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✓ Por fin está disponible el primer libro completo sobre la historia de los templarios. En este libro ponemos por escrito la verdadera historia de los templarios, sin perdernos en leyendas y medias verdades. Los templarios eran una orden monástica dedicada al uso de las armas para garantizar la seguridad y la libertad de la peregrinación cristiana por la Tierra Prometida en la época de las Cruzadas. No contra los musulmanes como no cristianos, sino como verdugos de la seguridad de los peregrinos. Fueron los salvadores de la cristiandad durante varios siglos, hasta que, por envidia y...

This catalogue offers a chronological survey of the work constructed between 1984 and 1994 by the architect Jo Coenen (Heerlen, 1949), with offices in Eindhoven and Maastricht.

A Compilation of 30 Innovative Architectonic Inventions in Catalonia. The architecture produced in Catalonia has often been in the vanguard of Europe, especially since Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympics. This book is an exciting overview of innovative spaces and techniques made in Catalonia, presenting a cross section of 'products' as well as the buildings and environments for which they were conceived. The products solve specific program requirements, new social demands, environmental needs, budget limitations and design aspirations to improve on the status quo. They are proving grounds of...

Interest in living off the grid, i.e. self-sufficiently without relying on public services such as the municipal water supply, electricity, or local sewage and gas systems, has come on the scene as a greener, cheaper, and more independent way of life. Homes that are off-grid generally allow for a smaller carbon footprint, and a sense of freedom and self-sufficiency. Living Off-Grid sets you free from depending on a company, either using solar panels, wind turbines, a micro water system, or a combination of these technologies. Other times, an Off-Grid system can work as an energy backup or be...