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Proportional Systems in the History of ArchitectureA Critical Consideration
In this collection of original essays, twenty-five leading scholars reconsider the long history of proportional systems across numerous periods and places, and from diverse methodological approaches including archival exploration, advanced laser scanning, and more. Prior to the advent of modern structural engineering, architects and builders used proportional systems to imbue their works with a…
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- 9789400602878
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Ardeth #14TIME. As content for designing
In the realm of hard sciences, time is seen as moving forward towards the future, providing a framework for navigating the entropy and disorder of systems. Time is seen subjectively in the humanities, as Bergson describes it in terms of recursive cycles exposed via sentient experience. From both angles, humanity is inevitably susceptible to time; either they die from entropic dispersion or depe…
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- 9791259934161
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Exhibition MattersContemporary Displays and Exhibition-Making Practices
'The artwork is no longer the integral part of the exhibition; to curate an exhibition is to curate an experience.' Bridging the gap between curatorial practices and spatial display methods, this book considers the impact of exhibition design not only on the material structure of the exhibition but also on its narrative potential. Exhibition Matters-an international collection of writings fro…
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The Dark AgesA Comprehensive Chronicle of Europe's Turbulent Transformation f…
In The Dark Ages, Charles Oman delivers a detailed and compelling survey of the centuries following the fall of Rome—an era marked by invasions, shifting kingdoms, cultural upheaval, and the slow rebuilding of European society. This restored edition presents Oman's authoritative narrative in a clear, modern format, preserving his insightful analysis of political developments, military history…
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Das Bauwesen in Brandenburg-Preußen im 18. Jahrhundert
Das Kartellrecht und das Vergaberecht weisen in vielfacher Hinsicht Gemeinsamkeiten auf. Beide Rechtsgebiete sind stark europäisch beeinflusst, schützen die Funktionsfähigkeit des Wettbewerbs und finden im deutschen Recht ihre gemeinsame Grundlage im Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB). °°Mit Blick auf diese Parallelen setzt sich Maximilian Grubert mit der Frage nach Verantwortli…
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Das andere Bauhaus-ErbeLeben in den Plattenbausiedlungen heute
2019 wird das Jubiläum "100 Jahre Bauhaus" gefeiert. Dabei gibt es eine bemerkenswerte Lücke. Das Jubiläum feiert die Prägungen des Designs und der Architektur, die heute noch als schick gelten. Die Radikalisierung des Neuen Bauens in Gestalt industriell errichteter Plattenbausiedlungen als das andere Erbe indes ist abwesend. Doch war der industrialisierte Wohnungsbau (auch) am Bauhaus vorg…
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- 9783830541448
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Die DDR als SammlerinEthik und Konzept im Musikinstrumentenmuseum
Immer wieder wird eine blumige Rhetorik vom Sammeln und Bewahren bemüht, sobald von Museen, ihren Konzepten und ihren Beständen die Rede ist, obwohl das Museumswesen kaum gesetzliche Regelungen kennt. Allein der Blick in die Geschichte und Entwicklung des eigenen Hauses belehrt – nicht nur uns – rasch eines Besseren. Im vorliegenden Band wird eine Auswahl von bürgerlichen Sammlungskonzep…
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- 9783990946398
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Wood Reimagined: Sustainable Architecture With Engineered Wood Products
No material has filtered into our lives for as long and as many ways, such as wood in its many shapes. Wood Reimagined: Sustainable Architecture With Engineered Wood Products present the bridge between wood science, structural engineering, architecture and design. This book explores and illustrates the uses of various contemporary EWPs and introduces some new wood-based materials. Each page spr…
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- 9786084868354
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The Church of Saint Sophia in OhridArchitecture, History, аnd Urban Context
This book explores the historical, cultural, and architectural significance of one of Macedonia's most important Byzantine monuments. The author situates the church within Ohrid's geographic and urban evolution, from antiquity through medieval Slavic, Byzantine, and Ottoman periods. It analyzes Saint Sophia's construction phases, stylistic features, frescoes, and transformations. Comparative in…
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Hassan FathyAn Architectural Life
This fully illustrated volume represents the most comprehensive examination yet of the life and work of the great Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy (1900–89), and the regional and international significance of his contribution to the lived environment. Eleven Egyptian and international scholars reveal the man, his milieu, his goals and his passions, his concept of social living and his fight fo…
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