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A Field Guide to the Buildings of IrelandIllustrating the Smaller Buildings o…
The history of building in Ireland spans more than five thousand years. The evidence of these years of building persists throughout the intricate and richly textured landscape of the island. In the course of an hour's drive or, in some areas, a walk, strange stone monuments from neolithic times, remnants of Early Christian settlements and the romantic ruins of great medieval monasteries can all…
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Ireland & the New Architecture1900-1940
Architecture, like print, is ubiquitous, a part of thefabric of culture which touches every aspect of our lives while reflecting, and articulating, socio-economic change. As the twentieth century draws to a close, the architecture inscribed in its early decades attracts ever-closer scrutiny. The design movements in fin-de-siècle Europe saw manifestations of modernism combine with unprecedented…
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Land of StoneA Journey Through Modern Architecture in Scotland
'Welcome to a journey of remarkable buildings and remarkable thoughts about these buildings, shaped as they are by deep time, modern ideas and Scottish culture. Readers are sure to see new vistas in the land of stone open before them' From the Foreword by PROFESSOR ANDREW PATRIZIO What makes Scottish architecture Scottish? What ideas drive Scottish architecture? What has modern architecture in …
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Exploring EdinburghSix Tours of the City and its Architecture
Exploring Edinburgh is an expansive and stylishly formatted guide to the best of Edinburgh's architecture. Not only does it give a brief history of each architectural site but also includes easy to understand maps and suggested walking routes. It also explores locations outside the centre of Edinburgh for those with more time to explore the rich architectural landscape of Scotland's capital.
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House in the CountryWhere Our Suburbs and Garden Cities Came From and Why it'…
For nearly 150 years living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how this idea was imported from the US by Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement, the impact it has had in the UK and why, on cost and environmental grounds, it's time to move on from this approach. House in the Country presents a richly detailed narrative containing much s…
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Temporäre ArchitekturenDie Architektengruppe »raumlaborberlin« und das The…
Wie können zeitgenössische temporäre Architekturen partizipativ gestaltet werden? Katrin Klitzke beantwortet diese Frage exemplarisch anhand einer Analyse des Theaterprojekts »Eichbaumoper« der Architektengruppe »raumlaborberlin«. Die »Eichbaumoper«, welche in Kooperation mit drei Theaterhäusern entstand, sollte durch die Einbeziehung kommunaler Jugendarbeit und eines öffentlich ange…
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Vivere o morire di renditaLa rendita urbana nel XXI secolo
Può una città vivere di rendita? Cosa accade quando l'idea di poter vivere di rendita si diffonde come fosse una possibilità per tutti, anzi, quasi come se non ci fossero alternative? Quando i tipi di rendita, i meccanismi che la producono, le sue provenienze, i suoi intrecci sembrano moltiplicarsi, divenire sempre più dominanti rispetto ad altre forme di produzione di ricchezza e ad altre …
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Abitare essere e benessereArchitettura d'interni e psicologia
Il rapporto tra abitazione ed emozione, tra casa e stato d'animo, tra colui che abita e colui che progetta, è qui proposto in una chiave nuova, vivace e profonda, ma semplice: l'architettura e la psicologia, insieme, possono creare nuove soluzioni per "una casa del benessere" nella quale ogni persona si sente realizzata, tranquilla, protagonista e propositiva. Oltre la funzionalità, oltre la …
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Homo urbanus
La città è da millenni la matrice del progresso dell'umanità, ma è anche luogo delle contraddizioni di uno sviluppo senza progresso. E oggi è chiamata ad essere il progetto di futuro per la specie umana in evoluzione dall'Homo sapiens all'Homo urbanus. Il libro affronta l'Antropocene, l'era, iniziata con la rivoluzione industriale, in cui gli esseri umani sono diventati una specie dominant…
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Architecture: Form, Space, and Order
ARCHITECTURE THE GOLD STANDARD IN INTRODUCTORY ARCHITECTURE 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 basic vocabulary of architectural design. In this fifth edition, more recent additions to the architectural panoply illustrate h…
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