The Lost Vanguard

Author : Richard Pare,Jean-Louis Cohen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1580931855

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The Lost Vanguard by Richard Pare,Jean-Louis Cohen Pdf

"This book includes seventy-three structures, starting with the Shabolovka Radio Tower in Moscow and concluding with the Lenin Mausoleum. In between are buildings from all over Moscow (where the greatest concentration of modernist buildings still remains), St. Petersburg, Ivanovo, Ekaterinburg, Kiev, Kharkov, Zaporozhe, Nizhi Novgorod, Sochi, and Baku. The buildings range from grand projects such as Gasprom in Kharkov to a modest bus shelter in Sochi, a rare survivor by an unknown architect." "In an essay, architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen surveys the history of the period, providing a context for the emergence of this startling new architecture in parallel to contemporary experiments in Europe."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Constructivism (Architecture)
ISBN : 9608953464

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Lost Vanguard Found by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jack Campbell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101988350

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Vanguard by Jack Campbell Pdf

Jack Campbell returns to the world of the New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet novels with an action-packed military science fiction series that explores the founding of the Alliance...and the men and women who fought to create it. Earth is no longer the center of the universe. After the invention of the faster-than-light jump drive, humanity is rapidly establishing new colonies. But the vast distances of space mean that the old order of protection and interstellar law offered by Earth has ceased to exist. When a nearby world attacks, the new colony of Glenlyon turns to Robert Geary, a young former junior fleet officer, and Mele Darcy, a onetime enlisted Marine. With nothing but improvised weapons and a few volunteers, Geary and Darcy must face down warships and armored soldiers—or die trying. As battles rage and pirates take an increasing toll throughout the colonies, the only hope for lasting peace lies with Carmen Ochoa, a “Red” from the anarchic world of Mars, and Lochan Nakamura, a failed politician. They have a plan: to lay the groundwork for mutual defense that could someday grow into an alliance. But if their efforts don’t succeed, the growing power of aggressor worlds could turn regions of space founded on freedom into battlefields between the first interstellar empires....

Author : Scarlyte
Publisher : Scarlyte
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Vanguard Second empire by Scarlyte Pdf

Ten years have passed since the terrible destruction of Vanguard by the creatures of The Deep, a decade marked by the re-established reign of Serylin, who has rebuilt the Empire and embarked on the restoration of the Faction. Just when it was thought that the monsters of The Deep had been defeated, Shawmit makes a terrifying revelation: these creatures are immortal. With a diabolical new plan, Shawmit threatens mankind. Serylin and Hindaya, putting aside their differences, unite in what promises to be the last great battle for mankind's survival.

Author : Constance McLaughlin Green
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NASA:31769000640832

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Vanguard by Constance McLaughlin Green Pdf

Author : David Mack
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416560753

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Vanguard #3: Reap the Whirlwind by David Mack Pdf

The mystery of the Taurus Reach is about to be revealed in this third novel from the acclaimed Vanguard saga, based on Star Trek: The Original Series! Ancient secrets lie on the fourth planet of the Jinoteur system, and three great rivals are fighting to control it. The Federation and the Klingon Empire want to wield its power; the Tholian Assembly wants to bury it. But the threat stirring on that distant world is more dangerous than they realize. The Shedai, who ruled the Taurus Reach aeons ago, have risen from their ages of deathlike slumber to gather, marshal their strength, and take their revenge. To keep Jinoteur from falling into enemy hands, the crews of Starbase Vanguard and the U.S.S. Sagittarius must risk everything: friends...loved ones...their own lives. But the sacrifices they make may prove too terrible for them to bear.

Author : Constance McLaughlin Green,Milton Lomask
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486141534

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Project Vanguard by Constance McLaughlin Green,Milton Lomask Pdf

This is the inside story of one of the earliest successful U.S. satellites, a fascinating Cold War–era chronicle of the nation's earliest battles and triumphs in the Space Race. It recounts the origins, development, and results of Project Vanguard, a pioneering venture in the exploration of outer space. Primarily an analysis of the project's scientific and technical challenges, this volume documents onboard experiments, instrumentation, tracking systems, and test firings. It also portrays the drama of organizing an unprecedented project under the pressure of a strict time limit as well as the tempestuous climate of American opinion during the Soviet Union’s Sputnik launches. The history concludes with an evaluation of the satellite program's significant contributions to scientific knowledge. Numerous historic photographs highlight the text, which is written in accessible, nontechnical language. In addition to a historic foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh, this new edition features an informative introduction by Paul Dickson. Authoritative and inexpensive, it will appeal to students and teachers of history and science as well as aviation enthusiasts.

Author : John G. Hemry,Jack Campbell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101650752

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Stark's War by John G. Hemry,Jack Campbell Pdf

The Americans were the first to set foot on the moon. They intend to be the last. The United States of America reigns over Earth as the last surviving superpower. To build a society free of American influence, foreign countries have inhabited the Moon, taking advantage of the natural resources to earn their own riches. Now the U.S. military has been ordered to wrest control of Earth’s satellite from America’s rivals. Sergeant Ethan Stark must train his squadron to fight against a desperate enemy in an airless atmosphere at one-sixth normal gravity. Ensuring his team’s survival means choosing which orders to obey--and which to ignore...

Author : Hanes Walton
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1985-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0873959914

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Invisible Politics by Hanes Walton Pdf

With a view that behavioralism has distorted perceptions of black political activity, Hanes Walton, Jr., here reformulates the assumptions of behavioralism to arrive at a more realistic understanding of the political actions of black Americans. Considering the cultural and historical events that have shaped black lives, Walton examines voting patterns, socialization, and the development of political opinion. his analysis of leadership includes not only legislative and judicial leaders, but also leaders of those organizations so influential in black political culture: civil rights, churches, and grassroots organizations. Whether he looks at how local politics have changed through the years of civil rights action or how blacks’ ideas on foreign policy have developed, Walton provides a long-needed reassessment of the role of black participation in American politics.

Author : Nadir Lahiji
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317020684

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The Political Unconscious of Architecture by Nadir Lahiji Pdf

Thirty years have passed since eminent cultural and literary critic Fredric Jameson wrote his classic work, The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act, in which he insisted that 'there is nothing that is not social and historical - indeed, that everything is "in the last analysis" political'. Bringing together a team of leading scholars including Slavoj Zizek, Joan Ockman, Jane Rendell, and Kojin Karatani, this book critically examines the important contribution made by Jameson to the radical critique of architecture over this period, highlighting its continued importance to contemporary architecture discourse. Jameson's notion of the 'political unconscious' represents one of the most powerful notions in the link between aesthetics and politics in contemporary discourse. Taking this, along with other key concepts from Jameson, as the basis for its chapters, this anthology asks questions such as: Is architecture a place to stage 'class struggle'?, How can architecture act against the conditions that 'affirmatively' produce it? What does 'the critical', and 'the negative', mean in the discourse of architecture? and, How do we prevent architecture from participating in the reproduction of the cultural logic of late capitalism? This book breaks new ground in architectural criticism and offers insights into the interrelationships between politics, culture, space, and architecture and, in doing so, it acts as a counter-balast to the current trend in architectural research where a general aestheticization dominates the discourse.

Author : Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1198 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UOM:39015035093957

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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution by Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain) Pdf

Author : Tahl Kaminer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317437444

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The Efficacy of Architecture by Tahl Kaminer Pdf

A significant ideological transition has taken place in the discipline of architecture in the last few years. Originating in a displeasure with the ‘starchitecture’ system and the focus on aesthetic innovation, a growing number of architects, emboldened by the 2007–8 economic crisis, have staged a rebellion against the dominant mode of architectural production. Against a ‘disinterested’ position emulating high art, they have advocated political engagement, citizen participation and the right to the city. Against the fascination with the rarefied architectural object, they have promoted an interest in everyday life, play, self-build and personalization. At the centre of this rebellion is the call for architecture to (re-)assume its social and political role in society. The Efficacy of Architecture supports the return of architecture to politics by interrogating theories, practices and instances that claim or evidence architectural agency. It studies the political theories animating the architects, revisits the emergence of reformist architecture in the late nineteenth century, and brings to the fore the relation of spatial organization to social forms. In the process, a clearer picture emerges of the agency of architecture, of the threats to as well as potentials for meaningful societal transformation through architectural design.

Author : Richard Anderson
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781780235547

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Russia by Richard Anderson Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive account of Russia’s architectural production from the late nineteenth century to the present, explaining how its architecture was both shaped by and came to embody Russia’s rapid cultural, economic, and social revolutions over the past century. Richard Anderson looks at Russia’s complex relationship to global architectural culture, exploring the country’s central presence in the Rationalism and Constructivism movements of the 1920s, as well as its role as a key protagonist during the Cold War. Looking deeply at Soviet Russia, he brings the relationship between architecture and socialism into focus through detailed case studies that situate buildings and architectural concepts within the socialist milieu of Soviet society. He tracks the way Russian architectural institutions departed from the course of modernism being developed in capitalist countries, and he reappraises the architecture of the Stalin era and the final decades of the USSR. Finally, he traces the influence of Soviet conventions on contemporary Russian architecture—which is now a more heterogeneous mix of approaches and styles— and how it made a lasting and little-known impact on territories extending from the Middle East, to Central Asia, and into China. A bold new assessment of Russia’s architectural legacy and contemporary contributions, this book is a fascinating exploration of a tumultuous place—and the creativity that has come from it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1194 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11390837

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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ugo Carughi,Massimo Visone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351980340

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Time Frames by Ugo Carughi,Massimo Visone Pdf

Time Frames provides a reconnaissance on the conservation rules and current protection policies of more than 100 countries, with particular attention to the emerging nations and twentieth-century architecture. The contributions illustrate the critical issues related to architectural listings, with a brief history of national approaches, a linkography and a short bibliography. The book also provides a short critical lexicography, with 12 papers written by scholars and experts including topics on identities, heritages, conservation, memories and the economy. By examining the methods used to designate building as heritage sites across the continents, this book provides a comprehensive overview of current protection policies of twentieth-century architecture as well as the role of architectural history.