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175 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Explore and enjoy painting buildings using oil paints. Painting buildings is an exciting and versatile genre - it allows you to enjoy the lines of architecture but also to add feeling and context to a picture. This practical book explains the full depth of the subject, from first sketches to final presentation. Using a range of examples, it is packed with advice and information and follows the riches of painting the built landscape. Not just a handy...
63) Remnants of the gods: a visual tour of alien influence in Egypt, Spain, France, Turkey, and Italy
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220 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm
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xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Here for the first time is a complete visual handbook designed for architects, builders, students, and anyone else interested in wood-frame construction. Inside you'll find hundreds of meticulous drawings illustrating every detail you might ever want to know about when building wood, whether you're building basement walls or framing a chimney opening. This wealth of visual information is mined from actual jobsites. Special attention is given throughout...
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Accepting a dream job at the Harlowe House estate museum in New England, Augusta Podos discovers a Harlowe daughter who was almost completely removed from the family historical record and digs deeper, awakening a sinister power.
Margaret Harlowe never quite fit in with her kin, but in the tangled woods surrounding her family's estate she cultivated her uncanny power. Whispers of "witch" dogged her footsteps, and Margaret's power began to wind itself...
69) Parthenon
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24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
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Why is my home cold? This book covers how to information on why and how to change that cold house into a warm home step-by-step. Duct systems are often separated, parted, and often destroyed by water and animals. Learn how to seal and repair damaged ducts to save on your electric bill. Air sealing-learn how and where to seal holes in the shell of the home that are constantly losing heat to outside and how to repair holes in the rodent barrier and...
71) Le long de la Main cosmopolite: Promouvoir, vivre et marcher le boulevard Saint-Laurent à Montréal
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À Montréal, le boulevard Saint-Laurent résume à lui seul les différentes dimensions du cosmopolitisme. L'artère représente autant une coupure dans la ville – la frontière entre les « deux solitudes », francophone et anglophone – qu'une couture, puisqu'elle a été un lieu d'accueil privilégié pour les nouveaux venus tout au long du XXe siècle. Dans cet ancien corridor de l'immigration, devenu espace d'échanges et de récits,...
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El ser humano no es el único animal arquitecto. Prácticamente en todo el reino animal puede encontrarse cierto grado de hábito constructor y las especies con mayor capacidad constructora están distribuidas en todos los filos, desde los protozoos hasta los primates.
Asombrado desde niño por la labor arquitectónica de los otros animales, Juhani Pallasmaa repasa en este libro la actividad constructora de innumerables especies poniendo el foco...
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“Journey in His Shadow” is inspirational poetry that has been inspired over the years. Ellen truly believes that even before she came to know and understand Christ's amazing hope and salvation, she was living beneath His shadow. So many times, she was rescued and brought to her senses by the spirit who knew, one day, she would be His. This book is for the lonely and those seeking a true path. We are all journeying in His shadow, and His is awaiting...
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Las termitas son una plaga doméstica común que puede causar daños significativos a casas y edificios. Son pequeños insectos que se alimentan de madera y otros materiales a base de celulosa, y pueden causar daños estructurales en viviendas y edificios. En este breve libro, Cómo lidiar con las termitas, le proporcionaremos el conocimiento y las herramientas necesarias para identificar, prevenir y tratar eficazmente las infestaciones de termitas.
El...
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El libro propone un recorrido por las diversas formas en que el vidrio puede ser protagonista de la arquitectura, a través de la selección de 20 obras de arquitectura contemporánea reciente alrededor del mundo. Cada uno de los ejemplos escogidos aporta desde una vertiente diferente sobre el uso de este material, técnica constructiva, planteo estructural y recurso formal a la vez. Diferentes arquitectos de diversas generaciones, culturas, países,...
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Esta obra imprescindible da al profesionista y al usuario, de manera clara y sencilla, todos los datos de la antropometría, análisis de mobiliario, diseño urbano, control ambiental, incluyendo el uso de energía solar, circulaciones y otros. Además, incluye un capítulo sobre las necesidades para conjuntos y zonas habitaciona.
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This ebook presents an introduction to structural design to architectural and civil engineering undergraduate students. This ebook contains 7 chapters :
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Loads on Structures
Chapter 3 : Design for Vertical Loads Chapter
4 : Design for Lateral Loads Chapter
5 : Introduction to Design of Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings
Chapter 6 : Introduction to Design of Loadbearing Reinforced Concrete Masonry Buildings...
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La comunidad de Trinidad de Bubuey está integrada por familias dedicadas a la agricultura y la pesca. Pertenece al Concejo Comunitario Negros en Acción del municipio de Timbiquí, Cauca. Esta comunidad ha sido afectada por el conflicto armado colombiano, pero siempre ha mantenido la esperanza de la paz. En aras de alimentar la construcción de un territorio pacífico y con condiciones dignas para sus habitantes, el Laboratorio de Ambientes Sostenibles...
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Como continuación del libro que la Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (UJTL) publicó en diciembre de 2008, titulado Tipologías arquitectónicas coloniales y republicanas, la presente investigación pretende ahondar en el conocimiento de las características formales, estructurales y materiales de las cubiertas coloniales y republicanas que se encuentran en la ciudad de Cartagena de Indias y en las poblaciones circunvecinas de Turbaco y Arjona.
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The book covers the basic concepts and science and engineering fundamentals in the analysis, design and retrofit of building envelope. Micro and macro outdoor climate including wind and precipitation and indoor climate requirements are included. Architectural considerations Architectural considerations of building shape, geometry and facade orientation are included. Fenestrations, joints and sealants are presented. Structural considerations of wind...
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