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Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Renaissance Prague
Book SynopsisAt the end of the fifteenth century, when the Jagiellons and first Habsburg rulers sat on Prague’s throne, the character of the city’s municipalities began to transition from medieval to Renaissance. In Renaissance Prague, historian Eliška Fučíková paints a vivid picture of the Bohemian capital during this time of sweeping change. As Fučíková reveals, this period saw the evolution of new architectural motifs across the city. In particular, there was a distinct transformation of Prague Castle, including the construction of well-known features such as the Ball Game Hall and Queen Anne’s Summer Palace. Featuring a concise historical overview and a guide to prominent figures of the time, as well as a variety of illustrations—from artwork to archival images, contemporary photographs, and maps—Fučíková’s book is a beautiful, enlightening tour through the Renaissance metropolis of the Bohemian Kingdom.
£23.00
New India Publishing Agency Town Planning: Regeneration of Cities
Book SynopsisThis book aims to explore the myriad issues associated with urban regeneration. Through its discussions, it seeks to delve into the social, economic, and spatial dimensions of rebuilding cities. The text is divided into three parts. The first part examines the global perspective on urban regeneration, discussing the processes of city rebuilding in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. It also explores transportation systems and urban forms, with a focus on new urban centers. Noteworthy examples of effective town planning in new cities around London and newly developed Indian towns after independence are also included. The second part focuses on creating regeneration strategies for Allahabad, a historically significant city in India. Allahabad, which was once the capital of the province and a center of administration, education, and culture, has played a pivotal role in shaping modern India. The University of Allahabad, also known as the Oxford of the East, has been a beacon of quality higher education. The third part proposes regeneration strategies for Allahabad and other similar historic cities in India. These strategies are based on the educational and cultural aspects of the city and aim to preserve and strengthen the historic nodes that are integral to our countrys rich history and culture.
£86.45
Promopress Ephemeral Architecture: Projects and
Book SynopsisThe term ephemeral is faithfully illustrative of our times. However, constructions with a limited lifespan have been a constant in the history of architecture. Research of materials and, above all, the evolution of design; have made this discipline an essential area of study for scholars and authorities alike. Ephemeral Architecture offers a wide and also rigorous selection of the best contemporary projects by some of the most daring and innovative architecture studios. The spectacular projects contained in these pages are profusely illustrated and thoroughly documented with drafts, scale and layout drawings, illustrations, renderings and photographs. The book is divided into content blocks that will allow the reader to enjoy the most innovative interventions, be they pavilions, art installations, interactive constructions, stands and finally, award winning projects within the field of temporary architecture. The projects include Anna Prats, Joan Valls (ES); Anupama Kundoo Architects, Iaac (IN/ES); Atelier Zündel Cristea (FR); Ball-Nogues Studio (USA/CA); Barkow Leibinger Architects (DE); Benedetta Tagiabue + Embt, Alex Olle + Institut Del Teatre (ES); Brut Deluxe (ES); Bureau A (CH); Coda-Office (ES); Dondecabentres (ES); Dus Architects (NL); Eth Zurich, Urban-Think Tank, Esarq / Uic (CH/ES); Grafton Architects, Elisava / Upf (UK/ES); Heri&Salli (AT); Hollwich Kushner (US/NY); J. Mayer H. Und Partner Architekten (DE); Jakob + Macfarlane (FR); Jakob + Macfarlane (FR); Likearchitects (PT); Marina Fernandez Ramos, Asociacion Cultural Y Juvenil La Chorrera (ES); Odile Decq,- Recetas Colectivas (FR/ES); Studio Myerscough (UK); Studio Myerscough (UK); Urbanus, La Salle / Url (CN/ES); Variable Projects (US/CA); Xevi Bayona (ES); Yael Reisner, Peter Cook, Straddle 3 (IS/UK/ES). AUTHOR: Alex Sanchez Vidiella obtained a Masters degree in Art History, specialising in contemporary art and entertainment (cinema) from the University of Barcelona. He has taught art history, and has worked as a guide for various museums in Barcelona and as an amateur cinema director. He is the author of more than 50 titles published by various publishers specialised in architecture, interior design, art and education, among them didactic and scientific encyclopedias and atlas. SELLING POINTS: . Ephemeral Architecture offers a wide and also rigorous selection of the best contemporary projects by some of the most daring and innovative architecture studios. . Thoroughly documented projects with photographs and renderings, drafts, scale layout and drawings. . Examples from all over the world.
£20.40
Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Window on the Lake
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£16.79
Aarhus University Press The Gesamtkunstwerk in Design and Architecture:
Book SynopsisThe history of modern design and architecture has seen many attempts to embrace and merge different art forms, and to bring art into the framing of everyday life and the organisation of modern society, in a process understood as total design or total architecture. These attempts were historically based on the romanticist idea of merging all art forms into a uniting and transgressing work of art, mostly associated with – but certainly not limited to – Richard Wagner’s theoretical writings and musical dramas.This utopian dream of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or Total Work of Art, was intended both to bring unity to the people and to bring art into the everyday life of their homes, as well as into factories, cities and even modern media. As a result, the experiments ranged from music, poetry and drama to architecture, design, visual communication and city-planning. These ideas of merging art forms into more immersive and transgressive installations or design interventions to change everyday life are widespread today, but their complex and often problematic roots are mostly ignored. Design and architecture have delivered some of the broadest and most influential experiments with the Gesamtkunstwerk, from garden cities for workers and corporate identity design to the German AEG corporation.
£39.10
Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskab Urban Consumption: Tracing urbanity in the
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£26.10
Springer Verlag Le Geometrie della Visione: Scienza, Arte,
Book SynopsisPer la prima volta sono riuniti e didatticamente rielaborati a fondo in un manuale e in un CD i testi di base della geometria della visione. L'opera raccoglie i testi originali di Euclide (l'Ottica), Menelao (La Sferica), Alberti (De Pictura), Piero della Francesca (De Prospectiva Pingendi), che hanno dato origine al disegno prospettico rinascimentale e alla moderna geometria proiettiva. L'opera offre la possibilità di unire intuizione e ragionamento, costruendo un'immagine chiara dello sviluppo della matematica legata alla visione, dalle origini classiche, al rinascimento, alla moderna geometria proiettiva. Numerose schede e animazioni interattive facilitano l'intuizione degli argomenti, che sono comunque trattati con il massimo rigore e chiarezza, in una esposizione didatticamente molto efficace.Table of ContentsIntroduzione; Cap.I, Euclide: Dagli Elementi all'Ottica; Cap. II, La visione di oggetti uguali; Cap. III, La visione della profondità; Cap. IV, La prospettiva; Cap. V, Corrispondenze conformi e omotetie; Cap. VI, Piero della Francesca; Cap. VII, La geometria proiettiva; Appendice.
£31.34
City University of Hong Kong Press Scientific Feng Shui for the Built Environment:
Book SynopsisFeng Shui is a Chinese wisdom in knowledge and experience related to the built environment, which has accumulated over more than three thousand years. This book, based on Scientific Feng Shui for the Built Environment - Fundamentals and Case Studies, offers a remarkable in-depth view of Feng Shui by integrating the historical theories with scientific data and examples of applications.
£999.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Data-driven Analytics for Sustainable Buildings
Book SynopsisThis book explores the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary fields of energy systems, occupant behavior, thermal comfort, air quality and economic modelling across levels of building, communities and cities, through various data analytical approaches. It highlights the complex interplay of heating/cooling, ventilation and power systems in different processes, such as design, renovation and operation, for buildings, communities and cities. Methods from classical statistics, machine learning and artificial intelligence are applied into analyses for different building/urban components and systems. Knowledge from this book assists to accelerate sustainability of the society, which would contribute to a prospective improvement through data analysis in the liveability of both built and urban environment. This book targets a broad readership with specific experience and knowledge in data analysis, energy system, built environment and urban planning. As such, it appeals to researchers, graduate students, data scientists, engineers, consultants, urban scientists, investors and policymakers, with interests in energy flexibility, building/city resilience and climate neutrality. Table of ContentsThe evolving of data-driven analytics for buildings and cities towards sustainability.- Data-driven approaches for prediction and classification of building energy consumption.- Prediction of occupancy level and energy consumption in office building using blind system identification and neural networks.- Cluster Analysis for Occupant-behaviour based Electricity Load Patterns in Buildings: A Case Study in Shanghai Residences.- A data-driven model predictive control for lighting system based on historical occupancy in an office building: Methodology development.- Tailoring future climate data for building energy simulation.- A solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) concentrator for building application in Sweden using Monte Carlo method.- Influencing factors for occupants' window-opening behaviour in an office building through logistic regression and Pearson correlation approaches.- Reinforcement learning methodologies for controlling occupant comfort in buildings.- A novel Reinforcement learning method for improving occupant comfort via window opening and closing. 2942492291991671341156161
£170.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Building Maintenance Processes and Practices: The
Book SynopsisThis book is designed to be an inclusive for the best practice approach to building maintenance management, where the processes, procedures and operational systems meet a high standard of professional and academic competence. It offers a different perspective on building maintenance management by presenting the schematic building maintenance value chain model and it’s implementation in Malaysian university buildings. The findings show an improvement to building performance, lower maintenance cost, building sustainability and increased maintenance service user satisfaction. The learning outcomes and summaries provided for each chapter and the extensive use of tables and figures add to the readability of the text. Though the book is based on data from Malaysia, it is useful for a much wider audience, and the informal writing style makes it an interesting reference source. This book is valuable for readers who are practitioners, professionals and for academic institutions that offer courses in the building field, including architecture, quantity surveying, civil engineering, building and facility management, property management, real estate. It will also be of interest to governments and others involved in the construction industry.Table of ContentsOverview.- An Overview of the Construction Industry.- Maintenance of Academic Buildings.- Malaysian Education System and University Buildings.- Building Maintenance Processes, Principles, Procedures, Practices and Strategies.- Methodological Issues.- Sustainability Maintenance Initiatives.- Conclusions and Recommendations.
£80.99
NUS Press Changing Landscapes of Singapore: Old Tensions,
Book SynopsisLandscape is not only the visible material surface of places but also refers to ways of interpreting fluid or contested social relations and spatial arrangements. The essays in this book critically examine how material and immaterial landscapes take shape in Singapore and their impacts on the population. They further assess how different social groups in Singapore inhabit landscapes and negotiate changing societal dynamics and conditions. The book contextualises developments in Singapore within regional and international trends. A standard Singapore Studies textbook, this book will appeal to anyone seeking to understand this ever-changing island, city and state.
£28.01
Huntland Press Huntland: The Historic Virginia Country House,
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£44.20
Forgotten Books Souvenir of Scotland Its Cities Lakes and Mountains One Hundred and Twenty Chromo Views Classic Reprint
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Forgotten Books The American Vignola Vol 1 The Five Orders Classic Reprint
£24.57
Forgotten Books Viaggio in Sicilia Classic Reprint
£26.27
Hardpress Publishing Picture of Edinburgh Containing a Description of the City and Its Environs 1
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Hardpress Publishing Observations on the ReBuilding of London Bridge 1
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Hardpress Publishing On the Antiquity of Intellectual Man from a Practical and Astronomical Point of View 1
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Hardpress Publishing Corografia Fisica Storica E Statistica Dellitalia E Delle Sue Isole Corredata Di Un Atalante Di Mappe Geograf E Topografiche E Di Altre Tavole Illustrative 1
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Hardpress Publishing Rural Homes Or Sketches of Houses Suited to American Country Life With Original Plans Designs C 1
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Hardpress Publishing Larchitettura Antica Descritta E Dimostrata Coi Monumenti Dallarchitetto Sezione Iii Architettura Romana 1834 1
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Hardpress Publishing Histoire Physique Civile Et Morale De Paris Depuis Les Premiers Temps Historiques Jusqua Nos Jours 1
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Hardpress Publishing The Elements of Civil Architecture According to Vitruvius and Other Ancients and the Most Approved Practice of Modern Authors Especially Palladio 1
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Hardpress Publishing Storia Di Arezzo Adorna Di Undici Vedute Dei Pi Ragguardevoli Fabbricati E Della Planta Topografica Della Citt Epoca Antica 1
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Hardpress Publishing Winkless Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales the Drawings Made from Sketches Taken Expressly With Historical and Descriptive Accounts 1
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Hardpress Publishing The Stones of Venice the Fall 1
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Hardpress Publishing Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses Cottages and Out Buildings Comprising Wood Houses Workshops C Also the Best Water Into Cattle Yards and Houses 1
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Hardpress Publishing Leighs New Picture of London or a Luminous Guide to the Stranger on All Subjects Connected With General Information Business or Amusement 1
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Hardpress Publishing Religious Emblems 1
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Hardpress Publishing Il Palazzo Del Museo Civico in Vicenza 1
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Hardpress Publishing A History of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England 1
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Hardpress Publishing Losservatore Fiorentino Sugli Edifizi Della Sua Patria Del Rosso 1
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Hardpress Publishing The Beauties of England and Wales or Delineations Topographical Historical and Descriptive of Each County 1
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Hardpress Publishing Antiquits De Noyon 1
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Hardpress Publishing A Description of the Antiquities and Other Curiosities of Rome from Personal Observation During a Visit to Italy in the Years 181819 With Illustrations from Ancient and Modern Writers 1
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Hardpress Publishing Illustrations of the RockCut Temples of India Selected from the Best Examples of the Different Series of Caves at Ellora Ajunta Cuttack Salsette from Sketches Made on the Spot in 1
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Hardpress Publishing The Lives of Celebrated Architects Ancient Amd Modern With Historical and Critical Observations on Their Works and on the Principles of the Art 1
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Hardpress Publishing Toledo En La Mano Descripcion HistricoArtstica De La Magnfica Catedral Y De Los Demas Clebres Monumentos Y Cosas Notables Que Encierra Famosa Ciudad 1
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Hardpress Publishing Hollys Country Seats
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Forgotten Books The American Vignola Vol 2 Arches and Vaults Roofs and Domes Doors and Windows Walls and Ceilings Steps and Staircases Classic Reprint
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Hardpress Publishing Iron as a Material of Construction Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Royal School of Naval Architecture South Kensington 1
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Hardpress Publishing Origines Parochiales Scotiae Pt 1 Diocese of Argyle Diocese of the Isles 1
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Hardpress Publishing Mmoires De La Socit Des Antiquaires De Louest 1
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Hardpress Publishing Talpa Or the Chronicles of a Clay Farm an Agricultural Fragment 1
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Hardpress Publishing A Synopsis of the Origin and Progress of Architecture to Which Is Added a Dictionary of General Terms 1
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Hardpress Publishing Art Scenery and Philosophy in Europe Being Fragments from the PortFolio of the Late Horace Binney Wallace Esquire of Philadelphia 1
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