An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from the acclaimed architectural historianIn The Beginnings of Architecture, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Philip Wilkinson introduces architectural movements and styles throughout history, as well as describing some of the greatest architects' most important and representative works.
This edited book brings together insights from scholars and practitioners from many different fields to uncover the role of the construction and real estate sectors and how they align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Als im viktorianischen England die Maschinen das Ruder übernahmen und die industrielle Revolution die Lebens- und Arbeitswelt der Menschen radikal veränderte, formierte sich eine Bewegung, die sich diesem Wandel mutig entgegenstellte: die Arts and Crafts Bewegung.
One of the world s greatest scientists of human behaviour, the bestselling author of Behave, shows that free will does not exist - and sets out the disturbing yet liberating implications of accepting this fact.
OB ALS FARBTUPFER IN FORM VON BESONDEREN MÖBELSTÜCKEN, außergewöhnlichen Wandfarben oder besonderen Akzenten in der Dekoration – im Fokus dieses Buches steht die Farbe.
This edited book provides a solid foundation for future research on cooling cities, climate change impacts on cities and urban environments, and innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Compiled by AECOM, the 2024 edition has been updated with the latest pricing information to help you manage your projects over the next 12 months through this challenging period of high inflation and financial uncertainty.
Es wird der unterschlagenen Frage nachgegangen, welche Rolle der Elitismus der französischen Architektenschaft für Frankreichs Wandel zu einem modernen Staatsgebilde spielte.
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.
Es necesario dejar huella del transcurrir de la arquitectura en Colombia, mostrar todas las corrientes que dejaron testimonio en la imagen de nuestras ciudades, volver a los pasos de los pioneros de la arquitectura que "forjaron y dejaron herencia urbana y arquitectónica".
A striking account of Vasari's career, friendships, and contribution to the art of the Italian RenaissanceVasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, first published in 1550, fixed for three hundred years general European views about the art of the Renaissance, and its influence still lingers today.
Compiled by AECOM, the 2024 edition has been updated with the latest pricing information to help you manage your projects over the next 12 months through this challenging period of high inflation and financial uncertainty.
This book deals with an often-neglected feature of location problems, namely uncertainty, by combining two related fields: location theory and optimization.
Esta publicación aborda una retrospectiva de los apuntes y croquis de viaje de Germán Samper, uno de los arquitectos colombianos más reconocidos nacional e internacionalmente, autor de emblemáticas edificaciones y conjuntos modernos de la capital y del país, varios de las cuales han sido ya declarados como Bienes de Interés Cultural.
This book examines the relationship between social practices and built space, focusing on current cooperative/participative and posthuman approaches to its production and management.
Inclusion and Exclusion of the Urban Poor in Dhaka explores how the inhabitants of poor neighborhoods in Dhaka, Bangladesh, gain inclusion in the city at the face of exclusion.
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.
This book deals with an often-neglected feature of location problems, namely uncertainty, by combining two related fields: location theory and optimization.
Explore and expand your creative skill set with The Central Saint Martins Guide to Art & Design, fully updated in 2023 in line with the current course, with a new afterword by Rathna Ramanathan, Head of Central Saint Martins.
The book provides new perspectives from leading experts examining the role of architects and urbanists in designing for inclusivity in our built environment.
The book provides new perspectives from leading researchers accentuating and examining the central role of the built environment in conceiving and implementing multifaceted solutions for the complex challenges of creating resilient communities, revealing critical potentials for architecture and design to contribute in more informed and long-term ways to the urgent transition of our society.
La publicación explora el proceso constructivo de este templo que comenzó a ser edificado en 1881 en la localidad de los Mártires por iniciativa privada de devotos al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús.
El Plan de Revitalización del Centro Tradicional es, en estricto sentido, un plan urbano de carácter estratégico que supera el tradicional "plan-documento" para trabajar desde el enfoque de planificar haciendo y hacer planificando.
This edited book provides a solid foundation for future research on cooling cities, climate change impacts on cities and urban environments, and innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies.
"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.
This step-by-step guide takes the reader through each stage of the design process, from concept to completion, exploring practical methods of how to engage the community throughout interior architecture and design projects.
