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Spectacular science volume 2
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Kingfisher Books
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2023.
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48 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm.
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"The Spectacular Science of Buildings is guaranteed to answer all those tricky questions that children ask about buildings, bridges, and other structures - and that parents often struggle to answer. Find out how did the Egyptians build the Great Pyramid of Giza? How can skyscrapers keep getting taller? How do guests stay warm in an ice hotel? And many, many more!"
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HAVING been called on, a few years ago, to make frequent journeys between this country and the Riviera, the author was greatly impressed with the extraordinary variety and abundance of the ancient architectural monuments of Provence. This country was found to contain not only special styles of Mediæval Art peculiar to itself, but likewise an epitome of all the styles which have prevailed in Southern Europe from the time of the Romans. It proved to...
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El texto presente surge para darle materialidad a las intenciones exquisitas de la Asociación Art Nouveau de Buenos Aires de visibilizar el patrimonio para poder disfrutarlo. En esta ocasión AANBA, en su misión de "fábrica de cristalización de sueños", ha puesto su mirada sobre el Kavanagh y por tal, lo engarza en el collar de Edificios Emblemáticos. Humildemente y con mucha alegría nos unimos a todas las publicaciones prestigiosas que se...
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Travels in South Kensington is a memoir and travelogue by Moncure Daniel Conway. Conway was an American abolitionist minister and author who spent the larger part of his life in England and France. Here he examines the district of Kensington in London with a view to detailing its decorative art and architecture.
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"The Country House (with Designs)" by Alexis de Châteauneuf, Charles Lock Sir Eastlake. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers...
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"A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola" by Cosmos Mindeleff, Victor Mindeleff. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all...
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Sylvia Lavin is professor of architecture and urban design at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her books include Form Follows Libido: Architecture and Richard Neutra in a Psychoanalytic Culture.
Architecture's growing intimacy with new types of art
Kissing Architecture explores the mutual attraction between architecture and other forms of contemporary art. In this fresh, insightful, and beautifully illustrated book, renowned architectural...
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Madrid Río es el proyecto más ambicioso de los que emprendió el que fue alcalde de la capital, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, el cual se convirtió en el emblema por el que trabajó durante dos legislaturas. Supuso una transformación integral de 5,4 km a lo largo del río Manzanares y la adecuación de 120 ha en varios distritos.
Plantear como proyecto fin de carrera la intervención real en edificios, tanto de nueva planta como rehabilitación, y...
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Written in a chatty, reader-friendly style, IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY employs stories from the author's own relocation to the country to illustrate practical information anyone who shares his dream of escaping the physical, mental and spiritual confinement of big city life can apply toward successfully following in his footsteps. With chapters on the "Do's & Don'ts" of selecting country property, financing the purchase, building VS remodeling,...
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"Homes and How to Make Them" by E. C. Gardner. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
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Este libro propone una visión contemporánea del problema del habitar colectivo en las grandes metrópolis, y vincula la problemática del borde, del límite y la frontera, tan presentes en el habitar colectivo, con la desmaterialización del mismo a su mínima expresión haciendo uso de la técnica de la triangulación estructural del espacio. En el proyecto, los bordes entre estructura portante y estructuración espacial se difuminan, como así...
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Flucht und Vertreibung, Nachkriegskindheit im Sauerland Ankunft im neuen Zuhause. Zwei Zimmer ohne Mobiliar, ohne Bad und Küche mit Wasseranschluss im Hof. Essen gab es nur auf Lebensmittelmarken. Der Hunger bestimmte den Tag. Im Laufe der Jahre wurde es besser.
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Entrados en el siglo XXI, ya podemos tener cierta perspectiva para interpretar la evolución de la arquitectura desde finales del siglo pasado hasta la actualidad y detectar las características más destacables del reciente cambio de siglo. Continuación del libro Después del movimiento moderno. Arquitectura de la segunda mitad del siglo XX (Editorial Gustavo Gili, 1993), en este estudio Josep Maria Montaner revisa la arquitectura que abarca de...
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THE assassination of Philip of Macedon, which occurred in the year 336 B.C., was one of the most important in ancient history, not only because it terminated the glorious career of one of the most remarkable men of his times, but also because it led immediately to the accession of Alexander, one of the supremely great men of history,-an event which would very likely not have taken place at all if Philip had continued to live for a number of years...
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