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The Physical and the Digital CityInvisible Forces, Data, and Manifestations
The Physical and the Digital City is a unique collection of projects where researchers and designers show how the theories of technology underpinning the digital urban environment are applied in practical and spatial terms. The authors are experts in their respective fields, who pursue cutting edge solutions for city-making and consider the theoretical premise critically. It is designed to be…
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Home, Heat, Money, GodTexas and Modern Architecture
Thematically focused analysis of modern architecture throughout Texas with gorgeous photographs illustrating works by famous and lesser-known architects. In the mid-twentieth century, dramatic social and political change coincided with the ascendance and evolution of architectural modernism in Texas. Between the 1930s and 1980s, a state known for cowboys and cotton fields rapidly urbanized and…
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- 9781477328934
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Nachverdichtung im StädtebauTransformative Strategien für Zeilenbausiedlung…
Nachverdichten sowie Um- und Anbauen anstelle eines Neubaus – so lässt sich die aktuelle Devise in Architektur und Städtebau auf den Punkt bringen. Siedlungsbauten der Nachkriegsmoderne stellen in dieser Hinsicht einen wichtigen Faktor zur Wohnraumversorgung und Mietmarktstabilisierung in Großstädten dar. Lisa Kaufmann analysiert die Besonderheiten von Zeilenbauten sowie die Herausforderu…
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La verticalización de la vida urbana: la configuración del orden socioespac…
Dimensionar y comprender el orden socioespacial que rige a la ciudad implica reconocer que el principal elemento que en la actualidad lo redirecciona —la producción residencial— está estrechamente relacionado con el fenómeno de la distribución de la segmentación residencial. En Bogotá, las primeras manifestaciones de un orden urbano segmentado se desarrollaron desde la primera mitad d…
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Climate Action for Busy People
As unprecedented heat waves, storms of the century, and devastating fires impact cities across the country, the time to create climate resilient communities is now. While large-scale innovations in policy and technology are necessary to preserve the planet, the wisest and most lasting adaptation solutions originate at the local level. However, with something as large as the climate crisis, it c…
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The 15-Minute CityA Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
A fresh and innovative perspective on urban issues and creating sustainable cities In The 15-Minute City: A Solution for Saving Our Time and Our Planet, human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be …
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The Joy ExperimentsReimagining Mid-sized Cities to Heal Our Divided Society
A new perspective on developing shared joy in urban spaces. Our divided society is quickly reaching crisis level. We are no longer able to sustain social and economic prosperity nor ensure democracy. Fuelling this crisis is a growing sense of social isolation caused by the divisive nature of social media and the decline of infrastructure that used to bring communities together. But there is h…
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Floating Architecture 4Construction on and near water
Floating architecture is not only an issue for luxurious tourism but with the climatic change the building of floating structures becomes relevant for many areas in the world. In regions with rising sea levels, frequent flooding, or thawing permafrost, floating structures can be a solution to adapt existing settlement areas to these new conditions. The self-sufficient energy and supply systems …
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Otto Häuselmayer. ArchitektDas zeichnerische Werk 1970-2023
Entwurfszeichnungen, Perspektivdarstellungen und persönliche Skizzen sind für die Erarbeitung und Entwicklung der Architektur- und Städtebauentwürfe Otto Häuselmayers neben dem Modellbau das wesentliche Darstellungsmittel.Otto Häuselmayer begann mit seinen architektonischen Entwurfszeichnungen zu einer Zeit, als Architekten noch keine Computer verwendeten bzw. verwenden konnten und die ge…
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Reconstructing the Development of Somerset's Early Medieval ChurchNew Approac…
Reconstructing the Development of Somerset's Early Medieval Church uses Somerset as a case study in order to contribute to a broader understanding of how the Church developed across the British Isles during the transition from the post-Roman Church to that in existence in the 11th century. To facilitate this a large retrogressive data set was constructed which enabled new patterns of developmen…
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