architecture and urban studies(38)

Antonín Raymond in Japan 1948–1976

Čapková, Helena – Kitazawa, Kōichi (eds.)

This richly illustrated publication about the post-war work of Noémi (1889–1980) and Antonín Raymond (1888–1976) presents readers with a ...

recollections of friends

Art Nouveau Prague

Wittlich, Petr

At the turn of the 20th century, Prague underwent a fundamental transformation: once again, it became a prestigious centre for the life o...

Barokní architektura v Čechách

Macek, Petr – Biegel, Richard – Bachtík, Jakub (eds.)

A group of art historians from Charles University and from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic offers a comprehensive perspecti...

Der alte Prager Judenfriedhof

Jeřábek, Lubomír

A reprint of this charming book on the history of Prague's most famous cemetery, originally published in Czech and German versions in 190...

Karolinum

Petráň, Josef

Karolinum – the focal point of Charles University, where all its faculties, teaching and research departments symbolically converge. The ...

Kostel sv. Kateřiny na Novém Městě pražském

Hugo, Robert – Mádl, Martin – Hejdová, Vaica – Hamsíková, Radana – Fiala, Vladimír – Preiss, Pavel – Šerých, Jiří – Horyna, Mojmír

This prestigious publication by a group of renowned experts led by Mojmír Horyna is the very first major monograph about this important m...

Krajinářská tvorba Jana Rudolfa Černína

Šantrůčková, Markéta

This book assesses terrain modifications and the use of natural relief when founding landscape parks, which combine the influence of the ...

Vznik a vývoj parků v Krásném Dvoře, Jemčině, Petrohradě a Chudenicích

Literatura k dějinám umění

Wittlich, Petr

This book presents a summary of the evolution of thinking about art; from the founding works originating in antiquity, through medieval t...

Vývojový přehled

Making the Most of Tomorrow

Spurný, Matěj

Most, one of the most impressive historical cities of Northern Bohemia, was destroyed in the sixties and seventies for coal mining. When ...

A Laboratory of Socialist Modernity in Czechoslovakia

Mariánský sloup na Hradčanském náměstí

Adamcová, Kateřina – Zahradník, Pavel

This monograph presents a complete "biography” of one of the most interesting and largest sculptural and architectural works erected in B...

Materializing Identities in Socialist and Post-Socialist Cities

Ira, Jaroslav – Janáč, Jiří (eds.)

This volume deals with the materialization of identity in urban space. Urban spaces played an important role in the formation of national...

Město v bouři

Biegel, Richard

This book presents the urbanistic and architectonic fates of the historical center of Prague during period when it changed from a picture...

Urbanismus a architektura historického centra Prahy 1830–1970