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Thinking Big: A History of Davis Langdon provides a history of one of the world’s largest quantity surveying companies. They have been involved in the rebuilding of Ground Zero, Chek Lap Kok, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York and the Millennium Dome in London, amongst thousands of other projects around the world
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Thinking Big: A History of Davis Langdon provides a history of one of the world’s largest quantity surveying companies. They have been involved in the rebuilding of Ground Zero, Chek Lap Kok, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York and the Millennium Dome in London, amongst thousands of other projects around the world
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Thinking big, a history of David Langdon
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Thinking Big: A History of Davis Langdon provides a history of one of the world’s largest quantity surveying companies. They have been involved in the rebuilding of Ground Zero, Chek Lap Kok, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York and the Millennium Dome in London, amongst thousands of other projects around the world
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Thinking Big: A History of Davis Langdon provides a history of one of the world’s largest quantity surveying companies. They have been involved in the rebuilding of Ground Zero, Chek Lap Kok, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York and the Millennium Dome in London, amongst thousands of other projects around the world
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July 2009
July 2009
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Architecture Monographs
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xv, 244 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm
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xv, 244 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm
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- Monuments Turkmenistan Merv (Extinct city),
- Vernacular architecture Turkmenistan Merv (Extinct city),
- Building materials Turkmenistan Merv (Extinct city),
- Architecture, Ancient Turkmenistan Merv (Extinct city),
- Monuments Turkménistan Merv (Ville ancienne),
- Architecture vernaculaire Turkménistan Merv (Ville ancienne),
- Construction Matériaux Turkménistan Merv (Ville ancienne),
- Architecture antique Turkménistan Merv (Ville ancienne),
- Architecture, Ancient,
- Building materials,
- Monuments,
- Vernacular architecture,
- Bauwerk,
- Architektur,
- Monuments Turkménistan.,
- Construction Matériaux Turkménistan.,
- Architecture vernaculaire Turkménistan.,
- Architecture Turkménistan Merv (ville ancienne),
- Merv (Extinct city),
- Merv (Extinct city) History.,
- Merv (Ville ancienne),
- Merv (Ville ancienne) Histoire.,
- Turkmenistan Merv (Extinct city),
- Merw,
- Alexandria/Antiochia/Merv.,
- Merv (ville ancienne),
- History
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London : Society of Antiquaries of London, 1999.
London : Society of Antiquaries of London, 1999.
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Monuments of Merv : traditional buildings of the Karakum / by Georgina Herrmann ; with contributions by Hugh Kennedy.
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xv, 244 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm
Monuments of Merv : traditional buildings of the Karakum / by Georgina Herrmann ; with contributions by Hugh Kennedy.
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London : Society of Antiquaries of London, 1999.
London : Society of Antiquaries of London, 1999.
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- Monuments Turkmenistan Merv (Extinct city),
- Vernacular architecture Turkmenistan Merv (Extinct city),
- Building materials Turkmenistan Merv (Extinct city),
- Architecture, Ancient Turkmenistan Merv (Extinct city),
- Monuments Turkménistan Merv (Ville ancienne),
- Architecture vernaculaire Turkménistan Merv (Ville ancienne),
- Construction Matériaux Turkménistan Merv (Ville ancienne),
- Architecture antique Turkménistan Merv (Ville ancienne),
- Architecture, Ancient,
- Building materials,
- Monuments,
- Vernacular architecture,
- Bauwerk,
- Architektur,
- Monuments Turkménistan.,
- Construction Matériaux Turkménistan.,
- Architecture vernaculaire Turkménistan.,
- Architecture Turkménistan Merv (ville ancienne),
- Merv (Extinct city),
- Merv (Extinct city) History.,
- Merv (Ville ancienne),
- Merv (Ville ancienne) Histoire.,
- Turkmenistan Merv (Extinct city),
- Merw,
- Alexandria/Antiochia/Merv.,
- Merv (ville ancienne),
- History
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Fantastic feats and failures
Fantastic feats and failures
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Astronauts on Apollo 13 averted disaster with the help of duct tape. The design of the Sydney Opera House was based on the segments of an orange. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge swayed so much it was nicknamed “Galloping Gertie.” From genius designs to deadly design-flaws, the story of engineering is full of oddities and surprises. "Fantastic feats and failures" includes(...)
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Astronauts on Apollo 13 averted disaster with the help of duct tape. The design of the Sydney Opera House was based on the segments of an orange. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge swayed so much it was nicknamed “Galloping Gertie.” From genius designs to deadly design-flaws, the story of engineering is full of oddities and surprises. "Fantastic feats and failures" includes(...)
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Fantastic feats and failures
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Astronauts on Apollo 13 averted disaster with the help of duct tape. The design of the Sydney Opera House was based on the segments of an orange. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge swayed so much it was nicknamed “Galloping Gertie.” From genius designs to deadly design-flaws, the story of engineering is full of oddities and surprises. "Fantastic feats and failures" includes bridge and dome-building projects, and other activities to test your engineering know-how.
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Astronauts on Apollo 13 averted disaster with the help of duct tape. The design of the Sydney Opera House was based on the segments of an orange. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge swayed so much it was nicknamed “Galloping Gertie.” From genius designs to deadly design-flaws, the story of engineering is full of oddities and surprises. "Fantastic feats and failures" includes bridge and dome-building projects, and other activities to test your engineering know-how.
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April 2004, Toronto
April 2004, Toronto
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Children's Books
Children's Books
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Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. For more than five decades, he set forth his comprehensive perspective on the world’s problems in numerous essays, which offer an illuminating insight into the(...)
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Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. For more than five decades, he set forth his comprehensive perspective on the world’s problems in numerous essays, which offer an illuminating insight into the(...)
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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August 2008
August 2008
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Operating manual for spaceship earth
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Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. For more than five decades, he set forth his comprehensive perspective on the world’s problems in numerous essays, which offer an illuminating insight into the intellectual universe of this renaissance man. These texts remain surprisingly topical even today, decades after their initial publication.
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Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. For more than five decades, he set forth his comprehensive perspective on the world’s problems in numerous essays, which offer an illuminating insight into the intellectual universe of this renaissance man. These texts remain surprisingly topical even today, decades after their initial publication.
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August 2008
August 2008
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x, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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x, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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- Galereja "Kino" Moskau,
- Urbanization Russia (Federation) Moscow History 18th century.,
- Urbanization Russia (Federation) Moscow History 19th century.,
- Urbanisation Russie Moscou Histoire 18e siècle.,
- Urbanisation Russie Moscou Histoire 19e siècle.,
- 15.70 history of Europe.,
- Urbanization.,
- Stadtentwicklung,
- Urbanisering historia.,
- Moscow (Russia) History 18th century.,
- Moscow (Russia) History 19th century.,
- Moscou (Russie) Histoire 18e siècle.,
- Moscou (Russie) Histoire 19e siècle.,
- Russia (Federation) Moscow.,
- Moskau,
- Moskou (stad),
- Ryssland Moskva.,
- History.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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Enlightened metropolis : constructing imperial Moscow, 1762-1855 / Alexander M. Martin.
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x, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Enlightened metropolis : constructing imperial Moscow, 1762-1855 / Alexander M. Martin.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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- Galereja "Kino" Moskau,
- Urbanization Russia (Federation) Moscow History 18th century.,
- Urbanization Russia (Federation) Moscow History 19th century.,
- Urbanisation Russie Moscou Histoire 18e siècle.,
- Urbanisation Russie Moscou Histoire 19e siècle.,
- 15.70 history of Europe.,
- Urbanization.,
- Stadtentwicklung,
- Urbanisering historia.,
- Moscow (Russia) History 18th century.,
- Moscow (Russia) History 19th century.,
- Moscou (Russie) Histoire 18e siècle.,
- Moscou (Russie) Histoire 19e siècle.,
- Russia (Federation) Moscow.,
- Moskau,
- Moskou (stad),
- Ryssland Moskva.,
- History.
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315 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 31 cm
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315 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 31 cm
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- Islamic tiles Asia.,
- Tiles Asia.,
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural Asia.,
- Islamic architecture Asia.,
- Color in architecture Asia.,
- Carreaux islamiques Asie.,
- Carreaux Asie.,
- Décoration et ornement architecturaux Asie.,
- Architecture islamique Asie.,
- Couleur en architecture Asie.,
- Color in architecture,
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural,
- Islamic architecture,
- Islamic tiles,
- Tiles,
- Architektur,
- Baukeramik,
- Farbe,
- Fassadendekoration,
- Geschichte,
- Islam,
- Islamische Architektur,
- Kachel,
- Symbolismus,
- Ästhetik,
- Symbol,
- Islamitische bouwkunst.,
- Tegels.,
- Kleuren.,
- Islamic architecture Details.,
- Asia,
- Architecture, Islamic,
- Tiles, Islamic,
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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London : Thames and Hudson, ©1996.
London : Thames and Hudson, ©1996.
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Colour and symbolism in Islamic architecture : eight centuries of the tile-maker's art / photographs by Roland and Sabrina Michaud ; text by Michael Barry.
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315 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 31 cm
Colour and symbolism in Islamic architecture : eight centuries of the tile-maker's art / photographs by Roland and Sabrina Michaud ; text by Michael Barry.
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315 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 31 cm
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London : Thames and Hudson, ©1996.
London : Thames and Hudson, ©1996.
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- Islamic tiles Asia.,
- Tiles Asia.,
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural Asia.,
- Islamic architecture Asia.,
- Color in architecture Asia.,
- Carreaux islamiques Asie.,
- Carreaux Asie.,
- Décoration et ornement architecturaux Asie.,
- Architecture islamique Asie.,
- Couleur en architecture Asie.,
- Color in architecture,
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural,
- Islamic architecture,
- Islamic tiles,
- Tiles,
- Architektur,
- Baukeramik,
- Farbe,
- Fassadendekoration,
- Geschichte,
- Islam,
- Islamische Architektur,
- Kachel,
- Symbolismus,
- Ästhetik,
- Symbol,
- Islamitische bouwkunst.,
- Tegels.,
- Kleuren.,
- Islamic architecture Details.,
- Asia,
- Architecture, Islamic,
- Tiles, Islamic,
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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592 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm
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592 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm
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- Sinan, Mimar, 1489 or 1490-1588.,
- Sinan, Mimar, 1489 ou 1490-1588.,
- Sinan 1489-1588,
- Sinan, Mimar, 1490-1588 Criticism and interpretation.,
- Sinan.,
- Mosques Turkey Design and construction History 16th century.,
- Architecture, Ottoman Turkey.,
- Islamic architecture Turkey.,
- Mosquées Turquie Conception et construction Histoire 16e siècle.,
- Architecture ottomane Turquie.,
- Architecture islamique Turquie.,
- Architecture, Ottoman,
- Islamic architecture,
- Mosques Design and construction,
- Islamische Architektur,
- Architektur,
- Turkey,
- Osmanisches Reich,
- History
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005.
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The age of Sinan : architectural culture in the Ottoman Empire / Gülru Necipoğlu ; architectural drawings and photographs of Sinan's works by Arben N. Arapi and Reha Günay.
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592 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm
The age of Sinan : architectural culture in the Ottoman Empire / Gülru Necipoğlu ; architectural drawings and photographs of Sinan's works by Arben N. Arapi and Reha Günay.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005.
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- Sinan, Mimar, 1489 or 1490-1588.,
- Sinan, Mimar, 1489 ou 1490-1588.,
- Sinan 1489-1588,
- Sinan, Mimar, 1490-1588 Criticism and interpretation.,
- Sinan.,
- Mosques Turkey Design and construction History 16th century.,
- Architecture, Ottoman Turkey.,
- Islamic architecture Turkey.,
- Mosquées Turquie Conception et construction Histoire 16e siècle.,
- Architecture ottomane Turquie.,
- Architecture islamique Turquie.,
- Architecture, Ottoman,
- Islamic architecture,
- Mosques Design and construction,
- Islamische Architektur,
- Architektur,
- Turkey,
- Osmanisches Reich,
- History
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Becoming Bucky Fuller
Becoming Bucky Fuller
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Buckminster Fuller's fame reached its peak in the 1960s and 1970s, when his visionary experiments struck a chord with the counterculture and his charismatic personality provided the media with a good story—that of a genius who could play the role of artist, scientist, and entrepreneur all at once. In Becoming Bucky Fuller, Loretta Lorance shows that Fuller's career did(...)
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Buckminster Fuller's fame reached its peak in the 1960s and 1970s, when his visionary experiments struck a chord with the counterculture and his charismatic personality provided the media with a good story—that of a genius who could play the role of artist, scientist, and entrepreneur all at once. In Becoming Bucky Fuller, Loretta Lorance shows that Fuller's career did(...)
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Becoming Bucky Fuller
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Buckminster Fuller's fame reached its peak in the 1960s and 1970s, when his visionary experiments struck a chord with the counterculture and his charismatic personality provided the media with a good story—that of a genius who could play the role of artist, scientist, and entrepreneur all at once. In Becoming Bucky Fuller, Loretta Lorance shows that Fuller's career did not begin with the lofty goals hailed by his admirers, and that, in fact, Fuller's image as guru and prophet was as carefully constructed as a geodesic dome.
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Buckminster Fuller's fame reached its peak in the 1960s and 1970s, when his visionary experiments struck a chord with the counterculture and his charismatic personality provided the media with a good story—that of a genius who could play the role of artist, scientist, and entrepreneur all at once. In Becoming Bucky Fuller, Loretta Lorance shows that Fuller's career did not begin with the lofty goals hailed by his admirers, and that, in fact, Fuller's image as guru and prophet was as carefully constructed as a geodesic dome.
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May 2009, Cambridge, London
May 2009, Cambridge, London
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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xiii, 320 pages illustrations, facsimiles, plans 27 cm
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xiii, 320 pages illustrations, facsimiles, plans 27 cm
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Paris, A. et J. Picard, 1954.
Paris, A. et J. Picard, 1954.
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Mystique et architecture: symbolisme du cercle et de la coupole.
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xiii, 320 pages illustrations, facsimiles, plans 27 cm
Mystique et architecture: symbolisme du cercle et de la coupole.
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Paris, A. et J. Picard, 1954.
Paris, A. et J. Picard, 1954.
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334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori ; illustrations by Kevin Woest.
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334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori ; illustrations by Kevin Woest.
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334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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New York : W.W. Norton, 1992.
New York : W.W. Norton, 1992.
