Cool Construction examines four architects in whose work the tactility of craftsmanship and the luminosity of understatement are combined and refined to an unprecedented degree, creating an architecture that demands patience and scrutiny, but that reveals in return an unparalleled beauty. Although the architectsDavid Chipperfield (London), Waro Kishi (Kyoto), Eduardo Souto de Moura (Lisbon), and Williams and Tsien (New York)are based in different cultures, their work exhibits a rare vision of purity and serenity that is independent of time and place. From Chipperfield's sensitive reinterpretations of historical forms to the exquisite restraint in Kishi's work, from Souto de Moura's robust but elemental use of the vernacular to Williams and Tsien's planar experimentation, each finds maximum expression through the ingenious use of materials and a rigorous manipulation of form. In contrast to the excesses of postmodernism, cool construction is an architecture that is finely honed and carefully wrought, resonant and sublime. 100 color and 180 b/w illustrations and photographs. 4 X 4: a new series on contemporary international architecture. Each title includes: 4 concise architect profiles 16 influential projects a reference section

Hold It! You're Exercising Wrong: Your Prescription for First-Class Fitness Fast!

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Jackowski, Edward

Exercise & Fitness

Atria

Hold It! You should know that: —Walking is not one of the best exercises and will never get you fit. —For certain body types, stair climbers will not trim your thighs and buttocks or give you slim hips. —You do not need expensive health club memberships to become fit. —You do not need to exercise for more than an hour a day to lose weight or increase your fitness level. Hold It! You're Exercising Wrong analyzes popular exercise techniques and explains why they do or do not work. Using his client-proven methods of fitness, Edward Jackowski renames body types and stresses their importance when choosing an exercise routine, details the four essential phases of any workout, lists the best exercises for weight loss, and provides motivational techniques to keep you going. Interspersing more than 150 tips on health and exercise, Hold It! You're Exercising Wrong is a no-nonsense, all-you-need-to-know guide to getting fit and staying that way.

Includes: Totally adjustable deluxe jump rope, Full length instructional DVD, Illustrated jump rope work out book, Portable laminated stretch card

Jump Into Fitness: The Ultimate Jump Rope Workout (Includes Jump Rope, DVD, Workout Book, Stretch Card)

Barnes&Noble

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Hold It! You're Exercising Wrong: Your Prescription for First-Class Fitness Fast!

Hold It! You're Exercising Wrong: Your Prescription for First-Class Fitness Fast!

Jump Into Fitness: The Ultimate Jump Rope Workout (Includes Jump Rope, DVD, Workout Book, Stretch Card)