Series: Basics

This School Zone Kindergarten Basics workbook for children aged 4–6 focuses on reading readiness and maths readiness needed for future success in school. The workbook pages reinforce what is being taught at school or introduces new skills to a younger child who requires more challenging material. The pictures on each page add an extra dimension to critical thinking by allowing...

Villa Wolf in Guben (now Gubin), built between 1925 and 1927, was Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's first decidedly modern building. The residential building was destroyed at the end of the Second World War and in the immediate post-war period. The building practice of Mies van der Rohe—who is internationally known for his visionary glass skyscrapers and concrete buildings—remained conventional...

Presented in its entirety for the very first time, this text captures the very last words of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The German-American architect Dirk Lohan began to record his conversations with his grandfather Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the summer of 1969. The tapes, recorded during the final weeks of Mies's life, captured some of the...

In response to economic, sociocultural and regulatory constraints, the Multiplex emerges as a type of hybrid housing that is particular to Kuwait, yet not officially recognised by the system. It has become the informal expression of specific living needs that is now ubiquitous across the city and more often than not, is rejected as a viable housing type. By shedding...

This School Zone First Grade Basics workbook focuses on beginning reading and basic maths: the essentials for future success in school. The activities in this book cover phonics, consonant and vowel sounds; language story order, naming words, action words and adding 's'; and mathematics from addition, subtraction, time telling and fractions. Focus on maths skills children aged seven to nine...