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Focuses on the essence of life, human nature, and how to live a good simple life - all distilled through the lens of the Three Creeds: Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. This handbook is about rejecting desire and greed, and revealing clear Truth, stripping away the extraneous layers of self-deception and phenomenal attachment.

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The Beauty of the Color Code #000000

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A architecture book that follows the story of brick from 5,000 bc to its use in building today, via the vast baths and basilicas of ancient Rome, through the wonders of Gothic brick in Germany, the majestic temples of Pagan and Mughal mosques in Iran, to its modern revival.

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Architecture in and from Berlin has established a brand name. What especially marks the building culture of the German capital city is a lively, heterogeneous and innovative architecture scene with a high level of technical achievement and design. This title focuses on some of the most interesting buildings in and out of Berlin.

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This new edition of BUILDING BERLIN showcases the most interesting 70 new buildings in and out of the German capital by architects working in Berlin. Each project is presented on the basis of informative texts, the most important facts as well as insight.

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Tour the world and discover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings! This volume features new talents as well as established stars and showcases the use of brick across diverse buildings, from Tate Modern Switch House in London by Herzog & de Meuron to Daniel Libeskind's Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names in Amsterdam.

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Once synonymous with eyesore highway bridges and crumbling, unloved walls, concrete has been reborn as adventurous and sexy. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition considers the elaborate feats and prodigious engineering of contemporary concrete architecture, from stars such as Tadao Ando and Herzog & de Meuron, to fresh new studios like the Russian SPEECH.

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The latest innovative solutions of ecological construction that point the way to the future.

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First impressions count, especially in Milano. In this unprecedented photographic journey, editor Karl Kolbitz curates 144 of the finest Milanese entrance halls from 1920 to 1970. Sumptuous in diversity and splendor, the volume features some of Milan's most famous architects, from Gio Ponti to Piero Portaluppi, and showcases the city's design DNA across high to low architecture.

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Between 1949 and 1989, remarkable buildings of late modernity were constructed in the coastal city of Kuwait. Following a first volume with 150 carefully selected exemplary buildings, this second volume features interviews, essays and arguments, as well as transcripts of contemporary publications of these years.

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Sprouting with fresh ideas and sunny outlooks, this compact edition brings together the best examples of contemporary green buildings today. Well-known architects like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster sit alongside young, up-and-coming creators. Each entry introduces a key project through plans, photos, and a close reading of the sustainable and ecological nature of the design.

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Get closer and discover the world's finest selection of petite architecture. Including the work of Alphaville, Olson Kundig, BIG, Aranza de Ario, Takeshi Hosaka, and MAPA, this diverse collection of small but delicate houses proves that 100 square meters is plenty of room for intelligent and responsible living. Dream big-build small.

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Houses Now features selection of outstanding contemporary architect-designed houses from around the world

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A bold, readable and beautifully illustrated introduction to an entire civilization, from 7th-century Arabia via medieval Spain and Central Asia to modern Iran.