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Our Life in Gardens
This is the third book we have written together, though separately we have written others . . . But to say 'written separately' makes no sense, for when two lives have been bent for so many years on one central enterprise—in this case, gardening—there really is no such thing as separately." With these words, the renowned garden designers Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd begin their entertaining…
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Prisoners of HistoryWhat Monuments to World War II Tell Us About Our History …
"Fascinating insights into the ways different nations have remembered or denied issues around national identity and the glory and horrors of war." ? The Spectator Keith Lowe, an award-winning author of books on WWII, saw monuments around the world taken down in political protest and began to wonder what monuments built to commemorate WWII say about us today. Focusing on these monuments, Prison…
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The Stag's Head
When Ken, the previous landlord of The Stag's Head, committed suicide, the pub sat empty for a while until three young men took over running it. Could they make a success of this lonely old pub in the heart of the Herefordshire countryside? Would their lives simply devolve into tedious conversations about the state of the crops with local farmers? Not if they could help it! The new landlords ha…
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InterwarBritish Architecture 1919-39
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BERGER PRIZE A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A Country Life 'Architecture Book to Read in 2025' 'Elegant, erudite and entertaining ... a superbly detailed picture of an architectural era' The Times 'A magnificent monument in itself to a fine architectural writer' Simon Heffer, Telegraph British architecture between the wars is most famous for the rise of mo…
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Architectural Encounters in Asia PacificBuilt Traces of Intercolonial Trade, …
Architectural Encounters in Asia Pacific explores the architecture of colonial trade and industry, revealing a complex network of transnational connections across the built heritage of the world's most dispersed and culturally diverse region. A wide-ranging collection of case studies uncover these forgotten connections, drawing together stories of migratory architects, imperial commodities, an…
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Architectural Encounters in Asia PacificBuilt Traces of Intercolonial Trade, …
Architectural Encounters in Asia Pacific explores the architecture of colonial trade and industry, revealing a complex network of transnational connections across the built heritage of the world's most dispersed and culturally diverse region. A wide-ranging collection of case studies uncover these forgotten connections, drawing together stories of migratory architects, imperial commodities, an…
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- 9781350421387
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Landscape FieldworkHow Engaging the World Can Change Design
Refocusing on human inhabitants in landscape architecture Landscape architecture is at a crossroads. The ability to draw upon interdisciplinary perspectives and generate insights from the combined vantage points of design, environmental studies, and the social sciences puts it in a prime position to address the most pressing issues of our time, such as climate change and social inequality. Its…
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LE DISTANZE IN EDILIZIAProfili amministrativi, civili e processuali
La materia delle distanze tra costruzioni è nota ai professionisti per la bipolarità dettata dalla apparente semplicità dei disposti civilistici e i meno certi confini applicativi della normativa urbanistica, in particolar modo con riferimento all’art. 9 del D.M. n. 1444/1968 e alle sue connessioni con il regime della propriet&…
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Ghost StoriesArchitecture and the Intangible
It is not without irony that in an age characterised by the dissolution of certainty – a consequence of digital dematerialisation and the catastrophic destabilisation of our social institutions and natural world – architecture, for so long the repository for our myths and the vessel for our intangible narratives and rituals, has been stripped bare. Increasingly preoccupied with the physical…
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PlaygroundsThe Experimental Years
In the decades following 1945 a new kind of playground emerged in Northern Europe and North America. Rather than slides, swings and roundabouts, the new playgrounds encouraged children to build shacks and invent their own entertainment. This book tells the story of how bombsites and waste ground were transformed into hives of activity by children and progressive educationalists. It shows how a …
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