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Iggy is delighted when Ada Twist's Aunt Bernice inherits a mansion featuring his favorite architectural periods, but unless the Questioneers can find its missing antiques, the house may be lost forever. Includes information about Art Deco and Art Nouveau, facts about unusual cats, a recipe for ice cream, and a biographical note on Ida B. Wells.
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"Uses LEGO models to explore Neoclassical, Art Deco, Brutalist, Modernist, and other architectural styles. Each chapter includes a discussion of the architectural movement, photographs of famous real-life buildings, and a gallery of LEGO models, with step-by-step building instructions"--
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"[A] much needed book both for homeowners who want a beautiful and well proportioned house and for the professionals who help them to realize that dream." —Sarah Susanka, FAIA, architect and author of The Not So Big series and Home by Design
Even as oversized McMansions continue to elbow their way into tiny lots nationwide, a much different trend has taken shape. This return to traditional architectural principles venerates...
Even as oversized McMansions continue to elbow their way into tiny lots nationwide, a much different trend has taken shape. This return to traditional architectural principles venerates...
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Why Architecture Matters is not a work of architectural history or a guide to styles or an architectural dictionary, though it contains elements of all three. The purpose of Why Architecture Matters is to "come to grips with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectually" - with its impact on our lives. "Architecture begins to matter," writes Paul Goldberger, "when it brings...
9) Gothic art
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This book describes Gothic art, which flourished in the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries, presenting information on artists and sculptors such as Villard de Honnecourt, Nicola Pisano, Giovanni Pisano, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Simone Martini, and other artists.
11) Boxitects
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Meg goes to Maker School to hone her talent for building with boxes -- but when Simone, another boxitect, arrives -- they become so competitive they nearly fail in the annual Maker Match.
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"A collection of concrete poetry, illustrations, and photographs that shows how young children's constructions, created as they play, are reflected in notable works of architecture from around the world. Includes biographies of the architects, quotations, and sources"--Provided by publisher.
14) Building big
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Examines a variety of real structures, such as the Empire State Building and the Holland Tunnel, discussing design and construction difficulties related to each and how the building of each was accomplished to overcome such obstacles.
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From Frederick Law Olmsted to Richard Neutra, Michelle Obama to our neighbors, Americans throughout history have revealed something of themselves--their personalities, desires, and beliefs--in the gardens they create. Rooted in the time and place of their making, as much as in the minds and identities of their makers, gardens mirror the struggles and energies of a changing society. Melding biography, history, and cultural commentary in a one-of-a-kind...
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First published in 1974, Architecture of Middle Tennessee quickly became a record of some of the region's most important and most endangered buildings. Based primarily upon photographs, measured drawings, and historical and architectural information assembled by the Historic American Buildings Survey of the National Park Service in 1970 and 1971, the book was conceived of as a record of buildings preservationists assumed would soon be lost....
20) Eco-architecture
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Contains twenty-two essays in which the authors debate issues related to eco-architecture, such as its benefits to humans and impact on the environment and how it can be encouraged and is being implemented.