Originally published in 1994, as part of the Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences series, reissued now with a new series introduction, Architecture, Ritual Practice and Co-determination in the Swedish Office is a case study of Swedish office buildings and examines how they have been influenced by spatial aspects of traditional culture in Scandinavia.
This book, the result of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 6th World Congress: Cities in the Third Millennium, examines the issues which must be addressed if we are to have a common understanding of the forces of change.
Von frühen modernistischen Designs wie der Typentankstelle von Hans Poelzig, den Reichsautobahn-Normentankstellen der Stuttgarter Schule bis zu Lothar Götz’ modularen Nachkriegstypenbauten als Wegbereiter späterer standardisierter Corporate Designs: Seit den 1920er Jahren prägen Tankstellen unsere Umgebung.
Multi-use performing arts centers are among the most complex of all building types and require excellent and flexible acoustics in order to suit the facility's varied programming needs.
This practical guide covers the best practices for planning, organizing, and financing BIDs; the services they provide; and how they are operated and managed.
Richly illustrated with color photographs, site plans, and diagrams, this book explains how to design and develop pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use developments.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BERGER PRIZEA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A Country Life 'Architecture Book to Read in 2025'Elegant, erudite and entertaining .
El funcionamiento de las edificaciones: Administración y mantenimiento tiene como objetivo caracterizar, dentro del ciclo de vida de las edificaciones, la fase de funcionamiento; revisar los elementos conceptuales que permitan reconocer su importancia, destacar su papel en el proceso de producción de obras de edificación, expresado este en su puesta en operación y uso, con el fin último de prestar un servicio acorde con su tipología y la función para la cual fueron diseñadas y construidas, siendo necesaria la administración y el mantenimiento como acciones fundamentales e inherentes a la vida útil de las mismas.
A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.
A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.
In 2021, its Diamond Jubilee year, the Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) undertook to revise Theatre Buildings: A Design Guide (Routledge, 2010).
Lincoln Hall at the University of Illinois, named to commemorate the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, has long been a familiar landmark on the Urbana-Champaign campus and the home for undergraduate and graduate work in the liberal arts and communication.
This two-volume collection of British primary sources examines institutions such as hotels, inns, arcades, bazaars, co-operatives, shops and department stores in the long nineteenth century, which were often coded as 'luxurious'.
Over the course of their history, the Navajo (Dine) have constructed many types of architecture, but during the 20th century, one building emerged to become a powerful and inspiring symbol of tribal culture.
Este libro es una importante aportación a la disciplina debido a que existe escasa información y antecedentes teóricos y metodológicos sobre la inserción de nueva arquitectura en contextos patrimoniales, práctica que se ha llevado a cabo de manera relativamente empírica.
This two-volume collection of British primary sources examines institutions such as hotels, inns, arcades, bazaars, co-operatives, shops and department stores in the long nineteenth century, which were often coded as 'luxurious'.
Design, Displacement, Migration: Spatial and Material Histories gathers a collection of scholarly and creative voices-spanning design, art, and architectural history; design studies; curation; poetry; activism; and social sciences--to interrogate the intersections of design and displacement.
Design, Displacement, Migration: Spatial and Material Histories gathers a collection of scholarly and creative voices-spanning design, art, and architectural history; design studies; curation; poetry; activism; and social sciences--to interrogate the intersections of design and displacement.
This book demonstrates how aesthetics, design elements, and visual literacy can be implemented in the library to enhance spaces, programs, services, instruction, and outreach so that your library will appeal to all users.
A detailed look at the expansion and renewal taking place on the three U of I campuses The University of Illinois System's universities have undergone a dramatic transformation.
Los fragmentos de arte que vemos todos los días en Bogotá tienen como objeto traer a la mente el pasado, son la referencia de actos y personajes que han cumplido un papel importante en la historia de la ciudad y del país.
Esta obra es una invitación lúdica para recorrer la ciudad y reconocer objetos y bienes de carácter patrimonial presentes en el espacio público de la capital.
Authored by two architects, Polish Architecture in Contemporary Innovation: Thoughts, Dreams and Places tells a story of buildings that were built in Poland between 1980 and 2020, as architecture developed in the Western world and Japan.
"La publicación resultado del concurso 'La ciudad patrimonio de todos' de la convocatoria Ciudad y Patrimonio del Instituto Distrital de Patrimonio Cultural– se constituye en una oportunidad única para fomentar en la ciudadanía el aprecio por particulares elementos como es lo escultórico en entornos hídricos.
El patrimonio cultural edificado, más que un obstáculo para el desarrollo de la ciudad, se convierte en una inmensa oportunidad para reafirmar la identidad a partir de la memoria y en un promisorio campo de acción profesional.
Authored by two architects, Polish Architecture in Contemporary Innovation: Thoughts, Dreams and Places tells a story of buildings that were built in Poland between 1980 and 2020, as architecture developed in the Western world and Japan.
