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Title: Great Architecture of the World
Classification No: 72.03
ISBN: 0-86134-126-0
Accession No: 3258 , 493
Author: Editor : John Julius Norwich
Publisher: Artiste House
Published Year: 1975
No. of Pages: 288
Description: This is the story of the greatest monuments created by man, told by fourteen of the most distinguished architectural historians and abundantly illustrated with more than 800 original diagrams, annotated drawings and superb photographs. |
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Title: Jewish Tales of Holy Women
Classification No: 8-31
ISBN: 0-7879-6271-6
Accession No: 3020
Author: Buxbaum, Yitzhak
Publisher: JOSSEY-BASS
Published Year: 2002
No. of Pages: 301
Description: The tales display a specifically female Jewish spirituality, giving us a peek into a world of devotional beauty that focuses on kindness. |
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Title: Painting and Decorating
Classification No: 729.1
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Accession No: 90
Author: Arrancement
Publisher: McCARRON BIRD PTY. Limited
Published Year:
No. of Pages: 155
Description: While this manual was originally prepared for the use of trainees in Painting and Decorating under the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme, there has been a considerable demand for copies for use in State Technical Institutions, and by industry, for the training of apprentices and student in Painting and Decorating, and it is now being reprinted for these purposes. |
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Title: Memoirs of the Colombo Museum : Series A. No. 1, Bronzes from Ceylon, Chiefly in the Colombo Museum
Classification No: 739.5
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Accession No: 222
Author: Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.
Publisher: The Colombo Museum
Published Year: 1914
No. of Pages: 31
Description: The present Memoir inaugurates a new series of publications which will be issued from the Colombo Museum at irregular intervals, and which will primarily deal with the Collections of the Colombo Museum in us complete a manner as possible.
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Title: Design for Living : Public Housing Architecture in Singapore
Classification No: 728.22
ISBN: 9971-88-088-1
Accession No: 3256
Author: Housing and Development Board
Publisher: Housing and Development Board
Published Year: 1985
No. of Pages: 160
Description: As with all work done by the Housing and Development Board, This book is the result of the contributions and efforts of many people. |
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Title: Piano : Renzo Piano Building Workshop 1966 to today
Classification No: 72.037
ISBN: 978-3-8365-0322-8
Accession No: 3565
Author: Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Taschen
Published Year: 2008
No. of Pages: 528
Description: One of the great beauties of architecture is that, each time, it is like life starting all over again, Piano says. |
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Title: The New Jewelry : Trends & Tradition
Classification No: 729.1
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Accession No: 292
Author: Dormer, Peter & Turner, Ralph
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published Year: 1985
No. of Pages: 192
Description: Jewelry is a decorative art and what matters is not the words that can be coined from it, but whether or not it gives pleasure to the wearer and spectator. |
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Title: From Governor’s Pavilion to President’s Pavilion
Classification No: 725.17
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Accession No: 070
Author: Karunaratna, Nihal
Publisher: Department of Government Printing
Published Year: 1954
No. of Pages: 119
Description: This book entitled From Governor’s Pavilion to President’s Pavilion is the second publication done through the National Archives, so the Residences of the President of Sri Lanka. The first book, From Governor’s Residence to President’s House, authored by Dr. Brendon Gooneratne was published in 1981. |
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Title: In Detail Building Skins : New Enlarged Edition
Classification No: 729
ISBN: 978-3-7643-7640-6
Accession No: 3563
Author: Schittich, Christian
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published Year: 2006
No. of Pages: 198
Description: Focussing on the choice of materials and their application, the aesthetic qualities and the technical possibilities are presented in carefully selected international examples.
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Title: A J Metric Hand Book : 1
Classification No: 729
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Accession No: 60
Author: Fairweather, Leslie
Publisher: Arct. Press
Published Year: 1968
No. of Pages: 159
Description: The purpose of this publication is to offer professions engaged in planning, designing and erection of buildings some basic data set in the metric system of measurement. |
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Title: Masks of Sri Lanka and Mask and Kolam Dancing
Classification No: 688.75
ISBN: 955-98227-1-7
Accession No: 3351
Author: de. S. Manukulasooriya, R. C.
Publisher: Tharanjee Prints
Published Year: 2005
No. of Pages: 141
Description: This book contains pictures of all the masks of Sri Lanka reproduced in the book ‘MASKEN AUS CEYLON’ by Gerd Hopfner and found in the Museum for Volkerkunde : Berlin as well as the pictures of the specimens found in the Sri Lanka Collection in the National Museum. |
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Title: The Road Not Taken : A Traveler’s Guide on the Lesser Known Destinations of Grahwal and Kumaon Himalayas
Classification No: 91 (026)
ISBN: ----------
Accession No: 3253
Author: Department of Tourism, Government of Uttaranchal
Publisher: Department of Tourism, Government of Uttaranchal
Published Year: 2002
No. of Pages: 95
Description: This book is an exploration of the road less travelled. It strives to raise the curtain over the lesser known destinations in the Grahwel and Kumaon regions of the Indian State of Uttaranchal. |
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Title: Gilbert’s Living With Art
Classification No: 7.03
ISBN: 0-07-231726-4
Accession No: 3004 / 3003
Author: Getlein, Mark
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Published Year: 2002
No. of Pages: 580
Description: It offers a broad introduction to the nature, vocabulary, media, and history of art, illustrated by hundreds of examples drawn from many cultures and across many centuries. |
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Title: Interiors in Color : Creating Space, Personality and Atmosphere
Classification No: 729.1
ISBN: 0-8230-7301-7
Accession No: 134
Author: Mejetta, Mirko and Spada, Simonetta
Publisher: Whitney Library of Design
Published Year: 1983
No. of Pages: 95
Description: Whether you are an architect, interior designer or homeowner, this book will provide you with a rich collection of ideas and impressions that will stimulate you to reflect on the use of color in your surroundings and teach you to use color in a creative, imaginative way. |
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Title: Ridi Vihare : The Flowering of Kandyan Art
Classification No: 7.032.1
ISBN: 955-113-72-X
Accession No: 3321
Author: Tammita, SinhaRaja
Publisher: Stamford Lake (Pvt) Ltd
Published Year: 2006
No. of Pages: 175
Description: Known in Sinhala as the “Silver Vihare”, the shrine of Ridi Vihare has its origins during the early days of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Heir to a tradition which dates back to the early Anuradhapura period, its beginnings are shrouded in myth and legend. |
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Title: World Architecture : An Illustrated History
Classification No: 72.03
ISBN: 9780600039549
Accession No: 3261
Author: Editor : Trewin Copplestone
Publisher: Paul Hamlyn
Published Year: 1963
No. of Pages: 348
Description: Buildings that survive from the past are fossils of civilization. For certain early cultures that left no written records, or whose records have not been deciphered, monumental remains are the principal sources of information. |
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Title: Art Across Time
Classification No: 7.03
ISBN: 007-230033-7
Accession No: 3002 / 3001
Author: Adams, Laurie Schneider
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Published Year: 1999
No. of Pages: 944
Description: Multiple views of architecture and sculpture, along with plans and diagrams, create a sense of their three-dimensional reality. |
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Title: Specification Writing for Architects and Surveyors ( Fifth Edition )
Classification No: 69.003
ISBN: 258-96704-8
Accession No: 1207
Author: Willis, Arthur J. & Willis, Christopher J.
Publisher: Crosby Lockwood & Son Ltd.
Published Year: 1968
No. of Pages: 104
Description: In preparing a new edition of this of this book the first obvious decision to make was whether or not to convert measurements to metric. |
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Title: The Life and Work of an Asian Women Architect - Minnette De Silva
Classification No: 72.037
ISBN: 955-9512-00-5
Accession No: 863
Author: De Silva, Minnette ,de Vos, Ashley & Sirivardana, Susil
Publisher: Minnette De Silva (Pvt) Ltd
Published Year: 1998
No. of Pages: 344
Description: Minnette de Silva, the first Sri Lankan woman architect and the first Asian woman to be elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects, emerges as a person of intrinsic interest in this book, as much for her recollections of a time gone by, as for her strong and innovative presence. |
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Title: Architecture : World’s Greatest Buildings, History and Styles , Architects
Classification No: 72
ISBN: 978-1-40531-029-1
Accession No: 3072
Author: Jonathan Glancey
Publisher: DK London
Published Year: 2006
No. of Pages: 512
Description: Architecture is an enormous subject, plumbing the depths of ancient history while embracing the world. |
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