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Japanese cinema is deceptively familiar to most of us. We know some of the
outstanding directors and actors, at least those who have become popular in
the West. Many of us have marveled at the technical prowess of one or more
anime. We, as…

1. Political economy or economics is a study of mankind in
the ordinary business of life; it examines that part of
individual and social action which is most closely connected with
the attainment and with the use of the material requisites…

Architecture is born out of the shrewd alignment of
concept and matter. The product of what Louis Kahn
termed “the measurable and the unmeasurable,” architecture
is
the fulfillment
of a spatial
premise
by
way
of
material
substance.
…

No
person can have devoted
much time
and pains to the
in-
vestigation of Christian
architecture, as it
was practised in
this country
during
the Middle Ages, without feeling
the im-
portance of acquiring an
accurate
knowledge of…

The last time the mayor ordered an evacuation of my neighborhood in Brooklyn was for Hurricane Irene. That
was last year, and I obediently packed up and stayed with family on high ground in Manhattan while the storm passed. Now the evacuation order…

The members of every generation believe the business environment
in which they work is tougher than ever before.
Today we are no exception. Those who follow us will likely be
no exception. Well, guess what? Everybody’s right!

This edition has been thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated with the latest
developments in ener
gy‐effective electric light sources and lighting fi xtures that
provide the optimum quality of li
ght and maximum energy effi ciency. The…

Until very recently, there has been a limited range of reference books that document the history and practice of
interior design as a specific activity, and there has been a scarcity of relevant texts to promote …

lain Cousseran is Director of Signes Paysage,
which was established in 1990 in response to a
growing demand for large-scale development:
masterplans, town planning and studies for the
integration of infrastructure and community
amenities. He has…