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PATROCLUS KARANTINOS. Edited and introducted by ANDREAS GIACUMACATOS
THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS
44,50€40,05€QUICK VIEWThis republished, rare 1938 volume on “Papandreou Schools” of Interwar Greece, is a unique documentation of the modern Greek architecture in the 1930s, as well as of the major modernization attempt in the field of education by Venizelos government (1928-1932), with the erection of thousands of school units throughout the country. The present edition, which has a special significance for the social history, vividly showcases the modern Greek architectural contribution on the occasion of the international celebration of the 100 years since the foundation of the Bauhaus Movement in 1919.
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Dimitris Manikas. Reisezeichnungen • Travelling Drawings • Ταξιδιωτικά Σκίτσα
18,00€15,30€QUICK VIEWDimitris Manikas is an architect who studied at the Technical University of Vienna, long before the digital era. Here, however, we will not talk about an architect’s drawings or sketches, but about someone who travels with open eyes and knows how to recognize what is essential.
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GEORGE PETRIDES INTERIORS – essence méditerranéenne
55,00€44,00€QUICK VIEWThe work of the interior designer George Petrides stands out for its high aesthetics and its sophisticated tastes. In this album are presented some characteristic examples of his work from his many years’ experience in the design of domestic and office spaces in Europe, America and the Middle East.
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ALEXANDROS PAPAGEORGIOU-VENETAS
Athens
A Vision of Classicism58,30€46,64€QUICK VIEWA methodical presentation of the critical first decade (1833-1843) of modern Athens and particularly the urban-planning proposals for the new city. In the appendix material from hitherto unknown sources is presented.
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Dimitris Manikas
Architecture 1968-201239,22€31,38€QUICK VIEWThis volume presents architectural projects by Dimitris Manikas in Greece and in Vienna. His approach takes into consideration the historicity of the space and the particularities of the urban landscape. Manikas has participated in important competitions of recent years for the Greek capital and was awarded first prize for his design for the layout of Syntagma Square.
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I. Vikelas
47,70€38,16€QUICK VIEWRepresentative works from the architect’s long career, which have set their seal on contemporary Athens. Through its pages the reader can appreciate the effect of time and the changes it brings to architectural creation.
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Great Escapes
New Designs for Home Theaters by Theo Kalomirakis63,60€50,88€QUICK VIEWPrivate cinemas designed by Theo Kalomirakis that make us reminisce of 19th-century England, and old Hollywood. Cinemas housing works of art or which are works of art themselves.
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LEON A. NAR
Thessaloniki
The future of the past34,80€27,84€QUICK VIEWAn anniversary album published to celebrate the centenary of Thessaloniki’s annexation to the Greek State. Magnificent photographs capture the city’s cosmopolitan character or enhance aspects of the contemporary western megalopolis. The texts invite the reader to enjoy the city through a new prism.
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ALEXANDROS PAPAGEORGIOU-VENETAS
The Athenian Walk
and the Historic Site of Athens68,90€55,12€QUICK VIEWMore than one hundred and seventy years elapsed between the visits by 19th- and 20th-century travellers to the Acropolis and the recent creation of the Athenian Peripatos.The efforts over many decades to lay out the accesses to the Acropolis are presented in this album.
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CHRISTY PETROPOULOU, ΤHIERRY RAMADIER
Urban Geographies
Landscape and Commuting39,22€31,38€QUICK VIEWThis book explores the social construction of the relationship between commuting (everyday mobility) and urban landscape, from ecological, social and psychological perspectives. The approach combines different concepts like “urban eco-landscape”, “soundscape” (urban geography, social anthropology, cultural studies, landscape and soundscape ecology) and “identity of mobility” (sociology, environmental and social psychology).
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GEORGE PERAKIS - NIKOS SKOUTELIS
Representations of the transcendental
Α vocabulary of the metaphysical in modern architecture24,38€20,72€QUICK VIEWThis book contributes to the discussion surrounding the humanist base of the art of construction, showcasing the timeless toolbox of Architecture, that which ensured its unique autonomy.
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The adventure of a bridge
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Linking Rhion – AntirrhionQUICK VIEWThe linking of Rhion and Antirrhion was an adventure lasting many years, from the vision of Greek Prime Minister Charilaos Trikoupis to the construction of the magnificent bridge spanning the two shores. Easily readable texts, accompanied by rich photographic documentation, describe step by step this remarkable project, from the initial idea of the road connection until the moment the first vehicle crossed the bridge.