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Book Synopsis A growing, living house, a building made of a plant seems to be a contradiction in terms. Nevertheless, the Khasi in eastern India already knew how to connect the branches of rubber trees to form footbridges, and in southern Germany dance lime trees formed the centre of villages for centuries. Following on from this, the new discipline of Baubotanik is dedicated to designing with trees. Built projects, prototypes and visionary concepts point the way to a new green architecture. This introduction shows the possibilities of such living constructions and goes into the botanical growth laws that guide the design. The basics of constructing with trees are presented. The book encourages a whole new look at architecture that becomes part of urban nature.

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Book SynopsisCovering a range of media and a wide geographical spread, Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean reveals how 19th-century artists in the Middle East and North Africa reckoned with new tools, materials, and tastes from local perspectives.Trade Review"This book is a timely contribution to pressing debates about visual cultures of modernity across the modern Mediterranean. With a geographic diversity reaching from the Ottoman capital across North Africa, the essays in this book address a rich range of themes, from emergent forms of modern historicism to original readings of objects and images that trouble entrenched assumptions about aesthetic value. So too, this book's revisionary perspective makes clear the necessity to address the diversity of visual culture, from painting to photography, from craft work to infrastructure. The collective enterprise of this anthology transforms our understanding of what it meant to be modern across the Islamic Mediterranean."—Mary Roberts, author of Istanbul Exchanges: Ottomans, Orientalists and Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture, University of Sydney"Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean combines a compelling and well-researched range of studies that make a valuable contribution to the pluralization of global modernisms in art history, with a focus on nineteenth-century Islamic art and visual culture. This volume is a welcome addition to the literature of Islamic modernity and modern art."—Berin Golonu, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide"This attractive volume addresses the recent scholarly shift from the arts and architecture of the lands of Islam in the early caliphates of the Umayyads and Abbasids through the pre-modern Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal dynasties to modern and contemporary times. An introduction by Graves (Indiana Univ.) and Seggerman (Rutgers Univ., Newark) is followed by 11 essays focused on the different ways in which artists, artisans, and patrons in the Mediterranean lands from Morocco to Egypt and the Ottoman Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries engaged with European modernity and the colonial enterprise. The essays are roughly grouped around three topics: the introduction of photography and printing with movable type, new modes of craft production, and transportation by steamship and railroad. As with all such collections, the essays are uneven; some are unexpectedly fascinating—for example those on the exchange of photographic albums between the Ottoman sultan and the University of Pennsylvania to foster archaeological projects, the celebrations surrounding the opening of the Suez Canal, the introduction of Krupps' steel I-beam to Istanbul—but others are laden with academic jargon. (Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association.)"—J. M. Bloom, Boston College, ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction: Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean, by Margaret S. Graves and Alex Dika SeggermanPart I: Picturing Knowledge1. Well-Worn Fashions: Repetition and Authenticity in Late Ottoman Costume Books, by Ünver Rüstem2. Osman Hamdi and the Long Duration of History, by Gülru Çakmak3. Picturing Knowledge: Visual Literacy in Nineteenth-Century Arabic Periodicals, by Hala Auji4. The Muybridge Albums in Istanbul: Photography as Diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire, by Emily NeumeierPart II: Conceptualizing Craft5. The Double Bind of Craft Fidelity: Moroccan Ceramics on the Eve of the French Protectorate, by Margaret S. Graves6. The Manual Crafts and the Challenge of Modernity in Late Nineteenth-Century Damascus, by Marcus Milwright7. The Turn to Tapestry: Islamic Textiles and Women Artists in Tunis, by Jessica GerschultzPart III: Aesthetics of Infrastructure8. Alabaster and Albumen: Photographs of the Muhammad Ali Mosque and the Making of a Modern Icon, by Alex Dika Seggerman9. Tents and Trains: Mobilizing Modernity in the Late Ottoman Empire, by Ashley Dimmig10. Precious Metal: The I-Beam in the Late Ottoman Empire, by Peter Christensen11. November 1869: The Suez Canal Inauguration, by David J. RoxburghTimelineGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisBuilding on the success of the first edition, an engaging and reader-friendly work on complex ideas, Introducing Architectural Theory: Expanding the Disciplinary Debate, broadens the range of themes, voices, and geographies represented to provide a more comprehensive and contemporary theory book.This book presents major discourses in architectural theory and design in a debate-like format, integrating a series of edited texts across architectural history with context and newly written commentaries by the authors. This new edition has been fully revised, updated, and expanded to include long-standing debates, such as simplicity vs. complexity or the relationship between form and function, as well as newer discussions on innovation, globalization, and social equity. Authors Smith and Guitart provide a comprehensive means and conceptual framework for readers to compare multiple points of view. The chapter structure, discussion questions, and additional resources allow tTrade Review'More than yet another synoptic overview of architectural theory this is an exemplary pedagogical record of an on- going course in architectural theory & criticism as given to graduate students of architecture in a major university. As such it is without parallel.'Kenneth Frampton, Emeritus Professor of Architecture. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Columbia University, New York'With their international experience as educators, Korydon Smith and Miguel Guitart offer an engaging text for both beginning architecture students and established architects. It is a useful tool for broadening our knowledge of architectural design and better understanding the decisions that architects make.'Rafael Moneo, Josep Lluis Sert Professor in Architecture, Emeritus, Harvard University Graduate School of Design'Advocating for the centrality and vitality of theory in design discourse, Introducing Architectural Theory: Expanding the Disciplinary Debate offers young architecture students a compendium of texts and strategies for developing a critical position for their work through thematically organized texts of historical and contemporary theory. Neither canon nor anthology, it asks its audience to reflect on and respond to the diversity and complexity of this moment in the discipline and practice of architecture. Smith’s and Guitart's book is a must-read for architecture students and educators alike pursuing an interest in architectural theory necessity for the discipline and profession today.'Sharon Haar, FAIA, NOMA, Professor. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of MichiganTable of ContentsPart 1: Debate in Architecture Introduction: To Students: Why Architectural Theory is Vital to Your Education and Your Career Part 2: Dialectical Readings in Architecture 1. Space and Structure 2. Function and Form 3. Exterior and Interior 4. Simplicity and Complexity 5. Honesty and Illusion 6. Material and Immaterial 7. Body and Building 8. Cognition and Emotion 9. Natural and Constructed 10. Local and Global 11. Tradition and Innovation 12. Exclusivity and Inclusivity

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together five vacation homes in Sweden designed by Stockholm-based architect Mikael Bergquist. Realised over more than two decades, they are all located in the Swedish countryside and rooted in the Nordic tradition of timber construction and the simplicity and economy of Sweden's historic farm buildings. Bergquist's great attention to detail and careful choice of materials characterise these houses. They are united also by a close relationship to the surrounding landscape and nature, which is enhanced as an experience by the concepts of movement and the placement of passages between the outside and inside.The houses are documented with photographs as well as plans and sections. In his supplementary essay, Bergquist writes about the special position of working as an architect on the periphery of Europe. He draws a picture of Swedish architecture that is marked by what he calls fruitful misunderstandings of current movements, and one in which the poverty of the rural population has been a major factor in the evolution of the design and construction of dwellings.

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Book Synopsis"We do not live only with clear-cut forms;rather, we exist in a world of forms that are often indistinct and vague." —Takashi Sugimoto, architect and James Beard Award-winning authorSuper Potato Design presents the work of internationally-renowned Japanese designer Takashi Sugimoto. After studying metal sculpture at Tokyo University of Fine Arts, Sugimoto began his career designing a series of bars and restaurants including the iconic Radio Bar that became a favorite hangout for designers like Issey Miyake, Ikko Tanaka, Yohji Yamamoto and Tadao Ando. He was soon recruited to design retail spaces including the original Muji "no-brand" shops along with hotels, tea ceremony spaces and wedding chapels.Super Potato's striking interiors have totally revolutionized Japanese design through the use of exposed concrete surfaces, rough-hewn timber and unevenly cut stone juxtaposed with salvaged metal and repurposed objects to create a sense of power and timelessness. The design vocabulary created by Sugimoto is universally imitated today (in Japan and throughout the world). It is what we now think of as "modern Japanese design"—although Sugimoto's own work has never been surpassed.Super Potato Design presents 40 of Sugimoto's most important projects in 320 full-color photographs by Yoshio Shiratori, who has worked with the designer since the beginning. Author and architect Mira Locher introduces Sugimoto's work and provides a thorough description for each project. A foreword by Tadao Ando and discussions with architect Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama and graphic designer Kenya Hara explore the direction of Japanese design today. A list of Super Potato's complete works rounds off this fascinating book.Trade Review**2008 Interior Design Magazine Hall of Fame Inductee**"We do not live only with clear-cut forms; rather, we exist in a world of forms that are often indistinct and vague." --Takashi Sugimoto, architect and James Beard Award-winning author

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Henrike Lange takes the reader on a tour through one of the most beloved and celebrated monuments in the world Giotto''s Arena Chapel. Paying close attention to previously overlooked details, Lange offers an entirely new reading of the stunning frescoes in their spatial configuration. The author also asks fundamental questions that define the chapel''s place in Western art history. Why did Giotto choose an ancient Roman architectural frame for his vision of Salvation? What is the role of painted reliefs in the representation of personal integrity, passion, and the human struggle between pride and humility familiar from Dante''sDivine Comedy? How can a new interpretation regarding the influence of ancient reliefs and architecture inform the famous Assisi controversy and cast new light on the debate around Giotto''s authorship of the Saint Francis cycle? Illustrated with almost 200 color plates, this volume invites scholars and students to rediscover a key monument of art Trade Review'Giotto's Paduan masterpiece, the Arena Chapel (ca. 1300–1307), has impressed, but also puzzled scholars since its modern fame began around 1800. Now, Henrike Lange has provided a masterly account of the Chapel as an artistic and theological reconfiguration of Roman triumphalism in the service of the Christian view of the Savior's triumph through humility. Calling on a wide range of historical and art-historical sources, as well as the theology of Saint Augustine, Lange analyzes the Chapel as a unified structure that constitutes 'a unique space of transformative painting.' This rich and challenging work will be of interest to all who are concerned with understanding one of the premier works of Western art.' Bernard McGinn, Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus, Divinity School, University of Chicago'Dr. Lange's subject, broadly speaking, is the very foundation of modern Western painting. Her writing grows from a distinctly historical approach and probes the Roman roots of Giotto's sense of history (which bears strong resemblances to Dante's thinking about Roman history in the Divine Comedy) … Lange has the rare ability to build bridges for the reader, for instance with her command of European languages that are indeed her metaphorical bridges and allow her to lay out the vast libraries of research on Giotto written in different linguistic and scholarly traditions. The very elegance and clarity of her writing suggest that Lange's will be a contribution of real significance and will have quite an impact on medieval and Renaissance studies.' Giuseppe Mazzotta, Sterling Professor of Italian Language and Literature, Yale University'A great reading experience … Lange delivers an ingenious treatment of Giotto's framing faux architecture and meaningful Rahmenbeiwerk. This absorbing book does not see its hero, Giotto, as liberated from ancient Rome, but rather demonstrates that it is exactly Giotto's resistance to the ghost of pagan antiquity which contributes to his greatest achievements. Lange shows how Giotto creates a Christian form of similitude and overcoming, as triumph - typologically, a triumph of humility as a critical form, and therefore as an argument for Giotto's modernity.' Wolfgang Kemp, Professor of History of Art, University of HamburgTable of Contents1. A Venetian dream of Rome and Jerusalem; 2. 1300: the moment of the Jubilee in Rome and in Padua; 3. The powers that were Scrovegni, Dalesmanini, Frangipani; 4. Giotto's painted reliefs; 5. Triumph and apotheosis from Augustine to Dante; Epilogue: Relief, triumph, transcendence.

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Book SynopsisThe landscapes range from the shores of Morecambe Bay and the wild Forest of Bowland in the north to the coastal flatlands and Pennine mill towns in the south. Lancaster, the historic county town, boasts some of the finest Georgian buildings in northern England. This book features numerous maps and color photographs of the area.

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Book SynopsisEach of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They can be thought of as addenda to the foundation volume Analysing Architecture, which first appeared in 1997 and has subsequently been enlarged in three further editions. Examining these extra themes as a series of Notebooks, rather than as additional chapters in future editions, allows greater space for more detailed exploration of a wider variety of examples, whilst avoiding the risk of the original book becoming unwieldy.Shadows may be insubstantial but they are, nevertheless, an important element in architecture. In prehistoric times we sought shade as a refuge from the hot sun and chilling rain. Through history architects have used shadows to draw, to mould form, to paint pictures, to orchestrate atmosphere, to indicate the passing of time  as well as to identify place. Sometimes shadow can be the subsTable of ContentsPreface Introduction – Our World of Shadow Shadow Types Drawing Shadow – Sciagraphy Drawing with Shadow Practical Shadow Problematic Shadow Shadow Container Contained Shadow Shadow Threshold Narrative Shadow Regional Shadow Stage Set for Shadow Shadow and Time Japanese Shadow Islamic Shadow Le Corbusier – Architect of Shadow Endnote Acknowledgements Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDiverse Practices, the third book in the Active Landscape Photography series, presents a set of unique photographic examples for site-specific investigations of landscape places. Contributed by authors across academia, practice and photography, each chapter serves as a rigorous discussion about photographic methods for the landscape and their underlying concepts. Chapters also serve as unique case studies about specific projects, places and landscape issues.Project sites include the Miller Garden, Olana, XX Miller Prize and the Philando Castile Peace Garden. Landscape places discussed include the archeological landscapes of North Peru, watery littoral zones, the remote White Pass in Alaska, Sau Paulo and New York Cityâs Chinatown. Photographic image-making approaches include the use of lidar, repeat photography, collage, mapping, remote image capture, portraiture, image mining of internet sources, visual impact assessment, cameraless photography, transect walking and interviewing.These diverse practices demonstrate how photography, when utilized through a set of specific critical methods, becomes a rich process for investigating the landscape. Exploring this concept in relationship to specific contemporary sties and landscape issues reveals the intricacy and subtlety that exists when photography is used actively.Practitioners, academics, students and researchers will be inspired by the underlying concepts of these examples and come away with a better understanding about how to create their own rigorous photographic practices.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Diverse PracticesAnne C GodfreyPractice, Methods and Process: Photographic Representation is a VerbAnne C GodfreyPart I: Systems1. Cameraless Photography at the Water’s Edge: Rethinking Collaboration and Exchange in the Littoral ZonePhoebe Lickwar2. Looking Through the Trees: Lidar, Archaeology, and the Possibility of Seeing OtherwiseParker VanValkenburgh3. Between the Rendered and the Real: Photography as a Comparative Analysis ToolAidan Ackerman, Robin Hoffman4. Taking Strolls in Virtual Space: Finding the Stranger’s Path in Google Streetview Context Photography Deni RuggeriPart II: Histories5. Engaged Photography: Revealing the Miller GardenMark R. Eischeid6. Photographs as Tools for Restoring the Historic Landscape of OlanaCharlotte Barrows7. Revealing Landscapes Beyond the Monuments: Matching Past to Present Using Remote Repeat Photography Anna Suet Tiburzi Part III: Narratives8. Repeat Photography's Practical Applications in Contemporary Landscape Planning and DesignRachel Edmonds, Casey Howard, and Laurie Matthews9. XX Miller Prize: Centering Women’s Stories Through PortraitureSahar Coston-Hardy, Rhiannon Sinclair10. Photography and a Dramaturgical Approach to SitesBrian KatenPart IV: Moments11. OverdrawingLiska Chan12. Ways of Seeing; Documenting LandscapeHannah Durham13. Serial Process: Serial photography as Critical PracticeMaura Rockcastle and Ross Altheimer

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Book SynopsisVisual Delight in Architecture examines the many ways that our lives are enriched by the presence of natural daylight and window views within our buildings. It makes a compelling case that daily exposure to the rhythms of daylight is essential to our health and well-being, tied to the very genetic foundations of our physiology and cognitive function. It describes all the subtlety, beauty, and pleasures of well-daylit spaces and attractive window views, and explains how these are woven into the fabric of both our everyday sensory experience and enduring cultural perspectives.All types of environmental designers, along with anyone interested in human health and well- being, will fi nd new insights offered by Visual Delight in Architecture. The book is both accessible and provocative, full of personal stories and persuasive research, helping designers to gain a deeper understanding of the scientific basis of their designs, scientists to better grasp the realTrade Review"We need this book now more than ever because we spend more time indoors now than at any point in human history. With Visual Delight in Architecture, Heschong redirects our gaze and reimagines what it means to create truly humane indoor environments. Every person desires a view to the outdoors to satiate their appetite for light. This is a fundamental human need and its provision should be a basic human right…" Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, PhD, Director, Institute for Health in the Built Environment; Professor of Architecture, University of Oregon"Architects, and anyone, interested in creating a more humanitarian world need to read this book, immediately! As the preeminent architect who demonstrated how daylit buildings can improve learning, working and selling, Lisa Heschong brings us up to date with added attention to views. Skillfully synthesizing research, literature, and design imperatives, Heschong summarizes why both daylight and views are needed in our buildings to better serve all building occupants, our society, and the future of the planet."Margo Jones, FAIA, NCARB, LEED-AP, Founding Partner, Jones Whitsett Architects, Massachusetts"There is so much more to Visual Delight in Architecture than seeing – from rhythm to health to cognition to community to beauty to survival – Lisa Heschong brings another brilliant treatise to life, for all of us who design and inhabit architecture."Vivian Loftness, FAIA, Paul Mellon Chairholder and University Professor in Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University"Now, three generations after my architect father Richard Neutra started to write pleas for researched responsible design, architect and researcher Lisa Heschong is showing us how far we have come and how far we have to go in understanding the deep biological impact of what reaches us through our eyes."Dr. Raymond Neutra, Epidemiologist, Past President of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Chair of the Richard Neutra Foundation, Past (Associate and Assistant) Professor of Public Health, UCLA and Harvard University“Reading Visual Delight is like experiencing Heschong sharing stories around a campfire. The book imbues the next generation of solarpunks with her knowledge while regaling lay readers with the sublime phenomena of our universal experience of the world through our visual system…. It is these contemplative ponderings that truly elevate the book.”Dan Weissman, AIA, MIES, Assoc. IALD, Senior Associate and Director of Lam Labs at the Cambridge, Mass.–based lighting design firm Lam Partners"Visual Delight in Architecture by Lisa Heschong (‎Routledge, April 2021, 398 pp.) examines the many ways in which the time we spend indoors is enriched by daylight and window views. The book makes the case that daily exposure to daylight is essential for human health and wellbeing, while describing the subtlety, beauty, and pleasures of well-daylighted spaces and attractive window views."Craig DiLouie, Educator, Journalist and Marketing Expert"Visual Delight in Architecture: Daylight, Vision, and View (Routledge, 2021) explores in an entertaining, accessible, and thorough way the connections between daylight, views and human health and well-being. This delightful book will teach you more than you can imagine about the subject yet will leave you inspired to learn more." Mark Rylander, AIA, Kennon Williams Landscape Studio, Charlottesville, Virginia"Lisa Heschong's Visual Delight in Architecture: Daylight, Vision, and View (Routledge, 2021) is possibly the most significant book on architecture and lighting of the past two decades–a foundational text that lays crucial groundwork for the evolution of research and design practice for a healthier built environment."Clifton Lemon, CEO of Clifton Lemon Associates, program director for the LightSpec Conferences and a member of The Lighting Agora"Lisa Heschong’s recent book is an expansive journey through her extraordinary career’s worth of ideas centered around the human need for light, specifically the dynamism of daylight and the role of views as grounding our place in the world. Its emphasis is on the critical importance of bringing that experience into buildings."Christopher Meek, Center for Integrated Design, University of Washington (excerpt from Buildings & Cities) Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Prediction 1. Planetary Rhythms 2. Chronobiology and Human Health 3. The Evolving and Aging Eye 4. The Predictive Brain 5. Attention and Insight Part 2: Perception 6. Learning to See 7. Patterns of Daylight Illumination 8. Designing with Daylight 9. Elements of View Part 3: Motivation 10. Daylighting Education 11. Selling Daylight 12. Enduring Urban Forms 13. The Value of View 14. Working with Daylight 15. Healing Daylight Part 4: Meaning 16. Iconic Daylight and Views 17. Visions of Nature 18. Biophilia and Technophilia 19. Synthesis and Next Steps Conclusion Glossary List of Illustrations Notes and References Index Acknowledgements About the Author

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Book SynopsisA lavishly illustrated survey of American Art Deco architecture.

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Book SynopsisThis fully updated edition of the successful book The Design of Lighting, provides the lighting knowledge needed by the architect in practice, the interior designer and students of both disciplines. The new edition offers a clear structure, carefully selected material and linking of lighting with other subjects, in order to provide the reader with a comprehensive and specifically architectural approach to lighting. Features of this new edition include: technical knowledge of lighting in the context of architectural design; an emphasis on imagination in architectural light and presentation of the tools necessary in practice for creative design; additional chapters on the behaviour of light and on the context of design; a strong emphasis on sustainable design and energy saving, with data and examples; analyses of actual lighting schemes and references to current standards and desTrade Review"The use of the term "guidebook" is intentional in that the apparent goal of the book in concept, if not in the overall size of the book, is to provide all the knowledge one would need as we journey into the "unknown" intending to provide light; a most interesting and intriguing concept in this age of electronic knowledge." – Fred Oberkircher, Fellow IES, Ed. IALD, LC, past President lES, Book Review Editor for LD+A Table of ContentsPart 1: Foundations 1. Observing Light 2. Describing Light 3. Describing Colour 4. Light and Vision 5. Lamps and Luminaires 6. Sun and Sky 7. Models and Calculations 8. Measuring Light Part 2: Design 9. Ambience and Place 10. Lighting to Increase Visibility: Tasks and Display 11. Design in Practice Part 3: Applications 12. Desk-based Workplaces 12.1 A School Classroom Worked Example 1: Average Daylight Factor Worked Example 2: Sunlight Penetration Worked Example 3: Lumen Method Worked Example 4: Energy Use 12.2 Offices Professional Design Example I:SHI International Corp World Headquarters, New Jersey, USA 13. Buildings for Display 13.1 Retail Spaces 13.2 Art Galleries and Museums Worked Example 5: Illuminating a Picture, Point Source Calculation Professional Design Example II: The New Acropolis Museum, Athens 14 Residential Care Buildings Professional Design Example III: Colliers Gardens Extra Care Housing, Fishponds, North Bristol, UK Worked Example 6: Sunpaths and Vertical Sky Componentn 15. Hotels: Public Rooms Professional Design Example IV: Mandarin Oriental Hotels, Geneva and Prague 16. Exterior Lighting: Buildings and Pathways 16.1 Floodlighting a Building Worked Example 7: Presentation of Floodlighting Designs 16.2 Pedestrian Routes and Surrounding Areas Professional Design Example V: Devonshire Square, London, UK 16.3 Conclusions 17. References and Further Reading 18. Data

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Book SynopsisBy reading this book, you will develop the skills to perceive a space and its contents in light, and be able to devise a layout of luminaires that will provide that lit appearance.Written by renowned lighting expert Christopher (Kit) Cuttle, the book: explains the difference between vision and perception, which is the distinction between providing lighting to make things visible, and providing it to influence the appearance of everything that is visible; demonstrates how lighting patterns generated by three-dimensional objects interacting with directional lighting are strongly influential upon how the visual perception process enables us to recognize object attributes, such as lightness, colourfulness, texture and gloss; reveals how a designer who understands the role of these lighting patterns in the perceptual process may employ them either to reveal, or to subdue, or to enhance the appearance of selected object attributes by cTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Role of Visual Perception 2. Ambient Illumination 3. Brightness Patterns 4. Illumination Hierarchy 5. Lighting Patterns 6. Luminous Elements 7. Getting it all together

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Book SynopsisDesigns for gardens and landscapes need to contain accurate information to ensure that both the designerâs intent is clear and to enable the highest quality constructions. This book contains the elements most often used when detailing surfaces, with key information on standards, guidance and construction that the practitioner must be aware of. Alongside the text are 2D and 3D images with suggestions of measurements, design considerations and materials. Key topics covered in this book are: Vehicular paving Pedestrian paving and patios Steps and ramps Margins, edges and kerbs Drainage channels To be used in conjunction with the book is an innovative online library of freely downloadable CAD (SketchUp format) details which link directly to those in the book. These details are available for the reader to edit, adapt and use in their own designs - and make the task of detailing for projTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Vehicular Paving 2. Pedestrian Paving 3. Drainage Channels 4. Margins, Edges, Kerbs and Trims 5. Steps and Ramps

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Book SynopsisFire safety is a fundamental requirement of any building, and is of concern to several professions which contribute to the construction process. Following on from the success of the previous three editions, Paul Stollard has returned to update and expand this classic introduction to the theoretical basis of fire-safety engineering and risk assessment. Avoiding complex calculations and specifications, Fire From First Principles is written with architects, building control officers and other construction professionals without fire engineering backgrounds in mind. By tackling an overview of the factors which contribute to fire risk, and how building design can limit these, the reader will gain a fuller understanding of the science behind fire regulations, safe design, and construction solutions. All regulations content is fully updated, and has been expTable of ContentsIntroduction Glossary of Fire Terms 1. Theory 2. Prevention 3. Communication 4. Escape 5. Containment 6. Extinguishment 7. Assessment 8. Information 9. A Brief Overview of the Building Regulatory System in the United States 10. Legislation, Codes of Practice and Standards in Hong Kong and Mainland China

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Book SynopsisDesigning and Constructing Prestressed Bridges focuses on troubleshooting the problems that are connected with finding the correct structural solution of bridges, the methods of their construction and the corresponding arrangement of prestressing steel.Trade ReviewThis book covers all aspects of the design and construction of prestressed concrete bridges in a comprehensive and systematic way. The various concepts are illustrated by an abundance of real projects, many of them elegantly designed by the first author in a structurally efficient way but also aesthetically pleasing. The book offers both theoretical concepts and practical insights, and ample attention is paid to environmental and architectural aspects. I can strongly recommend this splendid handbook to both bridge designers and practitioners involved in bridge construction. Of course, everybody interested in prestressed concrete will enjoy reading this nicely illustrated book. -- Luc R TaerweFor any engineer engaged in prestressed bridge design or construction this is a valuable reference, irrespective of previous knowledge or experience. Including some iconic case-studies, the breadth and depth of the subject is covered admirably, with details of every structural form described from the basics of simply supported slabs to the complexities of multi-span viaducts. An essential addition to a bridge engineer’s library. -- Richard Fish, Technical Secretary, Bridge Owners Forum, UKThis book provides a wide range of examples from the simplest precast beam deck right through to the medium and long span concrete bridge structure. It contains the design basis for the various bridge types including the issue of shrinkage and creep. A good book to have in your library and one that you can browse through over a coffee. -- Dr Jeffrey Fisher, Former Technical Director and now a Consultant to Mott MacDonald, UKThis book is a very practical guide for designers containing plenty of insightful case studies. It is extremely useful not only for the early career engineers but also experienced professionals working on prestressed concrete bridges. Chapter 8, focused on curved structures, was the most interesting chapter for me to read as curved bridges are very difficult to design and construct. -- Akio Kasuga, Executive Vice President and CTO of Sumitomo Mitsui Construction, JapanThis voluminous book serves not only as an engineering textbook but also as a design roadmap. It takes readers through the process of prestressed bridge design, from conceptualisation of structural behaviour to static and dynamic analysis of design options to produce aesthetically pleasing structures that seamlessly integrate with the landscape. Overall, the book is an excellent text for the working library of the professional engineer. -- Dian Saunders, Water and Sewerage Corporation, BahamasTable of Contents01. Introduction 02. Effects of Prestressing 03. Structural Types 04. Bridge Types 05. Bridge Construction 06. Structural Concrete 07. Effects of Concrete Creep and Shrinkage 08. Analysis of Concrete Bridges 09. Structures Assembled of Precast Beams 10. Span-By-Span Construction 11. Cantilever Construction

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Book SynopsisPrefabricated corrugated-iron buildings have been manufactured in Britain since the middle of the nineteenth century. Structures ranging from humble cottages to substantial churches, and from halls to hospitals and hotels, have since then been produced, packed and consigned to destinations at home and abroad. Though often regarded as cheap and temporary, these buildings are an expression of a progressive and vital chapter in the history of Britain''s construction industry. First used in 1829, corrugated-iron has become a familiar element in vernacular architecture and construction, bringing its particular character and colour to landscapes both rural and urban. The author draws on a wide range of research to highlight the significance, in Britain and across the world, of these oft-overlooked structures.Table of Contents?Introduction /New Properties /More Than Just a Cottage Industry /Building for a Changing Society /Buildings in Stock /A Kindly Domestic Beast /The Ups and Downs of Iron Sheeting /Further Reading /Places to Visit /Index

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Book SynopsisThe Rent of Form: Architecture and Labor in the Digital Age was first published in a different form in the original Portuguese as Arquitetura na era digital-financeira: desenho, canteiro e renda da forma (Saao Paolo, Brazil: Editora 34 Ltdsa., 2012).Trade Review"In this story, all is extraction, and the construction site is like a mine for the primary accumulation of symbolic capital. Form becomes function not in any useful way, but as a locus of value, forcing signifier and signified together through the raw power of the command: measure this and make this, in this way."—Reinhold Martin, from the Foreword"This timely translation of Pedro Fiori Arantes’s book into English explores the political and aesthetic dilemmas of contemporary architecture practice and theory from an opportune viewpoint. Firstly, it speaks from the South of the globalized world by entering and leaving conventional Western discourses. Secondly, it stems out of a little-known yet commanding line of historical-materialist criticism of architecture shaped up in Brazil since the 1970s, especially at the University of São Paulo. The Rent of Form sheds light onto obscured aspects of architectural production as well as onto the challenges that continue to tie it to unequal economic and social practices."—Zeuler Lima, Washington University in St. LouisTable of ContentsIntroduction · Stars of ExceptionChapter 1 · The Forms of RentChapter 2 · Programmed DesignChapter 3 · One to One: Full Scale Construction SiteConclusion -The New FrontierDistribution of MedalsThe End of the Era of Excesses?The Green WaveAnnexe Architecture in ReviewBibliographic References

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Book SynopsisAll buildings must stand. An adequate structure was as necessary for the simplest primitive hut as it is for the tallest or widest-spanning modern building. However, this requirement became more difficult to satisfy as designers became more adventurous and the experience already gained became less directly applicable. The present papers look at the consequent evolution of design methods and the types of understanding that have been essential guides. A particular focus is the question of how earlier innovations, made without the benefits of modern theory, were possible. Other papers look in detail at the most outstanding of these achievements, such as the church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and the dome of Florence Cathedral.Trade Review'During 40 years Rowland Mainstone has been a prolific and original writer on developments in the history of architectural structures. This collection of 22 of his papers demonstrates their quality and authority...These papers should help destroy the popular myth that we do not know how cathedrals and great works of antiquity were designed or built...They should be essential reading for everyone engaged in restoring and conserving buildings, and will be equally rewarding for the sheer pleasure of better understanding the enormity of our debt to the technical achievements of past centuries.' Architectural Review '...very readable and has much to interest the practising engineer or anyone with a visual sense and an enquiring mind.' Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings News 'With the depth of research reported, the great wealth of its references, and its illumination of such diverse themes and topics, the book must easily claim space in architectural libraries and provide stimuli for further studies. Significant assistance to the wide variety of studies which can be envisaged is given by the inclusion of three separate indexes, for 'subjects', 'bridges, buildings and places', and 'persons'.' Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain NewsletterTable of ContentsContents: Intuition and the springs of structural invention; The springs of invention revisited; The role of tradition in the development of form in domes, shells, and space structures; Structural theory and design before 1742; Developments in structural design since the seventeenth century especially in Britain; Structural analysis, structural insights, and historical interpretation; On the structure of the Roman Pantheon; The structure of the church of St Sophia, Istanbul; The reconstruction of the tympana of St Sophia at Istanbul; Hagia Sophia: Justinian’s Church of Divine Wisdom, later the Mosque of Ayasofya, in Istanbul; Hagia Sophia’s first dome; The structural conservation of Hagia Sophia: past history and present needs; The first and second churches of San Marco reconsidered; Squinches and pedentives: comments on problems of definition; Westminster Hall roof; Brunelleschi’s dome of S. Maria del Fiore and some related structures; Brunelleschi’s dome; The dome of St Peter’s: structural aspects of its design and construction and inquiries into its stability; Sinan’s Suleymaniye Mosque and Justinian’s Hagia Sophia; Designs for ribbed vaults by Guarini and Leonardo; The reinforced flat arches of the east colonnade of the Louvre; The Eddystone Lighthouse; Additional notes and comments; Index of subjects; Index of buildings; Index of persons.

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Book SynopsisAt a time when organized heritage protection in Asia is developing at a rapid pace, Architectural Conservation in Asia provides the first comprehensive overview of architectural conservation practice from Afghanistan to the Philippines. The country-by-country analysis adopted by the book draws out local insights, experiences, best practice and solutions for effective cultural heritage management that will inform study and practice both in Asia and beyond.Whereas architectural conservation in much of the Western world has been extensively documented, this book brings together coverage of many regions where architectural conservation has been understudied. Following on from the highly influential companion volumes on global architectural conservation and architectural conservation in Europe and the Americas, with this book the authors extend their pioneering global examination to the dynamic and evolving field of architectural conservation in Asia.Trade Review‘Architectural Conservation in Asia is remarkable in that it is the first book of its kind that provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of architectural conservation not only across geographical and political boundaries, but also across traditional and contemporary built heritage in Asia. In this regard, it is an invaluable reference for students and enthusiasts of architectural conservation, and it provides the necessary foundation for deeper understanding of the topic.' - Ho-Yin Lee, Head of Division of Architectural Conservation Programmes, The University of Hong Kong'The built heritage of Asia is among the oldest, most widespread, and most diverse in the world. But it is also the most endangered. Wars, rapid urbanization, explosive population growth, antiquities thieves, climate change and other challenges are putting at great risk this heritage which belongs not just to Asia, but to humankind. This new book by Stubbs and Thomson is both timely and critical to generate an international demand for the protection of these irreplaceable assets.' - Donovan Rypkema, President, Heritage Strategies International 'This latest contribution on the histories and current challenges of built heritage conservation by John Stubbs, this time partnering with Robert Thomson, is an important contribution to correcting the overemphasis on Europe, which has shaped how we understand conservation and world history in the modern era. A highly ambitious book, Architectural Conservation in Asia provides a unique overview of how the conservation of built heritage has evolved across the region, tackling debates about the materialities of uncomfortable histories, or how ‘Asian approaches’ to conservation intersect with 19th century colonial practices. I am particularly heartened to see chapters on Central Asia, a long overlooked, yet historically significant, region. This is essential reading for anyone interested in both the global and Asian history of conservation.' - Tim Winter, Research Chair in Cultural Heritage, Deakin University, Melbourne'A remarkable achievement. A magnificent guided tour through Asia’s architectural conservation. Following the success of Time Honored: A Global View of Architectural Conservation and Architectural Conservation in Europe and the Americas, this book continues to offer readers an exceptionally wide and valuable perspective, as well as insights into the diverse practices of architectural conservation in Asia. It has achieved this challenging task with confidence and aptitude. This is a go-to book for anyone who wishes to have an overview of Asia’s architectural conservation history.’ - Yeo Kang Shua, Singapore University of Technology and Design'John Stubbs and Robert G. Thompson have done an excellent job summarizing the current state of architectural conservation practice in Asia. Spanning the whole of the Asian landmass and covering twenty-three countries, Architectural Conservation in Asia addresses both past and present practice; the principal issues and concerns; and the current governmental apparatus throughout the region. The authors also include shorter essays, many commissioned by leading figures in the field of conservation, to provide insights on specific details of contemporary practice...The book is extensively illustrated and well supplied with maps providing even uninformed readers with a strong understanding of the range of sites and conservation practices throughout Asia. The third volume in Stubbs’s comprehensive story of conservation practice throughout the world, this last offering is essential reading for anyone interested in heritage and conservation and especially those involved in practice in Asia.' - William Chapman, Professor and Interim Dean, School of Architecture, University of Hawaii at Manoa, New York, USA‘[This book] is the first comprehensive overview of architectural conservation practice in Asia.…[I]t covers Asia country by country from Afghanistan to Japan, illustrating the rich diversity of the continent in terms both of the heritage and the approaches taken to protecting it.…Stubbs and Thomson see the heritage profession evolving from its earlier focus on the questions "how to conserve?" and "what to conserve?" to take in the more complex issues of "for whom?" and "why?".’ - William Logan, Professor Emeritus, Deakin University Table of ContentsForeword A.G. Krishna Menon Preface General Introduction Part 1: East Asia Introduction 1. Japan 2. The People’s Republic of China 3. Taiwan 4. South and North Korea 5. Mongolia Conclusion Part 2: Southeast Asia Introduction 6. Myanmar (Burma) 7. Laos 8. Cambodia 9. Thailand 10. Vietnam Conclusion Part 3: Southeast Asian Island Countries Introduction 11. Singapore 12. Malaysia 13. Brunei 14. Indonesia 15. The Philippines Conclusion Part 4: South Asia Introduction 16. India 17. Sri Lanka and Maldives 18. Pakistan 19. Bangladesh 20. Bhutan 21. Nepal Conclusion Part 5: Central Asia Introduction 22. Afghanistan 23. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan Conclusion Looking Ahead Glossary General and Additional Readings Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the concept of spatial transparency; a form of spatial continuity that articulates depth through permeable, layered, or porous three-dimensional organizations where interstitial light is present. Although transparency is a concept largely associated with the modern movement, the use of glazed components, and twentieth-century architectural discourse, spatial transparency is a form of depth awareness through intermediate domains, takes place through the interstitial fabric of a structure, and occurs when several consecutive domains are spatially and visually connected. These immersive environments invite active participation, not as one-way communication but as a series of visual and experiential exchanges, interdependencies, and relationships.Divided into four parts, the book examines spatial transparency in massive opaque constructions, light constructions, glass assemblies, and hybrid systems. It analyzes both the phenomenon of visual connectivity and cTable of ContentsSpatial Transparency in Architecture: Light, Layering, and Porosity Introduction Essays; PART I Spatial Transparency in Massive Opaque Assemblies; 1. Densely Pillared and/or Arcaded Spaces: Great Mosque of Cordoba / New Interpretations; 2. Carved-Out Volumes: Chillida Spaces / Zumthor’s Thermal Baths Vals; 3. Pierced Layers: Soane’s House-Museum / Loos’ Villa Müller; 4. Courtyards and Light Wells: Lingering Garden / Luigi Bocconi University; 5. Layered Aerial Stairs, Ramps, and Bridges: Centro Cultural Sao Paulo / Morphosis’ Perot Museum; PART II Spatial Transparency in Skeletal and Lacy Assemblies; 6. Layered Frameworks: Yoshijima House / Fujimoto’s House NA; 7. Layered and/or Porous Screens: Oxford Museum / Kengo Kuma’s SunnyHills; 8. Weblike Structures: Munich Olympic Park / Beijing National Stadium; PART III Spatial Transparency in Glass Assemblies; 9. Layered Glass Organizations: Cartier Foundation / Toledo Glass Museum; PART IV Spatial Transparency in Hybrid Systems; 10. Hybrid Spatial Configurations: Rudolph’s Penthouse / Madrid Barajas Airport; Corollary: Investigations in "Spacescapes"; Conclusion; Index

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Book SynopsisOpen Building is an internationally recognized approach to the design of buildings and building complexes with roots in the way the ordinary built environment grows and regenerates. The Open Building approach recognizes that both stability and change are realities to be managed in the contemporary built environment. Buildings â and the neighborhoods they occupy â are not static during the most stable times or during times of rapid social and technical change. They are living organisms that need constant adjustments to remain attractive, safe and valuable.Using case studies of built projects from around the world, this book explains the Open Building approach and discusses important characteristics of everyday built environment that the Open Building approach designs for. It also presents a key method that can be used to put the approach into use. It addresses questions such as: How can we design large projects for inevitable change? How can we balance theTrade Review"As early as 1962, John Habraken had discovered that mass housing was based on two incorrect principles: 1) all people want the same thing; and 2) professionals know what is good for them. The reality is that no two people have the same preferences, and their wishes and possibilities are constantly changing. Based on life-time experiences, John and Stephen Kendall discuss in this book the interaction between those people – in their homes, office, schools and healthcare centers – and the built environment and who should decide on it." Frank Bijdendijk, Former Managing Director of the Housing Association Het Oosten (later Stadgemoot), Amsterdam; Founder and President of the National Renovation Platform; Board of Inspiration, Re-Born – Circular Real Estate "This book offers a good opportunity for architects to quickly know what’s happening in Open Building practice in different contexts all over the world. The book reflects the impact the Open Building approach can have on the relationship among architects, developers and occupants in the whole life of buildings. This reflection should inspire and encourage architects to rethink and practice in a more empathic and sustainable perspective." Liu Peng, Chief Architect, Senior Architect, First Grade, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design "This is an extremely useful book that is both theoretical and practical and both for the developed and the developing world. It opens discourses on wicked questions of top-down vs. bottom-up approaches, architecture as a product vs. process, architects’ control over built form, and straddling the past and the future. A truly one-of-its-kind book." Vishwanath Kashikar, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India Table of Contents1. PREFACE 2. INTRODUCTION 3. BUILT PROJECTS THAT EXEMPLIFY THE OPEN BUILDING APPROACH URBAN OR CAMPUS DESIGN Sydhavnen/Sluseholmen, Copenhagen Harbor, Copenhagen, Denmark; Westpolder Bolwerk, Berkel en Rodenrijs, the Netherlands; Katwijk Inner Harbor Project, Katwijk, the Netherlands; Master Plan for the Inselspital Hospital Campus, Bern, Switzerland RESIDENTIAL Molenvliet, Papendrecht, the Netherlands; NEXT21, Osaka, Japan; Plus-Home, Arabianranta, Helsinki, Finland; TILA, Helsinki, Finland; TOP-UP, Amsterdam, the Netherlands HEALTHCARE INO Intensive Care Facility, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland; Sammy Ofer Heart Building, Tel Aviv, Israel; Oregon Health Center, Portland, Oregon, USA EDUCATION Shenzhen University Engineering School, Shenzhen, PR China; Santa Monica High School Discovery Building, Los Angeles, California, USA; 4. THE OPEN BUILDING APPROACH EXPLAINED 5. FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF EVERYDAY ENVIRONMENT THAT OPEN BUILDING DESIGNS FOR 6. CAPACITY ANALYSIS – A KEY TOOL OF THE OPEN BUILDING APPROACH 7. A DETAILED STUDY OF CAPACITY ANALYSIS IN ADAPTIVE REUSE – OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL 8. HOW A RESIDENTIAL INFILL INDUSTRY WILL CHANGE THE CULTURE OF BUILDING POSTSCRIPT 1: TOWARD A NEW RESEARCH AGENDA POSTSCRIPT 2: THE QUALITY OF THE COMMONS

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Book SynopsisThis revised edition of Exercises in Architecture: Learning to Think as an Architect is full of new content, building on the success of the previous edition. All the original exercises have been revised and new ones added, with the format changing to allow the inclusion of more supplementary material. The aim remains the same, to help pre- or early-course architecture students begin and develop their ability to think as architects.Learning to do architecture is tricky. It involves awakening abilities that remain dormant in most people. It is like learning language for the first time; a task made more mystifying by the fact that architecture deals not in words but in places: places to stand, to walk, to sit, to hide, to sleep, to cook, to eat, to work, to play, to worshipThis book was written for those who want to be architects. It suggests a basis for early experiences in a school of architecture; but it could also be used in secondarTrade Review‘One of those books I wish I had come across when I was studying design. It’s a wonderful educational endeavour.’ Michael Andersson, Amazon.co.uk‘Great book by a great author.’ jgfw, Amazon.comTable of ContentsPrelude: the essence of architecture Introduction Section 1: fundamentals Exercise 1: the substance without substance Exercise 2: flipping perceptions Exercise 3: axis (and its denial) Exercise 4: doorway places Section 2: geometry Exercise 5: alignment Exercise 6: anthropometry Exercise 7: social geometry Exercise 8: geometry of making Exercise 9: geometry of planning Exercise 10: ideal geometry Exercise 11: axial symmetry Exercise 12: playing with geometry Section 3: out into the real world Exercise 13: making places in the landscape Exercise 14: making places just by being Exercise 15: geometry of making Exercise 16: responding to conditions Exercise 17: framing atmospheres Exercise 18: measured drawing Exercise 19: setting down space-time rules Section 4: additional exercises Exercise 20: place descriptions in literature Exercise 21: architecture without sight Exercise 21: eliciting an emotional response Exercise 22: framing Acknowledgements Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is an easily digestible guide to the management and practice knowledge needed to establish and run an architectural practice. It is of particular interest to those starting out in the profession and to students, whilst also being useful to architects more widely who need succinct information to assist them in the daily management of their work. The book sits beside the Architectâs Legal Pocket Book providing legal information and the Architectâs Pocket Book providing guidance in design. It covers all the main management and practice topics relevant to the running of an architectural business including setting up the company, the profession, project management, fees, office management, financial management and teamwork. It also looks at the state of the construction industry and the architectural profession today, new forms of practice, and how the profession is changing. The book is interweaved with pearls of wisdom and experience and reflections from archite

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Book SynopsisThe Built Environment through the Prism of the Colonial Periodical Press is a venture of the International Group for Studies of Colonial Periodical Press of the Portuguese Empire (IGSCP-PE), who are also interested in comparative studies and conceptual discussions. Through a focus on the understudied role of colonial periodicals in the creation and public discussion of colonial built environments, the present book contributes to a cultural history of the idea of built environment. The studies underscore the role of press in articulating environment imaging and transformations with colonial ideologies, projects and policies, and the fixing, othering and disputing of identities, while still retaining the epochal circulation of ideas. This role is evidenced through discussions of forests, clubs, hotels, barracks, hospitals, houses, verandas and gardens, railways, Catholic churches and Hindu templescapes, restorations and exhibitions. The book also examines a non-canonical varietTable of Contents1. The Forest or the Tree? Colonial Forestry and Environmental Debates in the Goan Periodical Press.José Ferreira2. Iron Message: Railways in the German Colonial Press.Corinna Schäfer3. Infrastructure in the Making: The Ottoman Railway Company as Portrayed by the Smyrna Mail.Elvan Cobb4. Tropical Building: A Typology Defined in British Military Engineering Journals.Pedro Guedes5. Illustration as propaganda in the nineteenth-century periodical press: British Empire building on the terrace at Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo.Anne Shelley6. Educating the colonial spouse or pushing the agenda of Tropical Modernism in the Belgian Congo? Architecture and the coloniser's house in the pages of the Bulletin de l'Union des Femmes Coloniales.Johan Lagae7. Reconstructing Templescapes in Goa: Santeri-Śāntādurgā and Other Female Deities through the Compromissos of the Boletim OfficialCibele Aldrovandi8. Conflicted Identities: Bombay's Catholic communities, its buildings and the Press.Alice Santiago Faria and Sidh Losa Mendiratta9. Constructing the Empire: Italian Colonial Architecture and the practice of ambientazione.Monica Palmeri10. 'Old Goa must be brought back to life': The restoration of Old Goa's monuments in the Goan periodical press during the Portuguese colonial period.Joaquim Rodrigues dos Santos11. Cabo Verde Boletim de Propaganda e Informação (1949-64): from propaganda to the demands for change at the periphery of the Portuguese empire.Ana Vaz Milheiro

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Book SynopsisTensegrity structures are pre-stressed systems of cables and bars in which no bar is connected to the other and the structure has no continuous rigid skeleton. This general introduction presents an original general method for the design of tensegrity structures, the first configurations of which were found by trial and error.The book begins with two-dimensional tensegrity structures, particularly tensegrity nets, tensegrity chains, tensegrity rings and tensegrity arches. These are then developed to original configurations of spatial tensegrity structures such as tensegrity slabs, primitive spatial tensegrity arches, and primitive tensegrity domes, as well as more elaborate spatial tensegrity structures such as tensegrity cylindrical shells, slim tensegrity domes, tensegrity vaults, and tensegrity caps. Presents a robust new approach to the design of tensegrity structures Extends tensegrity structures to new three-dimensional configurations TTable of ContentsIntroduction. Tensegrity: Literature survey. Part 1. Two-dimensional plane tensegrity structures. 1. Kite structures. 2. Tensegrity nets. 3. Tensegrity chains. 4. Tensegrity plane arches. 5. Tensegrity rings. Part 2. Three-dimensional spatial tensegrity structures. 6. Tensegrity slabs. 7. Spatial tensegrity rings. 8. Tensegrity vaults. 9. Tensegrity cylindrical shells. 10. Spatial tensegrity arches. 11. Configuration of primitive tensegrity structures. 12. Slim tensegrity domes. 13. Tensegrity caps. 14. Tensegrity domes. Part 3. Stable tensegrity structures, tenssable structures. 15. Two-dimensional tensstable arches. 16. Three-dimensional tensstable structures.

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Book SynopsisVibration Engineering presents recent developments in the field of engineering, encompassing industrial norms, applications within the finite element method, infrastructure safety assessment, and active vibration control strategies. It offers a study in seismic vibration control and analysis for building structures and liquid storage tanks.Spanning across the multiple domains of vibration engineering, the book highlights machinery diagnostics, modal analysis, energy harvesting, balancing, vibration isolation, and human-vibration interaction. It discusses experimental fault identification in journal bearings using vibration-based methods. This book also considers advances in vibration-based structural health monitoring of civil infrastructures.This book will be a useful reference for industry professionals and engineers facing challenges while dealing with the vibrations in the fields of mechanical, aerospace, structural, and civil engineering.

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Book SynopsisHow are the far-away, invisible landscapes where materials come from related to the highly visible, urban landscapes where those same materials are installed? Reciprocal Landscapes: Stories of Material Movements traces five everyday landscape construction materials fertilizer, stone, steel, trees, and wood from seminal public landscapes in New York City, back to where they came from. Drawing from archival documents, photographs, and field trips, the author brings these two separate landscapes the material's source and the urban site where the material ended up together, exploring themes of unequal ecological exchange, labor, and material flows. Each chapter follows a single material's movement: guano from Peru that landed in Central Park in the 1860s, granite from Maine that paved Broadway in the 1890s, structural steel from Pittsburgh that restructured Riverside Park in the 1930s, London plane street trees grown on Rikers Island by incarcerated workers thatTrade Review"Reciprocal Landscapes shows us what matters about landscape by revealing what matter is doing in it – where it came from, why it was taken, and how it was extracted, worked, fought over, and transported. Original in conception, rigorous in execution, Hutton’s book is nothing less than a brilliant synthesis of materialisms ‘historical’ and ‘new’; an incisive model for the critical analysis of landscape." – Douglas Spencer, Director of Graduate Education and Associate Professor, Iowa State University, USA"Reciprocal Landscapes shows us what matters about landscape by revealing what matter is doing in it — where it came from, why it was taken and how it was extracted, worked, fought over and transported. Original in conception, rigorous in execution, Hutton’s book is nothing less than a brilliant synthesis of materialisms ‘historical’ and ‘new’; an incisive model for the critical analysis of landscape." - Douglas Spencer, Director of Graduate Education and Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Iowa State UniversityTable of Contents1. Inexhaustible Terrain: Guano from the Chincha Islands, Peru to Central Park, 1862 2. Range of Motions: Granite from Vinalhaven, Maine to Broadway, 1892 3. Rivers of Steel: Steel from Pittsburgh to Riverside Park, 1937 4. Breathing with Trees: London Plane Trees from Rikers Island to 7th Avenue, 1959 5. Arresting Decay: Tropical Hardwood from Para, Brazil to the High Line, 2009

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Book SynopsisConstructing the Persuasive Portfolio helps you learn the art of designing a compelling and effective architectural portfolio. Margaret Fletcher categorizes the architectural portfolio design process into a step-by-step method that you can manage and understand. The full-color book includes 400 portfolio examples from 55 designers, along with more than 50 diagrams, and a set of 48 design actions that are marked throughout.You will learn how to:-Identify your readership-Collect, document, and catalog your work-Organize your portfolio-Visually structure your portfolio-Design your layout-Manage both printed and digital portfolio formatsAs your ultimate persuasive tool, your portfolio is the single most important design exercise of your academic and professional career. Constructing the Persuasive Portfolio shows you everything you need to know to create your portfolio and is the only portfolio design book you will ever need!<Trade Review"Margaret Fletcher’s Constructing the Persuasive Portfolio is a truly impressive and comprehensive guide and checklist. This book takes you through the full process of creating portfolios – from the early planning, strategies, initiation and concept development to content, design and production. The fulsome detail and demonstrable examples make this an indispensable tool."Nigel Smith, Creative Director, KerrSmith Design"First impressions count, especially when the designer isn’t there to do the talking! A persuasive portfolio can win a competition, gain admission to a school, or garner support for a project. Margaret Fletcher provides a valuable, thoughtful, and well-designed framework for anyone who needs to present ideas visually in Constructing the Persuasive Portfolio. This book is a must-have for the bookshelves of designers and non-designers alike!" Brooke Hodge, Director of Architecture and Design, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California"Designers in the visual arts and architecture have the opportunity to present their work as unique individuals. A myriad of graphic design and presentation skills must be practiced and applied in order to prepare portfolios that successfully portray the attributes of each project's design intent. Margaret Fletcher’s Constructing the Persuasive Portfolio offers a comprehensive and easily accessible view into the creation of both print and digital versions of portfolio design. Students and professionals in many disciplines will benefit from its diagrammatic explanations and visually inspiring examples."Barbara Ambach, Associate Professor CT College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver"In Constructing The Persuasive Portfolio Margaret Fletcher describes her extraordinary step-by-step process for designers to re-represent their ideas, experiences and ability to solve problems and inspire the imagination of others."Mack Scogin, Architect Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Work Before the Work 2. Designing the Portfolio Systems 3. Designing the Graphic Layout 4. Determining Portfolio Format 5. Case Studies Index. Acknowledgments. Illustration Credits

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of Designing Tall Buildings, an accessible reference to guide you through the fundamental principles of designing high-rises, features two new chapters, additional sections, 400 images, project examples, and updated US and international codes. Each chapter focuses on a theme central to tall-building design, giving a comprehensive overview of the related architecture and structural engineering concepts. Author Mark Sarkisian, PE, SE, LEED AP BD+C, provides clear definitions of technical terms and introduces important equations, gradually developing your knowledge. Projects drawn from SOM's vast portfolio of built high-rises, many of which Sarkisian engineered, demonstrate these concepts.This book advises you to consider the influence of a particular site''s geology, wind conditions, and seismicity. Using this contextual knowledge and analysis, you can determine what types of structural solutions are best suited for a tower onTrade Review"Designing Tall Buildings is the best book on structures and architecture available. It appeals to both architects and engineers, capturing the "why" and the "how" of tall building construction. It explains the history of tall buildings and details the structural rationale behind the art. Mark Sarkisian is a brilliant and engaging instructor, bringing structural theory to life. This book is a must-read for all designers." - Mary Comerio, Professor of the Graduate School, UC Berkeley, USA"Designing Tall Buildings is a seminal reference guide that clearly illustrates the inseparability of architecture, structural design, and local context in the realization of tall buildings around the world. As one of SOM’s foremost structural engineering partners and a global thought leader on skyscraper design, Mark Sarkisian is the perfect author to give this message." – Antony Wood, Executive Director, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, USA"Designing Tall Buildings: Structure as Architecture clearly discusses the roles that structural design and nature play in tall buildings. Mark Sarkisian communicates an intuitive understanding of the interrelationships between forces at play. Clear and well written, with definitions at the end of each chapter, this book serves as an excellent learning tool." - Jon Daniel Davey, AIA, Professor of Architecture, Southern Illinois University, USA"Sarkisian’s Designing Tall Buildings provides a masterful discussion of the synergy of architecture and structural engineering in landmark building designs by SOM. This book has inspired both students and faculty in design studio courses at Stanford University that aspire to combine technical rigor and creative thinking in architecture and engineering through the art of tall building design."- Greg Deierlein, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, USATable of Contents1. Perspective 2. Fundamentals 3. Site 4. Forces 5. Language 6. Attributes 7. Characteristics 8. Systems 9. Nature 10. Mechanisms 11. Performance 12. Environment Glossary. References. Acknowledgments. The Author. Index

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Book SynopsisGlass has long transformed the architectural landscape. From the Crystal Palace through to the towering glass spires of today's cities, few architectural materials have held such immense symbolic resonance in the modern era. The Age of Glass explores the cultural and technological ascension of glass in modern and contemporary architecture. Showing how the use of glass is driven as much by changing cultural concerns as it is by developments in technology and style, it traces the richly interwoven material, symbolic, and ideological histories of glass to show how it has produced and dispersed meaning in architecture over the past two centuries. The book's chapters focus on key moments within the modern history of architecture, moments when glass came to the forefront of architectural thought, and which illustrate how glass has been used at different times to project different cultural ideas. A wide range of topics are explored from the tension between expressionism and functionalTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 - The Age of Glass Chapter 2 - Stained Glass Chapter 3 - Daylight Chapter 4 - Glass Visions Chapter 5 - Structural Glass Chapter 6 - Shade Chapter 7 - The Politics of Glass References Index

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Book SynopsisInterweaving architecture, philosophy and cultural history, Materials and Meaning in Architecture develops a rich and multi-dimensional exploration of materials and materiality, in an age when architectural practice seems otherwise preoccupied with image and visual representation. Arguing that architecture is primarily experienced by the whole body, rather than chiefly with the eyes, this broad-ranging study shows how the most engaging built works are as tactile as they are sensuous, communicating directly with the bodily senses, especially touch. It explores the theme of material imagination' and the power of establishing place identity' in an architect's work, to consider the enduring expressive possibilities of material use in architecture.The book's chapters can be dipped into, each individual chapter providing close readings of built works by selected modern masters (Scarpa, Zumthor, Williams and Tsien), insights into key texts and theories (Ruskin, Loos, Bachelard), or shTrade ReviewWe have always felt that interpretation of architecture is best left to others and perhaps best done posthumously! Nathaniel Coleman’s writing is both deeply thoughtful but more importantly to us – deeply sensitive. As it describes our intentions for the Folk Art Museum it makes us better understand ourselves and the work itself. His writing has opened us up and has made us change our minds – and perhaps that is the most powerful act a writer can achieve. * Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Architects, USA *An outstanding work that I would recommend to my students, colleagues, and practicing architects. Materials and Meaning in Architecture reminds readers of the extensive scope of the discipline and its intimate relation with everyday life. * Ufuk Ersoy, Clemson University, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Material as Reality Preserve: History, Theory, Design PART I: Material Theories and Practices 2. John Ruskin (1819-1900): Stones of Architecture 3. Loos (1870-1933): Not the Material but What is Done With It 4. Time Silted Up: Scarpa at the Castelvecchio Museum (1958-64) and Brion Cemetery (1969-1977) 5. Pool and Cave: Zumthor’s Thermal Baths at Vals (1996) 6. Terminal Jewel: Williams & Tsien’s Folk Art Museum (2001) 7. Tectonic Shifts: Miralles’ Arts & Crafts Ecstasy at the Scottish Parliament (2004) PART II: Narrating Materials and Meaning 8. Words of Desire: Envisaging Architecture 9. Human Touch: The Enduring Warmth of Wood 10. Fire and Wind: The Appeal of Baking Bricks 11. Wild at Heart: Concrete as Liquid Stone 12. Imaging Rationality: The Resolute Modernity of Steel 13. Transparency: A Darker Shade of Glass PART III: Place and Discipline 14. Form is Content: Against Interpretation 15. Paradoxes of Place and Discipline: Tradition as the Ground of Radical Invention Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Department of Building Technology at the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft is studying and developing cardboard as a potential building material on a broad, systematic and where possible comprehensive basis. The guiding research question is: "How can cardboard be used in both architectural and structural terms as a fully fledged building material, making use of the material-specific properties?" An exploratory phase from 2003 to 2005 - including an outdoor pilot structure (multi-shed), a pilot pavilion accommodating, an exhibition, workshops on resistance to fire and to damp, a first patent (KCPK), the design of an interior wall (Besin) and the publication of this book - was concluded by an international symposium attended by both the paper industry and the building industry. This publication comprises the report on that symposium.

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Book SynopsisStructures of Coastal Resilience presents new strategies for creative and collaborative approaches to coastal planning for climate change. In the face of sea level rise and an increased risk of flooding from storm surge, we must become less dependent on traditional approaches to flood control that have relied on levees, sea walls, and other forms of hard infrastructure. But what are alternative approaches for designers and planners facing the significant challenge of strengthening their communities to adapt to uncertain climate futures? Authors Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, Guy Nordenson, and Julia Chapman have been at the forefront of research on new approaches to effective coastal resilience planning for over a decade. In Structures of Coastal Resilience, they reimagine how coastal planning might better serve communities grappling with a future of uncertain environmental change. They encourage more creative design techniques at the beginning of the planning process, and offer examples of innovative work incorporating flexible natural systems into traditional infrastructure. They also draw lessons for coastal planning from approaches more commonly applied to fire and seismic engineering. This is essential, they argue, because storms, sea level rise, and other conditions of coastal change will incorporate higher degrees of uncertainty--which have traditionally been part of planning for wildfires and earthquakes, but not floods or storms. This book is for anyone grappling with the immense questions of how to prepare communities to flourish despite unprecedented climate impacts. It offers insights into new approaches to design, engineering, and planning, envisioning adaptive and resilient futures for coastal areas.

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Book SynopsisExploring the impact of the built environment and design on people with a range of neurological experiences, including autism, dementia, dyslexia and dyspraxia, this comprehensive guide provides project commissioners, architects and designers with all the information and personal insight they need to design, create and build 'mind-friendly' environments for everyone.Assimilating knowledge from medical, therapeutic, social and educational spheres, and using sensory integration theory, the book explores the connection between our minds and our surroundings and considers the impact of the environment on the senses, well-being and neurodiverse needs of people. The book shows how design adaptations to lighting, acoustics, temperature, surfaces, furniture and space can positively benefit the lives of everyone across a range of environments including workplaces, retail, sport and leisure, domestic, educational institutions, cultural and civic spaces, outdoor spaces and places of worship.Universal in its approach and written by an experienced architect and inclusive design consultant, this book is essential reading for professionals in architecture and design, education, organisational psychology, business management and occupational therapy.Trade ReviewDesigning Mind-Friendly Environments is an illuminating and thought-provoking book in which Maslin offers rich professional and personal insights into how design and the environment we live and work in affect our health and wellbeing. Teaching us much about our senses and the deeply personal act of perceptual experience along the way, Maslin's book firmly places the person at the centre of design. This is a must-read for anybody interested in inclusive design and a sustainable future. -- Ute Leonards, University of BristolTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Introduction Section A: Connecting Different "Worlds" 1. Definitions and Voice 2. Learning from People on the Autism Spectrum (and other neurological experiences) 3. Learning from OT, Psychology, UX, and Inclusive Design 4. Design as Social Prescribing 5. Prescription to Commissioning 6. For Whom or With Whom?Section B: The Human Experience. 7. Diversity 8. Stress 9. Sensory Processing 10. Emotion, Meaning and Metaphor 11. Reasoning, Learning and Understanding.12. Rest and Sleep Section C: Contextual Experience 13. Mind and Body in Context 14. Spatial Context 15. Social Context 16. Comfort and Activity 17. Acoustics 18. Lighting 19. Surfaces 20. Tastes, Smells and Air Quality 21. Temperature 22. The Natural World 23. Time and Memory 24. Navigation, place and wayfinding 25. Spatial Choice, Permission and Security 26. Communication Section D: Different Environments 27. Landscape and Urban 28. Transport 29. Education 30. Health and Social care 31. Workplaces 32. Places of Worship 33. Communal 34. Civic and Cultural 35. Leisure and Sports 36. Food and Drink 37. Retail 38. Hospitality 39. Industrial and Military 40. Judicial and Custodial 41. DomesticSection E: Getting Serious 42. Facilities management 43. Safeguarding of Wellbeing 44. Fire and Emergencies Summary Biography of Author Table of Figures Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book explores, debates and exhibits practices of contemporary architectural drawing, taking at its basis a series of meetings between a cohort of architects, critics and curators who discussed contemporary drawing practices and production in their own work and research. The participants - Laura Allen, Bryan Cantley, Nat Chard, Peter Cook, Mark Dorrian, Riet Eeckhout, Adrian Hawker, Perry Kulper, CJ Lim, Shaun Murray, Mark Smout, Neil Spiller, Natalija Subotincic, Michael Webb, Mark West and Michael Young - focused on drawings or drawing-related artefacts, around which dialogues took place. Beyond the usual representational imperatives of architecture drawing, the group considered and discussed its agency as a site of emergence and imagination. Organised in relation to specific topics and framed by contextual essays by Nat Chard, Mark Dorrian, Riet Eeckhout, Michael Young, Thomas-Bernard Kenniff and Carole Levesque, the book includes a selection of exquisite and fascinating key drawings by the various contributors, together with edited transcripts of discussions around drawing which developed at the symposia. The drawings presented in the book are in dialogue with one another, while their authors are themselves in extended conversation. This double aspect will make the book a distinctive publication and an enduringly important document and resource for thinking about architectural drawing.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 'Dialogical Entanglement: Conversation as Close Encounter' by Riet Eeckhout. 'Talking Drawing' by Mark Dorrian. 1: Drawing as Material Practice: Michael Webb; Peter Cook; Neil Spiller; Smout Allen; 'Mediating Drawing Practice: Curatorial Reflections on Encounter and Dialogue' by Thomas-Bernard Kenniff and Carole Levesque. 2: Methods and Modes of Working: CJ Lim; Shaun Murray; Riet Eeckhout. 'Inquisitive Drawings' by Nat Chard. 3: The Agency of Drawing: Bryan Cantley; Perry Kulper; Natalija Subotincic. 'Spectral Mediums' by Michael Young. 4: The Limit Conditions of Drawing and Other Disciplinary Considerations: Michael Young; Mark West; Mark Dorrian and Adrian Hawker (Metis); Nat Chard.

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Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Low Carbon Domestic Refurbishment comes in two parts. The first describes the fundamentals and preliminary considerations of planning a low carbon refurbishment project, before exploring various components of a house (walls, heating systems etc.). Each chapter includes references and links to valuable sources. In the second section, a series of case studies provide examples real-world low carbon refurbishment projects and products.This updated edition brings An Introduction to Low Carbon Domestic Refurbishment up-to-date with Approved Document L, changes to permitted development rights, and other issues around planning and funding. It encompasses the latest research and expands its discussion of air-tightness and ventilation, water labelling, and lighting plus brand new references and case studies.

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Book SynopsisEvery pier, from the grandest to the most modest, has its own story. In this collection of one hundred beautiful paintings, Paul Tracey combines his skill as a draughtsman with his creative flair as an artist to capture the very essence of these structures and to provide snapshots of their individual stories. Many piers were originally built as wharfs for ships to load and unload goods. Then, as the railways expanded and people were able to travel further afield for trips and holidays, they became destinations in their own right: places to promenade, to meet and to be entertained. Innovative Victorian engineering created piers that could better withstand the vigours of the sea yet still provided elegant spaces to be enjoyed. This historical development was mirrored around the world. Researched and executed over five years, 100 Piers includes historic postcards, concert programmes and newspaper articles about the piers. Many piers are no longer in their prime, some have gone completely, lost to the tides of time. But through the paintings, with their dynamic lines, varying perspectives and bold colour combinations, Tracey successfully captures the vibrancy and vitality of these structures. His work ensures their place in history is not forgotten and that the many piers which remain may continue to be cherished as much as ever.

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Book SynopsisKowloon, or Nine Dragons, has historically been the Chinese flipside to Hong Kong's Central, where British traders first set up trading companies in the protected Victoria Harbour. After the relocation of Hong Kong International Airport from Kowloon Bay to Chek Lap Kok, the relaxation of building height restrictions allowed for skyscrapers to begin dominating Kowloon's skyline. The New Heart of Hong Kong chronicles the development of the International Commerce Centre (ICC) and how what was originally just another office building is changing the way Hong Kong residents live, work, play and perceive West Kowloon as the new central business district. From Governor David Wilson s 1989 policy address outlining a masterplan for a rail corridor linking a new airport to Central, to KPF s initial design sketches for what became a mixed-use engineering marvel, to case studies of those who have chosen West Kowloon as their office or home, The New Heart of Hong Kong illustrates how ICC challenges the old order of Central's dominance.

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