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47 designer houses from around the world -- features the latest in contemporary architecture and stylish interior design -- complete with plans and colour photography for each project. This latest addition to IMAGES' 21st Century Architecture series brings together 47 of the world's most stylish contemporary houses from around the world. From Australia and New Zealand, to the Adriatic Coast in Greece, to the rugged mountains of Switzerland; from the suburbs of Japan, to the glittering views from the Hollywood Hills, this diverse selection of modern houses have all been designed by some of the best residential architects working today. Complete with stunning professional colour photography, floor plans and enlightening project descriptions, 21st Century Architecture: DESIGNER HOUSES will be of interest to anyone interested in beautiful houses, those who are looking for inspiration and those who like to dream.
Latest in sustainable housing design trends from around the world.
Michael Zareski’s Independent is about a dedicated civil servant who rises to the top of the Nova Scotia corrupt patronage riddled political system ruled by Premier John Buchanan and the outcome of his efforts to stymie and expose one of the Canada’s most corrupt governments In June 1990, Zareski a former Deputy Minister of Government Services was invited to testify at a Public Accounts Committee and in response to questions from the opposition Liberal Party members told the truth about pervasive patronage practice within the Buchanan government. In the weeks and months that followed he continued to expose a litany of further corruption scandals leading to an RCMP investigation and the u...
The authors examine the various steps within the criminal justice system which have resulted in the conviction of the innocent, and suggest remedies as to how miscarriages might be avoided in the future. The contributors comprise academics, campaigners and practitioners.
Amazing people are irritating, aren't they? The turn up, uninvited, make you feel great about yourself until you forget to repay the favour and they vanish. Since September 1995, I've been haunted. Not by a ghost, but by confusion. At the age of seven, a brief encounter with a brand new person had a major impact on me as a person. From the day she vanished until right now, my behavior and attitude has been shaped by her, yet it's taken me more than a quarter of a century to realise. Of course, reminding myself how young I was when this began, I just did my best to ignore the facts, until a devastating loss came about and showed me everything in a new light. This strange friend was a unique person. The way she made me feel, her obvious signs of unbelievable attraction, her mysterious homelife, and her accent all contributed to my fascination with her at the time. The fact that she then disappeared told me everything about her was a dream and I should stop being so stupid...
When nine-year-old C.J. Walker touches the arm of his mother's dead friend at her wake service and whispers the wish that she wouldn't be dead, he's just trying to do the right thing. But when the undertaker sees the woman's rosary sliding off her outstretched fingers and tumbling down her raised left arm, the firestorm can't be held in check. Frightened people near and far demand to know how many of their own loved ones might have been buried alive by the same undertaker, or by any undertaker. But proof that C.J. Walker can indeed raise the dead is secretly videoed, then publicly aired. In a single morning, C.J.'s mother, Lynn, watches their home becoming a fortress and her son becoming a t...
This book examines the social history and historical geography of the most important agricultural pressure groups in France since about 1918, which helped to shape the evolution of French farming this century.
Development and aid projects often fail to improve technological capacity. Their reform has been a widely acknowledged challenge for three decades. This book demonstrates theoretically and empirically how aid practitioners shape the organizational, social and inter-cultural dynamics of development projects in industry.