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Wonderland manual is a cultural version of the NATO Cold War strategy of 'flexible response. Pursuing the military analogy, the manual is a continuation by other means of what Wonderland ...

- Features earliest evidence in Eurasia of animal exploitation ancestral to the Middle and Late Pleistocene archaeological record - A unique experimental study aimed to gain insight into waterlogged paleontological ...

This concise work provides a general introduction to the design of buildings which must be resistant to the effect of earthquakes. A major part of this design involves the building ...

As urbanization continues, and even accelerates, scientists estimate that by 2015 the world will have up to 60 'megacities - urban areas with more than five million inhabitants. With the ...

The weathering of historical buildings and, indeed, of monuments and sculptures of natural stone is a problem that has been encountered for hundreds of years. However, a dramatic increase in ...

The fifth in a six-volume series on the authentic works of Rembrandt Reveals Rembrandt's working methods and the function and meaning of his works Presents a detailed understanding of the ...

This volume brings together a group of authors that address the question of the first out of Africa into Asia c. 2 Ma. The scope of the book is comprehensive ...

For the first two thirds of our evolutionary history, we hominins were restricted to Africa. Dating from about two million years ago, hominin fossils first appear in Eurasia. This volume ...

Offers practitioners the first dictionary for landscape architecture and planning, landscape design and conservation Enables access for an international audience to explanations in English, Spanish, French, and German (via four ...

The manipulation of fire by early hominins was a turning point in our evolutionary history. Once "domesticated", fire provided warmth, light and protection from predators, as well as enabling the ...

Over 300 completed buildings make Baumschlager-Eberle one of todays most successful architecture offices at an international level. The high degree of acceptance for their work results from the concept of ...

Due to strong potential applications and more demanding requirements imposed on long and thick cylindrical structures, there has been increased research and development activities during recent years in the field ...

The recently opened Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen, at the entrance to the city of Stuttgart, is exceptional in three respects: for its architecture, its construction and its urban design. In ...

An important consideration for energy-efficient buildings is their primary energy requirements over the entire life cycle. How to determine this? What integrative factors influence the performance of a healthy and ...

The repertory of architectural shapes has grown considerably over the last years. The offices of Zaha Hadid, Frank O. Gehry or Sir Norman Foster and the younger scene with its ...

Urban Prototyping ist die erweiterte Dokumentation der gleichnamigen, vom Institut für Architektur (IoA) veranstalteten Konferenz, die im Juni 2007 im Museum für Angewandte Kunst Wien stattfand. Eine Gruppe junger Architekten ...

Vladimir Tatlins (1885-1953) weltbekannter Entwurf für ein Monument zur III. Internationalen aus dem Jahr 1919 gilt als Ikone des Russischen Konstruktivismus. In diesem utopisch gebliebenen Entwurf wurden sämtliche Ansprüche an ...

The renowned institute of architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna presents selected student works from the year 2009. The design studios of star architects Zaha Hadid, Greg Lynn ...

What kind of mood can the architecture of a building create? What demands are made of cultural structures? How do architects handle them? "Building(s) for the arts" offers a comprehensive ...

This Handbook is not predicated on the exemplary rendering of details but on the best presentation of the information required for the respective purpose - whether at the construction site ...