This book reveals the inside track on the making of Terminal 5: the courage, the ground-breaking management thinking and the many lessons learnt from the leaders, the client and integrated supply chain teams, - involving over 50,000 people from 20,000 companies - which led to the successful delivery of this mega project on time, on budget, and safely. Love or hate Heathrow we can't ignore it! …
Für die Wirkung eines Gebäudes spielt dessen Sockel eine entscheidende Rolle. Im Vergleich zu mittlerer Fassade und Attikazone stellt er den Bezug zu den Menschen direkt her und prägt das Erlebnis des städtischen Raums. Der Sockel hat wesentlichen Einfluss darauf, wie einladend und offen oder aber distanzierend, Privatsphäre schaffend oder gar wehrhaft ein Bauwerk wirkt. Dennoch ist seit d…
Across the world, the housing crisis is escalating. Mass migration to cities has led to rapid urbanisation on an unprecedented scale, while the withdrawal of public funding from social housing provision in Western countries, and widening income inequality, have further compounded the situation. In prosperous US and European cities, middle- and low-income residents are being pushed out of housin…
Il volume riunisce due iniziative sul rapporto tra l'architetto ferrarese Biagio Rossetti, di cui nel 2016 ricorreva il cinquecentenario della morte, e lo storico dell'architettura Bruno Zevi, che nel 2018 avrebbe compiuto cento anni: una mostra, ospitata nella sede della Fondazione Bruno Zevi a Roma, e un convegno, svoltosi nel salone d'onore di Palazzo Tassoni a Ferrara, riuniti sotto il comu…
The new, updated edition of the successful book on interior design Interior Design Visual Presentation, Second Edition is fully revised to include the latest material on CAD, digital portfolios, resume preparation, and Web page design. It remains the only comprehensive guide to address the visual design and presentation needs of the interior designer, with coverage of design graphics, models,…
Cos'è il paesaggio? Cosa intendiamo per paesaggio? Per fare chiarezza l'autore propone un itinerario antologico che indaga il rapporto tra paesaggio e disegno, delineandone le caratteristiche approfondite dal pensiero critico contemporaneo. Questo breve saggio è un tentativo di chiarire il senso del termine "paesaggio" e di mostrare come l'emozione che esso produce renda necessaria la sua rap…
Development of brownfield land can address shortfalls in the availability of land for housing and other buildings, but these sites present a range of problems that must be overcome in any successful development. Land, Development and Design addresses all of the issues in the context of the reuse of urban land, providing a solid, readable overview of the principles and practice of the regenera…
The new student edition of the definitive reference on landscape architecture Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition is a condensed treatment of the authoritative Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Professional Edition. Designed to give students the critical information they require, this is an essential reference for anyone studying landscape architecture and desig…