Plastic has moved from a supporting role to being a new star among construction materials. It is versatile, light-weight, flexible and moisture resistant. Plastics ...
Over the past fifteen years Beijing has experienced unprecedented change-a change more dramatic and profound than ever before. Contemporary skyscrapers and architectural forms are ...
Legendary abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock (1912-56) is most famous for the frenetic, highly textured works created through his trademark "drip" technique in which ...
From small, simple stencils to complex multimedia events, Blek's distinctive art is showcased here for the first time, demonstrating the development of his technique ...
As today's valued examples of modern architecture age to the point that preservation is called for, the methods and technology used in such preservation ...
This book extends the focus to all the entities that participate in the successful quest for safety and demonstrates how Design, Manufacturing, Maintenance, (inspection), ...
An important part of the New Deal, the Modernization Credit Plan helped transform urban business districts and small-town commercial strips across 1930s America, but ...
Prestigieuses abbayes, émouvants monastères, merveilleux prieurés, jalonnent la France comme autant d'immortels chefs-d'oeuvre, révélant le plus souvent une parfaite harmonie avec un environnement naturel ...
Surveying eighty of the most influential contemporary Chinese artists, Richard Vine offers a comprehensive, critical, and thoroughly informed assessment of one of the most ...
