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Featuring the unique designs and vibrant patterns of Japanese artist Junzo Terada, this collection includes five different jungle animals— a crocodile, elephant, giraffe, lion, and tiger! These adorable animals are a beguiling addition to any room—nursery, classroom, or office. To assemble, simply punch out the pieces and fit the matching slots together. No scissors or(...)
Jungle Friends: 5 jumbo animals for play and display
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Featuring the unique designs and vibrant patterns of Japanese artist Junzo Terada, this collection includes five different jungle animals— a crocodile, elephant, giraffe, lion, and tiger! These adorable animals are a beguiling addition to any room—nursery, classroom, or office. To assemble, simply punch out the pieces and fit the matching slots together. No scissors or glue needed.
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juin 2011
Littérature jeunesse
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Many designers use folding techniques in their work to make three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional sheets of fabric, cardboard, plastic, metal, and many other materials. This unique book explains the key techniques of folding, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding and crumpling. An elegant, practical handbook, it covers over 70 techniques explained by clear(...)
Folding techniques for designers from sheet to form
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Many designers use folding techniques in their work to make three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional sheets of fabric, cardboard, plastic, metal, and many other materials. This unique book explains the key techniques of folding, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding and crumpling. An elegant, practical handbook, it covers over 70 techniques explained by clear step-by-step drawings, crease-pattern drawings, and specially commissioned photography.
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The Diwan Al Amiri in Doha, Qatar, is the governmental headquarters of the state of Qatar. Opened in 1989, this impressive complex is the symbolic, ceremonial, and administrative center of the State. The book shows the entire building from its dramatic exterior, through the monumental interior spaces, down to the details of craftsmanship applied to every decorative(...)
Al Diwan Al Amiri: Doha, Qatar
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The Diwan Al Amiri in Doha, Qatar, is the governmental headquarters of the state of Qatar. Opened in 1989, this impressive complex is the symbolic, ceremonial, and administrative center of the State. The book shows the entire building from its dramatic exterior, through the monumental interior spaces, down to the details of craftsmanship applied to every decorative element of the interior and its furnishings.
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juin 2011
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White arkitekter AB, is Scandinavia's leading architectural practice and among the ten largest in Europe. The projects selected for the book reflect a radical shift in architectural method - pointing out how construction is affected and altered by stringent ecological demands and the narural context.
juin 2011
White / Green : Ten projects in the great outdoors by White arkitekter
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White arkitekter AB, is Scandinavia's leading architectural practice and among the ten largest in Europe. The projects selected for the book reflect a radical shift in architectural method - pointing out how construction is affected and altered by stringent ecological demands and the narural context.
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Construction for Landscape Architecture covers all aspects of landscape construction, giving a good understanding of building materials and assembly. It is heavily illustrated with specially commissioned, detailed construction drawings and has a strong emphasis on sustainability and good practice. At the end of the book there is an extensive glossary and an appendix of(...)
juin 2011
Construction for landscape architecture
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Construction for Landscape Architecture covers all aspects of landscape construction, giving a good understanding of building materials and assembly. It is heavily illustrated with specially commissioned, detailed construction drawings and has a strong emphasis on sustainability and good practice. At the end of the book there is an extensive glossary and an appendix of technical information. It is heavily illustrated with specially commissioned, detailed construction drawings and has a strong emphasis on sustainability and good practice.
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In New Arcadians, Lucy Bullivant profiles 18 cutting-edge UK-based practices, presenting recent key projects as well as interviews with the architects. The architects’ ecological awareness is evident in a wide range of schemes, from Nord’s Shingle House in Dungeness, Kent, which makes use of sustainable and recyclable materials, to GroundLab’s Flowing Gardens for the 2011(...)
New arcadians: emerging UK architects
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In New Arcadians, Lucy Bullivant profiles 18 cutting-edge UK-based practices, presenting recent key projects as well as interviews with the architects. The architects’ ecological awareness is evident in a wide range of schemes, from Nord’s Shingle House in Dungeness, Kent, which makes use of sustainable and recyclable materials, to GroundLab’s Flowing Gardens for the 2011 World Horticultural Expo at Xi’an, China, an inspiring example of urban regeneration. Other projects employ ecologically intelligent building materials or demonstrate a commitment to protecting and increasing biodiversity. Complete with an introduction exploring key trends in contemporary British architecture and biographies of all the featured practices, this publication is an overview of the work and attitudes of a rising generation of UK architects who are reinvigorating the profession.
The great builders
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The Great Builders surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of scope and depth. From churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of(...)
The great builders
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The Great Builders surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of scope and depth. From churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of architectural history. This book, in the same series as The Great Naturalists and The Great Explorers, will appeal to anyone with an interest in architecture, buildings, engineering, urban planning or the history of the built environment.
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Just my type
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A thoroughly entertaining, well-informed tour of typefaces, some now 560 years old, some invented within just the last few years. Here, Garfield not only relates the history of typefaces but examines their aesthetic and psychological power, considering what, for instance, our favorite typefaces say about us.
Just my type
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A thoroughly entertaining, well-informed tour of typefaces, some now 560 years old, some invented within just the last few years. Here, Garfield not only relates the history of typefaces but examines their aesthetic and psychological power, considering what, for instance, our favorite typefaces say about us.
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This book addresses the need for basic shelter, housing, education, health care, clean water, and renewable energy. One-on-one interviews and provocative case studies demonstrate how innovative design is reimagining community and uplifting lives. From building-material innovations such as smog-eating concrete to innovative public policy that is repainting Brazil's urban(...)
mai 2012
Design like you give a damn 2: building change from the ground up
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This book addresses the need for basic shelter, housing, education, health care, clean water, and renewable energy. One-on-one interviews and provocative case studies demonstrate how innovative design is reimagining community and uplifting lives. From building-material innovations such as smog-eating concrete to innovative public policy that is repainting Brazil's urban slums, Design Like You Give a Damn 2 presents more than 100 projects from around the world.
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Village buildings of Britain
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This publication is an illustrated survey of vernacular building for everyone who believes in the importance of conservation and who wishes to have, in one beautiful volume, examples of village building styles from all over the country. Each of the eleven chapters includes a selection of buildings painted from life in watercolour. Author Matthew Rice also picks out a(...)
Village buildings of Britain
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This publication is an illustrated survey of vernacular building for everyone who believes in the importance of conservation and who wishes to have, in one beautiful volume, examples of village building styles from all over the country. Each of the eleven chapters includes a selection of buildings painted from life in watercolour. Author Matthew Rice also picks out a variety of local features such as windows, doorways, ironworks and stonework which help to establish the character of each part of the country.
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décembre 2003