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In fondo a destra è un divertissement e una meditazione sulla fragilità umana. Servendosi dello schema narrativo delle guide cittadine, ne propone in questo caso una torinese, specializzata in toelètte, bagni e servizi igienici. Guida «urbana e sentimentale» – «per il soccorso emotivo oltre...

Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979) è l'ingegnere italiano più celebre del XX secolo. A partire dal 1952, raggiunto l'apice della propria carriera di progettista e di imprenditore in Italia, Nervi decide di inserirsi nel mondo accademico e professionale degli Stati Uniti. Intraprende così un percorso...

La Green Economy è un nuovo modello di sviluppo economico rispettoso delle implicazioni ambientali e sociali, che da alcuni anni costituisce un punto di riferimento delle politiche di sostenibilità attuate da Regione Toscana. Il numero degli eventi organizzati dalla pubblica amministrazione e dalle...

Attraverso le sperimentazioni portate avanti, in particolare tra gli anni Cinquanta e Settanta, da architetti come Ponti, Mangiarotti e Zanuso, per gli interni e l’arredamento, e Otto, Piano e Scheichenbauer, per gli studi sulle strutture e sull’edilizia industrializzata e l’elaborazione di...

Materiali indica i prodotti e le tecniche, l'origine naturale e la produzione industriale, i vari usi e le diverse modalità, in una parola la costruzione. Moderno è il prodotto o il suo impiego, sempre il senso e il modo dell'applicazione, nuovi in ogni opera, diversi per ogni autore. Materiale...

“A superb study of what a stellar group of architects accomplished in the Iowa locale, not to mention the vision of the locals” (Universitas). In the early 1900s, Frank Lloyd Wright transformed a small midwestern prairie community into one of the world’s most important architectural destinations....

Almost forty years of professional flying in more than a dozen aircraft types—from supersonic RCAF jet fighters to helicopters to B747s—along with summer flying training while attending The Royal Military College of Canada, a solid career on the flight decks of a fleet of Air Canada aircraft, RCAF/Government...

In his Spoon River Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters uses a series of poetic monologues to have his characters finally tell their true stories from their graves. The first section lets the reader know that �all, all, are sleeping on the hill.� San Antonio has its Powder House Hill about three miles from...

The low rumbles of the fog signal and flashing beam of light from the powerful lens have guided mariners away from the perilous waters surrounding Point Arena Lighthouse since 1870. After the great earthquake in 1906 and the rebuilding of the tower in 1908, Point Arena�s navigational aids continued...

Several lighthouses have called Racine home, but none is more synonymous with the nautical heritage of the �Belle City� than Wind Point. Always a beehive of activity, the Wind Point Lighthouse is one of the larger lighthouse complexes on the Great Lakes, and a hardworking keeper, two assistants,...

Fit is a book about architecture and society that seeks to fundamentally change how architects and the public think about the task of design. Distinguished architect and urbanist Robert Geddes argues that buildings, landscapes, and cities should be designed to fit: fit the purpose, fit the place,...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was founded in 1861 as the cornerstone of Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay, then the center of a progressive, proto-globalist Brahmin culture committed to intellectual modernism and educational innovation. MIT founder William Barton Rogers's radical...

Baseball�s long and storied history in Los Angeles has been played at venues including the turn-of-the-century Chutes Park, which was part of an amusement park, as well as Gilmore Field, where the Hollywood Stars played, and Wrigley Field, where many movies and television shows were filmed. The 1923-vintage...

A polished and professional portfolio—including both print pieces and an online presence—is more important than ever for photographers and other creative professionals to make a great first impression and secure employment. This new edition of No Plastic Sleeves has been updated to address all...