Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface : from big structures to small -- Introduction : social action and structures -- From a small circle of friends to a long line of rivals -- The preservation of equality through exchange structures -- The institutionalization of inequality: pecking orders -- The escape from comparability and the genesis of influence structures -- The short cut to structure with patronage pyramids -- The institution of transitivity and the production of command structures -- From pyramid to party -- From structures to institutions.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Phrases -- Word class and phrase class: the noun phrase -- More classes of phrase: adjective phrase, adverb phrase and preposition phrase -- The verb, the verb phrase and the auxiliaries -- The simple sentence and its tree structure -- Noun phrases -- Root sentence and subordinate clauses -- Meaning and form.…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Eco tech: advanced technology becomes ecological : Hall 26, Hanover, Germany ; Iguzzini Illuminzione Headquarter, Recanati, Italy ; Law courts, Bordeaux, France ; Öko-Hauptschule, Mäder, Austria ; Torre Agbar, Barcelona, Spain ; Thermal spa, Bad Aibling, Germany ; Eden Project, Cornwall, UK ; Bedzed, London, UK ; Little Tesseract, Rhinebeck, USA ; Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain ; Renovation and expansion of the Morgan Library, New York, USA ; Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany ; Academy School Discovery Canyon, Colorado, USA ; Pabellón de España, Zaragoza, Spain ; Bahrain World Trade Center, Manama, Bahrain -- Low tech: local natural materials for sustainable architecture : Arcosanti, Arizona, USA ; Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Noumea, New Caledonia ; Arthur & Yvonne Boyd Education Center, Riversdale, Australia ; Woodleigh School Science Building, Baxter, Australia ; Pabellón zeri, Manizales, Colombia ; Japanese Pavilion, Hanover, Germany ; Great Bamboo Wall, Beijing, People's Republic of China ; Quinta Monroy, Iquique, Chile -- Green arch: nature in man-made structures : Menara mesiniaga, Selangor, Malaysia ; Prefectural International Hall, Fukuoka, Japan ; Commerzbank, Frankfurt, Germany ; Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands ; Hedge Building, Rostock, Germany ; Residence Antilia, Mumbai, India ; Genzyme Center Headquarters building, Cambridge, USA ; Federal Agency of the Environment, Dessau, Germany ; Whitney water purification facility and park, Hamden, USA ; Tour signal, Paris, France ; Energy plus building, Paris, France ; Elephant & castle eco tower, London, UK ; One Gallions, London, UK -- Land arch: architecture takes on the shapes of nature : Fitness Center, Barcelona, Spain ; Museum of Human Evolution, Burgos, Spain ; Dragspelhuset, Övre Gla Lake, Sweden ; Vulcania, Saint-Ours les Roches, France ; Grin Grin Park, Fukuoka, Japan ; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA ; Renovation and expansion of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA ; CIty of Culture of Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain -- Recycle arch: the sustainable transformation of existing structures : Hellersdorf, Berlin, Germany ; Reichstag, Berlin, Germany ; Trinity Buoy Wharf Container City, London, UK ; Tea House on Bunker, Vreeland, The Netherlands; Greenwich Millennium Village, London, UK ; Caixaforum Madrid, Madrid, Spain.…”