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In the Land of the PatriarchsDesign and Contestation in West Bank Settlements
2024 On The Brinck Book Award and Lecture Series, University of New Mexico 2024 PROSE Award, Architecture–Urban Planning, Association of American Publishers An on-the-ground account of the design and evolution of West Bank settlements, showing how one of the world's most contested landscapes was produced by unexpected conflicts and collaborations among widely divergent actors. Since capturi…
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- 9781477327869
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After the GulagA History of Memory in Russia's Far North
From 1929 to 1958, hundreds of thousands of prisoners and exiles from across the Soviet Union were sent to the harsh yet resource-rich Komi Republic in Russia's Far North. When the Soviet Union collapsed, former prisoners sent their autobiographies to Komi's local branches of the anti-Stalinist Memorial Society and history museums. Using these previously unavailable personal records, alongside…
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Housing As If People MatteredSite Design Guidelines for the Planning of Mediu…
From the Introduction: Consider these two places: Walking into Green Acres, you immediately sense that you have entered an oasis-traffic noise left behind, negative urban distractions out of sight, children playing and running on the grass, adults puttering on plant-filled balconies. Signs of life and care for the environment abound. Innumerable social and physical clues communicate to visitors…
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Germania – Mit ausführlichen Erläuterungen und über 130 Fußnoten
Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Germania – Über Ursprung und Sitten der Germanen | Neuausgabe 2022 | Mit einem Vorwort des Herausgebers, Nachwort des Übersetzers und mehr als 130 erläuternden verlinkten Fußnoten | Tacitus' ›Germania‹ spielt eine ganz besondere Rolle in der Genese der deutschen Nation, denn sie bildete von Anbeginn das einzige konsistente ethnographische Werk über dieses V…
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- 9783987564406
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A Critic WritesSelected Essays by Reyner Banham
Few twentieth-century writers on architecture and design have enjoyed the renown of Reyner Banham. Born and trained in England and a U.S. resident starting in 1976, Banham wrote incisively about American and European buildings and culture. Now readers can enjoy a chronological cross-section of essays, polemics, and reviews drawn from more than three decades of Banham's writings. The volume, whi…
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Planning for Community
Planning for Community A comprehensive exploration of community planning that integrates today's social and economic issues with policy and governance considerations In Planning for Community, distinguished regional and local planner Phil Heywood delivers an insightful examination of the accelerating impacts of social, environmental, and economic changes on community life and organization. …
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Die Burg Serravalle
Mit einem einzigartigen, interdisziplinären Projekt wurde die Burganlage Serravalle im Bleniotal aus der Vergessenheit gerissen. Es wurden systematische archäologische Untersuchungen durchgeführt (2002–2006) und ein Aufwertungsprojekt umgesetzt (2006–2022). Die erarbeiteten Resultate sind nicht nur für die Geschichte des Orts von grosser Bedeutung, sondern auch für die Burgenforschung …
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Breve historia del Arte N. E. a todo color
Una panorámica completa sobre el arte universal a lo largo de todas las épocas y culturas. Desde las venus de la fertilidad hasta el hiperrealismo y Le Corbusier. Conozca la inspiradora creación plástica del ser humano y las circunstancias históricas, mágico-religiosas, ideológicas, sociales y políticas que las hicieron posibles y que han influido en las creaciones estéticas de los art…
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Plaster MonumentsArchitecture and the Power of Reproduction
We are taught to believe in originals. In art and architecture in particular, original objects vouch for authenticity, value, and truth, and require our protection and preservation. The nineteenth century, however, saw this issue differently. In a culture of reproduction, plaster casts of building fragments and architectural features were sold throughout Europe and America and proudly displayed…
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From Factories to PalacesArchitect Charles B. J. Snyder and the New York City…
WINNER, THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY NEW YORK, 2022 BOOK AWARD How a prolific yet little-known architect changed the face of education in New York City As Superintendent of School Buildings from 1891 to 1922, architect Charles B. J. Snyder elevated the standards of school architecture. Unprecedented immigration and Progressive Era changes in educational philosophy led to his fresh approach to design…
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