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xviii, 209 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2000.
Mapping Chengde : the Qing landscape enterprise / Philippe Forêt.
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Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2000.
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Six residential areas of the interwar Berlin Modern Style have been given in 2008 the status as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In respect to its architecture and city planning, Berlin of the 1920s was considered the avant-garde center of the world. These world-class projects have had an enduring effect on the definition and spread of social housing.
Berlin modernism housing estates
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Six residential areas of the interwar Berlin Modern Style have been given in 2008 the status as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In respect to its architecture and city planning, Berlin of the 1920s was considered the avant-garde center of the world. These world-class projects have had an enduring effect on the definition and spread of social housing.
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Tel Aviv : the white city
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Because of its more than 4,000 Bauhaus buildings, Tel Aviv is often called “the White City.” The city center, created in the 1930s and 1940s under the influence of international modernism, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003. Photographer Stefan Boness captures the unique atmosphere of the city, juxtaposing classical modernism and contemporary architecture.
Tel Aviv : the white city
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Because of its more than 4,000 Bauhaus buildings, Tel Aviv is often called “the White City.” The city center, created in the 1930s and 1940s under the influence of international modernism, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003. Photographer Stefan Boness captures the unique atmosphere of the city, juxtaposing classical modernism and contemporary architecture.
Arch Southwest Asia & North Africa
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First in a new series of monographs from Spain which focus ona particular aspect of an architect's work. In this volume, Ando's work is explored by way of the following buildidngs: Water Temple; Meditation Space, Unesco; Church in Tarumi; Church on the Water; Chapel on Mount Rokko; Vicariate of Rome; Church of Light; Town House in Hirano; and the Naoshima Museum.
Architecture Monographs
September 1998, Barcelona
Tadao Ando : architecture and spirit
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First in a new series of monographs from Spain which focus ona particular aspect of an architect's work. In this volume, Ando's work is explored by way of the following buildidngs: Water Temple; Meditation Space, Unesco; Church in Tarumi; Church on the Water; Chapel on Mount Rokko; Vicariate of Rome; Church of Light; Town House in Hirano; and the Naoshima Museum.
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September 1998, Barcelona
Architecture Monographs
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Architecture as civil commitment : Lucio Costa's modernist project for Brazil / Gaia Piccarolo.
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xv, 209 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm.
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
Architecture as civil commitment : Lucio Costa's modernist project for Brazil / Gaia Piccarolo.
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
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volumes : illustrations ; 30 cm
Paris : Centre du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, [1993]-
La lettre du patrimoine mondial.
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Paris : Centre du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, [1993]-
Himalayan vernacular
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For ten years, Austrian architect Carl Pruscha was stationed in Shangri-la, or as close as you can get to it. The UNESCO consultant for regional planning in Nepal from 1964 to 1974, he presided over the opening of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet to the rest of the world, and in this passionate Pruscha manifesto, illustrated with his own photographs, argues for preservation of(...)
Himalayan vernacular
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For ten years, Austrian architect Carl Pruscha was stationed in Shangri-la, or as close as you can get to it. The UNESCO consultant for regional planning in Nepal from 1964 to 1974, he presided over the opening of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet to the rest of the world, and in this passionate Pruscha manifesto, illustrated with his own photographs, argues for preservation of vernacular architecture.
Arch Southwest Asia & North Africa
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Les plus beaux sites du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. Une sélection de 110 monuments, sites archéologiques et naturels classés par l'Unesco, éléments de notre identité, héritage du passé et don pour l'avenir.
Les plus beaux sites du patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco N. éd.
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Les plus beaux sites du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. Une sélection de 110 monuments, sites archéologiques et naturels classés par l'Unesco, éléments de notre identité, héritage du passé et don pour l'avenir.
History until 1900
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298 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Paris : Presses de l'Unesco, 1981.
Le Bois dans l'architecture et la sculpture slaves / directeur de la publication, Andrzej Ryszkiewicz ; G. Boc̆arov [and others].
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Paris : Presses de l'Unesco, 1981.
Marcel Breuer, 2nd edition
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The complete monograph on the last of the first generation of Modernist architects, ''Breuer'' is the only book that examines both his design as well as his architecture, with detailed descriptions of his work – including commercial, residential, furniture, and unrealized projects, including all of his iconic furniture (such as the Wassily and Cesca chairs) and buildings(...)
Marcel Breuer, 2nd edition
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The complete monograph on the last of the first generation of Modernist architects, ''Breuer'' is the only book that examines both his design as well as his architecture, with detailed descriptions of his work – including commercial, residential, furniture, and unrealized projects, including all of his iconic furniture (such as the Wassily and Cesca chairs) and buildings (including the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and the Whitney Museum in New York).
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