Electronic Books

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2050: Designing Our Tomorrow / Chris Luebkeman

Envisioning a positive future through design 2050: Designing Our Tomorrow describes the ways in which architecture and design ...

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A Language of Contemporary Architecture : An Index of Topology and Typology / Rafael Luna, Dongwoo Yim

Provides an index of ideas, theories, projects, and definitions that string into a methodology for evaluating the contemporary ...

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A Rosicrucian Utopia in Eighteenth-Century Russia

The author undertakes an investigation into the history of Russian Freemasonry that has not been attempted previously. Her ...

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A Space of Their Own: The Archaeology of Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylums in Britain, South Australia and Tasmania

The history of lunatic asylums – what do we really know about them? Films and television programs have portrayed them as ...

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Aalto in Detail : A Catalogue of Components / Céline Dietziker, Lukas Gruntz, David Haney

Celebrates the rich detail in the work of Aino, Elissa, and Alvar Aalto. Every support, railing, and handle is the result ...

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Across the Sahara Tracks, Trade and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Libya

This book provides a multi-perspective approach to the caravan trade in the Sahara during the 19th century. Based on travelogues ...

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Alvar Aalto Houses / Jari Jetsonen, Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen, Markku Lahti

Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) designed nearly one hundred single-family houses. Aalto, who is also ...

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Ancient Monuments and Modern Identities : A Critical History of Archaeology in 19th and 20th Century Greece / Sofia Voutsaki, Paul Cartledge

Sets out to examine the role of archaeology in the creation of ethnic, national and social identities in 19th and 20th century ...

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Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs Key Issues, Concerns, and Prospects

This book analyzes the main drivers that are influencing the dramatic evolution of work in Asia and the Pacific and identifies ...

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Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices : Architecture’s Changing Scope in the 20th Century / Marianna Charitonidou

Explores how the changing modes of representation in architecture and urbanism relate to the transformation of how the addressees ...

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Architecture and the Modern Hospital : Nosokomeion to Hygeia / Julie Willis, Philip Goad, Cameron Logan

Explores the rapid evolution of hospital design in the twentieth century, analysing the ways in which architects and other ...

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Asian Century… on a Knife-edge

This book delves into the widely held belief that the 21st century will be the "Asian Century" by examining the Asia's ...

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Audacious Education Purposes How Governments Transform the Goals of Education Systems

This book offers a comparative study of eight ambitious national reforms that sought to create opportunities for students ...

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Barcelona : urban architecture and community since 2010 / Sandra Hofmeister, Heide Wessely

Highlights some of the most exciting structures built in Barcelona since 2010, bringing readers on a guided tour of surprising ...

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Basics design and living / :Jan Krebs

Residential Buildings are normally the first design projects encountered by the student in his or her training. The focus ...

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Bauhaus Effects in Art, Architecture, and Design / Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Sabine T. Kriebel

Bringing together an international team of scholars, this book offers new perspectives on the impact that the Bauhaus and ...

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Belly-Rippers, Surgical Innovation and the Ovariotomy Controversy

This open access book looks at the dramatic history of ovariotomy, an operation to remove ovarian tumours first practiced ...

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Best of detail : Holz / wood / Christian Schittich

Brings together highlights from DETAIL about wood as a material. Besides a theoretical basis, the publication also offers ...

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Brain, Mind and Medicine

Ideas we associate with the 18th century are clearly seen in work published from the latter decades of the 17th century through ...

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Brunet Saunier Architecture : Monospace and Simplexity / Pascale Blin, Agence Brunet Saunier Architecture

Discusses and analyzes this concept in detail, presenting trueto- scale floor plans, cross-sections, architectural views, ...

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Total Books: 1 - 20 /77