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Australia's Home
Since its first publication by Melbourne University Press Australia's Home has been in constant demand. The author summarises his story, from 1788 to 1960, as 'a material triumph and an aesthetic calamity'. Readers have thoroughly enjoyed the combination of informative detail and quiet humour, and the architectural features of a house, a street, or a suburb, which have up until now been simply …
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Narrativa de la vida de Frederick Douglass
Nacido como esclavo, Frederick Douglass se educó, escapó y se convirtió en uno de los más grandes líderes de la historia de Estados Unidos. Aquí, en este volumen de la Biblioteca de América, se recopilan sus tres narraciones autobiográficas, ahora reconocidas como clásicos de la historia y la literatura estadounidense. Escribiendo con la elocuencia y la inteligencia feroz que lo convir…
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Bearers of MeaningThe Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the…
For all those interested in the relationship between ideas and the built environment, John Onians provides a lively illustrated account of the range of meanings that Western culture has assigned to the Classical orders. Onians shows that during the 2,000 years from their first appearance in ancient Greece through their codification in Renaissance Italy, the orders--the columns and capitals know…
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The Taylorized Beauty of the MechanicalScientific Management and the Rise of …
The dream of scientific management was a rationalized machine world where life would approach the perfection of an assembly line. But since its early twentieth-century peak this dream has come to seem a dehumanizing nightmare. Henry Ford's assembly lines turned out a quarter of a million cars in 1914, but all of them were black. Forgotten has been the unparalleled new aesthetic beauty once seen…
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Follies in AmericaA History of Garden and Park Architecture
Follies in America examines historicized garden buildings, known as "follies," from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876. In a period of increasing nationalism, follies—such as temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins—brought a range of European architectural styles to the United States. By imprinting the land with symbols of European culture, landscape …
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Estate Landscapes in northern Europe
Estate Landscapes in Northern Europe is the first study of the role of the landed estate as an agent in the shaping of landscapes and societies across northern Europe over the past five centuries. Leading us into the fascinating variations of manorial worlds, the present volume seeks to open the field to include a broader perspective on estate landscapes. Estate - or manorial - landscapes were …
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The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre
In this volume the leading experts on ancient Greek theatre architecture present new excavation results and new analyses of individual monuments. Many well-known theatres such as the one of Dionysos in Athens and others at for instance Messene, Sikyon, Chaironeia in Greece and Aphrodisias in Turkey have been re-examined since their original publication with stunning results. New research also i…
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The Spolia Churches of RomeRecycling Antiquity in the Middle Ages
The church-builders of the Middle Ages treated the architecture of ancient Rome like a quarry full of prefabricated building materials. This resulted in some very eclectically and ingeniously constructed churches. In The Spolia Churches of Rome we learn of the principles for the distribution of these antique architectural elements and the significance of breaking down and building on the past. …
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El Diseño y la Arquitectura frente a los desafíos emergentes y futuros
La publicación "El Diseño y la Arquitectura frente a los desafíos emergentes y futuros" crea un importante espacio de diálogo, reflexión y debate crítico, entre quienes dedican su trabajo a distintos campos del saber relacionados con la Arquitectura y el Diseño. Es posible conocer aquí diferentes discursos, pensamientos y sentires en torno a problemas académicos, sociales y disciplinar…
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19S.10 lineamientos de política pública postsismo para Ciudad de México
La presente obra tiene como objetivo plantear, desde una perspectiva académica multidisciplinaria, los efectos y retos derivados del sismo del 19 de septiembre de 2017 en Ciudad de México, así como generar una agenda estratégica de recomendaciones que sean de utilidad tanto para las autoridades como para la ciudadanía. Para ello, nos hemos guiado a partir de los comendatarios y las recomen…
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