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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...

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,...

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...

"When I finished Unity Temple, I had it. I knew I had the beginning of a great thing, a great truth in architecture." —Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright's design for Unity Temple was radical in its simplicity—a monolithic concrete exterior—yet sublime in its detail and revolutionary...

London’s rich collection of cemeteries and burial places at last has a popular and accessible guide for the student, the literary pilgrim, the specialist and the curious. Terry Philpot has visited an assortment of burial grounds from the large Victorian cemeteries known as the ‘Magnificent Seven’,...

In this fourth edition of New Aspects of Quantity Surveying Practice, renowned quantity surveying author Duncan Cartlidge reviews the history of the quantity surveyor, examines and reflects on the state of current practice with a concentration on new and innovative practice, and attempts to predict...

Today, the great cathedrals of Europe stand as beautiful, imposing monuments - the pride of parishioners and the wonder of tourists. It is difficult for us now, even with all our engineering and architectural skills, to imagine the extraordinary ways these medieval houses of worship were constructed....

Back to the Future explores new urbanism and urban revitalization within the context of public policy trends such as regional governance and the role of nonprofits. The purpose of this book is to provide students and professionals alike with a context for examining the beginnings of new urbanism,...