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In his latest photographic series, South African photographer David Lurie turns his attention to two of the most pressing issues facing South Africa: land and drought. Presented here, Lurie’s color photographs capture the extreme climate and delicate ecosystems of the vast, barren plains of Karoo.
David Lurie: Karoo, land of thirst
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In his latest photographic series, South African photographer David Lurie turns his attention to two of the most pressing issues facing South Africa: land and drought. Presented here, Lurie’s color photographs capture the extreme climate and delicate ecosystems of the vast, barren plains of Karoo.
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As the 21st Century unfolds, Toward a Culture of Wood Architecture argues that by revitalizing our wood building tradition we can create new synergies between the natural and the built worlds, distribute both social and economic benefits, and contribute to the mitigation of climate change.
Toward a culture of wood architecture
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As the 21st Century unfolds, Toward a Culture of Wood Architecture argues that by revitalizing our wood building tradition we can create new synergies between the natural and the built worlds, distribute both social and economic benefits, and contribute to the mitigation of climate change.
Timber Construction
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235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2016.
Mensch macht Natur : Landschaft im Anthropozän = Humans make nature : landscapes of the anthropocene / Gabriele Mackert, Paul Petritsch (Hg.) ; translations: Gerrit Jackson [and three others].
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235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
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Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2016.
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xxx, 432 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1992.
al-Andalus : the art of Islamic Spain / edited by Jerrilynn D. Dodds.
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New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1992.
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207 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Tokyo ; Ruthland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, [2007]
Ryokan : Japan's finest spas and inns / Akihiko Seki and Elizabeth Heilman Brooke ; photography by Akihiko Seki.
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207 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
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Tokyo ; Ruthland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, [2007]
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ix, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©2002.
Cool comfort : America's romance with air-conditioning / Marsha E. Ackermann.
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Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©2002.
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Habitat durable : l'évidence de la construction passive / Jean-Loup Bertez, Jean-Claude Tremsal.
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287 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm.
Paris : [Éditions Gallimard], [2017]
Habitat durable : l'évidence de la construction passive / Jean-Loup Bertez, Jean-Claude Tremsal.
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287 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm.
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Paris : [Éditions Gallimard], [2017]
Log 49 Summer 2020
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As the world reckons with the compounding crises of a pandemic, racial unrest, a recession, and climate change, 'Log 49' compiles essays, interviews, observations, and manifestos by 29 authors in an effort to make sense of architecture, the city, and nature in the midst of turmoil.
Log 49 Summer 2020
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As the world reckons with the compounding crises of a pandemic, racial unrest, a recession, and climate change, 'Log 49' compiles essays, interviews, observations, and manifestos by 29 authors in an effort to make sense of architecture, the city, and nature in the midst of turmoil.
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Affected by local climate, construction practices, regional culture, and Florida lifestyle, the works of the Sarasota school of architecture mark a high point in the development of regional modernism in American architecture. John Howey provides the first solid documentation of the Sarasota group's designs and theories.
History until 1900
September 1997, Cambridge, Mass.
Sarasota school of architecture
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Affected by local climate, construction practices, regional culture, and Florida lifestyle, the works of the Sarasota school of architecture mark a high point in the development of regional modernism in American architecture. John Howey provides the first solid documentation of the Sarasota group's designs and theories.
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September 1997, Cambridge, Mass.
History until 1900
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Metropolis 7 provides an overview of projects taken on by the International Building Exhibition, Hamburg. It explores three themes--Cosmopolis, Metrozones, and Cities and Climate Change--as well as celebrating all those whose participation has played a key role in the success of the IBA Hamburg.
Metropolis no. 7: building the city anew
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Metropolis 7 provides an overview of projects taken on by the International Building Exhibition, Hamburg. It explores three themes--Cosmopolis, Metrozones, and Cities and Climate Change--as well as celebrating all those whose participation has played a key role in the success of the IBA Hamburg.
Urban Theory