Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture's, 2006-2021 monograph showcases the spectacular work of the firm from the first 15 years of its practice through drawings, renderings, model photography, photography of built work, competition entries, exhibition materials, master plans, interiors, and special research projects and publications. The projects featured in the monograph cover a wide variety of AS+GG's high-performance, energy-efficient, aesthetically striking architecture on an international scale in a wide range of typologies and scales, from low- and mid-rise residential, commercial, and cultural buildings to mixed-use supertall towers. Projects explored include supertall towers, large-scale mixed-use complexes, corporate offices, exhibition facilities, cultural facilities and museums, civic and public spaces, hotels and residential complexes, institutional projects, and high-tech laboratory facilities.

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Text in German & English. The architect is at all times also an artist. How otherwise would he be able to tame the three-dimensionality of space and subdue the urges of physics and structural mechanics with the creations of his fantasy? This creativity is however mostly restricted purely to its own field. In this respect, Rob Krier, born in 1938 in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, is indeed the proverbial exception that proves the rule. Besides his actual profession, which demands his daily attention, Krier has for years also made a vocation of his love of art, one which he nurtures parallel to his work. Fine art could stand in dialogue with architecture and it is Krier's ambition to have iconographic themes brought into the latter, so that they might speak equally to both the occupants of a building and to bystanders and move them to thoughtful reflection. In the works of Mies van der Rohe it is not rare that one finds naturalistic figures from, for example, Aristide Maillol or Wilhelm Lehmbruck -- as an anthropomorphic contrast to the strict geometry of the architecture, notes Rob Krier in the comments on his journal. If one is already aware of the realisation of his masterful architectural accomplishments through projects such as Potsdam-Kirchsteigfeld (1991 to 1997), De Resident in The Hague (1993-2001), Noorderhof in Amsterdam (1994-99), Veste Brandevoort near Helmond (since 1995), Citadel Broekpolder near Beverwijk (2000-04), or the Cite Judiciaire in Luxembourg (1992-2008) -- be assured, Krier's artistic skills are in no way inferior to his architectural work. Quite the contrary: as a sculptor and illustrator, too, Rob Krier brings together extraordinarily musical qualities and incorporates them into his work: his bronze The Jumper was erected in Montpellier in 2004, the Cowering Woman ten years earlier on Berlin's Friedrichstrasse, the four metre-high duo Bosch i Alsina and Papasseit on Moll de la Fusta in Barcelona in 1992.

The Benefits of a Family Photo Album Family Photo Albums Aren't Going Anywhere. Family photo albums are a great way to share memories with others. One of the biggest benefits about using photo albums is that they do not require any batteries or electricity to be used. Photo albums are easy to carry around for other people to view. They're not as popular as they used to be in the past, but family photo albums do bring a certain historic appeal and character to the setting they're located in. Photos can be exchanged and rearranged without the need of connecting a computer or device in order to transfer images. Family photo albums can be handed down from one generation to the next, allowing children and grandchildren to see what things looked like in the "old days."

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Juggle and Hide is award-winning writer Sharon van Ivan's dizzying story of her unconventional, often harrowing, sometimes hilarious life. With a childhood split between time with her alcoholic mother in Akron, Ohio and her bookie dad in Brooklyn, New York, as well as other challenging family members along the way, she was destined to find comfort on the edge and in the company of highly creative and self-destructive individuals. Hers is a story of getting drunk and getting sober, of triumphs and failures in her work as an actor and screenwriter, and of exhilarating love affairs, including her twenty-year relationship with the renowned artist Charles Pfahl. Quirky and compelling, Juggle and Hide is a must read, engaging on many levels. Sharon van Ivan takes the reader for a roller coaster ride into the depths of personal tragedy and unexpected outcomes.

This publication is the follow-up to the highly acclaimed book eVolo Skyscrapers. 150 new skyscrapers submitted to the eVolo Skyscraper Competition are categorized and examined. These super-tall structures take into consideration the advances in technology, the exploration of sustainable systems, and the establishment of new urban and architectural methods to solve economic, social, and cultural problems of the contemporary city; including the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure and the exponential increase of inhabitants, pollution, economic division, and unplanned urban sprawl.

Kairos is the history of the first design of architecture - in its most elevated sense - for a space project. Between 2008 and 2011, the Brazilian architect and urban planner Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta designed a building to be permanently in orbit of planet Earth. Beyond an architectural design it also is a reflection on the human condition, on the possibility of the end of wars, of the leap of Humanity to the Universe and on a civilizational metamorphosis. But it also is a technical and technological questioning, and an artwork. With additional texts by the architects Carlos Zibel and Bruno Padovano, of the astrophysicist Amancio Friaca, and a poem of the hypermedia artist Artur Matuck - all from USP University of Sao Paulo, Emanuel Pimenta's book also tells the history of the design of space stations, from the 19th century to now, in a fabulous trip with the reader.

The Benefits and uses of a Photo Album for a Baby Girl Save All of the Memories. When a girl reaches her teenage years, many parents wish they could return to simpler times. As hard as raising a teenage girl can be, however, it is nothing compared to taking care of a baby. Remind yourself of this fact with a baby album. Don't just keep the cute moments, like that first crawl, but keep pictures of all the little burps and spit ups and midnight cries, too. Every time she screams and slams the door, or cries herself to sleep over that boy you warned her about, you can look at the album of your daughter when she was little, and remind yourself that at least she can use the bathroom on her own.

The Benefits and uses of a Photo Album for a Baby Boy. A Baby Boy's First Moments Should Be Stock-piled. It is known that the act of observing an event influences its outcome. The earliest events in your boy's life won't last forever, so do more than observe. Baby photos can have a profound impact on later life, and organizing them in an album improves that effect. The most immediate use of baby photos is for later embarrassment. As your baby boy rapidly grows into a teenage boy, he gets smarter and more cunning. Baby photos, in addition to being precious memories, are a potential countermeasure against any of a teenage boy's potential transgressions. Is his party getting to loud? Break out the album and watch the tears.

2014 Reprint of 1926 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "The Autobiography of an Idea" is an account of Sullivan's career and his architectural theories. Sullivan was a spokesman for the reform of architecture, an opponent of historical eclecticism, and did much to remake the image of the architect as a creative personality. His own designs are characterized by richness of ornament. His importance lies in his writings as well as in his architectural achievements. These writings, which are subjective and metaphorical, suggest directions for architecture, rather than explicit doctrines or programs. Sullivan himself warned of the danger of mechanical theories of art.

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"A BLAZINGLY PASSIONATE MEMOIR OF IDENTITY AND LOVE: WHEN A CHARISMATIC AND TROUBLED YOUNG WOMAN DIES TRAGICALLY, HER IDENTICAL TWIN MUST STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE
Christa Parravani and her identical twin, Cara, were linked by a bond that went beyond siblinghood, beyond sisterhood, beyond friendship. Raised up from poverty by a determined single mother, the gifted and beautiful twins were able to create a private haven of splendor and merriment between themselves and then earn their way to a prestigious college and to careers as artists (a photographer and a writer, respectively) and to young marriages. But, haunted by childhood experiences with father figures and further damaged by being raped as a young adult, Cara veered off the path to robust work and life and in to depression, drugs and a shocking early death.

A few years after Cara was gone, Christa read that when an identical twin dies, regardless of the cause, 50 percent of the time the surviving twin dies within two years; and this shocking statistic rang true to her. "Flip a coin," she thought," those were my chances of survival." First, Christa fought to stop her sister's downward spiral; suddenly, she was struggling to keep herself alive.

Beautifully written, mesmerizingly rich and true, Christa Parravani's account of being left, one half of a whole, and of her desperate, ultimately triumphant struggle for survival is informative, heart-wrenching and unforgettably beautiful.

2014 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Louis Henry Sullivan was one of the foremost American architects, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism." He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School. Along with Henry Hobson Richardson and Wright, Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture." This collection of his writings includes other essays in additional to the book length "Kindergarten Chats." The are: Characteristics and Tendencies of American Architecture What is the Just Subordination, in Architectural Design, of Details to Mass? Ornament in Architecture Emotional Architecture as Compared to Intellectual The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered The Young Man in Architecture Education What is Architecture: A Study in the American People of Today

Richard Neutra (1892-1970) is considered one of the twentieth century's most influential architects. Born in Vienna, his career occurred at a critical moment in the history of the modern movement. His early inspiration was provided by pioneering architects such as Adolf Loos and Frank Lloyd Wright. His first major commission -- Lovell House -- built in Los Angeles in 1929, just six years after his arrival in the United States, is known as one of the landmarks of modern architecture.

He is recognized for his open and innovative designs, his extensive use of glass allowing indoor and outdoor spaces to flow freely together, and his application of industrial techniques to architecture. He made major contributions to urban planning, was the author of several books, including Survival through Design, and won over fifty awards for architectural designs.

Neutra established new aesthetic standards and there is currently a tremendous renewal of interest in his legacy. This concise overview of his achievements is the essential introduction to his work and philosophy.

The Benefits and uses of a Baby Photo Album Your baby isn't going to be a baby for long. Capture all those precious moments and put them in a baby photo album as soon as you possibly can. What parent wants to forget that first toothy smile, that first bowl of rice cereal or that first step? Keep your camera handy for all those first moments, but don't let the pictures sit on your memory card forever. Print them out and put them in a photo album where you can flip through and remember at your leisure. We never imagine that we will forget what our baby looked like at different stages of development, but the truth is, it happens. Jog your memory and preserve your pictures forever by using a baby photo album.

Nothing is more precious than family and keeping the memories of those special moments make for great conversations. There is no better way to keep a log of those precious memories than to have a Family Photo Album. With an album like this you can keep track of those precious memories with ease and the great thing is that you can make the necessary notations with each picture and even add the date the pictures were taken and the location.

The Benefits and uses of a Baby Photo Album for Twins Twin Pictures: When a family has twins things are often combined since there are two babies. One way to help the twins maintain their own sense of self is to have a few things that are just for them. A photo book is one good way to do this. When the twins are growing up it might be helpful to have three pictures albums. If you have three albums then you can have one album dedicated to each twin, and have one album with pictures of them together. This way when the twins grow up they will be able to see pictures that are just about them and not tied to the fact that they are a twin.

Author Lynn Barnes admits she's known all along that she'd been a little different in ways she can't explain. In her memoir, The Last Exit before the Toll, she examines her life and tries to make sense of who and what she is and how her being affects her existence.

She reflects on growing up as an only child and her life now as a single, surrealist artist and Poe aficionado. Barnes recalls the events that have greatly impacted her, including the deaths of her mother and father and the suicide of her best friend, Marc. But it was the discovery that she has undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome that helped piece together the puzzle that has been her life and allowed her to come to terms with the troubling personality traits she has experienced all her life.

An insightful and creative look at Barnes's life, The Last Exit before the Toll provides a glimpse into the sometimes frustrating and unknown world of someone who lives with Asperger's syndrome.

ABS Bouwteam is a high-end contractor of exclusive residential projects: villas, country houses and mansions in timeless and contemporary style. This first monograph highlights the most important projects by the company, with an overview of 30 years of exceptional architecture and interior design.

The autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini was started in the year 1558 at the age of 58 and ended abruptly just before his last trip to Pisa around the year 1563 when Cellini was approximately 63 years old. The memoirs give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style.