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Chinese ArchitectureA History
An unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to today Throughout history, China has maintained one of the world's richest built civilizations. The nation's architectural achievements range from its earliest walled cities and the First Emperor's vision of city and empire, to bridges, pagodas, and the twentieth-century constructions of…
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Urban Regeneration and Social SustainabilityBest Practice from European Cities
Urban regeneration is a key focus for public policy throughout Europe. This book examines social sustainability and analyses its meaning. The authors offer a comprehensive European perspective to identify best practices in sustainable urban regeneration in five major cities in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. This authoritative overview of the scholarly literature makes the book …
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Saving Stalin's Imperial CityHistoric Preservation in Leningrad, 1930–1950
"Succeeds in explaining how and why a war-ravaged city suffering acute shortages invested its scant resources in protecting and reconstructing monuments." — Slavonic and East European Review Saving Stalin's Imperial City is the history of the successes and failures in historic preservation and of Leningraders' determination to honor the memory of the terrible siege the city had endured during…
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The Architecture of a Deccan SultanateCourtly Practice and Royal Authority in…
The Deccan sultans left a grand architectural and artistic legacy. They commissioned palaces, mosques, gardens and tombs as well as decorative paintings and coins. Of these sultanates, the Nizam Shahs (r. 1490-1636) were particularly significant, being one of the first to emerge from the crumbling edifice of the Bahmani Empire (c. 1347-1527). Yet their rich material record remains largely unstu…
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FloraldesignAußergewöhnliche Wohn- und Dekorationsideen mit Blumen
Ein Buch voller Emotionen und Inspirationen! Der angesehene und weltweit tätige Floraldesigner Stefan Grob zeigt in diesem Buch außergewöhnliche Kreationen und Dekorationsmöglichkeiten. Dabei setzt er Blumen und Pflanzen in Kombination mit ganz alltäglichen sowie ausgefallenen Gegenständen gekonnt in Szene. Seine kreativen Ideen, in opulenten Bildern präsentiert, machen deutlich, wie Woh…
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Vernacular Architecture
Based on thirty-five years of fieldwork, Glassie's Vernacular Architecture synthesizes a career of concern with traditional building. He articulates the key principles of architectural analysis, and then, centering his argument in the United States, but drawing comparative examples from many locations in Europe and Asia, he shows how architecture can be a prime resource for the one who would wr…
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Future CitiesArchitecture and the Imagination
Bringstogether architecture, fiction, film, and visual art toreconnectthe imaginary city with the real, proposing a future for humanity that is firmly grounded in the present and the diverse creative practices already at our fingertips. Though reaching ever further toward the skies, today's cities are overshadowed by multiple threats: climate change, overpopulation, social division, and urban w…
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So wohnt WiesbadenHausbesuche in Hessens Hauptstadt
Wie wohnen eigentlich die Anderen? Was verbirgt sich hinter Wiesbadens schönen Altbaufassaden? Und: Wohnen wirklich alle Wiesbadener in 4 – gemauerten – Wänden?Außer bei Freunden oder einem raschen Blick in fremde Wohnzimmer beim Vorübergehen bleiben einem in der Regel tiefere Einsichten verwehrt. Durch dieses Buch gelangt der Leser hinter für ihn sonst verschlossene Türen: 328 aufwen…
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Swahili Port CitiesThe Architecture of Elsewhere
On the Swahili coast of East Africa, monumental stone houses, tombs, and mosques mark the border zone between the interior of the African continent and the Indian Ocean. Prita Meier explores this coastal environment and shows how an African mercantile society created a place of cosmopolitan longing. Meier understands architecture as more than a way to remake local space. Rather, the architectur…
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Urville
Urville, the capital of a large island province, has a population of nearly 12 million, making it the one of the most significant cities in Europe. It is also entirely imaginary. Gilles Tréhin, an autistic man with exceptional creative talents and an obsession with large cities, conceived and developed Urville over the course of 20 years. He shares his vision in this beautifully illustrated …
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