The Making of Grand Paris: Metropolitan Urbanism in the Twenty-First Century
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In 2007 the French government announced the "Grand Paris" initiative. This ambitious project...
Architecture and Systems Ecology: Thermodynamic Principles of Environmental Building Design, in Three Parts
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Modern buildings are both wasteful machines that can be made more efficient and instruments of the...
Krueck + Sexton
Krueck and Sexton Architects and John Morris Dixon
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Chicago firm Krueck + Sexton Architects has made its mark with designs that draw from classic...
Muriel Cooper
David Reinfurt and Robert Wiesenberger
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Muriel Cooper (1925--1994) was the pioneering designer who created the iconic MIT Press colophon (or...
The Picture Book Maker: The Art of the Children's Picture Book Writer and Illustrator
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This is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to writing and illustrating picture books for young...
American Presidents in Quotes: Inspiration, Wit and Verbal Gaffes from the Leaders of the USA
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Humorous and inspirational quotes from America's 43 Presidents ""The nine most terrifying words in...
Art and Archaeology of the Erligang Civilization
Dora C. Y. Ching and Kyle Steinke
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Named after an archaeological site discovered in 1951 in Zhengzhou, China, the Erligang civilization...
Copy, Archive, Signature: A Conversation on Photography
Jacques Derrida, Gerhard Richter and Jeff Fort
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This book makes available for the first time in English-and for the first time in its entirety in...
David LaChapelle: Heaven to Hell
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"LaChapelle Heaven to Hell" is the long-awaited third volume in an exhilarating trilogy that began...
Drawing with Great Needles: Ancient Tattoo Traditions of North America
Aaron Deter-Wolf and Carol Diaz-Granados
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For thousands of years, Native Americans throughout the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains used the...