Download or read book Making Dystopia written by James Stevens Curl and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Making Dystopia, distinguished architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of Modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice. Tracing the effects of the Modernist revolution in architecture to the present, Stevens Curl argues that, with each passing year, so-called 'iconic' architecture by supposed 'star' architects has become more and more bizarre, unsettling, and expensive, ignoring established contexts and proving to be stratospherically remote from the aspirations and needs of humanity. In the elite world of contemporary architecture, form increasingly follows finance, and in a society in which the 'haves' have more and more, and the 'have-nots' are ever more marginalized, he warns that contemporary architecture continues to stack up huge potential problems for the future, as housing costs spiral out of control, resources are squandered on architectural bling, and society fractures. This courageous, passionate, deeply researched, and profoundly argued book should be read by everyone concerned with what is around us. Its combative critique of the entire Modernist architectural project and its apologists will be highly controversial to many. But it contains salutary warnings that we ignore at our peril. And it asks awkward questions to which answers are long overdue.
Download or read book Wallace Stevens written by James Longenbach and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This distinguished book sets forth the Stevens that we will be reading for at least the next three decades: a Stevens in close touch with political and social conditions, a Stevens whose poetry arises from the texture of his times.'-Louis Martz
Download or read book Making the Best of Basics written by James Talmage Stevens and published by Gold Leaf Press (WA). This book was released on 1997 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, long a standard on in-home food storage and family preparedness, has been expanded, revised, and updated. With almost 100 additional pages of charts, tables, and recipes, plus a new 80-page "yellow pages" section listing suppliers of preparedness resources in the U.S. and Canada, the Family preparedness handbook is the most comprehensive single volume ever compiled on in-home storage.
Download or read book Who Killed Kennedy written by James Stevens and published by London Bridge. This book was released on 1996 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the style of a journalistic expos e, this book takes a humorous yet informative look at the UN IT years of Doctor Who. The Doctor''s ever-popular nemesis, t he Master, is featured in the action. '
Download or read book Hatch written by James Stevens and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ammon's job was simple, to care for the dragon eggs in the Nest. It should have been easy, but it wasn't. When the sun rose after the hatch, he had made an enemy of the most powerful man in the kingdom, and he would soon learn that was the least of his problems!
Download or read book Killing the Shamen written by Thomas Fiddler and published by Moonbeam, Ont. : Penumbra Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True story of how the North West Mounted Police prosecuted Jack Fiddler and other members of his clan for murder as a result of shamanistic activities in 1907. Also a history of 300 years of clan life in the northern bush of Manitoba and how they were affected by the white traders, commissioners, missionaries, and police.
Download or read book Georgian Architecture written by James Curl and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the period's remarkable stylistic diversity, this is an illustrated guide to the architecture of the reigns of the first four Georges (1714-1830).
Download or read book A Celebration of Death written by James Stevens Curl and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1980 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mohawk written by James Thomas Stevens and published by Subpress Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Native American Studies. Selected by Juliana Spahr for Subpress, MOHAWK/SAMOA: TRANSMIGRATIONS draws on the songs and stories of two geographically distant cultures to create a unique poetic collaboration. By writing beautifully spare new poems that stem out of each other's translations from Mohawk and Samoan, James Thomas Stevens and Caroline Sinavaiana have " created] an exciting mesh where Mohawk and Samoan inform each other to erase boundaries between individual and collective, past and present, inner and outer worlds." Arthur Sze"
Download or read book Big Jim Turner written by James Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture written by James Stevens Curl and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over 5000 entries from Aalto to ziggurat, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of architecture. Written in a clear and concise style, it is an invaluable work of reference for both students of architecutre and the general reader, as well as professional architects.
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Download or read book Handbook of Freemasonry written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freemasonry is the largest, oldest, and most influential secret society in the world. The Brill Handbook of Freemasonry is a pioneering work that brings together, for the first time, leading scholars on Freemasonry. The first section covers historical perspectives, such as the origins and early history of Freemasonry. The second deals with the relationship between Freemasonry and specific religious traditions such as the Catholic Church, Judaism, and Islam. In the third section, organisational themes, such as the use of rituals, are explored, while the fourth section deals with issues related to society and politics - women, blacks, colonialism, nationalism, and war. The fifth and final section is devoted to Freemasonry and culture, including music, literature, modern art, architecture and material culture.
Download or read book Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts written by Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
