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xx, [104] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
New York : Dover Publications, 1982.
American country houses of the Gilded Age (Sheldon's "Artistic country-seats") / new text by Arnold Lewis.
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xx, [104] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
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New York : Dover Publications, 1982.
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A step-by-step guide to the fundamentals of freehand drawing for architecture and interior design students, "Freehand drawing" offers a comprehensive course for acquiring the essential architectural drawing skills. It covers basic tools, materials, and techniques for producing the rough sketch, the dimensioned sketch, and the final drawing and shows how to apply these to(...)
January 2005, New York / London
Freehand drawing for architects and interior designers
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A step-by-step guide to the fundamentals of freehand drawing for architecture and interior design students, "Freehand drawing" offers a comprehensive course for acquiring the essential architectural drawing skills. It covers basic tools, materials, and techniques for producing the rough sketch, the dimensioned sketch, and the final drawing and shows how to apply these to accurately render plans, elevations, and interior and exterior views.
Education and creativity
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Education and Creativity studies the future of the knowledge and creative economies in our changing world. The education sector will be key to the continued success of the economy, but will need to adapt to significant changes in its demographic mix coupled with higher social expectations. The opportunity to both learn and employ new skills will need to extend to embrace(...)
Education and creativity
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Education and Creativity studies the future of the knowledge and creative economies in our changing world. The education sector will be key to the continued success of the economy, but will need to adapt to significant changes in its demographic mix coupled with higher social expectations. The opportunity to both learn and employ new skills will need to extend to embrace all ages and sectors of society.
Urban Theory
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Glass house
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"'Glass House', which documents a squatters' community on New York's Lower East Side, is Margaret Morton's fourth book about the makeshift homes built by the city's homeless population. Since 1989, Morton has honed her skills photographing, interviewing, and presenting the compelling stories of people living on the margins of society. Her commitment and passionate(...)
Glass house
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"'Glass House', which documents a squatters' community on New York's Lower East Side, is Margaret Morton's fourth book about the makeshift homes built by the city's homeless population. Since 1989, Morton has honed her skills photographing, interviewing, and presenting the compelling stories of people living on the margins of society. Her commitment and passionate advocacy justifies comparison with Jacob Riis, the great nineteenth-century photographer and social reformer." – Bonnie Yochelson
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November 2004, Pennsylvania
Photography monographs
Goodman for architects
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Goodman’s approach to architecture is not only relevant thinking in providing new insights to understanding the built environment, but serves also as an illustration of analytical thinking in architecture. This book shows that the methods, concepts, and ways of arguing characteristic of analytical philosophy are helpful tools to examine buildings in a novel and fruitful(...)
Goodman for architects
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Goodman’s approach to architecture is not only relevant thinking in providing new insights to understanding the built environment, but serves also as an illustration of analytical thinking in architecture. This book shows that the methods, concepts, and ways of arguing characteristic of analytical philosophy are helpful tools to examine buildings in a novel and fruitful way and they will certainly enhance the architect’s critical skills when designing and thinking about architecture.
Architectural Theory
Thinking in systems
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Meadows’ newly released manuscript, Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute’s Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to(...)
Green Architecture
December 2008, White River Junction, Vermont
Thinking in systems
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Meadows’ newly released manuscript, Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute’s Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life.
Green Architecture
Charley Harper Memory game
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colorful and graphic memory game featuring the beautiful illustrations of American artist Charley Harper. This memory game has 36 matching pairs of square cards featuring many delightful illustrations by Charley Harper. Flip them all face down, and practice your memory skills by trying to find matching pairs. Young children can play an easier version using fewer matching(...)
Charley Harper Memory game
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colorful and graphic memory game featuring the beautiful illustrations of American artist Charley Harper. This memory game has 36 matching pairs of square cards featuring many delightful illustrations by Charley Harper. Flip them all face down, and practice your memory skills by trying to find matching pairs. Young children can play an easier version using fewer matching pairs, and older children to adults can play a more challenging version using all 72 pieces.
Children's Books
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xvii, 284 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
New York : Clarkson Potter, ©2001.
Boca Rococo : how Addison Mizner invented Florida's gold coast / Caroline Seebohm.
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xvii, 284 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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New York : Clarkson Potter, ©2001.
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Ecological Urban Architecture describes architectural and infrastructural design approaches to sustainable urban development. Focusing on qualitative aspects of the ecological, the book identifies fields in which architectural and urban designers can use their creative skills and methods to achieve sustainable results on the urban scale. Leading experts from around the(...)
Ecological urban architecture: qualitative approaches to sustainability
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Ecological Urban Architecture describes architectural and infrastructural design approaches to sustainable urban development. Focusing on qualitative aspects of the ecological, the book identifies fields in which architectural and urban designers can use their creative skills and methods to achieve sustainable results on the urban scale. Leading experts from around the world provide in-depth information on the complexity of ecological design in urban environments in response to four themes for creating qualitative outcomes: Materialize, Mobilize, Simulate, and Transform.
Green Architecture
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German graphic design has undergone a dramatic metamorphosis in recent years. Young professionals and students have been demonstrating heightened technical skills and strong, individualistic styles. The emerging design generation has broken with cultural and geographical boundaries, entering the international arena and competing with cutting edge design icons worldwide.(...)
Neuland: the future of German graphic design
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German graphic design has undergone a dramatic metamorphosis in recent years. Young professionals and students have been demonstrating heightened technical skills and strong, individualistic styles. The emerging design generation has broken with cultural and geographical boundaries, entering the international arena and competing with cutting edge design icons worldwide. As the scope and depth of this exciting development has been under recognised, Neuland documents the future of German graphic design by presenting the best work of up-and-coming designers and design studios.
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