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Resilience for AllStriving for Equity Through Community-Driven Design
In the United States, people of color are disproportionally more likely to live in environments with poor air quality, in close proximity to toxic waste, and in locations more vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather events. In many vulnerable neighborhoods, structural racism and classism prevent residents from having a seat at the table when decisions are made about their c…
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The Landmarks of New York, Fifth EditionAn Illustrated Record of the City's H…
As the definitive resource on the architectural history of New York City, The Landmarks of New York, Fifth Edition documents and illustrates the 1, 276 individual landmarks and 102 historic districts that have been accorded landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission since its establishment in 1965. Arranged chronologically, by date of construction, the book offers a …
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Forty Ways to Think About ArchitectureArchitectural History and Theory Today
How do we think about architecture historically and theoretically? Forty Ways to Think about Architecture provides an introduction to some of the wide-ranging ways in which architectural history and theory are being approached today. The inspiration for this project is the work of Adrian Forty, Professor of Architectural History at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London…
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Experiencias pedagógicas creativas 3
El volumen III de la Serie EPC tiene como propósito explicitar las condiciones teóricas, metodológicas y técnicas de los primeros dos Talleres Proyectuales de la MaestrÃa en Investigación Proyectual, FADU-UBA. El proceso pedagógico se basa en pensar alternativamente las condiciones contemporáneas del habitar, promover un posicionamiento crÃtico-propositivo y abonar su sentido último: …
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Secret Gardens of East Anglia
The 22 gardens selected for Secret Gardens of East Anglia celebrate the culture, beauty and diversity of the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex, and all deserve to be better known. The big skies and the extraordinary light of East Anglia make it unlike anywhere else in Britain, and offer the most amazing natural conditions in which to create gardens. Introduced by eminent …
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Die Schlösser in Oberdiessbach
Die Schlösser von Oberdiessbach sind Denkmäler einer stolzen ehemaligen Gerichtsherrschaft des Alten Bern. Die Burg Diessenberg an der Flanke der Falkenfluh wurde als Sitz der Herrschaft im 15. Jahrhundert durch das Sässhaus am Dorfrand abgelöst, das die Aufsteigerfamilie von Diesbach in Etappen zum ummauerten und mit Tortürmen ausgezeichneten sog. Alten Schloss ausbaute. Eine neue Ära er…
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Les châteaux d’Oberdiessbach
Les châteaux d'Oberdiessbach sont les monuments d'une prestigieuse seigneurie justicière de l'Ancienne Berne. Le château-fort de Diessenberg, sur le flanc de la Falkenfluh, en fut le siège jusqu'au XVe siècle, époque à laquelle il fut remplacé par un manoir érigé à la périphérie du village. Par la suite, la famille de Diesbach transforma ce bâtiment en un véritable châtelet dotÃ…
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Living StreetsStrategies for Crafting Public Space
The only book of its kind to provide an overview of sustainable street design Today, society is moving toward a more sustainable way of life, with cities everywhere aspiring to become high-quality places to live, work, and play. Streets are fundamental to this shift. They define our system of movement, create connections between places, and offer opportunities to reconnect to natural systems.…
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Design as Future-Making
Design as Future-Making brings together leading international designers, scholars, and critics to address ways in which design is shaping the future. The contributors share an understanding of design as a practice that, with its focus on innovation and newness, is a natural ally of futurity. Ultimately, the choices made by designers are understood here as choices about the kind of world we want…
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Sweet SpotsIn-Between Spaces in New Orleans
Contributions by Carrie Bernhard, Scott Bernhard, Marilyn R. Brown, Richard Campanella, John P. Clark, Joel Dinerstein, Pableaux Johnson, John P. Klingman, Angel Adams Parham, Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Ruth Salvaggio, Christopher Schaberg, Teresa A. Toulouse, and Beth WillingerMuch has been written about New Orleans's distinctive architecture and urban fabric, as well as the city's art, literature, a…
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