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Rudolf Schwarz and the monumental order of things
The product of a continuous European architectural and intellectual practice that bridged the Second World War, the work of Rudolf Schwarz (1897-1961) allows a deeper understanding of post-war German architecture. This book examines nine of his religious and secular buildings sited in the Rhineland, which are presented through new survey drawings and photographs. These are accompanied by Schwarz's project descriptions and his lecture 'Architecture of Our Times' from 1958, which contextualizes his approach. Essays by Wolfgang Pehnt and an interview with Schwarz's wife, the architect Maria Schwarz, provide further insight into this complex oeuvre.
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Deeds Done Beyond the Sea
This volume celebrates Peter Edbury's career by bringing together essays focusing on his major research interests: the great historian of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, William of Tyre, and his chronicle; medieval Cyprus; and the Military Orders in the Middle Ages. All based on original research, contributions include new work on manuscripts from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries; studies of language in William of Tyre; thematic surveys; legal and commercial investigations pertaining to Cyprus; aspects of memorialization, and biographical studies.
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Architecture through drawing
'Architecture through Drawing' examines how drawing - as both action and object - encapsulates complex ideas relating to culture, technology, space and the built environment. Bringing together an array of beautiful and rarely seen drawings dating from the sixteenth century to the present day, all representing different geographical locations, techniques, methodologies and purposes, the book defines a new field for the subject of the drawing in architecture. It reveals the motives for architectural drawing beyond the requirement to document the processes that underpin the realisation of the architectural object. This book asks, fundamentally, whether drawings can illuminate new interpretations of architectural experimentation. Examples range from initial sketches by architects to analytical and construction drawings, perspectives and schematics, collage and more complex presentations and paintings often carried out in association with others.
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The role of collective bargaining in the global economy
\"Participation in the global economy can contribute to growth and development, but as the recent financial crisis demonstrated, such participation can also threaten employment, wages and labour standards. This volume examines the role that collective bargaining plays in ensuring that participation in the global economy is balanced, fair and just. Collective bargaining is often seen as either an impediment to the smooth functioning of markets, or as ineffective. This volume focuses on the other side of the story and demonstrates the positive contribution that collective bargaining can make to both economic and social goals. No one size fits all and the various contributions examine how this fundamental principle and right at work is realized in different country settings and how its practice can be reinforced across borders. The volume also highlights the numerous challenges in this regard and the critically important role that governments play in rebalancing bargaining power in a global economy.\" (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku); Contents: Susan Hayter: Introduction (1-19); Steffen Lehndorff, Thomas Haipeter: Negotiating employment security: Innovations and derogations (20-46); Sangheon Lee, Deirdre McCann: Negotiating working time in fragmented labour markets: Realizing the promise of 'regulated flexibility' (47-75); Jason Heyes, Helen Rainbird: Bargaining for training: Converging or diverging interests? (76-106); Fathi Fakhfakh, Virginie Pérotin, Andrew Robinson: Workplace change and productivity: Does employee voice make a difference? (107-135); Susan Hayter, Bradley Weinberg: Mind the gap: Collective bargaining and wage inequality (136-186); Gerhard Reinecke, Maria Elena Valenzuela: Illustrating the gap: Collective bargaining and income distribution in Chile (187-204); Chang Lee, Mingwei Liu: Collective bargaining in transition: Measuring the effects of collective voice in China (205-226); Franz Traxler, Bernd Brandl: The economic impact of collective bargaining coverage (227-253); Richard Freeman: New roles for unions and collective bargaining post the implosion of Wall Street capitalism (254-276); Konstantinos Papadakis: Globalizing industrial relations: What role for international framework agreements? (277-315). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: anwendungsorientiert; empirisch. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1990 bis 2009.
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The handbook of fashion studies
The handbook is an invaluable resource for students and scholars, providing a comprehensive and innovative overview of the field of fashion studies. The outstanding scholarly articles point the way forward for research. Thematically structured and accessibly written, the work illustrates the potential of interdisciplinary fashion research.
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Is Digital Different?
This edited collection brings together global experts to explore the role of information professionals in the transition from an analogue to a digital environment.The contributors, including David Nicholas, Valerie Johnson, Tim Gollins and Scott David, focus on the opportunities and challenges afforded by this new environment that is transforming the information landscape in ways that were scarcely imaginable a decade ago and is challenging the very existence of the traditional library and archive as more and more resources become available on line and as computers and supporting networks become more and more powerful. By drawing on examples of the impact of other new and emerging technologies on the information sciences in the past, the book emphasises that information systems have always been shaped by available technologies that have transformed the creation, capture, preservation and discovery of content.
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The stones of Fernand Pouillon : an alternative modernism in French architecture
Providing a new insight into 20th-century architecture, this is the first book in English on the work of French architect Fernand Pouillon, 1912-1986. At the book's heart lie survey drawings and photographs of Pouillon's key Parisian housing projects.
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The Essential Guide to Corporate Real Estate
The Essential Guide to Corporate Real Estate is a fundamental examination of Corporate Real Estate (\"CRE\"). As a foundational manual, the guide covers the spectrum of variables shaping the daily decisions of CRE professionals and provides insights and strategies for effective management.
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