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An introduction to architectural creation, the 95 precut cardboard elements in this book can be combined in an infinite variety of ways to build all sorts of fantastical structures. Follow the full-color idea diagrams to create more than 20 unique projects, then disassemble them and try something different. Developing direction-following skills and 3-D creativity, this(...)
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An introduction to architectural creation, the 95 precut cardboard elements in this book can be combined in an infinite variety of ways to build all sorts of fantastical structures. Follow the full-color idea diagrams to create more than 20 unique projects, then disassemble them and try something different. Developing direction-following skills and 3-D creativity, this kit allows young architects to both learn traditional design rules and break them. Alternate the color and black-and-white facade graphics to customize your creations-no glue or fasteners needed, just slot into place! The vibrant cutouts increase spatial visualization skills while giving future architects first-hand experience with color, form, and pattern.
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This publication tells the inspiring true story of the visionary Iraqi-British architect. Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, surrounded by music. She was a curious and confident child, who designed her own modernist bedroom at nine years old. As a young woman studying at University in Beirut, she was described as the most outstanding pupil the teacher had ever met. With(...)
Zaha Hadid: little people, big dreams
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This publication tells the inspiring true story of the visionary Iraqi-British architect. Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, surrounded by music. She was a curious and confident child, who designed her own modernist bedroom at nine years old. As a young woman studying at University in Beirut, she was described as the most outstanding pupil the teacher had ever met. With her spectacular vision and belief in the power of architecture, she founded her own firm and designed some of the most outstanding buildings in the world--including the London 2012 Olympic Aquatic Centre. This inspiring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the architect's life.
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A clever, quirky book about one of the world's most beloved contemporary artists - aimed at young readers and written from Kusama's point of view! Yayoi Kusama covers her paintings in hundreds and hundreds of dots. Her dots come off her canvases to cover dresses, tables, walls, and more! She creates mirrored rooms and fills them with glittering balls and lights,(...)
Yayoi Kusama covered everything in dots and wasn't sorry
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A clever, quirky book about one of the world's most beloved contemporary artists - aimed at young readers and written from Kusama's point of view! Yayoi Kusama covers her paintings in hundreds and hundreds of dots. Her dots come off her canvases to cover dresses, tables, walls, and more! She creates mirrored rooms and fills them with glittering balls and lights, until there is an infinity of dots - just like in her paintings. Fausto Gilberti brings movement, life, and whimsy to the true life story of one of the most important contemporary Japanese artists of our time - an artist who is still dazzling museum- and gallery-goers around the globe today.
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Les éditions Alto sont fières de poursuivre leur entreprise de redécouverte de l’œuvre culte d’Edward Gorey avec la publication d’un nouvel abécédaire truculent (édition limitée à 1000 exemplaires). Traduit pour la première fois en français depuis sa parution en 1967, « Total Zoo » occupe une place emblématique dans l’œuvre d’Edward Gorey, dessinateur admiré de par(...)
Total zoo : un abécédaire d'Edward Gorey
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Les éditions Alto sont fières de poursuivre leur entreprise de redécouverte de l’œuvre culte d’Edward Gorey avec la publication d’un nouvel abécédaire truculent (édition limitée à 1000 exemplaires). Traduit pour la première fois en français depuis sa parution en 1967, « Total Zoo » occupe une place emblématique dans l’œuvre d’Edward Gorey, dessinateur admiré de par le monde mais dont le travail demeure encore injustement méconnu du lectorat francophone. Un abécédaire savoureux, inclassable, quelque part entre les univers de Tim Burton, Lewis Carroll, Ionesco, Prévert, Goya et Buster Keaton
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Une maison très spéciale
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Dee dee dee oh-h-h, je connais une maison, pas un nid d'écureuil, ni l'écurie de l'âne, ce n'est pas une maison que vous pouvez voir. Elle n'est dans aucune rue, sur aucune route, c'est juste une maison pour moi. POUR MOI ! Mêlant un texte sautillant de Ruth Krauss et les dessins très libres de Maurice Sendak, le lecteur découvre un petit garçon qui a une maison à lui(...)
Une maison très spéciale
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Dee dee dee oh-h-h, je connais une maison, pas un nid d'écureuil, ni l'écurie de l'âne, ce n'est pas une maison que vous pouvez voir. Elle n'est dans aucune rue, sur aucune route, c'est juste une maison pour moi. POUR MOI ! Mêlant un texte sautillant de Ruth Krauss et les dessins très libres de Maurice Sendak, le lecteur découvre un petit garçon qui a une maison à lui ! Un lieu où tout peut arriver, où l'imagination prend forme. On peut y dessiner sur les murs, mettre les pieds sur la table, sauter sur les lits et même y ramener un géant, une tortue et une souris morte (mais dans une boîte). Bref, un lieu où l'on peut s'amuser sans fin, partager des secrets avec des lions, chanter à tue-tête, s'inventer et se réinventer.
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Une jeune femme décide un matin de quitter sa vallée pour s’aventurer seule dans les sommets enneigés. Elle souhaite y découvrir le peuple des montagnes, dont on lui a tant parlé en bas. La légende s’avère vraie : elle rencontre ces gens étonnants, différents, et se mêle à leur quotidien fait de coutumes singulières, de dons de talismans et de silences. Bientôt, ils(...)
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Une jeune femme décide un matin de quitter sa vallée pour s’aventurer seule dans les sommets enneigés. Elle souhaite y découvrir le peuple des montagnes, dont on lui a tant parlé en bas. La légende s’avère vraie : elle rencontre ces gens étonnants, différents, et se mêle à leur quotidien fait de coutumes singulières, de dons de talismans et de silences. Bientôt, ils l’emmènent même encore plus loin avec eux, dans les profondeurs des montagnes pour effectuer à leurs côtés un rituel initiatique..
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Every tree has a story
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This book is an exploration of unique trees- from the tallest Sequoia in California, to a very special forest in India, to a lone Acacia in the Sahara desert- offering a window into different cultures around the world. This books tells twenty fascinating stories about unique species, traditions, and the people who both nurture and destroy different trees from every corner(...)
Every tree has a story
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This book is an exploration of unique trees- from the tallest Sequoia in California, to a very special forest in India, to a lone Acacia in the Sahara desert- offering a window into different cultures around the world. This books tells twenty fascinating stories about unique species, traditions, and the people who both nurture and destroy different trees from every corner of the world. This book improbably tells the story of women's equality in India; endangered species in the Seychelle Islands; and the green belt movement in Kenya- among other true tales of the tallest, broadest, most interesting, significant trees on every continent. This is the perfect book of bedtime stories for nature lovers.
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Discover the hidden world around the ''Hide and seek city''! See inside houses, cars, shops and everywhere else. From the museum to the zoo, to the post office and the pool, take a wacky walk through a world full of surprises.
Hide and seek city: explore the citry with a magical magnifying glass
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Discover the hidden world around the ''Hide and seek city''! See inside houses, cars, shops and everywhere else. From the museum to the zoo, to the post office and the pool, take a wacky walk through a world full of surprises.
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Learn how humans have built dwellings to suit all kinds of habitats. Adapting themselves to all kinds of landscapes and climates, over the centuries humans have used their architectural ingeniousness to build amazing dwellings: find them here, from houses on stilts and igloos to tree houses and skyscrapers.
The homes we build: a world of houses and habitats
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Learn how humans have built dwellings to suit all kinds of habitats. Adapting themselves to all kinds of landscapes and climates, over the centuries humans have used their architectural ingeniousness to build amazing dwellings: find them here, from houses on stilts and igloos to tree houses and skyscrapers.
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''Neighbors'' is a contemplative picture book about the lives of our neighbors- who are all around us and ever-present, yet somehow surprisingly elusive. They're everywhere: next door, above, and even below. More often than not, they are a mystery, a presence suggested by low hums, footfalls, or perhaps a slammed door. This book explores the wayst hat we think about those(...)
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''Neighbors'' is a contemplative picture book about the lives of our neighbors- who are all around us and ever-present, yet somehow surprisingly elusive. They're everywhere: next door, above, and even below. More often than not, they are a mystery, a presence suggested by low hums, footfalls, or perhaps a slammed door. This book explores the wayst hat we think about those we exist among, but who remain strangers until we make the brave-and affirming-decision to connect.
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