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About RenderDesigning and realising surfaces
This book shows that the potential of render goes far beyond current application practice and the wide range of design options plastering offers for the planning and implementation of building facades. Using photos, detailed drawings, and facade cuts on a scale of 1: 20, the publication documents 18 buildings using new and traditional plastering techniques. Featuring interviews with experts in …
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The 15-Minute CityA Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
A fresh and innovative perspective on urban issues and creating sustainable cities In The 15-Minute City: A Solution for Saving Our Time and Our Planet, human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be …
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Stages of MemoryStrategie per la rigenerazione dell'ex manicomio di San Salvi…
Il libro èil risultato di un'esperienza di ricerca condotta presso il Dipartimento di Architettura dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze in partenariato con la compagnia teatrale Chille de la balanza e orientata alla rigenerazione del patrimonio materiale eimmateriale dell'ex ospedale psichiatrico di San Salvi aFirenze."Rigenerazione" è intesa come "ricostruzione" dei luoghi della memoria, …
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Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation
Climate change is having an immediate and sometimes life-threatening impact, especially for older adults – generally speaking, people 65 or older. Older adults often face mobility, cognitive, and resource challenges, which contribute to a disproportionate number of deaths in the face of major disasters. But some challenges are less visible. Consider the grandparent who no longer can stand and…
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The Joy ExperimentsReimagining Mid-sized Cities to Heal Our Divided Society
A new perspective on developing shared joy in urban spaces. Our divided society is quickly reaching crisis level. We are no longer able to sustain social and economic prosperity nor ensure democracy. Fuelling this crisis is a growing sense of social isolation caused by the divisive nature of social media and the decline of infrastructure that used to bring communities together. But there is h…
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Architettura e paesaggio per l'esistenteMEDMA
Medma, architettura e paesaggio per l'esistente, è una ricerca che prova a istruire nuovi paradigmi per il progetto di architettura e di paesaggio sperimentando, attraverso il processo del progetto, i modi di acquisire la conoscenza, le possibili letture e le forme di interpretazione.
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Art and History in the Ohio Judicial CenterA Visual Tour
A photographic exploration of one of Ohio's most remarkable landmarks Nearly 100 years after its construction, the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center in Columbus, Ohio, is finally receiving the artistic recognition it deserves in this richly illustrated book. In the early 1920s, when plans for the Ohio Judicial Center building were initially conceived, American culture and politics were in…
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Floating Architecture 4Construction on and near water
Floating architecture is not only an issue for luxurious tourism but with the climatic change the building of floating structures becomes relevant for many areas in the world. In regions with rising sea levels, frequent flooding, or thawing permafrost, floating structures can be a solution to adapt existing settlement areas to these new conditions. The self-sufficient energy and supply systems …
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Rappresentare l'architetturaNote sulle categorie e le classi del disegno
Le note sulle categorie e classi del disegno rendono conto di uno schema analitico-sintetico attraverso il quale la disciplina del disegno è collocata all'interno delle teorie del linguaggio e della comunicazione. La proposta di una tassonomia minima che organizzi l'attività del disegnare in classi e categorie è il prodotto originale di questo volume, che riporta anche alcuni esempi grafici,…
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SchrebergartenGartenparadiese anlegen, pflegen und genießen
Ihr Gartenratgeber für das ganze Jahr!- Praktische Hinweise zur Gestaltung kleiner Gärten - von Wegen und Sitzplätzen über Zäune, Hecken und Beetbepflanzung bishin zum Gartenhaus- Ausführlicher Arbeitskalender zu allen anfallenden Gartenarbeiten rund ums Jahr- Detaillierte Informationen zu Sorten, Auswahl, Kultur und Pflege von Zier- und Nutzpflanzen, die sich optimal für Schrebergärten…
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