Labeled illustrations with explanatory text depict historical and contemporary structures, architectural elements, and building components from ancient times to the present.
architecture, design, and cinema in the twenties and thirties
Franci, Giovanna
Contains essays that examine examples of Art Deco architecture and design in the skyscrapers and movie houses of Chicago, New York, Arizona, Colorado, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Miami Beach. Includes photographs.
Illustrations, text, and photographs help chronicle the history of architecture, beginning with the ancient civilizations of the East and ending with the advanced structures of the twentieth century.
Laura decides to purchase her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. The new environment awakens the imagination of Laura's son. His ongoing fantasy games played with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing. Upon seeing her family increasingly threatened by the strange occurrences in the house, Laura looks to a group of parapsychologists for help in unraveling the mystery that has taken over the place.
A guide to finding a career in the engineering, mechanics, and architecture industries that profiles ten different jobs, such as civil engineer, surveyor, industrial designer, and landscape architect, and includes interviews with professionals.
Examines different types of structures, how civil and structural engineers solve design problems, and what is required to become a civil or structural engineer.
