L'obiettivo di questo lavoro è stato quello di studiare l'intreccio indigeno come riferimento teorico e formale per la creazione di disegni di superficie. Nel lavorare alla proposta di sviluppare disegni di superficie con un riferimento etnico, si è cercato di fare un contrappunto all'attuale compiacimento dell'industria del mobile brasiliana, dove lo standard estetico e, soprattutto, di "buona forma" è semplicemente importato dal mercato europeo. Pertanto, un design che incorpora una parte della cultura brasiliana - l'intreccio indigeno ...

La tierra tiembla. El Perú es un país azotado por diversos desastres naturales, entre ellos los sismos. El último de gran magnitud en el año 2007 dejó un gran cantidad de pérdidas tanto humanas como materiales, un gran porcentaje de las viviendas de las localidades afectadas colapsaron. Las poblaciones de los distintos departamentos y poblados del Perú son vulnerables a estos desastres naturales, razón por la cual la destrucción que ocasionan es alta y muchas familias pierden sus viviendas. La ...

This book is about the history of Napier in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand, and also about the art deco buildings constructed following the devastating earthquake in 1931.    For each calendar month this calendar notebook contains: a pictorial example of Napier’s beautiful art deco buildings, information on important events in Napier’s history, interesting historical facts and pictures, and it also has space on a monthly calendar page to write in birthdays, anniversaries, or other events if the reader wishes to do so.  ...

Orkney History. Entire History, Historical Sites, Historical Events, People and Tradition. The earliest written reference to Orkney is by the Greek explorer, Pytheas, from Marseilles, who may have circumnavigated Orkney about the year 325 BC, and claimed to have sighted the edge of the world, or Ultima Thule. He was probably seeing Foula, or another part of Shetland to the North. Claudius' fleet is said to have formed a treaty with the Orcadians in AD 43, and Tacitus mentions that a Roman fleet subdued Orkney after the battle of Mons Graupius in AD 83. ...

In the design, art, engineering and architectural professions, the study of materials is a huge prerequisite to competence and success of projects. It is therefore imperative on practitioners and students to acquaint themselves with the myriad of materials available for application to projects. The book on "DESIGN MATERIALS AND PROCESSES VOLUME 5" covers selected topics on individual materials to meet such needs. However, it should be noted that volume five is not an improvement on volume four, but it is an addition to the scope of individual materials covered ...

El lenguaje animado es una expresión del hombre y para el hombre, que se ha sabido articular a diferentes públicos, culturas y estéticas, prueba de ello es su participación en teatro, cine, televisión, publicidad, video arte, Internet y otras numerosas manifestaciones humanas que abren las puertas a una investigación de este amplio universo. Las teorías en animación actualmente se encuentran discutiendo y replanteando, éstas, en su mayoría no están dirigidas a la población ...

So you want to be a successful property developer... Perhaps you've been engaged in projects before or perhaps this is all new to you. The main thing is, you're aiming to make a profit or earn an income from your development plans. What do you need to know?   So many challenges plague people in this space, from contracts full of holes to dishonest contractors, from impossible planning issues to selling buildings off the plan that turn out to be in danger of falling down. Who's responsible for what? And how can you protect yourself? This book will ...

Originally published in 1931, Representative British Architects profiles twelve of the foremost practitioners of the time in architecture. In an age when the designs of the Victorian and Edwardian era were being challenged by the new ideas of Modernism, the men in this volume were responsible for a range of imposing public and commercial buildings that are still celebrated today. Featured architects: S D Adshead Robert Atkinson Herbert Baker Reginald Blomfield Arthur J Davis E Guy Dawber Clough Willams-Ellis W Curtis Green H V Lanchester Edwin L Lutyens Giles ...

La presente investigación surge de una observación inicial acerca del potencial turístico existente en Caleta Portales de Valparaíso, de cómo modelar este potencial y proponer el desarrollo de unidades generadoras de servicios, en particular en el ámbito del diseño de la experiencia, que respondan a requerimientos de los turistas, que comuniquen y pongan en valor conceptos que identifican la actividad principal de la caleta; la pesca artesanal. Analizamos el turismo, buscando identificar su potencial como ...

First published in 1912, this volume contains a detailed account of the history of architectural drawing and draughtsmen in Europe. It aims to trace its development in the past and review the work of certain great masters of the art. This vintage book will be of special utility to those with an interest in the history and development of architecture, and it is not to be missed by collectors of allied literature. Contents include: "The Nature and Purpose of Architectural Drawing-Medieval Diagrams", "Architectural Draughtsmen of the Sixteenth Century", "Some ...