This book, first published in Finnish in 1985 under the title Aalto, is a critical introduction to Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976), written by one of Aalto's Finnish architectural contemporaries, Kirmo Mikkola (1934-1986).
This book examines the role that time plays in the life of buildings, adopting a comparative study of this influence between European and Chinese traditions.
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the architectural evolution of China from antiquity to the early modern, modern, and contemporary ages.
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the architectural evolution of China from antiquity to the early modern, modern, and contemporary ages.
In der gegenwärtigen philosophischen und theologischen Diskussion wird die Möglichkeit schlüssiger Argumente für die Existenz Gottes in der Regel mit Verweis auf Hume oder Kant zurückgewiesen.
In der gegenwärtigen philosophischen und theologischen Diskussion wird die Möglichkeit schlüssiger Argumente für die Existenz Gottes in der Regel mit Verweis auf Hume oder Kant zurückgewiesen.
Wellness is a contemporary concept with deep ancient roots promoting preventative and holistic activities, lifestyle choices, and salient architecture and urban design practices.
Monumental cares rethinks monument debates, site specificity and art activism in light of problems that strike us as monumental or overwhelming, such as war, migration and the climate crisis.
Una definición básica del teatro como espacio arquitectónico es aquella que lo considera como el lugar que se proyecta y se construye para que ocurran eventos dignos de atención, lo que incluye la aparición en el tiempo de diversos formatos de distracción y de arte que han llevado a las distintas sociedades a generar espacios para presenciar de la mejor manera determinado espectáculo.
Der Westminster Palast, eines der berühmtesten Bauwerke der Welt, steht als Sinnbild für die politische Macht Großbritanniens und die wechselvolle Geschichte der Nation.
This anthology honors Lawrence Nees' expansive contributions to medieval art historical inquiry and teaching on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Delaware.
Ein Jugendroman in Leichter Sprache für Jugendliche von 12 bis 16 Jahren, besonders geeignet als Schullektüre an Förderschulen und in der Inklusion, Fach: Deutsch, Klasse 7–10 +++Informationen zum Titel:Das ist ein Roman in Leichter Sprache.
Germany of the 1920s offers a stunning moment in modernity, a time when surface values first became determinants of taste, activity, and occupation: modernity was still modern, spectacle was still spectacular.
Modern Architecture: The Basics examines technological, stylistic, socio-political, and cultural changes that have transformed the history of architecture since the late 18th century.
First published in 1954, The Genesis of Modern British Town Planning is a study from a historical standpoint of the social and economic factors which have made town planning one of the normal functions of government.
Originally published in 1993, as part of the Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences series, reissued now with a new series introduction, Placemaking: Production of Built Environment in Two Cultures is a book about the context of placemaking - the production of vernacular architecture and settlement.