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Dublin in the 1950s and 1960scars, shops and suburbs
After the relative gloom of the 1950s, there was a rapid economic pick-up in the early 1960s. Car ownership increased as standards of living improved and Dublin, in common with other European cities, engaged in much soul-searching about what kind of city was needed for a car-owning population and whether this differed from the kind of city that people wanted. Cars offered greater accessibility …
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The Garden Retreat in Asia and EuropeWays of Dwelling in a Torn World
The Garden Retreat in Asia and Europe explores the meaning of gardens and designed landscapes as places of retreat and refuge in times of need or emergency. In the current times of war, pandemic, climate change, and global anxiety, the value of the garden as a sanctuary, a space where we can find refuge in a natural environment, has taken on new and poignant meanings and has attracted increasi…
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The History and Heritage of St James's Hospital, Dublin
The history of St James's Hospital stretches back to 1703 when an act was passed to build a workhouse on its site. Later a foundling hospital was added to the workhouse. When the Foundling Hospital was closed in 1829 the buildings were used to house the South Dublin Union Workhouse, which wascommandeered during Easter Week 1916. After Independence, the South Dublin Union was renamed St Kevin's …
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Architecture and Cultural ContinuityThe Making of Festival, Experience and Hi…
Architecture and Cultural Continuity explores a dynamic way of viewing architecture – arguing that all architecture is best evaluated through active experiences in relation to cultural traditions of community and belonging, space, ritual, and setting. A work in three parts, the book first analyses in-depth the Festival of San Giovanni in Florence, an annual series of celebrations involving t…
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The eighteenth-century Dublin townhouse
In the 18th century Dublin grew spectacularly; in the last quarter of a century, understanding of that growth has increased enormously. This book brings together a range of perspectives on the subject of the 18th-century Dublin town house, illuminating the political, economic and cultural activities of Dubliners, the resulting physical growth of the city and changing architectural manifestation…
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- 9781846829024
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The Garden Retreat in Asia and EuropeWays of Dwelling in a Torn World
The Garden Retreat in Asia and Europe explores the meaning of gardens and designed landscapes as places of retreat and refuge in times of need or emergency. In the current times of war, pandemic, climate change, and global anxiety, the value of the garden as a sanctuary, a space where we can find refuge in a natural environment, has taken on new and poignant meanings and has attracted increasin…
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Irish Houses and Castles, 1400–1740
This volume assembles Rolf Loeber's groundbreaking articles on Irish houses and castles from the late medieval period to the mid-eighteenth century. Read together, these articles, mainly from journals that are not widely available, become a coherent and fresh survey of the theme and the period, marked by Rolf 's trademark archival depth and ability to bring together architectural and cultural h…
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EL LIMITE ARQUITECTÓNICO
En la frontera de la arquitectura y la existencia humana, se erige una obra que redefine los límites de nuestro hábitat: "El límite arquitectónico, habitante del límite" por Sergio Walter Martínez Nieto. Este libro es un viaje intelectual que despliega ante nosotros un universo donde los confines del espacio y la vida se entrelazan en un diálogo constante. Nos invita a explorar la esenci…
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Dublin Docklands ReinventedThe Post-Industrial Regeneration of a European Cit…
Over the last twenty years, the redevelopment of the docklands has radically altered the physical fabric and social structure of a large part of Dublin City both north and south of the river. What has happened in the city is not entirely unique and has many international parallels in places like New York, London and Sydney. This book sets out to examine how global urban influences have interact…
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EL MODELO DIGITAL. TÉCNICA Y ARTE ALGORÍTMICA EN BIM
Cuando a finales de los años 90 publicamos O desenho digital. Técnica & Arte, si bien habíamos tratado sobre las nuevas técnicas del CAD, apuntábamos que los programas para el desarrollo de proyectos estaban incorporando capacidades que los encaminaban hacia lo que hoy en día conocemos como procesos de modelado en BIM. Enfatizábamos que lo importante en estos procesos y programas no ser…
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