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Building New BrunswickAn Architectual History
Architect John Leroux has worked with several architectural firms in Toronto, Atlanta, and his hometown of Fredericton,. An award-winning expert in historic building evaluation and restoration, he has also taught and lectured on architecture, art history, and design. He has published two books on Fredericton landmark architecture and has written numerous articles, including a biweekly column in…
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El logos enamorado; homosexualidad y filosofía en la Grecia antigua
María R. Gómez Iglesias nos ofrece un ensayo acerca de la sexualidad griega, sobre todo en su faceta homoerótica, que mezcla estudio textual e iconográfico. Muy completo en sus fuentes, sin complejos en las conclusiones, el texto nos brinda un recorrido por la historia de Grecia exhaustivo y profundo.Conoce, pues, qué opinaban los griegos de su sexualidad y cómo la afrontaban desde un pun…
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Place and ProsperityHow Cities Help Us to Connect and Innovate
There are few more powerful questions than, "Where are you from" or "Where do you live?" People feel intensely connected to cities as places and to other people who feel that same connection. In order to understand place – and understand human settlements generally – it is important to understand that places are not created by accident. They are created in order to further a political or ec…
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El sis d'octubre del president CompanysEl federalisme com a defensa de les ll…
La motivació per investigar sobre els fets del Sis d'Octubre de 1934 i les seves seqüeles sorgeix quan dos veterans periodistes barcelonins tenen accés a una còpia inèdita del sumari militar que es va seguir contra el president de la Generalitat, Lluís Companys, i altres 37 persones, arran de la proclamació de l'Estat Català dins de la República Federal Espanyola. A partir de la causa …
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The Architecture of SuspenseThe Built World in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock
The inimitable, haunting films of Alfred Hitchcock took place in settings, both exterior and interior, that deeply impacted our experiences of his most unforgettable works. From the enclosed spaces of Rope and Rear Window to the wide-open expanses of North by Northwest, the physical worlds inhabited by desperate characters are a crucial element in our perception of the Hitchcockian universe. As…
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Ambaixador a la cort del Gran MogolViatges d'un jesuïta català del segle XV…
Aquesta edició presenta l'obra literària i cartogràfica d'Antoni de Montserrat fins ara desconeguda en el nostre país, acompanyada d'una biografia, set-centes notes i seixanta imatges. El Mongolicae Legationis Commentarius descriu els viatges del jesuïta català per Àsia, des de l'Índia fins a Pakistan i Afganistan. Montserrat ens hi descobreix ètnies, tradicions i religions, moltes d'e…
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Rethinking Frank Lloyd WrightHistory, Reception, Preservation
Among the general public, Frank Lloyd Wright remains the best-known American architect of the twentieth century. And yet his larger-than-life profile in the popular realm contrasts sharply with his near invisibility in academic and professional circles. In Rethinking Frank Lloyd Wright, Neil Levine and Richard Longstreth have assembled a group of eminent scholars to address this most puzzling p…
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Architecture industrielle: les usines
Issue de la révolution industrielle, l'usine a longtemps été considérée comme un « monstre » de fer, soumettant l'être humain au collectif dans un acte de déshumanisation à la chaîne au profit de l'objet. Détournée aujourd'hui de son côté purement fonctionnel, pour lequel elle avait été construite, au profit de son esthétisme, l'usine est parfois revisitée en loft moderne ou …
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Ustica - Storia del volo Itavia 870
SAGGIO (9 pagine) - SAGGI - 81 vittime a bordo dell'aereo. Ma anche persone morte per incidenti, improvvise malattie, suicidi inaspettati. Questo breve Saggio ripercorre i punti salienti della Strage di Ustica avvenuta il 27 giugno 1980; l'incidente vide coinvolto il Dc-9 Itavia I-TIGI, in cui persero la vita 81 persone, tra loro 11 bambini, due dei quali non avevano ancora compiuto 2 anni. Olt…
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1000 Monuments of Genius
Since the mythical Tower of Babel, humans have continuously tried to erect monuments to match their oversized egos. With ancient ziggurats, the Taj Mahal or the Empire State Building, man has for centuries demonstrated his force by raising structures for purposes both religious and profane. As international cultural statements without words, symbols of a peoples values devotion, patriotism, pow…
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