Architecture

While urban settlements are the drivers of the global economy and centres of learning, culture, and innovation and nations rely on competitive dynamic regions for their economic, social, and environmental objectives, urban centres and regions face a myriad of challenges that impact the ways in which people live and work, create wealth, and interact and connect with places.

Climate change is a threat to humankind, which requires immediate action.

The current climate crisis and the rapid transformation of the natural environments will inevitably pose a threat to human settlements around the world.

This book proposes new ways of looking at the built environment in archaeology, specifically through postcolonial perspectives.

»Weniger ist mehr« gilt vielleicht für die Farbwahl der Abendgarderobe – nicht aber für das anschließende Geschäftsessen.

This book describes a broad view of sustainability as a crucial factor for the success of its implementation.

This book comprises the proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Construction Resources for Environmentally Sustainable Technologies.

Cette étude montre le rôle et la présence précoces en Éthiopie d'un semis de villes dont le but est demeuré la gestion et la fabrique de territoires éthiopiens.

Humanoid Robots: Modeling and Control provides systematic presentation of the models used in the analysis, design and control of humanoid robots.

Au moment où la notion de développement durable devient centrale, la réflexion sur la pérennité urbaine se justifie, car l'urbanisation traduit une conquête protéiforme, répétitive et banale des espaces tandis que la ville renvoie à la singularité, à l'héritage, à l'historicité, à l'esthétique et à la complexité.

Urban Planning for Social Justice in Latin America explores how urban planning can be used as a tool for social equity.

This book, with contributions from leading academics - and including reviews and case studies from Ethiopian Church forests - provides a valuable reference for advanced students and researchers interested in forest and other natural resource management, ecology and ecosystem services as well as restoration options.

An On-the-Job Construction Administration Resource for ArchitectsCo-written by an architect and an attorney, this is the ideal desktop guide for architects, engineers, and other design professionals in need of expert advice on navigating the construction process and anticipating, avoiding, and managing liability risks.

This book evaluates the current and future state of fascism studies, reflecting on the first hundred years of fascism and looking ahead to a new era in which fascism studies increasingly faces fresh questions concerning its relevance and the potential reappearance of fascism.

In einer Zeit, in der Europa von Konflikten und Machtkämpfen gezeichnet war, verlagerte sich das Zentrum der päpstlichen Macht von Rom in die kleine französische Stadt Avignon.

The Great Convergence explores the existential foundations of human consciousness and the deep existential dimensions of reality, as well as their connection to the concept of The Creator.

A photographic tour of the Detroit Public Library s rich art and architectural history.

"e;Every aspect of creating a beautiful, sensible, and healthy home is explored and demonstrated with elegance and clarity.

Cet ouvrage développe le concept d'événementialité en tant que notion critique pour penser l'architecture.

Staggering skylines and boastful architecture make Dubai famous-this book traces them back to a twentieth-century plan for survival.

Resistance is fertile bioremediation techniques to heal the earth.

The contributions in this volume map out how technologies are used and designed to plan, maintain, govern, demolish, and destroy the city.

How to build community, reduce waste, and create affordable, unique homes.

Buildings and their associated systems are the largest source of greenhouse gases in the world.

Build your own passive solar greenhouse for year-round food production in any climate The Year-round Solar Greenhouse is the one-stop guide to designing and building greenhouses that harness and store energy from the sun to create naturally heated, lush growing environments even in the depths of winter, covering principles of solar greenhouse design and siting, glazing material properties and selection, controlling heat loss, ventilation, and construction methods.

This book presents human factors research focused on achieving and assessing sustainability in the built environment and architecture.

The first book to address the historical failures of philosophy-and what we can learn from themPhilosophers are generally unaware of the failures of philosophy, recognizing only the failures of particular theories, which are then remedied with other theories.

In a declaration of the ascendance of the American media industry, nineteenth-century press barons in New York City helped to invent the skyscraper, a quintessentially American icon of progress and aspiration.

Updated and expanded, this Fourth Edition of the most trusted reference in architecture offers the most comprehensive coverage of architectural and construction terms available.

This book contributes to current debates on the relationship between architecture and the social sciences, highlighting current interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teaching as well as research and practice in architecture and urbanism.

Classic Indian texts and Vaastupurusha Mandala are not often discussed in the western discourse on urbanism, even while much of these predate the commonly taught European writings.

High speed rail (HSR) is being touted as a strategic investment for connecting people across regions, while also fostering prosperity and smart urban growth.

The Japanese urban alleyway, which was once part of people's personal spatial sphere and everyday life has been transformed by diverse and competing interests.

Based on fieldwork, archival research, and interviews, this book critically examines the building of modern Chinese discourse on a unified yet diverse Chinese nation on various sites of knowledge production.

* A single-source, on-the-job resource to help interior designers and architects solve any space planning problem* Simplifies code compliance (International Building Code, ADA, and more)* Includes hundreds of plans and details for every building type* Checklists and guidelines throughout

Have you always wanted to transform your house into the home of your dreams but you're not sure where to begin?

Blanche, égérie Chanel en pleine déroute existentielle, regarde avec application les vitrines peuplées d'objets insolites que met en scène une vaste exposition sur l'histoire du design.

This is the first of five volumes of a definitive history of analytic philosophy from the invention of modern logic in 1879 to the end of the twentieth century.

In a time of mass-mediated modernity, the city becomes, almost by definition, a constitutively 'mediated' city.

This book gathers together innovative research and practical findings relating to urban mobility transformation.

Flush it and forget it is the plumbing mantra of the industrialized world.

Cinematic Aided Design: An Everyday Life Approach to Architecture provides architects, planners, designer practitioners, politicians and decision makers with a new awareness of the practice of everyday life through the medium of film.

La dimension artistique du mémorial de Peter Eisenman a été peu considérée.

There are significant returns to be made from private equity, infrastructure, real estate and other illiquid investments, but a competitive strategy is essential for investment success and for meeting objectives.

Build your home the 'green' way to reduce running costs, be more self-sufficient and create a more comfortable home.

Éste es un libro sobre el habitar del ser humano.

Richard Fabers materialreiche Untersuchung zeigt, dass derKampfbegriff Abendland eine lange Vorgeschichte hat undpolitisch hoch belastet ist: nicht nur antikommunistisch undantisozialistisch, sondern auch antidemokratisch undantiliberal, autoritär bis faschistisch, elitär bis hierarchischund klerikal bis neopagan – vor allem aber imperialistisch.

Dans le cadre des enjeux actuels du droit de la ville, l'aménagement urbain constitue un outil pertinent qu'il convient de façonner.

"Este libro se aventura a discutir algunos de los complejos desafíos que resultan clave para que el transporte público contribuya a la sustentabilidad urbana.