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A comprehensive guide to Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings open to the public-with travel itineraries and information on seventy-four sites.
Frank Lloyd Wright's groundbreaking designs, innovative construction techniques, and inviting interiors continue to astound and inspire generations of architects and design aficionados. Covering all the publicly accessible sites across the United States-plus four in Japan-Wright Sites describes the design...
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For many, the French Quarter is New Orleans, yet how much do they really know about the Vieux Carré? Truman Capote wrote, "Of all secret cities, New Orleans... is the most secretive... [Its] architecture deliberately concocted to camouflage, to mask, as at a Mardi Gras Ball, the lives of those born to live among these protective edifices."
Through striking photographs and polished prose, The Majesty of the French Quarter opens the locked door and...
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Epistemic Artefacts
A Dialogical Reflection
on Design Research in
Architecture
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Matthias Ballestrem
and Lidia Gasperoni
Architectural artefacts are negotiated as epistemic objects, an autonomous and innovative form of knowledge capable of inaugurating and institutionalising architectural research. The backbone of this publication is a dialogue between the architect Matthias Ballestrem and the philosopher and architectural theorist Lidia...
5) El Poder de la Memoria Fotográfica: Hackea tu Mente con Esta Guía de 10 Pasos. Aumenta la Retenci
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Master photographer Paul Malone captures the charm and grandeur of these palatial homes and other notable structures in the Mississippi River region between Baton Rouge and New Orleans in 156 full-color photographs, including interior views of many of them. Ornate stairways and foyers, elaborate parlors, and spectacular bedrooms complete with period furnishings reflect the prosperous and opulent lifestyle of the antebellum period.
The accompanying...
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The skill of managing design teams effectively involves combining strategic thinking, creativity, and leadership to foster teamwork, spur innovation, and produce positive results.This informative ebook deals with the ability to create a supportive work environment, encourage candid communication, and provide team members with the tools they need to succeed is the foundation of good design team management.The guide states how a manager can efficiently...
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Toy of the Year; Toy of the Century; Greatest Toy of All Time... there aren't many titles that haven't been bestowed on LEGO toys, and it's not hard to see why. From its inception in the early 1930s right up until today the LEGO Group's history is as colourful as the toys it makes. Few other playthings share the LEGO brand's creative spirit, educative benefits, resilience, quality and universal appeal. The LEGO name is now synonymous with play time,...
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Under a canopy of magnolias and live oaks, bordered by the streets of Jackson, Magazine, Louisiana, and St. Charles, spacious mansions serve as a gallery of fine architecture in a section of New Orleans known as the Garden District. Once home to a grand plantation, the property was sold and divided for residential use more than 150 years ago.
In his final work, critically acclaimed photographer Paul Malone visits forty-three picturesque landmarks...
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This is a thorough and profusely illustrated guide to building a timber-frame house. Grounded in ancient tradition, timber-frame construction is admirably suited to fulfill today's need for durable, energy-efficient housing and other building needs. First published in 1977, this book is now in its ninth printing and is established as a classic in the field.
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Feng Shui Tips: Bathroom Renovations offers you an opportunity to avoid the most common mistakes during your bathroom renovation, save money and enjoy the design process fully. Bathrooms are the most expensive and dangerous room in the house, so it's a good idea to get it right the first time!
12) María
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Más allá del rótulo "romántico" que la literatura le ha impuesto, María es la visión idealista, mas no escéptica, del amor. Es también una novela que toca de manera aguda la problemática social latinoamericana de su época, resultante del establecimiento, por parte de los terratenientes locales, del modus vivendi europeo de comienzos del siglo xix. A pesar del cambio que las formas eróticas, culturales y sociales han experimentado desde...
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A BREAKTHRU HISTORICAL NOVEL THAT BRINGS NEW DEPTH AND INSIGHT INTO THE LIFE OF THE MAN WHO IS ABOUT TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD INTO THE PARADISE MAN HAS FAILED TO EVEN COME CLOSE TO ACHIEVING.
As this is a book about Jesus, most of us will already have a pretty good idea about what we think and feel on this subject. Our knowledge may come simply from what we have heard or read as we pass through a society that is filled with information about him,...
15) Patina Farm
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A new farm home blending modern lines and materials with French antiques. When Brooke and Steve Giannetti decided to leave their suburban Santa Monica home to build a new life on a farm, they looked into themselves, and traveled to Belgium and France, for inspiration. Brooke's inviting prose combines with 200 photographs and Steve's architectural drawings to show their inspirations, their materials selections, and the enviable result of their team...
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Architecture and design may be topics too advanced for kids but they're great boosts to knowledge. It's recommended to introduce a variety of subjects to children to give them a chance to figure out their interests. Maybe your kids are into architecture and design? You'll know when you give them this book!
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The natural desire to visit places which have been the scene of memorable actions, or the abode of distinguished personages, had from a very early period drawn pious pilgrims from the east and the west to view those spots which had been hallowed by the presence of the Son of God. The toils and the dangers of the journey were unheeded, when set in comparison with the bliss of pouring forth prayer on Calvary, and bathing in the waves of Jordan, whose...
18) Pyramid
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Through concise text and richly detailed black and white illustrations we come to know the philosophy of life and death in ancient Egypt.
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A photographic tour through designers' own spaces, from a Greenwich Village town home to a Park Slope brownstone and beyond.
Designers' homes often serve as laboratories where they are free to experiment. These spaces are filled with the designer's most personal and cherished objects, furnishings, and artwork that are concentrated expressions of their style and interests. New York Design at Home profiles 27 homes and looks at how these creative professionals-among...
20) Unbuilding
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This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished.
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