Perspecta 43: Taboo
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The contributors, asked simply "What is Taboo?", respond with a range of examples. These include an examination of the relatively unknown work of the Italian architect Rinaldo Semino; photographs documenting the unseen, peripheral spaces of American life; a series of marginalia illustrating certain typographic don'ts in all their absurdity; a study of memorials erected to(...)
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Perspecta 43: Taboo
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The contributors, asked simply "What is Taboo?", respond with a range of examples. These include an examination of the relatively unknown work of the Italian architect Rinaldo Semino; photographs documenting the unseen, peripheral spaces of American life; a series of marginalia illustrating certain typographic don'ts in all their absurdity; a study of memorials erected to Maoist insurgents killed by police and paramilitary forces in India; and a critique, by redaction and reconstruction, of Rem Koolhaas's essay "Typical Plan."
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Connaissez-vous le code alpha international ? Aussi nommé Alphabet phonétique de l’Otan, il est utilisé au sein de nombreuses professions en lien avec l’aviation ou les services de secours comme les pompiers, la police ou encore la Croix Rouge. Ce langage est officiel puisque chaque lettre de l’alphabet correspond à un seul et même mot dans le monde entier. Voici donc un(...)
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Connaissez-vous le code alpha international ? Aussi nommé Alphabet phonétique de l’Otan, il est utilisé au sein de nombreuses professions en lien avec l’aviation ou les services de secours comme les pompiers, la police ou encore la Croix Rouge. Ce langage est officiel puisque chaque lettre de l’alphabet correspond à un seul et même mot dans le monde entier. Voici donc un abécédaire international qui donne la possibilité de se familiariser et de s’amuser avec un langage codé.
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Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1996.
John Bull's other homes : state housing and British policy in Ireland, 1883-1922 / Murray Fraser.
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This book brings together writers and scholars on urban America to offer critical perspectives on how to sustain prosperous, livable cities in today's fast-evolving economy. Successful cities provide jobs, quality schools, safe and clean neighborhoods, effective transportation, and welcoming spaces for all residents. But cities must be managed well if they are to remain(...)
Making cities work : prospect and policies for urban America
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This book brings together writers and scholars on urban America to offer critical perspectives on how to sustain prosperous, livable cities in today's fast-evolving economy. Successful cities provide jobs, quality schools, safe and clean neighborhoods, effective transportation, and welcoming spaces for all residents. But cities must be managed well if they are to remain attractive places to work, relax, and raise a family; otherwise residents, firms, and workers will leave and the social and economic advantages of city living will be lost.
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London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.