CITY OF WOODEN HOUSES.
Author | : COMPTON. DAVIS |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017 |
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ISBN | : 9781858946641 |
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Author | : COMPTON. DAVIS |
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Release | : 2017 |
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ISBN | : 9781858946641 |
Author | : A. J. H. Richardson |
Publisher | : University of Ottawa Press |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 1984-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1772824038 |
This volume contains biographies of over four hundred architects, artisans and builders who worked in Quebec during the first three centuries of the town’s existence. Detailed descriptions of their works, as well as numerous illustrations, help paint a broad picture of building in Quebec.
Author | : A. J. Bicknell & Co. |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 115 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0486451038 |
Floor plans, elevations, and details of 54 residences (villas, cottages, and farm houses) and public buildings (churches, schools, banks, etc.).
Author | : |
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Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : City planning |
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Author | : Boston (Mass.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1272 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Boston (Mass.) |
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Author | : Boston (Mass.). City Council |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1915 |
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Author | : Alexander Mikaberidze |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2014-02-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 147383449X |
As soon as Napoleon and his Grand Army entered Moscow, on 14 September 1812, the capital erupted in flames that eventually engulfed and destroyed two thirds of the city. The fiery devastation had a profound effect on the Grand Army, but for thirty-five days Napoleon stayed, making increasingly desperate efforts to achieve peace with Russia. Then, in October, almost surrounded by the Russians and with winter fast approaching, he abandoned the capital and embarked on the long, bitter retreat that destroyed his army. The month-long stay in Moscow was a pivotal moment in the war of 1812 the moment when the initiative swung towards the Tsar's armies and spelled doom for the invading Grand Army yet it has rarely been studied in the same depth as the other key events of the campaign.Alexander Mikaberidze, in this third volume of his in-depth reassessment of the war between the French and Russian empires, emphasizes the importance of the Moscow fire and shows how Russian intransigence sealed the fate of the French army. He uses a vast array of French, German, Polish and Russian memoirs, letters and diaries as well as archival material in order to tell the dramatic story of the Moscow fire. Not only does he provide a comprehensive account of events, looking at them from both the French and Russian points of view, but he explores the Russians' motives for leaving, then burning their capital. Using extensive eyewitness accounts, he paints a vivid picture of the harsh reality of life in the remains of the occupied city and describes military operations around Moscow at this turning point in the campaign.
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Total Pages | : 748 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Architectural drawing |
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Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Ruth Slavid |
Publisher | : Abbeville Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2006-10 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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A superbly illustrated survey profiling noteworthy new homes from around the world, all constructed from the architect's latest cutting-edge material-wood. Contemporary architects have long overlooked the great versatility of wood as a building material. Now, however, they have begun to adopt wood as the natural solution to a variety of design problems, and as a result, this environmentally sustainable material is becoming increasingly significant in today's domestic architecture. Wood Houses, by noted architecture journalist Ruth Slavid, displays the entire breadth of this important architectural movement by covering forty-six recently built homes. The featured houses range from Fernau and Hartman Architects' Mann Residence in Sonoma County, a timber-frame house with a strikingly decentralized plan, to 24H Architecture's Arjang House in , Värmland Sweden, a reindeer fur-lined, cedar-shingled lakeside retreat. Each house's profile is illustrated with not only the architect's own plans and elevations but also numerous full-color interior and exterior photographs that highlight the intrinsic beauty of wood. Slavid explores the background of the present wood-house renaissance in an introduction that covers topics as wide-ranging as timber-frame construction, the use of wood in an urban setting, and fire prevention. She goes on to illuminate significant trends in the field of wooden home design, such as timber's popularity as a construction material for vacation homes and the evolution of deliberately austere aesthetics from wood's innate qualities. Other topics include the liberation of wood from its familiar associations to serve as the basis of modern design and the current status of wood houses as part of a larger urban or suburban development. A helpful appendix features project credits and a glossary. This beautiful volume will serve as both a reference and an inspiration for anyone who designs, builds, or simply lives in wood houses.