"Licht, Luft, Sonne, Hygiene" avancierten in der Weimarer Zeit zu allgegenwärtigen Schlagworten, insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit Architektur und Moderne. Im Gegensatz zu den Zentren des Neuen Bauens wie Stuttgart, Frankfurt oder Berlin galt Bayern als rückständig. Gebäude aus dieser Epoche sind nicht immer auf den ersten Blick dem Neuen Bauen zuzuordnen, da die Adaption der Moderne im jung…
A guide to understanding architecture as a whole. Examines the appreciation for the art of architecture, including its form, construction, materials, and style.
A handbook with mathematical information to help architects overcome simple engineering problems in the design of floor beams, girders, column sections, grillage beams, and simple roof trusses.
Discusses how American architecture displays qualities which are distinguishable from that of the rest of the world, and that are uniquely American. Examines early American architects, city architecture, and problems facing the industry.
A detailed study of early historical preservation efforts between the 1780s and the 1850s In Historic Real Estate, Whitney Martinko shows how Americans in the fledgling United States pointed to evidence of the past in the world around them and debated whether, and how, to preserve historic structures as permanent features of the new nation's landscape. From Indigenous mounds in the Ohio Valley…
The classic guide to one of America's architectural treasures—now with magnificent new color photos and a foreword by Princeton's dean of religious life Like the medieval English cathedrals that inspired it, the Princeton University Chapel is an architectural achievement designed to evoke wonder, awe, and reflection. Richard Stillwell's The Chapel of Princeton University is the essential ill…
A FULL-COLOR GUIDE FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO THE SELECTION AND APPLICATION OF COPPER, BRASS, AND BRONZE Copper, Brass, and Bronze Surfaces, third in Zahner's Architectural Metals Series, provides a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of copper, brass, and bronze applications in architecture and art. If offers architecture and design professionals the information they ne…
Architettura Alto Adige – bergmeisterwolf e MoDusArchitects è la prima di un ciclo di mostre a cadenza annuale organizzate a Napoli dal Dipartimento di Architettura dell'Università degli Studi Federico II e dedicate all'architettura contemporanea italiana.La mostra permette di riflettere su alcune tra le più interessanti ricerche sul progetto e sulla costruzione di una architettura radicat…
Sede di civiltà tecnologicamente avanzatissime e illuminate oppure luogo di provenienza di minacciosi estranei invasori, Marte rappresenta, da oltre un secolo, una alternativa alla Terra, un altro mondo sul quale proiettare le nostre speranze e le nostre paure. Da quando, nel Diciannovesimo secolo, gli astronomi Giovanni Schiaparelli e Percivall Lowell osservarono sulla superficie marzia…
Questo libro racconta l’Italia del “margine” e spiega come restituire valore ai territori e alle comunità. Le storie del ritorno e le iniziative contro l’abbandono e le disuguaglianze territoriali. La favola vera di un Paese inaspettato: è l’Italia interna, lontana dalla grande città; marginale, spesso fragile ma allo stesso tempo sorprendentem…