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An essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West
This book provides vital insights into the ways in which architecture reflects the character of society. Drawing on his immense erudition and keenly discerning eye, Nikolaus Pevsner describes twenty types of buildings ranging from the most monumental to the least, and from the ideal to the most utilitarian. He covers both European and...
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Three beautiful gothic buildings loom over the Ottawa River just below the historic Chaudiere Falls. They are the seat of Canada's federal government, visited by thousands of people each year. Canada's Parliament Buildings, filled with heraldry and history, instill pride in our country and give visitors a deep sense of being Canadian. Constructed in controversy, and steeped in decades of political lore, the Parliament Buildings have been the stage...
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"Critically acclaimed author Klara leads readers through an unmatched tale of political ambition and technical skill: the refurbishment of the White House during the Truman administration In 1948, Harry Truman, President of the United States, almost fell through the ceiling of the Blue Room in a bathtub into a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A team of the nation's top architects was hastily assembled to inspect the White House,...
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America Through Time
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2021.
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English
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Eastern Ohio holds a vast collection of forlorn structures that continue to fade away. Some sites were gifted an additional shot at life, while others are disintegrating at the hand of nature or will see the wrecking ball's force. The once-mighty industrial belt of Eastern Ohio is a silent landscape of rusting hulks. Ruins touch the imagination at fundamental levels and hold a sense of the past and the present. See the Ohio State Reformatory where...
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The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds, creating an institution that ranks with a handful of other structures as symbols recognized around the world. In July 1941, the Army construction chief sprang the idea of building a single, huge headquarters that could house the entire War Department,...
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Oxford University Press
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2016.
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"The destruction of the World Trade Center complex on 9/11 set in motion a chain of events that fundamentally transformed both the United States and the wider world. War has raged in the Middle East for a decade and a half, and Americans have become accustomed to surveillance, enhanced security, and periodic terrorist attacks. But the symbolic locus of the post-9/11 world has always been "Ground Zero"--The sixteen acres in Manhattan's financial district...
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IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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The U.S. Capitol represents our nation's government and its laws. Using primary sources, young readers hear the story behind this American symbol from the people who helped make it what it is today. Engaging text, colorful photos, sidebars, and a variety of primary sources introduce young readers to the U.S. Capitol.
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Report / 111th Congress 1st session House of Representatives volume 111-213
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U.S. G.P.O
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2009]
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English
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Report / 110th Congress 2d session House of Representatives volume 110-878
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U.S. G.P.O
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2008]
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English
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Report / 111th Congress 1st session House of Representatives volume 111-140
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U.S. G.P.O
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2009]
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English
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NFPA volume 101A
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National Fire Protection Association
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"Includes information on fire safety evaluation systems for health care occupancies, detention and correctional occupancies (prisons), board and care occupancies (nursing homes), business occupancies, and educational occupancies. It also has a chapter on determining evacuation capability for board and care occupancies with worksheets for rating residents, staff shift, and the facility"--