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Explorar los límitesArte y arquitectura en las exposiciones de las vanguardias
Las vanguardias de principios del siglo XX encuentran en las exposiciones una oportunidad para experimentar con la relación entre objeto artístico y espacio. Las propuestas expositivas se convierten en verdaderos proyectos arquitectónicos que actúan como laboratorios de ideas en los que interaccionan de forma directa distintas disciplinas artísticas. El espectador juega un papel activo en …
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Planning, Sustainability and Nature
Why is it important to plan for the natural environment at a whole-landscape scale and to connect wildlife habitats together? Why do planners need to look beyond protecting particular species and their habitats? Why should planners help nature to recolonise towns and cities and how can they best do this? In seeking to answer such questions, this book provides a grounding for planners and profes…
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Steel SurfacesA Guide to Alloys, Finishes, Fabrication, and Maintenance in Ar…
A full-color guide for architects and design professionals to the selection and application of steel Steel Surfaces, fourth in Zahner's Architectural Metals Series, provides a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of steel applications in architecture and art.It offers architecture and design professionals the information they need to ensure proper maintenance and fabrication techniques t…
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Historia de la arquitectura contemporánea
El presente volumen refleja una teoría de la arquitectura y una metodología historiográfica dirigida a los estudiantes y a todos aquellos que se acercan por vez primera a la historia de la arquitectura de nuestro tiempo, es decir, desde la segunda mitad del siglo XIX hasta hoy; así pues, su objetivo es casi exclusivamente didáctico. El principio historiográfico no es ni más ni menos que …
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- 9781643601861
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Security, Resilience and PlanningPlanning's Role in Countering Terrorism
A vital guide to urban planning for security and resilience in the face of terrorism. This concise guide offers key concepts and practical advice for planners navigating the complexities of security and counter-terrorism in urban spaces. It addresses the increasing need for resilient and safe urban centers in an era of evolving threats. Explore how security considerations are becoming integral…
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Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies
An updated guide to designing buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky. This fully updated Third Edition covers principles of designing buildings that use the sun for heating, wind for cooling, and daylight for natural lighting. Using hundreds of illustrations, this book offers practical strategies that give the designer the tools they need to make energy ef…
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Estética AmerindiaHermenéutica
Sobre una base siempre filosófica y una crítica cada vez más educada el autor ha ido avanzando en la explicitud de una hermenéutica iconográfica clasificatoria e iconológica interpretativa. Las reflexiones sobre las obras plásticas y su naturaleza creativa, se han extendido en una sistemática coherente en precisiones sobre la sublimidad artística y su dialéctica en el tiempo amerindio…
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Planning, Transport and Accessibility
This book focuses on the way in which urban planning and transport planning can work together to achieve sustainable accessibility. Sustainable accessibility has a focus on walking, cycling and public transport, achieved by planning urban areas so that a person's daily activities are undertaken closer to home. It is also about reducing the need to travel by private car, especially for long dist…
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Structures and Construction in Historic Building Conservation
This book is the second in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials, and structural and constructional conservation techniques and technology: * Understanding Historic Building Conservation * Structures & Construction in Historic Building Conservation * Materials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation The …
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Architecture, Futurability and the UntimelyOn the Unpredictability of the Past
The planetary instantaneity that digital technologies have enabled is leading to an effacement of the divisions that separate the past from the future, ensuring that the present is ubiquitous. While contemporary architecture seems to have lost the capacity to conceive of the past as a transformative force, this book stresses the need to rethink today's complex temporal mechanisms through the no…
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