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Jamestown, New YorkA Guide to the City and Its Urban Landscape
New York's small cities are little-known treasure troves of American history. Among them, Jamestown stands out with a memorable and engaging cityscape highlighted by steep hills, brick streets, a remarkably intact city center, and numerous buildings of historical and architectural interest. Peter A. Lombardi's Jamestown, New York chronicles the development of this Southern Tier city's built env…
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- 9781438449944
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The Landmarks of New York, Fifth EditionAn Illustrated Record of the City's H…
As the definitive resource on the architectural history of New York City, The Landmarks of New York, Fifth Edition documents and illustrates the 1, 276 individual landmarks and 102 historic districts that have been accorded landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission since its establishment in 1965. Arranged chronologically, by date of construction, the book offers a …
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- 9781438437712
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Città Sostenibilità ResilienzaL’urbanistica italiana di fronte all’Agen…
Sono trascorsi sei anni dall'approvazione dall'accordo internazionale per l'adozione della Risoluzione dell'Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite del settembre 2015 Trasformare il nostro mondo: l'Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile, finalizzata all'adozione a livello globale dell'Agenda dello sviluppo per il prossimo quindicennio. Si è proposto allora un programma d'azione per le persone,…
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AbodeThoughtful Living with Less
Create your space with simplicity, tranquility, and beautifully minimalist style. The yearning for a life of pared-down purity has built to a roar, and Serena Mitnik-Miller and Mason St. Peter—the husband-and-wife owners of General Store, one of California's most talked-about shops—are at the forefront. In Abode: Thoughtful Living with Less, these tastemakers make a graceful case for livi…
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- 9781683355113
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Manual de diseño básico para el taller de arquitectura
Este manual para estudiantes representa 25 años de enseñanza en los talleres de la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, y es fruto de las prácticas profesionales y docentes de diversos profesores. Comenzó como una serie de recomendaciones empíricas que los profesores del taller de tercer año hacían a sus alumnos para facilitarles el proceso de diseño …
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- 9789561427754
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Techos verdesPlanificación, ejecución, consejos prácticos
Los techos verdes no son solamente agradables a la vista: forman un valioso biotopo en la ciudad, mejoran el aire y tienen considerables ventajas técnico-constructivas y también físico-constructivas; enfrían en verano, calientan en invierno y prolongan la vida útil del techo. Además son fáciles de realizar y más baratos que otros.
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Construcción de estufas de mampostería
Este manual nos describe, de una forma clara y sencilla, las estufas de mampostería. Facilita datos y tablas de cálculo, incluyendo dibujos de diferentes estufas para comprender mejor el sistema utilizado para aprovechar al máximo la eficiencia de la madera que quemamos en ellas.
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Inessential ColorsArchitecture on Paper in Early Modern Europe
The first comprehensive account of how and why architects learned to communicate through color Architectural drawings of the Italian Renaissance were largely devoid of color, but from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth, polychromy in architectural representation grew and flourished. Basile Baudez argues that colors appeared on paper when architects adapted the pictorial tools of im…
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At Home in the Wine Country
Through compelling narrative and stunning photography, authors Heather Hebert and Chase Ewald feature the architecture, style, and design of 17 homes—plus 4 unique auxiliary structures—in California's picturesque wine country. At Home in the Wine Country showcases the work of many of California's top architects and designers, with styles ranging from modern farmhouse to refined rustic to up…
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Scarcity in ExcessThe Built Environment and the Economic Crisis in Iceland
After a period of extraordinary economic growth at the turn of the twenty-first century, the economy of Iceland collapsed into the deepest and most rapid peacetime fiscal crisis ever recorded. Seeing the development of the capital area through the lens of scarcity, triggered new urban and regional questions and ecological approaches to design. This book considers both the crash and its aftermat…
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- 9781945150531
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