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Online shopping and changing consumer demands radically transform the food retail industry for the first time since the introduction of the supermarket in the 1930s. After decades of stagnation, food retail is currently one of most creative fields...

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Learning from China showcases 50 of the countrys pioneering retail designs and explores them as windows into the industrys future. As e-commerce uproots the norms and conventions of physical retail, Chinese retailers are showing the way forward. W...

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As we think about the future of the office in a post-pandemic world, Where We Work provides an indispensable reference tool for interior designers, architects and companies alike. The office isnt dead. But just in what form will it live? Departing...

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The Healthy Indoors candidly addresses the increasing need for spaces designed to serve multiple and diverse uses while promoting a culture of wellbeing and innovation. Health, wellbeing and comfort have become critical priorities in carving new s...

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Where We Learn investigates how learning spaces are evolving to be made more engaging, flexible and all-around better suited to todays challenges and opportunities. When educational spaces are designed not only to suit, but to harness the power of...

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This book brings together a rich selection of much-discussed recent projects that offer a surprising response to today''s demand for housing, changing visions on education, the collective past, open space and new care needs.

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Japanese castles cast a spell on all those who set their eyes on them. They are the product of a people whose history might be steeped in blood and drama, yet whose hands produced works of breathtaking refinement. This groundbreaking encyclopedia ...

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Japanese castles cast a spell on all those who set their eyes on them. They are the product of a people whose history might be steeped in blood and drama, yet whose hands produced works of breathtaking refinement. This groundbreaking encyclopedia ...

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Rome/Roma/Italy/Italia. The words bring many <b>evocative</b> images to mind of the Eternal City.  Walk around though each page and drink in the drama and history of the eternal city.  <br> The colors are subdued but th...

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50 wonderful scenes from the city of London England to color. A large format book of 8.5 X 11 inches with full-sized pictures in both portrait and landscape orientation. All artworks on only one side of the page, to prevent leaking of colors from ...

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50 wonderful scenes from the city of Paris France to color. A large-format book of 8.5 X 11 inches with full-sized pictures in both portrait and landscape orientation. All artworks on only one side of the page, to prevent leaking of colors from on...

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For more than forty years the late architect, professor at the School of Fine Arts of Athens and academician, Paul Mylonas (1915-2005) systematically photographed and drew both neoclassical as well as more humble domestic buildings of Athens. This...

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This book goes beyond the usual requirements of books on 'case and materials': it systematically documents the facts and arguments presented in the decisions, distills the reasons and rules behind them, and comments on each in detail.

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Esta obra incluye los conceptos fundamentales para introducirse y ahondar en el estudio de la topografa tocando los siguientes puntos: planimetra, agrimensura y altimetra. Por la claridad en la exposicin de cada tema y la gran cantidad de ejemplos...

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This powerful collection of black-and-white photographs celebrates the construction of the new Bangkok airport. Full-page photographs by the on-site architect portray the unexpected beauty of repeating patterns of steel, glass, and concrete combin...

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In January 2002, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture ran a competition for an innovative design for a new Grand Museum of Egypt. This two-volume publication contains sketches, plans, elevations and computer models of the prize-winning design and all ...

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This is a unique perspective on the history of Cairo and the use of the city's space from the author of "Cairo: The Family Guide".In 1872, Ismail Pasha, the khedive of Egypt, was the first to adopt the European custom of positioning hero...

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The small sabil-kuttab (a charitable foundation particular to Cairo that combines a public water dispensary with a Quranic school) built in 1760 opposite the venerated Sayida Zeinab Mosque is almost unique in Cairo: it is one of only two dedicated...

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Cairo, 'Mother of the World': its vividly diverse neighborhoods and building styles reveal its cosmopolitan energy and reflect the myriad of economic, political, and cultural forces that have shaped the city over the centuries. So impressed was Kh...

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The ancient Egyptian tomb evolved rapidly over a period of about 2,500 years, from a simple backfilled pit to an enormous stone pyramid with complex security arrangements. Much of this development was arguably driven by the ever-present threat of ...

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The pioneering Egyptian architect and teacher Ramses Wissa Wassef (191174) is best known for his founding in 1951 of the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre in Harraniya, a small village near the Giza Pyramids in Greater Cairo. The center, internationa...

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Four areas in Southern Egypt, around Lake Nasser, now contain ancient monuments that were reconstructed and moved from their original positions during the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s: Abu Simbel, New Amada, New Wadi al-Sebua and Ne...

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Describes current construction practices and processes for tall buildings from foundation to roof. The text discusses the construction sequence of the various proprietary systems and their merits and disadvantages.

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The Singapore shophouse is an architectural gem - a particular building form that is unique to the island. This book traces its development from rudimentary shophouse through various incarnations of decorative style - Neoclassical, Chinese Baroque...

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This book is designed to be an inclusive for the best practice approach to building maintenance management, where the processes, procedures and operational systems meet a high standard of professional and academic competence. It offers a different...

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This book is about managing the infrastructure development cycle from project initiation to the end of the operation and maintenance phase. It focuses on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contract and, from this perspective, private and public ...

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This book is about managing the infrastructure development cycle from project initiation to the end of the operation and maintenance phase. It focuses on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contract and, from this perspective, private and public ...

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This book brings together concepts from the building, environmental, behavioural and health sciences to provide an interdisciplinary understanding of office and workplace design. Today, with changes in the world of work and the relentless surge in...

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This book brings together concepts from the building, environmental, behavioural and health sciences to provide an interdisciplinary understanding of office and workplace design. Today, with changes in the world of work and the relentless surge in...

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