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Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs
As world population grows, and more people move to cities and suburbs, they place greater stress on the operating system of our whole planet. But urbanization and increasing densities also present our best opportunity for improving sustainability, by transforming urban development into desirable, lower-carbon, compact and walkable communities and business centers. Jonathan Barnett and Larry Be…
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Exhibition Design Second EditionAn Introduction
Exhibition Design describes the skills needed to become an exhibition designer, including: developing a brief and working with clients; design principles for graphics, circulation, lighting, and accessibility; presenting ideas to clients; and the practicalities of production. A wealth of visual material includes photographs of completed exhibitions by world-renowned designers, concept drawings,…
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The Portland EdgeChallenges And Successes In Growing Communities
Portland, Oregon, is often cited as one of the most livable cities in the United States and a model for "smart growth." At the same time, critics deride it as a victim of heavy-handed planning and point to its skyrocketing housing costs as a clear sign of good intentions gone awry. Which side is right? Does Portland deserve the accolades it has received, or has hype overshadowed the real story?…
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Économie Politique de la VilleLes politiques territoriales en question
La métropole contemporaine a-t-elle détrôné la ville? La " ville globale " du XXIè siècle, magma sans lieux ni bornes, a fait craquer l'ordre du territoire. L'auteur de ce livre trace la voie d'une économie politique de la ville qui interroge le devenir de l'espace social urbain à travers les enjeux du renouveau de la cité démocratique, de la responsabilité publique et de la citoyenn…
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Studio Craft & Technique for Architects Second Edition
This is an excellent, clear and comprehensive book for Year 1 architecture students, which will continue to be useful throughout their course and into practice. - Laura Evans, Kingston University, UK This one-stop handbook for architecture students provides step-by-step techniques for perfecting the vital skills of drawing, model making and surveying. It is a primer on the conventions of archit…
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A Safe and Sustainable WorldThe Promise Of Ecological Design
In the late sixties, as the world was waking to a need for Earth Day, a pioneering group founded a small non-profit research and education organization they called the New Alchemy Institute. Their aim was to explore the ways a safer and more sustainable world could be created. In the ensuing years, along with scientists, agriculturists, and a host of enthusiastic amateurs and friends, they set …
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Réenchanter la ville
De Vienne à Belgrade, de Belfast à Glasgow, de Bruxelles à Porto ou à Setubal, de Francfort à Lyon ou à Turin, la société de la connaissance et de la culture l'emporte peu à peu, en Europe, sur le monde industriel. Mais de quelle culture s'agit-il et surtout au bénéfice de quelle ville? Poursuivant d'un pays à l'autre, entre banlieue et centre-ville, les traces de pratiques culturel…
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CAD Fundamentals for Architecture
Computer-aided design (CAD) is the dominant design and drawing tool used in architecture, and all students need to acquire basic skills in using it. This book explains the key CAD skills required to create plans, 3D models and perspectives. Detailed text and hundreds of screengrabs and visuals are used to demonstrate the various techniques and processes. 2D skills are shown using AutoCAD, Sket…
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Ecology and DesignFrameworks For Learning
Professionals, faculty, and students are aware of the pressing need to integrate ecological principles into environmental design and planning education, but few materials exist to facilitate that development. Ecology and Design addresses that shortcoming by articulating priorities and approaches for incorporating ecological principles in the teaching of landscape design and planning. The book …
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Géographie et cultures n°5Dossier Penser la ville
- Quelles cultures pour quels espaces?, C. Bataillon- J.J. Rousseau et la post-apocalypse, A. Koschorke- La gestion de l'irrigation villageoise au nord du Laos, W. Randall Ireson- Dossier Penser la ville- La dimension culturelle des conceptions de la ville, C. Hancock- Esquisse d'une conception de la ville islamique, E. Wirth- Représentation de l'espace urbain du Havre, D. Ruet- Les représent…
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