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Typographic DesignForm and Communication
The bestselling introduction to designing the written word Typographic Design: Form & Communication is the definitive reference for graphic designers, providing a comprehensive introduction to the visual word. Done well, typopgraphy can communicate so much more than the words themselves. Typographic design determines how you feel about a message, the associations you make, and ultimately, the…
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Urban Sprawl in EuropeLandscape, Land-Use Change and Policy
Urban sprawl is one of the most important types of land-use changes currently affecting Europe. It increasingly creates major impacts on the environment (via surface sealing, emissions by transport and ecosystem fragmentation); on the social structure of an area (by segregation, lifestyle changes and neglecting urban centres); and on the economy (via distributed production, land prices, and iss…
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Urban FuturesDesigning the Digitalised City
Given the rapid evolution of concepts such as smart cities, who are the architects riding the wave of new possibilities for urban design? How do contemporary agencies find pathways to understand the challenges and opportunities presented by evolving urban technology, and how does architecture engage with the expanding pool of associated disciplines? How should schools of architecture and urban …
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WorkflowsExpanding Architecture's Territory in the Design and Delivery of Bui…
Workflows are being rethought and remodelled across the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) spectrum. The synthesis of building information modelling (BIM) platforms with digital simulation techniques and increasing access to data, charting building performance, is allowing architects to engage in the generation of new workflows across multidisciplinary teams. By merging digital de…
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CITA Complex Modelling
CITA Complex Modelling investigates the infrastructures of architectural design models. By questioning the tools for integrating information across the expanded digital design chain, the book asks how to support feedback between different scales of design engagement moving from material design, across design, simulation and analysis to specification and fabrication. The book conveys the finding…
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Delphi Complete Works of Nicolas Poussin (Illustrated)
The seventeenth century painter Nicolas Poussin founded the French Classical tradition, working the majority of his career in Rome. He specialised in history paintings, depicting scenes from the Bible, ancient history, and mythology, which are notable for their narrative clarity and dramatic force. Poussin was a man of contrasts; sensual, yet austere and intellectual, prizing reason, order and …
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Granada Des-Granadaraíces legales de la forma urbana morisca e hispana
En las últimas décadas, la historia urbana ha sido objeto de un amplio proceso de renovación metodológica. Los estudios en esta área han permitido comprobar hasta qué punto no sólo es legítima sino necesaria una diversidad de miradas y de metodologías complementarias que confluyen en la explicación histórica de los hechos urbanos. Manuel Saga reconoce la complejidad de estas perspect…
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ARQUITECTURA EN PROSAtextos e imágenes Willy Drews.
Creemos que solo los arquitectos diseñan casas y edificios, y elaboran proyectos urbanos. Sin embargo, a menudo los novelistas se ven obligados a hacerlo para definir el escenario donde se desarrolla su narración y como no saben, no quieren o no es su oficio dibujar, deben reemplazar el plano por una descripción en prosa del edificio o espacio urbano que se imaginan y el lector interpreta. P…
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DEL OLVIDO A LA MEMORIARescate de un mural de Luis Caballero en la Universida…
Del olvido a la memoria narra cómo se recuperó una obra del pintor colombiano Luis Caballero, ejecutada a finales de los años sesenta sobre un muro de una vieja edificación en la Universidad de los Andes, cuando el artista fue docente en su antigua Escuela de Bellas Artes. Por razones desconocidas, este mural fue cubierto hace muchos años y sobre la primera capa que lo ocultó se fueron su…
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EL TRAZO DEL HORIZONTE
Desde el horizonte se irradia un aura de misterio que ha cautivado a la humanidad desde tiempos inmemorables. Entre el cielo y la tierra se ha contemplado a la distancia la aparente línea, cuya horizontalidad difusa define y a la vez se define entre lo superior y lo inferior. Inalcanzable y esquivo, el horizonte ha estimulado la creatividad de la humanidad y ha inspirado sus obras artísticas,…
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