epub |eng | 2012-05-25 | Author:Morris, Sarah A. [Morris, Sarah A.]

Almost two weeks later, my mother and I arrived back at Hever, having spent Twelfth Night celebrations as guests of honour of Sir Henry Wyatt and his wife, Elizabeth at ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2014-09-16 | Author:Christina Riggs

The mighty Horus Egyptologists are fond of old-fashioned words, thanks in part to the 19th century roots of the organized study of ancient Egypt. To smite—that is, to strike someone ...

epub |eng | 2014-11-18 | Author:Mark Anthony Wilson

Berger House, San Anselmo, California (1950–58), Robert Berger building masonry core, c. 1955. Courtesy of Berger Family Collection. Berger House, south façade. Berger House, floor plan. Copyright © The Frank ...

epub |eng | 2012-07-17 | Author:Morris Hicky Morgan

RETAINING WALLS (From the edition of Vitruvius by Fra Giocondo, Venice 1611) 8. I have now shown how buildings can be constructed without defects, and the way to take precautions ...

mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Laurie Schneider Adams

Politics and money The 1870s were a period of political turmoil in Western Europe. On July 19, 1870, France declared war on Prussia; Napoleon III surrendered in September following a ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2014-10-15 | Author:Scott, Michael

Figure 10.1. Bust of a man of Delphi, often identified as Plutarch but now labeled simply as a philosopher type, dating to the second century AD (© EFA/Ph.Collet [Guide du ...

epub |eng | | Author:Jan Arnett

Dairy cattle move and eat freely in this large, open pole-frame metal structure. This weary barn will soon fall victim to a strong wind or heavy snow. Other changes affecting ...

epub |eng | 2013-09-15 | Author:Grindrod, John [John Grindrod]

It was like the paperless office in reverse, the computer not just generating paper but ingesting it too. I was reminded of the punch-cards Alan Turing’s crypto-analysts were using for ...

epub |eng | 2012-03-18 | Author:Trevor Yorke

FIG 3.3: These houses built in 1935 were designed by Douglas Wood Architects and were part of an exclusive development laid out to the north of the new underground station ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-06-19 | Author:Trevor Yorke

FIG 6.10: Parquet flooring often laid in a herringbone pattern as in this example was frequently used in earlier houses and was revived by Arts and Crafts designers in the ...

epub |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:Francine Prose [Prose, Francine]

From the start, the prospect of going to Mozia makes me a little edgy—the idea of sailing across a lagoon to an island on which no one lives, an island ...

epub, pdf | | | Author:Francis Russell [Russell, Francis]

Pinacoteca: Luca Signorelli, Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (detail), c. 1498. 51 GUBBIO NO great Italian city is more palpably medieval than Gubbio. The town stands on the southern flank of ...

epub |eng | | Author:Le Corbusier

1 See the half-title to this chapter. 2 Or Tottenham Court Road.—F. E. What gives our dreams their daring is that they can be realized. THE BARRAGE Plan and elevation ...

epub |eng | 2002-03-25 | Author:Bill Harris

* * * 184 FORD FOUNDATION BUILDING This L-shaped building is built around a 130-foot-high “greenhouse,” whose plant life rotates with the seasons. It is a terraced garden with seventeen ...

epub |eng | 2006-03-25 | Author:Gill Davies

* * * EC3 193 ST PETER UPON CORNHILL This church was founded on the site of a very early site of worship—a Roman basilica raised in A.D. 179. By ...