Architectural structure and design Books

Book SynopsisPrefabulous Small Houses explores the beauty, variety, design and environmentally positive benefits of prefab construction through the wide variety of prefabrication methods in use today with prefabulous examples.

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Book SynopsisWhat if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing shortages, stunted growth and innovation, persistent racial and economic segregation, and car-dependent development? It’s time for America to move beyond zoning, argues city planner M. Nolan Gray in Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. With lively explanations and stories, Gray shows why zoning abolition is a necessary—if not sufficient—condition for building more affordable, vibrant, equitable, and sustainable cities. The arbitrary lines of zoning maps across the country have come to dictate where Americans may live and work, forcing cities into a pattern of growth that is segregated and sprawling. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be this way. Reform is in the air, with cities and states across the country critically re-evaluating zoning. In cities as diverse as Minneapolis, Durham, and Hartford, the key pillars of zoning are under fire, with apartment bans being scrapped, minimum lot sizes dropping, and off-street parking requirements disappearing altogether. Some American cities—including Houston, America’s fourth-largest city—already make land-use planning work without zoning. In Arbitrary Lines, Gray lays the groundwork for this ambitious cause by clearing up common confusions and myths about how American cities regulate growth and examining the major contemporary critiques of zoning. Gray sets out some of the efforts currently underway to reform zoning and charts how land-use regulation might work in the post-zoning American city. Despite mounting interest, no single book has pulled these threads together for a popular audience. In Arbitrary Lines, Gray fills this gap by showing how zoning has failed to address even our most basic concerns about urban growth over the past century, and how we can think about a new way of planning a more affordable, prosperous, equitable, and sustainable American city.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I Chapter 1. Where Zoning Comes From Land Use Before Zoning What Changed? 1916 The Federal Push Chapter 2. How Zoning Works How Zoning Is Born Decoding the City Everything in Its Right Place Don’t Be Dense How Zoning Changes Patching Up Zoning? Part II Chapter 3. Planning an Affordability Crisis Zoned Out Mandating Mansions Housing Delayed is Housing Denied Why Did This Happen? Chapter 4. The Wealth We Lost How Cities Make Us Rich Zoning for Stagnation How Much Poorer Are We? Chapter 5. Apartheid by Another Name Zoning for Segregation All Are Welcome, If You Can Afford It The Bitter Fruits of Segregation Chapter 6. Sprawl by Design Zoning for Sprawl Assume a Car Fleeing Sustainability Part III Chapter 7. Toward a Less Bad Zoning The Low-Hanging Fruit of Local Reform Taming Local Control Is There a Role for the Federal Government? Turning Japanese Chapter 8. The Case for Abolishing Zoning Why Reform Isn’t Enough Steelmanning Zoning Meanwhile, Back in the Real World Chapter 9. The Great Unzoned City The Compromise That Saved Houston How Cities Organize Themselves Land-Use Regulation After Zoning How to Abolish Zoning in Two Easy Steps Chapter 10. Planning After Zoning It’s the Externalities, Stupid! Desegregating the Post-Zoning City Reviving the Plan Conclusion Appendix: What Zoning Isn’t Zoning Isn’t the Market Zoning Isn’t the Only Kind of Land-Use Regulation Zoning Isn’t Environmental Regulation Zoning Isn’t Planning Acknowledgements About the Author Recommended Reading Endnotes Index

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Book SynopsisTrailblazing greenway projects from vision to reality.In this eye-opening journey through some of America's most innovative landscape architecture projects, Charles Flink shows why we urgently need greenways. A leading authority in greenway planning, design, and development, Flink presents inspiring examples of communities that have come together to build permanent spaces for the life-sustaining power of nature.The Greenway Imperative reveals the stories behind a variety of multiuse natural corridors, taking readers to Grand Canyon National Park, suburban North Carolina, the banks of the Miami River, and many other settings. Flink, who was closely involved with each of the projects in this book during his 35-year career, introduces the people who jump started these initiatives and the challenges they overcame in achieving them.Flink explains why open green spaces are increasingly critical today. "Much more than a path through the woods," he says, greenways conserve irreplaceable real estate for the environment, serve as essential green infrastructure, shape the way people travel within their communities, reduce impact from flooding and other natural disasters, and boost the economies of cities and towns. Greenways can and should dramatically reshape the landscape of America in the coming years, Flink argues. He provides valuable reflections and guidance on how we can create resilient communities and satisfy the human need for connection with the natural world.Table of Contents Foreword Introduction 1. A Close Family Legacy: Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina 2. Come Hell and High Water: Greater Grand Forks Greenway, Grand Forks, North Dakota 3. Turning Trash into Trails: Swift Creek Recycled Greenway, Cary, North Carolina 4. Something Grand: Grand Canyon Greenway, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona 5. Open Space in Vegas—It's a Sure Bet: Las Vegas Open Space and Trails, Las Vegas, Nevada 6. Miami Means "Sweet Water": Miami River Greenway, Miami, Florida 7. Lowcountry Life: Charleston County Greenbelt Plan, Charleston County, South Carolina 8. Callin' the Hogs: The Northwest Arkansas Razorback Regional Greenway, Arkansas 9. White Russia: International Greenway Efforts in Belarus 10. America's Longest Urban Greenway: East Coast Greenway, from Maine to Florida 11. A National Greenway System: Envisioning a Coast-to-Coast Greenway System Acknowledgments Glossary Notes and Sources Index

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Book SynopsisModel-based Systems Architecting is a key tool for designing complex industrial systems. It is dedicated to the working systems architects, engineers and modelers, in order to help them master the complex integrated systems that they are dealing with in their day-to-day professional lives. It presents the CESAMES Systems Architecting Method (CESAM), a systems architecting and modeling framework which has been developed since 2003 in close interaction with many leading industrial companies, providing rigorous and unambiguous semantics for all classical systems architecture concepts. This approach is practically robust and easy-to-use: during the last decade, it was deployed in more than 2,000 real system development projects within the industry, and distributed to around 10,000 engineers around the globe.Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Chapter 1 Introduction to CESAM 1 1.1 CESAM: a mathematically sound system modeling framework 1 1.2 CESAM: a framework focused on complex integrated systems 8 1.3 CESAM: a collaboration-oriented architecting framework 12 1.4 CESAM: a business-oriented framework 16 Chapter 2 Why Architecting Systems? 19 2.1 Product and project systems 19 2.2 The complexity threshold 22 2.3 Addressing systems architecting becomes key 25 2.4 The value of systems architecting 31 2.5 The key role of systems architects 34 2.6 How to analyze a systems architect profile? 36 Chapter 3 CESAM Framework 39 3.1 Elements of systemics 39 3.1.1 Interface 39 3.1.2 Environment of a system 41 3.2 The three architectural visions 42 3.2.1 Architectural visions definition 42 3.2.2 Architectural visions overview 46 3.2.3 Relationships between the three architectural visions 52 3.2.4 Organization of a system model 55 3.3 CESAM systems architecture pyramid 57 3.3.1 The three key questions to ask 57 3.3.2 The last question that shall not be forgotten 59 3.4 More systems architecture dimensions 60 3.4.1 Descriptions versus expected properties 60 3.4.2 Descriptions 62 3.4.3 Expected properties 73 3.5 CESAM systems architecture matrix 78 Chapter 4 Identifying Stakeholders: Environment Architecture 83 4.1 Why identify stakeholders? 83 4.2 The key deliverables of environment architecture 85 4.2.1 Stakeholder hierarchy diagram 85 4.2.2 Environment diagram 87 Chapter 5 Understanding Interactions with Stakeholders: Operational Architecture 91 5.1 Why understand interactions with stakeholders? 91 5.2 The key deliverables of operational architecture 94 5.2.1 Need architecture diagram 94 5.2.2 Lifecycle diagram 95 5.2.3 Use case diagrams 97 5.2.4 Operational scenario diagrams 99 5.2.5 Operational flow diagram 101 Chapter 6 Defining What the System Shall Do: Functional Architecture 103 6.1 Why understand what the system does? 103 6.2 The key deliverables of functional architecture 105 6.2.1 Functional requirement architecture diagram 106 6.2.2 Functional mode diagram 108 6.2.3 Functional breakdown and interaction diagrams 109 6.2.4 Functional scenario diagrams 111 6.2.5 Functional flow diagram 112 Chapter 7 Deciding How the System Shall be Formed: Constructional Architecture 115 7.1 Understanding how the system is formed? 115 7.2 The key deliverables of constructional architecture 117 7.2.1 Constructional requirement architecture diagram 118 7.2.2 Configuration diagram 120 7.2.3 Constructional breakdown and interaction diagram 121 7.2.4 Constructional scenario diagram 123 7.2.5 Constructional flow diagram 124 Chapter 8 Taking into Account Failures: Dysfunctional Analysis 127 8.1 Systems do not always behave as they should 127 8.2 The key deliverables of dysfunctional analysis 134 8.2.1 Dysfunctional analysis from an operational perspective 135 8.2.2 Dysfunctional analysis from a functional perspective 136 8.2.3 Dysfunctional analysis from a constructional perspective 138 Chapter 9 Choosing the Best Architecture: Trade-off Techniques 141 9.1 Systems architecting does not usually lead to a unique solution 141 9.2 Trade-off techniques 143 9.2.1 General structure of a trade-off process 143 9.2.2 Managing trade-offs in practice 145 Conclusion 149 Appendices 157 Appendix 1 System Temporal Logic 159 Appendix 2 Classical Engineering Issues 163 Appendix 3 Example of System Model Managed with CESAM 177 Appendix 4 Implementing CESAM through a SysML Modeling Tool 199 Appendix 5 Some Good Practices in Systems Modeling 209 References 211 Index 219

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Book SynopsisNumber One Poultry, London EC2R 8EJ, was a commission awarded by Peter Palumbo to James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates in May 1985. Designed from July 1985 onwards, it was completed in 1998. In 2016 it was listed grade II* and it is currently the youngest ever listed building in England. This book records the conversations between One Poultry and those involved with it over its controversial lifetime: Peter Palumbo, developer and patron; Michael Wilford, Stirling’s lifetime working partner; Laurence Bain, Number One Poultry project architect; Peter Rees, the City of London Planning Officer at the time; and Charles Jencks, architectural historian and theoretician of Post-Modernism. The book includes original, unpublished sketches and drawings of the building from conception to realisation, documentation that explains the value of its architecture and a selection of letters sent by distinguished individuals to the City of London Planning Office to protest against threatened, heavy alterations that anticipated the listing. One Poultry Speaks, devised and edited by Marco Iuliano, is a collaboration between the University of Liverpool, whence James Stirling graduated in 1950, and the Royal Institute of British Architects, which awarded him its Royal Gold Medal in 1980.Trade ReviewReviews 'Contrary to what James Stirling would have wanted, One Poultry has become one of the most distinguished examples of post-modernist architecture anywhere in the world. The first part of this book is a series of interviews in which Iuliano plays the role of the building, and the principal actors speak ‘to’ it. That sounds odd, but draws a great deal out of them. Then come images of many fine drawings and models, and an account of the listing. Every postmodern enthusiast should have this.' Timothy Brittain-CatlinTable of Contentsprefaceconversationsalbumcorrespondencelistingcircling the square

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Book SynopsisThe city of Venice holds a special place in the global imagination. This book explores the creation of one of its largest surviving depictions, which has remained almost unknown to the wider public since its creation exactly four centuries ago.

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Book SynopsisDiedrich Anton Wilhelm Rulfs, the German-born architect who immigrated to Nacogdoches, Texas in 1880, transformed the historic, frontier town into a modern city. The life and work of Rulfs and his interaction with his contemporaries is the story of Nacogdoches in the crucial years at the turn of the 20th century. The substantial visual legacy of Rulfs to the history of a pioneering town can be enjoyed today. Over fifty architectural creations are extant and form the core for the city's extensive National Registry Districts. Rulfs incorporated the motifs of his homeland along with elements from current trends in American architecture into Nacogdoches projects. He comfortably used classical and Palladian features, romantic (Gothic), flamboyant (Queen Ann), and eclectic (Mediterranean) styles. Rulfs proved himself a master at servicing many architectural needs: modest domestic structures, commercial buildings, city blocks, hotels, elaborately fashionable mansions, churches for all denominations, and public schools. While few towns the size of Nacogdoches had, or could have supported, a talented resident architect, Rulfs returned the admiration by working flawlessly with the community. His success resided in his professionalism, his intimate knowledge of his clients, and his willingness to accomodate his designs to the needs and budgets of his patrons. Rulfs, as the architect and builder of choice in Nacogdoches between 1880 to the mid-1920s, left an incorporable architectural legacy.

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Book SynopsisModernists of the early twentieth century were transfixed by the X-ray—a means of seeing through skin into systems of bones and tissue. What, nearly a century later, can X-rays reveal about the systems of modernism itself? Modern Management Methods asks how the value of a building is produced through instruments of expertise, management ideologies, and historical narratives. Through unorthodox survey practices, the project uses the imaging techniques of conservation and the documentary detritus of heritage preservation to show how scientific methods attempt to produce stable notions of history and value. Deploying the medium of the X-ray, Caitlin Blanchfield and Farzin Lotfi-Jam tell two related histories of building conservation, internationalism, and the making of modernist meaning through the architect Le Corbusier’s building Stuttgart’s Weissenhofsiedlung and the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

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Book SynopsisTo mark its fiftieth anniversary, the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) gave free rein to three photographers, who were asked to capture the essence of the school and its future direction. Catherine Leutenegger’s work delivered many detailed portraits of science, blurring the lines between the images she created and those that she discovered and made her own. Bogdan Konopka, meanwhile, stripped EPFL’s buildings down to their still-life form. And Olivier Christinat brought places to life by roaming the grounds and discreetly immersing himself in the society of campus. All three offer distinct perspectives on a unique institution, one that has seen its influence spread far and wide during its first half century of existence.

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Book SynopsisRealtime is an investigation into China’s digital and urban infrastructure, practices, and imaginary spaces. It attempts to capture the pace, scale, and depth of China’s complex and changing reality. Realtime is a collection of original accounts, analyses, stories, articles, artworks, pictures, maps, illustrations, and materials collected by researchers and practitioners from various fields of design, geography, architecture, anthropology, economics, and art.Table of ContentsIntroduction / 01 The Ascent of Digital Technology in China / 02 Planning: From Model to Modules / 03 Producing Standardization: Chinese Blocks in Networks / 04 An Archeology of Shanzhai Phones / 05 The Ghosts of Shenzhen / 06 Learning About Makers in China / 07 China.ai / 08 The Armatures of a New Autonomous Urbanism / 09 Speed Politics of Danmu / 10 Future Recipes / Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThrough sheer determination and courage, Kahn has researched the nature of concrete in the form of precast, cast in place or blocks. Each of his renowned works in exposed concrete, such as the Yale Art Gallery, the Richards Laboratories, the Bath House, the Salk Institute, the National Assembly, the Kimbell Museum, the Exeter Library and the Yale Center for British Art, is itself an important chapter in the history of architecture for the exploration into concrete’s formal expression, beyond the lesson of Le Corbusier. Kahn’s obsession on concrete fabrication processes, on the formwork and the mix-design, is systematically examined in two volumes. The authors illustrate Kahn’s vision with documents that have never been revealed in other essays, drawing heavily from original sketches, plans, specifications, worksite photographs, and correspondences with collaborators, engineers, technicians and contractors. The first volume Exposed Concrete and Hollow Stones focuses on the first ten-year period of Kahn research on concrete. Moving through the many construction systems experienced by Kahn, from the discovery of exposed concrete in the form of béton brut at the Yale Art Gallery, to the precast and poured-in-place techniques, to the values of joint, growth and ornament, the essay culminates in the reconstruction of the artistic and technical characteristics of two great worksite, the Richards Laboratories and the First Unitarian Church and School. The second volume, Towards the Zero Degree of Concrete, covers the following fourteen years and leads the reader along Kahn’s path to the true 'nature of concrete', focusing on his main techniques and poetic discoveries such as the 'liquid stone' of the Salk Institute, the 'smooth finish' at Bryn Mawr and the concept of 'monolithic' at the Yale Center for British Art.Table of Contents1. The Nature of Concrete: the 'Liquid Stone' of the Salk Institute 2. Confirmations of the 'Smooth Finish': the Worksite at Bryn Mawr 3. Design and Construction in Concrete at Dhaka 4. Walls and Vaults of the Kimbell Art Museum 5. Concrete and Brick 6. Different Forms of Exposed Concrete 7. Delirious Formwork: Slip-Form Method for Skyscrapers 8. Towards the Monolith: the Yale Center for British Art Index

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Book SynopsisDuring his long career, Pier Luigi Nervi has explored the potential of concrete through the cast-in place and the prefabrication of elements in reinforced concrete or in ferro-cement, the material he invented and patented during the war. All of his best known works, such as the Berta Stadium, the hangars built in Orivieto, Orbetello and Torre del Lago Puccini, the Halls of the Turin Exposition Center, the Unesco buildings, the Little Sport Palace and the Papal Audience Hall represent an important chapter in the history of architecture, structure and construction of the twentieth century. The passion of Nervi for the manufacturing process of the concrete and formworks is examined in a systematic manner within the volume. The authors illustrate the creative process put in place by Nervi through the examination of documents never even studied in other essays, unpublished designs, drawings, specifications, photographs of the yards and correspondence with colleagues and collaborators.Table of Contents1. Technical Inventions and Economies of Construction Site 2. The Berta Stadium and the "Character of the Form" 3. Forms of Concrete for the Regime 4. Projects for the Universal Exhibition of Rome, Shells and Autarky 5. Prefabrication for Military and Industrial Aims 6. Towards the Thin Construction 7. Ferro-cement and Large Shell Roofs 8. Strength to Form and Structural Prefabrication 9. The Unesco Headquarters in Paris: The Perfect béton brut 10. The "Nervi System" 11. Controlled Brutalism: the Sport Palace 12. The Mirage of the Essence of the Matter 13. Monumental Structural Architecture 14. Last Works by Studio Nervi

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Book SynopsisThis book describes for the first time ever, the rise of the modern art of building with concrete in the different German territories stretching from Friesland to Pomerania and southwards from Bavaria to Baden during the first three quarters of the 19th century. Based on careful analyses of historic documents and literature, the book traces an engaging history of master builders, engineers, architects, theoreticians, chemists and inventors tracking the evolution of different building techniques, materials, studies and experiments concerning concrete. It analyses German master builders’ consideration for classical building culture and for contemporaneous constructions observed in neighbouring countries. This narration starts at the turn of the 19th century with early scientific studies on cement, examples of rudimentary concrete used as filling material in small hydraulic foundations and attempts at producing mortar-based artificial stones and moulded objects. The account then follows the progression of cement and the abilities of master builders who worked with concrete until crucial evolutionary stages were reached in the 1870s. Early scientific theories about the chemical reactions in the production and hardening of cement were developed; concrete was finally used to build huge underwater foundations as well as entire houses; the production of mortar-based artificial stones and moulded objects became a significant manufacturing branch; the first standards for the production and sale of Portland cement were defined and officially implemented.Table of ContentsLime, trass, mortar, concrete and artificial stones at the turn of the 19th century: Premises for the development of concrete. The state-of-the-art knowledge about lime, between alchemical heritage and scientific achievements. Cement, the practices of producing hydraulic mortar and the importance of trass. Rudimental traces of concrete in foundations, between local experiments and references to antiquity. Hollow masonry-faced walls filled with concrete. French concrete foundations in Rhineland. The ambition to produce mortar-based artificial stone. New knowledge about hydraulic lime, cement and mortar: The Theorie des besten Mörtels by John. A new awareness about hydraulic lime and mortar. Cement from England and policies for the Gewerbeförderung. Artificial stones by Sachs and moulded statues by De la Rivallière-Preignac von Frauendorf. Roman cement applications and hydraulic lime manufacturing. Concrete hydraulic foundations: trass versus – hydraulic lime. The realization of John’s theory in Fuch’s studies – on lime and mortar. Concrete foundations in technical literature. Hydraulic lime and cement manufacturing: The Bavarian hydraulic lime, a mineralischer Schatz. Cement manufacturing in Northwest and central Germany, from Hamburg to Kassel. Further production of hydraulic lime and the persistent fascination with English Roman cement in Prussia. Mortar, plaster and concrete, experimental uses of Kassel and Hamelin cement, and the attempts to build continuous masonry elements. Concrete foundations, walls, artificial stones: Concrete foundations in regions along the Rhine, the persisting use of trass. Concrete foundations in Bavaria and Pomerania, the exploitation of local hydraulic lime. Lean conglomerates for rural buildings and the development of Kalksand. Concrete and cement in Hamburg, between Dutch, French and English influences. Moulded cement-based artificial stones and mortar tiles. Concrete fillings for bridge decks, and to restore masonry cracks. The concrete foundations of the piers for the railway bridges in Dirschau and Marienburg, the development of local artificial cement by Lentze. Further studies about materials used to produce hydraulic mortar and concrete. Portland cement and concrete construction, from foundations to roofs: Portland cement and its prevalent use in binding brickwork. The manufacturing of Portland cement by Bleibtreu. The acknowledgment of the monolithic behaviour – of concrete and the further spread of concrete foundations. Lean conglomerate as a German kind of concrete – for above-ground constructions. The manufacturing of Cementwaaren. Improvements to scaffoldings and sheet pilings – for foundations underwater, the building of the bridge over the Rhine in Koblenz. Sinking wells, sinking caissons and pneumatic caissons. Concrete for above-ground constructions. Further studies about Portland cement and the regulation of its main physical features.

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Book SynopsisThis book reports on several advances in architectural graphics, with a special emphasis on education, training, and research. It gathers a selection of contributions to the 19th International Conference on Graphic Design in Architecture, EGA 2022, held on June 2–4, 2022, in Cartagena, Spain, with the motto: "Beyond drawings. The use of architectural graphics".Table of ContentsAnalysis and geographical representation of Cilento's monastic architecture.- Analysis of the Critical Issue Occuring in the Procedures of Image-Based Acquisition of Cultural Heritage.- Architectural survey for analysis and conservation of fortifications of Belver de los Montes (Zamora).- Connections Between the Architectural Drawings of Miralles and Mackintosh: From Ichnographia to caenographia.- Detailed Knowledge of Territory: Exploration and Army.- Digital reprocessing of historical cartography through historiographic analysis of sites.

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Book SynopsisThis book reports on several advances in architectural graphics, with a special emphasis on education, training and research. It gathers a selection of contributions to the 19th International Conference on Graphic Design in Architecture, EGA 2022, held on June 2–4, 2022, in Cartagena, Spain, with the motto: "Beyond drawings. The use of architectural graphics".Table of ContentsA new evaluation for a new teaching normality: practical example applied to the topographic map system.- Álvaro Siza Vieira Malagueira’s notebooks: A reading on the relevance of drawing for architectural research.- Architectural Graphic Expression of Heritage in the Academic Training of Architects. The exhibition of the drawings.- Comparative Analysis of AutoCAD Screencasts Applied to Technical Drawing for Online Teaching.- Covid-19 and online teaching: impact on academic results in the subjects of architectural graphic expression at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena.

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Book SynopsisBucky Inc. offers a deep exploration of Richard Buckminster Fuller's work and thought to shed new light on the questions raised by our increasingly electronic world. It shows that Fuller's entire career was a multi-dimensional reflection on the architecture of radio. He always insisted that the real site of architecture is the electromagnetic spectrum. His buildings were delicate mobile instruments for accessing the invisible universe of overlapping signals. Every detail was understood as a way of tuning into hidden waves. Architecture was built in, with, for and as radio. Bucky Inc. rethinks the legacy of one of the key protagonists of the twentieth-century. It draws extensively on Fuller's archive to follow his radical thinking from toilets to telepathy, plastic to prosthetics, and data to deep-space. It shows how the critical arguments and material techniques of arguably the single most exposed designer of the last century were overlooked at the time but have become urgently relevant today.

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Book SynopsisThe OfficeUS Agenda, the catalogue for the U.S. Pavilion, serves simultaneously as a guide and counterpoint to the exhibition. Organized into stories of expertise, exchange, and export, the Agenda frames the narratives that have projected the organizational structures and branded identity of U.S. architecture firms internationally from 1914-2014. The Agenda includes thirteen essays of original scholarship, including Barry Bergdoll, Beatriz Colomina, Jorge Otero-Pailos and Keller Easterling. OfficeUS, the U.S. Pavilion for the 2014 International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, reframes the history of U.S. architecture through the lens of export in two interrelated constructs: "The Office" and "The Repository." The Repository presents 1000 projects designed by 200 US offices working abroad in a chronological archive of the last 100 years. Collectively these projects tell multiple, imbricated stories of U.S. firms, typologies, and technologies, as well as a broader narrative of modernization and its global reach. The Office engages these projects, revisiting their premises and conclusions over the course of the Biennale. It functions as a laboratory staffed by a diverse group of resident design partners collaborating with outpost offices and a rotating cast of visiting experts. Together, these two halves of OfficeUS create both an historical record of the U.S. contribution to global architectural thought, and a petri dish in which that record is submitted to contemporary agents of disruption and critique.

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Book SynopsisBad news about climate change, shrinking resources, global health crises, species extinction and growing inequalities cause consternation and insecurity for many people, especially since the Covid pandemic. The ambition of this book is to explain in simple but precise terms and by means of Ruedi Baur’s concise illustrations what “finance” is, and how its most innovative form, sustainable finance, can reconcile the well-being of mankind with the capacities of our planet. Is there a way to convince society that a fundamental transition is necessary, even more: that it is possible? Can sustainable finance help? Financing Our Common Future offers encouraging perspectives by showing how little-known groups of financial stakeholders, such as development banks, are actively working to make sustainable finance happen. The book invites you to enjoy a journey through multitude situations, to question our preconceptions and to open our mindset to a deeper thought, so we can envision ways of moving forward.

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Book Synopsis​Die virtuelle Entwicklung ist als wesentlicher Bestandteil im Entwicklungsprozess neuer Produkte etabliert. Virtual Reality (VR) – ein Teilbereich der virtuellen Entwicklung – bietet die Möglichkeit, durch schnelle Visualisierung und freie Interaktion die Designfindung zu unterstützen, Ergonomie- und Montageuntersuchungen durchzuführen sowie Entwicklungsstände frühzeitig auf Fehler zu untersuchen. Martin Rademacher entwickelt ein Vorgehensmodell, mit dem sich die Einsatzfähigkeit der VR für Fragestellungen im automobilen Entwicklungsprozess in einem nutzer- und aufgabenzentrierten Kontext untersuchen lässt und wendet es auf den Aufgabenbereich „Absicherung der Anmutung und Qualität“ in einem Automobilunternehmen an.Table of Contents​Virtual Reality.- Produktentwicklungsprozess.- Akzeptanz und Usability.- Usability Engineering von Virtual Reality.- Vorgehensmodell zur Evaluation von VR-Arbeitssystemen.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch gibt einen Überblick zum aktuellen Wohnraumimmobilienmarkt in Russland. Untersucht werden die wichtigsten Marktteilnehmer und es erfolgt eine vergleichende Betrachtungen mit Deutschland zu Baukosten, Bauplanung, Bauqualität, Wohnraumfinanzierung und Wohnimmobilienpreise. Diese Untersuchung dient als Grundlage für das Verständnis des russischen Wohnraumimmobilienmarktes und liefert somit ein Basiswissen für ein allgemeines Marktverständnis und etwaige Investitionsvorhaben.Table of ContentsWohnraummärkte.- Wohnraumfinanzierungsmöglichkeiten.- Bauwirtschaft und Bauqualität.- Baukostenermittlung für Wohnungsbauvorhaben.- Investitionsstrategien zur Verbesserung der Wohnraumsituation in Russland.

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Book SynopsisDieser Band der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ behandelt die Anwendung der Kommunikationsmodelle und Gesetzmäßigkeiten der visuellen Wahrnehmung auf die zwei- und dreidimensionale perspektivische Flächengestaltung sowie auf die Farbgestaltung. Für diese Bibliothek wurden die Themen des Kompendiums der Mediengestaltung neu strukturiert, vollständig überarbeitet und in ein handliches Format gebracht. Leitlinien waren hierbei die Anpassung an die Entwicklungen in der Werbe- und Medienbranche sowie die Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rahmenpläne und Studienordnungen sowie Prüfungsanforderungen der Ausbildungs- und Studiengänge. Die Bände der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ enthalten zahlreiche praxisorientierte Aufgaben mit Musterlösungen und eignen sich als Lehr- und Arbeitsbücher an Schulen sowie Hochschulen und zum Selbststudium.Table of ContentsVorwort.- Einleitung.- Wahrnehmung.- Perspektive.- Gestaltung.- Index.

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Book SynopsisDieser Band der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ behandelt die Gestaltung von Zeichen wie Piktogramme, Icons und Logos sowie von Infografiken. Außerdem thematisiert der Band die Erstellung von 2D- und 3D-Grafiken. Für diese Bibliothek wurden die Themen des Kompendiums der Mediengestaltung neu strukturiert, vollständig überarbeitet und in ein handliches Format gebracht. Leitlinien waren hierbei die Anpassung an die Entwicklungen in der Werbe- und Medienbranche sowie die Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rahmenpläne und Studienordnungen sowie Prüfungsanforderungen der Ausbildungs- und Studiengänge.Die Bände der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ enthalten zahlreiche praxisorientierte Aufgaben mit Musterlösungen und eignen sich als Lehr- und Arbeitsbücher an Schulen sowie Hochschulen und zum Selbststudium.Table of ContentsVorwort.- Logo.- Infografik.-2D-Grafik.- 3D-Grafik.- Index.

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Book SynopsisDieser Band der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ behandelt die Gestaltung und Bearbeitung digitaler Bilder sowie die Bildoptimierung für die Ausgabe in Digital- und Printmedien. Für diese Bibliothek wurden die Themen des Kompendiums der Mediengestaltung neu strukturiert, vollständig überarbeitet und in ein handliches Format gebracht. Leitlinien waren hierbei die Anpassung an die Entwicklungen in der Werbe- und Medienbranche sowie die Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rahmenpläne und Studienordnungen sowie Prüfungsanforderungen der Ausbildungs- und Studiengänge. Die Bände der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ enthalten zahlreiche praxisorientierte Aufgaben mit Musterlösungen und eignen sich als Lehr- und Arbeitsbücher an Schulen und Hochschulen sowie zum Selbststudium.Trade Review“... Der vorliegende Band bietet dazu eine kompakte Darstellung von Bildgestaltung und Bildverarbeitung, praxisorientierte Aufgaben mit ausführlichen Lösungen zu jedem Kapitel und berücksichtigt Prüfungsanforderungen der Ausbildungs- und Studiengänge. ... Für alle ernsthaften Amateure wie Profis eine Fundgrube von Anregungen und ein Muss für jede Schule, an der Fotografie unterrichtet wird!” (Bücherrundschau, Heft 2, 2018)Table of ContentsVorwort.- Einleitung.- Bildgestaltung.- Bildbearbeitung.- Bildtechnik.- Index.

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Book SynopsisDieser Band der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ behandelt die fotografische Gestaltung, die fotografische Optik und Aufnahmetechnik sowie die Bildoptimierung für die Ausgabe in Digital- und Printmedien. Für diese Bibliothek wurden die Themen des Kompendiums der Mediengestaltung neu strukturiert, vollständig überarbeitet und in ein handliches Format gebracht. Leitlinien waren hierbei die Anpassung an die Entwicklungen in der Werbe- und Medienbranche sowie die Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rahmenpläne und Studienordnungen sowie Prüfungsanforderungen der Ausbildungs- und Studiengänge.Die Bände der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ enthalten zahlreiche praxisorientierte Aufgaben mit Musterlösungen und eignen sich als Lehr- und Arbeitsbücher an Schulen und Hochschulen sowie zum Selbststudium.Table of ContentsVorwort.- Einleitung.- Fotografische Gestaltung.- Optik.- Kameratechnik.- Index.

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Book SynopsisDieser Band der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ behandelt die Schrifterkennung und Schriftklassifikation, die Lesbarkeit von Schrift und den gestalterischen und technischen Einsatz von Schriften. Außerdem werden die Schrifttechnologie und die Verwaltung von Schriften thematisiert. Für diese Bibliothek wurden die Themen des Kompendiums der Mediengestaltung neu strukturiert, vollständig überarbeitet und in ein handliches Format gebracht. Leitlinien waren hierbei die Anpassung an die Entwicklungen in der Werbe- und Medienbranche sowie die Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rahmenpläne und Studienordnungen sowie Prüfungsanforderungen der Ausbildungs- und Studiengänge.Die Bände der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ enthalten zahlreiche praxisorientierte Aufgaben mit Musterlösungen und eignen sich als Lehr- und Arbeitsbücher an Schulen sowie Hochschulen und zum Selbststudium.Table of ContentsVorwort.- Einleitung.- Schrifttechnologie.- Typografische Gestaltung.- Lesbarkeit.- Index.

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Book SynopsisDieser Band der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ behandelt die Prinzipien der Animation und führt in die grundlegenden Techniken zur Erstellung von 2D- und 3D-Animationen ein. Für diese Bibliothek wurden die Themen des Kompendiums der Mediengestaltung neu strukturiert, vollständig überarbeitet und in ein handliches Format gebracht. Leitlinien waren hierbei die Anpassung an die Entwicklungen in der Werbe- und Medienbranche sowie die Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rahmenpläne und Studienordnungen sowie Prüfungsanforderungen der Ausbildungs- und Studiengänge.Die Bände der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ enthalten zahlreiche praxisorientierte Aufgaben mit Musterlösungen und eignen sich als Lehr- und Arbeitsbücher an Schulen und Hochschulen sowie zum Selbststudium.Table of ContentsVorwort.- Einleitung.- Grundlagen.- 2D-Animation.- 3D-Animation.- Index.

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Book SynopsisDieser Band der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ behandelt die Grundlagen der verschiedenen Druckverfahren und der Weiterverarbeitung sowie die Druckveredelung und die verwendeten Werkstoffe.Für diese Bibliothek wurden die Themen des Kompendiums der Mediengestaltung neu strukturiert, vollständig überarbeitet und in ein handliches Format gebracht. Leitlinien waren hierbei die Anpassung an die Entwicklungen in der Werbe- und Medienbranche sowie die Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rahmenpläne und Studienordnungen sowie Prüfungsanforderungen der Ausbildungs- und Studiengänge.Die Bände der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ enthalten zahlreiche praxisorientierte Aufgaben mit Musterlösungen und eignen sich als Lehr- und Arbeitsbücher an Schulen sowie Hochschulen und zum Selbststudium.Table of ContentsVorwort.- Einleitung.- Druckverfahren.- Werkstoffe.- Druckverarbeitung.- Index.

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Book SynopsisDieser Band der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ behandelt die Verarbeitung von Text-, Grafik- und Bilddaten von der Datenerfassung und Datenübernahme bis zur Erstellung fertiger Druckdaten für den professionellen Druck.Für diese Bibliothek wurden die Themen des Kompendiums der Mediengestaltung neu strukturiert, vollständig überarbeitet und in ein handliches Format gebracht. Leitlinien waren hierbei die Anpassung an die Entwicklungen in der Werbe- und Medienbranche sowie die Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rahmenpläne und Studienordnungen sowie Prüfungsanforderungen der Ausbildungs- und Studiengänge.Die Bände der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ enthalten zahlreiche praxisorientierte Aufgaben mit Musterlösungen und eignen sich als Lehr- und Arbeitsbücher an Schulen sowie Hochschulen und zum Selbststudium.Table of ContentsVorwort.- Einleitung.- Datenerfassung.- Verarbeitung.- Ausgabe.- Index.

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Book SynopsisZunächst gehen die Autoren dieses Crossmedia Publishing Buchs auf die zunehmende Bedeutung von Redaktionssystemen – speziell Content Management Systeme (kurz: CMS) – und deren Vorteile für den Publikationsprozess ein. Im weiteren Verlauf dieses Werks stehen folgende Aspekte im Fokus:XML: Grundlagen und DateibearbeitungWeb-to-Print-AnwendungenWichtige DruckdatenRich-Media-InhalteKonvertierung von PDF in HTML5So vermittelt Ihnen das Buch „Crossmedia Publishing“ nicht nur theoretische Grundlagen, sondern stellt gleichzeitig Praxisbezüge her. Verständliche Anleitungen inklusive Screenshots unterstützen Sie bei der Arbeit mit verschiedenen Tools.Table of ContentsSingle Source - XML - Web-to-Print - PDF-to-Web

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Book SynopsisDieses Produktdesign-Buch vermittelt Methoden und Praxiswissen Mit diesem Buch über die Produktgestaltung entwickeln Sie tiefgreifendes Verständnis über das Produktdesign. Als Teil der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ zeichnet es die einzelnen Schritte des Designprozesses genau und verständlich nach – von der Konzeption und dem Entwurf bis hin zum finalen Produkt. Dieser Band berüksichtigt aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Medien- und Werbeindustrie. Er behandelt gängige Technologien, Fertigungsverfahren und Werkstoffe und widmet sich gleichzeitig aktuellen Entwicklungen wie dem 3D-Druck. Mit diesem Buch über Produktdesign sind Rapid Prototyping und generative Fertigung für Sie schon bald keine Fremdwörter mehr. Vertiefen Sie Ihr Wissen mit Hilfe von Übungsaufgaben Nach einer kurzen Begriffsdefinition bringt Ihnen dieses Produktdesign-Buch z. B. folgende Themenaspekte näher: • Produktleben • Produktsprache • Produktanalyse • Mechanische Bearbeitungsverfahren • Modellbautechniken • Produkte und die Digitalisierung Zudem erfahren Sie in diesem Werk mehr über die Eigenschaften verschiedener Werkstoffe wie Metalle, Kunststoffe, Verbundwerkstoffe u. v. m. Testen Sie Ihr Wissen am Ende jedes Kapitels mit praktischen Übungsaufgaben. Als Teil der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“ erfüllt dieses Produktdesign-Buch die Rahmen- und Prüfungsordnungen von Studien- und Ausbildungsgängen und eignet sich bestens als Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch oder zum Lernen im Selbststudium.Table of ContentsEinführung - Produkt und Gestaltung - Anforderungen und Analysen - Designethik - Werkstoffe - Fertigungsverfahren - Modellbau - 3D-Druck - Rechtliche Grundlagen - Produkt und Digitalisierung

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Book SynopsisDas Buch „Präsentation“ ist ein Band aus der „Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung“. Diese ist mittlerweile in der 6. Auflage erhältlich und umfasst mehr als 2.700 Seiten. Im Zuge einer Weiterentwicklung des Kompendiums haben die Autoren auch das Buch „Präsentation“ neu strukturiert, vollständig überarbeitet und in ein handliches Format gebracht, um es an die Entwicklungen der Werbe- und Medienbranche anzupassen und aktuelle Studienordnungen sowie Prüfungsanforderungen der Ausbildungs- und Studiengänge zu integrieren. Daher eignet sich dieses Buch ideal als Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch für Schulen und Hochschulen, aber auch zum Selbststudium der wichtigsten Grundlagen. Zusätzlich enthält das Werk viele Aufgaben mit ausführlichen Lösungen (z.B. PowerPoint) und ein praktisches Stichwortverzeichnis.Table of ContentsKonzeption - Design - Medien - Präsentieren

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Book SynopsisEinführung.- Grundlagen.- Projektentwicklung.- Kalkulation.- Einsatz.- Maschinenwesen.- Projektierungsfragen.- Zukunftsstrends.- Führungstechnik.- Schluß.Table of ContentsGrundlagen - Projektentwicklung - Kalkulation - Einsatz - Maschinenwesen - Projektierungsfragen - Zukunftstrends - Führungstechnik - Rechenbeispiel

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Book SynopsisDie zeichnerische Umsetzung, Darstellung und Präsentation von Entwurfsideen zählt - trotz CAD - immer noch zu den elementaren handwerklichen Voraussetzungen des Architekturberufs. Die zeichnerische Skizze bleibt weiterhin wichtigstes Arbeitsmittel im Entwurfsprozess und bildet die unverwechselbare "Handschrift" des Archtitekten. Das Buch setzt an bei den elementaren Schwierigkeiten des Anfängers und präsentiert unkompliziert den Vorgang der Bildfindung in seinen Einzelschritten: Andenken/Anskizzieren - Konzipieren/Konstruieren - Komplettieren/Präsentieren. Angesprochen werden dabei Beispiele aus der komplexen Tätigkeit des Architekten, ob als Gesamtobjekt oder Detail oder auch in der Einbeziehung der Natur. Indem das Buch die ganze Vielfalt der perspektivischen Darstellung, ihre Möglichkeiten und Alternativen auffächert, bietet es auch für Fortgeschrittene Anregung zur fachlichen Weiterbildung.Table of ContentsGrundlagen - Vorabbetrachtungen: Die Schule des Zeichnens - Das orthogonale Schaubild - Das spontane Bild: Grundbetrachtungen - Konstruierte Zentral- und Übereckperspektiven - Exkurs: Ein Skizzenbuch - Die Skizze

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Book SynopsisArchitektur ist nicht allein Ergebnis von technischem und konstruktivem Wissen. Architektur ist Komposition von Volumen und Räumen. Architektur lernen heißt Sehen lernen und das, was man sieht, analysieren und wiedergeben zu können. Räumliche Vorstellungskraft entwickelt sich beim Freihandzeichnen. Flächen- und Farbkompositionen lassen sich auf dem Papier studieren. Licht- und Schattenwirkungen oder dreidimensional geschichtete und geformte Oberflächen lassen sich auch im Kleinen, im Modell erkunden. Das Buch behandelt neben den handwerklichen Darstellungstechniken und Darstellungsmitteln die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten durch Zeichnen, Malen und skulpturale Gestaltung die Beschaffenheit, Substanz und Struktur des Raumes zu erfassen und wiederzugeben.Table of ContentsSehen Lernen - Komposition - Freies Zeichnen - Malen - Grafisches Gestalten - Bildnerisches Gestalten - Gestaltbezogene Architekturtheorie - Zeichenmittel.

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Book SynopsisFilled with superb full-colour photography and detailed architectural plans and drawings Efficient Offices brings together a range of architectural projects from across Europe - including two from the CERN facilities in France - that showcase some of the latest innovations in sustainable and efficient office design.

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Book SynopsisIn modern architecture, natural stone is now thought of as a material that provides both elegance and sustainability, which can transform both residential and commercial buildings and is a first choice for both its durability and ecological qualities. The houses showcased in this superbly illustrated volume have been built in line with bioclimatic principles and have all received high praise for the ingenious combinations of materials used in their exterior design.

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Book SynopsisWhether used in fashion and textiles, print or online, as tattoos, in jewellery or home furnishings, geometric patterns are one of the most recognisable and popular design trends of the last few years. The concept is simple, to use clean and unembellished lines to create a unique image. Geometric Trend serves as both a showcase for talented designers from around the world, and a source of inspiration for those looking to create a geometric themed project.

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Book SynopsisWhat is the modern in Southeast Asia’s architecture and how do we approach its study critically? This pathbreaking multidisciplinary volume is the first critical survey of Southeast Asia’s modern architecture. It looks at the challenges of studying this complex history through the conceptual frameworks of translation, epistemology, and power. Challenging Eurocentric ideas and architectural nomenclature, the authors examine the development of modern architecture in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, with a focus on selective translation and strategic appropriation of imported ideas and practices by local architects and builders. The book transforms our understandings of the region’s modern architecture by moving beyond a consideration of architecture as an aesthetic artifact and instead examining its entanglement with different dynamics of power.Trade ReviewThis collection opens the field of architectural history of the modern and will enrich specialists’ way of seeing. It shows how modern architecture could be differently understood, challenged, transformed, and owned. It capably represents a break, but not a retreat from influential architectural history and theory."" - Abidin Kusno, Professor, York Centre for Asian Research and Director, Centre for Southeast Asia, University of British Columbia, Canada

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