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Historia de la arquitectura contemporánea
El presente volumen refleja una teoría de la arquitectura y una metodología historiográfica dirigida a los estudiantes y a todos aquellos que se acercan por vez primera a la historia de la arquitectura de nuestro tiempo, es decir, desde la segunda mitad del siglo XIX hasta hoy; así pues, su objetivo es casi exclusivamente didáctico. El principio historiográfico no es ni más ni menos que …
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Estética AmerindiaHermenéutica
Sobre una base siempre filosófica y una crítica cada vez más educada el autor ha ido avanzando en la explicitud de una hermenéutica iconográfica clasificatoria e iconológica interpretativa. Las reflexiones sobre las obras plásticas y su naturaleza creativa, se han extendido en una sistemática coherente en precisiones sobre la sublimidad artística y su dialéctica en el tiempo amerindio…
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Architecture, Futurability and the UntimelyOn the Unpredictability of the Past
The planetary instantaneity that digital technologies have enabled is leading to an effacement of the divisions that separate the past from the future, ensuring that the present is ubiquitous. While contemporary architecture seems to have lost the capacity to conceive of the past as a transformative force, this book stresses the need to rethink today's complex temporal mechanisms through the no…
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The University of Iowa Guide to Campus Architecture
The University of Iowa boasts an outstanding ensemble of buildings whose stylistic diversity reflects the breadth of Iowa's contributions to research, education, and creative activities. In this first comprehensive guide to the university's architecture, authors John Scott and Rodney Lehnertz reveal the artistic integrity, intellectual inspiration, and cutting-edge function of the campus buildi…
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Farm HouseCollege Farm to University Museum
Now available for the first time in paperback, Farm House tells the story of the first structure built on the Iowa State University campus. Mary Atherly provides a comprehensive history of the Farm House from its founding days to its role as the center of activity for the new college to its second life as a welcoming museum visited by thousands each year. This second edition includes a discussi…
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Heating, Cooling, LightingSustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Arch…
The essential guide to environmental control systems in building design For over 25 years Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture has provided architects and design professionals the knowledge and tools required to design a sustainable built environment at the schematic design stage. This Fifth Edition offers cutting-edge research in the field of…
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Place, Practice, Politics
What futures are we designing by default? What collaborations are we complicit in? How can we incorporate an active civic engagement into our professional and creative practice – into our everyday lives? Esther Anatolitis presents a dynamic snapshot of her own practice from a distinctly Australian context but with a global perspective, offering tools and techniques for integrating civic engag…
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Writing Design FictionRelocating a City in Crisis
Written by leading design philosopher Tony Fry, Writing Design Fiction: Relocating a City in Crisis is both an introduction to the power of "design fiction" in the design process, and a novella-length work of fiction in itself-telling the dramatic story of the relocation of the City of Harshon. Set in the near future, Harshon, a delta city, is facing environmental catastrophe due to rising sea…
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A Blueprint for Coastal AdaptationUniting Design, Economics, and Policy
Tens of millions of Americans are at risk from sea level rise, increased tidal flooding, and intensifying storms. The design and policy decisions that have shaped coastal areas are in desperate need of updates to help communities better adapt to a changing climate. A Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation identifies a bold new research and policy agenda and provides implementable options for coastal …
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What Makes a Great City
One of Planetizen's Top Planning Books for 2017 • San Francisco Chronicle's 2016 Holiday Books Gift Guide Pick What makes a great city? Not a good city or a functional city but a great city. A city that people admire, learn from, and replicate. City planner and architect Alexander Garvin set out to answer this question by observing cities, largely in North America an…
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