Architecture
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Studio Gang: ArchitectureThe most in-depth exploration of one of the most important, innovative, and creative architecture practices working today.For the last twenty years Studio Gang, led by Jeanne Gang, has created bold, visionary architecture that engages the urgent social and environmental challenges of our time. This...
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Indigo Ghosts"Excellent.... Clare matches well-drawn characters, in particular the charismatic lead, with a head-scratching puzzle and creepy atmospherics. Imogen Robertson fans will be pleased" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review In this gripping forensic mystery set in Stuart England, Gabriel Taverner uncovers a series of shocking...
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Houston Genetic CityHouston Genetic City offers a vision for a future Houston as a global city, beyond its current petro-economy, its laissez-faire land speculation, and its notorious sprawl. The book speculates about new forms of urbanism that offer resiliency against our changing climate--from flooding to sea...
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An Anatomy of InfluenceWritten by Thomas Daniell, with a foreword by Thomas Weaver and an afterword by Peter Cook, An Anatomy of Influence contains a wealth of texts and images that together elucidate the theory and practice of 12 leading Japanese architects. Rather than the usual array...
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Renaissance Watercolours: From Dürer to Van DyckCelebrate the vibrancy of Renaissance watercolors Many of the most beautiful Renaissance portraits, botanical illustrations, and landscape paintings are watercolors. This book, published to accompany an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, presents these diverse and fragile artworks together for the first...
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Picture Book of Sunsets: For Seniors with Dementia [Full Spread Panorama Picture Books]This calming picture book offers self-empowerment, hope, and dignity to people with dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or those rehabilitating after a stroke. Share the relaxing pleasures with a loved one of flipping through high quality, colorful images of beautiful sunsets. Enjoy the complete panorama with...
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The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust LegendA young man's destined quest becomes a dance with the devil in a mesmerizing retelling of the Faust legend by the bestselling author of the Hangman's Daughter series.It's the fifteenth century and only heretics are curious about the universe.Germany, 1494. Born under a rare...
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Minimalist Ideas for Your HomeThis book explores contemporary design with exemplary case studies of homes which display innovative and practical design solutions. Flip through the pages for usable and workable tips for improving your home. Or just let yourself gather inspiration and ideas.Author: Claudia Martinez AlonsoPublisher: KoenemannPublished: 01/01/2020Pages:...
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Architecture of Bali: A Sourcebook of Traditional and Modern FormsAcclaimed landscape and architectural designer Made Wijaya draws on his photographic archives, compiled over the past 30 years, to present a visual study of Balinese architecture: its origins, elements, variations and vagaries. The book opens with an overview of Balinese architecture in its human...
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WalthariusThe Waltharius, a medieval Latin epic poem of over 1400 lines, richly retells the story of a vigorous Germanic saga in the language and style of classical and Christian Latin poetry. Walter, its hero, is a pagan warrior ready to mock his enemies and...
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The Cypro-Phoenician Pottery of the Iron AgeThis major study of Cypro-Phoenician (or Black-on-Red) pottery provides a fresh assessment of Iron Age East Mediterranean chronology, investigates the relative roles of Cyprus and Phoenicia in trade to the Aegean, and explores the ancient trade in perfumed oil.Author: SchreiberPublisher: BrillPublished: 10/31/2002Pages: 444Binding Type:...
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The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and SocietyPresents the first adequate picture of the Chinese sky of 2000 years ago. Investigating the 283 constellations, it reveals that the sky as a mirror of human society was based on the philosophy and cosmology of Han times.Author: Sun, KistemakerPublisher: BrillPublished: 02/01/1997Pages: 280Binding Type:...
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Looking for MiesA historical photograph shows a room in a steel and glass building and a man which is evidently the architect Mies van der Rohe. Only the name of the photographer is known. In a manner more usually found in detective novels, the author has...
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Le Corbusier: 5 × Unité d'Habitation: Marseille, Rezé, Berlin, Briey-En-Forêt, FirminyBetween 1945 and 1967, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) planned and built five "Unit s d'habitation" in Marseille, Rez , Berlin, Briey-en-For t and Firminy. Due to an acute shortage of housing after the war, he developed a new type of building--multifunctional blocks of flats that...
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Building Openings Construction Manual: Windows, Vents, Exterior DoorsBuilding openings provide light, ventilation and climate control for rooms. At the same time, they are essential functional and design elements of facades, enabling communication between indoor and outdoor spaces as transparent or translucent structural components. Similar to the entire building envelope, windows and...
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Nordic by Nature: Nordic Cuisine and Culinary ExcursionsNordic by Nature is emphasizing seasonality and restoring the link between food and nature, for cooking to be compatible with healthiness and sustainability. With Nordic by Nature Gestalten and Borderless Co. are going beyond what's become predictable, beyond stereotypes of the "Nordic Cuisine". Nordic...
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Ground Floor InterfaceThe W stenrot Foundation's research project Ground Floor Interface examines the role of the ground floor as a transitional area between public, urban and private residential space. This summary of their research presents an important typological study.Author: Doris ZollerPublisher: Jovis VerlagPublished: 09/30/2014Pages: 368Binding Type:...
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Otto WagnerOtto Wagner (1841-1918) is one of the most significant figures of turn-of-the-century architecture. He was associated with the Viennese Secession, a group of artists and designers headed by Gustav Klimt that initiated a departure from the conservative style of the Viennese Künstlerhaus. Wagner's visionary...
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ChipperfieldFrom Berlin to Beirut, David Chipperfield (born 1953) aspires to an architecture founded on collaboration, ideas, and excellence. His buildings are intended as physically immediate spaces in which "a sort of ordinariness" becomes remarkable, and by which the individual structure coexists with broader concepts...
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Restaurant & Bar DesignFeast your eyes: The art of hospitality design Restaurants and bars offer architects and interior designers the opportunity to design for both style and entertainment. Aesthetics and function must come together to create ambiance and conviviality in a way that not only makes a...
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