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Chicago's Historic Hyde Park
Stretching south from 47th Street to the Midway Plaisance and east from Washington Park to the lake's shore, the historic neighborhood of Hyde Park—Kenwood covers nearly two square miles of Chicago's south side. At one time a wealthy township outside of the city, this neighborhood has been home to Chicago's elite for more than one hundred and fifty years, counting among its residents presiden…
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Bucaramanga al parqueActividad física y parques en Bucaramanga, caracterizac…
Producto de la ejecución del proyecto de investigación "Actividad física y parques en Bucaramanga, caracterización y factores relacionados con su uso", se presenta este libro dirigido a la comunidad en general y en especial a la bumanguesa, con el fin de proporcionar información de calidad, actualizada y útil, en términos sencillos, que contribuya al conocimiento de los parques de la ciu…
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Arquitectura popular de los valles Calchaquíes
Segunda edición, bilingüe (español – inglés) y con dibujos del autor, de esta esmerada obra fruto de una sostenida inquietud de Roque Manuel Gómez por el análisis y estudio de los Valles Calchaquíes y su arquitectura, dada su especial particularidad y su extraordinaria riqueza patrimonial. Permite comprender los patrones del "diseño" urbano-arquitectónico operado en el Valle, a la lu…
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Diller Scofidio + RenfroArchitecture after Images
In Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images, Edward Dimendberg offers the first comprehensive treatment of one of the most imaginative contemporary design studios. Since founding their practice in 1979, Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio have integrated architecture, urban design, media art, and the performing arts in a dazzling array of projects, which include performances,…
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Architecture On Campus
Architecture on Campus offers a unique insight into the rich array of buildings, public artworks and landscapes of the University of Melbourne. When the university was established in 1853, its founders secured a large and expansive site. It was a shrewd move. The first building, the Quadrangle, was Tudor Gothic and handsome in aspect. It sat like a gentleman's villa in a vast park.Now, 150 year…
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Australia's Home
Since its first publication by Melbourne University Press Australia's Home has been in constant demand. The author summarises his story, from 1788 to 1960, as 'a material triumph and an aesthetic calamity'. Readers have thoroughly enjoyed the combination of informative detail and quiet humour, and the architectural features of a house, a street, or a suburb, which have up until now been simply …
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Narrativa de la vida de Frederick Douglass
Nacido como esclavo, Frederick Douglass se educó, escapó y se convirtió en uno de los más grandes líderes de la historia de Estados Unidos. Aquí, en este volumen de la Biblioteca de América, se recopilan sus tres narraciones autobiográficas, ahora reconocidas como clásicos de la historia y la literatura estadounidense. Escribiendo con la elocuencia y la inteligencia feroz que lo convir…
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Bearers of MeaningThe Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the…
For all those interested in the relationship between ideas and the built environment, John Onians provides a lively illustrated account of the range of meanings that Western culture has assigned to the Classical orders. Onians shows that during the 2,000 years from their first appearance in ancient Greece through their codification in Renaissance Italy, the orders--the columns and capitals know…
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The Taylorized Beauty of the MechanicalScientific Management and the Rise of …
The dream of scientific management was a rationalized machine world where life would approach the perfection of an assembly line. But since its early twentieth-century peak this dream has come to seem a dehumanizing nightmare. Henry Ford's assembly lines turned out a quarter of a million cars in 1914, but all of them were black. Forgotten has been the unparalleled new aesthetic beauty once seen…
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Follies in AmericaA History of Garden and Park Architecture
Follies in America examines historicized garden buildings, known as "follies," from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876. In a period of increasing nationalism, follies—such as temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins—brought a range of European architectural styles to the United States. By imprinting the land with symbols of European culture, landscape …
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