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AP121.S2.SS1.D25
AP121.S2.SS1.D25
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1961-1962
1961-1962
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Dossier 25
Dossier 25
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1961-1962
1961-1962
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photographs
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PH1979:0615.07:001-098
PH1979:0615.07:001-098
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printed ca. 1910
printed ca. 1910
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Various amateur travel views of England, Netherlands, the Alps, and Italy
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PH1979:0615.07:001-098
Various amateur travel views of England, Netherlands, the Alps, and Italy
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PH1979:0615.07:001-098
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photographs
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printed ca. 1910
printed ca. 1910
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textual records
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ARCH273675
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labeled, "Switzerland, Plaine Val d'Izère etc."
ARCH273675
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labeled, "Switzerland, Plaine Val d'Izère etc."
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ca. 1974
ca. 1974
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Travel reference material, includes brochures, maps, magazine clippings and handwritten notes related to Switzerland and Val-d'Isère, a resort in the French Alps.
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ARCH273675
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labeled, "Switzerland, Plaine Val d'Izère etc."
Travel reference material, includes brochures, maps, magazine clippings and handwritten notes related to Switzerland and Val-d'Isère, a resort in the French Alps.
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ARCH273675
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labeled, "Switzerland, Plaine Val d'Izère etc."
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textual records
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ca. 1974
ca. 1974
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articles
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On Ludwig Berger’s recordings of melting landscapes
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Oscillanting Spaces, Ludwig Berger, glacier, Morteratsch, Furka, melting, climate change, Alps, Switzerland, sound
Oscillanting Spaces, Ludwig Berger, glacier, Morteratsch, Furka, melting, climate change, Alps, Switzerland, sound
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18 August 2025
18 August 2025
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What does a glacier (or climate change) sound like?
On Ludwig Berger’s recordings of melting landscapes
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What does a glacier (or climate change) sound like?
On Ludwig Berger’s recordings of melting landscapes
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AP193.S1
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Series 1, Water Flux and Scrambled Flat, 2002-2010, documents the conception and evolution of a project that was originally a farm building and later became a geology and glaciology museum and research center focused on the Swiss Alps. The project was never realized. R&Sie(n) conceptualized Scrambled Flat as an experimental farm. The project goal was to reconcile European Union’s agricultural regulations, imposing a separation between animal and human living, to the community of Évolène traditional way of living, contiguously with animals, benefiting from the resources they offer. As conceived, Scrambled Flat creates an environment where fluidity between the existence of the animals and the humans is materialized. The size of the form is also adapted from a typical local rural house and exploits the heat of the animals and the insulation of the hay. For this project, R&Sie(n) approached the mayor of the community with the design proposition. The mayor then called for a competition, while also changing the program to an ecology museum and research center illustrating the local effects of global warming and the thawing of the Alps. R&Sie(n) won the competition with Water Flux, a reinterpretation of Scrambled Flat. The project was intended to uncover and exorcise the anxieties of ecological disaster, and the principle of flux related to seasonal change and, more broadly, climate change. The firm designed rooms that reproduce the geological and meteorological environment of the high mountains making it visible and experimental, offering refrigerated spaces for art installations and scientific demonstrations. The concept was also to build with the use of new technologies such as digital modelling, point scanning, and computer numerical control (CNC), combined with ancient local knowledge of knocking on trees to decide which specific pines have the best wood for construction. The building is designed to be constructed with local lamellar wood milled by nearby CNC. The resulting parts would be used for the structure, the insulation, the waterproofing and both the interior and exterior finishes. The design includes a grille wrapping the building, reproducing the profile of traditional houses and enclosure and making it possible to hold the snow inside a typo-morphological imprint. Therefore, the transformable envelope of the building reacts to the rhythm of the seasons. In the winter, the structure would appear like a solid cut-out of ice and snow, with cavities similar to those found in glaciers. In the summer, it would resemble piles of stones used in these areas to make borders. A small pool would collect rainwater and supply it to an interior artificial snowmaking system designed for the gallery. Transformation of the water is an integral part of the design. The records contain images of plans, sections, details for the structure of the façade, renderings, plans of the engineered structure, and photographs documenting the conception of the models with the CNC machinery. The Rhino 3D modelling files are also part of the records along with AutoCAD models and a video documenting the process. The records contain two physical models: a smaller polymer model at 1:20 scale representing the whole structure of the building, and a larger 1:1 latch wood fragment representing detail of the structure in its integrality.
AP193.S1
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Series 1, Water Flux and Scrambled Flat, 2002-2010, documents the conception and evolution of a project that was originally a farm building and later became a geology and glaciology museum and research center focused on the Swiss Alps. The project was never realized. R&Sie(n) conceptualized Scrambled Flat as an experimental farm. The project goal was to reconcile European Union’s agricultural regulations, imposing a separation between animal and human living, to the community of Évolène traditional way of living, contiguously with animals, benefiting from the resources they offer. As conceived, Scrambled Flat creates an environment where fluidity between the existence of the animals and the humans is materialized. The size of the form is also adapted from a typical local rural house and exploits the heat of the animals and the insulation of the hay. For this project, R&Sie(n) approached the mayor of the community with the design proposition. The mayor then called for a competition, while also changing the program to an ecology museum and research center illustrating the local effects of global warming and the thawing of the Alps. R&Sie(n) won the competition with Water Flux, a reinterpretation of Scrambled Flat. The project was intended to uncover and exorcise the anxieties of ecological disaster, and the principle of flux related to seasonal change and, more broadly, climate change. The firm designed rooms that reproduce the geological and meteorological environment of the high mountains making it visible and experimental, offering refrigerated spaces for art installations and scientific demonstrations. The concept was also to build with the use of new technologies such as digital modelling, point scanning, and computer numerical control (CNC), combined with ancient local knowledge of knocking on trees to decide which specific pines have the best wood for construction. The building is designed to be constructed with local lamellar wood milled by nearby CNC. The resulting parts would be used for the structure, the insulation, the waterproofing and both the interior and exterior finishes. The design includes a grille wrapping the building, reproducing the profile of traditional houses and enclosure and making it possible to hold the snow inside a typo-morphological imprint. Therefore, the transformable envelope of the building reacts to the rhythm of the seasons. In the winter, the structure would appear like a solid cut-out of ice and snow, with cavities similar to those found in glaciers. In the summer, it would resemble piles of stones used in these areas to make borders. A small pool would collect rainwater and supply it to an interior artificial snowmaking system designed for the gallery. Transformation of the water is an integral part of the design. The records contain images of plans, sections, details for the structure of the façade, renderings, plans of the engineered structure, and photographs documenting the conception of the models with the CNC machinery. The Rhino 3D modelling files are also part of the records along with AutoCAD models and a video documenting the process. The records contain two physical models: a smaller polymer model at 1:20 scale representing the whole structure of the building, and a larger 1:1 latch wood fragment representing detail of the structure in its integrality.
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2002-2010
2002-2010
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Water Flux and Scrambled Flat
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AP193.S1
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Series 1, Water Flux and Scrambled Flat, 2002-2010, documents the conception and evolution of a project that was originally a farm building and later became a geology and glaciology museum and research center focused on the Swiss Alps. The project was never realized. R&Sie(n) conceptualized Scrambled Flat as an experimental farm. The project goal was to reconcile European Union’s agricultural regulations, imposing a separation between animal and human living, to the community of Évolène traditional way of living, contiguously with animals, benefiting from the resources they offer. As conceived, Scrambled Flat creates an environment where fluidity between the existence of the animals and the humans is materialized. The size of the form is also adapted from a typical local rural house and exploits the heat of the animals and the insulation of the hay. For this project, R&Sie(n) approached the mayor of the community with the design proposition. The mayor then called for a competition, while also changing the program to an ecology museum and research center illustrating the local effects of global warming and the thawing of the Alps. R&Sie(n) won the competition with Water Flux, a reinterpretation of Scrambled Flat. The project was intended to uncover and exorcise the anxieties of ecological disaster, and the principle of flux related to seasonal change and, more broadly, climate change. The firm designed rooms that reproduce the geological and meteorological environment of the high mountains making it visible and experimental, offering refrigerated spaces for art installations and scientific demonstrations. The concept was also to build with the use of new technologies such as digital modelling, point scanning, and computer numerical control (CNC), combined with ancient local knowledge of knocking on trees to decide which specific pines have the best wood for construction. The building is designed to be constructed with local lamellar wood milled by nearby CNC. The resulting parts would be used for the structure, the insulation, the waterproofing and both the interior and exterior finishes. The design includes a grille wrapping the building, reproducing the profile of traditional houses and enclosure and making it possible to hold the snow inside a typo-morphological imprint. Therefore, the transformable envelope of the building reacts to the rhythm of the seasons. In the winter, the structure would appear like a solid cut-out of ice and snow, with cavities similar to those found in glaciers. In the summer, it would resemble piles of stones used in these areas to make borders. A small pool would collect rainwater and supply it to an interior artificial snowmaking system designed for the gallery. Transformation of the water is an integral part of the design. The records contain images of plans, sections, details for the structure of the façade, renderings, plans of the engineered structure, and photographs documenting the conception of the models with the CNC machinery. The Rhino 3D modelling files are also part of the records along with AutoCAD models and a video documenting the process. The records contain two physical models: a smaller polymer model at 1:20 scale representing the whole structure of the building, and a larger 1:1 latch wood fragment representing detail of the structure in its integrality.
Water Flux and Scrambled Flat
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AP193.S1
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Series 1, Water Flux and Scrambled Flat, 2002-2010, documents the conception and evolution of a project that was originally a farm building and later became a geology and glaciology museum and research center focused on the Swiss Alps. The project was never realized. R&Sie(n) conceptualized Scrambled Flat as an experimental farm. The project goal was to reconcile European Union’s agricultural regulations, imposing a separation between animal and human living, to the community of Évolène traditional way of living, contiguously with animals, benefiting from the resources they offer. As conceived, Scrambled Flat creates an environment where fluidity between the existence of the animals and the humans is materialized. The size of the form is also adapted from a typical local rural house and exploits the heat of the animals and the insulation of the hay. For this project, R&Sie(n) approached the mayor of the community with the design proposition. The mayor then called for a competition, while also changing the program to an ecology museum and research center illustrating the local effects of global warming and the thawing of the Alps. R&Sie(n) won the competition with Water Flux, a reinterpretation of Scrambled Flat. The project was intended to uncover and exorcise the anxieties of ecological disaster, and the principle of flux related to seasonal change and, more broadly, climate change. The firm designed rooms that reproduce the geological and meteorological environment of the high mountains making it visible and experimental, offering refrigerated spaces for art installations and scientific demonstrations. The concept was also to build with the use of new technologies such as digital modelling, point scanning, and computer numerical control (CNC), combined with ancient local knowledge of knocking on trees to decide which specific pines have the best wood for construction. The building is designed to be constructed with local lamellar wood milled by nearby CNC. The resulting parts would be used for the structure, the insulation, the waterproofing and both the interior and exterior finishes. The design includes a grille wrapping the building, reproducing the profile of traditional houses and enclosure and making it possible to hold the snow inside a typo-morphological imprint. Therefore, the transformable envelope of the building reacts to the rhythm of the seasons. In the winter, the structure would appear like a solid cut-out of ice and snow, with cavities similar to those found in glaciers. In the summer, it would resemble piles of stones used in these areas to make borders. A small pool would collect rainwater and supply it to an interior artificial snowmaking system designed for the gallery. Transformation of the water is an integral part of the design. The records contain images of plans, sections, details for the structure of the façade, renderings, plans of the engineered structure, and photographs documenting the conception of the models with the CNC machinery. The Rhino 3D modelling files are also part of the records along with AutoCAD models and a video documenting the process. The records contain two physical models: a smaller polymer model at 1:20 scale representing the whole structure of the building, and a larger 1:1 latch wood fragment representing detail of the structure in its integrality.
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2002-2010
2002-2010
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photographs
photographs
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Vues et Monuments de France
Vues et Monuments de France
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PH1986:0054:001-044
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Album consists of 44 photographs of views of monuments of France, namely, churches, castles, ramparts, antique theatres and amphitheaters, hôtel de ville (city hall), palais de justice (law court), from such cities as Blois, Brioude, Arles, Nîmes, Avignon, Orange, Périgueux, Caen, Rouen and Lyons. As well, natural views are depicted from the regions of the Alps, the Dauphiné, the Savoy and the massif central. Baldus photographed the natural landscapes of glaciers, rocky chasms, alpine peaks and valleys of France. Several photographs of this album are also part of the album PLM (Chemins de Fer de Paris à la Méditerranée: PH1981:0816:001-069) and of the album Chemins de Fer du Nord: PH1981:1025:001-050).
PH1986:0054:001-044
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Album consists of 44 photographs of views of monuments of France, namely, churches, castles, ramparts, antique theatres and amphitheaters, hôtel de ville (city hall), palais de justice (law court), from such cities as Blois, Brioude, Arles, Nîmes, Avignon, Orange, Périgueux, Caen, Rouen and Lyons. As well, natural views are depicted from the regions of the Alps, the Dauphiné, the Savoy and the massif central. Baldus photographed the natural landscapes of glaciers, rocky chasms, alpine peaks and valleys of France. Several photographs of this album are also part of the album PLM (Chemins de Fer de Paris à la Méditerranée: PH1981:0816:001-069) and of the album Chemins de Fer du Nord: PH1981:1025:001-050).
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architecture
architecture
Date:
ca. 1861
ca. 1861
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Vues et Monuments de France
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PH1986:0054:001-044
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Album consists of 44 photographs of views of monuments of France, namely, churches, castles, ramparts, antique theatres and amphitheaters, hôtel de ville (city hall), palais de justice (law court), from such cities as Blois, Brioude, Arles, Nîmes, Avignon, Orange, Périgueux, Caen, Rouen and Lyons. As well, natural views are depicted from the regions of the Alps, the Dauphiné, the Savoy and the massif central. Baldus photographed the natural landscapes of glaciers, rocky chasms, alpine peaks and valleys of France. Several photographs of this album are also part of the album PLM (Chemins de Fer de Paris à la Méditerranée: PH1981:0816:001-069) and of the album Chemins de Fer du Nord: PH1981:1025:001-050).
Vues et Monuments de France
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PH1986:0054:001-044
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Album consists of 44 photographs of views of monuments of France, namely, churches, castles, ramparts, antique theatres and amphitheaters, hôtel de ville (city hall), palais de justice (law court), from such cities as Blois, Brioude, Arles, Nîmes, Avignon, Orange, Périgueux, Caen, Rouen and Lyons. As well, natural views are depicted from the regions of the Alps, the Dauphiné, the Savoy and the massif central. Baldus photographed the natural landscapes of glaciers, rocky chasms, alpine peaks and valleys of France. Several photographs of this album are also part of the album PLM (Chemins de Fer de Paris à la Méditerranée: PH1981:0816:001-069) and of the album Chemins de Fer du Nord: PH1981:1025:001-050).
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photographs
photographs
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ca. 1861
ca. 1861
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architecture
architecture
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xxvi, 574 p. : ill., maps (some fold.), plans ; 17 cm.
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xxvi, 574 p. : ill., maps (some fold.), plans ; 17 cm.
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Leipsic : K. Baedeker, 1907.
Leipsic : K. Baedeker, 1907.
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The eastern Alps : including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola : handbook for travellers / by Karl Baedeker.
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xxvi, 574 p. : ill., maps (some fold.), plans ; 17 cm.
The eastern Alps : including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola : handbook for travellers / by Karl Baedeker.
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xxvi, 574 p. : ill., maps (some fold.), plans ; 17 cm.
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Leipsic : K. Baedeker, 1907.
Leipsic : K. Baedeker, 1907.
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96 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
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96 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
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Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1992]
Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1992]
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Footholds in the Alps : architectural notes / by Pierre Zoelly.
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96 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Footholds in the Alps : architectural notes / by Pierre Zoelly.
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96 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
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Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1992]
Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1992]
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xxvi, 571 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 17 cm.
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xxvi, 571 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 17 cm.
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Leipsic : Karl Baedeker, 1903.
Leipsic : Karl Baedeker, 1903.
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The Eastern Alps : including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola ; handbook for travellers / by Karl Baedeker.
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xxvi, 571 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 17 cm.
The Eastern Alps : including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola ; handbook for travellers / by Karl Baedeker.
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xxvi, 571 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 17 cm.
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Leipsic : Karl Baedeker, 1903.
Leipsic : Karl Baedeker, 1903.
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239 pages (some folded) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm + 1 folded map in pocket
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239 pages (some folded) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm + 1 folded map in pocket
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Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, [2019], ©2019
Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, [2019], ©2019
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Urbanizing the Alps : densification strategies for mountain villages / Fiona Pia ; translation from French into English: Richard Palmer.
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239 pages (some folded) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm + 1 folded map in pocket
Urbanizing the Alps : densification strategies for mountain villages / Fiona Pia ; translation from French into English: Richard Palmer.
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239 pages (some folded) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm + 1 folded map in pocket
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Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, [2019], ©2019
Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, [2019], ©2019
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