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Learn the standards of effective design and installation for building systems using the performance requirements set by the industry-leading source for standards: the International Code Council?. Now available in Spanish to recognize an increasingly diverse workforce, the 2003 International Building Code - Spanish Edition offers users comprehensive coverage and time-tested safety concepts so they are well-prepared for successful, safe work in the field. In addition, structural as well as fire- and life-safety provisions are also included and span a range of topics, including means of egress,...

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.

"Decidido impulsor de la línea curva en el diseño arquitectónico y pionero en el uso del hormigón armado, Oscar Niemeyer fue el creador-constructor de una obra inmensa que recorre y define, inventándola, la arquitectura del siglo XX en Brasil y deja su impronta -la curva sensual, natural, incitante- en el mundo. Sus escritos aquí parcialmente reunidos reflejan esa constante preocupación y dejan traslucir, a manera de preceptiva intermitente, su voluntad de crear una arquitectura que fuera como esas "rachas de felicidad" que Borges definió con tanta sutileza y precisión, una...

200 colour photos and plans ”One of a series of authoritative pocket guides introduced only last fall, the Paris and : guide provides tourists and professionals alike with an overview of new and notable architecture and interior design in "the city of light." More than sixty buildings-governmental and residential, commercial and religious-by renowned architects such as Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando and I. M. Pei to name a few, are profiled and accompanied by color photographs. Easy to use and attractively designed with flexi covers, these CD-sized gems will be a...