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‘My Life Story’

A 100 year diary called ‘My Life Story‘ to be filled in from the day your child is born. Fill in sections about your child, mark on a world map the places your child has lived, their education, awards, skills and ambitions. Incoming search terms for the article:bunk beds full over full

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‘The Architecture of Natural Light’ by Henry Plummer

‘Shelter and natural light are fundamental elements of architecture. The first is concerned with protection from natural elements; the second with the creative and sometimes spiritual interaction between the man-made and the natural worlds. One is solid and static, the other illuminates and animates. Incoming search terms for the article:The Architecture of Natural Lightundefinedplummer architecture [...]

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‘Contemporary Curtain Wall Architecture’ by Scott Murray

‘Recent years have seen a rapidly growing interest among contemporary architects in the use of curtain walls to create innovative, attention-grabbing building facades. With new concerns about the environment and affordable envelopes, the curtain wall represents a microcosm of issues important to architecture: climate responsiveness and energy use, intelligent utilization of resources, and advancements in [...]

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‘Calatrava’ by Philip Jodidio

‘Santiago Calatrava is not only one of the world s most prominent architects, but also an engineer and an artist. With recent projects such as the stadiums for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens or the new railway station in Liège, Belgium, he has reached a level of undeniable notoriety in Europe and continues to [...]

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‘The Art of Living’ by Claudia Steinberg & Bärbel Miebach

‘To artists and designers, a home is a canvas on which they can project themselves, a testing ground for creative impulses, a place to display the objects that inspire them, a venue for experimentation with forms and materials that later appear in their own work. In this unique volume, photographer Bärbel Miebach captures the unique [...]

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‘Eco House Book’ by Terence Conran

A complete guide to home improvement the environmentally friendly way: whether you want to redecorate or redesign your home, this essential book provides all the information you need to reduce your home’s carbon footprint and improve the quality of your life. Incoming search terms for the article:eco house bookeco house book terence conranundefinedTerence Conran Eco [...]

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‘Avant Gardeners’ by Tim Richardson

“100 projects by fifty of the world’s most talented designers of public and private spaces . . . will expand your horizons and thrill the modernist in you.” — Metropolitan Home ‘In recent years, garden and landscape design has witnessed a burgeoning of new ideas. Recent garden plans have embraced the latest thinking in science [...]

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‘Research & Design: The Architecture of Variation’ by Lars Spuybroek

‘Over the past decade, digital tools have radically transformed the design, practice and construction of architecture. But behind the superslick, photorealist renderings of projects that are never built is an entire body of design research that informs the latest innovations in design and construction. ‘Research & Design: The Architecture of Variation’, edited by a pioneer [...]

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‘Pharmacies’ by Dorte Becker

‘Once upon a time a pharmacy was a small place with a cosy yet patrician air, where the all-knowing master of medicine would dispense pills, mix potions and generally perform the offices of a scientific shaman. Incoming search terms for the article:bean bag chair amazondesigns for pharmaciesundefined

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‘Hargreaves: The Alchemy of Landscape Architecture’ by George Hargreaves

‘Hargreaves Associates has been at the forefront of landscape architectural practice since its founding in 1983. This volume presents projects from throughout the firm’s 25-year history, showing the development of its work from the early days to its current direction advancing the reoccupation of industrial sites, reclaiming waterfronts and creating new visions for public space. [...]

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