Many NorthsSpacial Practice in a Polar Territory

"There are many norths in this North." – Louis-Edmond Hamelin, 1975Many Norths: Spatial Practice in a Polar Territory charts the unique spatial realities of Canada's Arctic region, an immense territory populated with small, dispersed communities. The region has undergone dramatic transformations in the name of sovereignty, aboriginal affairs management, resources, and trade, among others. For…

What Makes a Great City

One of Planetizen's Top Planning Books for 2017 • San Francisco Chronicle's 2016 Holiday Books Gift Guide Pick What makes a great city? Not a good city or a functional city but a great city. A city that people admire, learn from, and replicate. City planner and architect Alexander Garvin set out to answer this question by observing cities, largely in North America an…

Le château de Coucy

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Mobile TheaterArchitectural Counterculture on Stage

Taking as a starting point a design for a mobile theater made at the Architectural Association of London between 1970 and1971 by Spanish architect Javier Navarro de Zuvillaga (born 1942), this book traces the architectural counterculture of that time and the relations with the alternative performing arts. Architect Javier Navarro de Zuvillaga (1942) graduated in 1968 at Madrid School of Archite…

Resilient Cities, Second EditionOvercoming Fossil Fuel Dependence

What does it mean to be a resilient city in the age of a changing climate and growing inequity? As urban populations grow, how do we create efficient transportation systems, access to healthy green space, and lower-carbon buildings for all citizens?   Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, and Heather Boyer respond to these questions in the revised and updated edition of Resilient Cities. Since th…

L'art roman dans le Sud-Manche

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Manual de construcción con fardos de pajaFundamentos, construcciones, ejemplos

La paja es un material de construcción económico y con muy buenas propiedades de aislamiento térmico que ha sido redescubierto en los últimos años. Como resultado de la mejora en esta nueva edición, los autores describen los métodos de construcción y las características estructurales importantes cuando se trata del material de construcción paja. De hecho, en libro se muestra, concreta…

The Green Building Revolution

The "green building revolution'' is happening right now. This book is its chronicle and its manifesto. Written by industry insider Jerry Yudelson, The Green Building Revolution introduces readers to the basics of green building and to the projects and people that are advancing this movement. With interviews and case studies, it does more than simply report on the revolution; it shows readers wh…

Du style gothique au dix-neuvième siècle

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc Du style gothique au dix-neuvième siècle Table des matières DU STYLE GOTHIQUE AU DIX-NEUVIÈME SIÈCLE PAR. Publié par Good Press, 2020.

The Business of ResearchKnowledge and Learning Redefined in Architectural Pra…

Architectural research is being redefined in practice. Whereas once the value of a piece of research was solely measured by the number of citations it received by fellow academics, shifting funding models and new societal concerns are forcing academia to question its structure and this mode of evaluation. At the same time a wave of practitioners and new types of institutions, such as RMIT in Me…