Architecture

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Buildings of Virginia: Valley, Piedmont, Southside, and Southwest - Hardcover

$155.70

by Anne Carter Lee (Author), Contributors (With), Pauline Saliga (Prepared by)Virginia is as much a state of mind as a set of geographical boundaries. Its western terrain encompasses dramatically beautiful mountaintops and scrubby lowlands, luxuriantly rich terrain, and rocky, almost untillable land. The green forests, rich loam, red clay, and sandy soil attracted waves of immigrants, newcomers almost as varied as the landscape. They came first to explore and trade and then to work, often to ...

The Real Life of the Parthenon - Paperback

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by Patricia Vigderman (Author) Ownership battles over the marbles removed from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin have been rumbling into invective, pleading, and counterclaims for two centuries. The emotional temperature around them is high, and steering across the vast past to safe anchor in a brilliant heritage is tricky. The stories around antiquities become distorted by the pull of ownership, and it is these stories that urge Patricia Vigderman into her own exploration of their inspiring legacy...

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by Steve C. Martens (Author), Ronald H. L. M. Ramsay (Author)For many people outside the state, North Dakota conjures visions of a remote, sparse, and seemingly inhospitable landscape, replete with ghost towns, scattered farmsteads, and settings reminiscent of the movie Fargo. Yet beyond this facile image lies a spectacular array of high-style, vernacular, ethnic, and modern buildings, a pragmatic architecture that reflects the setting and settlers of the Great Plains. A distinct "prairie mos...

Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban Reinvention - Paperback

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by John Gallagher (Author)After decades of suburban sprawl, job loss, and lack of regional government, Detroit has become a symbol of post-industrial distress and also one of the most complex urban environments in the world. In Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban Reinvention, John Gallagher argues that Detroit's experience can offer valuable lessons to other cities that are, or will soon be, dealing with the same broken municipal model. A follow-up to his award-winning 2010 work, Reimag...

Frederick Law Olmstead: The Passion of a Public Artist - Paperback

$66.69

by Melvin Kalfus (Author)Frederick Law Olmsted's career as a landscape architect was long and varied. The best-known fruits of that career were surely the great urban parks: Central Park in Manhattan, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Franklin Park in Boston. But most of this took place after the Civil War. Prior to 1865, Olmsted had built a public reputation as an author and journalist (producing three historically important books on slavery and the antebellum South) and as General Secretary of the...

Oglethorpe Plan: Enlightenment Design in Savannah and Beyond - Paperback

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by Thomas D. Wilson (Author)This is a fascinating book that shifts perception of Oglethorpe's Savannah plan dramatically from that of a beautiful but essentially limited example of utopian design to an urban model fully representative of mainstream eighteenth-century intellectual thought. -Jack Williams, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, author of East 40 Degrees (Virginia) Thomas Wilson brings a fresh perspective on the planning accomplishments of James Oglethorpe, situating Savannah's ...

An Illustrated Glossary of Early Southern Architecture and Landscape - Paperback

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by Carl R. Lounsbury (Editor)Covering the full range of building in the South from 1607 to the 1820s, An Illustrated Glossary of Early Southern Architecture and Landscape is now available for the first time in paperback. This unique and exhaustive compilation traces the origin and development of an American architectural vocabulary in the colonies and states of the eastern seaboard from Delaware to Georgia.From the fortified earthfast dwellings of Jamestown to the intellectualized landscape o...

Dayton: The Rise, Decline, and Transition of an Industrial City - Paperback

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by Adam A. Millsap (Author)The Rust Belt was once the crown of American manufacturing, a symbol of the country's economic prowess. But now it is named for what it has become: a deteriorating stretch of industrial cities left behind by a post-industrial world. In Dayton: The Rise, Decline, and Transition of an Industrial City, Adam A. Millsap turns his focus to his hometown, an archetypal Rust Belt city, to examine its history and discuss its future. Thoroughly researched and engagingly writte...

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by W. Hawkins Ferry (Author), Walter B. Sanders (Epilogue by)The Legacy of Albert Kahn salutes the achievements of one of America's most distinguished architects. Originally the catalog for a major retrospective exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts, this volume has become an invaluable handbook in tracing the creative genius of Albert Kahn. Known principally for his development of modern industrial architecture, Kahn also made significant contributions in the areas of commercial, civic...

Harry Bertoia, Printmaker: Monotypes and Other Monographics - Paperback

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by June Kompass Nelson (Author), Ellen Sharp (Foreword by), Nemo Warr (Photographer)The seventy-nine monotypes in this catalogue represent the principal styles and themes that emerged not only in Harry Bertoia's printmaking, but in his sculpture as well. June Kompass Nelson, author of Harry Bertoia, Sculptor, analyzes the graphic works and places them in the context of Bertoia's total oeuvre, with particular regard to their relationship with his sculpture. A teacher of metalwork and printmak...

Greetings from Detroit: Historic Postcards from the Motor City - Paperback

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by Dan Austin (Author)Greetings from Detroit: Historic Postcards from the Motor City offers a glimpse into the past through more than two hundred historic postcards of Detroit from the early 1900s to the 1950s, compiled and presented in full color by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org. From familiar sights to long lost landmarks, this book pairs vintage views with rich stories from the Motor City's yesteryear.In the era before cameras became commonplace, postcard shops were everywhere-allowing...

Patterns of Stylistic Changes in Islamic Architecture: Local Traditions Versus Migrating Artists - Hardcover

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by Michael Meinecke (Author)Drawing upon a lifetime's knowledge, Patterns of Stylistic Change in Islamic Architecture presents Michael Meinecke's unique view of the evolution and development of Islamic architecture. Departing from conventional method which groups buildings and monuments according to dynasties and defines national characteristics based on the ethnic origins of Arabic, Persian, or Turkish patrons, Meinecke emphasizes the similarities which resulted from interrelations among nei...

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by Marsha Weisiger (Author)From Milwaukee to Madison, Racine to Eau Claire, La Crosse to Sheboygan, and scores of places in between, tradition and progressivism have shaped Wisconsin's architectural landscape. This latest volume in the Society of Architectural Historians' Buildings of the United States series showcases noteworthy and representative sites across the state's six major regions and seventy-two counties. More than 750 entries canvass the entire Midwestern mosaic, including Frank L...

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by Cyrus Sutherland (Author), Gregory Herman (With), Jeannie M. Whayne (With)From Fayetteville, Little Rock, and Hot Springs to Jonesboro, El Dorado, Arkadelphia, Texarkana, and scores of places in between, the latest volume in the Buildings of the United States series provides the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date guide to the architecture of Arkansas. The result of a lifetime's research and fieldwork by the esteemed historian and preservationist Cyrus A. Sutherland, this boo...

The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region - Hardcover

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by Kathryn Bishop Eckert (Author)From 1870 to 1910 the prosperity of the copper and iron mining, lumbering, and shipping industries of the Lake Superior region created a demand for more substantial buildings. In satisfying this demand, architects, builders, and clients preferred local red sandstone. They found this stone beautiful, colorful, carvable, durable, and fireproof. Because it was extracted easily in large blocks and shipped cheaply by water, it was economical. The red sandstone city...

Displays of Power (with a New Afterword): Controversy in the American Museum from the Enola Gay to Sensation! - Paperback

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by Steven C. Dubin (Author)Museums have become ground zero in America's culture wars. Whereas fierce public debates once centered on provocative work by upstart artists, the scrutiny has now expanded to mainstream cultural institutions and the ideas they present. In Displays of Power, Steven Dubin, whose Arresting Images was deemed masterly by the New York Times, examines the most controversial exhibitions of the 1990s. These include shows about ethnicity, slavery, Freud, the Old West, and th...

Gardens of the Gilded Age: Nineteenth-Century Gardens and Homegrounds of New York State - Paperback

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by M. Christine Klim Doell (Author)Houses and gardens created in America between 1860 and 1917 were "modern" manifestations of nineteenth-century art, science, and industry, conveying cultural values in their form, function, style, and materials. Now increasing public interest in the restoration of nineteenth-century properties has provoked curiosity about their physical surroundings. While many buildings from the period survive intact, their landscape and garden settings, in most cases, have...

Construction Equipment Management - Paperback

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by John E. Schaufelberger (Author), Giovanni C. Migliaccio (Author)This revised and updated edition of Construction Equipment Management fills a gap on this subject by integrating both conceptual and hands-on quantitative knowledge on construction equipment into a process that facilitates student learning. The first six chapters summarize interdisciplinary concepts that are necessary to ground students' learning on construction equipment management, including both engineering and economics. E...

101 Case Studies in Construction Management - Paperback

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by Len Holm (Author)This book provides 101 real-life construction management case studies from an author with over 40 years' experience in the construction industry and as a lecturer in construction management. Over 14 chapters, Len Holm has included case studies from real jobsites that cover organization, procurement, estimating, scheduling, subcontractors, communications, quality and cost control, change orders, claims and disputes, safety, and close-outs. Other hot topics covered include B...

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by Peter Hall (Author), Mark Tewdwr-Jones (Author)This is the sixth edition of the classic text for students of geography and urban and regional planning. It gives an historical overview of the changes in cities and regions and in the development of the theory and practice of planning throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.The extensively revised edition now incorporates new material on European issues, as well as updated country-specific sections and the impact of recession. Specific referen...

Net Zero Energy Building: Predicted and Unintended Consequences - Paperback

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by Ming Hu (Author)What do we mean by net zero energy? Zero operating energy? Zero energy costs? Zero emissions? There is no one answer: approaches to net zero building vary widely across the globe and are influenced by different environmental and cultural contexts.Net Zero Energy Building: Predicted and Unintended Consequences presents a comprehensive overview of variations in 'net zero' building practices. Drawing on examples from countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Germany...

Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure - Paperback

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by David Freeland (Author)Winner of the Publication Award for Popular Culture and Entertainment for 2009 from the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in AmericaNamed to Pop Matters list of the Best Books of 2009 (Non-fiction)From the lights that never go out on Broadway to its 24-hour subway system, New York City isn't called "the city that never sleeps" for nothing. Both native New Yorkers and tourists have played hard in Gotham for centuries, lindy hopping in 1930s Harlem, voguing...

Planning for Climate Change: A Reader in Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Design for Resilient Cities - Paperback

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by Elisabeth M. Hamin Infield (Editor), Yaser Abunnasr (Editor), Robert L. Ryan (Editor)This book provides an overview of the large and interdisciplinary literature on the substance and process of urban climate change planning and design, using the most important articles from the last 15 years to engage readers in understanding problems and finding solutions to this increasingly critical issue. The Reader's particular focus is how the impacts of climate change can be addressed in urban and s...

Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator - Hardcover

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by Andreas Bernard (Author)"Bernard's passion for research is as impressive as the ease with which he--elevator-like--moves between the disciplines of literature, art history, sociology, and psychology." - Der Spiegel "Whoever reads this book will view the world's elevators with different eyes." - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Number of Pages: 309 Dimensions: 1.05 x 9.43 x 5.26 IN Publication Date: February 14, 2014

The Application of Science in Environmental Impact Assessment - Hardcover

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by Aaron J. MacKinnon (Author), Peter N. Duinker (Author), Tony R. Walker (Author)This book charts the history of the application of science in environmental impact assessment (EIA) and provides a conceptual and technical overview of scientific developments associated with EIA since its inception in the early 1970s. The Application of Science in Environmental Impact Assessment begins by defining an appropriate role for science in EIA. From here it goes on to reflect more closely on empirical ...

Small Cities with Big Dreams: Creative Placemaking and Branding Strategies - Paperback

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by Greg Richards (Author), Lian Duif (Author)How can small cities make an impact in a globalizing world dominated by 'world cities' and urban development strategies aimed at increasing agglomeration? This book addresses the challenges of smaller cities trying to put themselves on the map, attract resources and initiate development. Placemaking has become an important tool for driving urban development that is sensitive to the needs of communities. This volume examines the development of creat...

Fractal Geometry in Architecture and Design - Hardcover

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by Carl Bovill (Author)na broad sense Design Science is the grammar of a language of images Irather than of words. Modern communication techniques enable us to transmit and reconstitute images without needing to know a specific verbal sequence language such as the Morse code or Hungarian. International traffic signs use international image symbols which are not specific to any particular verbal language. An image language differs from a verbal one in that the latter uses a linear string of sy...

The Grandest Madison Square Garden: Art, Scandal, and Architecture in Gilded Age New York - Hardcover

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by Suzanne Hinman (Author)November 1891, the heart of Gilded Age Manhattan. Thousands filled the streets surrounding Madison Square, fingers pointing, mouths agape. After countless struggles, Stanford White--the country's most celebrated architect was about to dedicate America's tallest tower, the final cap set atop his Madison Square Garden, the country's grandest new palace of pleasure. Amid a flood of electric light and fireworks, the gilded figure topping the tower was suddenly revealed--...

Open House: 35 Historic Upstate New York Homes - Paperback

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by Chuck D'Imperio (Author)Celebrated Upstate New York author Chuck D'Imperio takes readers on a unique tour of some of the most fascinating and little-known historic homes across the state. From the stunning neoclassical mansion of the Clarke family tucked away on a hill in Cooperstown to the ramshackle Catskill Mountains cottage of famed naturalist John Burroughs, this book offers the architectural and historic background of New York's more famous residences. Each one has an intriguing stor...

Skyscraper Cinema: Architecture and Gender in American Film - Paperback

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by Merrill Schleier (Author)Whether tall office buildings, high-rise apartments, or lofty hotels, skyscrapers have been stars in American cinema since the silent era. Cinema's tall buildings have been variously represented as unbridled aspiration, dens of iniquity and eroticism, beacons of democracy, and well-oiled corporate machines. Considering their intriguing diversity, Merrill Schleier establishes and explains the impact of actual skyscrapers on America's ideologies about work, leisure, ...

The Aesthetics of Equity: Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music - Paperback

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by Craig L. Wilkins (Author)Architecture is often thought to be a diary of a society, filled with symbolic representations of specific cultural moments. However, as Craig L. Wilkins observes, that diary includes far too few narratives of the diverse cultures in U.S. society. Wilkins states that the discipline of architecture has a resistance to African Americans at every level, from the startlingly small number of architecture students to the paltry number of registered architects in the Unit...

Bauhaus Culture: From Weimar To The Cold War - Paperback

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by Kathleen James-Chakraborty (Author)Offering the first comprehensive training in the visual arts grounded in abstraction, the Bauhaus was the site of a dazzling range of influential experiments in painting, architecture, photography, industrial design, and even artistic education itself. Three-quarters of a century later, the "look" of the new remains indebted to the Bauhaus and its equation of technology with modernism. Central to discussions of the relationships between art, industrializa...