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Provence Style
An intimate tour of quintessential Provencal style, featuring chic homes and interior details inspired by this picturesque region Thirty years after the publication of Peter Mayle's bestselling memoir A Year in Provence, the sun-drenched southern French region continues to excite home decorators with its combination of rustic charm, elegant details, and historical influences. Provence Style showcases the best of the region, with Shauna Varvel's quintessential 18th-century Rhône valley farmhouse--Le Mas des Poiriers--as its centerpiece. Named for the working pear orchard on the grounds, the property was reimagined by noted local architect Alexandre Lafourcade, who transformed a rough structure into a luxurious expression of the Provençal aesthetic, referencing historical influences, rural traditions, and Parisian taste.
Set amid a garden of allées, arbors, and terraces designed by the architect's mother, renowned landscape designer Dominique Lafourcade, this exemplar of Provençal style is the starting point for exploring the region's characteristic interior details and exterior features. The book includes chapters on the public spaces of the home, from entrances to living rooms, the private realm of bedrooms and bathrooms, and outdoor areas including patios and kitchen gardens, transporting the reader on a captivating stylistic journey.
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Structural Engineering for Architects: A Handbook
This book gives students of architecture an understanding of the fundamental theories and practice behind the creation of architectural structures, helping them to develop an intuitive understanding of structural engineering. As well as providing a valuable reference and sourcebook, it will enable them to conduct productive dialogues with structural engineers. The book is divided into four sections: 'Structures in nature' looks at structural principles found in natural objects, 'Theory' covers general structural theory as well as explaining the main forces encountered in engineering. 'Structural prototypes' includes examples of modelmaking and load testing that can be carried out by students. The fourth section, 'Case studies', presents a diverse range of examples from around the world actual buildings that apply the theories and testing described in the previous sections. The straightforward, informative text is illustrated with a wealth of images, including specially drawn diagrams, historical examples, models, CAD visualizations, construction details and photographs of completed buildings.
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Alternativní řešení trestních věcí
Sborník obsahuje příspěvky ze sekce trestního práva mezinárodní vědecké konference Olomoucké právnické dny, kterou pořádá každoročně Právnická fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci.
Tématem jednání sekce trestního práva v květnu 2015 byla problematika alternativ v trestním právu, která je aktuální a společensky závažná. Trestní politika v novém tisíciletí se dostává do krize, neboť nedovede najít odpověď na problémy vedoucí k hromadnému výskytu sociálně patologických jevů včetně kriminality v rychle se měnící a globalizující společnosti. Ukazuje se, že ulpívání na tradičních formách trestní represe a tradičních způsobech projednání věci v trestním řízení nevede k žádoucím výsledkům. Růst počtu trestných činů a výskyt nových forem trestné činnosti s sebou přinášejí potřebu hledání alternativ ke starému systému trestání, jehož podstatným atributem byl nepodmíněný trest odnětí svobody.
Prvním příspěvkem je pojednání o trestním příkazu (prof. Jelínek). Autor rozebírá právní úpravu v minulosti, charakterizuje platnou právní úpravu a v závěru navrhuje deset námětů k právní úpravě trestního příkazu ve zcela novém trestním řádu. Následují dva příspěvky věnované aktuální otázce trestní politiky, tj. sankcionování právnických osob (prof. Šimovček) a alternativ trestního stíhání korporací v americkém právu (dr. Tobiášová). Ze zahraničních příspěvků sluší připomenout ještě studii prof. Záhory o kontrole výkonu alternativních trestů technickými prostředky ve Slovenské republice, příspěvek doc. Klátika týkající se dohody o vině a trestu, která také bývá řazena mezi formy alternativního vyřízení trestních věcí, a článek dr. Chrzczonowicze z Polska o mediaci jako prostředku restorativní justice v Polské republice.
Několik příspěvků je věnováno samostatným dílčím otázkám alternativ v trestním právu, ať se již týkají analýzy statistických údajů (dr. Coufalová), alternativního řešení trestních věcí mladistvých (doc. Ščerba), uzavření smíru ve slovenském právu (dr. Belovičová) a několika dalších otázek. Kritické názory na současný stav trestní legislativy ve svých příspěvcích reprezentují zejména Mgr. Kozák, poukazující na dvou vybraných legislativních návrzích, že obsahují velmi závažné nedostatky v koncepci, efektivitě a vhodnosti zvolených řešení, a dr. Lichnovský, zamýšlející se nad možnostmi zlepšení právní úpravy odklonů v trestním řízení v připravované rekodifikaci trestního řádu.
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Project Explore Starter Teacher's Pack
Project Exploreis a five-level course which combines the tried and trusted Project methodology and structure with 100% brand-new content from a new author team. Take a look inside and you'll find clearly structured, vibrant lessons with exciting new characters and stories!
The Teacher's Pack includes the Teacher's Guide, DVD-ROM, Classroom Presentation Tool and Teacher's Resource Centre with Online Practice. The Teacher's Guide contains full teacher notes, ideas for extra activities and suggestions for ways to adapt the materials to offer more challenge or support.
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Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra-Thin
In Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin, Matthew Soules issues an indictment of how finance capitalism dramatically alters not only architectural forms but also the very nature of our cities and societies. We rarely consider architecture to be an important factor in contemporary economic and political debates, yet sparsely occupied ultra-thin "pencil towers" develop in our cities, functioning as speculative wealth storage for the superrich, and cavernous "iceberg" homes extend architectural assets many stories below street level. Meanwhile, communities around the globe are blighted by zombie and ghost urbanism, marked by unoccupied neighborhoods and abandoned housing developments.
Learn how the use of architecture as an investment tool has accelerated in recent years, heightening inequality and contributing to worldwide financial instability:
* See how investment imperatives shape what and how we build, changing the very structure of our communities
* Delve into high-profile projects, like the luxury apartments of architect Rafael Vinoly's 432 Park Avenue
* Understand the convergence of technology, finance, and spirituality, which together are configuring the financialized walls within which we eat, sleep, and work
Includes dozens of photos and drawings of architectural phenomena that have changed the way we live. Essential reading for anyone interested in architecture, design, economics, and understanding the way our world is formed.
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Consequences of Capitalism
An essential primer on capitalism, politics and how the world works, based on the hugely popular undergraduate lecture series 'What is Politics?'
Is there an alternative to capitalism? In this landmark text Chomsky and Waterstone chart a critical map for a more just and sustainable society.
'Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands.'
How does politics shape our world, our lives and our perceptions? How much of 'common sense' is actually driven by the ruling classes' needs and interests? And how are we to challenge the capitalist structures that now threaten all life on the planet?
Consequences of Capitalism exposes the deep, often unseen connections between neoliberal 'common sense' and structural power. In making these linkages, we see how the current hegemony keeps social justice movements divided and marginalized. And, most importantly, we see how we can fight to overcome these divisions.
Blame! Movie Edition - The Electrofishers' Escape
One of the manga world's most intriguing artists comes the manga version of the Netflix movie, BLAME! Steel and rust. The City structure has endlessly propagated itself for so many years that the reason for such growth has long since been forgotten. Even within such a techo-dystopia, humans still exist: The Electrofishers.
Driven to the brink of extinction, they are visited by a traveller--a man named Killy. But will his presence bring the Electrofishers ruination or hope..?
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Piano. Complete Works 1966-Today
Renzo Piano rose to international prominence with his co-design of the Pompidou Center in Paris, described by The New York Times as a building that "turned the architecture world upside down." Since then, he has continued to craft such iconic cultural spaces as the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago and, more recently, the Whitney Museum of American Art, an asymmetric nine-story structure in Manhattan's Meatpacking District with both indoor and outdoor galleries. In London, the Piano touch has also transformed the skyline with the Shard.
At the age of 84, the Italian maestro retains all of his enthusiasm and kindness-and his recent roster is more impressive than ever. As he confided to the author, "I think at a certain age, one can discover that there is what the French call the 'fil rouge,' a kind of red thread that relates one building to another over time. In my case, I believe it is about lightness and the art of building." From freshly built museums in Athens and Santander; ongoing works in Lisbon, London, Toronto, and Geneva; to such humanitarian projects as the Emergency Children's Surgical Hospital in Entebbe, Uganda, and the Children's Hospice in Bologna, Italy, Piano's career is a thrilling journey through the beauty and very essence of architecture.
Based on the massive XXL monograph, this widely updated edition brings the architect's definitive career overview to an accessible format and is illustrated by photographs, sketches, and plans.
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Project Explore 2 Teacher's Pack (SK Edition)
Project Explore is a five-level course which combines the tried and trusted Project methodology and structure with 100% brand-new content from a new author team. Take a look inside and you'll find clearly structured, vibrant lessons with exciting new characters and stories! The Teacher's Pack includes the Teacher's Guide, DVD-ROM, Classroom Presentation Tool and Teacher's Resource Centre with Online Practice. The Teacher's Guide contains full teacher notes, ideas for extra activities and suggestions for ways to adapt the materials to offer more challenge or support.
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A Chronology of Architecture
A Chronology of Architecture presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between structural innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions. Organized around a central timeline that charts the development of architecture from the earliest structures to the present-day skyscrapers and global cities, it features key buildings, together with commentaries and contextual information about the social, political and cultural events of the period in which they were built. Special feature spreads highlight important movements, construction methods and key practitioners. Covering a wide selection of genres, styles and architects, it is invaluable as a comprehensive guide to architecture in all its different forms.
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Risk
We may not be able to see the future, but Risk can teach us how to improve our resistance and build a strong defense against what we know -- and what we don't.
Retired four-star general Stan McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat; he has seen how individuals and organizations, too often and to great cost, fail to mitigate risk. Why? Because they focus on the probability of something happening instead of the interface by which it can be managed.
In Risk, McChrystal offers a new system of responding to risk, through ten dimensions of control we can adjust at any given time: narrative, bias, diversity, action, timing, adaptability, communication, technology, structure, and leadership. By monitoring these controls, we can anticipate, identify, analyze, and act when things do not go as planned. Drawing on compelling examples ranging from military history to the business world, and offering practical exercises to improve preparedness, McChrystal illustrates how these ten factors are almost always in effect, and how by considering them, individuals and organizations can exert mastery over every conceivable sort of risk that they might face.
'Brilliant and highly entertaining, this book is essential reading for every leader, regardless of age or experience.' ? Admiral William McRaven, author of Make Your Bed
'A brilliant user's guide that demonstrates how managing risk is about how we lead, rather than getting mathematical equations right.'? Annie Duke, bestselling author of Thinking in Bets and How to Decide
Nemzeti színháztörténet - Előadás-rekonstrukciók 1948-1996
A kötetünk címében jelzett időtartomány két rendszerváltást, a hatalmi és kulturális struktúrák két radikális átrendeződését foglalja magába. A tulajdonnevesült melléknév - a Nemzeti - pedig a színházra utal, abban az alapértelmezésben, amely jól mutatja, hogy a Kárpát-medencében alighanem ez a legszélesebb és legtartósabb konszenzussal övezett kulturális intézmény, miközben változó helyeken felépülő és leomló falai között még változóbb ideológiák, hatalmi és művészi aspirációk töltik ki a teret. Ezzel az intézménnyel mindnyájunknak összetett és személyes a viszonya, amelyben a nemzeti kánon magasztos szempontjai keverednek a múlandó sláger gyanútlan élvezetével; a levéltári kutatások révén megszerezhető ritka tudás a magától értetődő evidenciával. Kiindulásunk az a közös felismerés, hogy a Nemzeti Színház ideája mindenekelőtt a tradíciót hordozza, s ez egyszerre jelenti a közösség múltjának újrajátszását, az újraértés progresszív folyamatának működését, s ugyanakkor a közös múltból megképzett, merev magyarságképek múzeumi tárlatba rendezését. A kötet írásai ezeket a folyamatokat elemzésekkel (és némelykor azok hiányával) jelzik, hiszen a kötet metodikáját alkotó Philther-módszer hangsúlyosan a kontextuális és a hatástörténeti jelenlétre fókuszál. A válogatás repertoár-preferenciákat megvilágítva, rendezői életműveket követve, színészi alakításokat kiemelve közel fél évszázad negyvenhárom előadását tárja az olvasó elé, de nem törekszik reprezentatív összegzésre. A nemzeti múlt összetettségét kívánja megmutatni, amelybe belenézni csak felkészülten érdemes, s a felkészültséget a történészi tudás, a párbeszédkészség, az előítéletmentesség és a szakmai kíváncsiság adhatja össze.
Cesta Světla 2v.
Cesta Světla je nejnovější kniha s texty, které napsal Jan Amos Komenský. Zahrnuje v českém překladu čtveřici kratších, ale závažných a krásných děl „učitele národů“. Všechna díla jsou vydána v úplnosti a s vysvětlujícím poznámkami. Navíc jsou opatřena úvodními studiemi komeniologa profesora Jana Kumpery, která zařazují Komenského texty do soudobých okolností a souvislostí Komenského života a tvorby.
Nejznámější z editovaných děl je Cesta světla (Via lucis), napsaná Komenským za anglického pobytu v Londýně v letech 1641-1642, v níž český myslitel a evropský reformátor nastínil koncepci své vševědy čili pansofie a s ní spojený program nápravy lidstva, spočívající na vytvoření jakési mezinárodní akademie věd a vzdělanosti (kolej světla) a dalších dvou celosvětových organizací k dosažení náboženského smíru i k odstranění válek. Spis však vydal Komenský až o čtvrtstoletí později v Amsterodamu s věnováním tehdy založené londýnské Královské učené společnosti (Royal Society), která podle Komenského navazovala částečně i na dávné snahy jeho samotného a jeho anglických přátel, tzv.komeniánů.
Na sklonku života vydal Komenský v nizozemském exilu také další nádherný spis – Anděl míru (Angelus pacis), ve kterém znovu a vášnivě navrhoval uspořádání spravedlivého světového míru a odstranění válek na základě světové „porady o obecné nápravě“ v duchu Kristova pokoje. Třetí vydaný spis Štěstí národa (Gentis felicitas) se od předchozích programových děl dost liší, není tolik vizionářský a nábožensky emocionální. Doporučení, jak dosáhnout prosperity, bezpečného míru a lidské spokojenosti se netýká zdaleka jen adresáta, sedmihradského knížete Jana Rákócziho, ale obecně všech vladařů, politiků a národů i dnes. Toto dílko je natolik moderní, aktuální a živé, že se ani nechce věřit, že bylo napsané před třemi sty padesáti. Nebyl by to ani Komenský, kdyby tu znovu nezdůraznil jako jednu ze základních podmínek „štěstí národa“ – potřebu dobrého školství a vysoké úrovně kultury a vzdělanosti národa. Závěrečný spis právě vydaného souboru Cesty světla je nejmenší. Jeho poetický název Věječka moudrosti (Ventilabrum sapientiae) odpovídá obsahu i duchu dílka. Jedná se vlastně o jakousi bilanci životního díla z pera stárnoucí a bilancujícího učence, který se s pokorou a životním moudrým nadhledem zamýšlí nad zdary a nezdary svého díla.
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Why We're Polarized
America's political system isn't broken. The truth is scarier: it's working exactly as designed.
In Why We're Polarized, Ezra Klein reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America's deep political divisions, revealing how a system filled with rational, functional parts can combine into a dysfunctional whole. Neither a polemic nor a lament, this book offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Trump's rise to the Democratic Party's leftward shift to the politicisation of everyday culture.
Klein shows how and why American politics polarised in the twentieth century, what that polarisation did to Americans' views of the world and one another, and how feedback loops between polarised political identities and polarised political institutions drive the system toward crisis. This revelatory book will change how you look at politics, and perhaps at yourself.
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Greek Myths
A major new retelling of the Greek myths for a new generation, with original drawings by world-renowned artist Chris Ofili. Charlotte Higgins' spellbinding new collection will include all the most famous Greek myths, as well as many less well-known but equally intriguing ones. Here are stories of the creation, of Heracles and Theseus and Perseus, the Trojan war and its origins and aftermaths, tales of Thebes and Argos and Athens. There are stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods, helpless humans, gender-shifting characters, resourceful witches, and the origins of birds and animals. Taking her cue from Ovid, Charlotte Higgins has an intriguing structural device to thread her stories together.
Inspired by the many moments in Greek myths in which women are seen to weave stories onto textiles (such as Helen of Troy in Homer, and Arachne and Minerva in Ovid), the tales will be told as if they are scenes in the act of being woven on to textiles by women. And, while not operating as an explicitly feminist retelling, this will add a new dimension to her myths, bringing women narrators and characters into the foreground. Above all, Charlotte Higgins' Greek Myths will be an original work of literature and scholarship by an exceptionally talented writer. It will be a book to be enjoyed as a work of art, a source to be consulted, a present to be given, and an object to keep and treasure.
Arch, Wagner
Otto Wagner (1841–1918) is one of the most significant figures of turn-of-the-century architecture. He was associated with the Viennese Secession, a group of artists and designers headed by Gustav Klimt that initiated a departure from the conservative style of the Viennese Künstlerhaus. Wagner’s visionary approach, described as structural rationalism, pioneered the use of materials such as glass, steel, and especially aluminum to redefine Viennese structural identity.
From the imposing Austrian Postal Savings Bank to the scintillating St. Leopold Church at Steinhof, one of the most important Art Nouveau churches in the world: Discover the breadth of Wagner’s career as well as the political, economic, and social dynamics of his time. This incisive overview features a map locating all of the architect’s most renowned projects and recent, fresh photography from masters like Keiichi Tahara.
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Furniture of Carlo Mollino
Carlo Mollino (1905-73), the son of a prominent engineer of the city of Turin, graduated with honors from the Royal School of Architecture in Turin in 1931. He joined his father's firm in the same year, only to leave to pursue an independent and highly original career in design and architecture seven years later. From the start, both his interests and personality set him apart from his contemporaries.Influenced by the Second Futurism movement and the Surrealist avant-gardes, he was active in an impressive number of fields, including aeronautics, automobile design, art, photography, set design, town planning, furniture, interior decoration and architecture. Highlights from his architectural output include the headquarters of the Societa Ippica Torinese (1935-9) and the Teatro Regio Torinese (1966), both in Turin. Mollino was able to bring together various forms of expression through his profound artistic research. His furniture was based on organic shapes, such as tree branches, animal horns and the human body - the female profile figuring prominently in his design work. These pieces evolved from the appreciation of the shapes of Art Nouveau and the architect Antoni Gaudi, and were more expressive and sculptural than those being produced in Milan at the same time. Most of his furniture designs were site specific one-offs for especially commissioned interiors and were manufactured by the Apelli &, Varesio joinery in Turin. This has ensured that these pieces are very rarely available on the market and are highly valued by furniture collectors, as proven by the recent sale at Christie's of one of Mollino's tables for the record price of $3.8 million.Beyond the sculptural aesthetics of his furniture, his designs involved thorough research into materials and technology. He developed a complex construction technique whereby the structure seemed liberated by the weight of the material, as clearly seen in the glass and bentwood Arabesque table (1949), still in production by Zanotta. His famous interiors were richly decorated with fabric, used not only as upholstery but also as spatial device. He aimed to create architecture and interiors that could be manipulated by the user, as with the innovative lighting system for the Miller House (1937), which was mounted on a curving track and could be moved along the ceiling of the house. The Furniture of Carlo Mollino presents for the first time Mollino's complete furniture and interior design. Including drawings and archival photographs, it represents the most comprehensive record of this part of Mollino's production. Realized in collaboration with the Museo Casa Mollino and written by the Museum's curators Napoleone Ferrari and Fulvio Ferrari, this monograph emphasizes the contemporary significance of Mollino's groundbreaking oeuvre.
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What We Really Do All Day
How has the way we spend our time changed over the last fifty years?
Are we really working more, sleeping less and addicted to our phones?
What does this mean for our health, wealth and happiness?
Everything we do happens in time and it feels like our lives are busier than ever before. Yet a detailed look at our daily activities reveals some surprising truths about the social and economic structure of the world we live in. This book delves into the unrivalled data collection and expertise of the Centre for Time Use Research to explore fifty-five years of change and what it means for us today.
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Japanese Dress in Detail
Bringing together more than 100 items of clothing, this book reveals the intricacies of Japanese dress from the 18th century to the present. Including garments for women, men and children, the details have been selected both for their exquisite beauty and craftsmanship, and for how much they impart about the wearer's identity, be it age, status or taste. A comprehensive introduction, illuminating the main periods and key themes of Japanese fashion history, is followed by thematic chapters that cover all aspects of clothing, from hair accessories and necklines to hemlines and shoes.
Each garment or object is accompanied by a short text exploring its structure and the fascinating range of decorative techniques employed, including embroidery, weaving, lacquering, stencilling, dyeing and digital technology. Specially commissioned detail photography and line drawings provide an invaluable resource for Japanophiles, students, collectors, designers and lovers of fashion and world dress.
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