Das Bauen mit Glas eröffnet den Planern faszinierende gestalterische Möglichkeiten. Schon lange dient es als lichtdurchlässiger Raumabschluss, kann aber deutlich mehr: Glas sichert gegen Absturz, schützt vor Explosionen, wehrt bewaffnete Angriffe ab, bildet begehbare Flächen in Dächern, Treppen und Emporen und übernimmt sogar Systemlasten innerhalb eines Tragwerks. In Kombination mit zah…
Entscheidungen zum Tragwerk haben gestalterische, ökonomische und ökologische Auswirkungen auf das Gebäude. Nur in enger Zusammenarbeit von Architekten, Auftraggebern und Tragwerksplanern entstehen großartige und innovative Bauten. Die Chance für moderne Tragsysteme liegt dabei in der sinnvollen Kombination verschiedener Baustoffe. Der Atlas Tragwerke reicht über Materialgrenzen hinaus un…
This ideal gift for gardeners features a photographic collection of beautiful, innovative, ecologically friendly gardens that will inspire and inform anyone with a green thumb, from backyard gardeners to accomplished landscape architects. Through twenty distinctive projects set across urban, suburban, and rural spaces, Beyond the Garden explores how thoughtful design and awareness of local ecol…
In The Pandemic Effect, 90 leading architects, designers, materials scientists, and health officials reflect on the influence of COVID-19 on buildings and cities—and propose solutions to safeguard the built environment from future pandemics, viruses, and contagious diseases on every scale, from surfaces to society. Safety and sustainability in buildings and cities have taken on new meaning du…
Environmental disasters and severe weather due to climate change, both triggered by human actions, have had an increasingly direct impact on our homes. But the way in which America builds its homes is part of the problem. This deeply researched history of sustainable design standards in building codes explores how public policy, standard-setting trade associations, and financial incentives infl…
Per il 99% della sua storia, l'uomo è stato cacciatore, pescatore e raccoglitore. Dodicimila anni fa, gli uomini, poche centinaia di migliaia, erano nomadi, isolati in piccoli gruppi. Ora stanno per diventare nove miliardi e, quasi tutti sedentari, popolano la Terra. La società che hanno costruito è oggi molto diseguale, poiché circa l'1% di loro possiede la metà della ricchezza mondiale. …
This pivot sets Muslim shrines within the wider context of Heritage Studies in the Muslim world and considers their role in the articulation of sacred landscapes, their function as sites of cultural memory and their links to different religious traditions. Reviewing the historiography of Muslim shrines paying attention to the different ways these places have been studied, through anthropology, …
Das Berner Münster, der wichtigste spätgotische Kirchenbau der Schweiz, steht neben dem Rathausneubau für den erstaunlichen Aufbruch der freien Stadt Bern im 15. Jahrhundert. Günstige politische und wirtschaftliche Umstände, befördert von einer aufstrebenden Schicht von Händlern, die in das Patriziat der Stadt aufstiegen, waren dazu die Voraussetzung. Schon mit der Grundsteinlegung 1421 …
THE CLIMATE CITY Provides professionals in finance, technology, and consulting with solutions for improving the quality of urban life under the changing climate The Climate City provides cutting-edge approaches for developing resilient solutions to combat the effects of climate change in cities throughout the world. Linking finance and technology to policy and innovation, this highly practi…
Debo justificar ante todos los posibles lectores el porqué elijo a un autor para incluirlo en la colección. Graciela Silvestri es un nombre en el campo disciplinar y sus alrededores, que la coloca como un referente obligado y nos obliga a preguntarnos: ¿qué opinará Graciela de esto? Su posición no ha sido aristocrática, habla con todos por igual. Graciela Silvestri ha hecho arquitectura …