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Islamic Architecture Today and Tomorrow(Re)Defining the Field
Through Islamic Architecture Today and Tomorrow, established experts, designers, and newer scholars from the world of 'Islamic architecture', broadly conceived, consider the field's changing nature and continued relevance in our rapidly globalizing context. Reflective essays address the meaning of 'Islamic' in built environments, as well as the geographical, chronological, and disciplinary dive…
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City Lights
A symbol of massive crowds and solitary desires, the city holds promise for all those that pass through it. Its meandering streets, unexplored neighbourhoods and incessant noise create a landscape that captivates the observer. The lights of the city can conceal or reveal it, transforming its appearance hour by hour, offering countless facets to the passerby. While the light of morning pulls the…
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Città immaginateRiuso e nuove forme dell'abitare
Processi e pratiche di appropriazione e riappropriazione dei luoghi pervadono le nostre città; negli spazi urbani interstiziali e residuali riaffiorano dando forma a realtà parallele, di certo non prive di ambiguità. Quali messaggi e quanti temi vi sono contenuti? Quali le ragioni di occupazioni abitative, spazi sociali autogestiti e autorecuperi? Come porsi di fronte a logiche e modi insoli…
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Bridges
A bridge is a link between two worlds, a point of tension between two separate and often disparate locations. Free, belonging neither to one region or another, the bridge imposes upon the landscape and defies nature. Its existence embodies the will of mankind to construct these necessary bonds between people and places. A symbol of progress and innovation, the bridge, anonymous demonstration of…
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Coste in movimentoInfrastrutture ambientali per la rigenerazione dei territori
Questo libro intende rimettere al centro dell'attenzione delle politiche territoriali e del progetto urbanistico il tema della qualità ecologica delle coste, intese come infrastrutture ambientali e di servizio per la rigenerazione dei contesti territoriali. Le coste sono geografie mobili e fragili il cui stato di salute appare sempre più minacciato dagli effetti pervasivi della pressione antr…
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Factories
Born in the Industrial Revolution, the factory has long been considered like a monster of iron, subjugating the individual to the collective in an act of mass dehumanisation.Turning away from the pure functionality for which it was built, the factory is evolving into an aesthetic space, sometimes transformed into modern lofts or a museum of contemporary art. The surprising photographs featured …
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Medieval Bridges of Southern England100 Bridges, 1000 Years
Throughout history rivers have been a hub for human settlement and have long been a key part of local livelihoods, history and culture, as well as still playing a present-day role in providing services and leisure to people who live around them. It is no coincidence that all four of the earliest human civilizations were formed on great rivers: the Nile, Euphrates, Indus and Yellow rivers all sa…
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La splendeur de l'architecture gothique anglaise
Cet ouvrage est l'occasion d'expliquer et de célébrer la richesse de ces églises et cathédrales qui occupant une place majeure au sein de l'architecture médiévale occidentale. Le style gothique anglais s'est développé un peu plus tardivement qu'en France et a rapidement élaboré des codes architecturaux et ornementaux différents. L'auteur, John Shannon Hendrix, divise ici le gothique …
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Introduzione allo studio della modellistica femminile. II Edizione
In questo saggio propedeutico allo studio della modellistica l'autore cerca di spiegare in modo semplice i concetti fondamentali della materia. L'intento è quello di rivolgersi ad un pubblico non troppo specialistico che desira iniziare a studiare la modellistica femminile o semplicemente vuole capire come funziona la progettazione dell'abbigliamento industriale e un pò della sua storia. In q…
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Lighthouses
The lighthouse, an indefatigable watchman, ceaselessly guides boats to their ports.This beacon of maritime signalisation has guided sailors since antiquity.The first known lighthouse appeared on the island of Pharos, and was the remarkable Lighthouse of Alexandria; however, it seems that volcanoes like Stromboli and its frequent eruptions were possibly at the origin of this invention, as the fi…
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