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418 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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"Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, this mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive. Today, we have slowly come to realize that the legacy of this mythology is haunting us. Designers understand the urgency of reducing humanity's negative environmental impact, yet perpetuate the...
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58 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
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English
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"Examines many of the traditional homes found all over the world, including mud-brick adobe structures, bamboo dwellings, nomads' tents and timber frame buildings, as well as modern solutions, from strawbale designs to geodesic domes." -- Back cover.
10) Himalayan style
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303 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) ; 29 cm
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English
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iv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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A biography of Betty Stewart (1925-1994), who gained national publicity in the 1980s as a homebuilder and an authentic Santa Fe character. Certain aspects of Santa Fe's history - its reputation as a refuge for eccentrics, its decades-long effort to define itself through its architecture and its overwhelming popularity in the 1980s - are also addressed.
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