Built on Water: Floating Architecture Design, Hardcover - Lisa Baker

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Jess (Monash University, Australia) BerryIllustration(s): 48 bw illusNumber of pages: 224P...

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