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This book provides an excellent framework for understanding the most important strains of current philosophical work in North America, England, France, and Germany. Selections from the work of 14 contemporary philosophers not only display the multiplicity of approaches currently being pursued on the subject, but also help spell out today's options for either doing, or not(...)
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Philosophy end or translation ?
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This book provides an excellent framework for understanding the most important strains of current philosophical work in North America, England, France, and Germany. Selections from the work of 14 contemporary philosophers not only display the multiplicity of approaches currently being pursued on the subject, but also help spell out today's options for either doing, or not doing, philosophy.
Théorie de l’architecture
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The hip, functional, and versatile furniture and products of Konstantin Grcic—widely recognized as one of the most important designers working today—are transforming the landscape of contemporary design. This book accompanies the first exhibition in North America of Grcic’s work, highlighting the innovative archetypes of form and concept that have marked his remarkable(...)
Konstantin Grcic: decisive design
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The hip, functional, and versatile furniture and products of Konstantin Grcic—widely recognized as one of the most important designers working today—are transforming the landscape of contemporary design. This book accompanies the first exhibition in North America of Grcic’s work, highlighting the innovative archetypes of form and concept that have marked his remarkable output since 2004.
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Southern exposure : the overlooked architecture of Chicago's South Side / Lee Bey ; foreword by Amanda Williams.
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A people's history of Quebec
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This book is a guide to a little-known part of North American history. It tells of the settlement of the St. Lawrence Valley, but also of the Montreal and Quebec-based explorers and traders who travelled, mapped, and inhabited most of North America, and embrothered the peoples they met. Based on meticulous research, Jacques Lacoursière and Robin Philpot connect everyday(...)
A people's history of Quebec
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This book is a guide to a little-known part of North American history. It tells of the settlement of the St. Lawrence Valley, but also of the Montreal and Quebec-based explorers and traders who travelled, mapped, and inhabited most of North America, and embrothered the peoples they met. Based on meticulous research, Jacques Lacoursière and Robin Philpot connect everyday life to the events that emerged as historical turning points in the life of a people, thus shedding new light on Quebec’s 450-year history — and the historical forces that lie behind its two recent efforts to gain independence.
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A line in the tar sands : struggles for environmental justice / edited by Toban Black, Tony Weis, Stephen D'Arcy, Joshua Kahn Russell.
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Artist-run initiatives in North America provided a space for the presentation and legitimization of experimental work and for the assertion of socially progressive and politically radical ideas and questions. In making such spaces available, artist-run initiatives have operated alternately as flash points for heated debates and controversies, as well as platforms for(...)
Institutions by artists: volume one
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Artist-run initiatives in North America provided a space for the presentation and legitimization of experimental work and for the assertion of socially progressive and politically radical ideas and questions. In making such spaces available, artist-run initiatives have operated alternately as flash points for heated debates and controversies, as well as platforms for social understanding and remaining for their audiences.
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Théorie de l’art
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A diverse and enticing selection of interiors around the world. This TASCHEN 25 Edition rounds up some of today's most exceptional and inspiring interiors on six continents. Making stops in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, the painstakingly chosen and sumptuously photographed selection of 100 interiors represents a global spectrum of(...)
100 interiors around the world
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A diverse and enticing selection of interiors around the world. This TASCHEN 25 Edition rounds up some of today's most exceptional and inspiring interiors on six continents. Making stops in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, the painstakingly chosen and sumptuously photographed selection of 100 interiors represents a global spectrum of contemporary styles, from rustic minimalism to urbane eclecticism.
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Details in Architecture is a study of the emerging trends in architectural detailing, with a strong focus on innovative design, enviro- sustainability and many aspects of cross-cultural design. Featuring the work of the world’s most highly acclaimed architects and interior architects, this book presents the most recently completed and influential building designs.(...)
Details in architecture: creative detailing by leading architects
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Details in Architecture is a study of the emerging trends in architectural detailing, with a strong focus on innovative design, enviro- sustainability and many aspects of cross-cultural design. Featuring the work of the world’s most highly acclaimed architects and interior architects, this book presents the most recently completed and influential building designs. Architects featured are from Europe, North America, Australia and Asia.
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"Blue dunes" chronicles the design of artificial barrier islands developed to protect the Mid-Atlantic region of North America in the face of climate change. It narrates the complex, and sometimes contradictory, research agenda of an unlikely team of analysts, architects, ecologists, engineers, physicists, and planners addressing extreme weather and sea level rise within(...)
Blue dunes: resiliency by design
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"Blue dunes" chronicles the design of artificial barrier islands developed to protect the Mid-Atlantic region of North America in the face of climate change. It narrates the complex, and sometimes contradictory, research agenda of an unlikely team of analysts, architects, ecologists, engineers, physicists, and planners addressing extreme weather and sea level rise within the practical limitations of science, politics, and economics.
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Long recognized as a Chicago landmark, the Carson Pirie Scott Building also represents a milestone in the development of architecture. The last large commercial structure designed by Louis Sullivan, the Carson building reflected the culmination of the famed architect's career as a creator of tall steel buildings. In this study, Joseph Siry traces the origins of the(...)
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Cason, Pirie, Scott : Louis Sullivan and the Chicago department store
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Long recognized as a Chicago landmark, the Carson Pirie Scott Building also represents a milestone in the development of architecture. The last large commercial structure designed by Louis Sullivan, the Carson building reflected the culmination of the famed architect's career as a creator of tall steel buildings. In this study, Joseph Siry traces the origins of the building's design and analyzes its role in commercial, urban, and architectural history.