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FIRST-TIME GARDENER EB
Eager to wear gardening gloves but feel lost in the garden? Full of practical tips and detailed step-by step instructions, The First-Time Gardener is the beginner's guide to gardening. Kim Wilde turned from show biz to gardening and learned from scratch to become a recognised expert in the field. Beautifully illustrated throughout this one-stop guide will teach you the very basics of what gard…
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Soft CityBuilding Density for Everyday Life
Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confidence that you will get where you need to go quickly and efficiently. Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adapting to our ever-changing needs, nurturing relationships, and accommodating the pleasures of everyday life. How do we move from the current reality in…
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Street ScenesBrecht, Benjamin and Berlin
Always the focal point in modern times for momentous political, social and cultural upheaval, Berlin has continued, since the fall of the Wall in 1989, to be a city in transition. As the new capital of a reunified Germany it has embarked on a journey of rapid reconfiguration, involving issues of memory, nationhood and ownership. Bertolt Brecht, meanwhile, stands as one of the principal thinkers…
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- 1 online resource (241 pages)
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Preserving Historic ArchitectureThe Official Guidelines
The National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior, knows preservation. In its hundred-year existence, the service has dealt with just about every problem an old structure can have. Whether it is removing graffiti in Manhattan or rebuilding a barn in Oregon, the National Park Service knows what to do. Here are the official U.S. guidelines, a lively and instructive collection …
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- 9781510720442
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Angiolo MazzoniAcercamiento de la cultura arquitectónica italiana en Colombi…
El principal objetivo de esta primera publicación ha sido provocar una reflexión sobre el papel que la cultura arquitectónica italiana tuvo en Colombia, más que todo en la primera mitad del siglo XX. El estudio de los archivos italianos y colombianos sobre las obras de Angiolo Mazzoni nos ha permitido comprender la contribución de su trabajo en una época histórica muy importante para Col…
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A Devon HouseThe Story of Poltimore
A DEVON HOUSE relates the story of one of Devon's great houses through the people and events which have coloured its existence over the past 400 years. The book traces the architectural progression of Poltimore from Tudor manor to grand 20th century mansion, records its historic role in England's tempestuous Civil War and details its use after 1920 as first a school and then a hospital. It will…
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The Basilicas of EthiopiaAn Architectural History
The basilica is symbolic of the history of Christianity in Ethiopia. Aizan, the first Christian king of the Aksumite empire was responsible for the creation of the large, five-aisled church of M?ry?m??yon, sadly destroyed in 1535, and since then many hundreds of basilicas have been built in Ethiopia, many, including the UNESCO World Heritage site of Lalibela, literally 'hewn from the rock'. In …
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Lucca 1818Storia di un abbellimento urbano
Il 27 dicembre 1818 Maria Luisa di Borbone, regina d'Etruria e duchessa di Lucca, firmava il primo Ordine Reale nel quale era nominato Pietro Paoli di Lucca Direttore di tutti i lavori di abbellimento alla pubblica passeggiata della Muraglia ed altri simil natura. Era il primo importante provvedimento attuato per la città di Lucca e finalizzato a istituire la Direzione dei Pubblici Abbelliment…
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Abbeys and Priories of Medieval Wales
Abbeys and Priories of Medieval Wales is the first comprehensive, illustrated guide to the religious houses of Wales from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. It offers a thorough introduction to the history of the monastic orders in Wales (the Benedictines, Cluniacs, Augustinians, Premonstratensians, Cistercians, the military orders and the friars), and to life inside medieval Welsh monasteries…
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A City Lost and FoundWhelan the Wrecker's Melbourne
"Old landmarks fall in nearly every block... and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a building 50 years old will be in vain." — Herald, 1925.The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892–1992). Its famous sign – 'Whelan the Wrecker is Here' on a pile of shifting rubble – was…
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