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Secret Gardens of SomersetA Private Tour
Secret Gardens of Somerset offers a personal tour of 20 of the UK’s most beguiling gardens in this much-loved area of southern England, defined by its distinctive horticulture, rolling hills, picturesque villages and traditional English landscape. Abigail Willis and Clive Boursnell give you privileged access to 20 gardens, from a highly productive working flower farm to very personal pri…
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Precificação: Precificar Serviços e Empreitadas em Engenharia
Este livro se destina aos profissionais que atuam na formação de propostas de preços de bens e serviços singulares, especialmente na indústria da construção civil, sejam eles engenheiros, arquitetos, administradores, contadores, economistas. A obra também visa contribuir para professores dos cursos de graduação e pós-graduação disporem e discutirem as metodologias consideradas no c…
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The Pocket Universal Principles of Architecture100 Architectural Archetypes, …
With this pocket-size edition of Universal Principles of Architecture, discover 100 essential concepts that redefine how we shape the world. Embark on a bold and thought-provoking journey through architectural theory and practice with this pocket-sized guide to the ideas that define—and disrupt—architecture. The Pocket Universal Principles of Architecture distills the vast world o…
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- 9780760393819
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An Engineer Imagines
The long-awaited reissue of the autobiography of Peter Rice, one of the main structural engineers behind the Sydney Opera House, the Pompidou Centre, the Menil Collection and Lloyd's of London. 'I am an engineer. Often people will call me an 'architect engineer' as a compliment. It is meant to signify a quality of engineer who is more imaginative and design-orientated than a normal engineer..…
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- 9781849944663
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Estética em tempos de narrativa
Visei pelas narrativas suprir carências. Na pandemia preencheram o vazio do confinamento – clausura provisória.Durável é a minha inata e arraigada dificuldade de verbalizar agravada por uma timidez congênita – limitação que me valeu, nos tempos da faculdade, a alcunha de gaguinho. Dizem: "tem gente que não sabe contar piada..."; nessa me incluo. Daí, estas narrativas, que nada mais…
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Designing FuturesSpeculation, Critique, Innovation
The ability to imagine different possible futures and the will to influence the course of events are deeply human. These ideas about the future can also determine which of the many possible futures will become reality. Designing futures therefore means that by creating and communicating potential scenarios, you can shape the futures of your fellow human beings and influence the course of events…
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Studies in Imperialism
Inner Empire explores the impact of imperial cultures on the landscapes and urban environments of the British Isles from the sixteenth century through to the twentieth century. It asserts that Britain's four-hundred year entanglement with global empire left its mark upon the British Isles as much as it did the wider world. Buildings stood as one of the most conspicuous manifestations of the myr…
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Bauen mit Naturbaustoffen S, M, L / Natural Building Materials S, M, L30 x Ar…
The use of natural raw materials is today more significant in architecture than ever before. While timber construction is already firmly established in the field of architecture, there is an increasing focus on alternative construction materials such as clay, straw, cork or bamboo, along with their application features. In full alignment with sustainable construction, they make it possible to p…
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Where We Want to LiveReclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities
**Winner, Phillip D. Reed Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment** **A Planetizen Top Planning Book for 2017** After decades of sprawl, many American city and suburban residents struggle with issues related to traffic (and its accompanying challenges for our health and productivity), divided neighborhoods, and a non-walkable life. Urban designer Ryan Gravel makes a case for h…
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Accents as Well as Broad EffectsWritings on Architecture, Landscape, and the …
Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851-1934) is highly regarded among architectural historians for her 1888 biography of the nineteenth-century architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Less well known are her writings on architecture, decorative art, gardening, and landscape design, works that provide a rare view of cities and rural environments in turn-of-the-century America. Now David Gebhard brings…
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