Dessau may be a mere speck on the map, but to this day the city of Bauhaus still occupies the most important place in the development of the New Building
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- movement. Alongside the Modernist architecture, there is another World Cultural Heritage site which draws in visitors from all over the world to the region, namely the Garden Kingdom of Dessau Worlitz (Gartenreich Dessau-Worlitz). In the shape of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation (Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau) & the Dessau-Worlitz Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung Dessau Worlitz), two institutions have come together to publish the first comprehensive architectural guide on Dessau-Rosslau & Worlitz, areas most closely linked to the UNESCO World Heritage sites domiciled there. The eighteenth-century Garden Kingdom of Dessau Worlitz & the twentieth-century Bauhaus School of Design (Bauhaus Hochschule fur Gestaltung) have not only bequeathed the city & its surrounds inestimable architectural urban & rural properties & spaces, but also an associated intellectual heritage which has made a lasting impact on the world &, last but not least, accounts for the attraction the area holds for tourists. These & other notable historic & contemporary buildings alike are presented in this architectural guide which also raises issues about the nuanced handling of this architectural & cultural legacy & of future planning.

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The definitive architecture travel guide that lets you visit 1, 000 of today`s most must-see contemporary buildings
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This is a comprehensive critical guide to land & environmental works, sculpture parks & site-specific installations worldwide. It is a highly accessible read, boasting stunning photography & designed to be practical & informative too. Fifty key destinations featured in substantial essays, & a further 150 sites given concise descriptions. It is set to become the standard reference work on a subject whose significance & appeal attracts wide audiences. ...

First published in 2006, Destination Art remains the only illustrated guide to modern & contemporary art sites outside the confines of museums & galleries. Revised & updated in paperback, the book profiles more than 200 of the most important contemporary art sites around the world, including four new sites in Tennessee, Norway, China & Scotl&. From massive land & environmental works to extensive sculpture parks, some of the most crucial & popular international artists are profiled, from Henri Matisse, Anoni Gaudi & Constantin Brancusi to James Turrell, Antony Gormley & Olafur Eliasson. ...

A global guide to the 500 works of permanently installed modern & contemporary art worth traveling to experience Enjoy a world tour from the comfort of your reading chair or plan a detailed & engaging art itinerary for your next trip with Destination Art, the essential guide to 500 must-see examples of permanently installed art from the last 100 years. With the book`s geographical organization & logistical details
- including GPS coordinates, addresses, websites, & symbols indicating the degree of possible access, travel planning is made easy. Discover hidden gems in big cities, explore art in nature, & trek to remote locales for one-of-a-kind experiences of art in unique locations. The artists featured in this global selection are among the world`s best & most beloved from the past century, including Marina Abramovic, Alexander Calder, Jenny Holzer, Yayoi Kusama, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Richard Serra, & many more. Highlighting the best & most significant of public art in city centers, sculpture parks, site-specific installations in museums, memorials designed by contemporary artists, works of land art, & much more, Destination Art is an informative & enjoyable overview of the most significant & travel-worthy art around the globe. From the publisher of Destination Architecture.
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From the rich tropical city of Phnom Penh, to the wonders of Ankor Wat & the oddly loveable country town of Kampot to Sihanoukville named after the movie-directing, womanising former-king, Walter takes the reader on another colourful adventure in one of the world`s hottest new destinations. With his friends, Simon a taxi-driver & unlikely middle-aged gigolo, & Lan a leggy Vietnamese transsexual, he explores Phnom Penh`s underworld. He seeks out his old friend Pek, he of the mysterious scars, in amongst the Chinese merchants & the proprietors of Vietnamese coffee houses & Khmer restaurants. Resting in the bars & cafes that line the banks of the river, he notes the strong French influence from a colonial past. He also befriends Mak Suong, a gifted young writer who scandalised Cambodian society with his racy, wildly popular novel about the lives of gay men in Phnom Penh. Walter retreats to the cool courtyard of Wat Koh, an enormous Buddhist monastery in the centre of Phnom Penh, with his friends, both monks
- Sim, a big country lad who flirts with girls who come to visit, & dreams of leaving the monastery to marry; & morose, brooding Sakol who unloads his troubles to Walter, revealing how he is haunted by the demons of war, cruelty & murder from Cambodia`s dark past.
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`A girl`s guide to survival & adventure.`
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Mars on an attractive, double-sided poster, size 79 x 51cm (31” x 20” approx) – encapsulated version, from the National Geographic Society presenting detailed view of the Red Planet’s surface, enlargements of various features, etc. On one side is a stunningly detailed map of Mars produced from the data beamed by the orbiting Surveyor probe. The reverse side provides more information about the development of the planet & its present landscape, presenting aspects such as the Hellas basin, Tharsis rise, river beds, canyons, etc. Also included is a time chart from Kepler’s descriptions of the orbit of Mars in 1609 to the explorations & future plans in the 21st century.* This map is also available on paper without the encapsulation.*LAMINATED & ENCAPSULATED WALL MAPS:*- *laminated* wall maps have a thin layer of plastic usually applied to the printed side only. They can be written on with suitable marker pens without any damage to the map but, unless laminated on both sides, they are not damp-proof.- *encapsulated* wall maps are sealed between two sheets of plastic. They are more rigid & heavier than laminated maps of the same size. They are damp-proof & do not crinkle in humid conditions. Encapsulation gives the map a shiny surface, similar to being displayed behind glass.- *please note:* many publishers & retailers often use these two terms interchangeably. Our map titles & descriptions follow the definitions provided above. ...

Tintin & Captain Haddock receive a mysterious summons from Syldavia, but all is revealed when they are welcomed by none other than Professor Calculus. He is working on a top-secret mission to develop a nuclear moon rocket, but foreign spies are lurking around every corner! ...