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Designing and Creating a Coastal Garden
Create a beautiful and practical coastal garden with this inspiring and comprehensive guide. The seaside can be a stunning setting for a garden, but it can be difficult to find plants that will thrive. Salt-laden winds make the careful selection of plants and landscaping materials vital. This book provides a step-by-step process, as used by professional garden designers, that will help you desi…
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Le patrimoine colonial au MarocLe façadisme comme approche de sauvegarde
Le façadisme est une pratique architecturale qui s'est établie durant les années 2000 au Maroc comme un procédé de rétention de façades historiques, des parois extérieures des bâtiments anciens, ou comme la création de répliques de ces façades avec des édifications nouvelles ayant un caractère contemporain à leurs intérieurs. L'objectif avancé de cette pratique est d'accroître…
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Icons of American ArchitectureFrom the Alamo to the World Trade Center [2 vol…
What turns a building into an icon? What is it about some structures that makes their history and legend even more important than their original intended use, making them a part of American, and world, popular culture? Twenty four buildings and structures, including the Brooklyn Bridge, the White House, the Hotel del Coronado, and the Washington Monument are presented here, along with their rol…
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- 9780313342080
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Classical Architecture
Lavishly illustrated and accessibly written, Classical Architecture takes the reader on a journey through the history of this iconic architectural genre, starting with an introduction to its origins in ancient Greece, through its resurgence across Europe during the Renaissance, to its influence on modern-day architectural design in locations as diverse as Shanghai and Washington DC.Written by P…
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Le peuple Bavira: histoire, culture et identité (RDC)
Connaître l'histoire des Bavira (République démocratique du Congo) et leur propre identité afin de repenser la renaissance de leur culture: tel est l'objectif de ce livre. Comment les Bavira peuvent-ils moderniser leur culture pour que leur entité devienne un village planétaire? Comment la culture des Bavira peut-elle influer sur le développement technologique afin de promouvoir des proj…
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Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped AmericaFrom Acoma Pueblo to Ground Z…
Exploring the significance of places that built our cultural past, this guide is a lens into historical sites spanning the entire history of the United States, from Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero. Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped America: From Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero encompasses more than 200 sites from the earliest settlements to the present, covering a wide variety of locations. It i…
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Welsh Castle BuildersThe Savoyard Style
The Edwardian castles of north Wales were built by a Savoyard master mason, but also by many other artisans from Savoy. What is more extraordinary, is that the constables of Flint, Rhuddlan, Conwy and Harlech were also Savoyards, the Justiciar and Deputy Justiciar at Caernarfon were Savoyards and the head of the English army leading the relief of the sieges of Flint and Rhuddlan was a future Co…
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Théories et modèles de l'urbanisation du Parti communiste chinoisLa voie ch…
La Chine s'urbanise, et aujourd'hui à une vitesse vertigineuse. Cependant ce processus ne date pas d'hier, il est à la fois historique, évolutif et complexe. Cet ouvrage regroupe les deux premières parties d'un travail de recherche portant sur les 70 dernières années de l'urbanisation chinoise, et donne une présentation systématique sur les théories, les politiques et les pratiques du …
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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History[3 volumes]
The house, throughout history, in every place in the world, has been built to provide shelter from the elements. The dwellings that have resulted are as different as the people that have built them, the social norms that prevailed at the time and place in which they were built and the natural environment that they adapted to. Studying them now in a comprehensive way allows us to understand the …
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Saber construirHabitabilidad. Durabilidad. EconomÃa de los edificios
A lo largo de los capÃtulos de su enjundioso manual, Blachere señala con claridad meridiana, los puntos esenciales para el despliegue del raciocinio en el vasto campo de la disciplina tratada y la importante ayuda que al constructor ofrecen las normas de calidad y el documento de idoneidad técnica para el empleo de los materiales. Hemos querido dar lo fundamental del cuadro general del conce…
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- 9788429192148
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