Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings

[This] book will convince you that forgetting helps you remember and distractions can make you more creative.

Im Zuge der Digitalisierung kam es in den letzten Jahrzehnten zu einem dramatischen "Bankensterben", weshalb die Gebäude des Wiener Bankenviertels anderen Nutzungen zugeführt wurden.

This book analyzes the social construction of John Fitzgerald Kennedy''s memory in the arts, literature, and in the many monuments erected in his honor.

Recent years have witnessed growing scholarly interest in the history of death.

A sumptuous portrait of India's greatest monuments, in ebook formatWith a recorded history that goes back 5,000 years, India's architectural heritage includes an impressive array of monuments, ranging from centuries-old temples, tombs and forts to exquisite palaces and public halls.

The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world.

Monumental cares rethinks monument debates, site specificity and art activism in light of problems that strike us as monumental or overwhelming, such as war, migration and the climate crisis.

In this enthralling book, Ben Alderson-Day explores one of the most curious experiences known to humankind: the universal, disturbing sense that someone or something is there when we are alone - the feeling of an unseen presence.

London's many cemeteries, churches and graveyards are the last resting places of a multitude of important people from many different walks of life.

A comprehensive overview of what psychologists now know about the nature of cognitionPrinciples of Cognition provides students with an invaluable introduction to the modern science of cognition, blending invaluable insights from behavioral and neuroscientific studies of humans and other animals with unique examples, cutting-edge research summaries, and real-world applications.

This publication is entirely centered on the design and delivery of Al Bahr Towers.

Studies Calcutta''s 20th century features through the dialectic of motion and obstruction, analysing how space and polity shaped each other.

Since the mythical Tower of Babel, humans have continuously tried to erect monuments to match their oversized egos.

This two-volume encyclopedia covers buildings and sites of global significance from prehistoric times to the present day, providing students with an essential understanding of architectural development and its impact on human societies.

Across the globe, memorial and grave sites are being increasingly weaponized in conflicts and politicized by parties to advance agendas.

State Oddities takes a different kind of look at the American nation, spotlighting the fun foibles, peculiarities, and twists in each of the 50 states that are (mostly) united under the Stars and Stripes.

A great white angel spreading her wings across the Moreno Valley: this is how one visitor described the memorial standing atop a windswept prominence in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Taos, New Mexico.

This two-volume encyclopedia covers buildings and sites of global significance from prehistoric times to the present day, providing students with an essential understanding of architectural development and its impact on human societies.

The 50 years before the American Civil War saw a boom in the construction of coastal forts in the United States of America.

The Basics Interior Design series comprises a collection of titles examining the application of interior design principles to different types of space.

A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worlds One of the most important books yet published this century SpectatorFor as long as we've studied the mind, we've believed that information flowing from our senses determines what our mind perceives.

This monograph, now in its 2nd edition with 31 new chapters and significant updates, is the first book of its kind written specifically for graduate students and clinicians.

Historically researchers of neuroscience and psychology have believed that the cerebral cortex produces the unique mental capacities of human beings.

Many descriptions of empathy revolve around sharing in and understanding another person's emotions.

Finalist for a 2017 Hamilton Literary Award, the Kerry Schooley AwardUnbuilt Hamilton presents the Ambitious City at its most ambitious, exploring the origins and fates of unrealized building, planning, and transportation proposals from the early nineteenth century to the early twenty-first.

Energy Conservation in the Design of Multi-Storey Buildings documents the papers presented at an International Symposium held at The University of Sydney, 1-3 June 1983, sponsored by The University of Sydney, the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, and the Institution of Engineers Australia.

Collaborative volume examining how wars have been remembered in Europe, America and the Middle East.

Éste es un libro que no pretende pontificar sobre un modelo de comportamiento, sin embargo, trata de lograr un espacio en la conciencia de cada uno de nosotros para ser, hacer y aprender de otro modo.

This book offers a new theoretical framework within which to understand "e;the mind-body problem"e;.

Im Zentrum der alten Hauptstadt Peking thront die Verbotene Stadt, eine der bedeutendsten kulturellen und spirituellen Ikonen Chinas.

How magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to astonish and amaze usHow do magicians make us see the impossible?

This innovative study of contemporary memorial architecture explores how design can translate memories of human loss into tangible structures.

The monograph aims to present the recent scientific knowledge on body sensations, i.

Nine killed in Charleston church shooting.

A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center.

Where there is data there are questions of ownership, leaks, and worries about misuse.

Englich und Remmers bieten eine umfassende, analytische und gleichzeitig programmatische Darstellung der Face-to-Face-Kommunikation in der Arbeitswelt.

It will be essential reading for anyone interested in arts and culture in the city.

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This guidebook of historic iron-production sites is designed to give the reader a factual and illuminating look at the people and events that shaped Birmingham into one of America's leading steel centers.

Virtual Reality (VR) is a rapidly maturing technology that offers new and unique solutions to otherwise intractable problems in the study of cognition, behavior and neuroscience.

Follies in America examines historicized garden buildings, known as "e;follies,"e; from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876.

Die Gestaltung und Nutzung öffentlicher Räume hat sich in den letzten Jahren radikal verändert.