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Drafting Fundamentals for the Entertainment Classroom: A Process-Based Introduction Integrating Hand Drafting, Vectorworks, and SketchUp - Paperback

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by Eric Appleton (Author)Drafting Fundamentals for the Entertainment Classroom: A Process-Based Introduction to Hand Drafting, Vectorworks, and SketchUp guides students through a syllabus-formatted semester of integrated drafting concepts and skills.Author BiographyEric Appleton is an associate professor of scenic and lighting design at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has been a freelance lighting and scenic designer since 1994. Number of Pages: 386 Dimensions: 1 x 11 x 8.3 IN Illu...

Environmental Impact Assessment in the United States - Paperback

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by Robert M. Sanford (Author), Donald G. Holtgrieve (Author)Environmental impact assessment is now firmly established as an important and often mandatory part of proposing any development project. Environmental Impact Assessment in the United States provides foundational knowledge of environmental review in the United States as carried out at federal, state, and local levels, with detailed information about the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and its applications, and other relevant ...

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by David Macaulay (Author)This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished. Number of Pages: 78 Dimensions: 0.31 x 11.98 x 9.01 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 26, 1987

Knowing and Seeing: Reflections on Fifty Years of Drawing Cities - Hardcover

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by Douglas Cooper (Author)In Knowing and Seeing, muralist Douglas Cooper reflects on his long career as a muralist in various cities around the world. Part memoir and part an examination of his art, Cooper looks back on his half-century career from two points of view. First, through personal anecdotes on site sketches and finished works, and secondly, on the intellectual roots of the works. Though the core ideas of his work began in Pittsburgh, Cooper has exhibited work and produced murals, u...

Plain and Ornamental Forging (1916) - Hardcover

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by Ernst Schwarzkopf (Author)Plain and Ornamental Forging is a comprehensive guide to the art of blacksmithing, written by Ernst Schwarzkopf and originally published in 1916. The book covers a wide range of topics related to forging, including the tools and equipment needed, the properties of various metals, and the techniques used to shape and manipulate them. The first section of the book focuses on the basics of blacksmithing, such as heating and hammering techniques, and the different typ...

Urban Artificial Intelligence: A Guidebook for Understanding Perceptions and Ethics - Paperback

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by Tan Yigitcanlar (Author)This volume thoroughly explores the perceptions and ethical considerations surrounding urban artificial intelligence (AI). Tan Yigitcanlar delves into the complex public and professional views on AI, offering invaluable insights for policymakers, urban planners, and developers.As the world rapidly advances technologically, the role of AI has become increasingly significant. AI's transformative power spans various sectors, revolutionising how we operate and innovate ...

Look Inside Construction Sites - Board Book

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by Rob Lloyd Jones (Author), Stefano Tognetti (Illustrator)An action-packed book filled with construction sites to explore, construction machines to learn about and a demolition site in action. Lift the flaps to discover the work that goes into building a house, a bridge, a skyscraper and more, the jobs people do and the machines that are used. An exciting introduction to how buildings go up - and come down. Number of Pages: 14 Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.6 x 7.8 IN Publication Date: January 07, 2025

You Can Be, ME TOO! A week in the life of an Architect - Paperback

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by Janel A. Legard (Author), John Savage (Illustrator)You Can Be, ME TOO! A week in the life of an Architect is an informative conversation between a mother and a daughter about her career as an architect. Anjel has to prepare a paper and give a presentation for her Career Day classroom project. She receives detailed day by day insight into the profession and learns how exciting and creative the world of design and construction can be.This children's storybook and coloring book is what, I wi...

Bolognese Longsword For The Modern Practitioner - Paperback

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by Arik Mendelevitz (Author)I wrote this book for two audiences: teachers and students. For fencing teachers, maybe you've spent years teaching the Bolognese art and are looking for a new perspective or a guide to a different weapon. Maybe you've taught Italian rapier or German longsword and are trying to expand your repertoire to something new. Perhaps you are just now starting to take those first steps from just being a student of the art to being in a position to pass it along and are look...

The Art and Craft of Garden Making - Paperback

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by Thomas H. Mawson (Author), C. E. Mallows (Illustrator), D. Chamberlain (Illustrator)In 1901, Thomas Mawson (1861-1933) first published 'The Art and Craft of Garden Making', now regarded as the foundation of modern landscape architecture. By 1926, it had been reprinted five times. It is this book which revealed Mawson's inspiration and gave a name to the style of work achieved by Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll. Thomas Mawson was a prolific & influential designer who became the firs...

Eaton Hall: Pride of King Township - Hardcover

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by Kelly Rachelle Mathews (Author), Steve Pellegrini (Foreword by)In 1901, Florence McCrea Eaton married into one of the most prosperous families in the Dominion of Canada, becoming Lady Eaton fourteen years later when her husband, John Craig Eaton, was knighted. Not long after the death of her husband, Lady Eaton retired from her home in Toronto to the seventy-two-room, Norman-style chateau she had built on their King City property. She named it Eaton Hall. The estate fueled the local econom...

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by Hideto Kishida (Author)EDITORIAL NOTE It is a common desire among tourists to learn something of the culture of the countries they visit, as well as to see their beautiful scenery. To see is naturally easier than to learn, but flying visits merely for sightseeing furnish neither the time nor opportunity for more than a passing acquaintance with the culture of any foreign people. This is specially true of Japan and her people. The Board of Tourist Industry recognizes both the obligation and...

Old-World Galleries' Catalogue of Finest Reproductions and Antique Furniture - Paperback

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by Anon (Author)"Old-World Galleries" is a vintage catalogue of antique furniture which was on sale at 31, Baker Street, London. As well as examples of antique furniture, this profusely-illustrated volume also includes timeless tips and advice on identifying, cleaning, repairing, and much more; and as such will be of utility to antiques dealers and collectors alike. Contents include: "Useful Hints", "Staining Floorboards", "Cleaning Furniture", "Polish", "To Remove White Marks from Mahogany",...

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by Senani Ponnamperuma (Author)The story of Sigiriya and its builder King Kasyapa is a tale of cruelty, intrigue, vision, grandeur, chivalry, betrayal, and abandonment. In the fifth century, Kasyapa acquires his throne by murdering his father, who he has plastered up alive into a wall. Tormented by guilt, he abandons his capital and flees into the inhospitable forests of central Sri Lanka. There, in an area dominated by a massive column of rock 660 feet high, he builds his royal citadel, a te...

Bridges Unveiled: 25 years of Buro Happold's marvels - Hardcover

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by Davood Liaghat (Author), Simon Fryer (Author)The captivating world of bridges, a realm where steel and concrete span sinuously over rivers and roads. Our journey spans a quarter-century, tracing the evolution of Buro Happold's groundbreaking bridge designs. These are not your run-of-the-mill crossings; they are symphonies of form and function.Our team has never been your typical engineers. They are bridge artisans, measuring aspirations alongside spans. They have danced with differential e...

Lighthouse Dispatches: Ramblings of a Modern-Day Lightkeeper - Paperback

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by Paul Morralee (Author), Marc Seguin (Editor)A modern-day lightkeeper who is responsible for three lighthouses on remote islands in Lake Superior has to be a jack-of-all-trades. From coordinating volunteer work crews, to fixing broken water pumps, painting buildings, and acting as the chief tour guide and director of visitor programming, Paul Morralee did it all. As managing director of the lighthouse preservation organization, Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior, Paul also documented his...

Insuring the City: The Prudential Center and the Postwar Urban Landscape - Paperback

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by Elihu Rubin (Author)An in-depth look at Boston's Prudential Center and what its story reveals about the evolution of the modern American city The Prudential Center anchors the Boston skyline with its tall, gray tower. It is also a historical beacon, representing a midcentury moment when insurance companies such as Prudential were particularly aware of how their physical presence and civic engagement reflected upon their intangible product: financial security. Looking to New York's Rockef...

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by Philip Jodidio (Author)The idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is as old as humanity. In this neat TASCHEN edition, take a tour of some of our finest arboreal adventures with the most beautiful, inventive, and enchanting tree houses around the world.From romantic to contemporary, from famed architects to little-known craftsmen, you'll scale the heights to visit all manner of treetop structures, from a teahouse, restaurant, hotel, and chil...

Looking Back at the Future: Photographing Vintage Leftovers of New York's World's Fairs - Paperback

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by Gloria R. Nash (Author)Walk back in time to New York's World's Fairs to ride the Parachute Jump or eat a Bel-Gem Waffle. In 2024 two popular World's Fairs celebrate the 60th and 85th Anniversaries of when elite 20th century architects and artists designed larger than life displays promising a future of joy and peace. Both fairs were failures to organizers, but 96 million visitors remember them as unforgettable triumphs. Ten-year-old Gloria frequently visited the 1964-1965 Fair but had not ...

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown: Learning from Las Vegas: Supercrit #2 - Paperback

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by Kester Rattenbury (Editor), Samantha Hardingham (Editor)The Supercrit series revisits some of the most influential architectural projects of the recent past and examines their impact on the way we think and design today. Based on live studio debates between protagonists and critics, the books describe, explore and criticise these major projects. This second book in the unprecedented series examines Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's infamous book which overturned the barriers separati...

Hill Country Deco: Modernistic Architecture of Central Texas - Hardcover

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by David Bush (Author), Jim Parsons (Author)Using a host of vibrant images, David Bush and Jim Parsons' Hill Country Deco: Modernistic Architecture of Central Texas captures the essence of the Art Deco style of architecture as represented in the Hill Country of Texas. Hill Country Deco explores how the rich history of these structures collides with progressive notions of historic preservation for remodeling buildings and restoring fa ades. This collection of historical and modern photographs ...

Architecture, Mysticism and Myth - With Illustrations by the Author - Paperback

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by W. R. Lethaby (Author)First published in 1892, this vintage book looks at religious, mystical, and mythological influences on architecture throughout history and from all over the world, exploring in detail similarities, design, purpose, and much more. Profusely illustrated throughout, "Architecture, Mysticism and Myth" will appeal to those with an interest in religious architecture and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Contents include: "The World Fabric", "The Microcosm...

Hosting the Olympic Games: The Real Costs for Cities - Paperback

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by John Rennie Short (Author)Written in an easily accessible style and format, it provides an in-depth critical analysis into the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s franchise model and offers an alternative vision for future Games. This book is an important contribution to understanding the consequences for the host cities of Olympic Games. Author BiographyJohn Rennie Short is a Professor in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. His research interest...

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by Phyllis Pritchett De Martini (Author)Although it may shock you, I was conceived on a drafting board. It happened on a rainy day in the office of my architect, Monsieur Ernest Devolz, in the city of Fribourg in Switzerland. The name I was given at birth was The Villa St. Pierre, and I was destined to have an interesting life. I appeared in the peaceful and prosperous year of 1912, in a chic faubourg outside the ramparts of a medieval town on Lake Neuchâtel. Wealthy Parisian tourists sojourn...

Building with Earth: A Handbook - Paperback

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by John Norton (Author)This handbook provides practical help in choosing whether to, and how to build with earth, from soil selection to construction and maintenance. Earth can achieve very high quality and durability as a building material. It is also frequently used by people with few other resources for building. In many countries earth is associated with poverty, and is not thought of as a high quality and durable material. Much effort in recent decades has gone into giving earth building...

Covered Bridges of the North - Paperback

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by Harold Stiver (Author)UPDATED FOR 2014!!Covered Bridges of the NorthA Source book for Photographers and Explorers.Descriptions to all of the Northern States 33 Remaining Historic Covered Bridges in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin Black and white Photographs GPS Positions Written directions from a nearby town A short history of Covered Bridges in North America Notes on interesting or unique history or structure A review of the various Truss Types Self guid...

The Solar Garden Greenhouse: The Design and Construction of a Year-Round Solar-Powered, Carbon-Neutral Greenhouse - Paperback

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by Ronald Jenkins (Author)The Solar Garden Greenhouse is a description of my journey to research, plan, and build a greenhouse that would work well in Northern Idaho, where we have short summers and hard winters. I explored and researched earth sheltering, insulated foundations, rainwater harvest solutions, and geothermal principles that would allow a successful greenhouse not requiring a high carbon footprint. I developed automated heating and cooling systems that would not require a daily p...

Lighthouse Dispatches: Ramblings of a Modern-Day Lightkeeper - Hardcover

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by Thomas Binder (Author), Giorgio de Michelis (Author), Pelle Ehn (Author)A new perspective on design thinking and design practice: beyond products and projects, toward participatory design things. Design Things offers an innovative view of design thinking and design practice, envisioning ways to combine creative design with a participatory approach encompassing aesthetic and democratic practices and values. The authors of Design Things look at design practice as a mode of inquiry that invol...

Contemporary Brick Buildings - Hardcover

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by Philip Jodidio (Author)Of all building materials in the world, brick is one of the most enduring and ubiquitous. Traces of brickmaking date back to 7500 BC and fired brick first made its appearance in about 3500 BC. Since then, the trusty brick has shown amazing resilience and remains one of the mainstays of contemporary architecture. Rooted in tradition in countries as different as China and the Netherlands, it is inexpensive, flexible in use, and can also be ecologically fabricated.This ...

A Schizophrenic, A Bomber and A Woodworker Walk into A Bar: Memoir of a Survivor - Paperback

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by Randy Estabrook (Author)A Schizophrenic, A Bomber and A Woodworker Walk into A Bar explores three lives of a character who has problems with authority. A memoir, it describes the evolution of self-determination, understanding and reconciliation. In Part I, The Notorious Miller Twins, the mature narrator explores the genesis of his problems. The only son of a schizophrenic mother who is alternately too close and too distant, he revisits her family dynamic, introducing us to a clan whose tra...

Solar Decathlon: Building a Renewable Future - Paperback

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by Melissa Digennaro King (Author), Richard James King (Author)This book is an inspirational story about how an unusual idea got started, hit the ground running, and took flight. Solar Decathlon (SD) was created in response to the need for innovative solutions to address a global problem: fossil-fuel dependence as a contributing factor in climate change. Number of Pages: 590 Dimensions: 1.2 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: August 26, 2024