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Old Philadelphia Houses on Society Hill, 1750–1840
Officially known as Washington Square Park, Philadelphia's Society Hill district contains an impressive number of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century houses—perhaps as many as any other comparable area in the United States. This book presents, in text and pictures, the stories of its outstanding Colonial and Early American mansions and dwellings and simple row houses; its churches and ot…
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La memoria de los sentidosEl nuevo mundo y los sentidos menores
¿A qué les supo la piña la primera vez que la probaron los europeos? ¿Era el olor del cempasúchil fuerte o agradable? ¿Cómo sonaban los volcanes y los pájaros americanos? ¿Son los sabores universales o locales? ¿Sentimos lo mismo todos los seres humanos o la percepción está mediada también por la cultura?Este libro se acerca a los encuentros que se produjeron en el Nuevo Mundo desd…
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Arquitectura y poder
«Un libro fundamental para entender las relaciones entre poder y arquitectura». Joan Roig, arquitecto Europa acumula a pasos agigantados templos católicos casi vacíos, mientras los cultos emergentes construyen iglesias camufladas que parecen edificios de oficinas. El poder económico convierte nuestras ciudades en escaparates de marcas omnipresentes, mientras las élites esconden sus resi…
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How Your House Works
FIX IT. MAINTAIN IT. UNDERSTAND IT. THE LATEST EDITION OF THE BESTSELLING VISUAL GUIDE FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS. Most people will never make a more important purchase than a house; properly understanding and maintaining your home can be a fundamental component of a financially sound life. Most homeowners, however, rely on contractors and building engineers to understand the systems that comprise a …
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Architetture del noi
A partire dalla storia di un progetto collettivo, lo studio di architettura TAMassociati, e dalle esperienze sul campo con Emergency, Pantaleo delinea un'intuizione centrale per l'architettura nell'epoca dell'Antropocene: la contemporaneità richiede un modello corale, che esplori un approccio progettuale cooperativo incentrato sul noi, abbandonando l' io individualista e autoriale. Di fronte…
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Geometric Patterns from Churches and CathedralsAnd how to draw them
Patterns from churches and cathedrals that are explored and demonstrated so that they can be used in your own designs. Perfect follow up activities for school and other youth trips to these magnificent places. Robert Field has travelled extensively and has taken his camera and a keen eye with him wherever he has gone. Many people will be both suprised and delighted by the sheer number and varie…
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Das Museum Zofingen
Das Museum Zofingen konnte 1899–1901 dank einer Schenkung des Fabrikanten Gustav Rudolf Strähl erbaut werden. Der Auftrag zur Ausführung ging an den renommierten Architekten Emil Vogt, der in der Grünzone ausserhalb der Altstadt ein Gebäude im Stil der florentinischen Renaissance plante und für die Fassadengestaltung den Luzerner Sgraffito-Fachmann Seraphin Weingartner beizog. Er konzent…
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Retrospective ColumnsIonic Capitals and Perceptions of the Past in Greek Arch…
An innovative study of how and why ancient Greek builders sometimes combined older and contemporary carving styles when making capitals The Ionic order of ancient Greek architecture gradually evolved over the course of the sixth century BCE. In Retrospective Columns, Samuel Holzman examines an overlooked group of nine Ionic monuments that are varied in design but have capitals that combine the…
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Arquitecturas híbridas de culturas híbridasAnidación y eclosión del Movim…
Arquitecturas Híbridas de Culturas Híbridas proporciona unfundamento para el entendimiento crítico de las dinámicas globalestras la producción de arquitectura en nuestros días, en los que laagenda de la descolonización en ocasiones pretende desconocerque somos "tanto esto como aquello".En su análisis, devela cómo códigos indígenas, mediterráneos, racionalistas, pop y folclóricos, l…
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L'informale nei paesaggi dell'abusivismo
L'abusivismo edilizio ha assunto nel secondo Novecento i lineamenti di un fenomeno di urbanizzazione dotato di elevata aggressività territoriale, determinando situazioni di particolare urgenza in termini ambientali, di rischio e di crisi dei modelli di welfare. Nel Mezzogiorno – dove la frattura tra pianificazione e deregolamentazione si fa territorio –, l'abusivismo rivela l'urgenza di un…
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