A New Frontier: Environments for Innovation : Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Comfort Systems for the Work-Environment, May 1-3, 1988Walter M. Kroner Center for Architectural Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1988 - Architechture, Industrial - 394 pages |
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