Elizabeth Scheu Close: A Life in Modern Architecture, Hardcover - Jane King Hession

An in-depth account of the life and career of Minnesota's first modern architect Elizabeth "Lisl" Scheu Close (1912-2011) left an indelible mark on...

DescriptionCombining a fascinating, thought-provoking and - above all - readable text with over 800 photographs, plans, and sections, this exciting...

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Contributor(s): Author: Jan GehlAuthor: Birgitte SvarreHow do we accommodate a growing urban population in a way that is sustainable, equitable, an...

First published in 2006 (and now rare), and originally written as a dissertation in 1963, The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture is the acclaimed ...

A unique insight into a celebrated cricketer who scored 100 hundreds and whose career spanned seven decades of profound changePublisher: The Histor...

Publisher: RidinghouseAuthor(s): Dr. Penelope CurtisIllustration(s): 8 colour, 60 b&w illustrationsNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2006Dimens...

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Bathsheba, a beautiful Weather Witch, lives with her cat, Cobweb, on top of a high mountain near the village of Sunnyville. Her life is peaceful un...

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its initial publication, this special edition of Jane Jacobs's masterpiece, The Death and Life o...

Reducere. DescriptionEnterprise architecture (EA) is a set of descriptions relevant to both business and IT intended to bridge the communication gap between ...

Reducere. Complex, controversial, and prolific, Howard Barnstone was a central figure in the world of twentieth-century modern architecture. Recognized as Ho...

Some children at The Fairbrother Academy don’t want to learn. They like to push their classmates in the playground and call them bad names. Alice i...

- Renowned architectural writer Philip Jodidio examines in great detail the work of this unique practitioner, and captures the wholly original appr...

A fascinating LIFE-SIZE look at the weird and the wonderful creatures of our diverse animal kingdom.Publisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): ...

A fascinating LIFE-SIZE look at the weird and the wonderful creatures of our diverse animal kingdom.Publisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): ...

The human being was at the center of Danish modernism. Traditional craftsmanship and a high degree of quality influenced both its design and its ar...

The most forward-looking spaces designed for rustic living in the twenty-first century. Across the globe, architects are creating innovative house...

Warm, inviting, embracing the indoor-outdoor lifestyle with a touch of the exotic, tropical modern homes are a dream of paradise realized. Contempo...

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Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture 2 follows on from the success of the first book in the series, and contains all new projects. Featu...

DescriptionFollowing the success of the earlier titles in this series, Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture provides analysis of both the tech...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christopher LehmanAuthor: Kate Roberts "Love brings us in close, leads us to study the details of a thing, and asks us to r...

Reducere. In this new biography, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King's life through his complex, emerging religious lives. Harvey...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdNumber of pages: 306Collection: The MIT PressPublication date: 1994Dimensions: 221 x 281 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softba...

Reducere. Elizabeth Murray has radically altered the structure of Modernist painting. Her shaped and constructed canvases, often topologically modeled in thr...

This is the first book to be published on one of the greatest American designers of the 20th Century, who was as famous for his work in film as for...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

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Breathtaking home designs that fit perfectly into the unique landscape of the West. Architects and designers are breaking new ground on the West Co...

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Publisher: Black Dog PressIllustration(s): 70 illustrations; 70 illustrationsNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 288 x 238 x 21Co...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Owen HatherleyNumber of pages: 608Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 182 x 266 x 62Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Detail in Contemporary Concrete Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern concrete arc...

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An engaging integration of scholarship and storytelling, Reflections on Elizabeth A. H. Green's Life and Career in Music Education details the life...

Bookstore owner Erin Coleridge seeks the scoundrel who silenced a conference's keynote speaker in Elizabeth Blake's second charming Jane Austen Soc...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Legacy introduces you to the very prominent yet deadly, Collins Family. Allen Collins is the head of the drug empire and he grooms b...

Nyangoma's Story. A Child's Life in Uganda - Jane Cadwallader

Reducere. About the AuthorHolding a Ph. D. from Columbia University, Elizabeth K. Wallace has taught British literature and culture at Boston College for mor...

Reducere. The prominent yet deadly Collins family is back in The Legacy Part 2. Patriarch Allen Collins, fights to maintain control over his family but the l...

In the summer of 1937, Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus and a professor at Harvard's new Graduate School of Design, rented a house on Plantin...

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

DescriptionHow psychological ideas of space have profoundly affected architectural and artistic expression in the twentieth century.Beginning with ...

In 1955 The Museum of Modern Art staged Latin American Architecture, since 1945, a landmark survey of modern architecture in Latin America. This bo...