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Dictionary of FortificationsAn Illustrated Glossary of Castles, Forts, & Othe…
This Dictionary of Fortifications is an attractive and convenient reference for anyone with an interest in castles, forts, walled cities and any other defensive architecture, including temporary structures, of any period. The heart of the book is a useful glossary of over 1,200 terms relating to fortifications through the ages. Drawn from many languages besides English, each has at least a conc…
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- 1 online resource (368 pages)
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Dictionary of FortificationsAn Illustrated Glossary of Castles, Forts, & Othe…
This Dictionary of Fortifications is an attractive and convenient reference for anyone with an interest in castles, forts, walled cities and any other defensive architecture, including temporary structures, of any period. The heart of the book is a useful glossary of over 1,200 terms relating to fortifications through the ages. Drawn from many languages besides English, each has at least a conc…
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SpreckEn biografi om arkitekten J.O. von Spreckelsen
I maj 1983 valgte den socialistiske præsident Mitterrand en i Frankrig ukendt dansk arkitekt ved navn Johan Otto von Spreckelsen som vinder af konkurrencen om La Défense. Han havde tegnet en gigantisk åben kube, en moderne triumfbue, der skulle ligge for enden af Paris' historiske vestakse. Franskmændene var begejstret for hans projekt, der passede perfekt til fransk mentalitet. Journaliste…
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- 9788771248203
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- 1 online resource (218 pages)
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Centro Interamericano de Vivienda (Cinva) 1951-1972Aportes a la investigació…
A comienzos de la década de los cincuenta, se creó el Centro Interamericano de Vivienda (Cinva), bajo el patrocinio de la oea, con el fin de adelantar programas de enseñanza, investigación, asesoría práctica e intercambio y divulgación de conocimientos en construcción de vivienda y planeación urbana, bajo criterios interdisciplinarios. Durante los años de actividad, fue fuente de un…
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- 9789587949247
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- 1 online resource (183 pages)
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ReconstructionArchitecture, Society and the Aftermath of the First World War
Commendation, the Colvin Prize 2023 (Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain) Reconstruction explores the impact of the First World War on the built environment – examining the immediate and longer term aftermath of the Great War on the architecture of Britain and the British Empire during the interwar years. While much attention has been paid by historians to post-war architectu…
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- 9781350152960
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- 1 online resource (408 pages)
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PermacultureA Student's Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ecovillage Design
Permaculture design has been the bedrock of the growth of the worldwide network of Ecovillages since the mid 1990s. A well-developed set of educational programmes has evolved too, including the Permaculture design foundation course. This invaluable source book brings together everything students on such courses need to know about ecovillage design. Starting with a historical survey of the trad…
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Empire BuildingThe Construction of British India, 1690–1860
Empire Buildingis a new account of the East India Companys impact on India, focussing on how it changed the sub-continents built environment in the context of defence, urbanisation, and infrastructural development. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones examines these initiatives through a lens of political building (using Indian contractors and labourers). Railways, docks, municipal buildings, freemasons lodg…
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ARQUITECTURA MODERNA EN MEXICO
De los cuarenta números que lleva la publicación, se eligieron los textos que analizan la obra de muchos de los arquitectos más notables del pasado siglo en México. A veces referidos a un solo proyecto, otras a una selección de edificios o a la obra completa de un arquitecto. En algunos casos se trata de textos sumamente académicos, mientras que en otros son descripciones que apoyan la in…
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Michael von Savoyen und der Fassadenriss des Kölner Doms. EBook
Seit seiner Wiederentdeckung und erstmaligen Publikation vor 200 Jahren (1818) kann der gotische Fassadenriss des Kölner Domes, der als Planungsgrundlage des Domausbaus im 19. Jahrhundert diente, als die wohl berühmteste Architekturzeichnung der Gotik im deutschen Sprachraum gelten. Die Forschung sah sich jedoch über das gesamte 20. Jahrhundert mit dem Widerspruch konfrontiert, der in der ar…
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- 9783412501006
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Brutalismus in Österreich 1960-1980Eine Architekturtopografie der Spätmoder…
Die Architektur des "Brutalismus" erlebt seit einigen Jahren eine Neubewertung – eine breitere Öffentlichkeit hat diese Wertschätzung noch nicht erreicht. Das ist kaum verwunderlich, stellen die 1960er-1980er Jahre doch eine lange Zeit vernachlässigte Periode dar, die zudem heterogen und nicht leicht auf einen Begriff zu bringen ist.Trotz ihres weltweit markanten Auftritts erfüllen die Ba…
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- 9783205213352
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