Independence hall in american memory

A chronicle of the lost history of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, reissued on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, with a new preface updating the constantly evolving public perception of Independence HallIndependence Hall is a place Americans think they know well. ...

Data-spheres of planetary urbanization

How can we map the urbanization of the planet in an era of climate breakdown? The Urban Theory Lab’s Data-Spheres of Planetary Urbanization confronts this question by assembling a series of experimental visualizations of the worldwide urban fabric. This book reverses the mainstream, city-centric ...

At home with the collective

The housing shortage is a global problem that cannot be resolved through market-driven models of home ownership. This book, therefore, postulates a radical shift from house to housing and from the individual to the collective. The reintroduction of the term "collective" is here understood as a me...

To the ends of the earth

The book takes the reader on an intellectual adventure through a carefully curated selection of 120 places that can be understood as metaphors of contemporary global culture. Spread across all seven continents, from the depths of the ocean to outer space, these places are divided into six chapte...

The university and urban revival

In the last quarter of the twentieth century, urban colleges and universities found themselves enveloped by the poverty, crime, and physical decline that afflicted American cities. Some institutions turned inward, trying to insulate themselves rather than address the problems in their own backyar...

City

Named by Newsweek magazine to its list of "Fifty Books for Our Time."For sixteen years William Whyte walked the streets of New York and other major cities. With a group of young observers, camera and notebook in hand, he conducted pioneering studies of street life, pedestrian behavior, and city d...

Root shock

Root Shock examines 3 different U.S. cities to unmask the crippling results of decades-old disinvestment in communities of color and the urban renewal practices that ultimately destroyed these neighborhoods for the advantage of developers and the elite. Like a sequel to the prescient warnings of...

Urban alchemy

Mindy Thompson Fullilove presents ways to strengthen neighborhood connectivity and empower marginalized communities through investigation of urban segregation from a social heath perspective. "Fullilove passionately demonstrates how, through an urbanity of inclusion, we can heal our fractured cit...

Map use

Learn the most critical concepts for map comprehension and creation with an updated, focused edition of Map Use: Map Reading and Design, Volume 1, ninth edition.

Basics freehand drawing

The importance of freehand drawing for educating architects is often underestimated. However, this craft is essential for any designer. The act of drawing shows you how to see and observe. It helps develop spatial imagination. A design idea can be quickly and easily clarified and displayed i...

Façades

Introduction to building façades as revised editionFaçades determine the appearance of a building. Hence, they constitute a major element in architecture. At the same time, the building’s envelope has important functions to fulfil, such as lighting, weatherproofing, thermal insulation, load ...

The architect's sourcebook

The Architect’s Sourcebook provides readers with an accessible and playful space planning manual for the digital age. The Sourcebook conveniently brings together general dimensions, layout tips, and the CAD data designers actually need to draw spaces in their software. A 1000+ readily downloada...

Construir el paisaje

Construir el paisaje es una obra fundamental sobre el diseño técnico-constructivo de espacios exteriores. Estructurado sistemáticamente, trata todos los temas relevantes desde los materiales corrientes y las superficies, pasando por la construcción de elementos en espacios exteriores, hasta ...

Landscape and authority in the early modern world

Courts and societies across the early modern Eurasian world were fundamentally transformed by the physical, technological, and conceptual developments of their era. Evolving forms of communication, greatly expanded mobility, the spread of scientific knowledge, and the emergence of an increasingly...

Historic real estate

A detailed study of early historical preservation efforts between the 1780s and the 1850sIn Historic Real Estate, Whitney Martinko shows how Americans in the fledgling United States pointed to evidence of the past in the world around them and debated whether, and how, to preserve historic structu...

Tall wood buildings

Timber high-rises: a new urban elementTall wood buildings have been at the foreground of innovative building practice in urban contexts for a number of years. From London to Stockholm, from Vancouver to Melbourne timber buildings of up to 20 storeys have been built, are under construction or bein...

Cnc beginner’s guide

You may not realize it, but many of the manufactured objects that are part of our everyday lives have been created with the aid of CNC (Computer Numeric Control) technology. From the auto, food, construction, and medical industries to manufacturing of components of all sizes, on a variety of mate...

Embodied light

Genesis of a sacred buildingSituated at the foothills of the Andes, overlooking the city of Santiago, Chile, the Bahá’í Temple of South America will be opened in fall 2016. The Bahá’í House of Worship is the most recent of the continental temples. It welcomes people from all directions and all cr...

Historic landmarks of philadelphia

Architectural historian Roger W. Moss and photographer Tom Crane set out to celebrate the surviving accessible historic architecture of Philadelphia, envisioning a series of books that would provide much more than the snapshots found in guidebooks. They began with Historic Houses of Philadelphia,...

Brokers of modernity

America’s church

«Святилище нации в честь Непорочного зачатия Девы Марии» — монументальное религиозное сооружение, возведенное в самом сердце политической жизни США — Вашингтоне, округ Колумбия. С начала строительства и по сей день этот католический храм вызывает самые разные чувства: им гордятся, его игнорируют,...

Planning for water security in southeast asia

Центральная идея книги книги Спенсера заключается в том, что инфраструктура является основой демократии. В книге эта идея иллюстрируется результатами исследований из Юго-Восточной Азии — быстро урбанизирующихся сообществ в Гресике (Индонезия), Кантхо (Вьетнам), Пномпене (Камбоджа) и Ханое (Вьетна...

Between the pagan past and christian present in byzantine visual culture

ENGUp to its pillage by the Crusaders in 1204, Constantinople teemed with magnificent statues of emperors, pagan gods, and mythical beasts. Yet the significance of this wealth of public sculpture has hardly been acknowledged beyond late antiquity. In this book, Paroma Chatterjee offers a new pers...

Classical shindig

Make the acquaintance of two of New Orleans’ most beloved hosts and concert pianists, Michael and Quinn, who sure do know their shindigs.From seasonal celebrations to iconic book clubs to lavish parties for friends, family, and charities (both local and national), Michael and Quinn have seen, don...

Flaming hearts, weeping angels

In a city where rumors of ghosts and spirits swirl, it’s fitting that the history of New Orleans’s cemeteries is just as steeped in intrigue.  In Flaming Hearts & Weeping Angels: Secrets & Symbols in New Orleans’s Cemeteries, writer and photographer Sally Asher masterfully assembles every...

Andrew martin interior design review vol. 30

What does it mean for an interior to become truly iconic? For thirty years, the Andrew Martin Interior Design Review has set the benchmark for global design inspiration. Volume 30 marks a major milestone: a celebratory, forward-looking edition that captures cutting-edge interiors from every corne...

Innovations and challenges of the energy transition in smart city districts

As living, economic and cultural spaces, cities require a sustainable energy system and must be designed to be highly energy efficient. The book provides a framework for practitioners and scientists on how the energy transition can contribute to achieving climate goals in the building sector. In...

Rome unveiled

This book offers new insights into the history of Rome’s Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano through the perspective of curial ceremony. It traces the probable contribution by the eminent Oratorian and cardinal, Cesare Baronio, in designing a sophisticated iconographic program for the transe...

Museums, monuments, and memory in poland

Demonstrates how museums, public monuments and private collections in Poland generate competing interpretations of the past-particularly the Holocaust. Highlights political tensions and offers universal insights into the power of curated memory.Even before the Museum of the Second World War in Gd...

Surf shacks vol. 3

"Surf Shacks Vol. 3" continues the cult-favorite series with a fresh lineup of creative surfers and the eclectic spaces they call home. From breezy cabins in California and artist-built hideaways in Hawaii to design-forward retreats in Portugal and Panama, the book captures how surf culture finds...

Build up

Architecture holds uncommon power to address ecological crisis and social inequity. Michael Green Architecture wields it with conviction, advancing a practice where material innovation, climate responsibility, and civic purpose converge.Build Up presents a firm transforming how and why we build. ...

Next chapters in scandinavian design

Scandinavian design is shifting. Beyond cool restraint, a new language has emerged: human, tactile, and emotionally clear."New Perspectives on Scandinavian Design" positions Muuto at the center of this evolution, tracing how its collaborations and material sensibilities reshape the spaces we inha...

Penthouse syndrome

There is an undeniable pull to high-rise homes: an intrinsic, almost primal draw to seeing the world from above, to inhabiting a space that holds you aloft, at once contained within its height and unbound by the vastness beyond."Penthouse Syndrome" examines this condition, where elevation shapes ...

Cottagecore gardens

A home doesn’t end at its doorstep."Cottagecore Gardens" picks up where Cottagecore left off, moving beyond interiors to explore the outdoor spaces that surround and sustain them. It presents a carefully curated collection of gardens that reflect a way of life shaped by the rhythms of their stewa...

A house in japan

"A House in Japan" examines the Japanese home as a site of architectural inquiry—an intimate scale through which ideas about space, structure, and domesticity are continually reimagined. In a context shaped by constraint, precision, and cultural continuity, the residential realm becomes a space o...

Design monograph: wright

A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking wo...

Frank gehry & robert tannen: art, architecture & ideas

Frank Gehry &  Robert Tannen: Art, Architecture & Ideas, is a book documenting the lifelong friendship and collaborative efforts of noted architects and friends Frank Gehry and Robert Tannen. The book features essays, personal notes, and collaborative and individual work in a range of med...

Texas trails and glass pyramids

A history of the San Antonio Botanical Garden and its ambitious design, native plants, and enduring civic commitment

Josef frank writings

A two-volume compendium of Josef Frank’s culturally critical, often witty and biting texts on modernism and architecture, offered for the first time in a complete edition alongside many of the original illustrations. For more than five decades, from the 1910s to the early 1960s, Josef Frank was o...

Creating luminous spaces

On Interior Design, Biophilic Design, and the Five Elements of Feng Shui “It will change the way you think, how you view your surroundings, and how you live." ―Dr. Eva Selhub, author of Your Brain on Nature and Your Health Destiny#1 Bestseller In Interior Design, Lighting, and EnergyAncient and ...

Interior style: japandi

Capture the Japanese-meets-Scandi trend with in-depth practical advice on how to use colour, texture, lighting and more, all accompanied by images of gorgeous interiors and inspirational showpiece homes.A fusion of functional Eastern minimalism with clean Scandi cosiness, the japandi interior sty...

Ring of stone circles

An accessible exploration of England's prehistoric past through the clues set in stone by our ancient ancestors. Stan Abbott explores Britain's neolithic remains, including Castlerigg and Long Meg and her Daughters.In Ring of Stone Circles, Stan Abbott sets out to explore one part of England for ...

The irish tower house

Tower houses are the definitive building of medieval Ireland. This study investigates their significant social role, which has previously gone underappreciated. Innovative conclusions stem from an interdisciplinary methodology that demonstrates the interconnectedness of society, economics and the...

The right formula

In the corner of a Manchester laboratory in 2004, two scientists stumbled on a major discovery while pulling pieces of Sellotape apart - graphene. This is the story of those scientists, Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novosolev, their eureka moment, subsequent Nobel Prizes and investigation into...

Manchester cathedral

This is the first comprehensive study of Manchester Cathedral. Founded in 1421 by charter of Henry V, the Collegiate Church of Manchester, as it then was, is of outstanding historical and architectural importance. In this highly-illustrated book, a team of experts reconstructs its past, offering ...

The british empire through buildings

Imperialism is strikingly represented in its buildings. This work illuminates the dispersal of colonial culture and religious forms, social classes, and racial divisions over two centuries, from the establishment of colonial rule to a post-colonial world. It will be a vital reading for all studen...

The intellectual culture of the english country house, 1500–1700

A ground-breaking collection of essays by leading and emerging scholars, which uncovers the vibrant intellectual life of early modern provincial England.

Travel and the british country house

Provides readers with fresh insights into the country house and the ways it was shaped by domestic and foreign travel. It brings famous and less familiar houses to life through the aspirations and acquisitions of owners; the admiring or caustic comments of visitors, and the constant flows of good...

The renewal of post-war manchester

The renewal cities of Britain, those that began their reconstruction after 1960, are rich in utopian visions. This book delves into Manchester's visual history, mapping legislative shifts, Cold War dynamics, decolonisation and the surge of consumerism.

Interiors of empire

This book examines the cultural impact of colonialism on both colonizer and colonized via analysis of the domestic interiors and public spaces of empire within the Indian Subcontinent, contrasting representations of such spaces within contemporary discourse with analysis of the evidence of actual...

Interior decorating in nineteenth-century france

This book explores the origins of interior design in nineteenth-century France. It shows how new, modern techniques of image-making and reproduction enabled the still-unnamed profession of the interior designer to take shape.

Bulletin of the john rylands library 100/1

The Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is a long-running journal that publishes research complementary to the John Rylands Library’s extensive special collections.

Remaking the urban

This book examines the intersections between post-apartheid urban transformation and the politics of heritage-making in divided cities, using the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in South Africa’s Eastern Cape as a case study. This author examines how the twin processes of memory-making and change have p...

A room of their own

Add to your travel bucket list with A Room of Their Own, the history guide to famous ladies and their estates. Experience the impact of these international residents on history through the artifacts that they left behind.

Creative homes

From urban ateliers to pastoral retreats, this book reveals the quiet genius of Belgian interiors–bold in design, rich in thought, and undeniably authentic.Creative Homes: Interiors and Design in Belgium offers a compelling exploration of 20 distinctive residences, each reflecting the individuali...

Remote places to stay vol. 2

Discover hidden retreats where breathtaking landscapes meet the rare luxury of true seclusion.As modern life accelerates, the yearning to escape — to travel farther, stay longer, and reconnect with something elemental — has become a powerful force. Remote Places to Stay Vol. 2 presents a new coll...

Osgoode hall

Osgoode Hall is one of Canada's architectural treasures. It has been the seat of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1832 and of several of the Superior Courts of the province for almost as long. It has become a symbol of the legal tradition in Ontario and throughout Canada.

Toronto

In this lavishly illustrated volume, Toronto historian Mike Filey regales readers with the best of his meditations on everything Toronto, including stories of the citys past told through its landmarks, neighbourhoods, streetscapes, social customs, pleasure palaces, politics, sporting events, cele...

Gam 07. zero landscape. unfolding active agencies of landscape.

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Bauen und wohnen in gemeinschaft / building and living in communities

Wie und warum bauen und wohnen immer mehr Menschen in Gemeinschaft? Welche Ausprägungen dieses Phänomens existieren und was können Architektur und Baukultur in diesem Zusammenhang leisten? Das Buch zeigt 26 in Deutschland und überwiegend im europäischen Ausland realisierte Bauten, die als Ba...

Energy efficiency solutions for historic buildings

This handbook holistically summarises the principles for the energy retrofitting of historic buildings, from the first diagnosis to the adequately designed intervention: preservation of the historic structure, user comfort, and energy efficiency. The content was developed by an interdiscipli...

Reihen- und doppelhäuser

Der Wunsch nach den eigenen vier Wänden steht bei Bauherren nach wie vor an erster Stelle. Reihen-, Doppelhäuser und Zeilen stellen in Zeiten knapper Kassen und steigender Investitionskosten eine kostengünstige Alternative zum Einfamilienhaus dar. Dass dabei hochwertige und ansprechende Häus...

Freestanding houses

To continue developing existing building types in an intelligent way is a crucial task in the field of residential building. For the success of the individual design, as well as for ensuring that tried and tested structures can be utilized, repeated, and varied, a deeper grasp of the underly...

Bau[t]en für die künste / building[s] for the arts

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Stadt raum zeit

Stadtentwicklung zwischen Kontinuität und Wandel Städte sind Brennpunkte politischer, ökonomischer und sozialer Entwicklungen, die die urbane Struktur in besonderem Maße formen. Geschah dies früher über lange Zeiträume hinweg, verändern unsere Städte gegenwärtig mit rasanter Geschwindigkeit ihr G...

Kunst der ostgotenzeit

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Geschichte der bulgarischen kunst unter der türkischen herrschaft und in der neueren zeit

Dieser Titel aus dem De Gruyter-Verlagsarchiv ist digitalisiert worden, um ihn der wissenschaftlichen Forschung zugänglich zu machen. Da der Titel erstmals im Nationalsozialismus publiziert wurde, ist er in besonderem Maße in seinem historischen Kontext zu betrachten. Mehr erfahren Sie .>

Entwurfsatlas sakralbau

Das sakrale Bauen erlaubt dem Entwerfenden eine seltene Konzentration auf die Schaffung von Raum, Körper und Form. Weitaus weniger als andere Bauaufgaben wird sakrale Architektur von funktionalen Anforderungen, Normen und Standards bestimmt; sie kann sich in der Regel als pure Baukunst entfa...

Integriertes wohnen

Gemeinschaftliches Wohnen, generationenübergreifendes Wohnen, Wohnen für Familien, barrierefreies Wohnen, Wohnen und Arbeiten, Wohnen und Freizeitgestaltung – die Vielfalt der Anforderungen bestimmt zukünftige Wohnkonzepte, die den Ansprüchen und Bedürfnissen unserer immer vielschichtigeren ...

Basics cycle de l' eau dans le bâtiment

The integration of building services is an important aspect of architectural planning. The conceptual design of supply systems and cycles within the building demands a solid grasp of the relationships that underpin the supply and disposal of the element water. The focus here is on relations ...

Hauswartung

Der neue Band der Edition Wohnen ,Hauswartung' stellt die Arbeit der Hauswartung dar und analysiert ihren Wert für die Bewirtschaftung und Verwaltung von Gebäuden. Denn die Hauswartung ist mehr als das Ersetzen von Teilen und die Wiederherstellung des Originalzustandes eines Gebäudes - Hausw...

Building integrated photovoltaics

Photovoltaics is one of the most promising technologies for global energy production in the context of the energy crisis and climate change.Photovoltaic modules are now available in such a wide range of forms that nearly all of the usual fl at parts of buildings can be provided with photovol...

Technical lands

Designating land as technical is a political act. Doing so entails dividing, marginalizing, and rendering portions of the Earth inaccessible. Technical lands are co-extensive with political and physical boundaries instrumentalized by their exceptional status. Their remote location, delimited boun...

Inklusionsmaschine stadt

Inklusion in Architektur und Städtebau bedeutet weitaus mehr, als Gebäude und öffentlichen Raum mit technischen Bauteilen auszustaffieren. Inklusion gilt es dringend auch als gesellschaftliches Konzept zu verstehen und umzusetzen – durch Schnittstellen im Stadtraum, Orte, die Fehlverhalten aushal...

Die substanz der räume

Nach ihrer Geschichte der Szenografie (erschienen 2021) nimmt sich die Autorin nun der Werkstoffe an, aus denen man für die Materialisierung von Ausstellungen wählen kann. In der systematischen Zusammenstellung werden gebräuchliche Materialien vorgestellt und unter den Gesichtspunkten der chemisc...

Riepl riepl architekten

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Caramel. forget architecture, schätzchen

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Systembau

Seit einigen Jahren wird der Systembau, die Verwendung von vorgefertigten Elementen in der Architektur wieder engagiert diskutiert. Lange als monoton abgestempelt, weisen heutige Bauelemente in Wirklichkeit einen hohen Differenzierungsgrad auf, der die Kreativität der Architekten nachhaltig ...

Architekturpolitik in finnland

Als eines der ersten Lander Europas entwickelte Finnland 1998 eine offizielle Architekturpolitik, in der die Baukulturelle Bildung eine prominente Stellung einnahm, und gilt seitdem als unangefochtener Vorreiter in diesen Bereichen. Erklartes Ziel war es, die Architektur systematischer ins Schuls...

Perceptions of sustainability in heritage studies

With contribiutions Francesco Bandarin, Minja Yang and Mechthild Rössler This publication is the fourth in the Heritage Studies series and aims to reflect upon the many dimensions of sustainability and sustainable development within the Heritage Studies discourse. Sustainability as a concept...

Timber construction

New materials and stricter energy-efficiency requirements have brought about radical changes in timber construction in recent years. Whether built on site or pre-fabricated, this publication provides a concise survey of modern timber construction, the materials and their applications.

Mischung: possible!

Mischung: Possible! bietet Basiswissen über die Implementierung von Nutzungsmischung im konkreten Anwendungsfall einer Stadtteilentwicklung. Das Buch basiert auf einer vierjährigen experimentellen Intervention zur nachhaltigen innerstädtischen Stadtteilentwicklung durch Nutzungsmischung auf dem A...

Holzbau mit system

Der Holzbau hat sich grundlegend erneuert. Er hat gegenüber Konkurrenzbaustoffen deutlich an Marktanteilen gewonnen und wird von Systemen wie Rahmen-, Skelett- und Massivholzbau dominiert.  Jeder Holzbau ist durch Struktur bestimmt. Dabei ist es wesentlich, die  Zusammenhänge vom Entwurf bis...

Im detail ausstellen und präsentieren

Vom Messeauftritt bis zum Museumskonzept – der gelungene Transfer von Informationen an ein breites öffentliches Publikum basiert auf gelungenen Inszenierungen und geeigneten architektonischen Konzepten. Während es bei einer Ausstellung im Museum um die Kunst der Vermittlung von Inhalten geht...

Ioa studios. hadid lynn prix

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Set pieces

Why does live performance continue to engage us? In a world saturated with recorded entertainment, we seek out the intimacy and immediacy of live music and theater. What is the relationship between design and the experiences, perceptions, and memories it engenders? At its best, architecture, a co...

Components and systems

Construction systems reduced to the smallest possible number of identical elements have long been used by architects to build structures as well as dismantle and change them as quickly, efficiently, and economically as possible. Think of the architecture of the nomads, the Crystal Palace des...

Nordic talking

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