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In a fascinating look at this architectural phenomenon, Chad Randl tells the story of the "triangle" house from prehistoric Japan to its lifestyle-changing heyday in the 1960s. Includes an appendix with a complete set of blueprints.
"This book is an attempt to establish a link between the known Anabaptist families in Switzerland and Germany in the 1600's and 1700's and the Anabaptist families who arrived in Pennsylvania between 1709 and 1776"--Forward (Vol. 1)
Vol. 2 of the Ancestors of Clifford Earl McAllister includes the family groups of the first 50 of 58 generations. The McAllister family goes back almost 2000 years to ancient Wales and Ancient Ireland, and the Sea Kings of Norway. Related to Prince Henry Sinclair and Winston Churchill, the lines also go back to the Merovingian Kings of Normandy, France and the Welsh Kings in 100 AD. You might find discrepancies the further back you get as spellings vary, dates are estimated, and sometimes a title is included in the name. While original research was done for the first 8 generations, you should use information past that as a 'guide' and not an absolute. Front cover photo: Top: The Hills of Tara in Ancient Ireland, and a Welsh castle from the 1300s. Rear cover photo: The Jarls/Earls of Orkney as they travel throughout the northern Atlantic.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1891.
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Etablis à Brigue depuis 1952, les architectes Heidi et Peter Wenger considèrent qu'il ne saurait y avoir de " théorie " de l'architecture, et fondent leur recherche autant sur la pratique du chantier et de la construction que sur le ressenti que leur procurent les espaces créés. Ils ont cependant créé des méthodes de développement du projet originales et sont les auteurs d'une réflexion approfondie des échanges entre architecture chinoise et architecture européenne. Cette monographie, qui leur est dédiée, et qui offre un large espace à leurs textes, se focalise sur les choix architecturaux, existentiels et techniques du couple, et plus particulièrement sur les constructions e...