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Km3-Excursions on Capacities - Hardcover

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by Mvrdv (Author)Three-dimensionality can be seen as architecture's fundamental existence, the profession's acclaimed domain. In times of globalism and scale enlargement, an update of this definition seems needed: metres turn into kilometres, "M3" becomes "KM3". KM3 is a story about a world that is getting dense. Very dense. It constructs its logical response: a city that is denser. A city that is continuously under construction, with space for limitless capacities, populations. Beyond scarci...

Victor Gruen: From Urban Shop to New City - Hardcover

$29.95

by Alex Wall (Author)What Kind of City Do We Want? Victor Gruen, Theories and Projects. Amid the mid-century debates surrounding the development and transformation of the American city and suburb, a renowned architect-planner, Victor Gruen (1903-80), became one of the most important figures in this rapidly changing context. Tremendously influential during the 1950's and 60s, Gruen's work was driven by urban planning problems created by the rapid onset of new suburbias, urban highways, and the...

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by Mario Ballesteros (Author)Verb Crisis examines architectural solutions to the extraordinary conditions of an increasingly dense and interdependent world.It presents innovative projects and research through original photos, essays, and exclusive interviews with key figures from architecture and urban planning to environmental, economic, and global affairs. Confronted by shifting densities and uncharted urban transformations, Crisis tackles the conflict between the physical limits of archite...

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by Ricardo Daza (Author)A historical photograph shows a room in a steel and glass building and a man which is evidently the architect Mies van der Rohe. Only the name of the photographer is known. In a manner more usually found in detective novels, the author has painstakingly researched the events surrounding its taking making deductions and gradually revealing in which room the architect is standing, in which building it is to be found, what the architect is looking at, what his stance and ...

Practice of Consumption and Spaces for Goods - Paperback

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by F. Murialdo (Author)The change in the significance of goods is a process which has triggered far-reaching changes in society as the term has lost any meaning in relation to its purely functional character and increasingly come to represent symbolic and cultural contents. The practice of consumption seems today to be one of the distinctive features by means of which we can describe the social, political and economic phenomenologies which, for better or worse, influence our lives. What becom...

Introduccion a la construccion de edificios - Paperback

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by Jose Martin Ramos (Author), Mario E. Chandias (Author)Introducci n a la Construcci n de Edificios, logra resumir en un solo libro, los conocimientos constructivos b sicos, que tanto el estudiante, el encargado de obra, e incluso el lego interesado en la materia, necesitan saber y aplicar. En cuanto, a los propios profesionales disponen aqu , de una s ntesis conceptual y pr ctica, del personal bagaje constructivo que atesoran. El libro, desarrolla con claridad y agilidad en sus distintos ca...

Building Acoustics and Vibration: Theory and Practice - Hardcover

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by Osama A. B. Hassan (Author)As a comprehensive reference dedicated to sound and vibration in buildings, Building Acoustics and Vibration addresses the basic and advanced principles that can be used to solve practical and theoretical problems typically encountered in building and architectural acoustic practices. In addition, physical and mathematical concepts are introduced and developed sufficiently to make this publication a self-contained and up-to-date source of information for readers....

The Architect: Four Countries Four Faces - Paperback

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by Marga Jann (Author)Against a backdrop of international intrigue and intense spiritual warfare, architect Marga Jann takes us on a seat-gripping journey through a quartet of academic assignments -- with much more at stake than her professorial mission. Based at Cambridge, she unwittingly finds herself embroiled in a dangerous and diplomatically-sensitive battle between MI6/CIA operatives and Saudi Intelligence--a narrative she daringly recounts in this first part of a riveting trilogy.Most ...

Antoni Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright: The Lives and Works of the Most Influential Modern Architects - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator." - Antoni GaudiHalfway into the 19th century, Spain's Catalonia underwent a sweeping transformation when it was thrust into not one, but 2 golden eras - the Renaixen a and the Industrial Revolution. It was during this explosive period of creativity, thriving prosperity, and invigorated patriotism that a ste...

Sullivan's Island Lighthouse - Paperback

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by Paul Russell Parker III (Author)Enjoy a stunning view of Sullivan's Island Lighthouse in South Carolina's Low Country. This iconic lighthouse; located near the entrance to Charleston Harbor, is not only a treasured part of South Carolina's maritime history but a treasured part of the nation's maritime history as well. Tourists have enjoyed visiting this triangular shaped lighthouse in South Carolina's enchanting Low Country, and now so can you with this fun look at the structure known aff...

Adaptive Ecologies: Correlated Systems of Living - Hardcover

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by Theodore Spyropoulos (Editor)Adaptive Ecologies: Correlated Systems of Living examines computational frameworks that explore a time-based poly-scalar urbanism. The publication includes essays by Mark Burry, Brett Steele, John Frazer, John Henry Holland, Makoto Sei Watanabe, Patrick Schumacher, and David Ruy. Architecture finds itself having to cope with new social and cultural complexities that demand systems that are open, adaptive and participatory. The book explores organisational syst...

Colquhounery: Alan Colquhoun from Bricolage to Myth - Paperback

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by Irina Davidovici (Editor)Colquhounery is a commemorative volume celebrating the life and work of the architect and architectural historian Alan Colquhoun, who died in December 2012. Testimonials from friends, colleagues and students are gathered together alongside original photographs, sketches, letter transcripts, biographical and archival data tracing Colquhoun's career as an architect, writer and educator on both sides of the Atlantic. This anthology represents a collective effort to re...

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by Thomas Daniell (Author)Written by Thomas Daniell, with a foreword by Thomas Weaver and an afterword by Peter Cook, An Anatomy of Influence contains a wealth of texts and images that together elucidate the theory and practice of 12 leading Japanese architects. Rather than the usual array of exquisite yet autonomous buildings, this book focuses on the hitherto unexplored lives of their architects and the febrile intellectual, social and political environment in which they worked. The period ...

Regenerative Urban Design and Ecosystem Biomimicry - Paperback

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by Maibritt Pedersen Zari (Author)It is clear that the climate is changing and ecosystems are becoming severely degraded. Humans must mitigate the causes of, and adapt to, climate change and the loss of biodiversity, as the impacts of these changes become more apparent and demand urgent responses. These pressures, combined with rapid global urbanisation and population growth mean that new ways of designing, retrofitting and living in cities are critically needed. Incorporating an understandin...

Experiencing Architecture in the Nineteenth Century: Buildings and Society in the Modern Age - Paperback

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by Edward Gillin (Editor), H. Horatio Joyce (Editor)Bringing together fourteen original essays, this collection opens up new perspectives on the architectural history of the nineteenth century by examining the buildings of the period through the lens of 'experience'. With a focus on the experience of the ordinary building user - rather than simply on the intentions of the designer - the book shows that new and important insights can be brought to our understanding of Victorian architecture. T...

The Practice of Spatial Thinking: Differentiation Processes - Paperback

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by Leon Van Schaik (Editor), Sueanne Ware (Editor), Colin Fudge (Editor)How do designers in research-driven practices differentiate themselves from each other and form distinctive platforms for future practice? The research presented in this second edition and carried out in Australia as part of an Australian Research Council Discovery Program is of significance for design practice, review, and our deeper understanding of the design of space and spaces. In continuing the exploration of spatia...

Floppy Logic: Experimenting in the Territory Between Architecture, Fashion and Textile - Hardcover

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by Leanne Zilka (Editor)Floppy Logic is an exploration into the 'architecture' of fashion and textiles, and how the concepts, aesthetics, techniques and construction of this architecture might be understood and used to design and fabricate objects and space differently. A key concept here is the Floppy, defined as a quality in material that requires extraneous support to produce architecture. Floppy generally refers to fabric but can also refer to any material that fails when there is not eno...

Blueprint for a Hack: Leveraging Informal Building Practices - Hardcover

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by Susane Havelka (Author), Vikram Bhatt (Author), Dave Harlander (Author)Over five days, some 60 residents of a northern village teamed with designers from southern Quebec to conceive and build an outdoor community pavilion that activates a central recreational area. "Blueprint for a Hack" aims to reimagine community spaces. Faced with extreme housing shortages, physical isolation, and a challenging climate, outdoor public spaces in northern communities remain largely undesigned and underus...

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by Nina Rappaport (Author)This revised edition focuses on the spaces of production in cities--both the modernist period and today--and the technologies that have contributed to shifts in factory architecture, manufacturing, and urban design. Vertical Urban Factory tracks the evolution of the vertical urban factory from the first industrial revolution to the present and provides an analysis of the political, social, and economic factors that have shaped today's global industrial landscape. Ult...

Routledge Revivals: Planning and Urban Growth in Southern Europe (1984) - Paperback

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by Martin Wynn (Editor)First published in 1984, this book addresses key questions about the pattern of urban development in Southern Europe and the mechanisms employed to control and regulate this development in individual countries. It examines five countries - Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey - that have experienced different scales and rates of urbanization and industrialization. It identifies common problems arising from these processes, as well as the successes and failures of t...

Founding Myths of Architecture - Paperback

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by Konrad Buhagiar (Editor), Guillaume Dreyfuss (Editor), Jens Bruenslow (Editor)This book brings together and discusses the work of some of the most influential and intriguing figures in the history of architecture.Author BiographyKonrad Buhagiar is one of the founders of the Architecture Project in Malta. He has studied Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Malta (1981) followed by a post-graduate degree in Restoration at the University of Rome. He has been Architect-in-ch...

Beyond Entropy: When Energy Becomes Form - Hardcover

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by Stefano Rabol Pansera (Editor)This book marks the conclusion of the AA School's Beyond Entropy research cluster, and is produced in tandem with an exhibition on show at the AA in May 2011.The theme of the book derives from the urgency with which the idea of energy has been raised in recent years in political, economic and scientific debates. The book charts the efforts of architects to reappropriate this theme and to address the debate in a wider cultural sphere. Number of Pages: 172 Dimen...

Letter M: Personalized Design Notebook: 120 pages - Paperback

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by Journal for Change (Author)Elegant and Refined Notebook with Architecturally Influenced Monogram. This 120 page 6 X 9 notebook is a perfect gift for designers, students, and professionals. Unique pages that allow for design work and notes on the same page Pages are combinations of grid, dot, lines, hexagon, and some blank spaces allowing your creativity to flow Fits well in briefcase, purse, backpack Convenient size Classic look Order several for your favorite creatives - A to Z. Number ...

Resistant City: Histories, Maps and the Architecture of Development - Hardcover

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by Eunice Mei Feng Seng (Author)This vivid book is an inquiry into the stagnation between the development of architectural practice and the progress in urban modernization. It is about islands as territories of resistance. It is about dense places where multitudes dwell in perennial contestations with the city on every front. It is about the histories, tactics and spaces of everyday survival within the hegemonic sway of global capital and unstoppable development. It is preoccupied with making...

20/20: Editorial Takes on Architectural Discourse - Paperback

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by Kirk Wooller (Editor)20/20: Editorial Takes on Architectural Discourse brings together editors from 20 leading contemporary architectural magazines to discuss collectively the role editors play in shaping architectural discourse. Each of the contributors has responded to a set of 20 questions on the multiple conditions under which particular ideas and words enter architectural discourse through publication. The resulting critical positions and observations are as diverse as the magazines f...

Heritage Churches of the Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia: Historical Events & Architectural Elements of Church Structures - Paperback

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by Kenneth Perry (Author)Heritage Churches of the Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia - chronicles existing church structures that dot the Indigenous landscape across what was once, a wild frontier and a thriving fur-trading empire. A beautifully illustrated work, with over three hundred colour photographs that will take the reader into urban, rural and remote areas of our beautiful Province of British Columbia. From Captain's Vancouver's Island, and beyond to the picturesque Gulf Islands,...

Sixteen Shades of Smart: How cities can shape their own future - Paperback

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by Christos Cabolis (Editor), Chan Heng Chee (Editor), Bruno Lanvin (Editor)Smart cities are a fast-growing species, and a fascinating field for new experiments in a number of critical areas, ranging from urban planning, sustainable energy, and transport strategies to social integration and talent attraction, to name a few. As leaders and citizens around the world continue to assess, design, implement and improve on ways to create better cities, they often find themselves confronted with a mu...

Small House Plans As Per Vastu Shastra: (200 Different Sizes of Small House Plans Inside) - Paperback

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by As Sethu Pathi (Author)This book is all about House Plans as per Vastu Shastra. In this book, you get 200 Different sizes of Small house plans (300-1200 Sqft) as per Vastu Shastra principles. In this book, you will get the best ideas to make your dream house. You can easily pick up your dream house plan from this book, a lot of various sizes of house plans available in this book in all four directions. This book will be more useful for students who learn to make house plan drawing as per v...

Paisajes urbanos de ciudades europeas libro para colorear para adultos - Paperback

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by Nick Snels (Author)Rel jate, an mate y sue a con este relajante libro para colorear con asombrosos paisajes urbanos europeos.Paisajes urbanos de ciudades europeas libro para colorear para adultos incluye 20 bonitas p ginas para colorear de paisajes urbanos europeos para adultos y j venes. Las siguientes 20 ciudades aparecen en este libro para colorear: Amsterdam, los Pa ses Bajos Atenas, Grecia Berl n, Alemania Bruselas, Belgica Budapest, Hungr a Copenhague, Dinamarca Dubl n, Irlanda Hels...

Shiv Datt Sharma: Life and Work - Hardcover

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by Ss Bhatti (Author)SHIV DATT SHARMA - Life and Work is intended and written as a Reference Book. With rapid drop in the numbers of those who once upon a time read non-fiction for widening the horizons of their minds with progressively deepening understanding of human purpose, concerns, and creativity, hordes of Coffee-Table Books have been flooding the modern market sustained by strategic lobbying and clever hype. These publications regardless of their authors' credentials have one thing in...

Secret Geometry of Washington D.C. - Paperback

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by Nicholas Mann (Author) Incorporated into the United States capital city is a system of number and geometric proportion, just as in temples and cities of many of the great civilizations of the past. Washington D.C. remains a powerhouse for the USA, its citizens and the World helped by the underpinning strengths of its hidden design.In 1791, as the immense new Federal City took shape upon the landscape, highly charged power points and energetic lines of power were worked into the ground plan...

An Introduction to Lighting Design for Specialty, Diagnostic and Treatment Areas in Hospitals - Paperback

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by J. Paul Guyer (Author)Introductory technical guidance for electrical engineers and lighting designers interested in lighting design for specialty, diagnostic and treatment areas in hospitals. Here is what is discussed:1. EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT ROOM2. BLOOD DRAW STATION3. ORTHOTIC AND CASTING ROOM4. LABORATORY5. PROCEDURE ROOM6. DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING ROOM7. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ROOM8. CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT ROOM9. RADIATION THERAPY ROOM10. DIALYSIS TREATMENT ROOM11. PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THER...