![]() Referring to the theories of vernacular architecture and their applications, it was found that the elements of vernacular architecture discovered and further developed in contemporary architecture. These projects show how Fathy achieved the thermal comfort that he wanted to obtain through detailed examination of five vernacular elements that he applied. In this paper, three projects of Fathy in Egypt and Jordan in the post war period were analyzed to identify the vernacular language. The Egyptian architect, Hassan Fathy, laid the foundations of vernacular language. A renewed interest in vernacular architecture has sparked in recent years because vernacular architecture can achieve thermal comfort with simple techniques. ![]() ![]() Vernacular architecture relied on locally available resources considering socioeconomic factors, without relying on theories and skills gained from formal architectural education. ![]() In response to many microclimate issues, vernacular architecture has found solutions for basic human needs in residential buildings over decades. Vernacular architecture takes advantage of environmental and climatic contexts to provide thermal comfort. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Kung Shi Fair's remorseful father commissions a blue willow plate that tells the story, ""so that parents everywhere would always listen to their children, and would always, always heed what was in their children's hearts."" Initially, Conrad's language is poetic and delicate. ![]() As Chang the Good tries vainly to find her, he is killed by hunters who think they are aiming at a marauding leopard. Kung Shi Fair, in her boat made of cassia, fig leaves and orchid banners, bravely sails off to join her lover but drowns in the surging river. When her wealthy father opposes Kung Shi Fair's marriage to Chang the Good, a lowly fisherman, the stage is set for tragedy. She weaves in elements from the traditional legend surrounding the blue willow plate (which is of English design, not Chinese), but the development of themes and characters seem secondary to the working out of the plot. Next to Gallagher's (The Selfish Giant) luminous paintings of a quaint, storybook China, this lengthy story seems contrived the late Conrad's (The Tub People) text has an unfinished quality. ![]() ![]() ![]() There is no “right way” to read the Cosmere. We need your help to maintain a safe and spoiler-free community! Related Subreddits You add spoiler markup to comments like this:Ĥ) Report posts and comments which don't adhere to these rules, please report them immediately. Spoiler markup will not work when included in the title.ģ) Use spoiler markup for any comments you make that are not within the scope of the thread. ![]() For a more thorough explanation on how to tag submissions, see our guide here.Ģ) Do not include any spoilers or plot points in your post titles. What is the Cosmere?ġ) Flair all posts to indicate what spoilers are expected in the post and comments. Please be familiar with our rules, here, before interacting in our community. We also have several rules concerning spoilers, appropriate content, and more. Every interaction on the subreddit must be kind, respectful, and welcoming. ![]() Please take a moment to review our rules! Rulesįirst and foremost, we ask that everyone show respect to others in this community. The place to discuss all the aspects of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere- the shared universe where most of his novels take place. ![]() ![]() A quirky start to a promising cozy mystery series To save her aunt and get her pizza place generating some dough, Delilah must deliver the real killer. ![]() Handsome local police detective Calvin Capone, great grandson of the legendary gangster, opens an investigation, threatening to sink Delilah’s pie-in-the-sky ambitions before they can even get off the ground. Just before opening night, though, Delilah’s plans for pizza perfection hit the skids when her fiancé dumps her and leaves her with a very large memento from their relationship-Butterball, their spoiled, plus-sized tabby cat.ĭelilah’s trouble deepens when she discovers a dead body and finds her elderly aunt holding the murder weapon. Engaged to a hunk with a hefty trust fund, Delilah is poised to begin a life that’s just about as delicious as one of her cheesy creations. Delilah O’Leary can’t wait to open her new gourmet deep-dish pizzeria in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin-a charming resort town with a long history as a mobsters’ hideaway, millionaires’ playground, and vacation mecca. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, I went back to the city… where no amount of money, no amount of pills can heal this wound. We were honorably discharged, but I didn’t go to her. ![]() Her brother Sawyer would kick my ass if he knew how many times we made out that summer, how close we got.Įverything changed when Sawyer and I joined the military. Noel LaGrange stole my heart when she was only eighteen-pushing me off a flatbed and calling me a city slicker. I’m still waiting, because Taron Rhodes is still the man of my dreams,Īnd I have a secret that has his blue-green eyes. I gave him my first real kiss, my heart, my everything. Strong, tanned arms and blue-green eyes over a heart-stopping, naughty grin… He was ponytail-pulling, ice down your shirt teasing, throw you in the lake screaming… Taron Rhodes was my brother’s best friend. I should have told you this a long time ago… ![]() ![]() ![]() Look out for Ken's newest book, A Column of Fire, available now. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families-and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson's White House. Fall of Giants The first in Ken Folletts bestselling Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man's world in the mining pits. Ken Follett's magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage. ![]() ![]() Just be ready to navigate a political minefield to get there. For a book that starts so unbearably slow, Modesitt seems to relish the opportunity to unwind his tightly-woven plot, and the last half of this book goes by pretty quick. Alastar’s flexible potential for imaging makes each action scene feel unpredictable and inventive. Modesitt’s got a real talent for creating believable, practical systems of magic, and The Imager Portfolio is no exception. All frustrations aside, once Madness in Solidar actually gets rolling, it’s a hell of a ride. ![]() In fact, so much of this book is consumed with long-winded pleasantries and minor conversations that it’s easy to lose track of the real meat of the plot. Rhennthyl is the son of a leading wool merchant in LExcelsis, the capital of Solidar, the most powerful nation on Terahnar. That patience was certainly rewarded-eventually-but only after a healthy serving of exposition through oftentimes frankly tedious dialogue. ![]() While I’ll openly admit that Modesitt’s got a talent for introducing rich detail into his political plots, Madness in Solidar took some serious patience to get through. ![]() ![]() Through cunning seductive charm, he married and divorced an ambassador's daughter and the heiress to a vast fortune. Browsing Paul's library and conversing together on the deck about literature and film during the spell of evening's "blue hour," John feels surcease, until, with unabashed candor, Paul shares intimate details of his life. There, he joins Paul, his imposing host in his late thirties, his beautiful mistress, and his precocious teenage son. Fleeing a turbulent life in Los Angeles, he accepts an invitation to a private island from an admirer of his work. The author's most daring work, After the Blue Hour is narrated by a twenty-four-year-old writer named John Rechy. ![]() ![]() Subsequent work asserts his place among America's most important writers. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction John Rechy's first novel, City of Night, an international bestseller, is considered a modern classic. ![]() ![]() "I don't know how much more time I have actually to write," he said. King got that question directly this week when he stopped by The Kingcast for a wide-ranging hourlong chat about his work, and answered this way: With that in mind, as well as King's own references to side stories in the saga he never wrote, many King fans have long asked: Is The Dark Tower truly done? ![]() Dozens of King works contain references and narrative connections to The Dark Tower, and King himself has always been open about the particular, personal power the story holds over him as a creator. ![]() The epic saga of a lone gunslinger and his quest to save the title structure, a nexus point for all of existence, took King decades to complete, but even when he wasn't writing about the Tower specifically, he was weaving its magic into other work. ![]() Stephen King's bibliography is vast, but even among all of his other mammoth works, The Dark Tower stands alone as his grandest narrative achievement. ![]() ![]() ![]() This Christmas, a wife will stop at nothing to win her beloved back. Sizzling passion paves the way toward forgiveness, yet buried secrets and hidden enemies block the road to redemption. When his world comes crashing down, he is left to question: was their perfect marriage real or just a dream?Īs a cold winter grips Regency London, the estranged lovers come together in a heated reunion. His devoted marchioness by day and his sensual wanton by night, she's everything he's ever wanted. Now she must face her greatest fear: can her husband love her for who she really is?įormer officer Marcus Harrington, the Marquess of Blackwood, didn't believe in love until he met his beautiful Penny. Twelve joyous years and three children later, her dark history rises to threaten everything she holds dear. ![]() She has shared everything with her husband. A spy during the Napoleonic Wars, Lady Pandora Blackwood gave up espionage for love. ![]() |