The key principles of designing a pleasant, comfortable and healthy eco-home, with a foreword written by HRH The Prince of Wales, now King Charles III.
A "e;beautifully crafted"e; visual celebration with 150 photos and essays by Barbara Kingsolver, Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, and more (Publishers Weekly).
This book orchestrates a convergence of two discourses from the 1960s-Nelson Goodman's aesthetic theory on one side and critiques of modern architecture articulated by figures like Peter Blake, Charles Jencks, and Robert Venturi/Denise Scott Brown on the other.
Roman für Jugendliche von 13–16 Jahren, auch als Klassenlektüre an weiterführenden Schulen geeignet, Fach: Deutsch, Förderunterricht, Klasse 8–10 +++ K.
The Takkiyya Mu'avin al-Mulk is a building complex in the city of Kermanshah in western Iran, dedicated to the annual commemoration of the martyrdom of Husayn ibn 'Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 680, an event of seminal significance to Shi'i Islam.
Amigo lector, en forma cotidiana encontramos en nuestro hogar o lugar de trabajo distintas deficiencias o patologías que provocan el paulatino deterioro del hábitat; a partir del momento en que detectamos una de estas anomalías que nos afectan tanto en el aspecto funcional como en el estético, es que surge la necesidad de encarar tareas de mantenimiento.
Modern Architecture and an International Sensibility: A Curious Cross-Atlantic Constellation presents an alternative history of internationalism and modernism, with a focus on the role of architecture and spatial practices.
Written for corporation security officers, this work is designed to help them garner executive support and increased funding for their security programs.
From one of the world's top experts on the economics of skyscrapersa ';fascinating' (Daily Mail, London) and ';informative' (Publishers Weekly) account of the ever-growing quest for super tall buildings across the globe.
This book provides an in-depth overview of graphic and visual communication styles for conveying climate change and climate action within the landscape architectural profession and in academia.
Ilustrado por los alumnos de la Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, este libro repasa la historia del arte desde fines de la Edad Media hasta el periodo barroco, considerando el contexto histórico y sus artistas más representativos.
El instituto de la Medianería es una de las cuestiones sensibles en la convivencia urbana cotidiana y doméstica entre los vecinos que son, a su vez, copropietarios de esta porción de sus respectivos inmuebles.
Noch wird in der wissenschaftlichen und öffentlichen Beschäftigung mit dem Islam unterschieden zwischen unscheinbaren "Hinterhofmoscheen" und den sichtbaren "Moscheeneubauten".
Creolizing Critical Theory highlights the Caribbean as a philosophical site from which, for centuries and until today, theorists have articulated pressing critiques of capitalism and colonialism.
While it is undeniable that architectural practices have been transformed with the advent of digital technologies, they nevertheless continue to occupy an ambiguous or even problematic place within the design process.
The Science of People and Office Design: Planning for Thinking, Discussing and Achieving has been written for practitioners who would like to apply evidence-based and human-centric design principles to office and workplace design.
This book includes peer reviewed article from the 2nd International Conference on Trends in Architecture and Construction (ICTAC-2024) held at Chandigarh in India.
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Cementitious Construction Materials - Second Edition follows on the success of the previous edition and provides an up-to-date review on recent research developments on cementitious construction materials based on carbon dioxide storage.
Lo fundamental de la idea de la adaptabilidad y flexibilidad arquitectónica a partir de estructuras móviles o adaptables, estriba en la hipótesis de que el arquitecto es incapaz de determinar definitivamente el uso y el carácter de las edificaciones, y que corresponde al usuario de dichas construcciones decidir y rediseñar el uso y la forma que quiera asignarles.
Understanding how gravity loads and wind and earthquake loads flow through a building is of utmost importance to all structural engineers and architects.
This book proposes an economic and environmental assessment tool to help private and public building designers and owners determine the global sustainability value of green buildings from a life cycle perspective.
Now in its second volume, Regreening the Built Environment provides an overview of physical and social environmental challenges that the planet is facing and presents solutions that restore ecological processes, reclaim open space, foster social equity, and facilitate a green economy.
The 'end of the world' opens up philosophical questions concerning the very notion of the world, which is a fundamental element of all existential, phenomenological and hermeneutical philosophy.
This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 7th International Conference on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering and Structures (CIGOS 2024) held on April 4-5 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
