Architecture: residential and domestic buildings

Designing housing visions Founded in 1998 in Los Angeles, Graft is an international architectural firm with branch offices in Berlin and Beijing.

A history of the key fortresses that dominated the landscape of medieval Russia from its legendary foundations in the 9th century to its conquest by the Mongols and the eventual rise to power of the principality of Muscovy.

Los Angeles ist die falsche Stadt.

Create a cozy getaway with this fabulous compendium in the highly successful 150 Best series, packed with images, ideas, inspiration, and information on the latest trends in small space design.

France and Italy have long been the go-to spots for fashionistas, serious foodies and design mavens.

Essential information for the design of senior living facilities Building Type Basics for Senior Living, Second Edition is your one-stop reference for essential information you need to plan and successfully complete the design of residential care environments for seniors on time and within budget.

Why higher education is not a silver bullet for eradicating economic inequality and social injusticeWe often think that a college degree will open doors to opportunity regardless of one's background or upbringing.

This book takes a look at the lengthy chain of forts built by the French to guard the frontier in the American northeast, including Sorel, Chambly, St Jean, Carillon (Ticonderoga), Duquesne (Pittsburgh, PA), and Vincennes.

Taking the Soviet Union Apart Room by Room investigates what happens to domestic spaces, architecture, and the lives of urbanites during a socioeconomic upheaval.

The techniques of European warfare were transformed during the 15th and 16th centuries by the use of gunpowder and by substantial progress in the effectiveness and destructive power of artillery.

In 1462 the throne of the Principality of Moscow passed to Ivan III (1462 1505), who succeeded in throwing off the Tatar yoke.

Using the modern home as a springboard, Atoms under the Floorboards introduces the reader to the fascinating and surprising scientific explanations behind a variety of common (and often entertainingly mundane) household phenomena, from gurgling drains and squeaky floorboards to rubbery custard and shiny shoes.

Arnold Taylor, the leading expert on the subject, provides an authoritative guide to the castles, begun between 1277 and 1295, in a short compass.

Gustav Stickley pioneered a form of architecture based on beauty, simplicity, utility, and organic harmony.

Houses and Gardens of Kyoto presents over 500 photos of the most excellent examples of traditional Japanese architecture from every significant historical period in this new edition of a favorite classic.

Over the course of the long 18th century, many of England's grandest country houses became known for displaying noteworthy architecture and design, large collections of sculptures and paintings, and expansive landscape gardens and parks.

This book is recommendedfor the Chinese history and culture sections of both public and academic libraries.

This information-packed volume explores the manifold ways in which architects and designers meet the various challenges of designing and decorating apartments for their clients.

Adolf Loos war einer der ersten, die Anfang des Jahrhunderts unbedingte Wahrheit in der Architektur forderten.

The architecture in Burma represents a mixture of the country's history, politics, natural assets, religion, and superstition.

Following the battle of Bussaco on 27 September 1810 Wellington's heavily outnumbered troops began to withdraw towards Lisbon.

THE FIRST IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNS OF "e;AMERICA'S FAVORITE ARCHITECT"e; .

If you've ever dreamt of designing and building your own home, this book is for you.

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For many, the idea of prefab housing may bring to mind trailers and other less desirable images of home life.

Home: The Way We Live Now is an innovative new sourcebook for modern living.

Essays on the development of the post-medieval house, its contents and decoration.

The presence of the refugee in the contemporary metropolis is marked by precarity, a quality that has become a characteristic feature of the neoliberal urban milieu.

In The Appearances of Memory, the Indonesian architectural and urban historian Abidin Kusno explores the connections between the built environment and political consciousness in Indonesia during the colonial and postcolonial eras.

From June 1941, the Soviets were forced to undertake large-scale defensive operations in the face of the overwhelming German blitzkrieg assault, operations which ran counter to their preference for highly mobile, offensive warfare.

Featuring over 370 artful photographs and insightful commentary, this book is an exploration of the most magnificent and opulent hotels across the Asia-Pacific region.

Throughout their stormy history the Teutonic Knights of Germany have always been the most controversial brotherhood ever to call themselves 'Knights of Christ'.

Der Massenwohnungsbau war eine Antwort auf den durch Industrialisierung und Urbanisierung verursachten Mangel an Wohnraum in Jugoslawien und prägt bis heute das postjugoslawische urbane Gewebe.

Owing to the superb defensive position of the great castle, which still stands sentinel above the River Avon, Warwick has been important for the past thousand years or more.

With economic restructuring, demographic shifts, and lifestyle changes, the traditional family - working father, stay-at-home mother, two to three children - is no longer the norm and the need for smaller homes at moderate cost has skyrocketed.

In the second half of the third millennium BC the Indo-European tribe known as the Hittites migrated and settled in Central Anatolia, at that time a land of small city-states whose rulers lived in fortresses.

Domestic Space in France and Belgium offers a new addition to the growing body of work in Interior Studies.

Half a millennium before the Romans first arrived in Britain, an even more ferocious people, the Celts, arrived in what is now south-eastern England.

in 1923/24 Henry Fruges, a Bordeaux industrialist commissioned Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret with a "e;small workers housing estate"e; in Lege and a garden city in Pessac, comprising 130 to 150 houses with shops.

Ten amazing curves personally selected by one of today's most important math writersCurves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfully curated collection of ten mathematical curves, selected by Julian Havil for their significance, mathematical interest, and beauty.

A key interdisciplinary concept in our understanding of social interaction across creative and cultural practices, kinesthetic empathy describes the ability to experience empathy merely by observing the movements of another human being.

This revised edition of Residential Construction and Kitchen & Bath Systems combines the thorough guides to typical North American building systems for homes for the kitchen and bath industry into one comprehensive, expanded volume, completely updated and revised throughout.

Eco Living Japan presents the contemporary Japanese homes which best exemplify the recent trends in sustainable design and green architecture in Japan.

An artist's record of the homes of 89 leading creatives from interior designers to ceramicists, antiques dealers, florists and chefs.

The border between East and West Germany was closed on 26 May 1953.

A fascinating study of some of the most famous fortifications of the 20th century and of how their military and political implications shaped the face of northern Europe.

Glasshouse Greenhouse fuses together cultures and countries under one glass roof.