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Constructing Staircases, Balustrades & Landings

2000 Architecture
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Release : 2000
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Book Synopsis Constructing Staircases, Balustrades & Landings by : William Perkins Spence

Download or read book Constructing Staircases, Balustrades & Landings written by William Perkins Spence. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This [book] is the first one that I can recall that deals exclusively with this single subject, and does so with such thoroughness. Its 10 chapters cover all the essentials, ...many color photos and drawings...explain and expand on the text. It offers great value for the price."--"Wood Design & Building."

Staircases

2013-10-29 Architecture
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Release : 2013-10-29
Genre : Architecture
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Download or read book Staircases written by . This book was released on 2013-10-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume showcases the astonishing diversity of staircases over the centuries, from the stepped pyramids of the Maya to the exquisitely proportioned stairs of the Renaissance, to the elaborate balustraded confections of the Baroque period, to the computer-aided designs of today. A dazzling range of photographs, many specially taken for this book, illustrates chronologically ordered essays. Among the scores of featured staircases are Michelangelo's double stair at the Palazzo dei Senatori on the Capitoline Hill in Rome; the double-spiral stair at Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley; the entrance stair in the Winter Palace (now the Hermitage) in St Petersburg; the radical spiral ramp of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum; and the exterior stair at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. The authors also explore the magical and symbolic meanings of the staircase. Powerful emblems of technological and artistic achievement, these staircases are inherently dynamic, as is every page of this illustrated book.

Staircases

2001 Architecture
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Release : 2001
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Book Synopsis Staircases by : Eva Jiricna

Download or read book Staircases written by Eva Jiricna. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staircases are one of the most intriguing of architectural elements as well as engineering miracles. This guide showcases 50 brilliant staircase designs by today's leading architects, in locations ranging from a private home in Finland to a Chicago apartment building.

The Portland Stairs Book

2010-01-01 Travel
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Release : 2010-01-01
Genre : Travel
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Book Synopsis The Portland Stairs Book by : Laura O. Foster

Download or read book The Portland Stairs Book written by Laura O. Foster. This book was released on 2010-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portland has 196 public staircases, an irresistible asset to this pedestrian-friendly city. In The Portland Stairs Book, Portland's walking guru Laura Foster has gathered the best and most interesting in a handy pocket-sized guide. From Mount Tabor's epic 282 steps to the glass cupola atop 115 steps in Pioneer Courthouse, The Portland Stairs Book features details on twenty outdoor stairs that have amazing stories and something unique to offer an urban explorer. The stairs include the Willamette River Bridge Stairs, The Westover Terraces Steps, and Rocky Butte's Grand Staircase. The book also features indoor stairs that are perfect for a rainy Portland day and five Stair Trails that lead readers on urban treks that contain hundreds of steps in five different areas of town.

Secret Stairs

2010-04-01 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2010-04-01
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Synopsis Secret Stairs by : Charles Fleming

Download or read book Secret Stairs written by Charles Fleming. This book was released on 2010-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing walks and detailed maps from throughout the city, Secret Stairs highlights the charms and quirks of a unique feature of the Los Angeles landscape, and chronicles the geographical, architectural, and historical aspects of the city’s staircases, as well as of the neighborhoods in which the steps are located. From strolling through the classic La Loma neighborhood in Pasadena to walking the Sunset Junction Loop in Silver Lake, to taking the Beachwood Canyon hike through “Hollywoodland” to enjoying the magnificent ocean views from the Castellammare district in Pacific Palisades, Secret Stairs takes you on a tour of the staircases all across the City of Angels. The circular walks, rated for duration and difficulty, deliver tales of historic homes and their fascinating inhabitants, bits of unusual local trivia, and stories of the neighborhoods surrounding the stairs. That’s where William Faulkner was living when he wrote the screenplay for To Have and Have Not; that house was designed by Neutra; over there is a Schindler; that’s where Woody Guthrie lived, where Anais Nin died, and where Thelma Todd was murdered . . . Despite the fact that one of these staircases starred in an Oscar-winning short film—Laurel and Hardy’s The Music Box, from 1932—these civic treasures have been virtually unknown to most of the city’s residents and visitors. Now, Secret Stairs puts these hidden stairways back on the map, while introducing urban hikers to exciting new “trails” all around the city of Los Angeles.

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