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Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment
Reyner Banham was a pioneer in arguing that technology, human needs, and environmental concerns must be considered an integral part of architecture. No historian before him had so systematically explored the impact of environmental engineering on the design of buildings and on the minds of architects. In this revision of his classic work, Banham has added considerable new material on the use of…
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Living in HousesA Personal History of English Domestic Architecture
This book presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine houses, dating from the 1600s to the 1980s, which have been inhabited by the author, an architect and academic. Chronologically ordered, the book covers rural vernacular houses from the 17th Century, Georgian and Victorian townhouses, villas and converted industrial buildings, Edwardian semis and 20…
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Assiniboine ParkDesigning and Developing a People's Playground
In 1904, Assiniboine Park was conceived as a people's playground, a place devoid of commercial amusements where all classes of Winnipeggers could relax and rejuvenate in idyllic and Arcadian surroundings. The book traces the development of the park and its infrastructure— the layout of fields, forests and gardens, the two pavilions, the conservatories and the zoo— and how this corresponded …
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Basics Designing with Plants
Die Pflanze ist anders als Mauerwerk oder Beton ein lebender Baustoff, der sich im Laufe der Jahreszeiten und Jahre verändert. Die unterschiedliche Erscheinung und das Wachstum sind Faktoren, die bei Entwurf und Planung berücksichtigt werden müssen. Darüber hinaus können mit Pflanzen verschiedene Gestaltungsebenen geschaffen werden. Sie dienen der Verkleidung (Fassadenbegrünung, Bodenbela…
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Basics Urban Building Blocks
Das Wissen über die unterschiedlichen Stadtbausteine gehört zum grundlegenden Handwerkszeug jeder städtebaulichen Planung. Aus diesen Bausteinen sind unsere Städte und Quartiere zusammengefügt. Für das städtebauliche Entwerfen ist es unerlässlich, ihre Form und Struktur, die funktionalen Bedingungen, ihre Differenzierung von privaten und öffentlichen Bereichen sowie die Vernetzung mit …
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- 9783035612868
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Basics Stadtanalyse
Basics Urban Analysis is a new addition to the module on city planning. Building on the elements of cities as described in the volume Basics Urban Building Blocks, it provides techniques for analyzing cities. As a basis for city planning and architectural design work, a solid understanding of the existing and surrounding urban structures is indispensable. This volume not only explains the possi…
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Modern HeritageReuse. Renovation. Restoration
Die Moderne ist der prägendste architektonische Ausdruck des 20. Jahrhunderts – eine Bewegung, die die gebaute Umwelt in beispielloser Weise verändert hat. Viele dieser Gebäude sind allerdings heute reparaturbedürftig oder ihre ursprüngliche Funktion ist obsolet geworden, sodass eine Umnutzung notwendig wird. Diese Publikation in Zusammenarbeit mit Docomomo untersucht Strategien zur Sani…
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Landscape and Authority in the Early Modern World
Courts and societies across the early modern Eurasian world were fundamentally transformed by the physical, technological, and conceptual developments of their era. Evolving forms of communication, greatly expanded mobility, the spread of scientific knowledge, and the emergence of an increasingly integrated global economy all affected how states articulated and projected visions of authority in…
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Heaven on the HudsonMansions, Monuments, and Marvels of Riverside Park
Winner, Victorian Society in America Book Award A colorful tale of a singular New York City neighborhood and the personalities who make it special To outsiders or East Siders, Riverside Park and Riverside Drive may not have the star status of Fifth Avenue or Central Park West. But at the city's westernmost edge, there is a quiet and beauty like nowhere else in all of New York. There are miles…
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Dingbat 2.0: The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a Metropolis
The first critical study of the ubiquitous and mundane Los Angeles dingbat apartment, featuring critical essays, photography, and international competition winners re-envisioning the dingbat for the 21st century. Often dismissed as ugly and unremarkable, dingbat apartments have qualities that arguably make them innovative, iconoclastic, and distinctly "L.A." For more than half a century the idi…
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