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xxxi, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Chicago, IL : APA Planners Press, ©2011.
Neighbors and neighborhoods : elements of successful community design / Sidney Brower.
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xxxi, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Chicago, IL : APA Planners Press, ©2011.
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Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
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viii, 190 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2008.
Invented Edens : techno-cities of the twentieth century / Robert H. Kargon and Arthur P. Molella.
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viii, 190 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2008.
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xxiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.
How cities work : suburbs, sprawl, and the roads not taken / Alex Marshall.
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xxiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.
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Architecture after modernism
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An examination of the architectural world, its theories and contexts, since the 1960s including a discussion of "megaprojects" like the Disney Empire and the IBA in Berlin.
Architecture after modernism
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An examination of the architectural world, its theories and contexts, since the 1960s including a discussion of "megaprojects" like the Disney Empire and the IBA in Berlin.
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September 1996, London
Post-modernism
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Tout en ébauchant un vaste tour d'horizon des édifices construits ces dernières années, Diane Ghirardo concentre son essai sur plusieurs "mégaprojets" spécifiques - l'empire Disney et ses parcs de loisirs, l'IBA à Berlin et les docks à Londres - considérés comme autant de lieux exemplaires des nouvelles tendances.
Les architectures postmodernes
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Tout en ébauchant un vaste tour d'horizon des édifices construits ces dernières années, Diane Ghirardo concentre son essai sur plusieurs "mégaprojets" spécifiques - l'empire Disney et ses parcs de loisirs, l'IBA à Berlin et les docks à Londres - considérés comme autant de lieux exemplaires des nouvelles tendances.
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November 1997, Paris
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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xxi, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Why architecture matters : lessons from Chicago / Blair Kamin.
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xxi, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
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This book describes for the first time how American federal agencies such as the Commerce Department and the U.S. Information Agency teamed up with corportations like IBM, Walt Disney Company, and General Mills during the 1950s to ensure that American displays at foreign trade shows presented compelling images of material abundance.
Pavillions of plenty : exhibiting American culture abroad in the 1950s
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This book describes for the first time how American federal agencies such as the Commerce Department and the U.S. Information Agency teamed up with corportations like IBM, Walt Disney Company, and General Mills during the 1950s to ensure that American displays at foreign trade shows presented compelling images of material abundance.
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May 1997, Washington, D.C.
Architectural Theory
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If every disabled character is mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new kinds of stories that celebrate difference.
Disfigured: On fairy tales, disability, and making space
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If every disabled character is mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new kinds of stories that celebrate difference.
Social
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Part 1 of this three volume, comprehensive guide to contemporary American architecture focuses on the West and features 247 buildings along with 17 access maps for 69 different cities. Each building is dedicated one page, accompanied with colour photographs and a brief outline. Buildings featured include: Seattle Central Library (Rem Koolhaas/Oma), San Francisco(...)
A guide to contemporary architecture in America, volume 1 : Western U.S.A.
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Part 1 of this three volume, comprehensive guide to contemporary American architecture focuses on the West and features 247 buildings along with 17 access maps for 69 different cities. Each building is dedicated one page, accompanied with colour photographs and a brief outline. Buildings featured include: Seattle Central Library (Rem Koolhaas/Oma), San Francisco International Airport (SOM), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Frank O. Gehry) and the Denver Central Library (Michael Graves).
City Guides
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Thisbook takes readers on a tour of American architectural treasures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It provides the practical information such as addresses, phone numbers, visitor hours, and maps. Among the new buildings included in this edition are Walt Disney Concert Hall (Frank Gehry), Seattle Library (Rem Koolhaas), American Folk Art Museum (Tod(...)
The architecture traveler : a guide to 263 key American buildings, revised edition
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Thisbook takes readers on a tour of American architectural treasures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It provides the practical information such as addresses, phone numbers, visitor hours, and maps. Among the new buildings included in this edition are Walt Disney Concert Hall (Frank Gehry), Seattle Library (Rem Koolhaas), American Folk Art Museum (Tod Williams/Billie Tsien), Contemporary Arts Center (Zaha Hadid), Milwaukee Art Museum (Santiago Calatrava), and the 'Solar Umbrella' House (Larry Scarpa/Angela Brooks).
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