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Tous les territoires ont droit à une qualité durable. Ce livre explique comment passer de l'écoquartier à la construction d'une vraie ville durable pour tous; c'est-à-dire une ville qui se distingue……続きを見る

**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice “A window to the soul of a great city.” ーInga Saffron, Pulitzer Prize–winning architecture critic A two-time Pulitzer finalist explores the story of A……続きを見る

Das Besondere an diesem Buch: Es enthält in jedem Kapitel auch eine Audioversion des Textes. Bauingenieur zu sein ist ein erfüllender Beruf. Bauingenieure gestalten nachhaltige Infrastruktur. Wir er……続きを見る

In recent years the United States has witnessed major controversies surrounding past American presidents, monuments, and sites. Consider Mount Rushmore, which features the heads of the nation’s most……続きを見る

' Haunted is a wonderful book: part history, part rumination on life, and, of course a haunting book about ghosts .... beautifully written, fascinating, deeply moving and thought-provoking.' - James……続きを見る

A deeply personal search for meaning in Michelangelo’s frescoesーand an impassioned defence of the role of art in a fractured age. What do we hope to get out of seeing a famous piece of art? Jeannie……続きを見る

Les termites, insectes communs de nos foyers, peuvent causer de gros dégâts aux maisons et immeubles. Petites de taille, elles se nourrissent de bois et de matériaux cellulosiques, pouvant ainsi end……続きを見る

Christopher Payne’s Made in America is a photographic celebration of how things are created, honoring the workers who bring craft, passion, and technological savvy to American manufacturingーboth tr……続きを見る

Les termites, insectes communs de nos foyers, peuvent causer de gros dégâts aux maisons et immeubles. Petites de taille, elles se nourrissent de bois et de matériaux cellulosiques, pouvant ainsi end……続きを見る

« Il en faut tout de même du culot pour intituler un ouvrage “la ville pas chiante”. Les auteurs auraient pu choisir un vocabulaire plus onctueux, leur éditeur les inciter à plus de modération. Parl……続きを見る

Os cupins são uma praga doméstica que pode causar grave dano em casas e edifícios. São insetos pequenos, que se alimentam de madeira e de outros materiais celulósicos causando danos nas estruturas d……続きを見る

Os cupins são uma praga doméstica que pode causar grave dano em casas e edifícios. São insetos pequenos, que se alimentam de madeira e de outros materiais celulósicos causando danos nas estruturas d……続きを見る

This book offers, for the first time, access to the chronological arc of John Habraken’s writing in a single collection. Few architects or scholars have so consistently and patiently pursued such a ……続きを見る

When Rome falls, so too will the world Christmas, 1797. Erstwhile magistrate Felix Gracchus wakes in the French embassy beside the Tiber after a serious bout of malaria. Despite his poor health, the……続きを見る

The Spatialities of Radio Astronomy examines the multidisciplinary overlap between the spatial disciplines and the studies of science and technology through a comparative study of four of the world’……続きを見る

This new book is an edited volume of essays that examine the legacy of architecture in a number of African countries soon after independence. It has its origins in an exhibition and symposium that f……続きを見る

Reframing Berlin is about how architecture and the built environment can reveal the memory of a city, an urban memory, through its transformation and consistency over time by means of ‘urban strateg……続きを見る

This collection discusses the innovative and experimental architecture of Israel during its first three decades following the nation’s establishment in 1948. Written by leading researchers, the volu……続きを見る

This will be the first edited collection in English on urban space and architecture in Spanish popular film since 1898. Building on existing film and urban histories, this innovative volume will exa……続きを見る

This volume considers the major trends and developments in Iranian architecture during the 1960s and 70s in order to further our understanding of the underpinnings and intentions of Persian architec……続きを見る

The book documents the history and morphology of the Ancient City of Aleppo, outlining first the urbanistic development of the city and then focusing on the architectural heritage with specific focu……続きを見る

Filming the City brings together the work of filmmakers, architects, designers, video artists and media specialists to provide three distinct prisms through which to examine the medium of film in th……続きを見る

The book combines photography and written text to analyse the role of memorials and commemoration sites in the construction of antagonistic nationalism. Taking Cypriot memorializations as a case stu……続きを見る

As a way to understand the contemporary project in architecture, this book provides an index of ideas, theories, projects, and definitions that string into a methodology for evaluating the contempor……続きを見る

Railway buildings have always had a fascinating character all of their own, despite many no longer being in operational railway service. This book tells the story of how these buildings evolved alon……続きを見る

Of all the architectural delights of British seaside resorts, the most astonishing and idiosyncratic is the seaside pier. Remarkable visual spectacles, piers are architecturally extraordinary in con……続きを見る

Climate change, technology, and regulation are just some of the challenges faced by the architecture, engineering and construction industry in the design and build of modern buildings. This book exp……続きを見る

Unbuilt tells the stories of the plans, drawings and proposals that emerged during the 20th century in an unparalleled era of optimism in architecture. Many of these grand projects stayed on the dra……続きを見る

A fascinating insight into Britain's industrial past as evidenced by its buildings, richly illustrated with intricate line drawings. Industrial Britain goes far beyond the mills and machine houses o……続きを見る

With nearly 600 years of history, involving plots, intrigue, and paranormal activity, it is surprising that no one has ever before written the definitive history of the Rye House in Hertfordshire. T……続きを見る