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Stillness and LightThe Silent Eloquence of Shaker Architecture
Shaker buildings have long been admired for their simplicity of design and sturdy craftsmanship, with form always following function. Over the years, their distinctive physical characteristics have invited as much study as imitation. Their clean, unadorned lines have been said to reflect core Shaker beliefs such as honesty, integrity, purity, and perfection. In this book, Henry Plummer focuses …
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Geometry of DesignStudies in Proportion and Composition
Geometry of Design is a comprehensive overview of the principles of proportion and composition. Using detailed diagrams and vellum overlays, Kimberly Elam clearly illustrates how naturally occurring systems of measurement create symmetry, order, and visual balance in a broad spectrum of successful modern designs, from Bauhaus posters to the Volkswagen Beetle.
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Schlösser und Herrenhäuser in Vorpommern
Etwa 1500 Burgen, Schlösser, Guts- und Herrenhäuser sind heute in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern erhalten – eine deutschlandweit einmalige regionale Dichte. Das Reisehandbuch präsentiert mit rund 100 ausführlichen Porträts plus einer Fülle von Hinweisen auf weitere Objekte Vorpommerns Vielfalt an Schlössern und Herrensitzen.Der Band richtet das Augenmerk nicht nur auf unverzichtbare berühmte …
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- 9783356017229
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Locality, Regeneration & Divers[c]ities
As British cities lose the cultural connections with their industrial past, many seek to build new postindustrial futures through urban regeneration. Art projects play a key role in policymaking that aims to regenerate neglected neighbourhoods. This study focuses particularly on the ways in which newlydeveloped cultural institutions tend to be flagships for regeneration the Tate Modern in South…
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- 9781841508276
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AftertasteExpanded Practice in Interior Design
This well-curated collection documents new theories and emerging critical practices in the field of interior design. It investigates taste, a concept central to the formation of the discipline in the eighteenth century that was repudiated by architects in the early twentieth century, but which continues to play an important role in interior design today. Essays by historians and critics are com…
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Erinnerung an der SchwelleVon der Hollitzer-Villa zum neuen Gemeindezentrum d…
Ansprache anläßlich der Eröffnung des Gemeindezentrum Bad Deutsch-Altenburg in der Hollitzer-Villa. Darstellung der Geschichte der Familien Hollitzer, Wertanek und Weidinger sowie der Entwicklung der Hollitzer Baustoffwerke.
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Recoveries and Reclamations
This second volume of the series 'Advances in Art & Urban Futures' brings together contributions from artists, sociologists, architects and cultural theorists in addressing the recoveries and reclamations being made within urban and rural landscapes as a result of the fallout of redevelopment in the twentyfirst century. Recoveries and Reclamations addresses pertinent issues facing all those int…
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Your Architecture CareerHow to Build a Successful Professional Life
Master the business side of architecture with advice from an expert. In Your Architecture Career, Gary Unger provides tips and guidance to students, interns, architects, and firm owners to help them understand and master the business side of architecture and interior design. Students in school are not taught to manage process, projects, and clients—the emphasis is on design. However, most gra…
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- 9781621536352
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Climate Action PlanningA Guide to Creating Low-Carbon, Resilient Communities
Climate change continues to impact our health and safety, the economy, and natural systems. With climate-related protections and programs under attack at the federal level, it is critical for cities to address climate impacts locally. Every day there are new examples of cities approaching the challenge of climate change in creative and innovative ways—from rethinking transportation, to …
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- 9781610919647
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Cultures and Settlements. Advances in Art and Urban Futures, Volume 3
This volume considers the making of settlement as a process of identity formation. Taking the position that a culture signifies a way of life, it asks how cultural frameworks inform patterns of settlement, and how the built environment, as process and design, conditions cultural production and reception. The disciplinary fields this intersects include architecture, urban design, sociology, cult…
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