Town and Country Planning in the UK
Town and Country Planning in the UK provides one of the most authoritative and comprehensive accounts of British planning history, institutions, legislation, policies, processes and practices. This 16th edition has been substantially revised and re-organised to provide an up-to-date overview of the planning systems in the four nations of the UK, supported by analyses, interpretations, illustrations and examples from planning practice.The new edition features: details of the legislative and policy changes since 2015 and discussion of their implications, including the early stages of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act, 2023 discussion of environmental policies and programmes and the impact of Brexit on environmental regulatory landscape in Britain changes to climate change and resilience policies, notably the government's 'Net Zero' agenda and their implications for planning updates to the substantive issues in plan-making, especially the responses to the shortage of affordable housing and the development of major infrastructure changes to the processes involved in plan-making and development management an expanded and revised chapter on design to include the growing significance of public health in the built environment major revisions to the chapter on rural planning revisions of the text on planning theory especially in relation to management of conflicts over the use and development of land extended discussion of politics, professionalism and participation in planning The 16th edition of Town and Country Planning in the UK is an ideal starting point for those who are studying or working in the planning field, and for other professionals who need to locate their work in the planning context.
Green Engineering and Technology
This book examines the most recent advancements in green technology, across multiple industries, and outlines the opportunities of emerging and future innovations, as well as practical real-world implementation.
A Practical Course in Advanced Structural Design
This book is written from the perspective of a practicing engineer with 35 years of experience now working in the academic world to pass on lessons learned over the course of a structural engineering career. It covers topics that will enable beginning structural engineers to gain an advanced understanding prior to entering the workforce.
The City Is Ours
The City is Ours accounts how urban politics mediated the rise of Kurdish nationhood and mobilization in Diyarbakır, Turkey. Muna G羹ven癟 elucidates how urban and architectural forms are not merely the backdrop of the cityscape where political struggles unfold; they constitute the very essence of these conflicts. G羹ven癟 posits that urban spaces offer "wiggle room", turning oppression into chances for dissent and resilience and offering opportunities for vulnerable minority groups to create sociopolitical blocs and mobilizations. G羹ven癟 takes readers from municipal halls to the streets and illustrates how, in the early 2000s, pro-Kurdish parties harnessed urban planning to resist coercion and foster Kurdish mobilization in Turkey. G羹ven癟 challenges readers to rethink urban neoliberalism, new forms of nationalisms and mobilizations, and the ways they shape cities and politics. The City is Ours is a profound awakening, an invitation to all architects and urban planners, urging them to rise above the confines of their blueprints and embrace the vast tapestry of the politics of space.
Technology & Sustainability in Construction Management
In technology & sustainability in construction management, hassan hanifi delves into the critical intersection of technology and sustainable practices in modern construction. With over 12 years of experience, hanifi provides valuable insights into leveraging technologies like bim, iot, and 3d printing to enhance project efficiency and sustainability.This book offers practical strategies, real-world case studies, and a comprehensive overview of sustainable materials and energy management systems. A must-read for engineers, architects, and construction professionals aiming to lead the future of sustainable construction.
Thermal Performance of External Vertical Sealing
The Presidente Kennedy building, designed in 1970, historically represents urban development in the city centre of Vit籀ria, the capital of Esp穩rito Santo. This is because it combines two characteristics of the changes that took place during the period in which it was built: verticalisation and multifunctionality. However, over time buildings like this have been abandoned and underutilised, as their constructive characteristics have become obsolete in the face of society's new needs. However, it is possible, through renovation, to improve various construction features, maximising the performance of these buildings. One of these elements is the envelope, which directly affects thermal performance and contributes to the building's energy efficiency. Composed of roofs and external vertical seals, the envelope can be remodelled, changing the level of thermal insulation. The aim of this study is therefore to analyse how the external vertical seal influences the thermal performance and, consequently, the energy efficiency of the building, proposing two technologies applied to the fa癟ade.
The City Is Ours
The City is Ours accounts how urban politics mediated the rise of Kurdish nationhood and mobilization in Diyarbakır, Turkey. Muna G羹ven癟 elucidates how urban and architectural forms are not merely the backdrop of the cityscape where political struggles unfold; they constitute the very essence of these conflicts. G羹ven癟 posits that urban spaces offer "wiggle room", turning oppression into chances for dissent and resilience and offering opportunities for vulnerable minority groups to create sociopolitical blocs and mobilizations. G羹ven癟 takes readers from municipal halls to the streets and illustrates how, in the early 2000s, pro-Kurdish parties harnessed urban planning to resist coercion and foster Kurdish mobilization in Turkey. G羹ven癟 challenges readers to rethink urban neoliberalism, new forms of nationalisms and mobilizations, and the ways they shape cities and politics. The City is Ours is a profound awakening, an invitation to all architects and urban planners, urging them to rise above the confines of their blueprints and embrace the vast tapestry of the politics of space.
Perfect English Townhouse
Continuing her exploration of English interiors, Ros Byam Shaw visits 14 distinctive townhouses full of charm, character and style. In Perfect English Townhouse, Ros Byam Shaw examines the timeless English style of decoration in a variety of Georgian, Victorian, and contemporary townhouses. Architecturally, these tall, narrow properties present challenges. How do you make the best of a basement kitchen with a low ceiling and little light? Or allocate space effectively when you live across five floors? And how do you maximize any outdoor space? Perfect English Townhouse features case studies of such homes, not only in London but also in the provincial towns and cities of England. Some feel like little corners of countryside surrounded by sidewalks, others have a more sophisticated urban allure; some are endearingly quirky, others more classical. All the interiors featured are interesting, inspiring, and reflect the personalities of the people who live in them. These are the kinds of spaces that most of us are familiar with, and that many of us occupy. What is unusual is how cleverly and creatively these examples have been decorated and designed, in the Perfect English style.
Doctor Watson Architecture Propositions
The idea for a new kind of architecture school began when, at the turn of the millenium, we were invited by David Greene and Samantha Hardingham to contribute to the prospectus for their speculative idea for an Invisible University...The School of Architecture is a big, open building defined by a lightweight, transparent and permeable enclosing device - the shell. The nature of the shell, its configuration and material expression, is such that it will foster a close coupling between the school and the greater world outside.
Natural Stone and World Heritage
Apulian limestones constitute the historic building constructions of the Puglia region (in the south of Italy) named trulli, but also other stone buildings of the Itria Valley. This book will serve as a source book to geologists, archaeologists, architects, historians, stone industry operators, travellers, and tourism industry operators.
Meta-Geneo-Architecture 4.0
'Meta' pertaining to or noting a story, conversation, character, etc. that consciously references or comments upon its subject [Geneo-Architecture] or features, often in the form of parody; 'Geneo' (Family History) name meaning, historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation [Architecture], place or origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair); 'Architecture' is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. Thus, 'Meta-Geneo-Architecture' pertains to or noting a story, conversation, character, etc., that consciously references or comments upon its subject or features of their 'Geneo' by occupation 'Architecture', matured for that generation on being observed to have addressed the changing factors of environment, society and technology adequately; generations over time, space, space-time, place and presence, as constants, with God Willing, Volume 4.0: Missionary - Silent Gen: Result and Discussion.
Solar Decathlon
This book is an inspirational story about how an idea got started, hit the ground running, and took flight. Solar Decathlon (SD) was a response to the need for innovative solutions to address a global problem--climate change. Richard King believed a collegiate competition that encouraged creative ingenuity could help transform traditional ways of designing and building houses. His idea was to motivate students to work together to craft unique sustainable, net-zero energy dwellings. Competing teams would display their prototypes in a single location as an educational showcase to the public. Following the inaugural competition and recurring events in Washington, DC, SD spread to multiple locations around the world. This historical narrative with stunning photos is a comprehensive source of information about the inception, development, and growth of Solar Decathlon.
Boredom and the Architectural Imagination
Boredom as an impetus for architectural theory and practice Any theorist or practitioner of architecture must confront, and even be compelled by, boredom. Called ennui, Langeweile, or acedia, boredom is a pressing concern, as the production and obsolescence of images accelerates with new technologies, leaving individuals saturated with information presented in fleeting displays that are easy to produce, easy to delete, and easy to consume. In this innovative book, Andreea Mihalache discusses the work of a quartet of well-known thinkers--designer Bernard Rudofsky, architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, and artist Saul Steinberg--who all recognized this form of exhaustion and shallowness as the disease of the modern world. Rudofsky found it in a deeper and more intimate engagement between the human body and its environment. Proclaiming "Less is a bore," Venturi, and later Scott Brown, explored excess as the remedy to boredom. With detachment and irony, Steinberg mocked the homogenous architecture of the American city. Taken together, Mihalache shows, these four offer a comprehensive view of the alienated relationship of individuals with their world at three different, yet interrelated scales: the body, the building, and the urban space.
Houses & Stories
Houses and Stories features a personally chosen selection of historic and modern architectural gems. The authors, Hans Rooth and Lage Stone who have worked in this field for many years, take the reader on a journey through bygone architectural eras. Encompassing styles ranging from the Baroque architecture of the Cardinal's palace in Avignon to Le Corbusier's humble, timber 1950s shack on the French Riviera to the modern architecture of the museum in Elsinore, Copenhagen, 'Houses and Stories' explores a wide range of architectural design.What is common to all the selected buildings, is that they were both cutting-edge at the time of construction and yet, still retain their timeless appeal today. Revealing the motivations of those who designed the buildings and the people who lived and worked in them, this beautiful book allows the reader to understand 'why' as well as appreciate the architectural significance of the buildings it showcases.
The Pedagogies of Re-Use
This book captures the amazing digital gathering of students, academics, practitioners, and activists that happened at the International School of Re-Construction. It is ideal reading for students and academics looking at the issues created by the climate emergency to which architecture must respond.
Serving the Marginalized Through Design Education
Design education and practice are inherently social from process to implementation. This book explores the transformation in design education, as educators prepare their students to address complex social design problems for all people in society.This seven-chapter volume provides the reader with a range of viewpoints on the role of design education in shaping the world. The book begins with the overarching potential of design to address the needs of an increasingly complex society and the importance of worldview that underpins education methodology. Each chapter addresses a context that varies by discipline - architecture, graphic, packaging and interior design - and location - Nigeria, Canada, Lebanon, UK and USA. The authors pull back the curtain on their educational methods and provide the reader with a candid view of their teaching outcomes. The needs of the marginalized - victims of Asian hate, students with dyslexia, tomato farmers and even design students themselves - are brought into focus here. These specific places and peoples provide a design context that can be translated to other situations in design education and practice.Design educators and practitioners of many design disciplines will benefit from the philosophical discussions and the practical education examples offered here. This volume can contribute to transforming design education that will one day transform design practice to place a greater emphasis on the needs of the forgotten in society.
Japan Then & Now
Japan over the last two and a half centuries has changed almost beyond recognition. Almost, that is, 'for every now and then one catches one's breath, stunned by how well-preserved a place or building is, creating the impression that past and present perfectly overlap.'Much in Japan has been lost, either as the result of devastating earthquakes, the ravages of war, ill-advised government policies, or the simple progress of time. Much, too, has been saved, both on purpose and by happenstance. Little, however, has not changed.This book explores the extent of that change by juxtaposing photographs from late 19th-century Japan to those of today and tracing the history of that change in insightful and dispassionate texts.
Beyond the Capital
Lesotho's Hidden Boom: Cities Rise Beyond the Mountains Here's a breakdown of the original title: - Beyond the Capital: Lesotho's urbanization extends beyond its capital city, Maseru. - Urbanization and Development: The title links urbanization with potential for growth and progress. By combining these elements, the title intrigues readers by suggesting there's more to Lesotho's development story than meets the eye. It sparks curiosity about how these growing urban centers are shaping the country's future.
Smoke and Mirrors
The Yenidze Cigarette Factory of 1909 was constructed as an industrial, architectural object that advertised Dresden as a center for the tobacco trade. Born from a unique client-architect relationship between Hugo Zietz and Martin Hammitzsch, the factory's importance to modernism has been understated. Smoke and Mirrors uncovers the history of the factory's planning, design, and construction, and for the first time, apart from the building's historical narrative, positions this addition to Dresden's skyline within the formative histories of the modern movement.
Planning and Designing the Absent City
This book concerns the study of open-air accommodation facilities. The market evolutions allow us to look at these structures as temporary settlements characterised by a low-density dwelling and a close connection with natural elements and the landscape.
Structural Engineering Art and Approximation
"It is better to be roughly night than precisely wrong." John Maynard KeynesLOOK INSIDE? Samples and chapter summaries may be found on the website www.struartapp.comThis book contains approximate structural calculation methods for engineers and architects. For easy reference and assimilation it is broken down into categories from simple beams to more complex examples. With numerous figures and photographs it closely relates theory to real structures. Engineering structures is mostly formally taught in a lecture room with little time devoted to real examples. On graduation an engineer has to cope with turning this eagerly acquired knowledge into reality. To make sense of this a designer needs to be able to test their ideas with a simple set of tools which involve little more than pen, paper and calculator. Architects often wonder if there is an easier way to evaluate alternative structural solutions in their designs.
Bygone Attractions of Chittenden County
This book is a visual history of the many recreational amenities that sprang up in Chittenden County, Vermont starting with the dawn of the car culture in the 1930s. It spans five decades of snack bars, drive-in movie theaters, motels, stores, roller skating rinks, bowling alleys, and other places where several generations of locals, college students, and visitors went to have a good time. With a few exceptions, the 120 places covered in the book are all gone, so the book provides a nostalgic look back for those old enough to have enjoyed them. For younger readers it will provide a window back in time showing some of the places where their parents or grandparents may have gone to have fun. There is a short history of each place, and at least one photograph, many of which have not been seen before.
Milwaukee Walks (2024 edition)
Cari Taylor-Carlson began her post-college life as an assistant buyer at The White House, an elite San Francisco department store. She followed that misguided career move with several office jobs, but soon knew the nine to five routine was not her dream. After a 10-year gap and four children, she taught environmental education at the Schlitz Audubon Center and founded the children's programs at the Boerner Botanical Garden. When she found her passion, adventure travel, she started a business, Venture West, and for 32 years guided hiking and backpacking trips around the world. In the 1990s, she started the Milwaukee Walking and Eating Society, a group dedicated to exploring Milwaukee's neighborhoods and ethnic restaurants. Cari has written for many publications and currently reviews restaurants for Urban Milwaukee and Riverwest Currents. She lives in the Brady Street neighborhood. Milwaukee Walks, An Insider's Guide to Historic Neighborhood Walks and Hidden Hikes is her sixth book about Milwaukee. In this book she taps into her 52 years in the city to introduce readers to historic neighborhoods, riverside walks, scenic vistas, and the unexpected discoveries you encounter when you take a walk.
Living Spaces
"LIVING SPACES: THE ART AND METHODS OF INTERIOR DESIGN" explores the art and methods of designing contemporary indoor living spaces. As living standards rise, the expression of personalized lifestyles becomes increasingly important, encompassing choices such as decor style, spatial layout, color schemes, and furniture arrangement. The book unfolds over six chapters. The first four chapters focus on design principles, starting with basic knowledge of residential spaces and guiding the reader into the design realm. The last two chapters emphasize interior design strategies, techniques, and detailed design and execution stages, aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding from conceptualization to realization.
A History of Makkah
This book is intended to provide a basis for future studies within the context of Makkah hotel buildings. Evaluating the extent to which these establishments adhere to sustainable principles presents a nuanced challenge. Aspirations toward sustainable hotel buildings in Makkah might encounter a multitude of obstacles that warrant meticulous investigation. These challenges could encompass cultural and regulatory complexities, operational management and infrastructural limitations, economic considerations, and the balance between tradition and modern catering, as well as meeting the needs of both visitors and government plans, while adhering to sustainability principles.
An Architecture of Place
Challenging mainstream architecture's understandings of place, this book offers an illuminating clarification that allows the idea's centrality, in all aspects of everyday design thinking, to be rediscovered or considered for the first time.Rigorous but not dense, practical but not trivialising, the book unfolds on three fronts. First, it clearly frames the pertinent aspects of topology--the philosophy of place--importantly differentiating two concepts that architecture regularly conflates: place and space. Second, it rejects the ubiquitous notion that architecture "makes place" and, instead, reasons that place is what makes architecture and the built environment possible; that place "calls" for and to architecture; and that architecture is thus invited to "listen" and respond. Finally, it turns to the matter of designing responses that result not just in more places of architecture (demanding little of design), nor merely in architecture with some "sense of place" (demanding little more), but, rising above those, responses that constitute an architecture of place (demanding the greatest vigilance but offering the utmost freedom).Opening up a term regarded as so common that its meaning is seldom considered, the author reveals the actual depth and richness of place, its innateness to architecture, and its essentiality to practitioners, clients, educators, and students--including those in all spatial disciplines.
The Aesthetics of Neighborhood Change
The Aesthetics of Neighborhood Change explores the cultural and demographic shifts due to gentrification and redevelopment, showing how cultures of existing groups (often racially/economically marginalized) are appropriated or erased in favour of luxury real estate branding strategies and retail.
Auditorium Acoustics and Architectural Design
Modern concert halls and opera houses are now very specialized buildings with special acoustical characteristics. This is an important resource for architects, engineers and auditorium technicians.
Design of Green Liquid Dielectrics for Transformers
This book provides in-depth information about the latest trends in transformer insulation design. This practical guide is prepared from a hands-on perspective, offering readers valuable insights into the trends in liquid dielectrics for transformer applications. Chapter 1 covers the necessity of alternate liquid dielectrics for transformers. Chapter 2 delves into the historical development of liquid dielectrics for transformer applications, drawing insights from reputable publications. It also explores the impact of nanoparticles on ester oil characteristics. In Chapter 3, the significance of spectroscopy analysis for investigating the ageing effect on both cellulosic insulating materials and oil samples is discussed. Chapter 4 describes material preparations followed by experimental analysis, estimating the degradation rate of solid and liquid dielectrics using spectroscopies. Chapter 5 discusses the importance of condition monitoring for transformers and its historical methods. Chapter 6 explores the methodology for hot spot indication and its application for assessing the transformer's condition. It covers real-time case studies as well. In Chapter 7, the book investigates the application of artificial intelligence in transformer insulation systems, leveraging machine learning algorithms to predict transformer insulation.
The Holistic House
"Music", as Johan Wolfgang von Goethe wrote "is liquid architecture and architecture is frozen music", and just as music can elevate the soul, so can architecture. Is it possible to design a house that would nourish and promote the development of the inhabitants' well-being and mindfulness? The architect-priests of ancient Egypt not only believed buildings should embody our social values and individual tastes but strived for them to have their own soul. They used this knowledge and wisdom to erect temples and public buildings, a knowledge that architect Jean-Marie Gobet develops and shares through his latest book (The Holistic House- The genesis of form). In over thirty chapters he considers the new (though very ancient) field of "Geobiologie", and how it can be used to read relationships between topography and environment as expressed in Feng Shui and western tradition of Geomancy, sympathetic resonance, the critical importance of materials in constructing for well-being, sources of energy, water in the landscape and the garden as a space for healing.This book addresses all aspects of a healthy house design and construction, including: - Site reading and other aspects of choosing a healthy site, including its geological nature and orientation. Site reading according to Feng-Shui and the five elements.- Geomancy- Definition of Geobiology (Geobiologie)- Geopathic stress, effects on plants, animals and humans.- Geological nature of the ground and its influence on the health of the inhabitants.- The geomagnetic grid, the Hartman grid- Symbolism of the cardinal points in house design- Tellurian forces and cosmic forces.- Genius Loci, the spirit of the place- Site reading and other aspects of choosing a healthy site, including its geological nature and orientation. Site reading according to Feng-Shui and the five elements.- Phyllotaxis, Fibonacci series and the Golden Mean- Understanding topography and climate with Feng-Shui and the five elements.- Body and personality types according to the five elements- Chinese concordance table according to the five elements.- Measurement, proportions, the golden mean and sacred geometry.- Cymatics.- Choice of materials, non-toxic and in resonance with the site, the climate and the inhabitants.- Morpho psychology, designing for different personality types.- Healthy, non-toxic building materials- How to mitigate electromagnetic pollution- The importance of grounding, earthing techniques- Onsite water treatment for residential housing- Water revitalisation with flow forms.- Chromotherapy, the influence of finishes and colours.- Feng-Shui in garden design.- Garden as a sacred and healing space.- Magic squares, the Vedic square and Islamic design- Form fields (shape caused waves)- Radiesthesia and the art of dowsing.In more than forty years of experience in architecture, Jean-Marie Gobet has gleaned numerous techniques, facts and ideas relating to healthy building practices. They are listed in his book "The Holistic House" in the form of a compendium to suggest solution for a habitat that is not only healthy but would also be an active contributing factor to one's physical and spiritual wellbeing.
Pouanc矇 Castle - It's History, Ownership and in Modern Times.
Pouanc矇 Castle in Haut Anjou (49) France was an important castle on the frontier between France and Brittany and at the crossroads of Laval to Nantes and Rennes to Angers. This book is an account of its history and ownership together with a pictorial guide and how it is viewed in modern times.
Landscape Touch Vol. 5
Welcome to a visual journey designed to inspire outdoor living possibilities. This book is crafted with the vision of empowering new homeowners to curate outdoor spaces that resonate with their lifestyle, while offering contractors and architects fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to elevate their craft, portfolios, and businesses. It serves as a valuable educational resource for students striving for excellence in their projects. With stunning and distinctive night views illuminated by captivating lighting designs, this book stands out as a unique treasure in its genre.Join us now as we explore the realm of endless possibilities. May this book guide you towards achieving your desired outdoor oasis
Landscape Touch Vol. 2
Welcome to a visual journey designed to inspire outdoor living possibilities. This book is crafted with the vision of empowering new homeowners to curate outdoor spaces that resonate with their lifestyle, while offering contractors and architects fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to elevate their craft, portfolios, and businesses. It serves as a valuable educational resource for students striving for excellence in their projects. With stunning and distinctive night views illuminated by captivating lighting designs, this book stands out as a unique treasure in its genre.Join us now as we explore the realm of endless possibilities. May this book guide you towards achieving your desired outdoor oasis
Landscape Touch Vol. 3
Welcome to a visual journey designed to inspire outdoor living possibilities. This book is crafted with the vision of empowering new homeowners to curate outdoor spaces that resonate with their lifestyle, while offering contractors and architects fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to elevate their craft, portfolios, and businesses. It serves as a valuable educational resource for students striving for excellence in their projects. With stunning and distinctive night views illuminated by captivating lighting designs, this book stands out as a unique treasure in its genre.Join us now as we explore the realm of endless possibilities. May this book guide you towards achieving your desired outdoor oasis
Civic Pride
An 1850s police station in fine late-Georgian style, an exuberant 1880s town hall, a 1905 public library in miniature Scots Baronial, a 1930s council office of pure geometric design: these are just a few of the over 300 public buildings in Wiltshire towns. Their purpose varies widely but, despite this, many also share something which makes them stand out from their neighbours. That something is a sense of local pride, a sense that the building through its design must enhance the town in which it stands. This book tells their story. In chapters devoted to each of nine different types of public building (town halls, market halls, law courts, museums and art galleries, libraries and reading rooms, council buildings, police stations, post offices and swimming baths), James Holden first paints the picture of how each developed then describes the Wiltshire examples, both those now standing and their predecessors. Nearly 250 illustrations help to show just why these are buildings to notice and enjoy. Intended to be an authoritative work of record, Civic Pride is also an introduction and gazetteer for anyone who wishes to explore further this remarkable collection of buildings.
Landscape Touch Vol. 4
Welcome to a visual journey designed to inspire outdoor living possibilities. This book is crafted with the vision of empowering new homeowners to curate outdoor spaces that resonate with their lifestyle, while offering contractors and architects fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to elevate their craft, portfolios, and businesses. It serves as a valuable educational resource for students striving for excellence in their projects. With stunning and distinctive night views illuminated by captivating lighting designs, this book stands out as a unique treasure in its genre.Join us now as we explore the realm of endless possibilities. May this book guide you towards achieving your desired outdoor oasis
Landscape Touch Vol. 1
Welcome to a visual journey designed to inspire outdoor living possibilities. This book is crafted with the vision of empowering new homeowners to curate outdoor spaces that resonate with their lifestyle, while offering contractors and architects fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to elevate their craft, portfolios, and businesses. It serves as a valuable educational resource for students striving for excellence in their projects. With stunning and distinctive night views illuminated by captivating lighting designs, this book stands out as a unique treasure in its genre. Join us now as we explore the realm of endless possibilities. May this book guide you towards achieving your desired outdoor oasis
Landscape Touch Vol. 5
Welcome to a visual journey designed to inspire outdoor living possibilities. This book is crafted with the vision of empowering new homeowners to curate outdoor spaces that resonate with their lifestyle, while offering contractors and architects fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to elevate their craft, portfolios, and businesses. It serves as a valuable educational resource for students striving for excellence in their projects. With stunning and distinctive night views illuminated by captivating lighting designs, this book stands out as a unique treasure in its genre.Join us now as we explore the realm of endless possibilities. May this book guide you towards achieving your desired outdoor oasis
Landscape Touch Vol. 3
Welcome to a visual journey designed to inspire outdoor living possibilities. This book is crafted with the vision of empowering new homeowners to curate outdoor spaces that resonate with their lifestyle, while offering contractors and architects fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to elevate their craft, portfolios, and businesses. It serves as a valuable educational resource for students striving for excellence in their projects. With stunning and distinctive night views illuminated by captivating lighting designs, this book stands out as a unique treasure in its genre.Join us now as we explore the realm of endless possibilities. May this book guide you towards achieving your desired outdoor oasis
Spectacularity of Designs
Spectacularity of design is a book which encapsulates the overarching theme of exploring various aspects of design, from innovation and technology integration to challenging norms and shaping the future. It hints at the diverse and dynamic content covered in the book, inviting readers to embark on a captivating journey through the world of design and how a creative perspective can change the way of thinking. The book has covered various aspects of design by explaining the importance of innovative, creative and realistic ideas. The author has explained how and why redefining of the present structure and way of thinking is important in making design and architecture an influential part in minimizing the environmental impact and step towards sustainability. The author has also tried to give a different perspective of the way technology is reshaping the way designers conceive, create, and bring their ideas to life.
Earth, Sky & Water
In a world of starchitects competing to design ever taller glass and steel megaliths, there are still some architects designing with natural materials at a human scale for comfort, longevity, and visual delight. Mette Lange is one such architect. These are beautiful, unpretentious homes in spectacular scenery that offer visual inspiration for homebuilders and dreamers alike. Earth, Sky & Water presents thirteen houses designed by Lange across three chapters: "By the Water," "In the Forest," and "In the Countryside." First-person project texts describe Lange's unique practice of camping on-site at the start of each design process, and detail the thinking behind each house's main features. Inviting photography takes readers inside these homes and draws particular attention to the choice of materials.In keeping with her socially responsible ethos, Lange has also designed schools for the children of migrant workers in India, where she spends part of each year. These projects, presented in the book alongside her own home in India, inform her practice at home in Denmark.Lange has kept her studio small in order to remain fully involved in each project at every level. As well as a visual feast of deceptively simple Scandinavian summerhouses that will leave the reader yearning for one of their own, the book offers a blueprint for aspiring architects on how to escape the rat race by running their own sustainable studio. Renowned architecture writer and fan of Lange's work Kenneth Frampton contributes a foreword.
Unlocking the secrets of architectural design
This book presents an analysis of the processes and methods adopted by great names in architecture in order to identify why these professionals succeed in their work. The main objective of chapter 1 is to identify the processes and methods adopted by the great names in architecture mentioned in the book "El proyecto de arquitectura". The main objective of Chapter 2 is to identify which aspects influenced the architect Renzo Piano in the Jean Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center project, from the beginning to the final design, and how important they were in making it a reference for future projects. The main objective of Chapter 3 is to analyze how the modern movement, more specifically rationalism, influenced sustainable architecture. The main objective of Chapter 4 is to identify the benefits of BIM technology, which is the most emerging set of software in the design industry. It concludes that each architect has a particular way of designing that combines methods, tools and processes that evolve according to technology, history, culture and the socio-economic evolution of society.
Kominka
For centuries, traditional wooden folk houses known as " kominka" have embodied the cultural values of the agrarian, merchant, and samurai societies of pre-modern Japan. Their huge sturdy posts and powerful beams have withstood earthquakes and other natural disasters, demonstrating the artistry of Japanese carpenters and the strength of handcrafted wood joinery. Preserved and reconstructed today, kominka offer silent testimony to the enduring beauty and resilience of Old Japan. Kazuo Hasegawa's profusely illustrated book introduces readers to the vernacular architecture, equips travelers with a guide to Japan's 101 must-visit kominka and villages, and is a useful reference for those who are planning to embark, as the author did, on a kominka renovation journey of their own.
Cultural Awareness in Teaching Art and Design
Cultural Awareness in Teaching Art and Design addresses an emerging area of development in contemporary pedagogy, the fostering of cultural awareness and sensitivity in the designers of tomorrow.
Corruption in the Construction Industry
On 6 February 2023, a devastating earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria, killing over 59,000 people, damaging 230,000 buildings, and crippling vital infrastructure. Over 8.8 million lives were affected, largely due to a corrupt building industry driven by greed. Corrupt construction transcends all borders; demanding urgent attention and systemic reform.Corruption in the Construction Industry lays bare the world's most corrupt industry. One that causes approximately 100,000 deaths annually at a staggering cost approaching US$5 trillion each year.This groundbreaking work features case studies from around the world, and illustrates the mechanisms exploited by various corrupt participants at each stage of a project.Crucially, this occurs from the top down. This book puts CEOs, company boards and bureaucrats under the microscope to expose a web of dishonesty, where legal obligations and professional ethics are compromised at the expense of public safety.Deals are done with organized crime syndicates, cartels thrive, and dark money flows to rob countries and unsuspecting clients of huge sums of money. This is a must read for building professionals, legal and accounting experts, enforcement agencies and policy makers.
Corruption in the Construction Industry
On 6 February 2023, a devastating earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria, killing over 59,000 people, damaging 230,000 buildings, and crippling vital infrastructure. Over 8.8 million lives were affected, largely due to a corrupt building industry driven by greed. Corrupt construction transcends all borders; demanding urgent attention and systemic reform.Corruption in the Construction Industry lays bare the world's most corrupt industry. One that causes approximately 100,000 deaths annually at a staggering cost approaching US$5 trillion each year.This groundbreaking work features case studies from around the world, and illustrates the mechanisms exploited by various corrupt participants at each stage of a project.Crucially, this occurs from the top down. This book puts CEOs, company boards and bureaucrats under the microscope to expose a web of dishonesty, where legal obligations and professional ethics are compromised at the expense of public safety.Deals are done with organized crime syndicates, cartels thrive, and dark money flows to rob countries and unsuspecting clients of huge sums of money. This is a must read for building professionals, legal and accounting experts, enforcement agencies and policy makers.
Rage in Harlem
Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval tells the story of an unlikely partnership between June Jordan and R. Buckminster Fuller, and their attempt to reimagine Harlem in the wake of the 1964 riots. In the tense days leading up to the 2020 American elections, then-candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate Nikil Saval addressed a virtual audience at the Harvard GSD to tell a story about Black feminist writer June Jordan and a little-known project that resulted from the aftermath of the 1964 Harlem riot. The events of police brutality and community grieving made a lasting impression on Jordan, who, while known for her work as a poet, playwright, and activist, responded with a proposal for a multiple-tower housing design. Through an unlikely partnership with R. Buckminster Fuller, Jordan's "Skyrise for Harlem" project offered a Futuristic vision for Harlem that argued for environmental redesign: "it is architecture, conceived of in its fullest meaning as the creation of environment, which may actually determine the pace, pattern, and quality of living experience." Jordan was not an architect in the conventional sense, Saval says. "But in the understanding of someone who sought to propose and build interventions in public space, she was."
Work Shop
Commercial real estate (retail and office) represents a $7 trillion asset class that is slow to change and currently under increasing pressure.What are the effects of accelerating technology and changing consumer behavior on real estate? Work Shop explores the growth of retail, fueled by smartphones and apps, in the post-pandemic world.Whether you are a building owner or decision maker, service provider to the industry, or engaged participant, this book will provide history, context, and ideas for commercial real estate to evolve and thrive in the conceptual age.
