China: The New Creative Power in Architecture, Hardcover - Chris Van Uffelen

Reducere. The building culture of China is currently one of the most innovative and most adventurous in the world because of the bold ways architects approac...

After the Middle Ages, concrete fell into oblivion and was only rediscovered around 1700. Through constant further development and improvement, it ...

After the success of Architectural Visions, with its focus on the German speaking countries, this volume is devoted to the individual handwriting o...

DescriptionWood is nature's greatest resource, embedded in the history, culture and life of humans worldwide. And it is ingenious as building mater...

Reducere. The desire for beautiful gardens is as strong as ever. An own garden as a private oasis of well-being, but also as a place of prestige can be much ...

The purpose and primary function of wayfinding and signage design is to provide spatial orientation as quickly and clearly as possible. Respective ...

DescriptionBricks are the only non-natural building material that can look back at several thousand years of history. And as Mies van der Rhohe sta...

Product packaging is much more than just a kind of container made of glass, wood oder plastic protecting its contents: it is also the face of the p...

The transformation of China in the past three decades has been nothing short of spectacular. Now a cultural and economic player on the world stage,...

Beautiful China is the title of the Chinese government's broad policy to ensure the traditions and esthetics of Chinese culture not only survive as...

Fun Mill. The Architecture of Creative Industry in Contemporary China looks closely on transforming existing real estate by promoting creative clus...

Reducere. For his birthday, Calvin’s mother gives him two tickets to see Lomax the Magnificent (magician and hypnotist extraordinaire!). Even though Mama hin...

Reducere. In a story recounted through the daily log of Captain Allan Hope, the sailors aboard the Rita Anne become mesmerized and transformed by a mysteriou...

Reducere. "These figs are very special, " the woman whispered. "They can make your dreams come true." Thus Monsieur Bibot, the cold-hearted dentist, was give...

Reducere. The three-time Caldecott medalist tells the tale of two ants who de-cide to leave the safety of the others to venture into a danger-laden kitchen. ...

Reducere. DescriptionNew Delhi was intended to impress and to encapsulate the values of the British Empire, in other words to project 'soft' power. This book...

Reducere. A dramatic black- and- white presentation of the alphabet in which the three-time Caldecott medalist depicts a mysterious transformation of each le...

Reducere. Carmel is a microcosm of California's architectural heritage, sited at one of the most scenic meetings of land and sea in the world. Mission San Ca...

Reducere. 1986 Caldecott Medal Winner A young boy, lying awake one Christmas Eve, is welcomed aboard a magical trip to the North Pole . . . Through dark fore...

Reducere. San Luis Obispo was founded in 1772 as a mission in the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains on California's Central Coast. The city that grew fr...

Reducere. An inspired collection of short stories by an all-star cast of best-selling storytellers based on the thought-provoking illustrations in Chris Van ...

DescriptionA key symbol of globalization, containers have connected the globe for many decades, 20 or 40 feet of pure steel reduced to the essentia...

DescriptionOvercome your artist's block and explore what drives you artistically Artist and teacher Nita Leland shows how to be creative in daily l...

Have you heard it said that creatives should wait for inspiration? How about the one that says it's selling out if an artist strategizes to profit ...

Abandoned Asylums takes readers on an unrestricted visual journey inside America's abandoned state hospitals, asylums, and psychiatric facilities, ...

Reducere. When Marcus Whitney moved to Nashville in 2000, he was a college dropout with a one-year-old and a baby on the way. He waited tables and lived in a...

DescriptionAn unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to todayThroughout history, Ch...

Creative Labour provides an insight into the unique employment issues affecting workers in film, television, theatre, arts, music, radio and new me...

A beautiful and delightfully handy art book that is designed to inspire, this collection of 150 beautifully reproduced Vincent Van Gogh images make...

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An introduction to the Chinese New Year for young children, covering the holiday's history, popular traditions, and such defining symbols as the co...

Contributor(s): Author: Edgar StachIt is understood that Mies van der Rohe is one of the most important architects of the Modern movement. But how ...

DescriptionA follow-up and companion to Vincent Van Duysen Works 1989-2009, this brand new overview presents Belgian architect Van Duysen's most re...

Shoplifterexplores innovative store concepts and provides expert insights into how brands can engage with their customers in novel ways. Disrupted ...

A catalogue of one of the most prestigious architectural awards in China, focussing on cutting-edge architectural designs.Publisher: Images Publish...

DescriptionA discerning account of simmering conflict in the South China Sea and why the world can't afford to be indifferent China's rise has upse...

This collection introduces, illustrates, and advances fresh ideas about creative practice inquiry in architecture. It concerns how architects can u...

A large-scale monograph on Belgian architect and designer Vincent van Duysen's first two decades of work, featuring essays from Ilse Crawford and o...

Reducere. A 30th anniversary gift edition to celebrate Jumanji's 1982 Caldecott Award! Over thirty years ago, Peter and Judy first found the game- Jumanji -w...

Reducere. Carte castigatoare a Medaliei Caldecott Ramasi singuri acasa, Judy si Peter se plictisesc teribil. Dar odata ce descopera JUMANJI, un joc misterios...

DescriptionClaire is not your everyday practitioner of "urbex, " the modern underground passion for "urban exploration" that lures 21st-century adv...

Reducere. The lute, ch'in or guqin is one of China's oldest and most revered musical instruments. Records indicate that it has been a favourite of the litera...

DescriptionHan-centrism, a virulent form of Chinese nationalism, asserts that the Han Chinese are superior to other peoples and have a legitimate r...

Reducere. Long ago in a province in China there lived an emperor whose greatest pleasure in life was to dress in new clothes. So begins Demi's retelling of t...