"The book presents an overview of current residential design in China from wellknown Chinese architects. Each project is well illustrated with elaborate introduction, photos and drawings, revealing the designer's concepts and ideas clearly. Both professional architects and ordinary readers can find inspiration in this book."--

"In addition to providing the space needed for governors or leaders to conduct the community's affairs and transact business, municipal buildings serve multiple purposes. They are necessarily the centres of the community's political lives and the symbols of the whole community. Along with the social improvement, the relationship between government and the public, the role and functions of government in political activities also have got more or less...

"In this book, Chinese star architects/architectural design firms present their works completed since 2000. These buildings are created with innovative concepts and unique architectural languages for cultural events, such as museums, art galleries, and memorials. They are the windows created by Chinese leading architects for the world to know Chinese culture."--

This richly illustrated book tracks the evolution of Fredericksburg architecture and guides readers through the streets of this once-westernmost German settlement in America, pointing out the log, fachwerk, and stone buildings that housed the town's full-time residents, its weekenders, and the businesses of the nineteenth century. Abundant with details uncovered by Hafertepe in his research, including corrections to construction dates based on...

Through its many incarnations, Alameda has never lost its charm and ability to draw people from all walks of life. Originally a peninsula inhabited by Native Americans, it was purchased by Don Luis Peralta in 1818 and developed into a bedroom community of San Francisco. Alameda became an island in 1902, and a short time later, it was a new home to many refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. The Neptune Beach amusement park attracted...

"Profiled here are fifty classic symbols of this extraordinary city, revealing little-known facts, longtime secrets, and historical legends. "--

- Identificar las condiciones básicas de manipulación de materiales y productos para su carga o descarga en relación con su naturaleza, estado, cantidades, protección y medios de transporte utilizado. - Clasificar y describir los distintos tipos de paletización, relacionándolos con la forma de constitución de la carga a transportar. - Interpretar y aplicar la normativa referente a la prevención de riesgos laborales y de la salud de los trabajadores. -...

Lord Darrell Duppa, along with his friend Jack Swilling, suggested the name "Phoenix" for the city he had cofounded because it described a city born from the ruins of a former civilization. Settled on the ancestral lands of the Hohokam Indians, Phoenix was thriving by the early 1920s when craftsmanship and attention to detail were the orders of the day. Buildings were designed to welcome residents and travelers alike. Today the Fox Theater, the Clark...

The wooden scaffolding surrounding the upper floors of the new skyscraper hotel, Sherry-Netherland, began burning on the night of April 12, 1927. It's uncertain how the magnificent blaze ignited. However one fire marshal believed a salamander heater left behind by plaster workers might have been responsible. The inferno burned throughout the night around the unfinished edifice. It was clearly visible in Central Park, across Fifth Avenue from the Sherry-Netherland....

An engaging introduction to buildings, with a deft mix of nonfiction and fiction elements.