Beach Party by R L Stine

Beach Party by R L Stine

Architecture matters. It matters to cities, the planet, and human lives. How architects design and what they build has an impact that usually lasts for generations. The more we understand architecture--the deeper we probe the decisions and designs that go into making a building--the better our world becomes.

Aaron Betsky, architect, author, curator, former museum director, and currently the dean of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, guides readers into the rich and complex world of contemporary architecture. Combining his early experiences as an architect with his extensive experience as a jury member selecting the world's most prominent and cutting-edge architects to build icons for cities, Betsky possesses rare insight into the mechanisms, politics, and personalities that play a role in how buildings in our societies and urban centers come to be. In approximately fifty themes, drawing on his inside knowledge of the architectural world, he explores a broad spectrum of topics, from the meaning of domestic space to the spectacle of the urban realm. Accessible, instructive, and hugely enjoyable, Why Architecture Matters will open the eyes of anyone dreaming of becoming an architect, and will bring a wry smile to anyone who already is.

R.L. Stine est l'un des auteurs les plus reconnus dans le monde de la litt?rature jeunesse. En juillet 1992, Scholastic a fait para?tre une s?rie de livres mensuels ?crits par R.L. Stine nomm's Chair de poule. Vingt ans plus tard, cette s?rie ? succ's s'est d?marqu?e avec plus de 400 millions d'exemplaires disponibles en 32 langues. La s?rie Chair de poule a fait de R.L. Stine une c?l?brit? du monde de l'?dition.

R.L. Stine is one of the best-selling children's authors in history. In July 1992, Scholastic introduced a monthly book series by R.L. Stine called Goosebumps (Chair de poule) with its first novel: Welcome to the Dead House (La maison des morts). Twenty years later, Goosebumps (Chair de poule) is now one of the best-selling children's series of all-time - with more than 350 million English language books in print, plus an additional 50+ million international copies in print in 32 languages. The Goosebumps series made R.L. Stine a worldwide publishing celebrity (and Jeopardy answer), and Goosebumps was named the world's best-selling book series of all time in the 2003 Guinness Book of World Records.