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Principles of Architectural Detailing
* Why are buildings detailed the way they are? * Why do architects and engineers seem to come to the same kind of solutions to their detailing problems? * Are we satisfied with such a situation? With environmental concerns so high on designers' agendas, the answer to this third question has to be 'no'. Collectively architects, engineers and specifiers need to revisit how they detail the buil…
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People Flow in Buildings
Discover how to measure, control, model, and plan peopleflow within modern buildings with this one-stop resource from a leading professional People Flow in Buildings deliversa comprehensive and insightfuldescription of peopleflow, analysiswithsoftware-basedtools. The book offers readers an up-to-date overview of mathematical optimization methodsused incontrol systemsandtransportationplanningm…
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Re-Imagining the Avant-GardeRevisiting the Architecture of the 1960s and 1970s
The 1960s and 1970s avant-garde has been likened to an 'architectural Big Bang', such was the intensity of energy and ambition in which it exploded into the postwar world. Marked out by architectural projects that redefined the discipline, it remains just as influential today. References to the likes of Archizoom, Peter Eisenman, John Hejduk and Superstudio abound. Highly diverse, the avant-gar…
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Enseñar, proyectar, investigarexperiencias y reflexiones de la carrera docente
La enseñanza del proyecto en una universidad masiva y con bajo presupuesto es el desafío que recorre estas páginas. El libro se propone como instancia de formación y de debate. No hay en él una teoría nueva respecto de la enseñanza del proyecto sino la exposición de un estado de situación. Los 18 trabajos que lo integran plantean problemáticas, bordean zonas, se acercan a cuestiones q…
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Residential Landscape SustainabilityA Checklist Tool
This valuable resource for developers and designers will help to develop design solutions sympathetic to the environment and improve the sustainability of residential landscapes. The landscapes around housing have a crucial role in creating a more sustainable future with carbon-neutral homes. This book shows how to improve the sustainable profile of new residential developments through lan…
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Making the Most of TomorrowA Laboratory of Socialist Modernity in Czechoslovakia
Most, one of the most impressive historical cities of Northern Bohemia, was destroyed in the sixties and seventies for coal mining. When plans to redevelop the city began, hope and expectations ran high; in the end, however, Most became a symbol for the heartless incompetence of Czechoslovak communism. In this book, Mat?j Spurný explores the historical city of Most from the nineteenth century…
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Environmentally Responsible DesignGreen and Sustainable Design for Interior D…
Environmentally Responsible Design Architecture/Interior Design/General Learn the principles and practice of sustainable interior design Covering everything from theory to current practices, eight leading design educators present the tools and knowledge needed to implement an environmentally responsible approach for any interior design project. It opens with a broad perspective on global …
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Castles of England
In 1051, a monk of Canterbury Cathedral made a bizarre observation in what would eventually form part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. In his chronicling of the year's events, he described the establishment of a new fortification in Herefordshire by French members of the king's party. More sophisticated than the typical Saxon burh, the word provided was alien to his vocabulary. In Latin, its build…
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Exercises in Building Construction
The companion student exercise guide to the classic book on building construction Fundamentals of Building Construction, Seventh Edition, involves students in the types of everyday issues faced by professional building architects. Exercises in Building Construction, Seventh Edition, offers students a hands-on way to apply material learned in the core book. The Exercises book is designed to h…
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Lewerentz Fragments
The publication Lewerentz Fragments introduces new scholarship on the architect's motivations and compiles new essays from all the major scholars on his work, for the first time in one volume presenting both historical and critical perspectives. Through new essays, recently discovered archival material, photography, and drawings, the publication Lewerentz Fragments explores the architect's body…
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