This book updates knowledge about self-injurious behaviors for suicidal purposes concerning frequency, possibly biological, psychological, social, cultural, and political causes; that is, it approaches suicide from abroad non-reductive vision and considers the phenomenon's complexity.
La tecnología lo está cambiando todo de un modo mucho más rápido de lo que podemos imaginar y con seguridad que impactará en todas las áreas y profesiones ayudando a hacer casi todo mejor, más rápido y más barato.
Der große Interior-Award für die Gastronomie versammelt 50 herausragende Interior-Design-Konzepte, sorgfältig ausgewählt von einer interdisziplinären Jury aus Planern, Gastronomen und Fachjournalisten.
BUILDINGS FOR PEOPLE Buildings for People: Responsible Real Estate Development and Planning explores how to balance social concerns with financial and investment considerations without sacrificing profit.
Este libro parte de la idea de que hay un orden natural y que, para el arquitecto, la habitabilidad es su responsabilidad ética con el bienestar del ser humano y del medio ambiente.
Das offizielle bdia Handbuch Innenarchitektur 2023/24 präsentiert die aktuellen Trends und das herausragende Gestaltungsniveau der Innenarchitektur in Deutschland.
La publicación de estas doce obras en CASAS Internacional, dedicado a la región del Alentejo, es la cuarta vez que una edición de esta revis-ta ha sido dedicada a arquitectos portugueses o a obras en Portugal.
El trabajo del colectivo florentino Superstudio, en particular sus provocadoras perspectivas y collages, han formado parte de la imaginación colectiva, arquitectónica y artística, de los últimos 60 años.
A groundbreaking account of the role of writing in Michelangelo's artMichelangelo is best known for great artistic achievements such as the Sistine ceiling, the David, the Pieta, and the dome of St.
The fascinating history of the twentieth century's most successful experiment in mass housingWhile the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, and their contemporaries frequently influences our ideas about house design at the midcentury, most Americans during this period lived in homes built by little-known builders who also served as developers of the communities.
The first history of Frank Lloyd Wright's exhibitions of his own work-a practice central to his careerMore than one hundred exhibitions of Frank Lloyd Wright's work were mounted between 1894 and his death in 1959.
An acclaimed history of Harlem's journey from urban crisis to urban renaissanceWith its gleaming shopping centers and refurbished row houses, today's Harlem bears little resemblance to the neighborhood of the midcentury urban crisis.
An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildingsWhat do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common?
Tomemos, pues, cierta distancia, entrecerremos los ojos en busca de una visión algo borrosa, y entonces gozaremos de excelentes cuadros impresionistas de aquella Lima con sus calles y portales poblados de osados aventureros, mano de obra desocupada a la espera de la oportunidad soñada que los hará medrar, del ambiente en la recién fundada Santa Cruz de la Sierra, en la legendaria Villa Rica de Potosí, en Asunción o en las arduas marchas entre una y otra, el cuadro recargado de tintas tenebrosas de los retorcidos ardides de los que se valió el pérfido obispo de la Torre para prender al gobernador Cáceres en plena iglesia y tantos otros cuadros que el lector descubrirá por su cuenta, enhebrados en sabrosos documentos de la época, que nos harán revivir cada uno de esos momentos, con sus convincentes colores individuales.
Los documentos aquí reunidos encaran diversos aspectos de la transformación territorial en la RMBA y en ellos existe coincidencia de opinión respecto a que, los modos tradicionales de regulación territorial, no respondieron a las complejas y dinámicas transformaciones socioeconómicas.
Un 10 de abril de 1981 comenzaron a publicarse estas críticas, primero fueron planteos donde la ciudad era mostrada en sus sectores diferenciados, luego apareció el edificio como entidad juzgada.
A uniquely personal account of the life and enduring legacy of the Renaissance libraryWith the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe's cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics.
A revelatory tale of how the human brain develops, from conception to birth and beyondBy the time a baby is born, its brain is equipped with billions of intricately crafted neurons wired together through trillions of interconnections to form a compact and breathtakingly efficient supercomputer.
In this collection of recent and unpublished essays, leading analytic philosopher Scott Soames traces milestones in his field from its beginnings in Britain and Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, through its subsequent growth in the United States, up to its present as the world's most vigorous philosophical tradition.
How a famous painting opens a window into the life, times, and philosophy of Rene DescartesIn the Louvre museum hangs a portrait that is considered the iconic image of Rene Descartes, the great seventeenth-century French philosopher.
How the father of wind engineering helped make the world's most amazing buildings and bridges possibleWith Wind Wizard, Siobhan Roberts brings us the story of Alan Davenport (1932-2009), the father of modern wind engineering, who investigated how wind navigates the obstacle course of the earth's natural and built environments-and how, when not properly heeded, wind causes buildings and bridges to teeter unduly, sway with abandon, and even collapse.
Why architecture matters-and how to make it matter moreFit is a book about architecture and society that seeks to fundamentally change how architects and the public think about the task of design.
The Alhambra, the 'red fort' on its rocky hill above Granada with its fountained courts and gardens and intricate decoration has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty.
From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us-and always will beIn this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues that irrationality makes up the greater part of human life and history.
A landmark history that traces the creation, management, and sharing of information through six centuriesThanks to modern technological advances, we now enjoy seemingly unlimited access to information.
A groundbreaking biography of Milton's formative years that provides a new account of the poet's political radicalizationJohn Milton (1608-1674) has a unique claim on literary and intellectual history as the author of both Paradise Lost, the greatest narrative poem in English, and prose defences of the execution of Charles I that influenced the French and American revolutions.
An evocative chronicle of the power of solitude in the natural worldI'm often asked, but have no idea why I chose Iceland, why I first started going, why I still go.
How transatlantic thinkers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries promoted the unification of Britain and the United StatesBetween the late nineteenth century and the First World War an ocean-spanning network of prominent individuals advocated the unification of Britain and the United States.
An urban history of modern Britain, and how the built environment shaped the nation's politicsFoundations is a history of twentieth-century Britain told through the rise, fall, and reinvention of six different types of urban space: the industrial estate, shopping precinct, council estate, private flats, shopping mall, and suburban office park.
A provocative case for historical ambiguity in architecture by one of the field's leading theoristsConceptions of modernity in architecture are often expressed in the idea of the zeitgeist, or "e;spirit of the age,"e; an attitude toward architectural form that is embedded in a belief in progressive time.
How the science of urban planning can make our cities healthier, safer, and more livableThe design of every aspect of the urban landscape-from streets and sidewalks to green spaces, mass transit, and housing-fundamentally influences the health and safety of the communities who live there.
Hailed by the Washington Post as "e;a sure-footed and witty guide to slippery ethical terrain,"e; a philosophical exploration of AI and the future of the mind that Astronomer Royal Martin Rees calls "e;profound and entertaining"e;Humans may not be Earth's most intelligent beings for much longer: the world champions of chess, Go, and Jeopardy!
An unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to todayAmerica's most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades-celebrated and scorned as one of the hippest destinations in the world.
Edwin Lutyens' Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval in Northern France, visited annually by tens of thousands of tourists, is arguably the finest structure erected by any British architect in the twentieth century.
Roman für Jugendliche von 13–16 Jahren, auch als Klassenlektüre an weiterführenden Schulen geeignet, Fach: Deutsch, Förderunterricht, Klasse 8–10 +++ K.
Amigo lector, en forma cotidiana encontramos en nuestro hogar o lugar de trabajo distintas deficiencias o patologías que provocan el paulatino deterioro del hábitat; a partir del momento en que detectamos una de estas anomalías que nos afectan tanto en el aspecto funcional como en el estético, es que surge la necesidad de encarar tareas de mantenimiento.
From one of the world's top experts on the economics of skyscrapersa ';fascinating' (Daily Mail, London) and ';informative' (Publishers Weekly) account of the ever-growing quest for super tall buildings across the globe.
