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Wood has always been a stong contributing factor in the creation of interesting architecture. Because of its special physical characteristics, its many possibilities of application and combination with other construction materials, since human beings began building houses, wood has been one of the main building materials. In addition, because of the increasing sensitivity(...)
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Wood has always been a stong contributing factor in the creation of interesting architecture. Because of its special physical characteristics, its many possibilities of application and combination with other construction materials, since human beings began building houses, wood has been one of the main building materials. In addition, because of the increasing sensitivity(...)
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Wood: architecture and design
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Wood has always been a stong contributing factor in the creation of interesting architecture. Because of its special physical characteristics, its many possibilities of application and combination with other construction materials, since human beings began building houses, wood has been one of the main building materials. In addition, because of the increasing sensitivity for the protection of resources the ecological potential of wood as a renewable raw material wood has gained in significance. To build with wood has been for years and is still a trend topic, this volume is a road tour of contemporary wood architecture.
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Wood has always been a stong contributing factor in the creation of interesting architecture. Because of its special physical characteristics, its many possibilities of application and combination with other construction materials, since human beings began building houses, wood has been one of the main building materials. In addition, because of the increasing sensitivity for the protection of resources the ecological potential of wood as a renewable raw material wood has gained in significance. To build with wood has been for years and is still a trend topic, this volume is a road tour of contemporary wood architecture.
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January 2013
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Timber Construction
Timber Construction
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An initiative of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, the Most Beautiful Swiss Books competition aims to honour outstanding achievements in book design and to promote and showcase high-quality book production. The award-winning publications attract the attention of a wide audience through numerous book fairs and an exhibition tour in Switzerland and abroad. A total of(...)
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An initiative of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, the Most Beautiful Swiss Books competition aims to honour outstanding achievements in book design and to promote and showcase high-quality book production. The award-winning publications attract the attention of a wide audience through numerous book fairs and an exhibition tour in Switzerland and abroad. A total of(...)
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The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2020
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An initiative of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, the Most Beautiful Swiss Books competition aims to honour outstanding achievements in book design and to promote and showcase high-quality book production. The award-winning publications attract the attention of a wide audience through numerous book fairs and an exhibition tour in Switzerland and abroad. A total of nineteen winning volumes appear in the 2020 edition, selected from among the 370 submissions. Due to health restrictions imposed by the pandemic, an ad hoc jury was convened for this edition, consisting of Gilles Gavillet, Nicolas Eigenheer, Simone Farner, Sereina Rothenberger, and Gesa Schneider.
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2020
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An initiative of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, the Most Beautiful Swiss Books competition aims to honour outstanding achievements in book design and to promote and showcase high-quality book production. The award-winning publications attract the attention of a wide audience through numerous book fairs and an exhibition tour in Switzerland and abroad. A total of nineteen winning volumes appear in the 2020 edition, selected from among the 370 submissions. Due to health restrictions imposed by the pandemic, an ad hoc jury was convened for this edition, consisting of Gilles Gavillet, Nicolas Eigenheer, Simone Farner, Sereina Rothenberger, and Gesa Schneider.
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August 2021
August 2021
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Book Design
Book Design
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This volume takes the reader on a tour of modern architecture through its most iconic and significant buildings, showing how to read the hallmarks of each architectural style and how to recognize them in the buildings. From Art Deco and Arts and Crafts through Bauhaus, the International Style, and Modernism to today’s environmental architecture and the rise and fall of(...)
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This volume takes the reader on a tour of modern architecture through its most iconic and significant buildings, showing how to read the hallmarks of each architectural style and how to recognize them in the buildings. From Art Deco and Arts and Crafts through Bauhaus, the International Style, and Modernism to today’s environmental architecture and the rise and fall of(...)
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March 2017
March 2017
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How to read modern buildings: a crash course in architecture of the modern era
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This volume takes the reader on a tour of modern architecture through its most iconic and significant buildings, showing how to read the hallmarks of each architectural style and how to recognize them in the buildings. From Art Deco and Arts and Crafts through Bauhaus, the International Style, and Modernism to today’s environmental architecture and the rise and fall of the “starchitect”, all the major architectural movements from the 1900s to the present day are traced through their classic buildings. Examining the key architectural elements and hidden details of each style, we learn what to look for and where to look for it.
How to read modern buildings: a crash course in architecture of the modern era
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This volume takes the reader on a tour of modern architecture through its most iconic and significant buildings, showing how to read the hallmarks of each architectural style and how to recognize them in the buildings. From Art Deco and Arts and Crafts through Bauhaus, the International Style, and Modernism to today’s environmental architecture and the rise and fall of the “starchitect”, all the major architectural movements from the 1900s to the present day are traced through their classic buildings. Examining the key architectural elements and hidden details of each style, we learn what to look for and where to look for it.
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March 2017
March 2017
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Collecting colour
Collecting colour
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In this book Narayan Khandekar, director of the Straus Center, takes us on a tour of the amazing universe of the Forbes Pigment Collection, which at present is kept in the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard University. This collection contains over three thousand natural and synthetic colouring agents. Khandekar shows the origins of the(...)
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In this book Narayan Khandekar, director of the Straus Center, takes us on a tour of the amazing universe of the Forbes Pigment Collection, which at present is kept in the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard University. This collection contains over three thousand natural and synthetic colouring agents. Khandekar shows the origins of the(...)
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Collecting colour
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In this book Narayan Khandekar, director of the Straus Center, takes us on a tour of the amazing universe of the Forbes Pigment Collection, which at present is kept in the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard University. This collection contains over three thousand natural and synthetic colouring agents. Khandekar shows the origins of the pigments and their cultural uses. At the same time, he demonstrates that pigments are essential building blocks of the unique nature of a work of art. Explore the unique collection through the essay and the many images in this book. Printed with high pigment ink.
Collecting colour
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In this book Narayan Khandekar, director of the Straus Center, takes us on a tour of the amazing universe of the Forbes Pigment Collection, which at present is kept in the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard University. This collection contains over three thousand natural and synthetic colouring agents. Khandekar shows the origins of the pigments and their cultural uses. At the same time, he demonstrates that pigments are essential building blocks of the unique nature of a work of art. Explore the unique collection through the essay and the many images in this book. Printed with high pigment ink.
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April 2017
April 2017
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Colour Theory and Design
Colour Theory and Design
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The constructivist
The constructivist
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''The Constructivist'' by Zupagrafika allows you to playfully shape your own avant-garde community with geometrical forms inspired by seminal examples of Russian constructivist architecture, erected between the early 1920s and mid -1930s, such as: Melnikov House, Kirov Town Hall or Nikolaev's House. The kit is designed especially for children and their parents to engage(...)
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''The Constructivist'' by Zupagrafika allows you to playfully shape your own avant-garde community with geometrical forms inspired by seminal examples of Russian constructivist architecture, erected between the early 1920s and mid -1930s, such as: Melnikov House, Kirov Town Hall or Nikolaev's House. The kit is designed especially for children and their parents to engage(...)
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The constructivist
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''The Constructivist'' by Zupagrafika allows you to playfully shape your own avant-garde community with geometrical forms inspired by seminal examples of Russian constructivist architecture, erected between the early 1920s and mid -1930s, such as: Melnikov House, Kirov Town Hall or Nikolaev's House. The kit is designed especially for children and their parents to engage in a playful, interactive tour around the constructivist world of forms and colours, allowing them to practice their spatial imagination. Contains 4 press-out comrades to assemble without glue or scissors. Includes an educative note on Russian avant-garde architecture and easy to follow instructions.
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''The Constructivist'' by Zupagrafika allows you to playfully shape your own avant-garde community with geometrical forms inspired by seminal examples of Russian constructivist architecture, erected between the early 1920s and mid -1930s, such as: Melnikov House, Kirov Town Hall or Nikolaev's House. The kit is designed especially for children and their parents to engage in a playful, interactive tour around the constructivist world of forms and colours, allowing them to practice their spatial imagination. Contains 4 press-out comrades to assemble without glue or scissors. Includes an educative note on Russian avant-garde architecture and easy to follow instructions.
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June 2017
June 2017
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Children's Books
Children's Books
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Authored by Robin Kinross, this volume offers a tour through the history of Western typography, from the time when it can be said to have become “modern” to the present moment. It highlights different cultures in different times, tracing the developments and shifts in modern typography while giving attention to ideas, social contexts, and techniques, thereby also(...)
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Authored by Robin Kinross, this volume offers a tour through the history of Western typography, from the time when it can be said to have become “modern” to the present moment. It highlights different cultures in different times, tracing the developments and shifts in modern typography while giving attention to ideas, social contexts, and techniques, thereby also(...)
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Modern typography: an essay in critical history
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Authored by Robin Kinross, this volume offers a tour through the history of Western typography, from the time when it can be said to have become “modern” to the present moment. It highlights different cultures in different times, tracing the developments and shifts in modern typography while giving attention to ideas, social contexts, and techniques, thereby also bypassing the tired tropes of stylistic analysis. Included are concise accounts of modernist typography in Central Europe between the wars, and in Switzerland in the 1950s and ’60s. Traditional typography in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the Low Countries is also discussed sympathetically.
Modern typography: an essay in critical history
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Authored by Robin Kinross, this volume offers a tour through the history of Western typography, from the time when it can be said to have become “modern” to the present moment. It highlights different cultures in different times, tracing the developments and shifts in modern typography while giving attention to ideas, social contexts, and techniques, thereby also bypassing the tired tropes of stylistic analysis. Included are concise accounts of modernist typography in Central Europe between the wars, and in Switzerland in the 1950s and ’60s. Traditional typography in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the Low Countries is also discussed sympathetically.
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September 2019
September 2019
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Graphic Design and Typography
Graphic Design and Typography
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Through a lively exploration of material culture, literature, and architecture, 'American Arcadia' offers a tour through California's development as a Mediterranean haven from the late nineteenth century to the present. Art historian Peter J. Holliday traces the classical influence primarily through the evidence of material culture, yet the book emphasizes the stories and(...)
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Through a lively exploration of material culture, literature, and architecture, 'American Arcadia' offers a tour through California's development as a Mediterranean haven from the late nineteenth century to the present. Art historian Peter J. Holliday traces the classical influence primarily through the evidence of material culture, yet the book emphasizes the stories and(...)
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American Arcadia: California and the classical tradition
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Through a lively exploration of material culture, literature, and architecture, 'American Arcadia' offers a tour through California's development as a Mediterranean haven from the late nineteenth century to the present. Art historian Peter J. Holliday traces the classical influence primarily through the evidence of material culture, yet the book emphasizes the stories and people, famous and forgotten, behind the works, such as Florence Yoch, the renowned landscape designer and set designer for Gone with the Wind, and "Sister Aimee" Semple McPherson, the most publicized Christian evangelist of her day, whose sermons filled the Pantheon-like Angelus Temple.
American Arcadia: California and the classical tradition
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Through a lively exploration of material culture, literature, and architecture, 'American Arcadia' offers a tour through California's development as a Mediterranean haven from the late nineteenth century to the present. Art historian Peter J. Holliday traces the classical influence primarily through the evidence of material culture, yet the book emphasizes the stories and people, famous and forgotten, behind the works, such as Florence Yoch, the renowned landscape designer and set designer for Gone with the Wind, and "Sister Aimee" Semple McPherson, the most publicized Christian evangelist of her day, whose sermons filled the Pantheon-like Angelus Temple.
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June 2016
June 2016
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History until 1900, North America
History until 1900, North America
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Bien sûr, Chicago
Bien sûr, Chicago
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Le projet d’Adolf Loos pour le Chicago Tribune fait toujours énigme. L’architecte se place à contre-courant du formalisme moderne, « qui demain déjà sera obsolète ». Il prend l’arrogance du commanditaire au pied de la lettre pour mieux la révéler. Il raille les désirs de l’époque en proposant d’installer, si les limites de hauteur pouvaient être abolies un jour, une(...)
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Le projet d’Adolf Loos pour le Chicago Tribune fait toujours énigme. L’architecte se place à contre-courant du formalisme moderne, « qui demain déjà sera obsolète ». Il prend l’arrogance du commanditaire au pied de la lettre pour mieux la révéler. Il raille les désirs de l’époque en proposant d’installer, si les limites de hauteur pouvaient être abolies un jour, une(...)
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Bien sûr, Chicago
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Le projet d’Adolf Loos pour le Chicago Tribune fait toujours énigme. L’architecte se place à contre-courant du formalisme moderne, « qui demain déjà sera obsolète ». Il prend l’arrogance du commanditaire au pied de la lettre pour mieux la révéler. Il raille les désirs de l’époque en proposant d’installer, si les limites de hauteur pouvaient être abolies un jour, une statue de tribun romain assis au sommet de la colonne dorique. Il avertit pourtant?: ce projet ne contredit en rien ses positions théoriques antérieures à propos de l’ornement. Loos nous avait alertés. La tour n’est pas un archétype, elle est un artefact.
Bien sûr, Chicago
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Le projet d’Adolf Loos pour le Chicago Tribune fait toujours énigme. L’architecte se place à contre-courant du formalisme moderne, « qui demain déjà sera obsolète ». Il prend l’arrogance du commanditaire au pied de la lettre pour mieux la révéler. Il raille les désirs de l’époque en proposant d’installer, si les limites de hauteur pouvaient être abolies un jour, une statue de tribun romain assis au sommet de la colonne dorique. Il avertit pourtant?: ce projet ne contredit en rien ses positions théoriques antérieures à propos de l’ornement. Loos nous avait alertés. La tour n’est pas un archétype, elle est un artefact.
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March 2016
March 2016
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Architecture since 1900, Americas
Architecture since 1900, Americas
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What does the Internet look like? It’s the single most essentail aspect of modern life, and yet, for many of us, the Internet looks like an open browser, or the black mirrors of our phones and computers. But in ''Networks of New York'', Ingrid Burrington lifts our eyes from our screens to the streets, showing us that the Internet is everywhere around us, all the time—we(...)
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What does the Internet look like? It’s the single most essentail aspect of modern life, and yet, for many of us, the Internet looks like an open browser, or the black mirrors of our phones and computers. But in ''Networks of New York'', Ingrid Burrington lifts our eyes from our screens to the streets, showing us that the Internet is everywhere around us, all the time—we(...)
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Networks of New York: an illustrated field guide to urban internet infrastructure
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What does the Internet look like? It’s the single most essentail aspect of modern life, and yet, for many of us, the Internet looks like an open browser, or the black mirrors of our phones and computers. But in ''Networks of New York'', Ingrid Burrington lifts our eyes from our screens to the streets, showing us that the Internet is everywhere around us, all the time—we just have to know where to look. Using New York as her point of reference and more than fifty color illustrations as her map, Burrington takes us on a tour of the urban network.
Networks of New York: an illustrated field guide to urban internet infrastructure
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What does the Internet look like? It’s the single most essentail aspect of modern life, and yet, for many of us, the Internet looks like an open browser, or the black mirrors of our phones and computers. But in ''Networks of New York'', Ingrid Burrington lifts our eyes from our screens to the streets, showing us that the Internet is everywhere around us, all the time—we just have to know where to look. Using New York as her point of reference and more than fifty color illustrations as her map, Burrington takes us on a tour of the urban network.
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September 2016
September 2016
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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En architecture comme en littérature, le tout vaut plus que la somme des parties. Bâtir une maison, pour Sibrine Durnez et François-Xavier Martiat, ce n'est pas seulement concevoir un plan ingénieux, choisir des matériaux appropriés. C'est inventer un lieu de vie, et donc se mettre à l'écoute de ses futurs occupants, imaginer des volumes accueillants, marqués par une(...)
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En architecture comme en littérature, le tout vaut plus que la somme des parties. Bâtir une maison, pour Sibrine Durnez et François-Xavier Martiat, ce n'est pas seulement concevoir un plan ingénieux, choisir des matériaux appropriés. C'est inventer un lieu de vie, et donc se mettre à l'écoute de ses futurs occupants, imaginer des volumes accueillants, marqués par une(...)
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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January 2011, Liège
January 2011, Liège
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Martiat Durnez architectes + Frédéric Saenen écrivan
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En architecture comme en littérature, le tout vaut plus que la somme des parties. Bâtir une maison, pour Sibrine Durnez et François-Xavier Martiat, ce n'est pas seulement concevoir un plan ingénieux, choisir des matériaux appropriés. C'est inventer un lieu de vie, et donc se mettre à l'écoute de ses futurs occupants, imaginer des volumes accueillants, marqués par une grande clarté de ligne. Pour écrire la Porte à côté, Frédéric Saenen s'est fait architecte à son tour, en construisant un puzzle d'événements, de relations, de coïncidences et de regards, dont le sens ne se dévoile que très progressivement.
Martiat Durnez architectes + Frédéric Saenen écrivan
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En architecture comme en littérature, le tout vaut plus que la somme des parties. Bâtir une maison, pour Sibrine Durnez et François-Xavier Martiat, ce n'est pas seulement concevoir un plan ingénieux, choisir des matériaux appropriés. C'est inventer un lieu de vie, et donc se mettre à l'écoute de ses futurs occupants, imaginer des volumes accueillants, marqués par une grande clarté de ligne. Pour écrire la Porte à côté, Frédéric Saenen s'est fait architecte à son tour, en construisant un puzzle d'événements, de relations, de coïncidences et de regards, dont le sens ne se dévoile que très progressivement.
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January 2011, Liège
January 2011, Liège
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
