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This book reviews Dante Bini’s inventions and designs, focusing on his form-resistant Binishell and other pneumatic construction systems. Dante Bini’s double profile of architect and builder underpins the narrative of the entire book. It is used to analyse the evolution...
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Birkhäuser
Parution :
2023-05-24
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Guest-edited by Gretchen Wilkins The renowned Cranbrook Academy of Art near Detroit, Michigan, has been described as the epicentre of American Modernism. When it opened in 1932 it combined a stunning Eliel Saarinen-designed campus with a radically open educational...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2023-05-15
Collection :
Architectural Design
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From Alvar Aalto to Marco Zanuso, Chairs introduces over 1,000 groundbreaking innovations by the world's greatest designers. Tracing the history of the modern chair from 1800 to the present day, revered experts Charlotte and Peter Fiell comprehensively guide you through...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2023-04-13
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Explore over 500 masterpieces of modern architecture in this celebration of the most iconic buildings in the world. Written by acclaimed architecture expert Jonathan Glancey, Modern Architecture is a beautifully illustrated guide to the key styles, architects and...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2023-04-13
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ARCHITECTURE THE GOLD STANDARD IN INTRODUCTORYARCHITECTURE TEXTS, FULLY UPDATED TO REFLECT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD For more than forty years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space, and Order has served as the classic introduction to the...
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Wiley
Parution :
2023-04-11
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“This book is a must read for all with an interest in the future of design.” —Jim Spohrer, PhD, Retired Industry executive, International Society of Service Innovation Professionals “The world is in need of better design, and Kozma’s book shows us how to get there.”...
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Wiley
Parution :
2023-04-05
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California has historically provided a fertile breeding ground for radical modes of architectural thinking, practice and building, which from the 1920s onwards was sparked by the presence of eminent émigré architects. It was also central to the birth of ‘cool’...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2023-02-24
Collection :
Architectural Design
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SketchUp for Interior Design Practical guide addressing the specific needs of interior planners and explaining the latest features of the professional, subscription-based version of SketchUp.SketchUp for Interior Design, Second Edition shows interior designers,...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2023-02-20
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Unique perspective of a seasoned designer and veteran A/E industry recruiter regarding what design industry recruiters actually look for in a Design Portfolio Design Portfolios: A Recruiter’s View provides a student-friendly guide, written from the perspective of a...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2023-02-16
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HEALTHCARE DESIGN BASICS An approachable and robust treatment of designing and planning spaces for use in healthcare settings In Healthcare Design Basics, a team of distinguished interior architecture practitioners and educators delivers an up-to-date text covering the...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2023-02-09
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Anyone with an interest in buildings and the built environment would do well to purchase a copy of Owen Hopkins' book. - MonocleThis innovative and unique book is a visual guide to the buildings that surround us. Architectural features are pinpointed and labelled on...
Editeur :
Laurence King Publishing
Parution :
2023-01-26
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Guest-edited by Marcus White and Jane Burry Cities are facing several coinciding global crises. There is the dominant existential narrative of the impact of and adaptation to climate change, itself powered by cities. In a time of unprecedented urbanisation and growth,...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2023-01-18
Collection :
Architectural Design
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Urban planning practice will undergo significant changes in the upcoming decades, due to major changes and challenges the world has to deal with, such as loss of biodiversity loss, climate change impacts, agricultural transformation, water management issues and health....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-01-05
Collection :
Contemporary Urban Design Thinking
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With climate change, differences have emerged in spatial planning and designs in urban and rural areas. Considering our present and future conditions, professions dealing with spatial planning and design will have great responsibilities. Rethinking urban and rural areas...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2023-01-05
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This book investigates energy use and measures to improve the energy efficiency of public housing, using post-war social housing development estates in Cyprus as its example. On this Mediterranean island, which experiences hot and humid temperatures throughout the year,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-01-01
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This book introduces a ten-year-long design research project in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD), China, based on international cooperation studios, design workshops, a Ph.D. thesis, and concrete practice in China, Germany, and the Netherlands.This research adapts the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-12-07
Collection :
The Urban Book Series
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Guest-edited by Jill Stoner and Ozayr Saloojee Over the past decade, and in a more concentrated form over the past two years, there has been increasing recognition of architecture’s systemic complicity in constructing and upholding hierarchies of race and class, and...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2022-11-29
Collection :
Architectural Design
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This open access book presents the exciting research results of the BMBF funded project iCity carried out at University of Applied Science Stuttgart to help cities to become more liveable, intelligent and sustainable, to become a LIScity. The research has been pursued...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-10-16
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A visual introduction to the fundamentals of the 2021 International Building Code In Building Codes Illustrated: The Basics, architectural illustration expert Francis D.K. Ching and California architect and engineer Steven R. Winkel deliver a concise visual introduction...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2022-09-27
Collection :
Building Codes Illustrated
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