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Palacios comunales atemporales
Palacios comunales atemporales es un estudio sobre la persistente existencia de grandes estructuras espaciales dedicadas a alojar colectividades unidas por posiciones vitales alternativas al modo de vida familiar. Aunque se interesa en los principios espirituales y/o políticos que animan estas (...)
Categoría: Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Sepecat Jaguar: Tactical Support and Maritime Strike Fighter
This versatile, rugged aircraft was a joint Anglo/French project and first flew in September 1968, becoming operational with both the RAF and Arme del'Air in 1972/3. The Jaguar's multi-role design made it easy to adapt for the ground-attack, reconnaissance, interceptor and maritime strike roles. It (...)
Categoría: Militares
Tadema Gallery London : Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s
Tadema Gallery was founded in 1978 by Sonya and David Newell-Smith in London's famed Camden Passage in Islington. They were successful photo-journalists who ventured into the field of 20th century abstract art and the decorative arts of the 19th and 20th centuries. By 1982 they had discovered a (...)
Categoría: Artes Decorativas
The Naturally Beautiful Garden : Contemporary Designs to Please the Eye and Support Nature
Gardening is trending, and today s gardeners are embracing ecologically sound principles conserving water; avoiding invasives; reducing chemicals; supporting wildlife; and reviving time-tested, organic practices. Featuring sites across a variety of climates and conditions, this book includes (...)
Categoría: Jardines-Botánica
The Wirtz Gardens: Part III
The Wirtz Gardens Part III is the third in a series of books on the gardens of landscape architect practice Wirtz International Landscape Architects. It contains 30 gardens, a mixture of private, public and corporate projects in Belgium, Japan, France and England. Private projects in the USA and (...)
Categoría: Jardines-Botánica
X-Planes: German Luftwaffe Prototypes 1930-1945
The Indonesian Confrontation that raged from 1963 to 1966 stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of Malaysia. Fighting in the challenging jungle terrain of Borneo and in the countryside straddling the Malaysia/Indonesia border, where there were few roads, posed significant logistical (...)
Categoría: Militares
El tejido de la civilización. Cómo los textiles dieron forma al mundo
La historia de la humanidad es la historia de los tejidos, tan antigua como la propia civilización. Desde que se hiló la primera hebra, la necesidad de obtener tejidos ha servido de impulso para la tecnología, los negocios, la política y la cultura. En El tejido de la civilización, Virginia Postrel (...)
Categoría: Artes Decorativas
French Secret Projects 3 : French and European Spaceplane Designs 1964-1994
In 1963, Eugen Sanger, became head of the Eurospace organization which promoted the 'AeroSpace Transporter'. In response to a Eurospace call, aircraft makers in France, Germany and UK designed recoverable, winged spacecraft. From 1964 to 1970 the French government led studies to evaluate the (...)
Categoría: Militares
Me 163 : Rocket Interceptor
This meticulously researched history of the Luftwaffe's innovative, yet daunting rocket-powered interceptor is a revised and updated combined edition of the two volumes on the Me 163 which have long been out-of-print. It draws on rare archival and private sources along with the recollections of (...)
Categoría: Militares
Monique Lhuillier : Dreaming of Fashion and Glamour
Internationally acclaimed fashion designer Monique Lhuillier started by designing exquisite bridal wear in 1996 in Los Angeles. With collections that are sophisticated and feminine and appeal to modern women, Lhuillier expanded to include ready-to-wear, footwear, bags, accessories, and fragrances. (...)
Categoría: Moda