Architecture

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Report copyright infringementby Walther Staub (Author), Hugo Brehme (Author)"Picturesque Mexico; The Country, the People and the Architecture" offers a vivid and sweeping survey of Mexico during a transformative era in its history. Through a combination of insightful commentary and stunning visual documentation, this work captures the soul of a nation defined by its dramatic landscapes, intricate colonial structures, and ancient indigenous heritage. From the bustling plazas of Mexico City to ...

The Art of Indian Asia: Its Mythology and Transformations, Volume 1 (Text)

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Report copyright infringementby Heinrich Zimmer (Author), Joseph Campbell (Editor)The first volume of a classic account of 5,000 years of Indian art The Art of Indian Asia is a unique work of scholarship and photography in two volumes (each sold separately). This is the first volume, which contains the text; the second volume contains the photographic illustrations. Together, the two volumes present a comprehensive view of Indian art, spanning from 3,000 BC to the twentieth century and an are...

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Elliott (Author)For more than 200 years, and especially since the rediscovery of ancient Egypt by Europe in the 19th century, the exotic Egyptian style in architecture has been a sign of our fascination with a civilisation that has had a long-lasting and deep-seated influence on British culture. From its fashionable success in the Regency period to its varied uses in the 20th century, Egyptian-style architecture has much to say about what ancient Egypt re...

The Art of Beekeeping Bees and Humans: A Partnership Through Time

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Report copyright infringementby Tibor Weiner Sennyey (Author)This is not a practical manual, but a book of essays at the crossroads of nature, culture, and thought.Drawing on mythology, literature, art history, and contemporary science, The Art of Beekeeping examines how bees have shaped human imagination, agriculture, and ethics for thousands of years. For Weiner Sennyey, the practice of apiculture opens a path toward ecotherapy and biophilia - a renewed love of nature grounded in attention,...

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Report copyright infringementby T. J. Cram (Author)"Report Upon the Decay and Preservation of Timber" presents a detailed exploration of methods to combat wood decay, offering insights into 19th-century practices and materials. Authored by T.J. Cram, this report delves into various treatments, including the use of creosote oil, carbolic acid, and the kyanizing process, to extend the lifespan of timber. The report references communications with A.A. Gillmore, adding professional context.Reader...

Space Age Design: Icons of the Space Age Design Movement

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Martin (Author) How the race to conquer space influenced design development. The first comprehensive overview of the designs and designers of the Space Age. With revealing insights into the overall cultural echo in architecture, fashion and culture. Using over 200 iconic and rare archive images, this authoritative volume explores the origins of the space race and its profound impact on design, architecture, fashion and culture. The launch of Sputnik in 19...

Winfield-Living in the Shadow of the Woolworths

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Report copyright infringementby Monica Randall (Author)Monica Randall grew up on the Gold Coast of Long Island and was fascinated by the massive estates and their tantalizing stories. Millionaire F. W. Woolworth built Winfield, the grandest of its manors in the 1910s. On a clear day, you can see the New York City skyline from its balustraded roof, yet for nearly a century few have been allowed to enter its gates. In the 1960s Monica was living in one of the fabled mansions built by a Five-and...

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Report copyright infringementby Alejandro Saralegui (Author), Kendell Cronstrom (Author)A portrait of an iconoclastic garden in the Hamptons where painter, poet, and self-taught horticulturist Robert Dash created an eclectic plant paradise and a literary and arts salon. During the 1960s, painter, poet, and gardener Robert Dash set out to create a haven where art and the garden existed in tandem. What began as a fallow farm field over time became a beloved public garden and Hamptons treasure ...

The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building

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Report copyright infringementby Brian Jay Jones (Author)An in-depth exploration of history of the US Capitol building and the incredible personalities who built it, full of dramatic stories and surprising facts; a powerful testament to what the Capitol has meant to generations of Americans and how it has endured.The Capitol is a unique biography of a place, encompassing architecture, history, politics, popular culture, and race in a fascinating exploration of our Capitol's secret past, one ri...

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Report copyright infringementby Maurice Gagnon (Author)For as long as I can remember, I have had a heightened awareness of my surroundings. I sensed that I saw things a bit differently from other people, and often wondered why. I started writing about special moments that have stayed with me throughout my life to better understand their influence. Along with this writing, I was surveying the many thousands of photos I have taken from different times and locations, again, in an effort to disti...

Dignity First Leadership: Developing & Driving a World-Class Sustainability Strategy

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Report copyright infringementby James F. Boyle (Author), Anna E. Whitney (Author)Dignity First Leadership: Developing & Driving a World-Class Sustainability Strategy develops and advocates for a "Dignity First" approach to leadership, particularly in addressing the urgent challenge of human-caused climate breakdown. By centering human dignity - defined as the need and capacity for constructive social meaning - in our thinking, speaking, and actions, we can more effectively tackle the clim...

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Report copyright infringementby Barry Bergdoll (Editor), Martin Bressani (Editor)An exploration of the role of graphic work in the career of one of the nineteenth century's most influential architects Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) was nineteenth-century France's most prominent architect and restorer. This groundbreaking study examines how he used drawing and printmaking as a mode of seeing and thinking and as a means to intensify relationships by capturing the vitality of historical worlds and ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kiel Moe (Author)This book puts the forest first and offers a detailed immersion into forest history, forest stand dynamics, forest ecology, forest-building carbon dynamics, and possible future forest trajectories as the pretext for thinking about timber building technics.  The specificity of regional forests suggests much about the prospect of non-extractive building design: building that tends and mends its terrestrial basis rather than takes, makes, and brea...

Software & Technology - Laws, Principles & Paradoxes: Pocket Reference

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Report copyright infringementby Quinn E. Smith (Author)In the ever-evolving landscape of software and technology, there is a delicate balance between innovation, regulation, and human impact. Laws are brief yet powerful statements that capture and predict natural or societal phenomena. These laws are universally applicable principles that describe the core properties of the world and the relationships between these properties. They serve not only as descriptive tools but also as explanatory f...

Laurent-Benoît Dewez (1731-1812), Architect in the Age of Enlightenment: Designing for Government, Church, and Court in the Southern Low Countries

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Report copyright infringementby Dirk Van De Vijver (Author)A comprehensive overview of Laurent-Benoît Dewez's architectural worksLaurent-Benoît Dewez (1731-1812), court architect to Charles of Lorraine, was the most outstanding architect of his time in the Southern Low Countries. After studying in Italy and serving in the eminent office of Robert Adam in London, Dewez developed a personal, classical style that came to embody the "Eglise Belgique" under the Austrian Habsburgs.He designed numer...

Contentious Spaces: Uncovering the Hidden Narratives of State-Socialist Built Heritage

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Report copyright infringementby Maja Babic (Editor), Tino Mager (Editor)The architectural heritage of socialist modernism and conservation in former Eastern Bloc countries.Contentious Spaces explores the heritage of state-socialist architecture and urbanism, examining the socio-political, economic, and cultural processes that shaped these developments. The articles collected in this volume investigate both the conservation and preservation of this heritage, as well as the historicisation of m...

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Report copyright infringementby Eduard Bru (Author), Eduard Bru (Essay by), Manuel Gausa (Essay by)Most books about architecture and urban environments give the impression that the world is a flat place inhabited by very rich countries and very poor countries. More complex physical and geographical realities exits, however, as well as places with middling economies. In this book, architect Eduard Bru discusses some of these places, many of which are found in southern Europe, and through them ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kazys Sumrell Robert Varnelis (Author)This first book by Architecture Urban Design Collaborative, founded by the authors, captures three moments in modern culture that offer glimpses into our increasingly perverse relationship to architecture, cities, and objects. Number of Pages: 175 Dimensions: 0.58 x 7.83 x 5.68 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 01, 2007

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Report copyright infringementby Un Studio (Author)More than the document of a remarkable project: Buy Me A Mercedes-Benz shows how various forms of expert knowledge have been combined and interwoven to finally generate an unconventional, breakthrough museum design. Providing insight into the various ideas, experiences and ambitions behind the project, this book allows visitors to take the museum home. Through photographs, diagrams, text, and drawings, this book explains the unique Mercedes mu...

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Report copyright infringementby David Andreu Bach (Author)Fantastic projects by 30 of the most relevant professionals in this field. This new addition to the "Architecture Today" series presents exciting projects from around the world. Bars, restaurants, shops and boutiques, hotels, cafes...The role that architecture plays in branding, marketing, and the ultimate success or failure of commercial ventures cannot be underestimated; indeed, the relationship between the architecture of this space...

Open: Arquitectura, Vivienda Y Ciudad Contemporanea: Teoria E Historia de Un Cambio

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Report copyright infringementby Manuel Gausa (Author)Open-ended Logic: Space-Time-Information (Composition -> Position -> Disposition) defends the new, underlying architectonic logic (spatial-temporal in conception) that has emerged within contemporary culture. In accordance with a shared terrain of inquiry, which represent a whole series of decisive experiences from the past fifteen years, this new logic could be considered a "logics of complexity." Concerned with the mapping of the co...

Super Potato Design: The Complete Works of Takashi Sugimoto, Japan's Leading Interior Designer

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Report copyright infringementby Mira Locher (Author), Takashi Sugimoto (Author)"We do not live only with clear-cut forms;rather, we exist in a world of forms that are often indistinct and vague." --Takashi Sugimoto, architect and James Beard Award-winning author Super Potato Design presents the work of internationally-renowned Japanese designer Takashi Sugimoto. After studying metal sculpture at Tokyo University of Fine Arts, Sugimoto began his career designing a series of bars and restaurant...

In the Temple of the Self: The Artist's Residence as a Total Work of Art: Europe and America 1800-1948

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Report copyright infringementby Margot Th Brandlhuber (Editor), Michael Buhrs (Editor), James Anthony (Text by (Art/Photo Books))From Louis Comfort Tiffany to Kurt Schwitters: an immersive appreciation of the home as artAs locuses of creativity, the homes of artists reflect the intellectual worlds of their creators. Starting with the Villa Stuck in Munich--the aesthetic, conceptual cosmos and life's work of the aristocratic artist Franz von Stuck--this unique volume integrates the artist's ho...

Scandi Style: Scandinavian Home Inspiration

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Report copyright infringementby Claire Bingham (Author)Home Inspiration by teNeues goes into the next round - and has never been more relevant. After all, when the world around us is in shambles, a home with a feel-good vibe is essential. For some, a pared-down aesthetic that exudes a pleasant homeliness may be the right path to well-deserved ease; for others, a cheerful riot of color is a fitting counterpart to the monochromatic daily grind. Two very different approaches that nevertheless pu...

Upgrade Your House: Rebuild, Renovate, and Reimagine Your Home

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Report copyright infringementby Gestalten (Editor)Turning an unassuming house into a desirable home requires creative vision and skillful execution but not a huge budget.Discover the art of transforming old architecture into a haven of comfort and style. This is your guide to upgrading your home without breaking the bank, as it offers a carefully curated selection of projects that showcase the best renovations, rebuilds, and extensions from private residences across the globe.At the heart of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Valentina Grande (Author), Sergio Varbella (Illustrator)The main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an idea--the school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for virtually every avant-garde artistic movement that followed. Visually arresting illustrations and engaging texts place the novel's protagonist squarely in the middle of the twentieth-century debate on the relati...

The Life of an Architect ...: ... and What He Leaves Behind

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Report copyright infringementby Mike Hermans (Author)This title is about the life of architect Archibald and his daily struggle with his office colleagues, employees, clients, contractors, civil servants, consultants, architecture critics, and other people involved in the building industry. Archibald runs an architecture office with his partner and engineer, Gerald. While Archibald is a visionary and a romantic dreamer with a tendency to idealistic and egocentric behavior, Gerald is the ratio...

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Report copyright infringementby Anupam Bansal (Author)The prolific architectural legacy of Delhi is remarkable not only for its antiquity but also its diversity. While the period of antiquity encompass various types of Hindu, Islamic and Colonial architecture, it is modern architecture that laid the foundation of post-independent development of the city. Today, the city has been engulfed by an explosion of the built environment. One has to search for the forgotten or obscure jewels of archite...

Paris Shopfronts: Illustrations of the City's Best-Loved Boutiques, Brasseries, Bars, and More

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Report copyright infringementby Joel Holland (Illustrator), Vivian Song (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Sarah Andelman (Foreword by)The illustrator behind the highly-acclaimed books NYC Storefronts, London Shopfronts, and Brooklyn Storefronts turns his eye--and pen--to the City of Light. Brimming with joie de vivre and delightful detail, this journey through Paris's neighborhoods captures two hundred intriguing storefronts that help make the city a shopper's and tourist's paradise. As in his pr...

Two Sides of the Border: Reimagining the Region

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Report copyright infringementby Tatiana Bilbao (Editor), Ayesha S. Ghosh (Editor), Nile Greenberg (Editor)What if we stopped dividing the US and Mexico, and instead saw the border as one region? This book envisions the cultural and industrial cohesion of the areaAt a moment when migration has returned as a hot-button political issue and NAFTA is being renegotiated as the USMC, political discourse has exaggerated differences on either side of the shared US/Mexico border. But what if we stopped...

Design the Home You Love: Practical Styling Advice to Make the Most of Your Space [An Interior Design Book]

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Report copyright infringementby Lee Mayer (Author), Emily Motayed (Author)From the co-founders of Havenly comes "a perfect read for anyone looking to infuse more personality and style into their space--on their own time and budget, and in their own unique way" (Rachel Zoe). "Not only do Lee and Emily unpack all their tips for creating a space that looks as good as it feels, but they do it in a way that is made for real-life application."--Bobby Berk, design expert and host of Netflix's Queer ...

Landscape Architecture Frontiers 044: Children and Urban Environments

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Report copyright infringementby Kongjian Yu (Editor), Helen Woolley (Editor), Stella Christie (Editor)Urban environments (including built, natural, and social environments) crucially impact children's physical and psychological health, particularly in cities. Now children's mentality and safety, and the freedom of traveling and playing have raised concerns in society. In this issue, trans-disciplinary discussions between scholars and practitioners in landscape architecture and environmental p...