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The author has made every attempt to be as accurate and complete as possible in the creation of this publication, however they do not warrant or represent at any time that the contents within are accurate due to …

MODERN
PREFACE
researches
point strongly
to the
conclusion
that the
art
of fortification
had
reached
a
high
state of
development even
at
the dawn of history.
Powerful
military
works, dating
from
the
remotest periods,…

THE FIELD OF FURNITURE DESIGN OCCUPIES A PROMINENT ROLE WITHIN THAT OF PRODUCT DESIGN, AND HAS LONG BEEN ESTABLISHED AS A DISTRIC BRANCH OF THE PROFESSION. HOWEVER, ARCHITECTS IN INTERNATIONAL REPUTE STILL DESIGN THE FURNISHINGS FOR THEIR BUILDINGS…

Medieval Monuments at the Cloisters: as they were and as they are, which first...

VISUAL COMUNICATION IS AN INEXTRICABLE PART OF HUMAN HISTORY. IT HAS EXISTED AS LONG AS THERE HAS BEEN THE NEED TO MAKE OR LEAVE TRACES, TO COMUNICATE THROUGH SIGNS AND SYMBOLS RATHER THAN THE SPOKEN WORD.

This volume originated with a series of working papers developed during the first round of the DFG-funded Transatlantic Graduate Research Program (TGK)
“Berlin – New York: History and Culture of the Metropolis in the 20th Century” from…

For many of us living in the information age, the digital revolution has had a signifi cant impact on how we live, work and play. In the world of design, its impact has transformed design practices and created new opportunities; it has…

THIS BOOK CONTAINS INSTRUCTION AND PLANS FOR MAKING SIXTY-TWO PIECES OF AUTHENTIC CRAFTMAN FURNITURE

Materials for Design 2 showcases projects that merge
architects’ design intention with a material palette,
a synthesis called materiality. Materiality was first
presented in the best-selling first volume, Materials
for Design, and here sixty…

THE BOOK WILL GIVE THE READER A BASIC OVER VIEW OF EACH KNOT, AN UNDERSTANDING OF ITS USED AND DEVELOPMENT AND AN EASY-TO-USE GUIDE TO TYING IT.