Architecture

This book investigates what the history of Hong Kong's urban development has to teach other cities as they face environmental challenges, social and demographic change and the need for new models of dense urbanism.

Winner of the EDRA book prize for 2012.

This book examines the theoretical foundations of the processes of planning and design.

This innovative new book presents the vast historical sweep of engineering innovation and technological change to describe and illustrate engineering design and what conditions, events, cultural climates and personalities have brought it to its present state.

Offering an in-depth consideration of the impact which humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design, this book asks how we can restore the traditional dialogue between intellectual enquiry in the humanities and design creativity.

This set of essays brings together studies that challenge interpretations of the development of modernist architecture in Third World countries during the Cold War.

Analyzing football as a cultural practice, this book investigates the connection between the sport and its built environment.

Examining spatial transformations in Bangalore, one of India's fastest growing cities, this book highlights the influence of information and communications technology (ICT) development on the city.

This book explores the religious concerns of Enlightenment thinkers from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson.

This up-to-date self-study system delivers comprehensive coverage of all topics on the current version of the Structural Engineering SE examThis up-to-date self-study guide provides comprehensive coverage of all topics expected on the current version of the SE exam.

Understand, Plan, and Prepare for Emergencies and DisastersDevelop and implement effective emergency management plans throughout your organization using the detailed information contained in this practical guide.

A concise introduction to the principles and practices of structural dynamicsThis hands-on textbook lays out essential structural dynamics concepts and computational methods.

An easy-to-use visual guide to the 2015 International Building Code(R)Thoroughly revised to reflect the International Code Council s 2015 International Building Code , this full-color guide makes it easy to understand and apply complex IBC provisions and achieve compliance.

A comprehensive overview of all aspects of construction safety, including standards and regulations, for major infrastructure and construction projects of all types.

In studies of psychology's role in modernism, Carl Jung is usually relegated to a cameo appearance, if he appears at all.

A completely updated guide to engineering and construction project managementThis up-to-date guide presents highly effective strategies for managing engineering and construction projects from the initial conceptual stage, to design and construction, all the way to completion.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.

Construction Technology 1: House Construction offers a highly accessible introduction to the key stages of domestic house construction from planning to internal finishes.

A fully updated guide to no-dig engineeringThis thoroughly revised reference covers the latest techniques and materials for high-demand trenchless technology in underground projects.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.

Davide Panagia's Impressions of Hume: Cinematic Thinking and the Politics of Discontinuity is volume fifteen of Modernity and Political Thought, the Rowman & Littlefield series in contemporary political theory.

Louise Larocque Serpa often said she was born ';in the wrong place, to the wrong woman, at the wrong time.

Written from the perspective of industrial users, this is the only book that describes how to install an effective firewater pumping system in a pragmatic and budget-conscious way rather than with purely the regulatory framework in mind.

This booklet is the first in a twelve part series that walks the owner/builder through the construction of a Global Model Earthship.

Sustainable design is a collective process whereby the built environment achieves unprecedented levels of ecological balance through new and retrofit construction, with the goal of long-term viability and humanization of architecture.

Earthships son un tipo de edificación autosuficiente que se mantiene al margen de las redes de suministros energéticos y que se considera como un edificio "viviente", ya que interactúa con los recursos naturales de la tierra para proporcionar un refugio confortable que regula de forma pasiva su temperatura interior (sin necesidad de utilizar ningún combustible fósil), capta su propio suministro de agua y al mismo tiempo reutiliza cada gota recolectada cuatro veces, hace un tratamiento de sus propias aguas residuales y permite el cultivo y crecimiento de comida en su interior.

Organized topically rather than historically, this book provides an excellent introduction to the subject of African Philosophy.

Bartram Covered Bridge: Spanning History chronicles the complete history of Bartram Covered Bridge, located in Newtown Square (southeastern PA), including color and rare photos, community remembrances and much more .

This book attempts a comprehensive overview of the architecture of the kibbutz: its essence, its history, its constant change, and its physical planning and architectural expression and management, and relates to this unique spatial alternative from a holistic viewpoint: the kibbutz in all stages of its development, from the kvutza as a micro-utopian commune to its physical configuration as an autonomous-autarkic complex arising out of its basic social, economic and educational structure, and its later stages as a potential macro-utopian regional entity, envisioning a real alternative lifestyle to the capitalist metropolis.

Architecture in Northern Ghana: A Study of Forms and Functions by Labelle Prussin offers a pioneering exploration into the relationship between architecture, culture, and the environment in Northern Ghana.

Originally published in 1995, as part of the Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences series, reissued now with a new series introduction, The Home: Words, Interpretations, Meanings and Environments, written by by leading theorists and empirical researchers offers an interdisciplinary and multi-cultural spectrum of viewpoints on the study of the home concept.

A Coming of Wizards is about finding and moving toward our potential.

Auténticas recetas italianas del famoso platillo de Gaeta, Italia.

Gaeta is a small, sleepy fishing village on the western coast of Italy.

Feng Shui Before and After uses the ancient art of feng shui to help you improve the energetic quality and visual appeal of your home or office.

Since 1673 when Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet portaged through the territory that is now Chicago, water transportation has been vital to the city's growth.

This book helps the reader save a great deal of money by demonstrating how to manage the project and act as one's own contractor.

The natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the city's identity.

Housing has changed in Sub-Saharan Africa since the Europeans arrived.

Monuments honoring leaders and victorious armies have been raised throughout history.

Only now can we see Paul Cezanne as the invisible genius at the very inception of modern art.

Tall Buildings provides information and research on tall buildings.

In recent years, artists, architects, activists and curators, as well as corporations and local governments have addressed the urban space.

This is the first full biography from childhood of the eminent British Architect Sir Herbert Baker.

Identified as "e;the first designer of what would become known as Swedish Modern"e; by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.

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.

The Caribbean is a global biodiversity hotspot; half its resident bird species are found nowhere else, yet, a quarter are threatened with extinction.

San Francisco is not known for detached houses with landscaped setbacks, lining picturesque, park-side streets.

This book is a study of architecture and urban design across the Mediterranean Sea from the 12th to the 14th Century, a time when there was no single, hegemonic power dominating the area.

Paris has long been the world's most popular destination and, in the view of many, the world's most beautiful city the product of two thousand years of continuous improvement and refinement.