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399 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
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New York : Abrams, 2012.
New York : Abrams, 2012.
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Norman Bel Geddes designs America / Donald Albrecht, editor.
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399 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Norman Bel Geddes designs America / Donald Albrecht, editor.
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New York : Abrams, 2012.
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Montréal at the crossroads
Montréal at the crossroads
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City residents the world over are questioning how best to deal with aging infrastructure built for the automobile, during the cheap fuel era. Montréal is no exception. This volume brings together a range of viewpoints that enriches the current discussion. With various aging highway projects due for renewal in the city, debate has been refocused on balancing the quality(...)
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City residents the world over are questioning how best to deal with aging infrastructure built for the automobile, during the cheap fuel era. Montréal is no exception. This volume brings together a range of viewpoints that enriches the current discussion. With various aging highway projects due for renewal in the city, debate has been refocused on balancing the quality(...)
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Architecture in Canada
Architecture in Canada
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June 2009
June 2009
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Montréal at the crossroads
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City residents the world over are questioning how best to deal with aging infrastructure built for the automobile, during the cheap fuel era. Montréal is no exception. This volume brings together a range of viewpoints that enriches the current discussion. With various aging highway projects due for renewal in the city, debate has been refocused on balancing the quality of urban neighbourhoods with the requirements of suburban traffic.
Montréal at the crossroads
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City residents the world over are questioning how best to deal with aging infrastructure built for the automobile, during the cheap fuel era. Montréal is no exception. This volume brings together a range of viewpoints that enriches the current discussion. With various aging highway projects due for renewal in the city, debate has been refocused on balancing the quality of urban neighbourhoods with the requirements of suburban traffic.
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June 2009
June 2009
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Architecture in Canada
Architecture in Canada
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The guide to the architecture of Georgia / by Tom Spector ; photography by Susan Owings-Spector.
The guide to the architecture of Georgia / by Tom Spector ; photography by Susan Owings-Spector.
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174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1993.
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1993.
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The guide to the architecture of Georgia / by Tom Spector ; photography by Susan Owings-Spector.
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174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
The guide to the architecture of Georgia / by Tom Spector ; photography by Susan Owings-Spector.
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174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1993.
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1993.
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xvii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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xvii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [1994]
New York : Columbia University Press, [1994]
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Down the asphalt path : the automobile and the American city / Clay McShane.
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xvii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Down the asphalt path : the automobile and the American city / Clay McShane.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [1994]
New York : Columbia University Press, [1994]
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Expanding on his landmark Globe and Mail series in which he documented his travels down 16 of Canada's great rivers, Roy MacGregor tells the story of our country through the stories of its original highways, and how they sustain our spirit, identity and economy--past, present and future.
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Expanding on his landmark Globe and Mail series in which he documented his travels down 16 of Canada's great rivers, Roy MacGregor tells the story of our country through the stories of its original highways, and how they sustain our spirit, identity and economy--past, present and future.
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Original highways: travelling the great rivers of Canada
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Expanding on his landmark Globe and Mail series in which he documented his travels down 16 of Canada's great rivers, Roy MacGregor tells the story of our country through the stories of its original highways, and how they sustain our spirit, identity and economy--past, present and future.
Original highways: travelling the great rivers of Canada
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Expanding on his landmark Globe and Mail series in which he documented his travels down 16 of Canada's great rivers, Roy MacGregor tells the story of our country through the stories of its original highways, and how they sustain our spirit, identity and economy--past, present and future.
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November 2017
November 2017
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Architecture in Canada
Architecture in Canada
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Desired Landscapes. Issue 5
Desired Landscapes. Issue 5
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This issue gives some hints of its form. Cities as forests not in terms of nature, but of navigation and justice. Vertical cities freed from their past, floating in latent memories. A highway unfolding vistas to our escapist mind. Systems of transit constructing the sense of place. And us, more eager than ever to explore. Yet, this time, slowly. Issue 05 takes you to(...)
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This issue gives some hints of its form. Cities as forests not in terms of nature, but of navigation and justice. Vertical cities freed from their past, floating in latent memories. A highway unfolding vistas to our escapist mind. Systems of transit constructing the sense of place. And us, more eager than ever to explore. Yet, this time, slowly. Issue 05 takes you to(...)
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Magazines
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January 2022
January 2022
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Desired Landscapes. Issue 5
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This issue gives some hints of its form. Cities as forests not in terms of nature, but of navigation and justice. Vertical cities freed from their past, floating in latent memories. A highway unfolding vistas to our escapist mind. Systems of transit constructing the sense of place. And us, more eager than ever to explore. Yet, this time, slowly. Issue 05 takes you to PHNOM PENH – BERLIN – SAN DIEGO – RIJEKA–DUBROVNIK – SEVARAMBES – ATHENS – SYDNEY – MANAMA – CASABLANCA – SIFNOS – and a city guide on SEOUL
Desired Landscapes. Issue 5
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This issue gives some hints of its form. Cities as forests not in terms of nature, but of navigation and justice. Vertical cities freed from their past, floating in latent memories. A highway unfolding vistas to our escapist mind. Systems of transit constructing the sense of place. And us, more eager than ever to explore. Yet, this time, slowly. Issue 05 takes you to PHNOM PENH – BERLIN – SAN DIEGO – RIJEKA–DUBROVNIK – SEVARAMBES – ATHENS – SYDNEY – MANAMA – CASABLANCA – SIFNOS – and a city guide on SEOUL
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January 2022
January 2022
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In The Appian Way, Robert A. Kaster brings a lifetime of studying Roman literature and history to his adventures along the ancient highway. A footsore Roman soldier pushing the imperial power south; craftsmen and farmers bringing their goods to the towns that lined the road; pious pilgrims headed to Jerusalem, using stage-by-stage directions we can still follow—all come(...)
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In The Appian Way, Robert A. Kaster brings a lifetime of studying Roman literature and history to his adventures along the ancient highway. A footsore Roman soldier pushing the imperial power south; craftsmen and farmers bringing their goods to the towns that lined the road; pious pilgrims headed to Jerusalem, using stage-by-stage directions we can still follow—all come(...)
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The Appian way: ghost road, queen of roads
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In The Appian Way, Robert A. Kaster brings a lifetime of studying Roman literature and history to his adventures along the ancient highway. A footsore Roman soldier pushing the imperial power south; craftsmen and farmers bringing their goods to the towns that lined the road; pious pilgrims headed to Jerusalem, using stage-by-stage directions we can still follow—all come to life once more as Kaster walks (and drives—and suffers car trouble) on what’s left of the Appian Way.
The Appian way: ghost road, queen of roads
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In The Appian Way, Robert A. Kaster brings a lifetime of studying Roman literature and history to his adventures along the ancient highway. A footsore Roman soldier pushing the imperial power south; craftsmen and farmers bringing their goods to the towns that lined the road; pious pilgrims headed to Jerusalem, using stage-by-stage directions we can still follow—all come to life once more as Kaster walks (and drives—and suffers car trouble) on what’s left of the Appian Way.
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April 2014
April 2014
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Transportation, Tourism, Migration
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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This book examines how the automobile has ravaged America's cities and landscape over the past 100 years together with a compelling strategy for reversing our automobile dependency. Jane Holtz Kay provides a history of the rapid spread of the automobile and documents the huge subsidies commanded by the highway lobby, to the detriment of once-efficient forms of mass(...)
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This book examines how the automobile has ravaged America's cities and landscape over the past 100 years together with a compelling strategy for reversing our automobile dependency. Jane Holtz Kay provides a history of the rapid spread of the automobile and documents the huge subsidies commanded by the highway lobby, to the detriment of once-efficient forms of mass(...)
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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November 1998, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
November 1998, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
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Asphalt nation : how the automobile took over America and how we can take it back
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This book examines how the automobile has ravaged America's cities and landscape over the past 100 years together with a compelling strategy for reversing our automobile dependency. Jane Holtz Kay provides a history of the rapid spread of the automobile and documents the huge subsidies commanded by the highway lobby, to the detriment of once-efficient forms of mass transportation. Demonstrating that there are economic, political, architectural, and personal solutions to the problem, she shows that radical change is entirely possible.
Asphalt nation : how the automobile took over America and how we can take it back
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This book examines how the automobile has ravaged America's cities and landscape over the past 100 years together with a compelling strategy for reversing our automobile dependency. Jane Holtz Kay provides a history of the rapid spread of the automobile and documents the huge subsidies commanded by the highway lobby, to the detriment of once-efficient forms of mass transportation. Demonstrating that there are economic, political, architectural, and personal solutions to the problem, she shows that radical change is entirely possible.
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November 1998, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
November 1998, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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London : Reaktion Books, 1998.
London : Reaktion Books, 1998.
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Nights in the big city : Paris・Berlin・London 1840-1930 / Joachim Schlör ; translated by Pierre Gottfried Imhof and Dafydd Rees Roberts. Nights in the big city : Paris, Berlin, London 1840-1930 / Joachim Schlör ; translated by Pierre Gottfried Imhof and Dafydd Rees Roberts.
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Nights in the big city : Paris・Berlin・London 1840-1930 / Joachim Schlör ; translated by Pierre Gottfried Imhof and Dafydd Rees Roberts. Nights in the big city : Paris, Berlin, London 1840-1930 / Joachim Schlör ; translated by Pierre Gottfried Imhof and Dafydd Rees Roberts.
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London : Reaktion Books, 1998.
London : Reaktion Books, 1998.
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Opening a long-closed window into the 1960s Communist Eastern Bloc, Motel Trogir explores the history and planning culture that produced a modernist utopian architecture in Yugoslavia. Conceived and built in 1965 by renowned architect Ivan Viti during a period of increased transit tourism, the motel stands by a highway on the Dalmatian coast. A fine example of(...)
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Opening a long-closed window into the 1960s Communist Eastern Bloc, Motel Trogir explores the history and planning culture that produced a modernist utopian architecture in Yugoslavia. Conceived and built in 1965 by renowned architect Ivan Viti during a period of increased transit tourism, the motel stands by a highway on the Dalmatian coast. A fine example of(...)
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Motel Trogir: it is not future that always comes after
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Opening a long-closed window into the 1960s Communist Eastern Bloc, Motel Trogir explores the history and planning culture that produced a modernist utopian architecture in Yugoslavia. Conceived and built in 1965 by renowned architect Ivan Viti during a period of increased transit tourism, the motel stands by a highway on the Dalmatian coast. A fine example of 20th-century modernism, the motel is in a derelict state today due to unresolved property issues, and stands as a reminder of the former political economy.
Motel Trogir: it is not future that always comes after
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Opening a long-closed window into the 1960s Communist Eastern Bloc, Motel Trogir explores the history and planning culture that produced a modernist utopian architecture in Yugoslavia. Conceived and built in 1965 by renowned architect Ivan Viti during a period of increased transit tourism, the motel stands by a highway on the Dalmatian coast. A fine example of 20th-century modernism, the motel is in a derelict state today due to unresolved property issues, and stands as a reminder of the former political economy.
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September 2016
September 2016
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Modernism
Modernism
