Design and the Vernacular explores the intersection between vernacular architecture, local cultures, and modernity and globalization, focussing on the vast and diverse global region of Australasia and Oceania.
The remarkable architectural and social history of DCs multifaceted alleywaysAlleyways in Washington, DC, have always been a fundamental part of the citys life and economy.
Le mouvement de métropolisation, engagé en France dans les années 1960, et fortement accentué sous l’effet de la loi de réforme des collectivités territoriales de 2010 par la création des métropoles et des pôles métropolitains, puis amplifié par la loi MAPTAM, suscite nombre d’interrogations et figure aujourd’hui au centre du débat public.
In this book, Nadir Lahiji introduces Kojin Karatani's theoretical-philosophical project and demonstrates its affinity with Kant's critical philosophy founded on 'architectonic reason'.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the essential role of trees and forests in cities and examines the creative approaches cities around the world are taking to protect trees and expand their urban forests.
Ce livre interroge une tendance de l’architecture qui a pris un relief tout à fait remarquable à la fin du XXe siècle : celle du recours à l’architecture dite iconique associée à des starchitectes.
Cet ouvrage tente de comprendre comment ont été pris en compte les principes de durabilité urbaine et de développement durable au niveau de la conception et de la mise en œuvre de certains projets urbains au Maroc.
This book provides an in-depth review of knowledge of the corpus callosum, called white matter or terra incognita, with emphasis on anatomical, embryological, diagnostics, and surgical features.
Growing up in tandem and maturing as urban democracies during the 19th and 20th centuries, London and New York have both influenced the shape and form of cities around the world.
Smart cities leverage technologies, in particular digital, to generate a vast amount of real-time data to inform policy- and decision-making for an efficient and effective public service delivery.
This book presents the select proceedings of International Conference on Civil Engineering: Innovative Development in Engineering Advances (ICC IDEA 2023).
Museum Configurations demonstrates how museum space functions cognitively and communicatively and questions whether it can be designed to provide a rich embodied experience, situating displays and their public in felicitous dialogue.
After the Fall explores the many traces of fascism that can be found in the architecture and urban form of Rome from its buildings, monuments and piazze, to its street names and graffiti.
En région bruxelloise, les demandes architecturales de densification verticale à travers la surélévation d’un bâti existant font leur retour en force depuis quelques années.
Das Buch vereint bislang weitgehend entkoppelte Diskurse zur Demokratiepädagogik und Demokratiebildung in Jugendhilfe und Schule und gibt Impulse zur Weiterentwicklung in den beiden Institutionen sowie in Kooperation.
This book presents the select proceedings of International Conference on Civil Engineering: Innovative Development in Engineering Advances (ICC IDEA 2023).
This book reviews the potential effect of diet modification, lipids, and carbohydrate consumptions, vitamin supplementation, antioxidants, and nutraceuticals in the prevention and management of Alzheimer's disease.
A complete guide to fluid mechanics for engineers-fully updated for current standardsThis thoroughly revised, classic guide clearly explains the principles and applications of fluid mechanics and hydraulics in a straightforward manner, without using complicated mathematics.
This book presents the select proceedings of International Conference on Civil Engineering: Innovative Development in Engineering Advances (ICC IDEA 2023).
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the essential role of trees and forests in cities and examines the creative approaches cities around the world are taking to protect trees and expand their urban forests.
This book reviews the potential effect of diet modification, lipids, and carbohydrate consumptions, vitamin supplementation, antioxidants, and nutraceuticals in the prevention and management of Alzheimer's disease.
The Churches of Mexico, 1530-1810 presents an in-depth exploration of the architectural evolution in Mexico following the Spanish Conquest, charting a remarkable transformation from indigenous aesthetics to a unique mestizo style that interweaves European and native influences.
This book questions the current definition of what makes a product sustainable and argues that a holistic approach to sustainable product design is required, one that considers all aspects of a product's life cycle from design to production, to use and then final disposal.
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.
The first history of all the English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds to Worcester and York MinsterEngland's sixty-two Anglican and Catholic cathedrals are some of our most iconic buildings, attracting millions of worshippers and visitors every year.
