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Building FuturesTechnology, Ecology, and Architectural Practice
BUILDING FUTURES An approach to Information Modeling engaging concepts of equality, sustainability, and labor as they relate to environment and architectural practice Building Futures: Technology, Ecology, and Architectural Practice explores how architects, and the buildings and environments we create, can engage future realities, both abstract and readily understood. These range from clima…
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World Architecture and SocietyFrom Stonehenge to One World Trade Center [2 vo…
This two-volume encyclopedia covers buildings and sites of global significance from prehistoric times to the present day, providing students with an essential understanding of architectural development and its impact on human societies. This two-volume encyclopedia provides an in-depth look at buildings and sites of global significance throughout history. The volumes are separated into four reg…
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Icons of American ArchitectureFrom the Alamo to the World Trade Center [2 vol…
What turns a building into an icon? What is it about some structures that makes their history and legend even more important than their original intended use, making them a part of American, and world, popular culture? Twenty four buildings and structures, including the Brooklyn Bridge, the White House, the Hotel del Coronado, and the Washington Monument are presented here, along with their rol…
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Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped AmericaFrom Acoma Pueblo to Ground Z…
Exploring the significance of places that built our cultural past, this guide is a lens into historical sites spanning the entire history of the United States, from Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero. Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped America: From Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero encompasses more than 200 sites from the earliest settlements to the present, covering a wide variety of locations. It i…
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- 9798216096481
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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History[3 volumes]
The house, throughout history, in every place in the world, has been built to provide shelter from the elements. The dwellings that have resulted are as different as the people that have built them, the social norms that prevailed at the time and place in which they were built and the natural environment that they adapted to. Studying them now in a comprehensive way allows us to understand the …
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Engineering NatureTimber Structures
Thanks to high-performance composite structures made of wood and steel or concrete, wooden buildings are now being erected far beyond the high-rise boundaries. An end to the increase in altitude is hardly in sight. Wooden constructions are also on the uptrend in residential and office construction, sports halls, industrial buildings and bridges. They are the epitome of sustainable building and,…
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- 9783955535537
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Urban SquaresSpatio-temporal Studies of Design and Everyday Life in the Öres…
Studies of Urban Squares suggests a specific and fresh take on agorology - the study of urban squares. The approach is one of recording everyday life and focusing on different ways to describe and investigate the public life and space of urban squares. The book comprises four empirical case studies of squares focusing especially on the urban material culture and spatio-temporal changes of these…
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Urban SquaresSpatio-temporal Studies of Design and Everyday Life in the Öres…
Studies of Urban Squares suggests a specific and fresh take on agorology - the study of urban squares. The approach is one of recording everyday life and focusing on different ways to describe and investigate the public life and space of urban squares. The book comprises four empirical case studies of squares focusing especially on the urban material culture and spatio-temporal changes of these…
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- 9789187675515
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Wasser für CarnuntumVersorgung, Entsorgung, Badekultur im Römischen Reich u…
Im Laufe der Ausgrabungen zwischen dem 18. Jahrhundert und heute wurden im einstigen Legionslager Carnuntum mehrere öffentliche Bäder, Militär- und Privatbäder entdeckt. Die Grundmauern dieser Badeanlagen, unterschiedliche Architekturreste, Mosaike und zahlreiche Kleinfunde erzählen die Geschichte der antiken Badekultur im Römischen Reich. Rudolf Franz Ertl (Text) und Helmut Leitner (Foto…
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- 9783990129548
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Wasser für CarnuntumVersorgung, Entsorgung, Badekultur im Römischen Reich u…
Im Laufe der Ausgrabungen zwischen dem 18. Jahrhundert und heute wurden im einstigen Legionslager Carnuntum mehrere öffentliche Bäder, Militär- und Privatbäder entdeckt. Die Grundmauern dieser Badeanlagen, unterschiedliche Architekturreste, Mosaike und zahlreiche Kleinfunde erzählen die Geschichte der antiken Badekultur im Römischen Reich. Rudolf Franz Ertl (Text) und Helmut Leitner (Foto…
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- 9783990129531
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