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New urban developments such as office blocks, warehouses and retail complexes are increasingly common in outer city regions across the world. This book examines the processes of post-suburbanization……続きを見る

This edited collection explores the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches to film and moving image practices, the book explores……続きを見る

Brighton & Hove in 50 Buildings is an exciting new look at one of Britain’s most famous and influential cities, telling the story of this ‘city of sin’ and ‘Queen of watering places’. Readers experi……続きを見る

From Victorian manufacturing town, famous for the ‘three Bs’ – beer, bulbs and biscuits – to its current status as a major centre for service industries and cutting-edge technology, Reading has a pr……続きを見る

One of the nation’s chief architecture critics reveals how the environments we build profoundly shape our feelings, memories, and well-being, and argues that we must harness this knowledge to constr……続きを見る

London's many cemeteries, churches and graveyards are the last resting places of a multitude of important people from many different walks of life. Politicians, writers and military heroes rub shoul……続きを見る

The construction site is a dangerous place to visit but it's rich in lessons too. With the use of a picture book, your child can be "in" a site but without any danger involved. A picture book is a w……続きを見る

*ALL INFO& LINKS UPDATED May/2022!! Heading to Costa Rica? Don't pay tourist prices or be treated like a gringo! Know where to find the best places for gifts, nightlife, laundry, restaurants and gro……続きを見る

In spite of the ephemeral nature of performed drama, playwrights such as Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Fletcher, and Shakespeare were deeply interested in the endurance of their theatrical work and in t……続きを見る

From its heyday as a boom town of the Industrial Revolution when the town grew and developed rapidly as a major textile manufacturing centre, through its twentieth-century decline, to its current st……続きを見る

Newcastle in 50 Buildings takes us on a journey through the city’s proud architectural heritage, from its earliest existing building – the twelfth-century Norman castle which gives the city its name……続きを見る

Toronto has been hailed as “a city in the making” and “the city that works.” It’s an ongoing project: in recent years Canada’s largest city has experienced transformative, exciting change. But just ……続きを見る

Every time you wheel a shopping cart through one of Walmart’s more than 10,000 stores worldwide, or swipe your credit card or purchase something online, you enter a mind-boggling logistical regime. ……続きを見る

Extrait : "On ne saurait rêver d'un paysage plus enchanteur. On approche si près des montagnes, qu'il semble par moments que notre train va aller se briser contre elles ; heureusement un changement ……続きを見る

Extrait : "La maison rurale est l'un des éléments pittoresques et ethnographiques les plus précieux de nos anciens pays de France, de nos petites patries provinciales. Avec la paysage et la parure n……続きを見る

Extrait : "Les phares, si secourables à la marine moderne, n'ont point complétement manqué à la marine ancienne. Malheureusement, en s'écroulant du même coup que l'empire romain, les phares de l'ant……続きを見る

Extrait : "Il y a quatre cents ans, lorsque Quasimodo, accoudé sur la balustrade des tours de Notre-Dame, regardait Paris étendu sous ses pieds, voici ce qu'il voyait : un océan de toits aigus, de p……続きを見る

Extrait : "C'est un des mystères de l'esprit humain que notre prédilection pour le récit des grandes catastrophes, et pour les lieux qui leur doivent une triste célébrité. Le lecteur, en parcourant ……続きを見る

Extrait : "Lorsqu'en 1747, M. de Tourny, intendant de la généralité de Bordeaux, commença l'exécution des plans auxquels la capitale de la Guienne allait devoir cet aspect grandiose, cette régularit……続きを見る

Extrait : "Au milieu des efforts incessants qui se produisent sur tous les points de 'Europe pour découvrir de nouveaux éléments de richesse ; quand on considère l'activité, l'intelligence avec lesq……続きを見る

Extrait : "Un olivier au large feuillage était planté dans ma cour, vigoureux, fleurissant, épais et pareil à une colonne. Autour de lui je construisis ma chambre nuptiale, j'entassai les fortes pie……続きを見る

Extrait : "Le Palais-Royal est bien déchu de sa splendeur passée. A la fin de l'Ancien Régime et jusque sous la Restauration même, le cœur de Paris battait fiévreusement dans ses galeries aujourd'hu……続きを見る

Co-winner of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Lincoln’s White House is the first book devoted to capturing the look, feel, and smell of the executive mansion from Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861……続きを見る

When the brilliant classical architect Charles Barry won the competition to build a new, Gothic, Houses of Parliament in London he thought it was the chance of a lifetime. It swiftly turned into the……続きを見る

Introduction to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017 is a learn-by-doing manual focused on the basics of AutoCAD Plant 3D. The book helps you to learn the process of creating projects in AutoCAD Plant 3D rather th……続きを見る

The first edition of Shaping Seattle Architecture, published in 1994, introduced readers to Seattle’s architects by showcasing the work of those who were instrumental in creating the region’s built ……続きを見る

It has been reported that a burglary now happens every 15 seconds. As such, the chances of your own home actually being at risk from a break-in are greatly increased, and it does not matter where yo……続きを見る

Johannesburg: Egoli to some, Jozi to others. Once a mining town, now the most important commercial city in Africa. It’s been home to renegades and rogues, colonialists and capitalists, the disposses……続きを見る

In this fully updated and redesigned edition of the essential and long-established Stadia, the authors offer their unrivalled expertise to all professionals who commission, plan, design, and manage ……続きを見る

The contents of the book will highlight the differences between the design and engineering disciplines – strengths and flaws. It will also illustrate examples of interdisciplinary interactions. Any ……続きを見る