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Structural Engineering for ArchitectsA Handbook
This book provides an understanding of the fundamental theories and practice behind the creation of architectural structures. It aids the development of an intuitive understanding of structural engineering, bringing together technical and design issues. The book is divided into four sections: 'Structures in nature' looks at structural principles found in natural objects. 'Theory' covers genera…
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- 9781780675466
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Concrete ChangesArchitecture, Politics, and the Design of Boston City Hall
From the 1950s to the end of the twentieth century, Boston transformed from a city in freefall into a thriving metropolis, as modern glass skyscrapers sprouted up in the midst of iconic brick rowhouses. After decades of corruption and graft, a new generation of politicians swept into office, seeking to revitalize Boston through large-scale urban renewal projects. The most important of these was…
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LE SENS DE LA VILLE
La ville n'est pas seulement un espace: elle est aussi un nœud de réseaux et d'activités, de conflits et de relations sociales, de stratégies et d'imaginaires. Lieu de la plus intense sociabilité, la ville semble, pourtant, aujourd'hui, en crise. Elle se cherche des formes plus belles, des relations sociales plus ouvertes, des projets plus porteurs, … A la croisée des sciences de l'info…
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- 9782296293878
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Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design
The debate surrounding hand drawing versus computer-generated imagery has become a hot topic. Having grown up with computers, today's interior design and architecture students are extremely adept at creating computer imagery, but often lack confidence in their freehand sketching skills, or do not know how to sketch at all. Sketching, and the careful observation that it entails, is essential for…
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- 9781780678054
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The Stages of MemoryReflections on Memorial Art, Loss, and the Spaces Between
Winner of the 2017 National Council on Public History Book Award From around the world, whether for New York City's 9/11 Memorial, at exhibits devoted to the arts of Holocaust memory, or throughout Norway's memorial process for the murders at ?Utøya, James E. Young has been called on to help guide the grief stricken and survivors in how to mark their losses. This poignant, beautifully written …
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LE DON DE RELATIONGeorg Simmel et Marcel Mauss
Que proposer aux sciences sociales qui veulent s'affranchir du réalisme et du nominalisme sociologiques? Bien avant les théories holistes et individualistes, et sans les méthodes des (dé)-constructivistes, Georg Simmel et Marcel Mauss rassemblaient chacun de leur côté les éléments pour répondre à cette question. En reconstruisant pas à pas leur pensée respective, le désordre appare…
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Drawing for Interior Design
This book covers all stages of visual presentation as part of the interior design process, from the most basic initial sketches, to models, to fully developed computer-generated visualizations. In four chapters this easy-to-follow text explains the basics, conception, presentation and production. With a varied and comprehensive range of images, this book is an invaluable, inspirational and prac…
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- 9781780675114
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Strategic Green Infrastructure PlanningA Multi-Scale Approach
From New York City's urban forest and farmland in Virginia to the vast Sonoran Desert of Arizona and riverside parks in Vancouver, Washington, green infrastructure is becoming a priority for cities, counties, and states across America. Recognition of the need to manage our natural assets—trees, soils, water, and habitats—as part of our green infrastructure is vital to creating livable place…
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Fondements et pratiques de la recherche-action
Il arrive de plus en plus fréquemment que l'on soit confronté à des situations qui posent des problèmes d'une complexité telle que leur formulation même apparaît au-delà de notre portée. La recherche-action a été inventée pour permettre la survie de systèmes sociaux confrontés à de telles situations. Elle s'est développée depuis un demi-siècle en accumulant les avancées, tant…
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Deployable Structures
Deployable structures can expand and contract due to their geometrical, material and mechanical properties – offering the potential to create truly transforming environments. This book looks at the cutting edge of the subject, examining the different types of deployable structures and numerous design approaches. Filled with photographs, models, drawings and diagrams, Deployable Structures is…
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- 9781780677958
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