Architectural structure and design Books
The University of Michigan Press Guardians of Michigan
Book SynopsisProfiles the extraordinary architectural sculpture found in both the pleasant peninsulas of the Great Lakes State. Organised alphabetically by city, the book documents the history and design of an individual building, accompanied by beautiful photos of the building and its unique ornamentation.Trade Review"'Guardians of Michigan,' by Detroit author, photographer and architectural historian Jeff Morrison, takes readers on a trip across the Lower and Upper Peninsulas of Michigan in search of the most illustrative embellishments on some of Michigan’s most important historical structures. . . It’s hefty, but it’s worth it." —City Pulse Named a 2023 Michigan Notable Book
£999.99
Phaidon Press Ltd Labour Work and Architecture
Book SynopsisAn anthology of writings by esteemed architectural critic Kenneth Frampton.Trade Review"For his entire career Mr Frampton has looked beneath the aesthetic surface of buildings in search of deeper meanings..."—Paul Goldberger, The New York TimesTable of ContentsPrelims; Kenneth Frampton Introduction: The Predicament of Architecture at the Turn of the Century; Essays with section introductions by Frampton Theory; Apropos Ulm: Curriculum and Critical Theory; The Volvo Case; Labour, Work and Architecture: The Status of Man and the Status of His Objects; Towards a Critical Regionalism: Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance; Rappel a l'Ordre: The Case for the Tectonic; History; The Humanist versus the Utilitarian Ideal; The Work and Influence of El Lissitsky; The Maison de Verre as Bachelor Machine; Team 10: The Vicissitudes of Ideology; Constructivism: The Pursuit of an Elusive Sensibility; Louis Kahn and the French Connection; In Spite of Void: The Otherness of Adolf Loos; The Other Le Corbusier: Primitive Form and the Linear City 1929-52; The Usonian Legacy; The Legacy of Alvar Aalto: Evolution and Influence; Criticism; Leicester University Engineering Laboratory; Genesis of the Philarmonie; A House of Ivy League Values; Moneo's Paseo: The Bankinter, Madrid; The Structural Regionalism of Herman Hertzberger; Alvaro Siza: At the Still Point of the Turning World; The Synthesis of Opposites: The Work of Tadao Ando; In the Name of the Father; Minimal Moralia: Reflections on Recent Swiss German Production; Footnotes; Biography and Selected Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgements
£44.96
Phaidon Press Architecture Today
Book SynopsisA guide to the prominent architectural movements of the last 25 years.
£54.63
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Universal Principles of Architecture
Book Synopsis Take an expansive and provocative tour of architectural theory and practice, exploring everything from basic concepts to speculative design and subversive interventions.Universal Principles of Architecture illustrates in 100 concepts the importance, possibilities, challenges, and roles that architecture plays in shaping the world. This radical and perhaps surprising survey is divided into five sections: Archetypes, Methods, Conditions, Relationships, and Imaginaries. And, each of the five sections in the book introduces in 20 principles architecture at different scales and stages of the design process. Through an inclusive and holistic approach, the book refers to initial design ideas, creative design approaches, reflections on the effects of the built and destroyed environments, and architectural desires and aspirations to transform the world and engage with the cosmos.Because architecture is theTrade Review"Beautifully illustrated...especially and unreservedly recommended." * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION How to read Universal Principles of Architecture ARCHETYPES METHODS CONDITIONS RELATIONSHIPS IMAGINARIES GLOSSARY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHORS INDEX
£26.60
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Decorative Architectural Ironwork
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£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Old World Inspiration for American Architecture
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£999.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd 1000 Dormers
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£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd 1000 SHUTTERS AWNINGS Schiffer Book
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Victorian Homes of San Francisco
Book SynopsisThe Victorian architecture of San Francisco is known the world over for its distinctive look and charm. More than 200 color images show broadshot views of homes tightly stacked together along steep streets, as well as close-ups of details. The text provides a historic background of the architecture that has helped characterize San Francisco as one of the world''s most beautiful cities. Styles featured include Italianate, Queen Anne, Eastlake/Stick, and Victorian.
£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Decorative Ironwork of Italy
Book SynopsisBeautiful hand-wrought iron gates, grilles, architectural details, and fireplace equipment feature scrollwork and floral embellishments, from many ancient towns in Italy. Medieval and rococo elements are plentiful. 487 full-page, black and white photographs illuminate details that will inspire blacksmiths and designers today. The original locations of the ironwork are identified in the text.
£36.89
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Heavy Timber Structures
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£36.89
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Ponce City Market
Book SynopsisHistory, industry, and architecture come alive in this book documenting the six-year transformation of one of the Southeast''s largest buildings into a mixed-use civic anchor in 2016. The cavernous Sears, Roebuck and Company distribution and retail center, erected in 1925, was last used by the city''s public works departments and stored countless items inside its 2.1 million square feet of space. An architect/photographer captured the viscera of the abandoned building, recording its various forms of construction and reconstruction, and finally its sparkling presence along the rail line that now serves as an urban corridor for bicyclists and joggers. The book includes an illustrated essay by historian Jerry Hancockan expert on Sears''s impact on the Southand a foreword by architectural historian Robert M. Craig. This book is a valuable resource for history and architecture buffs as well as municipalities contemplating the future of their own landmark industrial structures.Trade Review"Through Burton’s photos, you get a sense of his passion for architecture and his pride in the city he now calls home" —Mother Nature Network
£36.89
Universe Publishing How to Read Bridges
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£999.99
Rizzoli International Publications Architecture InsideOut
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A revealing new book rethinks the architecture tome—from the inside out...a tour de force... which seamlessly merges the visual and the written."—Architectual Digest"The author John Zukowsky and illustrator Rob Polley take a look at 50 famous structures in detail including amazing axonometric drawings showing how they were constructed." —Architect Design"Thoroughly 'reader friendly' in tone, commentary, organization and presentation, "Architecture Inside-Out: Understanding How Buildings Work" is extraordinarily informative and will prove to be an enduringly popular and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community and academic library Architectural History collections and supplemental studies reading lists."—Midwest Book Review"A perfect introduction for how buildings work, with anecdotal prose and excellent drawings."—Architects + Artisans
£17.98
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Shifting Suburbs Reinventing Infrastructure for
Book SynopsisLooking at infrastructure in the context of project development, this book examines existing infrastructure to illuminate the tools being used to fund and finance these investments as well as the shape they are taking. Eight case studies that highlight the infrastructure for redevelopment efforts from across the US are featured.
£12.27
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Transformative Urban Open Space The ULI Urban
Book SynopsisRichly illustrated, this publication highlights recent award winners and finalists of the ULI Urban Open Space Award, includes articles framing the debate on the value of these spaces, and offers a general overview of the award's history since its inception in 2010.
£14.95
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Healthy Housing for All
Book SynopsisExplores the affordable housing industry's achievements in creating healthier housing environments and translates them into lessons for the broader housing marketplace. The innovations in healthy affordable housing present an opportunity to replicate healthy housing successes, as well as to respond to market demand.
£12.95
Leete's Island Books,U.S. Form and Dichroic Light
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Lafoe and Campbell, co-founders of OFFICE 52, unfold the conscientious and creative response of architectural research as a meticulous yet open ended process. They share their studio work to show design as it responds intimately to site constraints through creative iterative solutions and then reveals detail conceptual material strategies for expressing the marvels of nano-bio-energy in a new technology center for Carnegie Mellon University. In addition to the skillful separation of programmatic areas into non-obtrusive, but activated edges of the site, the plan offers spacious color and texture-filled gathering and circulation areas in large airy volumes that invite but do not dominate the historical views. Upon approach the ceramic frit patterns shift in in scale while the dichroic glass changes in color as the sun moves throughout the day. The mind of the architect is revealed in clearly explained scales of practices from nano to macro and ideation to constructed detail. Form and Dichroic Light is an informative and wonderful read about the adventures and challenges inherent in the practice of architecture for the architect, architectural client, and architect enthusiast!" Linda Keane, AIA, NCARB, Professor of Architecture and Design, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
£23.36
Washington University, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Models and Prototypes Focus CHI
Book SynopsisDraws on the works of modernist pioneers and contemporary figures alike to explore how artists in a variety of media have redefined artistic practice by expanding the use of the model as a new visual force. This book illuminates the centrality of models in contemporary art, asking why they remain so compelling as both tools and subjects.
£999.99
R.S. Means Company Ltd Solar Energy
Book SynopsisSolar Energy is an authoritative reference on the design of solar energy systems in building projects, with applications, operating principles, and simple tools for the construction, engineering, and design professional. The book simplifies the solar design and engineering process, providing sample documentation and special tools that provide all the information needed for the complete design of a solar energy system for buildings to enable mainstream MEP and design firms, and not just solar energy specialists, to meet the growing demand for solar energy systems in building projects.
£73.10
John Wiley & Sons Inc Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 No Experience
Book SynopsisLearn Revit Architecture the hands-on way For those who like to learn by doing, this Autodesk Official Press book shows you how to build a four-story office building one step at a time, providing you with real-world practice you might expect to encounter on the job. Concise explanations, focused examples, step-by-step instructions, and an engaging hands-on tutorial make this book the perfect way to learn Revit Architecture. In addition, you can download starting files for each chapter from the website in order to compare your work to the authors, or start fresh with any chapter in the book. Expert author Eric Wing first introduces the interface and Revit conventions, and then moves directly into building modeling. You''ll learn to place walls, doors, and windows, work with structural grids, beams, and foundations; add text and dimensions, and use dimensions as a design tool. As the building takes shape, you''ll discover how to generate construction documentation, creaTable of ContentsIntroduction xxi Chapter 1 The Autodesk Revit World 1 The Revit Interface 2 The Project Browser 30 File Types and Families 35 Are You Experienced? 43 Chapter 2 Creating a Model 45 Placing Walls 46 Using Reference Planes 47 Adding Interior Walls 59 Editing Wall Joins 79 Placing Doors and Windows 90 Are You Experienced? 106 Chapter 3 Creating Views 107 Creating Levels 107 Creating and Modifying Building Sections 125 Adding Wall Sections 139 Creating Detail Sections 141 Creating Callouts 146 Creating and Modifying a Camera View 152 Creating an Elevation 156 Are You Experienced? 167 Chapter 4 Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools 169 The Basic Edit Commands 170 The Array Command 180 The Mirror Command 190 The Align Tool 193 The Split Element Command 199 The Trim Command 205 The Offset Command 208 Copy/Paste 210 Creating the Plans 213 Are You Experienced? 217 Chapter 5 Dimensioning and Annotating 219 Dimensioning 220 Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool 240 Placing Text and Annotations 255 Are You Experienced? 263 Chapter 6 Floors 265 Placing a Floor Slab 265 Building a Floor by Layers 281 Splitting the Floor Materials 292 Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain 300 Creating Shaft Openings 306 Are You Experienced? 312 Chapter 7 Roofs 313 Placing Roofs by Footprint 314 Creating a Sloping Roof 345 Creating Roofs by Extrusion 351 Adding a Roof Dormer 360 Are You Experienced? 365 Chapter 8 Structural Items 367 Adding Structural Grids 367 Adding Structural Columns 382 Using Structural Framing 389 Understanding Foundation Systems 401 Adding Structural Footings 406 Using Structural Views 416 Are You Experienced? 420 Chapter 9 Ceilings and Interiors 421 Creating Ceilings 422 Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits 438 Adding Interior Design 451 Adding Alternate Floor Materials 475 Are You Experienced? 479 Chapter 10 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 481 Creating Stairs by Using the Rise/Run Function 481 Creating a Winding Staircase 505 Creating a Custom Railing System 522 Creating Custom Stairs 526 Adding Ramps 540 Are You Experienced? 547 Chapter 11 Schedules and Tags 549 Creating Schedules 550 Creating Material Takeoffs 571 Creating Key Legends and Importing CAD Legends 580 Adding Tags 594 Creating Custom Tags 604 Keynoting 613 Are You Experienced? 621 Chapter 12 Detailing 623 Working with Line Weights 624 Drafting on Top of the Detail 626 Adding Notes 666 Creating Blank Drafting Views 669 Are You Experienced? 689 Chapter 13 Creating Specific Views and Match Lines 691 Duplicating Views 692 Creating Dependent Views 694 Adding Match Lines 700 Using View Templates 705 Are You Experienced? 706 Chapter 14 Creating Sheets and Printing 707 Creating and Populating Sheets 707 Modifying a Viewport 715 Adding Revisions to a Sheet 721 Addressing Project Parameters 725 Generating a Cover Sheet 727 Printing from Revit Architecture 733 Are You Experienced? 736 Chapter 15 Creating Rooms and Area Plans 737 Creating Rooms 738 Adding a Room Schedule 748 Adding a Color-Fill Plan 751 Adding Room Separators 754 Creating an Area Plan 756 Are You Experienced? 759 Chapter 16 Advanced Wall Topics 761 Creating Compound Walls 762 Adding Wall Sweeps 770 Creating Stacked Walls 781 Creating Curtain Walls 785 Adding a Wall to a Massing Object 797 Are You Experienced? 810 Chapter 17 Creating Families 811 Creating a Basic Family 811 Using a Complex Family to Create an Arched Door 823 Creating an In-Place Family 838 Are You Experienced? 842 Chapter 18 Site and Topography 843 Adding a Site in Revit 844 Splitting the Surface 849 Creating Subregions 851 Adding Site Components 853 Adding Building Pads to Displace Earth 859 Adding a Property Line 861 Creating a Toposurface by Instance 863 Creating a Graded Region 871 Are You Experienced? 873 Chapter 19 Rendering and Presentation 875 Creating an Exterior Rendering 876 Creating an Interior Rendering 889 Creating Walkthroughs 890 Creating a Solar Study 895 Are You Experienced? 897 Chapter 20 Importing and Coordinating Models 899 Linking a Revit Structure Model 900 Activating Copy/Monitor 902 Running Interference Detection 909 Importing and Exporting CAD Formats 912 Are You Experienced? 918 Chapter 21 Phasing and Design Options 919 Managing Project Phasing 920 Examining Graphic Overrides 924 Creating Design Options 925 Are You Experienced? 931 Chapter 22 Project Collaboration 933 Enabling and Utilizing Worksharing 933 Working in the Revit Shared Environment 942 Are You Experienced? 950 Index 951
£36.09
John Wiley & Sons Inc Revit 2020 for Architecture
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction xxi Chapter 1 The Autodesk Revit World 1 The Revit Interface 2 The Revit Workflow 4 Using the Ribbon 6 The View Window 12 Object Selection 16 Modifying and Mirroring 17 Building on Existing Geometry 20 View Control and Object Display 23 The Project Browser 30 Windows 33 File Types and Families 34 System and Hosted Families (.rfa) 37 Using Revit Template Files (.rte) 40 Using Revit Family Files (.rft) 42 Are You Experienced? 42 Chapter 2 Creating a Model 45 Placing Walls 45 Adding Exterior Walls 45 Using Reference Planes 46 Adding More Walls 49 Adding Interior Walls 59 Using Temporary Dimensions to Gain Control of Your Model 61 Editing Wall Joins 81 Displaying Wall Joins 84 Disallowing Wall Joins 85 Adding Doors and Windows 91 Adding Doors 91 Placing Openings in Your Walls 98 Adding Windows 101 Are You Experienced? 107 Chapter 3 Creating Views 109 Creating Levels 109 Adding Levels 112 Understanding the Composition of a Level 115 Making Other Level Adjustments 119 Creating and Modifying Building Sections 126 Adding a Building Section 126 Making Building Modifications in a Section 132 Adding Wall Sections 139 Creating Detail Sections 142 Using Crop Regions 143 Splitting a Section Segment 146 Creating Callouts 148 Creating and Modifying a Camera View 155 Adding a Camera View 155 Modifying the Camera 158 Creating an Elevation 159 Interior Elevations 163 Elevation Properties 165 Annotation Properties 168 Are You Experienced? 170 Chapter 4 Working with the Autodesk Revit Tools 171 The Basic Edit Commands 172 The Move Command 172 The Copy Command 174 The Rotate Command 177 The Array Command 181 Radial Array 182 Linear Array 185 The Mirror Command 191 The Align Tool 194 Locking an Alignment 200 The Split Element Command 201 The Trim Command 208 The Offset Command 210 Copy/Paste 212 Creating the Plans 215 Are You Experienced? 220 Chapter 5 Dimensioning and Annotating 223 Dimensioning 223 Aligned Dimensions 224 Linear Dimensions 235 Angular Dimensions 237 Radial Dimensions 239 Arc Length Dimensions 241 Using Dimensions as a Layout Tool 243 Constraining the Model 248 Using Dimensions to Move Objects 251 Using Dimension Text Overrides 254 Placing Text and Annotations 259 Adding Leader Text 262 Changing the Leader Type 263 Modifying the Text Placement 264 Are You Experienced? 266 Chapter 6 Floors 267 Placing a Floor Slab 267 Creating the Slab 268 Sketching the Slab 273 Building a Floor by Layers 283 Adding Materials 283 Adding a Layer 284 Splitting the Floor Materials 296 Adding an Alternate Material 297 Splitting and Painting 301 Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain 306 Creating Shaft Openings 311 Are You Experienced? 318 Chapter 7 Roof s 321 Placing Roofs by Footprint 321 Flat Roofs by Footprint 322 Pitched Roofs by Footprint 335 Creating a Sloping Roof 347 Creating Roofs by Extrusion 354 Adding a Roof Dormer 363 Are You Experienced? 369 Chapter 8 Structural Items 371 Adding Structural Grids 371 Placing a Grid 372 Adding Structural Columns 386 Using Structural Framing 390 Adding a Beam System 397 Adding Bracing 400 Understanding Foundation Systems 406 Adding Structural Footings 409 Structural Slabs 412 Piers and Spread Footings 416 Using Structural Views 420 Are You Experienced? 424 Chapter 9 Ceilings and Interiors 425 Creating Ceilings 425 Modifying Ceiling Grids 430 Setting Ceiling Element Properties 432 Creating a Plan Region 436 Creating a Custom Ceiling 438 Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits 443 Creating a Ceiling Opening 443 Creating a Soffit 446 Adding Light Fixtures to Ceilings 454 Adding Interior Design 457 Adding Plumbing Fixtures and Furniture 458 Adding Parabolic Troffers 464 Adding Casework and Furniture 468 Adding Alternate Floor Materials 478 Separating the Floor 479 Creating a Tile Material 481 Are You Experienced? 483 Chapter 10 Stairs, Ramps, and Railings 485 Creating Stairs by Using the Rise/Run Function 485 Modifying Boundaries 490 Configuring Railings 493 Creating a Winding Staircase 509 Stair and Railing Families 524 Creating a Custom Railing System 527 Creating Custom Stairs 532 Adding a Custom Landing 537 Adding a Gooseneck 539 Adding Ramps 548 Are You Experienced? 555 Chapter 11 Detailing 557 Working with Line Weights 557 Drafting on Top of the Detail 561 Using Predefined Detail Components 561 Materials 563 Repeating Details 565 Modifying a Detail Component 569 Modifying Filled Regions 570 Specifying Drafting Line Weights 587 Adding Notes 590 Adding Textual Notations 590 Creating Blank Drafting Views 592 Creating a Detail Group 601 Adding a Section to Another View 607 Importing AutoCAD Files into a Drafting View 609 Adding 2D and 3D Lines to the Model 610 Are You Experienced? 612 Chapter 12 Creating Specif ic Views and Match Lines 615 Duplicating Views 615 Creating Dependent Views 618 Adjusting the Crop Regions 620 Adjusting the Annotation Crop Region 622 Adding Match Lines 624 Match-Line Appearance 625 Adding View References to a Match Line 626 Using View Templates 628 Are You Experienced? 630 Chapter 13 Creating Sheets and Printing 631 Creating and Populating Sheets 631 Sheet Organization 634 Modifying a Viewport 639 Viewport Properties 645 Adding Revisions to a Sheet 646 Addressing Project Information 651 Generating a Cover Sheet 652 Printing from Revit Architecture 659 Are You Experienced? 664 Chapter 14 Creating Rooms and Area Plans 665 Creating Rooms 665 Configuring Properties 671 Placing and Manipulating Room Tags 674 Adding a Room Schedule 676 Adding a Color-Fill Plan 680 Adding Room Separators 681 Creating an Area Plan 684 Are You Experienced? 689 Chapter 15 Advanced Wall Topics 691 Creating Compound Walls 691 Adding Layers to the Compound Wall 692 Adding Wall Sweeps 700 Modifying a Wall’s Profile in Place 706 Manually Adding Host Sweeps 709 Creating Stacked Walls 715 Creating Curtain Walls 719 Adding a Predefined Curtain Wall 720 Adding a Blank Curtain Wall 723 Creating Curtain Grids 726 Are You Experienced? 734 Chapter 16 Schedules and Tags 735 Creating Schedules 735 Adding Fields to a Schedule 736 Sorting and Grouping 739 Controlling Headers 741 Modifying Elements in a Schedule 743 Modifying the Schedule’s Appearance 745 Creating Material Takeoffs 749 Creating a Calculated Value Field 752 Creating Key Legends 759 Adding Legend Components 759 Adding Tags 764 Adding Tags Individually 764 Using the Tag All Command 765 Tagging by Material 768 Using Multi-Category Tags 770 Keynoting 773 Keynoting by Element 774 Are You Experienced? 777 Chapter 17 Rendering and Presentation 779 Creating an Interior Rendering 779 Creating Lighting Groups 787 Creating Walkthroughs 791 Exporting an Animation 796 Creating a Solar Study 798 Are You Experienced? 801 Index 803
£39.10
John Wiley & Sons Inc ADA in Details
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreamble xiii To Begin With xiii Color Blindness or Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) xiv Designing Beyond Mobility xvi Access Overall xix Chapter 1 Review of Project Types & Uses 1.1 Existing Projects 23 Existing Buildings – In General 23 ADA Title II for Public Entities – 28 CFR Part 35 24 ADA Title III for Public Accommodation & Commercial – 28 CFR Part 36 25 Supplemental Requirements Under the ADA Standards 28 Federal Facility Requirements 29 Alterations & Local Requirements 30 Historical Facilities 31 1.2 Retail, Restaurants, Cafeterias, & Bars 35 Retail – In General 35 Restaurants, Cafeterias, & Bars – In General 36 1.3 Assembly, Sports, & Entertainment 41 Assembly & Entertainment – In General 41 Wheelchair & Companion Seating Requirements 41 Wheelchair & Companion Seating – Scoping & Location 43 Other Seating Types 44 Assistive Listening Systems (ALS) 45 1.4 Hotels, Inns, & Transient Lodging 49 In General 49 Mobility Guest Rooms 51 Communication Feature Guest Rooms 55 Non-Mobility Guest Room Requirements 55 Student Housing at a Place of Education 56 1.5 Residential Under the ADA 59 Multi-Family Residential – In General 59 Alterations to Dwelling Units 60 Communication Feature Dwelling Units 61 Mobility Feature Dwelling Units 61 Kitchens in Mobility Feature Dwelling Units 62 Bathrooms in Mobility Feature Dwelling Units 64 Social Service Center Establishments 66 Housing at a Place of Education 68 Adaptable Dwelling Units [CBC] 68 Kitchens in Adaptable Dwelling Units [CBC] 69 Bathrooms in Adaptable Dwelling Units [CBC] 69 Senior Housing [CBC] 71 1.6 The Youngers, the Olders, & In-Between 75 Considerations for the Youngers 75 Handrails for Children 75 Drinking Fountains for Children 75 Toilet Rooms & Fixtures for Children 76 Tables, Counters, & Play Surfaces for Children 77 Play Areas for Children 78 Considerations for the Olders 79 Light & the Aging Eye 79 Toileting & Bathing Needs As One Ages 80 The In-Betweens – Employees 81 Employee Only Work Areas 82 1.7 Storage, Locker & Dressing Rooms 87 Storage – In General 87 Self-Storage Facilities 88 Locker, Dressing, & Fitting Rooms 89 Storage Lockers 90 Chapter 2 Accessible Routes 2.1 Circulation Paths & Accessible Routes 95 Paths & Routes In General 95 Route Clearances 98 Accessible Routes in Specific Types of Spaces 99 Assembly Areas 100 Public Residential Dwelling Units 100 Employee Only Work Areas 101 2.2 Walking Surfaces 105 In General 105 Thresholds & Carpets 106 Openings in Walking Surfaces 107 2.3 Clear Floor & Turning Spaces 113 Clear Floor, Turning, Maneuvering, & Passing Spaces In General 113 Turning Spaces 114 Clear Floor Spaces 116 Aisles & 90° Turns 117 Aisles at 180° 'U'-Turns – Around Narrow Elements 118 Aisles at 180° 'U'-Turns – Around Wide Elements 119 2.4 Protruding & Overhanging Objects 123 In General 123 Protruding Objects 123 Post-Mounted Objects 125 Overhanging Objects 127 2.5 Doors & Gates – Overview 131 Entrances In General 131 Security, Restricted, & Service Entrances 131 Specific Facility Type Entrances 131 Door & Gate Notes 132 Hardware Notes 134 2.6 Doors & Gates – Maneuvering Clearances 139 In General 139 Forward Approach – Swinging Doors & Gates 140 Parallel Approach – Swinging Doors & Gates 141 Sliding & Folding Doors & Gates – All Approaches 142 Openings Without Doors 144 Doors & Gates In Series 145 Recessed Doors & Gates 146 2.7 Powered Doors & Gates 151 In General 151 Power-Assist Swinging Doors [BHMA] 152 Low-Energy Power-Operated Door [BHMA] 152 Automatic Power-Operated Door [BHMA] 153 Automatic Power-Operated Swinging Doors [BHMA] 154 Automatic Power-Operated Folding Doors [BHMA] 154 2.8 Specific Use Doors, Gates, & Windows 157 Security, Restricted, & Service Entries 157 Doors & Gates in Specific Uses 157 Windows 158 Security & Service Glazing, & 2-Way Communication 159 Chapter 3 Site Elements 3.1 Accessible Parking – In General 165 In General 165 Parking & Accessible Routes 167 Parking Spaces Required per Facility 168 Additional Requirements for Residential-Type Facilities 170 Existing Parking Facilities 170 3.2 Accessible Parking Signage 175 Parking Signage In General 175 California Tow-Away Sign [CBC] 176 3.3 The Accessible Parking Space 179 In General 179 Standard Accessible Spaces 180 Van Accessible Spaces 180 Access Aisles 181 On-Street Parking 182 3.4 Valet & Passenger Loading Zones 185 In General 185 The Accessible Passenger Loading Zone 186 Valet Parking 187 3.5 Transportation 189 In General 189 Bus Loading Zone Requirements 189 Bus Boarding & Alighting Area Requirements 190 Bus Informational Signage 191 Rail & Platform Requirements 191 Rail Informational Signs 192 Variable Message Signs (VMS) 192 3.6 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations 195 In General 195 New and Altered EVCS General Requirements 196 EV Charger Requirements 198 Accessible Charging Stations and Their Access Aisles 198 EVCS Signage [CBC] 200 Ambulatory EVCS [CBC] 200 Drive-Up EVCS [CBC] 201 3.7 Curb Ramps 203 In General 203 Perpendicular Curb Ramps 205 Parallel Curb Ramps 206 Corner Curb Ramps 208 Curb Ramps in the Public Right-Of-Way 211 3.8 Islands & Blended Transitions 215 In General 215 Islands with Curb Ramps 215 Islands with a Cut-Thru 215 Blended Transitions & Zero Curbs in Islands and Elsewhere 217 3.9 Detectable Warnings 219 In General 219 Truncated Dome Requirements 220 Locations 221 Transportation & Directional Texture 224 Chapter 4 Recreation 4.1 Pools & Spas 229 Pools & Spas In General 229 Pools – Swimming, Wading, Wave, Catch, Leisure Rivers, etc 229 Spas & Hot Tubs 230 Pool Lift Requirements & Considerations 230 Sloped Entry Requirements & Considerations 232 Pool Stairs – Requirements & Considerations 233 Transfer System – Requirements & Considerations 234 Transfer Walls – Requirements & Considerations 235 4.2 Fitness & Recreation 239 Exercise Equipment & Fitness Areas 239 Saunas & Steam Rooms 239 Sports & Court Sports 241 Golfing 242 Miniature Golf 242 Amusement Rides & Attractions 242 4.3 Recreation & Play 247 In General 247 Recreational Boating Facilities – In General 247 Piers at Boat Slips 248 Boarding Piers at Boat Launch Ramps 249 Fishing 249 Shooting Facilities 250 Play Areas – In General 250 Play Areas – Accessible Routes 251 Play Areas – Components 251 Play Areas – Vertical Access 252 Gaming Machines & Tables 253 Landscape Elements & Wilderness 254 Beaches 256 Chapter 5 Vertical Access – Manual 5.1 Edge Protection & Handrails 263 Edge Protection In General 263 Edge Protection – Pedestrian Ramp 263 Handrails 264 Handrail Gripping Surfaces 265 Handrail Extensions – In General 266 Handrails & Extensions – Pedestrian Ramp 267 Handrails & Extensions – Stairs 268 5.2 Pedestrian Ramps 273 In General 273 Pedestrian Ramps 273 Pedestrian Ramp Landings 275 Pedestrian Ramp Landings & Door Maneuvering Space 278 5.3 Steps & Stairs 283 In General 283 Treads & Nosings 283 Risers 285 Stairways 286 Escalators 286 Chapter 6 Vertical Access – Mechanical 6.1 Elevator, Lobby, & Landings 291 Elevators & Vertical Height Transitions In General 291 Title II Public Building Accessible Routes & Elevators 293 Hall Call Controls 293 Hall Signals 294 Hoistway Jamb Signs 295 Elevator Landings 296 Destination-Oriented Elevators 297 Limited-Use/Limited-Application Elevators (LU/LA) – Inside & Out 298 Dwelling Unit Private Residence Elevators – Inside & Out 299 6.2 Elevator Car 303 In General 303 Elevator Doors 303 Elevator Car Sizes & Door Location 304 Car Control Panels 305 Car Position Indicators 305 6.3 Platform Lifts 309 Platform Lifts In General 309 Vertical Platform Lifts & Accessible Routes 310 Vertical Lifts With & Without Runway Enclosures 310 Inclined Platform Lifts 313 Chapter 7 Communication Elements 7.1 Sign Types & Components 319 Sign Types – In General 319 Directional Signs 320 Informational Signs 321 Signs Identifying Permanent Rooms & Spaces 321 Egress-Related Signs 322 Toilet & Bathing Room Signs 323 Sign Components – Visual Characters 323 Sign Components for Tactile Characters – Raised Characters 325 Sign Components for Tactile Characters – Braille 327 Tactile Sign Location 329 Pictograms Identifying Rooms Or Spaces 330 International Symbols Identifying Accessible Elements 331 7.2 Communication Features 335 Communication Features – In General 335 Sign Language Interpreters – Station Requirements [A117.1] 335 Security Glazing & 2-Way Communication 335 Variable Message Signs (VMS) 336 Doorbells & Visual Door Notification Devices 337 Fire Alarms 337 7.3 Telephones 341 Telephones – In General 341 Telephones for Wheelchair Access 341 Telephones – TTY 342 TTY — Specific Use Locations 343 Chapter 8 Controls & Building Elements 8.1 Reach Ranges, Controls, & Machines 347 In General 347 Forward Reach with a Forward Approach 348 Side Reach Range with a Parallel Approach 349 Controls In General 350 Reach Ranges & Controls for Specific Items 350 Residential Facilities – Reach Ranges & Controls 351 ATMs, POS Devices, and Input & Display Screens 351 Window Controls 353 8.2 Plumbing – Public & Common Use 357 Drinking Fountains 357 Low Drinking Fountains 358 Low Drinking Fountains – Controls & Spouts 358 High Drinking Fountains 359 Bottle Filler 359 Washing Machines & Dryers 360 Public & Common Use Sinks 361 Faucets & Other Sink Controls 363 8.3 Counters – Sales, Service, Work & Food 367 In General 367 Sales & Service Counters 367 Check-Out Aisles & Counters 370 Work Surfaces 371 Food Service Lines & Condiment Counters 372 Bars & Counters for Drink or Food 372 Seating at Tables 374 8.4 Kitchens, Kitchenettes, & Wet Bars 381 Accessible Kitchen Spaces – In General 381 Cabinetry 384 Shelving Calculations for Kitchen Cabinets 387 Kitchen Work Surfaces in Mobility Dwelling Unit Kitchens 390 Wet Bars 391 Non-Mobility Kitchens 391 Kitchen Design Considerations for Aging 392 8.5 Kitchens – Appliances & Fixtures 395 Appliances & Fixtures – In General 395 Refrigerators 396 Ranges, Rangetops, Cooktops, & Ovens 397 Sinks 398 Dishwashers & Clear Floor Spaces 400 Electrical for All of the Small Countertop Appliances 401 Chapter 9 Toilet Rooms & Bathing Facilities 9.1 Signage for Toilet & Bathing Rooms 407 Signage – In General 407 Permanent Toilet & Bathing Room Signs 407 Pictograms & Symbols 408 California Geometric Door Symbols [CBC] 408 9.2 Accessories in Toilet & Bathing Rooms 411 Accessories – In General 411 Specific Accessories 411 9.3 Lavatories 419 Lavatories – In General 419 Clear Floor Space at a Lavatory 421 Faucets & Other Controls 422 Accessories at Lavatories 422 9.4 Toilets 425 Toilets – In General 425 Toilet Seats 426 Flush Controls 426 Toilet Clear Floor Spaces 427 Toilet Grab Bars 428 Dispensers 428 9.5 Urinals 433 Urinals – In General 433 Urinals – Technical Requirements 433 9.6 Grab Bars and Shower & Tub Seats 437 Grab Bars – In General 437 Grab Bars at Toilets 439 Grab Bars at Showers 441 Grab Bars at Bathtubs 443 Shower & Bathtub Seats – In General 445 Shower Seats 445 Bathtub Seats 446 9.7 Bathing – Tubs 451 Bathtubs – In General 451 Water Controls & Shower Spray Units 453 9.8 Bathing – Showers 457 Showers – In General 457 Transfer Showers 458 Standard Roll-In Showers 459 Alternate Roll-In Showers 461 Water Controls, Faucets, & Spray Units 462 Shower Accessories 464 9.9 Single-User Toilet & Bathing Rooms 467 In General 467 Specific Single-User Facility Requirements 468 Medical & Long-Term Care – Patient & On-Call Sleeping Rooms 471 Family & Assisted-Use Toileting & Bathing [IBC] 472 Adult Changing Facilities [CBC] 472 9.10 Multi-User Toilet Rooms 477 Multi-User Toilet Rooms – In General 477 Accessible Toilet Compartments – In General 478 Accessible Toilet Compartment Doors 479 Accessible Toilet Compartments 481 Ambulatory Toilet Compartments 484 Index A 489 B, C 491 D 494 E 495 F, G 497 H 498 I, J, K 499 L, M 500 N, O 501 P 502 Q, R 504 S 505 T 508 U, V 510 W, Y, Z 511 Colophon 512
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Johns Hopkins University Press George Washingtons Eye
Book SynopsisBased on careful study of Washington's personal diaries and correspondence and on the lively accounts of visitors to his estate, this richly illustrated book introduces a George Washington unfamiliar to many readers-an avid art collector, amateur architect, and leading landscape designer of his time.Trade ReviewA comprehensive and well-illustrated history of Washington's estate. -- Jay Strafford Richmond Times-Dispatch Manca convincingly argues that George Washington, the 'indispensable man,' was indispensable to American art, too. -- Bob Duggan Big Think.com George Washington's Eye not only sheds light on the first president's keen interest in architecture, landscape gardening, and art collecting but also illuminates his learning process... Those who seek to understand Washington by exploring Mount Vernon will find this book informative and fascinating. -- Stuart Leibiger Journal of American History More inclusive than any previous study of Mount Vernon's architecture, decorative arts, or immediate landscape, [ George Washington's Eye] looks at the physical evidence as well as Washington's writings about art and taste... The book is, therefore, a comprehensive study of Washington's aesthetic choices, from their origins to the objects in which they resulted. While other scholars have catalogued the paintings in Mount Vernon, for example, Manca goes further to consider why Washington hung certain pictures in particular rooms or chose not to display others at all. -- Lydia Mattice Brandt Common-Place This work makes many key contributions to the study of Washington's life and activities. -- Emily Cooperman Winterthur PortfolioTable of ContentsPreface1. George Washington: Morality and the Crafting of Self2. The Mansion House at Mount Vernon and Other Architectural Designs3. George Washington's Portico4. Washington as Gardener: Creating the Landscape5. Mount Vernon and British Gardening6. Prospects, Pictures, and the Picturesque7. Washington as Artist, Critic, Patron, and Collector8. Under His Vine and Fig TreeBiblical and Classical Perfection at Mount VernonEpilogueNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
Book SynopsisHe would never provide a definitive treatise or textbook on landscape architecture, but the articles presented in this volume contain some of his most mature and powerful statements on the practice of landscape architecture.Trade ReviewLike previous volumes, The Early Boston Years is a comprehensive compilation of design proposals, project reports, personal and professional letters, miscellaneous writings, and numerous illustrations -- all diligently contextualized by the editors' extensive footnotes... It and the other volumes are absolutely crucial to understanding both the history of American landscape and the extent to which Olmsted helped to shape it. -- Andrew Menard New England QuarterlyTable of ContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionEditorial PolicyShort Titles Used in CitationsChapter 1. April 1882-July 1883Chapter 2. august 1883-September 1884Chapter 3. September 1884-December 1885Chapter 4. February 1886-August 1886Chapter 5. October 1886-June 1887Chapter 6. June 1887-December 1887Chapter 7. December 1887-August 1888Chapter 8. August 1888-February 1889Chapter 9. February 1889-April 1889Chapter 10. May 1889-August 1889Chapter 11. August 1889-March 1890Appendix 1. Chronology of Frederick Law Olmsted, 1882-1890Appendix 2. List of Textual AlterationsIndex of Plant materialsGeneral Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Frederick Law Olmsted
Book SynopsisThis gorgeous book will appeal to landscape professionals, park administrators, historians, architects, city planners, and students-and it is a perfect gift for Olmsted aficionados throughout North America.Trade ReviewAnyone interested in the fields of landscape design would surely want this book as a reference or simply as a celebration of the first and foremost American landscape architect. Garden Design Online Peer into the mind of the nation's most prolific park maker with this book, which showcases more than 70 public spaces designed by Frederick Law Olmsted... Plans and Views of Public Parks is a visual compendium of Olmsted's work, taking readers on a visual tour through some of America's most significant public landscapes. -- Eryn Carlson Boston Globe Enlightening and lavishly illustrated... Whether your interest is in Olmsted and his work, landscape architecture in general, the development of nature-based recreation, or American history, Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks can provide a substantial expansion and deepening of your thoughts in your area of interest, as well as help connect it to other related (and perhaps even previously unconsidered) areas of study. Well-read Naturalist A welcome addition to Olmsted scholarship and an excellent companion to the series documenting his extensive papers. Library Journal [ Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks] is a treasure trove of visual materials, with surprises for even the Olmstedian aficionado. Landscape Architecture Magazine Beveridge, the preeminent Olmsted scholar... gathers in a sumptuous, gorgeous volume of the designs that defined what made many American cities great, and livable. Harvard Magazine These visual documents will generate historical evidence and interpretive questions alike, surely the mark of an important contribution. New England Quarterly Had Olmsted never existed, someone else surely would have applied the moral force of this ethic to landscape design, making parks the vehicle of social reform. But it is inconceivable that anyone else would have had the same deep cistern of human sympathy to drawn on. First ThingsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentIntroduction1. New York City, New YorkCentral ParkTompkins SquareUnion SquareRiverside ParkMorningside Park2. San Francisco, CaliforniaPleasure Grounds System3. Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove, CaliforniaReservation4. Brooklyn, New YorkProspect ParkFort Greene ParkTompkins ParkBrooklyn Parkways5. Bridgeport, ConnecticutSeaside ParkBeardsley Park6. Newark, New JerseyProposed Park7. Albany, New YorkProposed Park System8. Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFairmount Park9. New Britain, ConnecticutWalnut Hill Park10. Buffalo, New YorkPark System, 1870sParkwaysNiagara SquareThe Park (Delaware Park)The FrontThe ParadeLater Extensions and AlterationsSouth Park, 1888 (Proposed)Southside Park System, 1890s11. Fall River, MassachusettsSouth Park12. Hartford, ConnecticutSystem of Public Grounds13. Chicago, IllinoisSouth Park- The Era of 1871-1893The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893- The Lagoon and Wooded IslandPost-Exposition Redesign and Construction of Jackson ParkWashington Park, Post-1893The Midway PlaisanceBoulevards14. Amherst, MassachusettsTown Common15. Baltimore, MarylandMount Vernon Square16. Montreal, QuebecMount Royal17. Detroit, MichiganBelle Isle18. North Easton, MassachusettsMemorial Cairn19. Boston, MassachusettsThe Park SystemCommonwealth AvenueThe Back Bay FensMuddy River Sanitary Improvement, Brookline and BostonOlmstead Park, Boston and BrooklineJamaica Pond and Environs, BostonThe ArborwayThe Arnold ArboretumFranklin ParkFranklin FieldParkways from Franklin Park to Marine ParkMarine ParkBoston Harbor Islands ProposalCharlesbankWood Island ParkCharlestown HeightsCharlestown Playground20. New London, ConnecticutMemorial Park21. St. Catharine's, OntarioMontebello Park22. Niagara Falls, New YorkNiagara Reservation23. Pawtucket, Rhode IslandPublic Recreation Grounds (Proposed)24. Wilmington, DelawareKentmere Parkway25. Trenton, New JerseyCadwalader Park26. Rochester, New YorkPark SystemGenesse Valley ParkHighland ParkSeneca Park27. Louisville, KentuckyPark SystemCherokee ParkIroquois ParkShawnee ParkLouisville ParkwaysLouisville Squares and Places28. Kansas City, MissouriEleventh Street Parkway and Park System (Proposed)Milwaukee, WisconsinPark SystemWest ParkRiver ParkLake Park30. Newburgh, New YorkDowning Park31. Newport, Rhode IslandMorton Park
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
Book SynopsisSanitary Commission, the quality of landscape design in England and France, the biographical circumstances that proved most important to his development as an artist, and his hopes and fears for the future of his profession.Trade ReviewA fascinating new door stop of a book... [whose]revealing glimpses into the mind of America's greatest landscape architect take on fresh relevance. -- Blair Kamin Chicago Tribune It goes without saying-yet it must be said-the editors David Schuyler and Gregory Kaliss, with Jeffrey Schlossberg as assistant editor, continue to perform a massive task... There are indeed hoards of materials here that will be perhaps not just looted but used and cited punctiliously by scholars and modern architects. -- John Dixon Hunt Landscape Architecture Magazine The excellence of the scholarship... as well as [the] comprehensiveness is indisputable. Needless to say, those deeply interested in the works of Olmsted would be remiss indeed not to at least consider the acquisition of these volumes for their respective permanent collections. -- John Riutta Well-Read Naturalist Essential. Academic and general readers; practicing landscape professionals. ChoiceTable of ContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionEditorial PolicyShort Titles Used in CitationsBiographical DirectoryChapter 1. April 1890-August 1890Chapter 2. August 1890-December 1890Chapter 3. December 1890-March 1891Chapter 4. April 1891-October 1891Chapter 5. November 1891-April 1892Chapter 6. April 1892-August 1892Chapter 7. September 1892-May 1983Chapter 8. May 1983-November 1893Chapter 9. December 1893-May 1894Chapter 10. June 1894-November 1894Chapter 11. December 1894-May 1895Chapter 12. May 1985-December 1985Appendix 1. Selected Undated WritingsAppendix 2. Chronology of Frederick Law Olmsted, 1890-1895Appendix 3. List of Textual AlterationsIndex of Plant Materials General Index
£93.00
Pelican Publishing Co New Orleans Homes at Christmas
Book SynopsisThe beautiful homes and classic recipes of the Crescent-City holidays! Tour the stunning sights of the season in this beautiful volume. Decorations, including garlands, mantels, table settings, and Christmas trees, deck the pages. Luminous photographs portray public events such as Celebration in the Oaks and caroling in historic Jackson Square. Bring in the New Year with recipes from traditional reveillon feasts at the city's most famous restaurants. Private and historic homes from Uptown to English Turn open their doors to readers, while residents and designers discuss their holiday embellishments and themes. Glimpse parties, family celebrations, and more. Recipes and details abound in this stunning snapshot of a magical season.
£26.34
Arcadia Publishing Oklahoma Citys MidCentury Modern Architecture
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History Press Fourth Ward Charlotte
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Revit Architecture 2022 for Designers
Book SynopsisRevit is rapidly replacing AutoCAD as the digital drawing tool of choice for architects and interior designers. This book aims to help design students master Revit as a tool in the design studio and in practice.Revit Architecture 2022 for Designers provides both a thorough primer for new learners and expanded conceptual discussion for design professionals. The progressive introduction of concepts (chapters build on previous chapters), digital exercises, and professional examples make this book easy to follow for learners new to Revit. Packed with visual examples, it is written specifically for architecture and interior design students. NEW TO THIS EDITION Instruction graphics updated for Revit Architecture 2022 features and user interface New instruction for drawing with metric units New instruction on importing PDFs (Chapter 2), Photorealistic Rendering (Chapter 7), and Advanced Modeling (Chapter 10)Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION 1 Introducing Revit Architecture 2 Floor Plan Basics 3 Multi-Level Buildings PRESENTATION DRAWINGS 4 Presentation Plans 5 Presentation RCPs 6 Perspective and Isometric Drawings 7 Photorealistic Rendering 8 Elevations and Sections 9 Roofs and Site Plans 10 Advanced Modeling CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS 11 Construction Plans and Details 12 Furniture and Finish Plans 13 Construction RCPs and Details 14 Sheets and Printing Index Basic Metric Conversion Table Standard Architectural Scales Standard Paper Sizes Keyboard Shortcuts
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Vehicule Press A View from the Porch: Rethinking Home and
Book SynopsisThis is the latest updated book from "Canada’s housing guru" about how design affects our daily livesThis illuminating collection of 22 essays expounds upon the points where design touches life. The essays discuss the big and small things that make us appreciate, or become disconnected from, our homes and neighborhoods. Drawing on his experiences as an architect, planner, world traveler, and educator, Avi Friedman delves into issues such as the North American obsession with monster homes, the impact of scale on the feeling of comfort in our communities, environmental concerns such as deforestation, innovative recycling methods in building materials, the booming do-it-yourself industry, the decline of craftsmanship, and the role of good design in bringing families together. Written with Friedman’s trademark flair, A View from the Porch offers a compelling vision of the influence of design in our everyday lives from one of the world’s most innovative thinkers. With new material, this is a completely revised edition of Room for Thought, originally published in 2005.
£16.16
Autonomedia Utopie: Texts and Projects, 1967–1978
Book SynopsisKey writings and projects from the group of architects, sociologists, and urbanists known as Utopie.“When the imagination reaches and oversteps the boundaries authorized by the institution of culture, we speak of poetry, of utopia.... When the event reaches and oversteps the boundaries authorized by judicial law and by the anomic rules, we speak of revolution.”—René LourauThe short-lived grouping of architects, sociologists, and urbanists known as Utopie, active in Paris from 1967 to 1978, was the product of several factors: the student protests for the reform of architectural education, the unprecedented expansion and replanning of the Parisian urban fabric carried out by the government of Charles de Gaulle, and the domestication of military and industrial technologies by an emerging consumer society. The group''s collaborative publications included the work of Jean Aubert, Isabelle Auricoste, Jean Baudrillard, Catherine Cot, Charles Goldblum, Jean-Paul Jungmann, Henri Lefebvre, René Lourau, Antoine Stinco, and Hubert Tonka. Offering a militant alternative to professional urban planning journals, these writers not only formulated a critique of the technocratic and administrative rule over a disabled and alienated urban society but also projected an ephemeral urban poetics. With ties to the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA) in central Paris and to the sociology department established by Henri Lefebvre at the suburban campus of Nanterre, the group challenged postwar modernization and urban planning and questioned the roles into which architects, sociologists, and urban planners had been cast. Utopie makes the group''s diverse body of theoretical work accessible in English for the first time, offering translations of more than twenty key texts. Designed in a facsimile format that follows the innovative graphic layouts of the journals, pamphlets, posters, and articles produced by Utopie, the volume not only provides the first thorough overview of the group''s activities but also seeks to capture Utopie''s linkage of architectural and urban theory to radical publication strategies.
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Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design
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Fonthill Media LLc Cape May Through Time
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Actar Publishers A House Deconstructed
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Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design
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Octopus Publishing Group The Secret Life of the Modern House The Evolution
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Intellect Books African Modernism and Its Afterlives
Book SynopsisThis new book is an edited volume of essays that examine the legacy of architecture in a number of African countries soon after independence. It has its origins in an exhibition and symposium that focused on architecture as an element in Nordic countries’ aid packages to newly independent states, but the expanded breadth of the essays includes work on other countries and architects. Drawing on ethnography, archival research and careful observations of buildings, remains and people, the case studies seek to connect the colonial and postcolonial origins of modernist architecture, the historical processes they underwent, and present use and habitation. It results from the 2015 seminar and exhibition Forms of Freedom at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, Norway. The exhibition showed how modern Scandinavian architecture became an essential component of foreign aid to East Africa in the period 1960–80, and how the ideals of the Nordic welfare system found expression in a number of construction projects. The seminar, which built upon the exhibition as well as on a previous collaboration on the legacies of modernism in Africa between the Department of Anthropology of the University of Oslo and the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning from Ghent University, broadened the geographic scope of the discussion beyond the Scandinavian context, and set the ground for bringing together the disciplines of architectural history and social anthropology. Primary readership will be among architects and architectural historians, and graduate level architecture and urban studies students, for whom it will be valuable course material, as well as those in fields such as African studies and anthropology. It may also be of interest to those working or researching in public policy and political history.Trade Review'Tracing concrete connections between architecture and anthropology, African Modernism and Its Afterlives offers glimpses of past futures, half-remembered dreams and enduring structures. Engaging and ever clear-eyed, its chapters provide a trenchant guide to 20th century efforts to alter African social life through building, along with the artefacts they left behind.' Peter Redfield, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsList of Figures Introduction Recognizing African Modernisms Paul Wenzel Geissler, Johan Lagae and Nina Berre PART 1: AFRICAN MODERNISM Karl Henrik Nøstvik: Remnants of Nordic Aid Nina Berre Africa’s ‘Lone Star’: Building ‘New Liberia’ in the Context of Post-war Africa Iga Perzyna Countryside Reconstruction in Postcolonial Africa: The Ujamaa Experience Karl Otto Ellefsen Technocratic Colonial Housing Policies and Reductive Modernism in Eastlands, Nairobi Peter Makachia Transnational Exchanges in Postcolonial Zambia: School Buildings at the Intersection of Architectural, Political and Economic Globalization Kim De Raedt Forms of Freedom: Soviet Gifts in Postcolonial Kenya Ruth Prince Georg Lippsmeier and His Tropenbau: Salesmanship and Pragmatic Modernism Antoni Folkers Israel/Africa: The Laboratories of (Post)colonial Modernity Haim Yacobi ‘Tout le Congo est un Chantier’: Notes on the Archive of a (Post)colonial Construction Firm Johan Lagae and Robby Fivez INTERLUDE Remnants of Nordic Aid in Africa: The Zambia World Bank Educational Projects Mette Tronvoll Remnants of Nordic Aid in Africa: The KICC & Fishery Station by Architect Karl Henrik Nøstvik in Africa Iwan Baan PART 2: AFTERLIVES ‘Kenya Grew from Here’: Property and History in a Nairobi Housing Estate Constance Smith Grave Reservations: Nigerian Literature and ‘European Reservations’ during Decolonization Tim Livsey The Legacy of Nordic Expertise in Postcolonial Housing Schemes in Nairobi Tom J. C. Anyamba Privatization and the Reshaping of the Recreational Landscape of the Industrial Zambian Copperbelt Patience Mususa The Ruins of Turkana: An Archaeology of Failed Development in Northern Kenya Samuel F. Derbyshire and Lucas Lowasa The Brand New Ruins of Public Health: A Tale of Two Buildings, Kinshasa, DRC Guillaume Lachenal ‘Is This Anthropology Really a Modern Subject?’: Kenyan Students’ Experience of Nairobi’s (Changing) University Architectures Ida Skjong Grøvik Laboratory Unbuilt: An Architectural Biography of Postcolonial Science in East Africa Paul Wenzel Geissler Epilogue Buildings and People: Interdisciplinarity, Juxtaposition and Experimentation Paul Wenzel Geissler and Johan Lagae Notes on Contributors
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Intellect Books T-Squared: Theories and Tactics in Architecture
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary collection with its origins in the 2018 National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, hosted by the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at the University of Cincinnati, the overarching focus of which was on 'TIME'. The book includes contributions from some scholars who were not involved in the conference but whose voices are important to the conversation. T-Squared: Theories and Tactics in Architecture and Design has three primary aims. First, it reveals and illuminates the extensive and explicit relationship between the research that shapes art, architecture and design practices, and the studio prompts and assignments that are developed by faculty for students engaging the creative disciplines. Second, it demonstrates that pedagogical inquiry and invention can be a (radical) research endeavour that can also become an evolutionary agent for faculty, students, institutions and communities. Third, it makes available to a larger audience a set of innovative ideas and exercises that have until now been known to limited numbers of students and faculty, hidden behind the walls of studio courses and institutions. This book will appeal to anyone interested in design thinking and design process as well as to architects, architectural educators and architecture students who may particularly identify in it stirrings of a new world order and a call to arms. Each chapter of T-Squared is separated into two parts: THEORY (T1) and TACTICS (T2). In T1, the authors offer mini-manifestos about topics that relate to their professional interests and efforts. In T2, the authors delineate exercises that reflect the ideascapes and methodologies presented in T1. The exercises in T2 are adapted for the reader from assignments given to students enrolled in design studios at a variety of universities. In their current incarnation, they offer anyone with tenacity, imagination and an adventurous attitude towards architecture and design access to distinct sets of provocative questions, procedures and modes. The T2 offerings require the reader’s engagement and imagination and the rolling up of sleeves – while there may be steps to follow, many of the exercises read like Fluxus scores and require investment rather than obedience. A suspension of disbelief is required – but all seriously creative folk (like you, reader) understand that already. Primary readership will be among design educators and students looking for a window through which to view the ways design is being introduced, taught and positioned across disciplines and institutions, and to architects, architectural educators and architecture students.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Starting Up Front Porch (coffee) Samantha Krukowski Threshold In Media Res, or Beginning in the Middle of Things David Leatherbarrow Interiors Food for Thought Nikole Bouchard Pedagogical Pluralism Alberto de Salvatierra, Samantha Solano, Joshua Vermillion Informed Forms and Matters Negar Kalantar, Alireza Borhani Out of Control Jennifer Akerman Cultured Drawing Kathryn Strand Drawing the City Sandy Litchfield Scripting Space Brian Ambroziak The Literary Imagination Angeliki Sioli, Kristen Kelsch Overcoming Fear Chloé Briggs Horizon Volume and Being Peter P. Goché FACTUM 1 : 1 Federica Goffi Tendering a Tactile Tectonic John M. Reynolds The Mother of Invention Thomas Cline Winding Down Deck (bourbon) Samantha Krukowski Figures References About the Editor and Authors Index
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Chronicle Books Living Bright
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc The Chicken Came First: A Primer for Renewing and
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Evolo The Blindspot Initiative: Design Resistance and
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Actar Publishers The Generic Sublime: Organizational Models for
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Oro Editions LA+ Wild
Book SynopsisLA+ WILD explores the concept of WILD and its role in design, large-scale habitat and species conservation, scientific research, the human psyche, and aesthetics. This issue of LA+ includes contributions drawn from disciplines as diverse as evolutionary ecology, biology, visual arts, bioengineering, landscape architecture, planning, architecture, climatology, environmental history, philosophy, and literature. It features essays by Timothy Mousseau and Anders Moller, Timothy Morton, Paul Carter, Richard Weller, Julian Raxworthy, Emma Marris, Stefan Rahmstorf, Stephen Pyne, Nina-Marie Lister, and Orkan Telhan, among others. It also includes a review of the New York s Rebuild by Design competition, and interviews with eminent ecologists Richard T.T. Forman and Daniel Janzen. The feature artist for this issue is Viennese bio-artist Sonja Baumel. LA+ (Landscape Architecture Plus) Journal from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design is the first truly interdisciplinary journal of landscape architecture. Within its pages you hear not only from designers, but also from historians, artists, lawyers, ecologists, planners, scientists, philosophers, and many more besides. LA+ aims to reveal connections and build collaborations between landscape architecture/urban design and other disciplines by exploring each issue's theme from multiple perspectives. The journal features a range of contribution types including essays, interviews, design criticism, graphic features, illustrations, and short-form pieces designed to provoke and inspire readers. LA+ Journal brings you a rich collection of contemporary thinkers and designers in two lavishly illustrated issues annually."
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Oro Editions Gensler Research Catalogue, Volume 3
Book SynopsisThe Gensler Research Catalogue, Volume 3 profiles the work of 35+ research projects conducted by Gensler professionals around the world, spanning topics from the future of autonomous vehicles to how workplace design drives great customer and workplace experiences. Graphic designers from across the firm collaborated to design the Catalogue, giving each entry a unique design language tailored to the expression of each projects' methods and findings. The diverse set of projects are unified by a human-centric approach to design research, focused on ways to improve the human experience through great design. The research is organised into chapters focused on broad topics of interest, each with an introduction focused on broad trends and implications for the future of design. In addition to profiling Gensler's myriad research investigations, the publication also highlights the history and ethos of the Gensler Research Institute. The Catalogue offers not only thought-provoking descriptions of individual research, but an overall evidence-based approach to thinking about the approach to and design of space with the human experience at its heart.
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Actar Publishers Crown Hall Dean's Dialogues 2012-2017
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Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Limited Fluvial Metropolis: Past Visions/Future
Book SynopsisHyperirrealism is a merger of the disciplines of science and art for research in architecture. Hyperirrealism embodies architecture design that blends architecture, sculpture, digital imaging, mathematics and aesthetics simultaneously. Hyperirrealism is in pursuit of paired antagonistic concepts such as simplicity and complexity, systemic and random order, order and chaos, for generation of 21st Century Architecture.
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