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Puerto Rico's Henry Klumb: A Modern Architect's Sense of Place - Paperback

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by Cesar Cruz (Author)This book follows Henry Klumb's life in architecture from Cologne, Germany to Puerto Rico. Arriving on the island, Klumb was a one-time German immigrant, a moderately successful designer, and previously a senior draftsman with Frank Lloyd Wright.Over the next forty years Klumb would emerge as Puerto Rico's most prolific, locally well-known, and celebrated modern architect. In addition to becoming a leading figure in Latin American modern architecture, Klumb also became o...

Lost Country Houses of Norfolk: History, Archaeology and Myth - Paperback

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by Tom Williamson (Author), Ivan D. Ringwood (Author), Sarah Spooner (Author)Norfolk is a county sadly rich in "lost" country houses; this account and gazetteer offer a comprehensive account of them. Winner of the general non-fiction category in the East Anglian Book Awards 2016. The country houses lost from the landscape since the late nineteenth century exercise a peculiar grip on the English imagination, seeming to symbolise the passing of a world of taste and elegance, of stability and d...

The Postcolonial Condition of Architecture in Asia: A Lead from Display-Ness - Hardcover

$178.20

by Francis Chia-Hui Lin (Author)This book provides a bidirectional investigation of Asia's spatiotemporality by asking how Asia is located and how localities are Asianized. Historical and theoretical inquiries into architecture and urbanism in order to trace a notional "common divisor" are integrated with readings of this Asian imagery. Such a common divisor is conditioned to Asia's phenomenal postcolonial subjectivation and showcases Asia's unique character. This book contends that the postc...

Transforming Public Space Through Play - Paperback

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by Gregor Mews (Author)This book provides an empirical analysis of the concept of play as a form of spatial practice in urban public spaces. The introduced City-Play-Framework (CPF) is a practical urban analysis tool that allows urban designers, landscape architects and researchers to develop a shared awareness when opening up this window of possibility for adventure. Two case studies substantiate and illustrate the development process and testing of the framework in Canberra, Australia, and ...

Shipping Container Homes: The Ultimate Guide on How to Build Your DIY Shipping Container Home Exactly the Way You Want It. Including the Building Tech - Paperback

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by Grant Hanson (Author)Would you like to stop PAYING RENT every month and NEVER HAVE ANYTHING YOURS?Are you worried you will have to spend your life-giving money to the banks, never finding yourself with something stable and just to be more serene?Would you like to have YOUR OWN HOME, most ecologically and economically possible, regarding yourself and the planet, also reducing much waste?If SO, then keep reading because this guide is perfect for you!Shipping Container Homes is the solution f...

Culture-Led Urban Regeneration in South Korea - Paperback

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by Milyung Son (Author)There is a continuing academic and policy interest in the potential for culture-based urban regeneration across the world. Such regeneration is intended to attract investment, re-imagine spaces and create employment, business and urban planning opportunities. This book seeks to examine the use of culture and arts in the urban regeneration sphere of South Korea. Specifically, a one-year-long cultural event (Culture City of East Asia) is used as a case study for exploring...

The Affordable Housing Reader - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Mueller (Editor), J. Rosie Tighe (Editor)This second edition of The Affordable Housing Reader provides context for current discussions surrounding housing policy, emphasizing the values and assumptions underlying debates over strategies for ameliorating housing problems experienced by low-income residents and communities of color.The authors highlighted in this updated volume address themes central to housing as an area of social policy and to understanding its particular meaning...

In the Temple of the Self: The Artist's Residence as a Total Work of Art: Europe and America 1800-1948 - Hardcover

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by Margot Th Brandlhuber (Editor), Michael Buhrs (Editor), James Anthony (Text by (Art/Photo Books))From Louis Comfort Tiffany to Kurt Schwitters: an immersive appreciation of the home as artAs locuses of creativity, the homes of artists reflect the intellectual worlds of their creators. Starting with the Villa Stuck in Munich--the aesthetic, conceptual cosmos and life's work of the aristocratic artist Franz von Stuck--this unique volume integrates the artist's house as a category into the in...

Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge: Vol. 1, No. 1/2021: Research Perspectives in Architecture - Paperback

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by Katharina Voigt (Editor), Uta Graff (Editor), Ferdinand Ludwig (Editor) Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge is an academic journal in, on and from the discipline of architecture, addressing the creation, constitution and transmission of architectural knowledge. It explores methods genuine to the discipline and architectural modes of interdisciplinary methodological adaptions. Processes, procedures and results of knowledge creation and practice are esteemed coequally, with parti...

Balinese Architecture: A Guide to Traditional and Modern Balinese Design - Hardcover

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by Julian Davison (Author), Luca Invernizzi Tettoni (Photographer), Nengah Enu (Illustrator)Balinese-style villas and resorts are popping up everywhere, from Ibiza to St. Barts to Singapore. In this comprehensive guide, author Julian Davison explores the intricacies of the architecture and the reasons for its global popularity. You'll learn why innovative international architects have been designing Bali-inspired resorts and villas for decades, drawing their inspiration from a rich vernacular...

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by Radford Architectural Co (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be pre...

Caring for Place: Community Development in Rural England - Paperback

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by Patsy Healey (Author)This book draws on preeminent planning theorist Patsy Healey's personal experiences as a resident of a small rural town in England, to explore what place and community mean in a particular context, and how different initiatives struggle to get a stake in the wider governance relations while maintaining their own focus and ways of working. Throughout the book, Healey assesses the public value generated by community initiatives and the impact of such activity on wider go...

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by William H. Tishler (Author)Barns are noble structures that highlight our rural landscape. They remain an enormous source of pride for the people of Wisconsin. Many realize that no other visible human achievement reflects the long relationship they have had with the land. However, little information is available regarding their history and how they were constructed. William H. Tishler, an emeritus professor of landscape architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains the proce...

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Antennae #56 Spaces and Species - Paperback

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by Giovanni Aloi (Editor), Linda Tegg (Editor), Baracco+wright (Editor)This issue of Antennae, titled 'Spaces and Species', aims to, in the words of co-editors Linda Tegg, Mauro Baracco, and Louise Wright, "ask architecture to reframe what it does best - to make careful relationships between things - this time with other species. The observation this requires - reflected in this issue - is aligned to practices of listening over processes of objectification as a precursor to acting with. We se...

Conceptions of the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity - Paperback

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by Georgia L. Irby (Author)This book explores ancient efforts to explain the scientific, philosophical, and spiritual aspects of water. From the ancient point of view, we investigate many questions including: How does water help shape the world? What is the nature of the ocean? What causes watery weather, including superstorms and snow? How does water affect health, as a vector of disease or of healing? What is the nature of deep-sea-creatures (including sea monsters)? What spiritual forces c...

Using and Conquering the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity - Paperback

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by Georgia L. Irby (Author)This volume considers how Greco-Roman authorities manipulated water on the practical, technological, and political levels. Water was controlled and harnessed with legal oversight and civic infrastructure (e.g., aqueducts). Waterways were 'improved' and made accessible by harbors, canals, and lighthouses. The Mediterranean Sea and Outer Ocean (and numerous rivers) were mastered by navigation for warfare, exploration, settlement, maritime trade, and the exploitation o...

The Identity of Vernacular Architecture Based on Human Perceptive Dimensions - Paperback

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by Sajad Damyar (Author)Considering today's architectural identity crisis, the provision of a simple practical solution to explore the identifying factors from a real and available resource for researchers, designers, and even architectural users is a basic need. As a result of several years of research, the present book offers a realistic, pragmatic, and user-friendly method. The difference between this method and previous methods is that the basis for achieving the identity of architecture ...

Havana: Mapping Lived Experiences of Urban Agriculture - Hardcover

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by Susan Fitzgerald (Author)Following the crisis of the Special Period, Cuba promoted urban agriculture throughout its towns and cities to address food sovereignty and security. Through the adoption of state recommended design strategies, these gardens have become places of social and economic exchange throughout Cuba. This book maps the lived experiences surrounding three urban farms in Havana to construct a deeper understanding about the everyday life of this city. Using narratives and draw...

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by Stav Dror (Editor), Nina Rappaport (Editor), Fernanda Canales (Author)Reimagining the Civic investigates and describes the design challenges of three studios led by the three Kahn Visiting Assistant Professors at Yale School of Architecture: architect Fernanda Canales, of Mexico City, assisted by David Turturo, critic in architecture; Luis Callejas and Charlotte Hansson, directors of LCLA office, based in Oslo and Medellín, assisted by Marta Caldeira lecturer; and Stella Betts, of LEVENBET...

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by Michael Hauser (Author), Marianne Weldon (Author), Introduction Lisa Dichiera (Introduction by)The theater known today as the Detroit Opera House has been an integral part of the city's culture and history as well as the live entertainment industry. Its existence has been threatened in the past, but it has survived wars, the Great Depression, civil unrest, economic meltdowns, the abandonment of downtown, and, most recently, a pandemic. Generations of patrons have fond, vivid memories of at...

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by Clarence McNair (Author), Douglas Parson Jr. (Author)Are you willing to sacrifice certain luxuries in your life for a while? If so, you too can become a professional brick flipper as well as a real estate mogul like myself. Turn your street dollars, brick dollars, exotic dancer dollars, and smoke dollars, and all that's in between into bricks... that is real estate brick dollars! The Art of Flipping Bricks details the strategies and techniques used that can help build your legacy, literal...

Arquitectura Sostenible: Entre Medición y Significado - Hardcover

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by Carmela Cucuzzella (Editor), Sherif Goubran (Editor)Cada día, nuevos artículos, libros e informes presentan nuevos métodos, estándares y tecnologías para lograr la sostenibilidad en arquitectura. Además, los nuevos materiales, dispositivos tecnológicos y datos se consideran cada vez más los elementos básicos del futuro de la arquitectura. A medida que adoptamos cada vez más este avance tecnológico, debemos ser igualmente conscientes de que podemos estar empujando la arquitectura hacia una ...

Professional Ethics in Construction and Engineering - Hardcover

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by Jason Challender (Author)Professional Ethics in Construction and Engineering A comprehensive and incisive how-to guide that walks readers through the implementation of robust ethical standards in everyday construction management and decision-making Recent and high-profile incidents--including the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy and the Lakanal House fire in 2009--have been attributed to failures in the building construction, design, and certification industries. Some commentators have suggest...

Residential Surveying Matters and Building Terminology: In Alphabetical Order - Paperback

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by Les Goring (Author)This is an ideal reference book for students (undergraduates and postgraduates) studying Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, or Architecture, etc. It should also be of use to the Construction-related legal profession, Property Managers and Letting Agents. Builders (and homeowners, interested in identifying faults in their property), should also benefit from this book.Residential Surveying Matters and Building Terminology covers a wide range of new and old building te...

Understanding Australian Construction Contractors: A Guide for Emerging Professionals - Paperback

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by Matt Stevens (Author), John Smolders (Author)This book will provide emerging construction professionals with insights and information helpful for a successful career in the Australian construction industry. This work fills a critical gap and is written by two authors with decades of experience immersed in current issues. It provides a starting point for the next generation of Australian construction contractors. Beginning with an overview of the industry, the chapters explore winning work,...

Public Administration for Planners: Leadership and Responsibility in Theory and Practice - Paperback

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by Stephen Kehs (Author)This book offers an introduction to public administration by a veteran practitioner, written for planners, as well as students seeking a public administration career and individuals simply wanting to learn more about responsible government.The narrative provides an overview of public administration theory and the importance of leadership in today's contentious political environment. The book contains five parts including an introduction, parts on management, the public...

Planning and Managing Smaller Events: Downsizing the Urban Spectacle - Paperback

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by Stefano Di Vita (Editor), Mark Wilson (Editor)Planning and Managing Smaller Events: Downsizing the Urban Spectacle explores the role of smaller scale events in contributing to the renewal and development of urban societies. This book adopts a case study approach to examine a diverse range of events taking place in towns and cities in Europe, Asia and North America. This volume begins by defining and classifying these kinds of events and then verifying if and how they can provide opportunit...

Affective Spaces: Architecture and the Living Body - Paperback

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by Federico de Matteis (Author)This book explores the notion of affective space in relation to architecture. It helps to clarify the first-person, direct experience of the environment and how it impacts a person's emotional states, influencing their perception of the world around them. Affective space has become a central notion in several discussions across philosophy, geography, anthropology, architecture and so on. However, only a limited selection of its key features finds resonance in ar...

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by Ravi Kumar Sharma (Author), Rachit Sharma (Author)Reinforced Concrete Design has been written to impart in-depth knowledge to students about the subject. The appropriate Indian standard guidelines, suitable illustrations, figures and solved numerical problems have been included. The design techniques used by the engineers have been discussed with suitable examples to provide basic knowledge to the readers. A sufficient number of questions are given at the end of each chapter to enable the ...

St Patrick's Park Place Liverpool. A Parish History 1821-2021 - Paperback

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by Michael O'Neill (Author)St Patrick's is the oldest of Liverpool's early post-Reformation Catholic churches to remain in use. Erected in the third decade of the nineteenth century, close to the city's expanding docks, and designed to seat 1,800 people, it has a fortress-like construction, which took six years to complete, the foundations and burial pits being cut into the solid sandstone bedrock. In 1816 a group of far-sighted laymen took out an unusual 5,000 year lease on the site. From th...

Frommer's Athens and the Greek Islands - Paperback

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by Stephen Brewer (Author)Fully updated post-lock down. This guide is geared to travelers who want to go to Greece for beaches, beautiful weather, island hopping, archaeological riches, and the capital city of Athens. Inside, you'll find smart itineraries, important historic sights and museums, and the types of restaurants, nightlife, and hidden beauty spots that only the locals know about.We'll start you off with an in-depth overview of Athens and rewarding day trips from there, before setti...