical rules for shadows, also the five orders of architecture : with a great variety of beautiful examples, selected from the antique, and many useful and elegant ornaments, with rules for projecting themAuthor: ['Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844', 'Lowry, Wilson, 1762-1824', 'Barfield, John, active 1790-1842', 'Gardiner, Thomas, active 1797-1845']
The architecture of the renaissance in Tuscany, illustrating the most important churches, palaces, villas and monuments, [v. 1,-2]Author: Stegmann, Carl (Carl Martin), Ritter von, 1832-1895
The carpenter's assistant : containing a succinct account of Egyptian, Grecian and Roman architecture. Also, a description of the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and composite orders; together with specifications, practical rules and tables for carpenters, and a glossary of architectural terms. Embellished with upwards of 200 plates of plans, elevations, details, and practical stair-buildingAuthor: ['Brown, William, architect', 'Joy, Lewis E']
An historical description of ancient and modern Rome : also of the works of art, particularly in architecture, sculpture, and painting : to which are added, a tour through the cities and towns in the environs of that metropolis, and an account of the antiquities found at Gabia : carefully collated with the best authoritiesAuthor: ['Salmon, J', 'Byrne, William, 1743-1805', 'Gosnell, Samuel']
Architecture moderne, ou, L'art de bien bΓ’tir pour toutes sortes de personnes : tant pour les maisons des particuliers que pour les palaisAuthor: ['Jombert, Claude', 'Briseux, Charles EΜtienne, -1754', 'Tiercelet, Gilles', 'Courtonne, Jean, 1671-1739', 'Papillon, Jean-Michel, 1698-1776', 'Lucas, Claude, active 18th century']
Architecture toscane : palais, maisons, eΜglises et autres eΜdifices publics et priveΜs, principalement des XVe, XVIe et XVIIe sieΜclesAuthor: Grandjean de Montigny, Auguste Henri Victor, 1776-1850
City and suburban architecture : containing numerous designs and details for public edifices, private residences, and mercantile buildingsAuthor: Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884
L'art architectural, deΜcoratif, industriel et somptuaire de l'eΜpoque Louis XVI : recueil de trois cents planches ineΜdites d'apreΜs les estampes originales tireΜes du cabinet de la BibliotheΜque royale de Belgique et de la collection de l'auteur, avec texte historique, descriptif et critique, suivi de notices biographiques des architectes, deΜcorateurs et artistes industriels de la seconde moitieΜ du XVIIIe sieΜcleAuthor: Schoy, Auguste, 1838-1885
Palaces and courts of the exposition ; a handbook of the architecture, sculpture and mural paintings with special reference to the symbolismAuthor: ['James, Juliet, b. 1864', 'Taylor, Nash & Taylor. (1915) bkp CU-BANC', 'Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947']
The architecture of the heavens [microform] : containing a new theory of the universe and the extent of the deluge, and testimony of the Bible and geology in opposition to the views of Dr. ColensoAuthor: Wiggins, Ezekiel S. (Ezekiel Stone), 1839-1911
Cyclopedia of literature and the fine arts; comprising complete and accurate definitions of all terms employed in belles-lettres, philosophy, theology, law, mythology, painting, music, sculpture, architecture, and all kindred artsAuthor: ['Ripley, George, 1802-1880', 'Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878']
The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturistsAuthor: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954
Architectural sketching and drawing in perspective, with thirty-six plates, illustrating the drawing of architectural details and sketching to scale; including chapters on the plan and measuring point methods, the simplification of perspective by R.'s method, and on figures, foliage, &c.Author: Roberts, H.W
Renaissance architecture and ornament in Spain : a series of examples selected from the purest works executed between the years 1500-1560, measured and drawn, together with short descriptive textAuthor: Prentice, Andrew Noble
Shakespeare's church, otherwise the collegiate church of the Holy Trinity of Stratford-upon-Avon; an architectural and ecclesiastical history of the fabric and its ornamentsAuthor: ['Bloom, J. Harvey (James Harvey), b. 1860', 'Peach, L. C. Keighly, illus']
London afternoons; chapters on the social life, architecture, and records of the great city and its neighbourhoodAuthor: Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839-1911
Harvard engineering journal : devoted to the interests of engineering and architecture at Harvard UniversityAuthor: ['Harvard Engineering Society', 'Association of Harvard Engineers']
Country architecture in France and England ..... : XV. and XVI. centuries : in five parts, completeAuthor: ['Arnold, C. D. (Charles Dudley), b. 1844', 'Higinbotham, H. D', 'Stewardson, E. A']
Elements of form & design in classic architecture : shown in exterior & interior motives collated from fine buildings of all time on one hundred platesAuthor: Stratton, Arthur, 1872-1955
Historical and descriptive essays accompanying a series of engraved specimens of the architectural antiquities of NormandyAuthor: ['Britton, John, 1771-1857', 'Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832', 'Le Keux, John, 1783-1846', 'Le Keux, Henry, 1787-1868']
Garden architecture and landscape gardening, illustrating the architectural embellishment of gardens, with remarks on landscape gardening in its relation to architetureAuthor: Hughes, John Arthur
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Subjects inside the collection
Architectural history
Ornament and pattern
Measured design
A selection of included titles
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales β Winkles, Benjamin
the white pine series of architectural monographs
Winnipeg, metropolis of the west : a series of views illustrating the Chicago of Canada as it appears to-day, showing its most recent architecture, including the Union Bank, C.P.R. Depot, Carnegie Library, etc., etc. ; views also of its parks, its churches, its schools and other points of interest.
The American Architect and Architecture 1898-07-23: Vol 61 Iss 1178
Westminster Abbey Its Architecture History And Monuments Vol II β Helen Marshall Pratt
Architectural Record, August 1911
Architectural Record, December 1911
Architectural Record, February 1912
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