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The Suburban ChurchModernism and Community in Postwar America
After World War II, America’s religious denominations spent billions on church architecture as they spread into the suburbs. In this richly illustrated history of midcentury modern churches in the Midwest, Gretchen Buggeln shows how architects and suburban congregations joined forces to work out a vision of how modernist churches might help reinvigorate Protestant worship and community. T…
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On the Appearance of the WorldA Future for Aesthetics in Architecture
How can architecture develop better aesthetic directions for the twenty-first-century built environment? Our world, increasingly defined by efficient but unconsidered architecture and cities, seems to be getting uglier. In On the Appearance of the World, Mark Foster Gage asks why. He imagines a future scenario where architectural design and ideas from aesthetic philosophy align toward the prod…
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Vital FormsBiological Art, Architecture, and the Dependencies of Life
Shows how the intersection of biotech, art, and architecture are transforming the world we live in As living matter becomes more and more the domain of art and architecture, the life sciences are enabling a major cultural and aesthetic transformation. Vital Forms explores how the intersection of biology, art, and architecture has transformed these disciplines, offering heretofore unimagined p…
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EL SER HUMANO COMO MUJER
Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861-1937) nació en San Petersburgo, Imperio Ruso, antes de la revolución bolchevique de 1917. Para su época fue una mujer singular, independiente y moderna. Perteneció a un sector económicamente acomodado que le ofreció la oportunidad de lo que Virginia Wolf describe como necesario para que una mujer pueda escribir: "dinero y un cuarto propio". Siguió su deseo de es…
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An Illustrated Brief History of Chinese GardensActivities, People, Culture
There are many books published in English on Chinese gardens, but the majority are primarily picture books with little informative content. With a large number of illustrations of Chinese gardens, ancient paintings, block prints, and other artefacts, this book is a social history of Chinese gardens and focuses on how gardens have functioned and been used in Chinese society through the ages. Apa…
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FLUYE. DESACTIVA TUS RESTRICCIONES
Este libro está dirigido a todas aquellas personas que quieren descubrir su misión en la vida, ser felices, modificar "su realidad", optimizar sus relaciones, vivir el presente, mejorar y fluir con la vida, superar sus limitaciones, eficientizar su trabajo y sus organizaciones, y resolver los conflictos de siempre, esos que las mantienen tristes, angustiadas y estancadas. Es un libro que vers…
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Historic Sugar Mills in Santo DomingoCase Studies in Adaptive Reuse
Distributed by University Press of Florida on behalf of the Brian Canin Urban Design Award Colonial sugar mills,ingenios coloniales, are essential to the material history of the Dominican Republic. They served as a cornerstone of the national economy and as a foundation for the stability required during the colonial era. From the 1500s to the end of the 1800s, sugar mills and sugar factories…
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HABITAR. TEXTOS DE ARQUITECTURA ESCRITOS EN EL TIEMPO
Las vacas regurgitan el alimento que, previamente, han almacenado en el llamado cuarto estómago para masticarlo lentamente. Elogiamos con Nietzsche la práctica rumiante de volver a pensar sobre lo ya pensado, lo pensado por nosotros mismos y lo que otros pensaron antes. Entre Borromini y el cine, distintos temas van sucediéndose en el libro. Sus palabras clave revelan una urdimbre conceptual…
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Parking Requirements for Shopping CentersSummary Recommendations and Research…
How many parking spaces are needed for today's shopping center? Based on a comprehensive nationwide survey of parking at shopping centers, this book reveals the standards for retail facilities of all sizes from small strip centers to major malls.
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EL TEMPLO COMO ARTEFACTO DE ORIENTACIÓN. Tres capillas contemporáneas latin…
El principio según el cual un objeto arquitectónico actúa como mediador en la relación que los seres humanos construyen con el mundo es exactamente el mismo que interviene en el ejercicio de orientación de un edificio respecto al espacio que lo circunda. En tal hecho, aquello que adquiere una relevancia capital no es tanto la dirección del objeto respecto a un punto u otro, sino la riquez…
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