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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An extremely captivating and thought-provoking essay."--Artibus AsiaeTable of ContentsForeword to the Princeton Classics Edition v Foreword xix Introduction 3 National Life-movement in Architecture Vision 11 Variability and Complement 23 Balance and Equilibrium 41 Individuality and Unity 59 Conclusion 69

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"As Hyde eloquently demonstrates in a compelling trajectory that arcs from Stonehenge to modern London, ugliness is more than a physical trait or quality assigned to an object. It has acted as a site and catalyst for debate on broader social circumstances."---Catherine Slessor, The Guardian"This book is a welcome break from good taste. . . . If you have ever wondered why a certain building seems ugly, this book will help you understand why you feel that way."---Lucy Watson, Financial Times"Hyde’s book confronts ugliness head on, using it as a way to interrogate British architectural discourse. . . . [His] research on the individual case studies is impeccable."---Richard J. Williams, Times Higher Education"The great achievement of this book is to show that, even if the language and opinions about taste change, debates about architecture have always had some common features. They are never just about buildings."---William Whyte, Church Times"Discussions such as those effectively summarised in Ugliness and Judgement are so instructive when we evaluate how to apply concepts of beauty and ugliness in architectural debates."---Alexander Adams, Salisbury Review"A fascinating book. In taking as a point of departure the limitations of aesthetics, Hyde invites readers to understand the assessment of aesthetic failure as a wedge that pries open conversations about inadequate, unresolved, or unsatisfying social and legal arrangements. Ugliness, in his telling, points to gaps in social, regulatory, urban, and institutional fabrics. The author implies that the value of listening to complaints about buildings lies in discerning the issues that encounters with 'ugly' buildings bring to the fore."---Kathryn O’Rourke, Rice Design Alliance"To call out ugliness, then, is a call to arms. While beauty basks lazily and uselessly in its own perfection, ugliness spurs us into action."---Igor Toronyi-Lalic, The Spectator

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Book SynopsisHousehold archaeology, together with community and regional settlement information, forms the basis for a unique local perspective of Andean prehistory in this study of the evolution of the site of Lukurmata, a pre-Columbian community in highland Bolivia. First established nearly two thousand years ago, Lukurmata grew to be a major ceremonial centeTrade Review"[This book] represents a significant contribution to the archaeology of the household. Bermann's high standards of field excavation and scholarship admirably show the potential of household archaeology and for studying broad questions of sociopolitical evolution and culture change."--Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of ContentsIllustrations and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Interpreting Prehistoric Social Change3Ch. 2Household Archaeology19Ch. 3Lukurmata: Setting, Methodology, and Previous Research42Ch. 4Lukurmata's Earliest Occupation59Ch. 5Ties with Tiwanaku68Ch. 6Continuity and Change86Ch. 7The Rise of the Tiwanaku Polity97Ch. 8Lukurmata during the Tiwanaku III Period103Ch. 9Late Tiwanaku III Period Structures131Ch. 10Terminal Tiwanaku III Period Occupation: Specialized Architecture138Ch. 11Lukurmata and the Tiwanaku State149Ch. 12Lukurmata at Its Height178Ch. 13Lukurmata's Decline during the Tiwanaku V Period218Ch. 14The Post-Tiwanaku Period at Lukurmata225Ch. 15Conclusion: Lukurmata Households and the Tiwanaku State236Appendixes259I: Tabular Household Data261II: Faunal Remains from Lukurmata Domestic Occupations264III: Radiocarbon Dates from Lukurmata Domestic Contexts266IV: Regional Time Chain267V: Field Designations of Burials Mentioned in the Text268VI: Ceramic Descriptions269References277Index305

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Book SynopsisThis work is the first volume of two that will be the full report of major excavations carried out by Dumbarton Oaks and the Istanbul Archaeological Museum at Sarachane in the heart of ancient Constantinople. This volume includes discussion of excavation and stratigraphy; catalogs of sculpture, revetment, mosaic, small finds and other materials: anTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Summary, pg. xi*List Of Drawings, pg. xiii*List Of Photographs, pg. xv*List Of Tables, pg. xxi*List Of Abbreviations, pg. xxiii*Chapter One. Discovery And Background, pg. 3*Chapter Two. The Structures, pg. 11*Chapter Three. The Stratigraphy, pg. 34*Chapter Four. Interpretation, pg. 111*Chapter Five. The Marble Carving, pg. 117*Chapter Six. The Inlays And Revetment, pg. 168*Chapter Seven. The Mosaics, pg. 182*Chapter Eight. Painted Plaster, pg. 197*Chapter Nine. The Window Glass, pg. 204*Chapter Ten. The Brickstamps, pg. 207*Chapter Eleven. The Small Finds, pg. 226*Chapter Twelve. The Coins, pg. 278*Chapter Thirteen. The Human Bones, pg. 374*Chapter Fourteen. The Animal Bones and Molluscs, pg. 399*Chapter Fifteen. The Church Of St. Polyeuktos, pg. 405*Notes, pg. 421*Index, pg. 429*Photographs. 1-23, pg. 433*Photographs. 24-51, pg. 444*Photographs. 52-73., pg. 454*Photographs. 74-105, pg. 465*Photographs. 106-140, pg. 476*Photographs. 141-182, pg. 487*Photographs. 183-233, pg. 498*Photographs. 234-475, pg. 511

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Book SynopsisThe author considers the Morgantina terracottas as representatives of one of the liveliest traditions of the Greek minor arts, and thus he examines questions of stylistic development and influence, workshop traditions, and technique. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again makTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Plates, pg. ix*List of Text Figures, pg. xi*Editor's Foreword, pg. xiii*Preface, pg. xvii*Abbreviations, pg. xxi*Introduction and Historical Sketch, pg. 1*I. Archaic and Early-Classical Terracottas, pg. 9*II. Late-Classical Terracottas, pg. 22*III. Early-Hellenistic Terracottas, pg. 41*IV. Late-Hellenistic Terracottas, pg. 74*V. The VotiveTerracottas, pg. 81*Introduction Part I., pg. 115*Introduction Part II., pg. 161*Introduction Part III., pg. 200*List of Contexts, pg. 238*Concordance, pg. 261*Index, pg. 263*1-19, pg. 269*20-40, pg. 290*41-60, pg. 311*61-80, pg. 331*81-100, pg. 351*101-120, pg. 371*121-150, pg. 391

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Book SynopsisAnnabel M. Patterson offers here a reassessment of the place of Hermogenes, a Greek rhetorician of the second century A.D., in literary history. She shows that the literary men of the European Renaissance-scholars, critics, and poets-found Hermogenes' Concerning Ideas both important and extremely useful, and she finds that they vigorously applied hTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*1. "Imitation of Great Masters": Decorum of Style, pg. 1*2. "The Seven Capital Stars": Descriptions of the Seven Ideas, pg. 44*3. "High Talk": Canzone and Ode, pg. 69*4. "Savage Indignation": Elizabethan Satire, pg. 97*5. "True Nakedness": Elizabethan Sonnets, pg. 122*6. "Courage Means Running": The Idea of Speed, pg. 153*7. "The Grand Master-Piece to Observe": Renaissance Epic, pg. 176*Conclusion, pg. 214*Bibliography. Some Renaissance Editions and Translations of Hermogenes, 1500-1650, pg. 219*General Bibliography, pg. 221*Index, pg. 231

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Book SynopsisHistorians, classicists, and archeologists will welcome Professor Turner's lucid introduction to the field of Greek papyrology. The relatively recent rediscovery of Greek (and Latin) texts on papyrus has made possible greatly improved editions of classic works and has provided a deeper understanding of life in classical times. Professor Turner consTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. xi*List of Plates, pg. xii*I. Writing Materials and Books, pg. 1*II. The Rediscovery of Papyrus, pg. 17*III. Excavating for Papyri: The Organization of their Study, pg. 25*IV. Place of Origin and Place of Writing: The Geographical Distribution of Finds, pg. 42*V. How a Papyrus Text Is Edited, pg. 54*VI. The Persons who Owned the Papyri in Antiquity, pg. 74*VII. Papyri and Greek Literature, pg. 97*VIII. Types of Papyrus Document, pg. 127*IX. The Principal Editions of Papyri, pg. 154*NOTES TO CHAPTERS I-VIII, pg. 172*NOTES ON THE PLATES, pg. 189*PLATES, pg. 191*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 209*MAPS, pg. 238

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Book SynopsisCurrent date of publication from iPage.IngramContent.com.Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xiii*Illustrations, pg. xiv*Abbreviations, pg. xv*1. The Pre-Julian Calendar, pg. 3*2. The Characters of the Days in the Calendar of the First Century B.C., pg. 31*3. Dies Comitiales and Dies Fasti, pg. 36*4. Dies Nefasti and NP, pg. 61*5. Nundinal Letters and Nundinae, pg. 84*6. From the First to the Fourth Century B.C., pg. 93*7. The Fifth Century B.C., pg. 119*Appendix 1. Roman Intercalation, pg. 145*Appendix 2. The Characters of the Days, pg. 173*Appendix 3. Nundinae and the Trinum Nundinum, pg. 191*Appendix 4. The Dating of the Calendar, pg. 207*Index, pg. 225

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Book SynopsisThis study incorporates findings of the 1932-1939 excavations. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important bookTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Illustrations, pg. xiii*Map of the Graeco-Roman World, pg. 1*Prologue: Antioch in History, pg. 3*Chapter I. Before Alexander the Great, pg. 11*Chapter II. The City of Seleucus the Conqueror, pg. 27*Chapter III. The Seleucid Kings, pg. 45*Chapter IV. The Coming of the Romans, pg. 73*Chapter V. Capital of Syria, pg. 89*Chapter VI. The Early Christian Community, pg. 120*Chapter VII. The Beginning of the Christian Roman Empire, pg. 143*Chapter VIII. The Pagan Reaction, pg. 161*Chapter IX. Pagan and Christian Traditions, pg. 178*Chapter X. "Fair Crown of the Orient", pg. 200*Chapter XI. The East Roman Empire, pg. 217*Chapter XII. The Last Years, pg. 237*Epilogue: The Legacy of Antioch, pg. 273*List of Abbreviations, pg. 279*Selected Bibliography, pg. 281*Chronology, pg. 283*Index, pg. 285*Illustrations, pg. 297

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[This book] represents a significant contribution to the archaeology of the household. Bermann's high standards of field excavation and scholarship admirably show the potential of household archaeology and for studying broad questions of sociopolitical evolution and culture change."--Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of ContentsIllustrations and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Interpreting Prehistoric Social Change3Ch. 2Household Archaeology19Ch. 3Lukurmata: Setting, Methodology, and Previous Research42Ch. 4Lukurmata's Earliest Occupation59Ch. 5Ties with Tiwanaku68Ch. 6Continuity and Change86Ch. 7The Rise of the Tiwanaku Polity97Ch. 8Lukurmata during the Tiwanaku III Period103Ch. 9Late Tiwanaku III Period Structures131Ch. 10Terminal Tiwanaku III Period Occupation: Specialized Architecture138Ch. 11Lukurmata and the Tiwanaku State149Ch. 12Lukurmata at Its Height178Ch. 13Lukurmata's Decline during the Tiwanaku V Period218Ch. 14The Post-Tiwanaku Period at Lukurmata225Ch. 15Conclusion: Lukurmata Households and the Tiwanaku State236Appendixes259I: Tabular Household Data261II: Faunal Remains from Lukurmata Domestic Occupations264III: Radiocarbon Dates from Lukurmata Domestic Contexts266IV: Regional Time Chain267V: Field Designations of Burials Mentioned in the Text268VI: Ceramic Descriptions269References277Index305

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Summary, pg. xi*List Of Drawings, pg. xiii*List Of Photographs, pg. xv*List Of Tables, pg. xxi*List Of Abbreviations, pg. xxiii*Chapter One. Discovery And Background, pg. 3*Chapter Two. The Structures, pg. 11*Chapter Three. The Stratigraphy, pg. 34*Chapter Four. Interpretation, pg. 111*Chapter Five. The Marble Carving, pg. 117*Chapter Six. The Inlays And Revetment, pg. 168*Chapter Seven. The Mosaics, pg. 182*Chapter Eight. Painted Plaster, pg. 197*Chapter Nine. The Window Glass, pg. 204*Chapter Ten. The Brickstamps, pg. 207*Chapter Eleven. The Small Finds, pg. 226*Chapter Twelve. The Coins, pg. 278*Chapter Thirteen. The Human Bones, pg. 374*Chapter Fourteen. The Animal Bones and Molluscs, pg. 399*Chapter Fifteen. The Church Of St. Polyeuktos, pg. 405*Notes, pg. 421*Index, pg. 429*Photographs. 1-23, pg. 433*Photographs. 24-51, pg. 444*Photographs. 52-73., pg. 454*Photographs. 74-105, pg. 465*Photographs. 106-140, pg. 476*Photographs. 141-182, pg. 487*Photographs. 183-233, pg. 498*Photographs. 234-475, pg. 511

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Plates, pg. ix*List of Text Figures, pg. xi*Editor's Foreword, pg. xiii*Preface, pg. xvii*Abbreviations, pg. xxi*Introduction and Historical Sketch, pg. 1*I. Archaic and Early-Classical Terracottas, pg. 9*II. Late-Classical Terracottas, pg. 22*III. Early-Hellenistic Terracottas, pg. 41*IV. Late-Hellenistic Terracottas, pg. 74*V. The VotiveTerracottas, pg. 81*Introduction Part I., pg. 115*Introduction Part II., pg. 161*Introduction Part III., pg. 200*List of Contexts, pg. 238*Concordance, pg. 261*Index, pg. 263*1-19, pg. 269*20-40, pg. 290*41-60, pg. 311*61-80, pg. 331*81-100, pg. 351*101-120, pg. 371*121-150, pg. 391

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Book SynopsisHere, the theory of environmental aesthetics is related to our active appreciation of the prosaic landscapes of home, recreation or work. This leads to the discovery of hidden continuities, as well as the pleasure and meaning we receive from our understanding of our environment.

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Book SynopsisThe Complete Guide to Living with Thatch contains a wealth of practical information and advice for all those who live in or who are contemplating buying a thatched house, old or new. It also provides a unique reference guide and record of the hundreds of attractive thatched villages and curiosities- to visit in the British Isles.Trade Review'A comprehensive and competent study of all aspects of thatching.' Country Life 'Even a cursory glance at the photographs... reveals the serene beauty of thatched buildings... reinforced by the informative narrative.' Ideal Home 'A charming and informative read for lovers of the countryside.' Manchester Evening News 'A scholarly work, though highly readable.' Independent 'The definitive work on the subject.' Dorset Life 'A definitive manual... a book of both practical use and aesthetic appeal.' Wiltshire Life

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Book SynopsisPaul Hirst was one was one of the most original thinkers of his generation. This book is being published post-humously after his tragic death in 2003. Written with verve and lucidity, it is a scholarly account of the various ways in which space is configured by power, and in which space becomes a resource for power.Trade Review"A challenging, accessible and extremely thought-provoking volume which raises a plethora of critical questions about the future of space and power that ought to cause geographers to question too-comfortable theoretical suppositions." British Journal of Sociology "There is much within its impressive content that I believe can be of interest to group analysts. This book is steeped in historical appreciation and detail." Group Analysis "Space and Power is a compelling and often witty critique of 'the end of geography' thesis, and a searching examination of the contemporary relevance of the work of Febvre and Vidal de la Blache. An important book by a truly first-rate thinker." Stuart Corbridge, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface by Grahame Thompson. Acknowledgements. Part I. 1. Space and Power: Architecture, Politics and War. 2. Cities, Globalization and Governance. 3. Politics and Territory. Part II. 4. The Spatial Dimensions of Power. 5. The Frontier, Conquest and Settlement. 6. War, Environment and Technology. 7. Information, Space and War. Part III. 8. Foucault and Architecture. 9. The Defence of Places: Fortification as Architecture. 10. The Defence of Places: From Sieges to Silos. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisBy exposing the details of the Dundas Square area in Toronto, this book shows how city planners can be overwhelmed by the machinations of money and power, and why the planning field is ill-equipped to find creative solutions for post-industrial problems.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 Opening2 History (with Nik Luka)3 Regenerating4 Redeveloping5 Defending6 Implementing7 ClosingAppendix 1 Selected elements of the planning frameworkAppendix 2 ChronologyAppendix 3 Basic characteristics of the planning areaAppendix 4 Socioeconomic information about the planning areaAppendix 5 Seven development options, Yonge and Dundas area, December 1996Appendix 6 Financial plan and costing scenarios, Yonge and Dundas area, December 1996Appendix 7 Issues raised at public meetings and via correspondence regarding the redevelopment scheme, spring 1997Appendix 8 Bylaws before the Joint BoardAppendix 9 Decision of the Joint Board: Jurisdiction, conclusions and findings, decision and conditions, and obiter dictaAppendix 10 Sample calendar of events at Nathan Phillips Square, January to July 2000NotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisBy exposing the details of the Dundas Square area in Toronto, this book shows how city planners can be overwhelmed by the machinations of money and power, and why the planning field is ill-equipped to find creative solutions for post-industrial problems.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 Opening2 History (with Nik Luka)3 Regenerating4 Redeveloping5 Defending6 Implementing7 ClosingAppendix 1 Selected elements of the planning frameworkAppendix 2 ChronologyAppendix 3 Basic characteristics of the planning areaAppendix 4 Socioeconomic information about the planning areaAppendix 5 Seven development options, Yonge and Dundas area, December 1996Appendix 6 Financial plan and costing scenarios, Yonge and Dundas area, December 1996Appendix 7 Issues raised at public meetings and via correspondence regarding the redevelopment scheme, spring 1997Appendix 8 Bylaws before the Joint BoardAppendix 9 Decision of the Joint Board: Jurisdiction, conclusions and findings, decision and conditions, and obiter dictaAppendix 10 Sample calendar of events at Nathan Phillips Square, January to July 2000NotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisArchitecture and the Canadian Fabric traces how culture and politics have influenced, and been influenced by, Canadian architecture from first contact to the postmodern era.Trade ReviewBroad in scope and filled with both insight and intriguing fact…this collection serves to entice a more sustained consideration of the relation between the messy realities of social practice and the production of this thing called architecture. -- Christopher Macdonald, University of British Columbia * BC Studies, No.176, Winter 2012-13 *The essays greatly advance the field of architectural history in Canada. Given the breadth on display, Canadian architects and historians surely will find items of interest and pertinence to their practice. -- David Monteyne, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary * Canadian Architect, April 2013 *According to the editor’s conclusion, this study should “reinforce attention to Canadian architectural patrimony and demonstrate its significance for the international discourse and practice of design”. This work does succeed in doing so and also adds significantly to the body of literature on Canadian architecture. It is well researched and thoroughly documented. The analytical principles guiding the publication could be applied to other works, including further studies by this group of authors, covering more aspects of the architectural heritage of Canada. -- Barbara Opar, Architecture Librarian, Syracuse University Library * Art Libraries Society of North America *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Writing into Canadian Architectural History / Rhodri Windsor LiscombePart 1: Architectural Culture in French Canada and Before1 First Impressions: How French Jesuits Framed Canada / Judi Loach2 Visibility, Symbolic Landscape, and Power: Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin’s View of Quebec City in 1688 / Marc GrignonPart 2: Upper Canadian Architecture3 The Expansion of Religious Institution and Ontario’s Economy, 1849-74: A Case Study of the Construction of Toronto’s St. James Cathedral / Barry Magrill4 “For the benefit of the inhabitants”: The Urban Market and City Planning in Toronto / Sharon VattayPart 3: Building the Confederation5 Shifting Soil: Agency and Building Type in Narratives of Canada’s “First” Parliament / Christopher Thomas6 Stitching Vancouver’s New Clothes: The World Building, Confederation, and the Making of Place / Geoffrey Carr7 Digging in the Gardens: Unearthing the Experience of Modernity in Interwar Toronto / Michael WindoverPart 4: Reconstructing Canada8 A Modern Heritage House of Memories: The Quebec Bungalow / Lucie K. Morisset9 Place with No Dawn: A Town’s Evolution and Erskine’s Arctic Utopia / Alan MarcusPart 5: Styling Modern Nationhood10 The Idea of Brutalism in Canadian Architecture / Réjean Legault11 Nation, City, Place: Rethinking Nationalism at the Canadian Museum of Civilization / Laura Hourston HanksPart 6: Fabricating Canadian Spaces in the Late/Postmodern Era12 From Earth City to Global Village: McLuhan, Media, and the Cosmopolis / Richard Cavell13 Big-Box Land: New Retail Format Architecture and Consumption in Canada / Justin McGrail14 Archi-tizing: Architecture, Advertising, and the Commodification of Urban Community / Rhodri Windsor LiscombePart 7: Identities of Canadian Architecture15 “Canada's Greatest Architect” / Nicholas Olsberg16 A Question of Identity / Michael McMordie17 Memory, the Architecture of First Nations, and the Problem with History / Daniel M. MilletteConclusion: Future Writing on Canadian Architectural History / Rhodri Windsor LiscombeIndex

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Book SynopsisOutreach Magazine''s 2012 Resource of the Year Award Winner2012 Book of the Year Award, Foreword MagazineThe entire material world can be divided between the Natural Environment and the Built Environment. Over the past forty years, the Natural Environment has received more attention of the two, but that is beginning to change. With a renewed interest in 'place' within various academic disciplines and the practical issues of rising fuel costs and scarcity of land, the Built Environment has emerged as a coherent and engaging subject for academic and popular consideration.While there is a growing body of work on the Built Environment, very little approaches it from a distinctly Christian perspective. This major new work represents a comprehensive and grounded approach. Employing tools from the field of theology and culture, it demonstrates how looking at the Built Environment through a theological lens provides a unique persTrade Review"Jacobsen sets himself two goals: to get us to attend to urban space--the space between the buildings in a city or village--and to explain why Christians in particular should care about the quality of urban space. He succeeds admirably on both counts. A fine contribution to an extremely important topic." --Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University and University of Virginia

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Book SynopsisDeindustrialization is not simply an economic process, but a social and cultural one as well. The rusting detritus of our industrial past—the wrecked hulks of factories, abandoned machinery too large to remove, and now-useless infrastructures—has for...Trade Review"Corporate Wasteland is more than simply the best book on deindustrialization; it's a transnational road trip through the rust belt with everyone from Woody Guthrie to Walker Evans, Joseph Schumpeter to John Steinbeck along for the ride, pointing out the details, arguing about what happened, and digging into the rich complexity of truth itself. The transcendent photographs of rotting industrial hulks and the elegiac words of the workers sear with the intensity of the once red-hot blast furnaces, now long grown cold. This book is not a lament—it is an interrogation of the entire landscape." -- Jefferson Cowie, Cornell University, author of Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor"For the visitor, abandoned structures articulate in hushed eloquence how a town actually can have a broken heart? Corporate Wasteland is an exceptionally thoughtful treatment that reaffirms the malignant beauty and dignified legacy of these structures and communities." -- Mayor John K. Fetterman, Braddock, Pennsylvania

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Book SynopsisBarns of New York explores and celebrates the agricultural and architectural diversity of the Empire State, providing a unique compendium of the vernacular architecture of rural New York and an authoritative reference for historic preservation efforts.Trade ReviewBarns of New York is an ambitious undertaking. This is the first book dedicated to a statewide overview. Cynthia G. Falk has filled a void on an often overlooked, richly deserving topic and covered a lot of ground in a concise manner. Don't leave Falk's book on the shelf. Take it with you on a drive and use it to make sense of those buildings you ordinarily pass without recognition. The architecture of barns is the architecture of work done mostly, not long ago, by man and animal. If you are looking for a place to connect with the past, you cannot do much better than a barn. * Hudson River Valley Review *Professor Falk enjoys a reputation as an astute architectural historian, and in this volume she demonstrates why. Her knowledge of form, style, function, and construction consistently serve to advance important insights. She demonstrates that in the rural New York State landscape we can interpret the history of farming if we just learn how to see the evidence and read it properly. Plentiful historic images and contemporary photographs work beautifully with the text to lend depth to these insights. The work's source base is also substantial.... As policy makers, communities, and farming people consider the future, they may indeed look to the past as well; therefore, this book offers a valuable historical perspective for our times. -- Sally McMurry * New York History *This is a very detailed look at the diverse forms of barns used in agriculture in New York from the Canadian border to Long Island.... Falk surveys structures by building type and by function, with much technical material about materials, methods of construction, farming, storage processes, and reuse of structures. Period diaries and journals are used extensively for the agricultural history.... This will be an important book for... readers interested in vernacular architecture, material culture, agricultural history, New York history, and the preservation of this cultural heritage. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Diversity, Dairying, and Designing the Main Barn 2. Sheltering the Flock, Processing the Product 3. From Haystacks to Silos 4. A Farm Building for Every Purpose 5. Powering the FarmPlaces to Visit Notes Glossary Further Reading Index

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Book Synopsis'Awarded'' the Howard R. Marraro Prize by the American Historical Association.' Always fascinating...The reader will get from Goldthwaite's book on the economics of architecture a more lively and moreauthentic impression of life in Renaissance Florence than from many more general descriptions of Florentine culture.--Felix Gilbert, 'New York Review of Books.'Trade ReviewAlways fascinating... The reader will get from Goldthwaite's book on the economics of architecture a more lively and more authentic impression of life in Renaissance Florence than from many more general descriptions of Florentine culture. -- Felix Gilbert New York Review of Books 1982 Always fascinating... The reader will get from Goldthwaite's book on the economics of architecture a more lively and more authentic impression of life in Renaissance Florence than from many more general descriptions of Florentine culture. -- Felix Gilbert New York Review of Books

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Book SynopsisIn their growing awareness of the need to keep alive Canada's heritage, individuals, community groups, and small historical societies have long felt the need for a basic guide to the preservation of buildings, particularly buildings which, though they may not warrant provincial or federal protection, are nevertheless important to the history and values of their communities.Using the knowledge gained from many years of experience in various government departments and her familiarity with several successful building conversation projects, Ann Falkner has written this practical handbook for those concerned about preserving heritage structures. She covers clearly and in detail the various problems to be faced and actions to be taken, and analyses the assistance available through legislation at all three levels of government.Without Our Past? deals with inventories and how they are conducted, and, through a series of concrete examples, with the evaluation and selec

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Book SynopsisIn Housing Problems, Susan Bernstein studies the actual houses of Goethe, Walpole, and Freud alongside textual articulations of the architectonic problems of design, containment, shelter, and fragmentation. The linking of text and house brings into focus the historical tradition that has established a symmetry between design and instance, interior and exterior, author and housean often unexamined fantasy of historicism. Taking as its point of departure Goethe''s efforts to establish such a synthesis through the concept of Bildung, the book traces the destabilization of this symmetry between house and self in Gothic literature and in narratives surrounding the founding of psychoanalysis. The interest in architecture holds open the tension between the generalizing figures of architectonics and the singular quality of housing features. These continue to mark theoretical thinking even as they dissolve and withdraw, as in Heidegger''s house of Being.Trade Review"Susan Bernstein's Housing Problems: Writing and Building in Goethe, Walpole, Freud, and Heidegger examines how architectural terminology organizes literary and philosophical texts. She presents striking new scholarship, moving clearly beyond the first forays to unearth the architecture of metaphysical thought. This is an important work that will be read by architects, literary critics, and philosophers alike." -- Daniel Purdy * Comparative Literature Studies *"In her highly original new study, Housing Problems, Susan Bernstein compares the actuality of built architecture with the concept behind it in private homes belonging to Goethe, Horace Walpole, Freud, and Heidegger . . . In Bernstein's hands, objective truth does not seem to exist, but rather gives way to multiple truths. Bernstein makes this apparent in the collage-like manner with which she treats her subject, but also with the elegant, often poetic, language she employs. She loves to deal in opposites, joining them together so they become parts of a whole, rather than dichotomous constructs in a way the architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown would have loved." -- Deborah Ascher Barnstone * German Studies Review *"Professor Susan Bernstein is an accomplished scholar and a key figure in the fields that she commands. Housing Problems, to my knowledge unique, interprets material practices of historical restoration and presentation together with fictional, autobiographical, and philosophical texts. I am delighted to see that Bernstein has won the support of award-winning photographer Suzanne Doppelt, who in a recent article in France, was designated as the Man Ray of our era. This book is bound to open a stirring chapter in the history of outstanding collaboration and genuine thoughta truly rare collation of intellectual energies." -- Avital Ronell * New York University *"To read across Goethe, Walpole, Freud, and Heidegger is to be part of a genuinely novel interpretive experience . . . Literature's encounter with architecture, via Bernstein's book, might become productive for knowledge and debates that exist within literary theory." -- Charles Rice * Eighteenth-Century Fiction *Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgments iii Abbreviations iii @toc2:Introduction 1 1 Goethe's Architectonic 000 2 Gothic Revival and The Castle of Otranto 000 3 Adumbrations of the Gothic 000 4 Building Affinities: Goethe's Wahlverwandtschaften 000 5 Housing Freud 000 6 Heidegger's Housing Problem 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000

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Book SynopsisAn essential reference guide to one of New Orleans's most iconic Uptown neighborhoods, New Orleans Architecture: Volume IX documents the remarkable architectural history of the former city of Carrollton, once the seat of Jefferson Parish and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Book SynopsisA nontechnical introduction to architectural structure, history, and criticism. This book includes a discussion of the basic inspiration for architecture, an exploration of space, system, and material, and an examination of the language and history of architecture. It shows the nonspecialist how to read a design in plans, sections, and elevations.Trade Review"Thank goodness for James F. O'Gorman, who has given us this refreshingly clear guide to the indispensable convergence of art and science we call architecture." * Forbes *"[O'Gorman's] mastery of the subject shows in his straightforward, lucid prose." * Publishers Weekly *"James O'Gorman's ABC of Architecture takes its rightful place among the few paragons this century of clear and direct introductions to the field." * Robert Venturi *Table of ContentsPreface Precis Architecture A Is for Utilitas B Is for Firmitas C Is for Venustas Architecture as Communication Learning the Lingo Glossary Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisWilma Fairbank documents, from both a historical and a uniquely personal perspective, the professional and personal achievements of the first historians of Chinese architecture.Trade Review"Liang and Lin is the story of a romance and of a heroic struggle against great odds. . . . Wilma Fairbank, who is the only person . . . who could have written this story, has created an affecting portrait of the final years of an epoch when Old China faded away and New China took its place." * New York Times *"No one who reads it will forget it." * Boston Globe *

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Book SynopsisLa Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany offers a rare look at the majestic, romantic, and personal aspects of one of the loveliest and most bewitching places on earth.Trade ReviewA feast to the eyes and an excellent read. * Hortus *

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Book SynopsisWilliam Morgan (1930-2016) was a bold, innovative, and highly imaginative architect known internationally for fusing ancient and modern styles and for his early championing of green design principles. This extensively illustrated book traces Morgan's life story and the development of his singular design vision.

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the ways the Maya people made time tangible through their architecture, arts, writing, beliefs, and practices. Chapters show how the Maya incorporated cyclicality and expanded dimensionality into the built environment, embedding notions of time in political and economic institutions, religious and philosophical traditions, and mythology.

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Book SynopsisDramatic breakthroughs in philosophy and psychology over the past two decades have shown us that human visuality functions for the most part independently of conceptual thinking and language. This book examines the ways in which new theories of human visuality create a different understanding of architectural design, practice, and education.

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Book SynopsisSan Francisco is a city designed for artists and wanderers. From North Beach, to Chinatown, to the cold, rough surf of Ocean Beach, to Marin, both visitors and lifelong residents have endless opportunities to explore new neighbourhoods, buildings, environments, and cultures. In San Francisco, the architect Andrea Ponsi unravels the multifaceted beauty of one of America’s favourite cities.

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Book SynopsisDuring the Second World War, American architecture was in a state of crisis. The rationing of building materials and restrictions on nonmilitary construction continued the privations that the profession had endured during the Great Depression. At the same time, the dramatic events of the 1930s and 1940s led many architects to believe that their professionand society itselfwould undergo a profound shift once the war ended, with private commissions giving way to centrally planned projects. The magazine Architectural Forum coined the term 194X to encapsulate this wartime vision of postwar architecture and urbanism. In a major study of American architecture during World War II, Andrew M. Shanken focuses on the culture of anticipation that arose in this period, as out-of-work architects turned their energies from the built to the unbuilt, redefining themselves as planners and creating original designs to excite the public about postwar architecture. Shanken recasts the wartime era as a c

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Book SynopsisIn Architecture of Thought, Andrzej Piotrowski maps and conceptually explores material practices of the past, showing how physical artifacts and visual environments manifest culturally rooted modes of thought and participate in the most nuanced processes of negotiations and ideological exchanges. According to Piotrowski, material structures enable people to think in new ways—distill emerging or alter existing worldviews—before words can stabilize them as conventional narratives. Combining design thinking with academic methods of inquiry, Piotrowski traces ancient to modern architectural histories and—through critical readings of select buildings—examines the role of nonverbal exchanges in the development of an accumulated Western identity. Unlike studies that organize around the traditional scheme of periodization in history, Architecture of Thought uses an interdisciplinary approach to investigate a wide spectrum of cultural prTrade Review"Ambitious in its historical and geographical scope, Architecture of Thought traces conflicting religious, political, and symbolic complexities in architecture that have been overlooked. Against the rational systems of Western thinking, with their emphasis on language, human intentionality, and forces of power, Andrzej Piotrowski probes places, buildings, and spatial practices that have eluded architectural history. This is timely and innovative analysis that will be of interest to historians and to practitioners of architecture and design." —Bronwen Wilson "Architecture of Thought is written with passion as well as learning. Andrzej Piotrowski draws material from amazingly diverse sources, in a refreshing approach to familiar and unfamiliar architecture alike." —Charles Burroughs Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Moving Target of Architecture 1. Architecture and Medieval Modalities of Thought 2. Colonization and Symbolic Reality in Mesoamerica 3. Structures of Tolerance and Religious Domination 4. Technologies of Thought in Victorian England 5. High Modernism According to Le Corbusier Closing Remarks: The West Notes Illustration Credits Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Libraries that support architecture programs will find this book to be an excellent addition."—Art Libraries Society of North America"New Architecture offers many fascinating anecdotes drawn from the long history of encounters between native tribes and Euro-Americans. With its beautiful photography and insightful commentary, there is much here of great interest to both architects and fans of architecture. Perhaps the book’s introduction says it best: 'These are buildings worth knowing about.' "—Community Reporter"A welcome addition to the growing body of literature devoted to the importance of the arts as a means of cultural expression and revitalization for indigenous peoples. A worthy volume that deserves attention from both the scholarly crowd and the lay public."—Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change"The true value of this book lies in its extensive testimonies regarding best practices. Those who have worked in the field understand the myriad of non-standard procedures related to design, consultation, and approval. The authors have done their research, balancing it with the necessary historical, legal and economic framework."—The Canadian Architect"The authors quote tribal members and architects with an emphasis on the direct links between stakeholders’ cultural values and design decisions. The focus is on the aesthetics and functionality of the architecture as it relates to, or is derived from a particular people or group of peoples."—Tribal College Journal"That 'tribal groups are clearly communicating their cultural needs and values to designers who are listening' is the thesis of this work by Malnar and Vodvarka. Over ten chapters, the authors examine the cultural lifestyles of indigenous communities through new architecture, using 56 projects as case studies. Each chapter delves into indigenous architectural history, and meetings held with tribal members as part of the design process."—Choice"Overall, the book is successful in that it breaks new, academic ground for Indigenous architecture within the ongoing conversation about mainstream architecture. In addition, Malnar and Vodvarka rely on Native American studies scholarship, in many cases the work of Indigenous scholars, to support their argument."—First American Art Magazine"Marvelously illustrated and comprehensively written. This ambitiously wide-ranging and invitingly designed book ... overflows with stunning color photos, color drawings, and project plans."—Buildings & LandscapesTable of ContentsContentsList of ProjectsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Making Sense of Architecture1. Design Alternatives2. A Northwest “Cook’s Tour”3. Architectural Expressions of Culture4. New Places of Learning5. Iconic Design Parameters6. Central Plains Images7. Southwest Identity and Traditions8. The Pueblos of the Rio Grande Region9. Cultural and Sustainable Housing10. Forming Indigenous TypologiesNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewYue Zhang vividly captures the inherently political nature of urban historic preservation by comparing the complex process by which political actors use government to transform and protect the urban landscape in Beijing, Chicago, and Paris. The Fragmented Politics of Urban Preservation is exceptionally well written, lively, and careful in its analysis. It highlights how the structure of urban governance powerfully influences the way cities change physically, and it raises profound questions about the obstacles to local democracy in deciding how and when this happens. It is a major contribution to the study of comparative urban politics.—Paul Kantor, Fordham UniversityYue Zhang has given us a wonderful volume on the politics of urban preservation that is written in the best tradition of social science. This comparative study is comprehensive without being overbearing and incisive without getting lost in detail. It is no easy task to deliver on such an ambitious project, but this book does it with aplomb and tenacity of purpose.—H.V. Savitch, University of LouisvilleTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Paradox of Urban Preservation1. The Logic of Political Fragmentation2. Beijing: Bureaucratic Anarchy and Symbolic Preservation3. Chicago: Aldermanic Fiefdoms and Mosaic Preservation4. Paris: Intergovernmental Fragmentation and Joint PreservationConclusion: Political Boundaries and BeyondNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA fascinating and unprecedented look at how illumination and darkness shape our experiences across history and spaceTrade Review"Illumination is one of the aspects of life that has become so obvious we have stopped noticing it. In this innovative and illuminating book, Tim Edensor provides an elegant and necessary account of light and dark, their role in the production of everyday life, the stories we tell about them, and the emotions they engender. He has performed a key task of any critical thinker—taking the obvious and making it visible again."—Tim Cresswell, Trinity College"The wealth of sources and documents one finds in From Light to Dark is one of the great merits of the book."—Leonardo"With many such insights and many more examples of the ways in which we may reframe the scholarship of modern perception and sensory experience, From Light to Dark certainly deserve[s] further attention."—Journal of Design HistoryTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Geographies of Light and DarkPart I. Light1. Seeing with Landscape, Seeing with Light2. Under the Dynamic Sky: Living and Creating with LightPart II. Illumination3. Electric Desire: Lighting the Vernacular and Illuminating Nostalgia4. Caught in the Light: Power, Inequality, and Illumination5. Festivals of Illumination: Painting and Playing with Light6. Staging Atmosphere: Public Extravaganzas and Homely DesignsPart III. Dark7. Nocturnes: Changing Meanings of Darkness8. The Re-enchantment of Darkness: The Pleasures of NoirConclusion: The Novelty of Light and the Value of DarknessAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Though architecture theory's autonomous turn has been crumbling for some time, you can sense Tom Fisher's sledgehammer here hastening the process. Designing Our Way to a Better World takes on such expansive topics as education, environmental rescue, politics, and economics to raise our horizons for an architecture of true engagement."—Tom Spector, Oklahoma State University"Finally! A great design thinker who truly connects the objects we put on the land with the planet below them. Thomas Fisher's breakthrough perspective challenges us to rethink almost everything—education, movement, consumption—to dramatically reshape the world each action designs."—R.T. Rybak, former mayor of Minneapolis, executive director of Generation Next, and author of Pothole Confidential: My Life as Mayor of Minneapolis"[Designing Our Way to a Better World] tosses out ideas like a firework tosses out sparks."—Planning Magazine"Fisher lays our a compelling case for addressing the 'wicked problems' of our day with the power of design thinking. And he does so in a voice that seeks to appeal to a general audience--not just experts in various fields. Highly recommended Reading."—Architecture MinnesotaTable of ContentsContentsIntroductionPart I. Invisible Systems1. The Design of the Invisible2. Design Thinking3. The Logic of CreativityPart II. Education4. Creative Education5. Schools and Communities6. Reconstructing Design EducationPart III. Infrastructure7. Fracture-Critical Failures8. Over-Extended Infrastructure9. Designed DisastersPart IV. The Public Realm10. The Infrastructure of Health11. Healthy Landscapes12. Viral CitiesPart V. Politics13. Designer Politics14. The Politics of No15. Politics: Right and WrongPart VI. Economics16. An Opposable Economy17. A Third Industrial Revolution18. Meta-designPart VII. Beliefs19. Community Resiliency20. Evolutionary Transformation21. Spatializing KnowledgePostscript: A Past and Possible FutureNotesIndex

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