Conservation Design for SubdivisionsA Practical Guide To Creating Open Space …

In most communities, land use regulations are based on a limited model that allows for only one end result: the production of more and more suburbia, composed of endless subdivisions and shopping centers, that ultimately covers every bit of countryside with "improvements." Fortunately, sensible alternatives to this approach do exist, and methods of developing land while at the same time conserv…

Projet de restauration de Notre-Dame de Paris

"Projet de restauration de Notre-Dame de Paris", de Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Jean Baptiste Antoine Lassus. Publié par Good Press. Good Press publie un large éventail d'ouvrages, où sont inclus tous les genres littéraires. Les choix éditoriaux des éditions Good Press ne se limitent pas aux grands classiques, à la fiction et à la non-fiction littéraire. Ils englobent également l…

The City As A Tangled BankUrban Design versus Urban Evolution

Here Sir Terry Farrell, who has built an international career as an architect-planner, encourages other planners and architects to follow the biologists—look at, learn from, and, indeed, admire the nature of the forces that drive the change, and then with humility and respect work with them to nudge, anticipate and prepare for where it takes us. Searching for patterns within the apparent turb…

Local Climate Action Planning

Climate change is a global problem, but the problem begins locally. Cities consume 75% of the world's energy and emit 80% of the world's greenhouse gases. Changing the way we build and operate our cities can have major effects on greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, communities across the U.S. are responding to the climate change problem by making plans that assess their contribution to green…

Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle - …

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. commune, dont la construction est du xvie siècle, conserve le principe de cette disposition.... C est ce que nous avons essayé de faire en traçant la figure 5, qui donne, en A, le plan du rez - de - chaussée d un... D, précédé de la loge E. On entre à rez - de - chaussée, sous les voûtes du vestibule, dans les prisons F du beffroi... le tome V de ses…

The Colour, Light and Contrast ManualDesigning and Managing Inclusive Built E…

Endorsed by the Society of Light and Lighting, this practical book offers comprehensive guidance on how colour, light and contrast can be incorporated within buildings to enhance their usability. The book provides state-of-the-art, clear guidance as well as a valuable information source for busy professionals involved in the design or management of new and existing environments. The ways colo…

Design for an Empathic WorldReconnecting People, Nature, and Self

Despite an uncertain economy, the market for green building is exploding. The US green building market has expanded dramatically since 2008 and is projected to double in size by 2015 (from {dollar}42 billion in construction starts to {dollar}135 billion). But green-building pioneer Sim Van der Ryn says, "greening" our buildings is not enough.  He advocates for "empathic design", in which a…

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The Codes Guidebook for Interiors

Interior codes and standards reference of choice for designers and architects, updated and revised Completely revised and updated, the seventh edition of The Codes Guidebook to Interiors is the only book devoted exclusively to codes that are applicable to interior designers. The guide features jargon-free explanations of all the codes and standards that are relevant to designers and architect…

The Nature of a HouseBuilding a World that Works

Is it possible for a group of the world's most respected environmental scientists to truly practice what they preach? Can their expertise in climate change help them in transforming an old house and its nine acres into their new office building and campus—a building that is as energy efficient as possible, uses local materials, and generates all of the energy it consumes? In this candid, char…