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Q.Hypocaust2.Gothic
R.Pylons3.Greek
S.LoftyPinnacles4.Egyptian
5.Romanesque
(A)P1,Q5,R4,S2(B)P5,Q1,R3,S2
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Wednesday,January22,2014

BooksandAuthors
AmosRapoportOntheCulturaloriginofSettlements
AndreasFalludiPlanningTheory
ArthurBGallionTheUrbanPattern
AynRandTheFountainhead
ChristopherAlexanderAPatternlanguage:Towns,Buildingsand
Construction
TheTimelesswayofBuilding
ANewTheoryofUrbanDesign
TheNatureofOrder
EbenezerHowardGardenCitiesoftomorrow
EdmundBawnDesignofCities
E.F.SchumacherSmallisbeautiful(humanscale)
FrancisDKChingForm,SpaceandOrder
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SitePlanning
GoodCityForm
TheviewfromtheRoad
CitySenseanCitydesign
LeoJacobson&VedPrakashUrbanizationandNationalDevelopment

PaulDSpreiregenUrbanDesign:ArchitectureofTownsanCities
SigfriedGiedionSpace,TimeandArchitecture

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Saturday,January18,2014

HistoryofArchitecture
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Tuesday,January14,2014

TechniquesofPlanning
AgeSexPyramid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_pyramid
Indifferancecurve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indifference_curve

GeographicInformationSystems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system

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AutocadTutorials
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Monday,December9,2013

AlbedoValues
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