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xxiv, 540 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
The birth of the modern world, 1780-1914 : global connections and comparisons / C.A. Bayly.
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xxiv, 540 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
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Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
How to design a chair
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How to Design a Chair looks at the principles and processes of designing a chair, from its symbolic and functional properties to materials and mass-production techniques. In a working case study Konstantin Grcic traces the design and development of one of his most successful chairs - the Myto - from start to finish and reveals what it takes to create a successful design.
How to design a chair
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How to Design a Chair looks at the principles and processes of designing a chair, from its symbolic and functional properties to materials and mass-production techniques. In a working case study Konstantin Grcic traces the design and development of one of his most successful chairs - the Myto - from start to finish and reveals what it takes to create a successful design.
Industrial Design
How to design a house
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How to Design a House tells you everything you need to know and looks at the principles and processes of designing a house, giving an insight into the design and building process. In a working case study John Pawson traces the design and development of his own house and reveals what it takes to create a successful blueprint.
How to design a house
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How to Design a House tells you everything you need to know and looks at the principles and processes of designing a house, giving an insight into the design and building process. In a working case study John Pawson traces the design and development of his own house and reveals what it takes to create a successful blueprint.
Residential Architecture
The how not to cookbook
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While the typical cookbook format gives you a recipe for obvious success it does not take into account the many ways in which its execution can fail due to the cook's lack of experience. Based on Aleksandra Mir's personal history of cooking disasters, the project invites 1000 people from all around the world to give their advice of how NOT to cook.
The how not to cookbook
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While the typical cookbook format gives you a recipe for obvious success it does not take into account the many ways in which its execution can fail due to the cook's lack of experience. Based on Aleksandra Mir's personal history of cooking disasters, the project invites 1000 people from all around the world to give their advice of how NOT to cook.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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276 pages; 21 cm.
New York : Riverhead Books, 2009, ©2008
The lost art of walking : the history, science, philosophy, and literature of pedestrianism / Geoff Nicholson.
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276 pages; 21 cm.
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New York : Riverhead Books, 2009, ©2008
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1 streaming video file (14 min., 15 sec.) : sound, colour
[Montréal] : Canadian Centre for Architecture, a CCA c/o Tokyo project, [2018]
Islands and villages : the posturban phenomenon : Hajime Ishikawa in Kamiyamacho / conceived, interviewed and narrated by Kayoko Ota.
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[Montréal] : Canadian Centre for Architecture, a CCA c/o Tokyo project, [2018]
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On accident : episodes in architecture and landscape / Edward Eigen ; edited by Chelsea Spencer.
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xxxi, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018], ©2018
On accident : episodes in architecture and landscape / Edward Eigen ; edited by Chelsea Spencer.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018], ©2018
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172 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
St. Lawrence Terrace, London : Redstone Press, 2022., ©2022
Everyday play / edited by Julian Rothenstein ; foreword by Andrey Kurkov.
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172 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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St. Lawrence Terrace, London : Redstone Press, 2022., ©2022
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271 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press : Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, [2022], ©2022
Accumulation : the art, architecture, and media of climate change / Nick Axel, Daniel A. Barber, Nikolaus Hirsch, Anton Vidokle, editors.
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271 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press : Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, [2022], ©2022
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207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 29 cm
Stuttgart : Edition Axel Menges, c2014.
Towards an ecology of tectonics : the need for rethinking construction in architecture / editors, Anne Beim, Ulrik Stylsvig Madsen ; editorial board, Charlotte Bundgaard, Karl Christiansen, Thomas Bo Jensen ; authors, Claus Bech-Danielsen [et al.].
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Stuttgart : Edition Axel Menges, c2014.