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The Architecture of British Bridges
During the Industrial Revolution, Britain was at the forefront of bridge innovation. Pioneering designers such as George and Robert Stephenson, Thomas Telford and Isambard Kingdom Brunel created Britain's rich bridge heritage that features many world firsts and we can learn much from their ground-breaking designs. Written by an experienced bridge architect, this book includes an introduction to…
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- 9781785007958
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Kerb 23Digital Landscape
Originating as a RMIT university pamphlet in 1989 for the purpose of discussing landscape architecture. The journal now boasts a diverse selection of contributors, focusing on contemporary landscape architecture themes. The journal is edited by a group of students, who select the articles pertinent of each edition. Kerb seeks to set the agenda for designers and architects, establishing a platfo…
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- 9781945150555
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El Prado. En busca de la ciudad jardÃn en el trópicoInforme para Parrish &…
Este libro recoge una traducción de los informes y bitácora de viaje que el ingeniero estadounidense Ray Floyd Weirick redactó a principios del siglo XX y que sirvieron de inspiración y referentes para que la CompañÃa Urbanizadora Parrish empezara las obras de construcción del barrio El Prado en la ciudad de Barranquilla. También incluye reflexiones en torno a estos documentos y su impo…
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- 9789587893168
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- 1 online resource (290 pages)
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La macchina del disegnoTeorie della rappresentazione dell'architettura nel XI…
Il modo di disegnare l'architettura non è mai del tutto estraneo o indifferente alla produzione del progetto, implicitamente ne illustra forme, discorsi, processi; ciò spiega l'attenzione sovente rivolta non solo al risultato grafico ma anche alla componente teorica della rappresentazione architettonica. Questa antologia raccoglie per lo più testi di architetti – alcuni dei quali in prima …
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Designing and Creating a Winter Garden
To create a garden that gives pleasure throughout the year is the goal of every garden-maker. The greatest designers maintain that it is the garden in winter that sets the scene for the remainder of the year. Designing and Creating a Winter Garden takes the reader through the process of designing a new garden from scratch or re-working an existing garden, with winter as the key, formative seaso…
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Vacant to VibrantCreating Successful Green Infrastructure Networks
Vacant lots, so often seen as neighborhood blight, have the potential to be a key element of community revitalization. As manufacturing cities reinvent themselves after decades of lost jobs and population, abundant vacant land resources and interest in green infrastructure are expanding opportunities for community and environmental resilience. Vacant to Vibrant explains how inexpensive green in…
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Landscape TuningsAn Urban Park at the Danube
Landscape Tunings maintains that landscape is more than ecology and technical performance; it is also an environment of paramount importance to one's dispositions and wellbeing—an emotional space of social relevance, tuned with and for its communities. In this book, OFICINAA examines the design potentials of the Danube River as a civic anchor, a bioclimatic medium, and a space for collective …
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Adapting Cities to Sea Level RiseGreen and Gray Strategies
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy floods devastated coastal areas in New York and New Jersey. In 2017, Harvey flooded Houston. Today in Miami, even on sunny days, king tides bring fish swimming through the streets in low-lying areas. These types of events are typically called natural disasters. But overwhelming scientific consensus says they are actually the result of human-induced climate change and ir…
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Forms and Functions of Twentieth-Century ArchitectureVolume Ii: the Principle…
Studies the principles of composition in architecture during the 20th century such as; balance, scale, style, color and types of construction.
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Forms and Functions of Twentieth-Century Architecture. Volume I. the Elements…
Examines architecture in the 20th century by looking at the elements of building and structure as well as arches, vaults, roofs, gutters, and floors.
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