The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame: Medievalism and the Monsters of Modernity
By Michael Camille
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press | 464 pages | 2009-06-15 | ISBN: 0226092453 | English | PDF | 7.77 MB
Most of the seven million people who visit the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris each year probably do not realize that the legendary gargoyles adorning this medieval masterpiece were not constructed until the nineteenth century. The first comprehensive history of these world-famous monsters, The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame argues that they transformed the iconic thirteenth-century cathedral into a modern monument.
The Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design
By Alison Kwok, Walter Grondzik
Publisher: Architectural Press | 392 pages | 2006-12-26 | ISBN: 0750680229 | English | PDF | 16.74 MB
With more and more clients and architecture schools demanding 'green' design, both student and professional architects need to get up to speed quickly with the vast range of techniques in this fast moving area.
This extensive and user-friendly handbook presents practical guidelines for applying environmental strategies during the schematic design of green buildings. For each strategy, the book provides: brief descriptions of principles and concepts, step-by-step approaches for integrating technologies into the early stages of design, annotated tables and charts to assist with preliminary design sizing, key issues to be aware of when implementing a given strategy, and references to the most recent international standards and rating systems, guidelines, and internet resources.
Richard Lynch, The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Layers Book: Harnessing Photoshop's most powerful tool
Focal Press | 2009 | ISBN 0240521552 | 320 Pages | PDF | 19 MB
MasterPhotoshop CS4 with this visual, hands-on guide to using layers, under the expert guidance of digital imaging specialist Richard Lynch. Layers, Photoshop's most powerful feature, is the core of a nondestructive image-editing workflow.
C. Broto,Architectural Design:Rehabilitated Buildings By Links Editorial
English / Spanish | Links International | ISBN 8486426766 | 2000 Year | 238 Pages | PDF | 25.02 MB
The shortage of development land makes it necessary to recover old spaces. The solutions chosen are many and varied, ranging from a total change of function to an adaptation of the old use, according to the specific problems of each case. This volume presents the different schools and tendencies within the current world of architectural rehabilitation. Despite their plurality, the proposals contained here are characterized by the fact that they integrate the new needs with a maximum respect for the existing structures and concepts.
Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories: Daniel D. Watch
Wiley | ISBN: 0471392367 | 2001-08-15 | PDF (OCR) | 304 pages | 5.50 Mb
The fastest way to straighten out the learning curve on specialized design projects
"The series is welcome . . . By providing recent buildings as examples, supported with technical information and charts of design criteria, these books attempt to bridge the gap between theory and practice."-Oculus
Frank Lloyd Wright by Rh Value Publishing
Publisher: Gramercy | Number Of Pages: 80 | Publication Date: 1999-08-17 | Sales Rank: 870562 | ISBN: 051716115X | PDF | 59 Mb
The importance of the architect to the quality and character of any society is not usually as widely regarded as it deserves to be. While every past civilization is, to a considerable extent, recognized and judged by its architecture, its creators are in general little known or revered; it would seem as though the buildings which are of such importance to our lives have spontaneously appeared as if by magic. Civilizations are more widely evaluated by their literature, music, painting and sculpture and other useful artefacts, while architecture is merely taken for granted.
Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, Ruth Siddall, "Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary and Optical Microscopy of Historic Pigments"
Butterworth-Heinemann | 2008-08-28 | ISBN: 0750689803 | 960 pages | PDF | 33,6 MB
This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It provides the first definitive manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments.
Illustrated throughout with full colour images reproduced to the highest possible quality, this book is based on years of painstaking research into the visual and optical properties of pigments.
Now combined with the Pigment Dictionary, the most thorough reference to pigment names and synonyms avaiable, the Pigment Compendium is a major addition to the study and understanding of historic pigments.
* Invaluable reference for both painting conservators and conservation scientists
* Full colour images of over 350 ancient and modern artist's pigments for accurate identification
* The most detailed cross-referenced dictionary of pigments names available
"Fashion Artist: Second Edition" is now in colour with updated images. The book guides you through key fashion drawing and design techniques. Starting with basic figure templates, you quickly progress to produce visually exciting and creative illustrations, which are developed into dynamic presentations and your design portfolio - the passport to your career. Thorough text, self-explanatory drawings, photographs of the fashion model, together with artwork from international designers and illustrators, this book demonstrates the accepted design standards used in the fashion industry. The book also includes: Nine Heads Template; Drawing from Life; Flats/Working Drawings; Presentation Boards and Design Portfolio; Women, Men, Children, Costume Design, CAD. "Fashion Artist" is used internationally on fashion courses and as a self-learning programme. It is an invaluable textbook for fashion students, designers, illustrators and those with a passion for fashion!
Paul Karr, Leslie Brokaw, Marie Morris, Laura M. Reckford "Frommer's New England"
rommers | English | 2008-10-06 | ISBN: 0470274379 | 704 pages | PDF | 13,7 MB
